m. lee -- the 43rd mayor of the city and county of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: wow, welcome to city hall. and thank you, beach blanket babylon. what a wonderful performance. let's give her another hand. that was just fantastic. when i started being mayor of the city, i turned to our protocol officer and said, "you know, charlotte, we are going to do a lot of work this year, but these years forthcoming, as we work hard, i want to also have fun. isn't this fun? all right. [applause] this is our 50th anniversary of the wonderful song, "i left my heart in san francisco." tony, it is wonderful for you to be here and grace us and honor us with your presence. your 17 grammys are just so unprecedented. you just won two more this past week, and what a wonderful career. congratulations, tony. i want to thank our school of the arts. i want to thank our boys and girls choruses. thank you. wonderful performances. it is a fitting tribute that our boys and girls choruses and ouryouth -- our yo

ladies and gentlemen -- all right, join me in welcoming mayor edwin m. lee. [applause] you have your own crowded back there. the m. in your middle name stand s for ma. >> thank you all for coming. i'm glad to be here on the eighth time we've celebrated this, and want to give a thank- you for helping us put this on. thank you! and of course, i join here as part of an official city family. thank you for being here. he is joined by supervisors carmen chu, jane kim, and eric mar. our elected officials, jeff adachi, the public defender, the recorder assessor, hydra mendoza, and emily murase. we're also thankful for the chief of police, thank you. i would like to also acknowledges someone that has been a very special friend of mine, someone that has given me a lot of support and advice over the years. and also someone who has not missed one of these asian pacific heritage month associations, mayor willie brown. >> this evening, we are celebrating our communities from all over the world. i am so lucky to be the mayor of an international city. we talked a lot about d

m. thank you to the people who are out here. and also our partners with the american red cross. who are here this morning. thank you for being here. it has been a tradition for many of us out here. i hope you have a great day and you remember what happened 106 years ago. it is great to be a san franciscan. >> a nice hand for the chief, everybody. i have seen this other chief speaking in the last couple of times. a nice hand for chief suhr. >> good morning. our fire chief said it. we're lucky in san francisco. we have a mayor who has moved through the tears of prepared as an goddess ready to go. we get a little more prepared every day. god bless to the survivors. >> thank you. >> it is a minute of silence at 5-11. -- 51:11 p.m. let's have a moment of silence for a minute right now. [siren] >> i think the fitting way to end this germany first of all, -- this ceremony first of all. there will be playing. everybody have their words right here? i will give the countdown. as we hang the reece,

m. lee. [applause] >> thank yo, lisaou, lisa, for t introduction. welcome to san francisco, how do you like the weather? first of all, i want to thank her and marty from the san francisco foundation and sam hernandez that is not with us today. they are doing a good job with our educators to make sure that the school district is never isolated. i knolerned that -- learned that a long time ago. the best cities are the ones that place education at the very center of what we are trying to do as mayors. i want to welcome the mayors of lincoln, nebraska and hartford, connecticut. thank you for being here. i want to welcome the various school board members and administrators that are here today on this important topic of community schools, thank you for coming to san francisco. thank you for taking this opportunity to learn from each other how we can do better. i was talking with my education adviser, hydra mendoza. it doesn't go a week that we don't talk to each other about the value of educat

m. that means the national anthem for san francisco and literally for america have come from this extraordinarily talented human being. >> ♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪ >> ok, here we are down memory lane. we are at the at&t park, home of the san francisco giants. as you know, we sing your song after every win of the giants, so we have been sitting here a lot. you were here in 2011 for the opening, and you sang your song, and guess what? we won the world series. so, tony, we want you back. [applause] >> tony bennett has said his song "i left my heart in san francisco" changed his whole life. well, it has affected our lives as well. from the first time tony sang this beautiful love song to every time we hear it sweet sounds after a winning giants game, it deepens our love for our home town and for tony bennett. >> ♪ above the blue >> here we are above the blue and windy city been -- sea in your city by the bay. remember 25 years ago, you were to come here and sing with the sa

i am proud to present to you, the honorable edwin m. lee. [applause] >> greetings. greetings to the members of the board of trustees, faculty and staff of san francisco state university, family and friends. good afternoon, class of 2012. [cheering] i am certain the in a san francisco state of mind today. nearly 800 graduates from 109 countries, right here, at the university of our great city of san francisco. and thank you again for that very kind introduction. u.s. and a wonderful partner for our city, -- you have been a wonderful partner for our city, actively shaping our education policy for the 21st century new economy. you are a true capt. of change. week as leaders need to live by the values of social justice. these reforms in higher education have impacted generations of students across the world. congratulations on your well- deserved retirement and a big welcome for dr. leslie wong, the incoming president, who will have to fill big shoes. i want to say to the alumnus today, as you go around the west of the world with your values reject -- around the rest of

m. i want everybody to be proud of the language of their forebears, the religion, the history, the culture, the art. again, i do not want us to lose our identity in the community in this great nation. again, thank you very, very much for great leadership, to the board for this wonderful gift bestowed upon me, and let's go ahead and continue to hit the ball out of the ballpark. thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, we are going to bring up our founded to say a few last words, but before he speaks, we would like all the previous speakers to come up for a photo with the board, so if the board members could please come on up. it is the hard work of these board members that make any event like this possible. without their hard work, none of this would happen, so we are going to do a quick picture and then say thank you to everyone. we are also going to ask the board of supervisors to please come up. we would also like to ask for the judicial officers in the audience to come

m. really looking at those nuances, but also finding a way to make this credible. i think trust is a big issue in our community, and for people to understand the you do not have to use the hotel concierge or go on a doctor or to be safe in san francisco. >> i think our city leadership has learned quite a bit through this panel and through the previous discussion. for me, -- and i think for the rest of the folks in city hall -- there is a huge education component year. learning about these specific issues from these companies and other companies as well as our community members i think is a very valuable process, and being part of the conversation again and having that form of a working group, i think it will be really powerful to demonstrate leadership. we owe it to the community, and it is something we have to confront sooner or later, it is better we do this now. >> two more questions. right there. >> [inaudible] is city hall produce stand up when the push that comes? >> the question i

m. i am advising a new company called project trust, which has no product yet, but just a general mission statement around this area, which you might find interesting. i would say there is a lot of innovation that needs to happen there, and i think we can all work together to help cultivate trust across communities. >> i will push back a little bit. i do not think trust is as big a barrier as what i have been hearing. a recent study by a pr firm found that trust in big institutions is at an all-time low and that with that is an increase in trust in individuals and trust in each other, right? i think that is a huge opportunity. this is why it is happening, i think, and the sharing economy is emerging now. part of the reason it is happening is that social media is sort of like sharing training wheels, you know? you can share a link or remix a video with people from around the world and see how will it was, and it is easy and low-cost and not risky, but there's a certain logic there that ea

m. i hope they do not because we need it. i need it, anyway, you guys do not need it. i wish you would come by and look at it and let everybody know. thank you very much. >> fellow. my name is gail switzer and at a board member for next village, san francisco. it is a nonprofit community organization providing residents of san francisco's northeast corridor with the practical means to live safely and practically live in their communities as they age. we covered telegraph, russian hill, polka and the waterway. our first goal is to for fell 80% of requests for services with the work of our volunteer corps. according to the budget analyst report of 2011, 25% of residents surveyed in the zip code 94133, which is the heart of our neighborhood, were 60 years of age or older with a medium annual income of 48,700 compared to $78,000 on average. an income below $40,000 does not allow for the additional expenses needed one needs to -- the additional expenses one needs to adapt their home. it is di

edwin m. lee was sworn in on january 8, 2012 as the 43rd mayor of the city and county of san francisco. ed lee is the first asian- american mayor in san francisco history. [applause] mayor lee was elected on november 8, 2011 by the people of san francisco while he was serving as interim mayor. appointed unanimously as successor mayor by the board of supervisors on january 11, 2011. while serving as interim mayor, mayor lee championed balancing the budget to keep san francisco safe, solvent, and successful. reforming city pensions, economic developments, a job creation, and public safety as his top priorities. mayor lee has worked hard to keep the economy and economic recovery on track, create jobs for residents, and everything that supports a thriving economic climate like parks, transit, housing, quality of life in the neighborhoods, and public safety. mayor lee's focused on job creation, taking responsibility for building san francisco's future. for helping each other and that government mor

m. i represent district 6. i am also be a public-relations officer. during the day, i worked at a career youth center in the caster. through my work i found lgbt youth are affected disproportionately to a lot of other services. they're more likely to be bullied, to be assaulted at school, to also end up homeless. we talked of 5700 homeless youth. 700 are lgbt identified. which is important in talking about this. lgbt youth need the services most. it is important we have the service providers educated on the needs of lgbt youth and relate to them in an educated way. there was a law passed 13 years ago to ensure that providers are trained. there are not any city departments that are in compliance with this. and that is why it is our priority to praise the department of public health for taking a lead on this project and coming up with a training model that we can use to roll out to other city departments but currently, as supervisor chiu was talking about, when you have departments working

m. >> good afternoon. the alamo square area is one of the most visited places in the city of san francisco. visitors are jury important to the city of san francisco. in 2010 -- a very important to the city of san francisco. they spent $8.3 billion in 2010. we go to great lengths to be very kind and considerate to the residence. we only have three buses that to go through there. thank you for having me here today. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. we are fully in support of this noise ordinance. we are fully committed to submitting all these regulations. we appreciate the extension to october 1. the 50-foot roll, i am stands at 50 sounds like a long distance. if we could get that to 10 feet and have it still audible, that is what we will do. we're still getting a few complaints. we are fully committed to living with the citizens of san francisco. if we could eliminate the problems in north beach and alamo square, that is what we will do. we have had a few slip ups, maybe, in north b