Mayor's Press Conference - Apr 15, 2026 - Meeting
Mayor's Press Conference • San FranciscoApril 15, 2026
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SF Celebrates Songkran at City Hall, Affirming Southeast Asian Heritage
San Francisco marked its second annual Songkran New Year celebration on the Mayor's balcony at City Hall on April 15, with elected officials and community leaders casting the event as a statement of civic inclusion for the city's Thai, Cambodian, Lao and Myanmar communities. The ceremony — part cultural ritual, part political signal — came as the holiday continues to gain formal recognition, from UNESCO's 2023 designation to California's first official acknowledgment in 2024.
- City Hall hosts second Songkran celebration with Mayor, Board President and community organizations
- Southeast Asian community leaders spotlight 50 years of service and the Tenderloin's role as an immigration hub
- SFO's first Thai American director connects Songkran's themes of renewal to the airport's global mission
The basics: Songkran is the traditional New Year observed across Thai, Lao, Cambodian and Myanmar communities, centered on water-based rituals symbolizing purification, renewal and community. UNESCO recognized it as intangible cultural heritage in 2023, and California officially recognized the Songkran New Year for the first time in 2024.
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