years ago we would be able to put 35 strike team on the road in a short amount of time. on most days it is 18, 19, 20. we are 50% where we were 7, 8, , 9, 10 years ago. >> thank you. any further questions? >> that is exactly why i asked the question. the article went into how you described it. that is a disaster when you think about 12 or 15 years ago we could put twice as many rigs. that gives us more of a reasoning to want to support this. thanks, chief. >> thank you, commissioner. commissioner covington. >> just to follow up on commissioner hardeman's question

regarding mutual aid. what steps need to be taken to get to the previous number of $100 million that would cover predeployment and staging and other needs? is it the united fire chiefs of california that lobby, is it our elected officials statewide, the officials we reelect in san francisco to go to sacramento? is it lobbying the governor? how do we access this money? how do we as citizens make it part of the state budget? >> so it is a combination. i it is on the california metro chief association. it is something we have

discussed as sort of our ability to lobby to the extent that more resources need to be funneled in that direction. then there is the cal chief's professional, california firefighters, there is local unions, ultimately it is a decision at the state level in the governor's office for funding towards cal fire. >> it is the governor's office and assembly person or state senator can introduce a bill asking the funds be earmarked? >> correct. >> i think this is an item, a single subject item for our next agenda so we can drill down and get more information about this and so that our fellow citizens and the city and county of san francisco are better informed because these requests for mutual aid do come up.

they come in the most dire and drastic circumstances. the san francisco fire department, its members want to be able to respond, but you know our resources are not infinite. the resources of other departments are not infinite. we have to make sure that when others call upon the department that we are able to respond and when we are in need, every day we are closer to the next earthquake if we haven't had it today. this is a concern for us as well. you know, we have been very active in terms of coming to the aid of others throughout the state, but our time will come as well. >> i will comment on what you just said, commissioner.

>> who are you? >> deputy chief of operations. >> we are better prepared as the city to send out more equipped engines. we have made a concerted effort to get that accomplished over the last couple years. we were able to send 12 engines at the last disaster up north. the rest of the state needs help covering the state and the region as well. i wanted you to hear that as backup. >> the moneys would not come directly to the departments. it would be in the bank account for being able to as we do now allow the office of emergency services to have the fund available to reimburse the departments. >> it would be a reimbursements basis. >> if we send out resources we know we would be reimbursed. this would allow a funding

source. >> how much of that money would go to calfire? none? all would go to individual departments in the state? >> as they request resources they would be paid for their response. >> those departments are individual municipalities and what about the overall state of california fire. >> in general it is not to buy additional fire engines or personnel. it is to have money nor reimbursement. >> all right. thank you, chief, for that clarification. >> you are up chief nicholson. unless you also need him as backup. i'm good. >> great. i thought you might be. now, i had a question regarding the tabulation of the forensic

material from the people who were deployed th to the north b. you have that information and people are able to look at that information and then what happens to it? >> i apologize if i was not clear. 179 people were tested, a small group of those 179 people, i'm not sure if it was 20 or 30, were not deployed to the fires. those are the comparison or control group. everybody else was at the fires in the north bay. people from all different departments. i think we are 65 people from san francisco fire tested in

this group. they took samples from all of those people. they have tested them for heavy metals thus far. i do not have the results of those. i think they are close to if they have not already started notifying people about those findings. then what the people running the study are doing is triage the people. they had to answer questionnaires and fill out forms and find out, triage by who spent the most time exposed at these fires? they are going to take those people. i am not sure how many of 1779 to do -- 179 to do further testing for the nonmetal toxins. all sorts of other stuff they could have in their system. that is what is due to be out in

may. i don't currently have any results of anything. >> okay. thank you very much. >> you are welcome. >> no other questions. >> thank you, commissioner covington. commissioner. >> chief, following up on the commissioner's last question. in regards to when the results do come out, does the department have some sort of plan of action or does it anticipate looking at this information to see how it should respond in the way of changing policies or making recommendations to the commission for changing policies or to the chief? what is anticipated? do you anticipate getting the results and doing something with them? >> yes, we are very interested in the results just like we are interested in the results from the breast cancer study that we

are still waiting on, and i think that will definitely help to drive policy not just for us but for other departments as well. because there have been so few studies done and i don't know how many wild land studies have been done or if this is the first or second one, but we will definitely be looking at those results and determining posse changes, perhaps operational changes, who knows? we need to see the results before we decide to do something. >> i see how these wild land fires are turning into urban fires at the north bay fire did. we are burning more than wood and trees these days in the wild land fires we will sending the firefighters to. beyond those fires, the

department zoo any test -- do any testing of members from exposure to urban fires in the city? >> no. did we do a study? we did a study a few years back, did we? >> we did draw blood samples in conjunction with the san francisco firefighters carnser prevention foundation. not on a regular basis. >> was there policy or anything learn from those results? >> i think -- i can't speak specifically though toes results. i -- those results. we have updated the respiratory protection policy in an effort to keep employees as safe as possible given that they work around the toxic environment every day at work. >> we have definitely changed things over the past few years. we have gas indicators that we

use in post fires that we have our chiefs check to make sure people can remove the scvas. we have change our respiratory protection policy. we are definitely doing things and other things we are doing apthat we have done in terms of the wash extractors. when i came in it was like, kid, rub your coat up against the charred wood so you look like you have done something. you know, i don't think i washed my gear for the first 10 years i was in. we have made changes. we are continuing to make changes. we will absolutely be looking at the results of this study and of the study of our firefighters, and i think that will not just change policy but also lead

scientists to sort of hone in on what further studies need to be done. >> i am curious from the north bay fires would. >> we can have the cancer prevention foundation do that. >> on the issue of the hand out in the packet i'm not sure if it is this item or another. it is distribution list for the work group and committee assignment. are you familiar with what i'm talking about? can you tell me what these work groups are? what the purpose behind the work groups are? there is a hazmat committee, mutual aid. what are these people doing in these committees? >> they work on projects, policies, it is really, really important for us to get feedback

and intel from the field, not just from downtown in terms of driving policies or looking at new technologies, things like that. we have i don't know how many workers. we just came out with that list a couple weeks ago. >> the purpose of this so i'm understanding correctly is kind of a bomb up approach to get -- bottom up approach to get information from the troops to affect, modify? >> absolutely. our mutual aid committee, they are the ones that go to the deploy to the wildfires. they are on the ground. they know what has to happen, what equipment we need, they know we work in conjunction. we are working with them to get five more wild land rigs. health and safety committee, you know, when we reconvene that

meeting we will be working more on deacon policy. i can come up with all sorts of things. they are still in the field. they have really important i put to give us. >> i notice that one of the the committees is the stress committee. is that related to post-traumatic stress? >> correct. >> it looks as though all of the people are from within the department. are there any experts the department is tapping into that are outside the department that are specialists in that field? >> in that committee no. the committee, i think it is mostly fire personnel. is that correct? >> internal personnel. >> internal personnel. >> would the department if the purpose of that particular committee is to inform the

department on these issues, let's talk specifically about the stress issue, would it make sense to include experts in that field or perhaps even other departments that are doing it in a very successful way? >> some of the footwork that they do and that they are task with doing is reaching out to other departments, seeing what their policies and procedures are, and reaching out to outside personnel and bringing that back to the committee. while we don't have somebody on that committee per se from the outside, we definitely do reach out to other departments and professionals. >> when is that committee meeting? >> it is meeting this -- i believe next thursday it is meeting. >> i will mention this later,

but as a future agenda item, and i have mentioned it in the past so it shouldn't be a surprise to anybody, there is a resolution i am going to be presenting i will share with the chief this week as well as with the local 798 just to get feedback on that. the chief at your discretion it may be something you wra you may not want to share with the committee to see what they think of this. the committee of your people on this specific issue. in regards to the five rigs that you are asking the state for, can you clarify that? is the state paying for new rigs that we would house, the yellow rigs? >> yes, they are. can i get back up here? i believe they ar are -- we are buying them from the state. the chief is involved with that. yoyou want to speak to that?

>> commissioner in 2006 as a state purchases new apparatus they have a surplus of used engines low mile age well maintained. in 2006-2007 the chief authorized us to purchase five of those. we having using them for those years. our engines have served the time. there are going to be surplussed used state engines coming available that we are negotiating with the state. background research with the chief we had a meeting a couple weeks ago we are close to that happening. >> ho do we pay for the rigs? >> good evening. the chief was talking about the individual jurisdictions reimbursement also, and as part

of those reimbursements when we deploy members we are reimbursed for time and salary. there is additional reimbursement for use of appratt tuesday as administrative rates on top of those. using some of that additional revenue we were able to move forward. we used the fund to purchase equipment, training, supplies, what have you. some of the recommends coming forth from the committee. that is what the revenue is used for. >> this is revenue that we generate from responding to fires we bill the state for the special fund. we get that money back, it sits in the back and then in a couple years we buy new or used rigs from the state? >> the chief mentioned we have done that previously on the apparatus. the state will do a refresh of

the entire fleet. that is what the chief is referring to. not on an am basis when that comes up we would like to take advantage of it. >> are there any homeland security grants or funds available? that seems to be a homeland security issue. >> not at that time. we can check in. i believe they work anything federally they would be involved with for securing funding for the entire program. it is something to look at as well. >> thank you. one last question, chief. >> you mentioned ems6 that we are in the process of hiring a new member for that unit, correct? >> we have. >> and we have hired another member. that will take the membership of that unit to three? >> correct.

>> are all three of those members h33 captains. >> ee it is h33 position. >> each of the h33 captains are advanced life support trained, correct? >> yes. >> what is the -- i missed the hours that you mention that we would be using the new ems for. >> 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. monday through thursday. that is the ems 6:00 a.m. doing more administrative meeting with other city agencies as well as some operational overflow, but they are doing a lot of administrative. then we have two other who work i believe noon to midnight seven days a week. a 4-3 switch flop.

>> okay. how did we find? where did we find that new ems6? a new full-time employee. where did we find that employee? >> we have additional personnel that are trained. if you are asking regarding funding. we did receive additional funding i believe toward the latter part of the budget last year to cover the funding for this additional position. >> for ems6 specific to this unit? >> correct. >> okay. great. thank you. >> thank you commissioner. vice president makajo. >> thanks you very much. happy birthday chief. thank you very much chief

nicholson for your comprehensive report. in your report you made reference to the position of the training chief. my question is this next class 124th class, that class will be starting when, chief? >> march 26th. >> is that, chief, anticipated to be in place by the march 26th date? >> absolutely. >> then just a question to you, chief hayes white. is there assumption and i assume are all of the candidates for the next class 124, have they been selected? >> they have not been selected. i believe we have made 33 condition offers. there would benign more slots to make 42. our goal typically is better than when we came in to give at least two weeks notice to the

member. >> that is the goal to fill that number that we were just including station 49 to be in place by march 26th? >> so the members from station 49 start two weeks afte after te march 26th date. they are treated independent because they have -- the first two weeks of the academy are medical ems related. the station 49 are well versed. they join two weeks after march 26th. >> the total numbers for the class is in. >> 54. 42 from the list and 12 coming from station 49. >> thank you very much, chief. chief nicholson, you made reference to station five in the artwork. >> to station five? >> the hard work projected and

the steps we are going through with our commission or to be age to come to some agreement in terms of the hard work. >> that was with the adf, yes. >> in terms of that we will have participation and decision mechanism within that? >> yes, we do. >> i wanted to make sure we don't wind up with something that we have a problem with, not that art is a problem. sometimes depending upon the degree of observation something more appropriate to us. >> we definitely have a say in it. chief zanohooff all attended that and the art commission was receptive and willing to work with us. >> i think that is very important. i appreciate that as well.

i hope it reaches a successful conclusion. i wanted to acknowledge chief hayes white in terms of the chinatown parade. i was able to observe the medical units and our members as they prepared for the chinatown parade. partlening a long stand -- beina longstanding commissioner i am usually waving and seeing the individual members on the route. i appreciate the invitation, in terms of that observation. i was able to go to a briefing in the morning and understand clearly what our responsibility is to that parade. it is a tremendous responsibility we have. it is a beautiful parade. folks enjoy it. it is a famous parade. with this time we have now environment and feelings it is important to be willing. i was very pleased the men and

women of the department participated. >> if i may interrupt. i did neglect to check the chiefs for really taking care of our event action plan and seeing it through from begin to end. thank you both. >> thank you for that. also part of that observation was i was able to observe everybody's role and how everything was loaded up. the most enjoyable was convoy from 49 town to the parade route. a lot of impressive commissioners with the lights going. exciting to be part of parade and come out of the rig in terms of that participation. i want to acknowledge that. part of our package is the two flyers of information one is the tenth annual command center cenr

rally that is occurring. the media responsibility is part of this. this is a great thing. the other thing we have a hand out from the american red cross, i believe. it is called when in doubt call us out. it has the listings of situations, people evacuated by fire or natural disaster. it tells what the red cross can do. residents may be displaced from their homes. we provide shelter, feeding ongoing recovery services. civilians injured first responder. this is really good. we talked about preparation for fire or earthquake. it is upon the individual as well so this information is really good. common citizens can be able to read this as well. as a point of information in

eighth graden grade my family ws involved with a two-alarm fire on castro. i got the family out of the house many moons ago. sitting there just not knowing what to do as a young man in the eighth grade, i will always remember the red cross was there. when they come and put a blanket around you or tell you they are going to take care of you. when you don't have a house and you wind up trying to find somewhere to live, it helped out. i know we have partners and relationships and the red cross is one of those. i appreciate this information. i encourage everybody else to look at that. thank you for the report and thank you, mr. president. >> thank you, mr. vice president. i have a couple questions, chief nicholson.

can you give us an update on the historic rigs and what is happening with those historic artifacts? >> we have been working closely with the guardians of the city in order to house those rigs or at the very least keep them out of harm's way, and i know we are going to be storing some of them. has that already started? can you come up to speak to that? i know we have been taking some of them to treasure island. the chief can give more detail. >> there are people in the general public that would like to know what is happening with the historic rigs. >> good evening commissioners, support services, good evening chief of departments. we have been diligently moving

the antique rigs over to an area on treasure island which is currently leased by the san francisco fire department, our training facility. we also were able to procure a covering that we are going to put on to the vehicles to preserve them. there is a moisture barrier that is involved with this covering. the vehicles won't be further damaged by being out in the open area. we are continually looking for indoor space? i know we have a couple of leads we are working on currently. real estate is tough to find in the city, but we are diligently trying our best, and we should have all of the vehicles out of the art academy parking lot next week and on to the leased area on treasure island.

>> thank you very much. chief nicholson. these committees, work group committee accident, we could have them come make a presentation to us at any time, correct. recruitment outreach come to make or the high rise committee come and make a presentation to the commission, is that correct? >> yes, we could certainly arrange that. >> my fellow commissioners have a request for these committees or at least the chair and vice chairs to make a presentation, we would welcome that. that is something we can again° in the future. the fire department headquarters is undergoing a plumbing problem, sewage issue, finally it is done. now, you know, are you going to restore the lobby?

is that going to happen? i believe you are referring to the pump station in the basement? >> right. >> i am not sure the timeframe on that, but they have tested much of it. again, i think the chief can give you more detail on that. >> it is a long term project. when is that going to be done? >> we are near completion. there have been delays. more of a revamping of the pumps. those we have two pump stations pump station one part of the bond to upgrade that. >> huge project. >> subject to delays. we want not only did the working pump station but it is headquarters in the administrative offices.

weep want to make sure it is safe for our employees as well. there was the project undertaken by department of public works and in conjunction with the puc because of the . >> when will it be completed? >> it is at completion. there is final testing, but we hope to unveil and place the 9/11 piece that we took receipt of right around september. we hope to not necessarily form a committee but we have folks interested and i am interested and commissioner covington i asked her because of her background and expertise relating to repopulating that level to make it taste full and have it be a mini museum piece. >> an opportunity to bring back historic rigs, bring them back in.

>> that is our intention. i would say a formal ceremony in the fall of this year. . >> that would be nice particularly with the 9/11 piece. we can have another ceremony on that. that would be appropriate. >> that ask our plan. president cleveland to let you know, the last test that has to be done down there is slated for march. they have to test the pumps and pump saltwater through them. it is slated for this coming month. >> all right. no further questions from commissioners. do you have a follow-up questi question? >> thank you, commissioner. i have one comment to make. it was in regards to a well-intentioned statement that was currently made about these rigs and the lack of space in san francisco. i understand that san francisco

has some real estate challenges. our challenge with the rigs so the public can understand this is not that we have real estate constraints in san francisco. we do not have real estate constraints in san francisco. our lack, our constraints with regard to the rigs is that we don't have enough people in power that are, one, talking about this, and two, to give a dam. that is the issue with the rigs. we have park and rec with three acres of parking and god bless them they asked us. we have port and other department, muni, we have real estate resource this is the city. the issue is not real estate. the people listening to this, we are the only commission talking about this. these things not actually belong to the city and county of san francisco. they are rigs our firefighters

fought on over the last 100 years. we are the only ones that care about this. we need to do something about it. i want to make that clear. thank you. >> there are several of us doing something about that. we are working. >> thank you for your report, chief nicholson. madam secretary. would you call the next item. >> item 5. report on commission activity since last meeting february 14, 2018. >> any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners. would you like to report on anything? no one is jumping so i guess we don't have any report from fellow commissioners. >> item six. >> i have a quick update.

this is on what has happened in the past? past two week also. big thank you to the asian firefighters on behalf of everybody on the commission. it goes without saying they put on a wonderful events for the city. they participated in a wonderful event. on behalf of the firefighters and chiefs, you guys did a great job to make sure the hundreds of thousands. there were a lot of people out there this time. >> estimated 1.2 million. >> a million people that our firefighters made sure. a couple had to jump into action. graduated job on behalf of the fire department and police department everybody else that kept the city safe. secondly, i was able to attend -- i haven't attended a lot of these, and it is shameful, actually. last week i was -- this week i

was able to attend the funeral services of our fallen firefighter wursch. chief, you did a great job representing the department there. i was able to see how these sad events are ceremonial in some ways. at the end of the event each of the firefighters i'm not sure if you have been to the funeral service for the firefighter. at the end of the service the active members give a final salute it was consume. it was cool. i am not aware in the commission does anything. these are members of our department that have served i believe he served 30 years.

>> correct. >> he served 30 years at various stations in different positions. i am not sure if there is anything the commission itself does to honor the service of these firefighters. i am sure there is something done at the time of their retirement perhaps but at the time of their death these members were members of a large family, as you know, we are a classy organization here at the commission. i would like to see the commission do something to honor these members who have passed away. whether it is something that we send to the family representing in our capacity a final salute to the family members for their service. i'm not sure what that is. i know every member cares about

the members of the department. that is the type of thing that i think everyone here, i think it is the type of thing that we should do, and it represents how we feel about our members. i think it is somebody we should do. i don't know what it is. i aming with to cough up some ideas on that. along those line was i would like to end our commission meeting later on, mr. president, at the -- to end the meeting in honor of her man wursch who served our department. nothing else at that time. >> duly noted. you brought this up about a commissioner award. it is something that you need to flush out the idea. all of us as commissioners are open to the idea, under what circumstances would our

medallion or award be presented and i think it is a worthy idea to have a commission award of some sort. we need more definition. what you were thinking if you could put thoughts together on paper that we could their share with the commissioners we could discuss that at a future meeting. madam secretary. next item. >> i just want to offer something in conjunction with that comment. thank you very much for attending. it was very much anticipate appreciated -- very much appreciated. because you have the least amount of experience on the commission we have a retirement ceremony where anyone that has and it is in conjunction with the commission. it is the commission and i sign

off. it is from the commission where every retired member has the opportunity to have the certificate mailed or come before the commission and each of commissioners sign the certificate thanking them for years of service. the secretary does a great job inputting it together in conjunction with my office on. we give hig highlights of their service and if they attend with families they can talk about careers or not. it ask very well attended ceremony. it is done not necessarily annually but within every two years that is one thing. my observation has been that down through the years i have observed your colleagues and former commissioners to the extent that they can recognize in their schedules and i think it works well.

you have some commissioners do some things and some do others. each of your colleagues have attended these funerals. i want to make sure you were aware of that. maybe it is easier from a third-party. they have been very supportive in active duty funerals but retired members as well. collectively, the department totally appreciates you being there monday as well as your colleagues that have attended in the past. >> chief, i don't doubt that these members have attended these services before. there is no question in my mind that has happened. my comment was more towards something on behalf of the commission to the family, and i know you are the chief of the department and you do your own thing and great job at that. the members of the families appreciate it. on behalf of the commission i

think something would be appropriate. i have been on the commission for a year. i haven't seen the retirement -- it is every two years. i haven't seen the ceremonies. i have to wait another year to see these. that being said i look forward to them. >> thank you commissioner. madam secretary call the next item please. >> item 6 agenda for future meetings. agenda for march 14 and regular meeting. >> public comment? public comment is closed. we have a couple of things. mutual aid where needed. resolution of some sort. i don't think that is something we are going t to an agendize. >> we have an awiss at the next

meeting. >> that is necessary. what else, commissioners? >> one other item, mr. president, that as you know we have been discussing with the city attorney. that is the item related to the resolution related to ems6. i received a draft today or yesterday from the city attorney. i would like to forward that to the chief so she could see it and perhaps even to the membership and local 798 so they could see it and get in put so eventually we can a gendize it. >> yes, for the next meeting. commissioner covington. >> i'm sorry. i am thinking perhaps an offline

conversation regarding what i was thinking might be best rather than taking up the time of the full commission. thanks. >> very well. any other commissioners have input? seeing none, we will move on. madam secretary gloomy tem7 conference received. e-mail dated 2/22/18 from sarah watson. >> public comment on this item. >> it is closed. >> i do have a question regarding that. >> yes, commissioner covington. i would like to ask the chief to give us a background on that particular e-mail. go ahead and ask your question. >> my question was the the chief -- if the chief of the department and the chief of ems had received a copy of this letter, the e-mail? >> yes, they both received it.

then i look forward to their feedback regarding the letter. the e-mail. >> we will put that on the agenda. >> i thought that because it was on the agenda. it wasn't specific. it was general. i wonder if this because this appears on our agenda quite frequently. perhaps we need a deeper level of specificity regarding this. correspondence received since last meeting. we are asking the public to comment on it but we don't have any discussion, and the communication came to us. all right. >> i am not sure why we can't have the chief give background on the issue.

it is on the agenda. e-mail dated 2/22/18 from sarah watson. >> i am happy to discuss it briefly. >> one of the other things and i will confer with the commission secretary is whether or not this would be agenda or if a report could be submitted to the commission, which i am sure would be available for the public. whether or not it needs to be on the agenda. this is dated february 22, 11:50 p.m. i saw it on friday, the 23rd, and immediately it was received by the commission secretary to myself and to the deputy. i immediately directed him to begin analysis and report back to myself and the commission. that is all i would be

comfortable reporting on. commissioner covington's request we will have further information with a further analysis. >> why don't we put that as part of your report for the next meeting? >> okay. >> sure. that would help draft a response to the e-mail. >> i think having the discussion and then the response would be. >> let's have the discussion. the advice from the city attorney is to keep it brief. it has not been on the agenda. >> do we need it on the agenda for the next meeting or part of the chief's report? >> up for an agenda item. >> a separate agenda item? >> i thought i saw the deputy

attorney here. >> she is here for the closed session. she has not been consultanted on that. in fairness. >> i thought she was hiding behind the chief. that is why. thank you. >> that is a good plan you came up with. >> all right. we will move forward. >> item 8. public comment on item nine. public comment on all items on item 9 including holding item 9-b in closed session. >> any public comment? seeing none it is closed. what is your pleasure. we must go to closed session here i would like a motion. >> so moved. >> second? >> second. all in favor of closed session for personnel matter.

>> we are back in open session. item 10 discussion and possible action specified in 549571a and code section 67.12b. [ inaudible ] >> do i have a second. >> all in favor of not disclosing the conversations on this matter. >> it is unanimous. moved by commissioner varonese.

>> item 12 adjournment. >> i would like to adjourn this meeting in honor of firefighter hermam wursch who passed away this month. with that said this meeting is adjourned..

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different experiences and that makes it a vibrant neighborhood. for example, which you go 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.

>> good evening.