much. >> ok. thank you. president chiu: next speaker, and if there are any other members of the public who wish to speak on the leans for the assessment of costs, please speak up. >> ♪ city building, what is this assessment you have going on? could it be a faded building of days gone by? and did i hear you say, it costs a lot of money anyway to build that big, old mansion in the sky? ♪ president chiu: are there any other members of the public who wish to speak at this public hearing? ok, what i would like to ask if dbi staff, if you could step

outside and meet with the individuals he spoke, and that if you have any resolution of the matter, if you can let the clerk know, we will take it up at that time. colleagues, at this time, i would like to move to our 3:30 recognition. we have five colleagues presenting today, and i would like to first start with supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener just checking -- supervisor wiener: just checking to make sure my honoree is here. i want to honor ron miguel for his years of service to san francisco as a whole, specifically on the planning commission.

i have often told people that when we talk about nominations for planning commission, and we talk about diversity or reaching out to the community, in the years that i have tried to recruit people to apply for the planning commission, i have never been successful in getting someone to apply. as powerful as the commission is. it is such an enormous amount of work to be on the planning commission. you do not get paid. cindy wu told me she was spending 30, 40 hours on the commission. it is thankless, and the people would do it, where they are on the political spectrum and whatever their views are, they do it because they care about their city and their community, and, ron, i know you are somewhere there has recently been a lot of conversation about the commission and commissioners, but across the

spectrum, everyone has been set to see you go because you are so respected across the board, even by those who may disagree with you on various issues, and i think people know that you are fair, that you do not show any particular -- you do not tow any particular party line, and you recognize the need for the city to grow and develop, but you are also equally respectful for the character of the neighborhoods, and given your background in labor activism, that is not surprising at all. i so enjoy working with you. i will definitely miss you on the commission, as will a lot of people, but i also know, knowing you, this is not even close to the end, and you will be involved, and i look forward to continue working with you in the future to make our city a

better place, so on behalf of the board of supervisors, i want to thank you and honor you, commissioner. [applause] president chiu: actually, commissioner miguel, before you speak, there are several other colleagues who wish to continue the accolades. supervisor olague? supervisor olague: we were together. >> four years. supervisor olague: that is a long time. i will really miss your not being there. he beat me to the punch, i want you to know. i guess i can still do this in

september if i want. i hope you are going to still be serving on some commission. your expertise is such that the city really loses out not having you on planning. i am sure the city family will continue to find a place for you to offer your expertise and your wisdom. it was wonderful serving with you, and i am happy that supervisor wiener has given you this honor today. >> thank you, christina. president chiu: supervisor mar? supervisor mar: i was also disappointed when you did not get reappointed. you were working with me through complex issues with great support as well. i know we have differences on some issues, but you have always

been great about explaining different perspectives. i know you will continue to serve the city, but thank you so much, ron. >> thank you, eric. president chiu: supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: thank you, commissioner. i know that is the last time you will be using that title. but we want to thank you. for being accountable, straw, diplomatic, and thoughtful in your application of the planning code. i still will be looking to you for some guidance, and i look forward to serving with you hopefully in another capacity. >> thank you. president chiu: supervisor campos? supervisor campos: commissioner miguel, i represent district 9,

which over the years has had a number of land use items come your way. i want to thank you for your service to the city and county of san francisco. being on the planning commission is one of the toughest assignments to have. there were times when we did not agree, but i always respected the manner in which to approach a job, so i just want to thank you. i know it is not an easy task. it requires many hours away from family and loved ones, so for the whole district 9, thank you very much for your service. >> thank you. president chiu: and i am going to add my two cents. commissioner, i am certainly not going to be grudge all of the free time you will have. i do think that if you had wanted to move through and had been re-enactor -- re--- renominated, you would have gotten through this body

unanimously. thank you for all of the our region have done to all of the neighborhoods, and on behalf of my district and my constituents, thank you. we do hope we can find another place for you to serve the city if that is something you wish to do in the future, so thank you. >> thank you very much. president chiu: commissioner? >> it is hard to follow that.

i very deeply appreciate the sentiment. two things are important in my life. one is my family, and i am pleased to have my wife sitting here in the back. she gets a little shy at these types of affairs. many of you have met her over the years, but the other thing after family in san francisco. some of you may have taken surveys on the web, and often in the last of the section, they ask which is more important to you, your country, your state, or your city. i have never checked anything other than my city. eric, ruth and i were raised in district 1. i was president of the neighborhood association there for 16 years.

my business was there. mark, we deal with district two, but at one time, i had 25% of my board living industry two even though it was the richmond district, just the way the lines were, and certainly we work with district two, on the presidio, and i was on the final negotiating committee for the memorial hospital, along with many of your constituents. david, i will get to district 3 in a moment. carmen, although we did not work a lot to get the because my time in working with things like golden gate park was earlier perhaps, but working with the people in your district, district of for you are, i chaired the commission and other

things would golden gate park, it was really a pleasure. christina, i do not need to say more. i checked the map the other day. both of my daughters are living in your district. jane, you have an unusual district in the way it handles market street, and in answer to some of the things that have been said, the tatar levi president chiu, a little over one year ago, the market -- the mayor has asked me to chair the market street advisory, and it is my pleasure to continue to do that. the report will be with you hope the by the end of the year, and we will be working with the board, as we are with mta and dpw on that one, so we are very

involved in what happens on that end. certainly the years i worked with people in the district on the central freeway and octavia boulevard situation, 13 years with that advisory group, and, sean, i had the pleasure of going to the district 11 -- excuse me. i am dealing with the wrong district there. the golden gate park and working together. david, oddly enough, even though i live in potrero hills, next to what is there, my second choice for shopping and restaurants, i am virtually in mission, market, rainbow, at least once a week. malia, we have had the pleasure

working together and will continue because i am still active with an association and the potrero boosters. what happened with the funds we were able to get, amazon, some of those areas in the park, it was beautiful. david, if i may, i saved you for last. you run into a lot of people, and i have had the pleasure of working with you on some things, and we have not always agreed, and that is the way it should be. that is the way the city should go. but in your remarks, you mentioned that this is a missing city, and it will move, progress, and change, and people should understand that. more than anything else and parsley to you, and my wife, who is sitting in the back can

testify to this, i was really taken by the fact that i could call you a true gentleman. no one else would have taken the time. i am not your appointment. you have your own appointments on the commission. but would have taken the time first thing friday morning to call me, and it really touched me. thank you. president chiu: thank you. [applause] thank you, commissioner. our next accommodations will be presented by supervisor mar, and i want to know who he will be recognizing in both of his presentations, individuals who are deserving of recognition. supervisor mar? supervisor mar thank you -- supervisor mar: thank you,

supervisor chiu. we will be declaring chinese appreciation day, and we are joined by several supervisors as well. i wanted to ask, first of all, beating me to the punch, already at the podium, the director of the chinese association, and i want to say that we are commending him and his organization today. it is not that they have just turned 40. they were founded in 1972. but many chinese community elders. there are younger activists from many of the college campuses, and even in chinatown and the communities that were very active in trying to change and improve their community, especially the low-income, chinese-immigrant communities. they have had many young people

and adults, the women's group, and artists and cultural workers, a tremendous development of people of leadership, really turning the masses into a force of city government but also a nationwide with policymaking as well. and a director is also here, sitting back there. i first became active in the cpa in the 1980's, and the union was engaged in a major strike. there was the restaurant workers strike of 1984. there was a racial violence case, chin, where we organize support for his family but also solidarity for other victims of racial violence and building alliances with other communities. i also recall building a multiracial organization called the rainbow coalition in

different cities around the country, but in san francisco, many of us were very active. many students from city college, berkeley, san francisco state, and many campuses were strongly supportive of cpa's work, and they helped to develop us as well, in the 1990's. they really helped to empower young people and grassroots communities, building alliances in the mission district and many other groups. even across the bay, working with the nationwide coalitions, like the southwest impact group. i think a proud moment was the founding of one group with young people from the chinatown area and other parts. i want to say that the chinese progressive association really brings people together. they have contributed to a broader fight for social,

political, and environmental justice, a tremendous campaign that they have been involved in. i also wanted to say that they are building other alliances, not just the progress of workers or alliance. there are other efforts to fight for minimum wage or the paid sick leave law. up until the recent victories with the wage and task force, cpa has led in the fight for workers' rights and immigrant rights and equality in health care, education, and housing. i am pleased to present the executive director of cpa. thank you. [applause] >> oh, thank you, eric. you said most of what i wanted to talk about. first of all, it is an honor to be here.

it is not just me. we are having a war party at the office that i am supposed to be at. a lot of times, we come to the podium here so much being oppositional or passionately defending our position, and it is just nice to come and accept an award, so thank you for that, and i do just want to say, giving crops to the people who helped found cpa, it was not just in the 19th 70's. it actually started in the 1930's with a chinese organization for unemployment rates in the 1930's and fighting for unemployment, which is what we are fighting for now, still. but it is actually a lot, and i think that is also important to remember, the kind of trajectory we are in. i do want to say that the 1970's, we were empowered by the black power movement, and that is the seat of really what we

have strong multiracial routes into the community, and we are also very inspired by china and what is happening. i think it is at the core of what we do. it is not just about the chinese community, but as san francisco keeps changing, we will have to keep changing and understanding the different ties in the city, which is why we invested a lot of time in building the alliance and also the progress of work alliance, because we cannot do this alone. on a personal bet, i am proud to stand here because my family started in chinatown as workers but also started a very successful small business. in fact, it was the first jewelry store to leave chinatown. it is supposed to be historic, but nobody talks about it except for me. just coming back to chinatown to work and serve the community is coming full circle. i am very happy to accept this award on behalf of cpa.

thank you. [applause] supervisor mar: thank you. i forgot to make one other plug. cpa is celebrating its 40th anniversary on saturday. it is going to be a wonderful vacation with lots of old timers but asa veterans from the chinese progressive association and campaigns that we have been involved in, so hopefully people can join us on saturday, august 4, 4 a great 40-year anniversary. thinking to be co-sponsors. the second is another important issue for the chinese community, and we have two leaders in the

educational justice movement. i would like to ask them to come up. they have for decades been strong in the community college system. but even for immigrant populations. first of all, let me start with the dean of the chinatown northeast campus, and then i will go next to the vice chancellor of academic affairs for the community colleges of san francisco. august 15, i believe, it is the day that a shining new chinatown campus will be unveiled, and 7000 students will hopefully go through the doors to celebrate a decades-long fight for a modern, magnificent campus in the chinatown-north beach area. let me first say, with city college in chinatown, she has

shaped the lives of hundreds of students. the dean of instruction, the director of the asian success center, and with the gop yes -- the e.o.p.s. as she has been a tremendous not only faculty member and counselor but also an administrator as well. she has helped to really give a voice to immigrant students and to build a strong voice for them and to develop them as leaders future. she has taken the helm of the dean of the chinatown campus and i wanted to make sure that we as the board acknowledged her years, decades of work but acknowledge her new leadership position at the chinatown campus.

next is the former dean, joanne lo. not only a champion of esl, or english as a second language, many efforts at curriculum development and teaching students, she has been a tremendous administrator at the city college level. she is the vice chancellor of academic affairs overseeing not only john adams but many different departments. she has dedicated her servants -- service as the vice chancellor of city college and she was the administrator of the esl different. she has been on the board of the richmond district center and she is also a leader in our richmond district community as well. i ask you to join me in commending them for their years of work as we open and celebrate the new chinatown campus and the movement of students and

community people from the educational opportunities for chinatown and different coalitions of faculty and students that fought for many years. thank you for your leadership and if you would like to see a few words, both of you. -- say a few words, both of you. >> thanks for this recommendation. -- this recognition. we have nearly 60 years of experience in terms of serving the community college district. it is 75 years old and i think the chinatown campus is the latest example of bringing education to the community. we have to have a permanent home in our bayview hunters point in the near future. serving the thousands of students that we have throughout the city has been a wonderful experience for me. we actually have some of our students in the audience today and they are here to speak to

you on another matter. i think we have 90,000 students that we are serving this year. i am not sure. >> i feel honored and humbled to recognition. especially side by side with my boss and my mentor. with the -- the success of the city college is dependent on the support of everyone here. i hope to continue in the future. >> i know david chiu was a co- sponsor. president chiu: a want to thank you in the leadership of city college particularly in the district. the fight and movement was the last of -- effort i was involved in before i decided to run for

office and it was a tremendous effort and i am so excited to be part of the celebration of our community but i want to think you're not just for decades of work but the work i know in the challenges we have in front of us to make sure that we put city college back on the right footing in needs to be and think you for your dedication to students and the work that we have and we will do together. thank you very much. [applause] our next commendations will be provided by supervisor christina olague. supervisor olague: if anyone has

time to understand some of the history of the fillmore, it is rich and today, we will be honoring two gentlemen who have contributed a lot to the district. i was standing in markets books last week and found out it is the same building that was bob city. it was a club that john co ltrane performed in. there is a music history and an incredible history. i hope sometimes i think we should have cafes or we have all these individuals to sit around and share what they know of the history of the district. it is pretty incredible. so today, i have a proclamation for two outstanding individuals, mr. bobby webb and mr. marion sullivan. i would like to invite them to the podium and i will say a few words.

mr. marion sullivan was born in alabama and raised in the bay area. he started working for his brother as a youth and started his own and entrepreneurial -- his own entrepreneurial career. he has carried on the name and the business savvy of his family by operating a host of business enterprises and has served his country and his community with tremendous pride. as a business proprietor and employer, a san francisco and in the community advocate, mr. sullivan has participated in a variety of pursuits and is an invaluable benefit to his community. mr. sullivan has made significant contributions to the history of the fillmore and in 1955, even coined the name for the world famous concert hall. the sullivan brothers have had a long-lasting impact on the fillmore neighborhood and their presence is felt through the