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City Hall Memorial Celebration for Mayor Ed Lee

A memorial service and commemoration of the life of SF’s 43rd Mayor
By - posted 12/16/2017 No Comment

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee passed away early Tuesday morning of an apparent heart attack.  Supervisor London Breed has taken over as acting Mayor.

Our thoughts go out to his family and we wish the mayor bon voyage.

Events to celebrate the life and legacy of the 43rd Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco Edwin M. Lee will be held on Friday, December 15 and Sunday, December 17.

The Lying in State of Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Friday, December 15, 2017 | 8am to 7pm
San Francisco City Hall, Rotunda
FREE and open to the public

Memorial Celebration of Mayor Edwin M. Lee’s life
Sunday, December 17, 2017 | Doors at 2pm, Service at 3pm
San Francisco City Hall, Rotunda
FREE and open to the public

Services will be streamed live on youtube

Program:

  • Prelude Members of the San Francisco Symphony
  • Presentation of Colors San Francisco Public Safety Color Guard
  • Invocation Rabbi Beth Singer, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Senior Rabbi, Congregation Emanu-El
  • Remarks The Honorable London Breed, Acting Mayor of San Francisco
  • Remarks The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator
  • Interlude GLIDE Ensemble
  • Remarks Tania Lee and Brianna Lee
  • Remarks The Honorable Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California
  • Remarks The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Remarks Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, Chief of Protocol of San Francisco
  • Tribute Misa Malone, Beach Blanket Babylon
  • Remarks The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr.
  • Benediction The Right Reverend Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop, The Episcopal Diocese of California
  • Postlude Preston Turner and Pure Ecstasy

All events are open to the public as building capacity allows