lee wrights. [applause] r. lee wrights, where is lee wrights? [applause] >> what a gentleman, when a pleasure, what the the light it has been sued debate lee wrights -- what a delight it has been sued the date -- to debate lee wrights. >> let's get this guy elected. >> he said it along the way, and it is true. we made each other better -- better candidates. no one could have been more cordial, more gracious, more particulate regarding libertarian ideals and beliefs -- particulate regarding libertarian ideals and beliefs. so, where do we go from here? this is about winning. this is about winning. so, this is your decision, but i want to execute the following, and that is, please consider jim gray as my running mate. i believe that he affords the best opportunity to winning, and in this process we interviewed a lot of candidates as potential vice presidential candidates, and without question i think jim gray does a better job when it comes to articulating libertarian ideals and beliefs than anyone else. i go back to the year 2000 when i met jim gr

his mother was a seamstress and a waitress and lee -- mayor lee has five siblings. he graduated summa cum laude from bowden college in maine. he went to u.c. berkeley here, law school, and he finished in 1978. he and his wife anita have two daughters. i wanted to mention prior to becoming mayor, one of the key points in his contributions to the community is after he completed law school, lee, mayor lee worked as a managing attorney for the san francisco asian law caucus where he was an advocate for affordable housing and the rights of immigrants and renters. so, without further adieu, mayor lee. [applause] >> thank you, francis and thank you, welcome to city hall, the people's city hall, san francisco! [cheers and applause] >> first off, i want you all to know that that was a wonderful rendition of our national anthem. please give another applause to melanie and her daughter. wonderful rendition, thank you! now those beautiful performers, what a wonderful tribute to our asian american heritage month. i am so excited about all of you and seeing so many of you from al

thank you jason, mayor lee, mrs. lee, general gao. at&t is all about connecting people across the world. while most people think of that with a phone or a mobile phone, which also connect people through events like this, through the sponsorship of a beautiful dragon boat i can see lit up up there. that is gorgeous. we threw the switch on early tonight. thank you so much for letting us be part of your celebration. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, and think at&t for your continued commitment to our communities. finally, we have the chair of the asian american heritage month committee foundation. this is a dedicated leader in our asian american community. please welcome commissioner who claudine at chiang -- commissioner claudine chang. >> [speaking chinese]

you got your ass kicked by lee wrights. [applause] lee wrights. where is lee wrights? lee wrights? [applause] what a gentleman. what a gentleman. what a pleasure, what a delight it has been to debate lee wrights about a dozen times. [applause] >> let's get this guy elected. [applause] >> lee wrights said it along the way, and it's true. we made each other better candidates, and i candidate thank him enough. like i say, no one, no one could have been more cordial. no one could have been more gracious. no one could have been more articulate in libertarian ideals and beliefs. [applause] so where do we go from here? this is about winning. this is about winning. this is your decision, but i want to ask you the following. that is please consider jim gray as my running mate. [cheers and applause] i believe that jim gray affords the best opportunity to winning. i want you to know in this process we interviewed a lot of candidates as potential vice president candidates. without question i think jim gray does a better job when it comes to articulating libertarian ideals and beliefs than anyo

no one is perfect, and that includes mayor lee. how many of you have as much as used a curse word to someone you are involved with, and the pain of the heart was so harmful because the kurds were used came from someone you loved? -- because the curse word used came from someone you loved? no physical pain was inflicted, just a curse word. you should not in person or by satellite have the wife of sheriff mirkarimi, the was voted by san franciscans at a higher percentage than mayor lee. i presume you reviewed the tape recording of the wife who was inflicted more with the pain of the heart, not a small bruise she sustained, that disappeared before -- before he was inaugurated. i urge you to interview the loving wife, eliana lopez mirkarimi for are making a resolution on suspended sheriff mirkarimi. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners. good evening, commissioners and ladies and gentlemen of the audience. i am submitting this of my public, as. my name is pastor gavin, this is my case 11048 that i believe has been long overdue, and

i would like to thank you, mayor ed lee and the committees staff, local unions. we cannot thank you enough for your support. indeed mentor at city build academy helping me and my city build brothers and sisters, making dreams come true. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, jason. next, i would like to bring up a member from local 261. as jason manchin, this city build academy is with our great pressure but local 261 -- as jason it mentions. we appreciate our working relationship with local 261 and dave. dave. >> thank you. first and foremost, i want to thank mayor lee for his leadership room and his commitment to providing opportunities to san francisco residence. i want to thank the heads of departments. naomi kelly, mohammed nuru, supervisor avalos, for the ordinance that is in place now. that will provide the conduit for the job opportunities. i also want to acknowledge the students from city build i also want to congratulate my brother pat mulligan on his new appointment. with regards to the students of city build, i often go out there and speak before the cla

mayor edwin lee has experienced every civic perspective. his dedication and a passion for children and youth are evident by his extraordinary support for the san francisco department of children, youth, and families. one of the first national city based initiatives to support children and youth. to be matched only by his outstanding partnership with the san francisco unified school district that is one that many districts across the united states within the -- would envy. they have forged a partnership to deepen schools and embrace the full-service community schools initiative across the city of san francisco. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the forty third mayor, and the first asian-american mayor of the city and county of san francisco, mayor edwin 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 t

and to mayor lee, thank you. mayor lee has been here for an hour. i remember an administration where you were lucky that you got a flyby. we got an hour. that is awesome. [applause] melea chon, -- cohen, we have the local celebrities right here. the manufacturing is going to get big and bad -- bigger and bigger and the job base is like to get bigger and bigger. let's hear it for sf made in san francisco. [applause] >> thank you very much. the program is over, so your chart is to enjoy yourself. and i want to give a big thank you to be mccroskey staff , who is involved in making mattresses. it is wonderful to be here. >> kids with special needs have access to a venture on may 5. over 25 businesses and nonprofit organizations build the music concourse with free refreshments, games, and bluegrass. access to a venture is part of sf rec and park's year-round activities in partnership with activities in partnership with families. >> let me thank the marine corps division band and the color guard for joining us and making this such a very special occasion.

lee is blind. mead has it out doing reconnaissance. colonel sharp is pretty good. always has a better handle on t2 can lee does. he is on a joyride. pennsylvania. the confederate core are all over the place. they are crossing and lee has lost control. he does not have them under control late july 2nd. it cost him dearly going into the battle blind. said mead is always better informed. alternately the rule is a commander is responsible for everything his men do or fail to do. stuart who was incredibly brave needed a jolt supervision. napoleon said he wanted princeton educated general's. luck does matter. some people have better luck than others. lee had a run of bad luck that compounded his mistakes as a commander. 1864 overland campaign he was outnumbered two /1. the most brilliant fighting is over mead and he performs miracles. but it is brutal a of savage fighting. not the picturesque nature of pickens charge. lee does not get credit for his finest performance. just as mead finest hour after gett

we would like to thank mayor lee. we would like to thank our friends with the fund and also the san francisco giants for allowing us to show you our all- star team this evening. we also want to thank each and everyone of you for trusting your children to us every single day. i can tell you with complete confidence that they are in very, very good hands. thank you on behalf of the 56,000 students in san francisco. thank you and congratulations to our all-star team, our teachers. >> thank you so much. how about a big round of applause as we celebrate our teachers tonight? [applause] >> you can see that it is amazing. you can hear that it is refreshing. you reach for it because it is irresistible. and the taste. simply delicious. san francisco tap water. it engages the senses. 311 is an important resource for all san franciscans. shouldld >> let me thank the marine corps division band and the color guard for joining us and making this such a very special occasion. let me welcome each and every one of you on behalf of the

[applause] that of mayor -- >> mayor lee, the time has come. join me and proceed to do the dedication of horseshoe drive, which has been dedicated by the opera house board in honor of george and charlotte schulz. mayor lee: it is my pleasure joining all of you to announce this dedication on behalf of our city, on behalf of the war memorial, dedicating this carriageway to be charlotte and george shultz way of san francisco. [applause] horseshoe drive. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, secretary george shultz and chief of protocol, charlotte schulz, the honorees. [applause] >> thank you, distinguished guests, my fellow board members. nancy and i would call this a wow day, and it is a wonderful day. i was sitting here thinking that from my home town, mineola, texas, for willie, and board of texas, for me, i do not know whether they would have named a street for us there or not, but there would have been a problem because in both of those towns, there is only one street, and it has already been named main street. it is breathtaking to thi

so please give a warm round of applause for mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, supervisors, very much. good evening, everyone. it is my pleasure to be here at telegraph hill center. it is a personal pleasure of mind. i actually do -- i may be in opposite to what you think. we do enjoy being out in the neighborhoods. it is better than the question and answer period in the -- [laughter] anyway, we do enjoy it. i know tonight we will be talking about one in the most important things that we do. and i cannot think of a better way to make an important decision that involve everybody who are stakeholders in our budget. you must tell us what you think is the most important thing that we should be focused on. and while we may think, as political leaders and people who have been elected, that we might at times know better, quite frankly, we need to hear from everybody always so that we honor a commitment that this government has made for many, many a decade. i have been involved in it for 22 years. honor the neighborhoods, and you will survive. s

lee wright. for the nominations? >> i would like to place a nomination for carl pearsons. >> for the nominations microphone for. >> i move to suspend the rules to allow the nomination of dr. ron paul. >> it has been moved to suspend the rules that allow -- that requires a two-thirds vote. is there a second. all those in favor of the suspension of the rules, please signify by setting aye. fails. four other nominations from the floor. microphone 8. >> i nominate jim byrnes. >> jim burns has been placed into nomination. further nominations. seeing no for the nominations, nominations are closed. -- further nominations, nominations are closed. so the process that we are going to follow for presentations and nominating speeches is we will randomly select putting on a piece of paper the numbers one through four. they can edits are their representatives. the was elected member from -- it looks like nobody has -- does will be the number they are nominated. it will give their nominating speeches. >> will one person from each o

mayor lee is asking about innovative solutions. we are saving money and we are much cheaper than going to a nursing home. so we continue to thank mayor lee and your team, to remember us when you do your budget, continue to be sensitive to the seniors needs. thank you so much. >> it should be noted, when the state said they were going to cut adult day services, ours was the only city that said, we will help. it is the only city that i have seen in this state that stepped in. caroline goodman. she is here to speak. ok. the next speaker will be ann chung. >> good evening, everybody. my concern -- i am in district 5. i am going to say this. we need to ensure we provide young people with jobs and internships, opportunities, but we also have to make sure that we prepare them with life skills that allow them to be successful in their position. another thing. we want to make sure that the youth has behavior and technical training when they enter the workforce. many of you in district 5 are disconnected from job opportunities, even unpaid i

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 more efficient and accountable through innovation and technology. here to talk about the priorities, please welcome our 43rd mayor of the city of san francisco. ed le

. >> mayor agnos is expected to testify because it would impeach mayor lee's. specifically, he will testify to conversations he had with mayor lee immediately prior to the suspension of the sheriff. >> and this will relate to why the mayor suspended the shares fax -- the sheriff'? >> the testimony will impeach the mayor's credibility. >> meaning there is another reason the sites the stated charges? commissioners, views on testimony from mr. agnos? would you like to -- >> my understanding is that he told me early -- mayor lee not to suspend sheriff mirkarimi, and the mayor decided otherwise. i do not see how that is relevant. one of the arguments that has been raised is that this is essentially epochal prosecution. one of the reasons we have identified some any expert witnesses to talk about practice issues and professional standards issues is to defeat that kind of claim, to show that on the merits the conduct can meet that standard. what i am gathering from the relevance is that that is a line the sheriff is going to pursue. we do not think that has ever been

cast its votes as follows -- for votes, gary johnson, one vote lee wrights. >> mr. chairman, the great state of arizona, beautiful land of desert, pine covered mounds, and the grand canyon, where we are celebrating our centennial anniversary as a state and where we find the work -- the most notorious politicians, which proudly cast our votes as follows. 11 for gary johnson, 94 lee wrights, and one for -- 94 --9 for lee wrights. >> for california, land of zero entrepreneurs and risk takers -- land of on to vendors and risk

i am steve williams and i represent ben lee and his family. i was confused by the presentation as the president of the board was. this is to renew avery expired permit for work already completed. the department does thousands of these a year. the appeal is based on a selective reading of the document out of the file. he skips over the ones that show that the work was done and put in and focuses somewhere in 1989 on items that were done halfway through the process. that is the basis of the appeal in front of you. the appeal itself stopped them from obtaining what they want, a final inspection. for him to say they want to delay the private -- process, come on. it is an administrator permit of work previously completed. this happened during the time of the earthquake. who knows what happened with the final appeal. if you took that time to go through all of the paper work in front of you, what you have is a project that was completed. the lee's hired some of the best people in town to do this. it looks great. they obtained six permits for this job

your middle name is lee. a lot of famous people have the name lee. david lee roth. tommy lee jones. kathie lee gifford. >> i think there was a golfer named jonny lee miller. >> jimmy: you weren't named after him, though, right? >> i don't think so. >> jimmy: jamie lee curtis, another one. this might be the secret to becoming well known. >> i'm trying. >> jimmy: how old were you when you came to the united states? >> when i first came here, i was around 15, 16. >> jimmy: was that on a vacation? >> my sister was studying at ucla. >> jimmy: so you came out to visit her? >> i did. >> jimmy: were you hooked? were you staying in a sorority house? >> i wish. i was actually staying on the sofa of one of her male student friends. >> jimmy: okay. >> yeah, it was my first experience. i was using the bathroom in this apartment at one point. there was a knock on the door. i'm using the bathroom. the guy is like, hey, johnny, welcome to the usa! i'm like, what? i had missed an earthquake. >> jimmy: what do you mean? >> there was an earthquake whilst i was in the bathroom, and i was engrossed in t

mayor lee is asking about innovative solutions. we are saving money and we are much cheaper than going to a nursing home. so we continue to thank mayor lee and your team, to remember us when you do your budget, continue to be sensitive to the seniors needs. thank you so much. >> it should be noted, when the state said they were going to cut adult day services, ours was the only city that said, we will help. it is the only city that i have seen in this state that stepped in. caroline goodman. she is here to speak. ok. the next speaker will be ann chung. >> good evening, everybody. my concern -- i am in district 5. i am going to say this. we need to ensure we provide young people with jobs and internships, opportunities, but we also have to make sure that we prepare them with life skills that allow them to be successful in their position. another thing. another thing. we want to make sure that the

i would like to thank you, mayor ed lee and the committees staff, local unions. we cannot thank you enough for your support. indeed mentor at city build academy helping me and my city build brothers and sisters, making dreams come true. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, jason. next, i would like to bring up a member from local 261. as jason manchin, this city build academy is with our great pressure but local 261 -- as jason it mentions. we appreciate our working relationship with local 261 and dave. dave. >> thank you. first and foremost, i want to thank mayor lee for his leadership room and his commitment to providing opportunities to san francisco residence. i want to thank the heads of departments. naomi kelly, mohammed nuru, supervisor avalos, for the ordinance that is in place now. that will provide the conduit for the job opportunities. i also want to acknowledge the students from city build i also want to congratulate my brother pat mulligan on his new appointment. with regards to the students of city build, i often go out there and speak before the cla

ed lee is now trying to shamelessly overturn that election. i urge you to not let him do that. if mayor ed lee as 1 ounce of integrity left, he will end this charade and give this city our share of back. i thank you for your time. [cheers and applause] >> good evening, commissioners, and thank you so much for allowing us to speak at such a late hour. thank all of you for your hard work. my name is -- i am the co- founder of a support group, and i am here to support share of mirkarimi because i lost a son to gun violence in 1996, and his case remains unsolved. my son was killed before his sixth birthday, so does not have his father. little theo has his father but does not have this father, and in the human circle, we are for keeping families together, not tearing them apart. i must say, sheriff mirkarimi, you have failed to look at his record. when homicide happen in our neighborhood at 2:00 in the morning, do you know who is there? sheriff mirkarimi. when homicides happen anywhere in the western addition, he is always there. when there is a fu

i really want to welcome the san francisco mayor ed lee. it is difficult for me to call him mayor lee because i have always known him as ed. you are going to get to know him really well. the 43rd mayor of san francisco was born in seattle, went to college in maine, this tiny college out there. he decided to come back and get his law degree from uc-berkeley, and then was appointed by art agnos in government in 1979. he became the director of the human rights commission under willie brown. he became the director of public works. 2005 city administrator, and then the fateful day in january 2011 when the board of supervisors could not decide on anybody and decided that family was not going to be a threat to their future political aspirations. [laughter] he got more than six votes, six more than anyone else. and he became the interim mayor. he did an amazing job. he is outspoken, both feet on the ground, a person you can trust, a person who is very honest, and based upon his experience, knows how to get the job done. i believe he is the best pla

lee wrights. [applause] r. lee wrights, where is lee wrights? [applause] >> what a gentleman, when a pleasure, what the the light it has been sued debate lee wrights -- what a delight it has been sued the date -- to debate lee wrights. >> let's get this guy elected. [applause] >> he said it along the way, and it is true. we made each other better -- better candidates. no one could have been more cordial, more gracious, more particulate regarding libertarian ideals and beliefs -- particulate regarding libertarian ideals and beliefs. [applause] so, where do we go from here? this is about winning. this is about winning. so, this is your decision, but i want to execute the following, -- ask you the following, and that is, please consider jim gray as my running mate. i believe that he affords the best opportunity to winning, and in this process we interviewed a lot of candidates as potential vice presidential candidates, and without question i think jim gray does a better job when it comes to articulating libertarian ideals and beliefs than anyone el