SF Mayor On Violating Mask Mandate In Church: I Was Feeling The Spirit

BREED: "I had a good time at the Black Cat and I think it’s sad that this is even a story. The fact is there was something that was really monumental that occurred, and that is Tony! Toni! Toné!. The original members, the brothers, Raphael Saadiq and D'wayne Wiggins, who have not performed in public for I believe at least over 20 years. They are just really some of the most incredible artists in the history of this country, in the Bay Area in particular, and the fact that that is getting lost here is very unfortunate, not to mention the incredible trumpeter Maurice 'Mobetta' Brown who is just phenomenal. These incredible musicians, who performed and who really uplifted the spirits of not just myself but all the people who were there. And from my perspective, you know I was there. I was eating and I was drinking and I was sitting with my friends, and everyone who came in there was vaccinated. So the fact that we have turned this into a story about being maskless -- no, I’m not going to sip and put my mask on, sip and put my mask up, sip and put my mask on, eat and put my mask on sit. While I’m eating and I'm drinking I’m going to keep my mask off. And yes, in time while we’re drinking like everyone else there we were all having a good time. And again, all vaccinated. So the fact that this is even a story is sad. And it’s sad because we’re missing out on the fact that we have live performances. We in San Francisco have done an incredible job around Covid. Yes, we have challenges, but this is now a distraction, and I would hope that people would spend more time on enjoying San Francisco, of going to go see Maurice 'Mobetta' Brown, who's only going to be here for another week at the Black Cat and make the stories about how incredible and talented these artists are, and less about something that shouldn’t even be a story in the first place."