down urban street you can do to a japanese restaurant, chinese restaurant, american restaurant, and the cultural diversity is just what makes it so amazing my name is ching le, and i'm the owner of the kingdom of bounty. 17th san francisco, 94116. we make the most authentic and different kinds of dumplings and dim sum. recently more and more popular because they are vegetables and meats that we use fresh vegetables and meats in the business. it's really inspired to start discover your district series, because i wanted to find a way for neighbors to come and get to know our small businesses and our neighborhoods. get to know each other, get know our office, and do so in a setting that

was unintimidating and fun. so i launched this idea call the "discover your district," where we go every month to one or two small businesss in district 4 and we have done things such as learning how to make dumplings that we're learning today and there are so many different activities that we have exposed our residents to. >> today is the very special day, because the city of san francisco hosting this for san francisco city. learning how to make dumplings and knowledge of dumplings. they love to do it and all enjoy it. >> this is definitely not my first time making it, so i have definitely improved a lot. the first couple of time s i tried to make dumplelings they looks inedible. they have definitely improved. there is a special dumpling

eating contest, which is amazing. everyone those eat the dumplings that they made and see how many they can do. i'm curious as to how many they going to be able to down today? >> don't forget to write down what you are eating today. >> we make all different kinds of dumplings and enjoy what they made. so after that, we'll have contact how many pieces of dumplings they can eat and announce the winner today.

>> (clapping.) >> one of things that makes me the happiest to introduce the mayor if makes me happy they

inspires me a lot of my career can we make a dent if homelessness our mayor is a mayor for all people didn't just say that but acts it everyday he's looking each one of us having value mayor ed lee thank you for standing with san franciscans and a leader for all of us. >> (clapping.) >> well, thank you carr are good morning, everyone. >> good morning you know they started singing i was wondering in if i have the energy and i remembered hamilton it had in town everyone has the infection everyone is here for project homeless connect the 67 times 67 times. >> (clapping.) >> we've brought people together

in our wonderful city and you know many of us i saw the hands go up the first time i know how it would have in your minds you're walking through the streets and neighborhood corridors and see that you hear it can sometimes you smell and interact and see the needles you see people and ask ourselves how can this city of riches and you know all kind of the development going on allow this to happen and we say to ourselves if so gotten more complicated than one sees with the naked icy know that's why you're here many of you are in addition to wanting the help you also want to understand what really is going on and for me as the mayor now in

any 6 year having followed the work of gavin newsom who began those private right of action private right of action connects and began with programs like the carry no cash and making sure we try to direct our compassion but begins with compassion all of you are not here you think that you can help to solve homelessness you don't know as i did years ago what really has to happen because as you find out where people are from and how chronically for years they been on the streets you'll release how for those days are a day when finally maybe you can get somebody to help with our hair cut, lava maze maybe a shower not for weeks or not be

able to see a dentist and the pain in their mouth prevents them from thinking lonely and food and support maybe a counseling session with someone all of this in fact, one and 50 different services come through one roof for a day of private right of action project homeless connect it is an expression of your compassion we couldn't do that without the volunteers that come from every sector i understand that today, many people are coming from the cloud from companies that are working you're coming from the clouds and dropping in the best city from the world san francisco to help people. >> (clapping.) >> this is what you're doing today, i want to say thank you. i want to say thank you because as you may know as well as i do those days across the country

people are talking about things that divide us we in san francisco we bring people together to solve people's problems and we'll continue to do that and solis so long as i'm mayor, i want to make sure that everything when it comes to people that are hopeless begin with compassion and as we learn how to do things better that compassion guides us around permanent solutions that's why we opened up the first naebts when i said the shelter are not doing that for any of us in and out of shelters not doing that the idea of a 2345ek9 24/7 services save places dignity for people and then guide them in once they got all their benefits and support serves we love them as human beings and veterans and

people with families as woman who have not survived do know and many of the challenges we embrace them with our san francisco compassion that's what i love about the city that's what i love about the city and the companies that work for us the employees some of them are out through we're trying to draw the employees to do the right thing and adopt san francisco values if they're going to be here it begins with all of you how you'll express it by your you touch and attitude and your smile because that is how people feel welcomed and belonging and from the services and now i've gotten department to really understand their mission and their role is that we may not solve homelessness as a concept as a phenomena but every person

we touch we ought to have solved homelessness for him or her that's our commitment in san francisco so since 2011, we've done just that for over 10 thousand people isn't that an accomplishment for san francisco. >> (clapping.) >> so i want you to know you're in a contest in a rolling contest when we touch people and getting them ready i'm working my rear off with jeff and public utilities commission and the mayor's office of housing all of the developers in the city to provide a permanent supportive of housing we need to house people heroes and hearts in addition of people to be ready to accept that in order for us to help them off the streets while their on the streets yeah, we'll clean up the needle and have

encampment recess luxury people and less violence it is a violent sidewalks you law u allow people to live on the streets we've 2k3w089 to get more people off the street not moving them from corner to corner and shelter to shepherded on a permanent basis that's why i need a city that is strong and clibt in the economics a strong city that is going to be a city that helps people long term i'm committed for the thousands of units of housing we have to have in order to bring people along this evolution of personal change whatever is bothering them there is a lot of things bothering people on the streets we'll get them there to the programs we have first, it becomes temporary than more permanency but along the way

they know that san francisco knows how to do this right and well and do that it begins with today with all of you and thank you for singing along they beginning but every person you touch no matter their attitude your smiles and offer of service and support it the beginning that is the most important thing from thereon the discipline happens and we lie people to really get back to what we would call a little bit more normal lives with shelter of permanent housing and supportive services along the way we're figuring out things but not only agencies not only your tax dollars but a lot of companies and a lot of foundations have committed to us our vision their support us all the way rule see in the next few months some great announcement

we're already started with announcements we end veterans homelessness by the end of this year in san francisco. >> (clapping.) >> our emotion and support for families we'd like do something about that in a big way i'm not going to ruin that announcement by prematurely announcing it but a lot of friends thinking and planning and organizing around family homelessness and youth that need our help transitional age youth and the individuals that you see everyday that are faced with drug addiction and 34g9s and answers for them as well everybody is working hard you're part of team now thank you, thank you, thank you i'm so proud of san francisco and just coming back from countries like china and hong kong and

environment commission you're in the greatest city in the wormed they love our value of diversities they love our stance on immigrant they love our compassion for people this is what defines us this is what project homeless connect does and thank you for representing the best in our city thank

>>[gavel] >> good afternoon i will call to order the tjpa board of directors special meeting for march 24. >> thank you i will call roll call and over the writer-director kim and sartipi so they will not be present today. with that harper here, reiskin here, gee, here nuru present >> you do have a quorum. i'll call you next item >> yes