to say something if you want to. >> thank you to all the students and everyone working there. it is a great opportunity. supervisor farrell: thank you. president chiu: our final commendation will be provided by supervisor mar. supervisor mar: thank you, president chiu.

commending a number of community advocates and organizations today with the support of supervisor cam and david chiu as well. there was a 27-romance in detroit, michigan, who was -- 27-year-old man in detroit, michigan, who was the spark of a movement and helping to build alliances and coalitions along racial and ethnic lines with other victims of bias-related hate crimes. i am talking about the killing of vincent chen 30 years ago, 1982. i was a young college student at uc-davis. i wanted to ask if our community leaders can come up so they can give some remarks after we have made our remarks. we have a reverent, the executive director of the chinatown community development center. if i could ask him to come up, and we also have mike from a

group organizing an event on the 23rd. if he can come up as well? mike and the reverend? please come to the podium. great shirt. i wanted to say that i am introducing a resolution on the imperative agenda that will recognize june 23, this saturday, 2012, as justice for vincent chen day. it recognizes the 30th anniversary of a movement to call for justice in the baseball bat beating death of vincent in the city and county of san francisco. in 1982, ronald reagan was the president. there was a severe economic depression, especially in motown, detroit area. there was a lot of recession here as well. the climate was an economic

depression, scapegoating of immigrants. japan-bashing was going on. there was a lot of anti- immigrant and anti-asian sentiment when i went to school, and definitely in detroit and new york. on june 19, 1982, vincent, a draftsman, weeks away from being married, he was from detroit and was brutally beaten in front of a mcdonald's restaurant in detroit by two unemployed auto workers who mistakenly identified him as japanese and blamed him for loss of american automotive manufacturing jobs. on june 23, 1982, he died as a result of the severe beating with a baseball bat by the two individuals. vincent's murder and the controversy surrounding the light sentences of three month'' probation and $3,700 fine for the two men drew out trays --

outrage and attention. many of us were out rise -- outraged. we were motivated to fight for justice to look at racial justice for other communities as well. this brought together and united the asian-american community with other civil group's rights -- civil rights groups to seek justice for vincent chin and everyone. helen could not be with us today, but she has continued to be a tremendous activist not just for racial justice, but for women's rights and other causes. as a student, vincent's killing got me involved with organizations like the chinese progressive association, the asian law caucus, and many groups that were involved. community organizing, localizing to make change in the

communities really inspired me. reverend fong and many others, gene kwan, many inspired me to get involved. the members of the san francisco bay area community that united in being inspired by american citizens for justice that helen formed in detroit with many groups, and multi-racial coalition, but in the bay area, they helped to found asian- americans for justice, along with many groups like the asian law caucus, chinese american citizens alliance, a chinese for affirmative action, the japanese american citizens league, the chinese consolidated benevolent association, and many others to raise awareness. the resolution we will hear in a moment will declare june 23 as the 30th anniversary of the death of vincent chin and as --

acknowledge the work being done by many in the community. i wanted to say that norman was a key player in building these kinds of alliances and making sure the focus was not just on one individual or community, but bringing people together. i wanted to ask him to come up. i also wanted to ask mike on behalf of asian pacific americans for progress, and the center for asian american media, who has organized a special event on june 23, part of a nation my town hall going on around this country. it is fantastic that we have the veteran organizer and inspiration for us here with a younger activists to give some remarks. i look forward to seeing you on saturday at our commemorations. there's a great one in san jose and all around the country. the two folks that are here today are here to give us some

words of inspiration as well. i should mention that i did kind of present to my colleagues the litany, as well. reverend fong. >> because it is sharon's birthday, i want her to represent the birthday. i would rather give of my time and do the litany. i wrote it the year after. then we did it 10 years later. 20 years later, we did it at the japan town center. the 30th anniversary should be right here in city hall. i'm not going to waste time. i will go right through it. president chiu: if you could just share one microphone? >> an injury to one is the injury to all. i stand here in solidarity with my asian brothers and sisters saying that the silence

continues to plague us. we must move forward. we gather now to remember vincent chin. we gather in remembrance of his death and the hate that brought about his death. we gather today three decades later to remember his mothers cry for justice. >> we gather in remembrance of tears, sorrow -- >> as well as the tears of hope. we gather in the spirit of hope and love. we gather knowing that love overcomes hate and hope overcomes the pain of injustice. we gather as a community, a community committed to racial and social justice. we gather with commitments in our hearts. >> this is our time of community renewal. >> we will never give up the fight, the fight for --

>> an inclusive society that treats all people as one. >> vincent chin's last words were, it isn't fair. >> we will fight for fairness in the courts as well as in the streets. >> martin luther king jr. said injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. >> people who fight for justice anywhere helps the cause of justice everywhere. >> remember vincent chin, the pain, the whole, the heat, the love, the cries of injustice, the striving for fairness. most of all, remember. >> the struggle for justice lives on. >> today, the bullying, the profiling, all the stuff still going on, i am glad all these students are here, but mrs. chin is required. she stood out like a prophet.

reverend jesse jackson flew into chinatown to back as a. the church is jumped in. it was the first moment of solidarity we felt back in the day. remember this day. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, supervisor mar, for recognizing vincent chin day. as someone who is 27 years old, the same age as vincent when he was murdered, and as someone who went through bullying in high- school, it is a personal issue for me as well. i want to say on behalf of asian-pacific americans for progress, and the center of eric -- asian american media, we want to thank the board of supervisors for the

commendation. we want to invite the public to our community event this saturday, june 23. it marks the 30th anniversary of his death. it will be from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. it will include a short documentary screening on vincent chin as well as a national broadcast. we will have a local conversation at 1:00 p.m. and q&a with leaders of local organizations including asian law caucus and the counsel for american islamic relations. we are honored to have the reverend and helen to briefly share their experiences and reflections on this case. if you would like more information, tickets are $10. you can find it at apaforf

progress.org. thank you very much. supervisor mar: i was going to ask a supervisor can more president chiu wanted to make remarks. supervisor kim: i did want to speak. i did not learn about vincent until i was in the middle school, but i remember reading about his case as a 12-year-old and being incredibly struck by how we value human life, and being so shocked that the death of an asian -- the homicide of and a -- asian-american male was worth $300 and a couple months of probation. that story was the first story that really galvanized my consciousness around race and racial justice. that was at a time when there were tensions between the asian american and african american community. just really starting to unpeel what that meant for me as a

person of color growing up in this country. his case means some much to me. i know it was tremendously important for so many of my mentors. it is amazing to be here with my former boss, and also sharon, who embraced me when i first moved here to san francisco. he really gave his life to galvanize our community, vincent chin. it was not just for asian- americans, but for all our communities. this is something we have all experienced. we all have to stand together in fighting this type of injustice. 10 years later, there was the acquittal of four police officers who beat rodney king. we are also this year celebrating -- commemorating the

20-year anniversary of that uprising. as many of you know, rodney king passed away yesterday. i think that we should end our meeting in memory of rodney king. he dedicated his life to galvanizing our community to fight for what is right. for decades, we've talked but police brutality, but it was that videotape of his beating that really brought that truth to the forefront and allowed people to speak about what had been happening, and the frustration our communities have felt about violence based on race. i want to thank supervisor mar for bringing this to the board today. mike, it has been great to get to know you. i wanted to get you on the sunshine ordnance task force. i think you are someone who is increasing, rising as an activist in our community. i'm glad to see continue your commitment to our communities.

president chiu: thank you. i will also add my words to those comments. i know that within every community, we have had history and incidences' that shape us. the death of vincent chin was one of those incidents for me. when i learned about this incident is what caused me to spend more time learning about our civil rights history. when i was in law school, i met when the prosecutors involved in the completely awful travesty of the prosecution. it was part of what inspired me to think about spending part of my career in that world. i want to think sharon hewitt and reverend fong for the work you're doing with activists around the country to help us remember. if we do not remember our history, we are bound to repeat it. hate crimes within any of our communities are hate crimes against all of our communities. i think it is so important that

we take a moment to remember, and again, thank you so much for helping us in that effort. >> let me just say that the last words, his last words were, it isn't fair. his mother, who galvanized many of us around the country as she toured many cities, she eventually left the united states and went back to china and said, there is no justice in america. she passed away a few years ago. it is our responsibility to make sure she will be wrong for our communities and from what appeared to want to thank the reverend and might as well. thank you. [applause] president chiu: we have a few other supervisors that want to make a couple comments. supervisor cohen: i first want to acknowledge the mother of

many and the grandmother of thousands, one of my mentors that certainly taught me not -- taught me a lot. sharon hewitt, heavy birthday. want to acknowledge the good reverend fong for helping us remember this is a beautiful litany of remembrance. thank you. i also find it very ironic that vincent chin's last words were, it isn't fair. one of the phrases that rodney king said that is etched in our memory is, can't we all get along? i want to take a moment to acknowledge there has been an increase in violence in the southeast neighborhoods. one of the things i am acutely aware of an extremely sensitive to is, although the police chief has made a commitment to increased police presence, i wanted to take a moment to assure the public that i am in no way advocating for a police state or am in no way of -- in

support of police profiling, particularly african-americans, but there has been a request for a higher police presence. i want to bring that to the forefront of the public for an acknowledgment that we are aware of the world we're living in today. i also want to echo the comments that were made earlier today that an injury to one is an injury to all. although today's the day we are celebrating, it is with a heavy heart that we actually celebrate and more in those that have been lost. out of their loss, great things have come about. i would like to recognize someone who also passed away due to an act of violence. his memory is also with us. it's burned the resurgence of a

policy that we in san francisco have been continuing to fund piecemeal through the ambassadors program. it is true that struggle that has brought about healthy policies, not only uniting communities, but also bringing people of different backgrounds to the entire table. i thought these comments would be fitting, considering that we are bridge-building and sharing love and honoring those that have come before us. also, honoring those that still walk among us but made a fantastic contribution to future generations. thank you. president chiu: supervisor olague? supervisor olague: i would like to add my name as a sponsor to the resolution. i wanted to acknowledge the contributions of this case. it did raise the consciousness nationally and internationally about racial profiling. i think it helps to strengthen a

lot of the laws in this country around those types of issues. it was very tragic. it really did change the consciousness. this month is pride month. i have been reflecting a lot on these things that are still -- people are still being murdered because of their identity. for some reason, i thought of fred martinas, a transgendered youth in the midwest was murdered because of his embracing his identity. i feel that we all share a solidarity with each other. it is important to never forget that we still have a long way to go with all of these issues. discrimination against so many people in this culture. thank you for reminding us, supervisor mar, of this day.

[applause] president chiu: with that, we're at the end of our accommodations. why don't we move to our imperative agenda. supervisor mar, is there anything else you like to say? supervisor mar: no. thank you for the thoughtful comments. thank you so much to the reverend and mike for being here. president chiu: supervisor mar has made a motion with the requisite commendatory finding. seconded by supervisor campos. i understand i need to take public comment. is there any public comment on whether we should adopt this resolution? public comment is closed. take their role on the motion. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye.

supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: thank you. resolution is adopted. let's go to the 4:00 p.m. special order. colorado items 21 through 24. >> they comprise the special order of 4:00 p.m. for a public hearing of persons interested in the decision of the planning department dated april 9, 2012. the project is located at 601 dolores street. item 22 is affirming the exemption determination. item 23 is the motion reversing the determination. item 24 is the motion directing them to prepare findings. supervisor wiener: the parties

have been working hard to try to find a resolution to this matter. they have agreed to continue the ceqa appeal to next week, the 26, to coincide with a conditional use appeal. they have for there are breeds. i will continue this to next week. right now, i move to continue the items by one week. president chiu: supervisor has made the motion to continue to one week. seconded by supervisor chu. is there any public comment? do you want to speak on this matter? >> ♪ on this exemption tomorrow, tomorrow

exemption you're always a week away you're always a week away from exemption you're always a week away ♪ president chiu: thank you very much. any of the public comment? public comment is closed. on the motion to continue, can we take that without objection? this item will be -- these items will be continued to the 26 of june. if we could recall items in 1920 with regards to assessment costs? >> the item has been called and the representative from dpw is here to make the presentation on the report. >> we have met with two of the property owners. we will be taking their names and their properties off the list that has been distributed

to you. i asked that the board vote to approve the assessments on the remaining properties. i will be working with the clerk's office to provide them with whatever documentation they may need to approve this measure. president chiu: mr. kwan has made suggestions to amendments. unless there is any discussion, can we take a resolution to be adopted as amended? same house, same call. without objection. resolution is adopted. thank you. why don't we now move to our committee reports, and 25? >> items 25 through 58 were considered by the government audit and oversight committee at a regular meeting on june 14. there were four did. and 25 is an ordinance authorizing the municipal

transportation agency to extend the existing contract with serco . president chiu: same house, call? this ordinance is passed. could recall all of the mou's except for item 54? 48 and 54. colorado items 26 through 47. 55 through 56. most of them. >> items 26 through 47 and 49 through 53 and 55 and 56 are implementing arbitration awards, implementing or establishing the memorandum of understanding or the ordnances adopting and implementing our rigid memorandum of understanding between the city and various unions, the international committee of engineers, the union of american physicians and dentists, the san francisco

association, a local union number three of operating engineers, the san francisco institutional police officers association, the supervising probation officers, the automotive machinists' union, the international association of machinists and aerospace workers, the multiple unions at kraft coalition, the engineers local union number three, the san francisco deputy sheriffs association, san francisco district attorney's investigators association, a sheriff's managers and supervisors association, the teamsters local 856, the united association of journeymen and apprentices -- apprentices, local 38, the international brotherhood of electrical workers, the memorandum of understanding between the city and the laborers international union, local 261, the transport

workers union of america, afl- cio, the international union of operating engineers stationary engineers, local 39, the municipal attorneys association, all to be effective july 1, 2012, through june 30, 2014. item 49 is an ordinance fixing compensation for persons employed by the city whose compensations are subject to the provisions of section a8409 in codes not represented by an employee organization and conditions of employment and methods of payment. 50 is an ordinance implementing amendment number two to the 2009-2011 mou agreement between the redevelopment agency of the city and the international federation of professional and technical engineers, local 21, afl-cio, and extending the term of the agreement through june 30

commitment to "come and implementing specific terms and conditions of employment for fiscal years 2011-2012, item 51, ordnance adopting in implementing amendment number two to the mou between the rebel and agency and the service employees international union, by extending the term of the agreement through june 30, 2012, colorado 52 is an ordnance adopting and implementing amendment number two to the 2009-2011 mou agreement between the redevelopment agency and the international federation of professional and technical engineers, the professional technical unit, extending the terms of the agreement through june 30, 2012, item 53 is an ordinance adopting and implementing amendment number two to the memorandum of agreement between the redevelopment agency and the international federation of professional and technical engineers, local 21, afl-cio