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Please be seated. Good afternoon. Im rabbi beth singer from congregation emanuel here in San Francisco. It is with such sadness and shock that we are here to acknowledge the untimely death of such a wonderful human being, our beloved mayor, edwin lee. Brianna, tanya, and anita, you can never know how much he will be missed. My hope is that todays service will be a comfort to you. Today, i invoke the phophet, micah, who inquired, what is it that god requires of a human being . Only this, says micah. To do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly. Mayor lee exemplified this vision. Here is one...

Friendship engenders trust. You can deal with a person you trust. You cant deal with a person you dont trust. So ed lee spread that trust over the diversity of this city, of our state, of our country, and around the world, so thank you, ed. Well, that was short, but important, and youre tall. So ed lee led us in a wonderful direction of all of the areas that we had to do for this great city, and there are people around the world that have sent that we have received letters, phone calls, emails all around the world saying how wonderful he was. I happened to be with anita and her family earlier ...

Please be seated. Good afternoon. Im rabbi beth singer from congregation emanuel here in San Francisco. It is with such sadness and shock that we are here to acknowledge the untimely death of such a wonderful human being, our beloved mayor, edwin lee. Brianna, tanya, and anita, you can never know how much he will be missed. My hope is that todays service will be a comfort to you. Today, i invoke the phophet, micah, who inquired, what is it that god requires of a human being . Only this, says micah. To do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly. Mayor lee exemplified this vision. Here is one...

Please be seated. Good afternoon. Im rabbi beth singer from congregation emanuel here in San Francisco. It is with such sadness and shock that we are here to acknowledge the untimely death of such a wonderful human being, our beloved mayor, edwin lee. Brianna, tanya, and anita, you can never know how much he will be missed. My hope is that todays service will be a comfort to you. Today, i invoke the phophet, micah, who inquired, what is it that god requires of a human being . Only this, says micah. To do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly. Mayor lee exemplified this vision. Here is one...

Whistleblower ordinance. Then, just two years later, he became director of the human rights commission. He served there for five years, until 96, when he became city purchaser, a position through which he was able to support local businesses and most importantly, local minority businesses. In 2000, mayor willie brown appointed him as director of the department of public works, where he oversaw the redesign of the you nated nations plaza, harding park clubhouse, and the tear down of the central tr freeway. In 2005, the mayor appointed him as the highest ranking nonelected official in San Franci...