tim paulson from the labor council and my sister alyssa from 2121. we have the operator's army in the house. we have mr james bryant who played an interesting -- a great role in labor over many years. we must continue to work together and continued to fight together. we are with you guys in terms of making sure that we continue to fight for worker's rights. thank you. [applause] >> i was going to try and recognize some of the labor folks here but i think joseph just covered everybody. tim, connie, ramon, also everybody else. thank you for participating and attending. the next speaker's rep estate -- reputation precedes her. she has been the organizing director with a chinese progressive association. [cheers and applause]

>> i was nervous, but now i have something to distract you all. just watch him if i get off track here. good afternoon. many thanks to pat and -- let's give it one more round of applause to the hard-working staff of the office of labor standards enforcement you every day help workers to make sure every day law is a reality and not just a good theory. i want to start by saying it has been a devastating week for all those of us who believe in democratic rights, in human rights, in immigrant rights, in the rights of families to be together and to be free. and the rights of workers to stand together as one. and to the rights of people to not be discriminated for further religion or country of origin. i know that, for all of us, it is mixed feelings that we come together today for a celebration. at the same time, it is so

important that we come together to celebrate. it is important we come together to celebrate because we want to remember, in dark times, in difficult times, what is the way forward? how do we win? how do we fight against racism and poverty and inequality? how do we make progress for working people and people of colour in this country? let's take a lesson from the $15 minimum wage victory. this victory was bought as many had mentioned already, because labor unions and community groups and workers, elected officials and many more came together to fight together for something better. but i want to get to the very core of why we have a $15 minimum wage. we have a $15 minimum wage in san francisco starting sunday. because workers took risks to stand up. because workers put things on -- their lives on the line and their livelihoods on the line. [applause]

fifteen years ago, it was workers here in san francisco that first made minimum wage a thing again. and now, all over the country,, cities and states have followed to follow and raise the minimum wage. it was workers in new york city who went on strike to demand $15 an hour and a union. minimum wage was won by people in this room. let see a show of hands. a show of hands who worked on the minimum wage proposition back in 2014? am i getting it right? raise your hand if you worked on this legislation. let's give a round of applause for everyone who has their hands in the air. [applause] i want to see another show of hands. who here is a worker who earns a minimum wage or around the minimum wage, who is affected by this increase, and is part of a

movement to improve the lives of workers in this city? raise your hands. [speaking spanish] [speaking foreign language] [applause] ok. i want to remind everyone that it was never about $15 and a union being some magic solution. i mean, this call started, like, six years ago. it meant something different than it means today. what this movement was about was not about some number that solved poverty or any quality. it was about dreaming big and aiming high and saying, we don't believe that we will be constrained by the limits of imagination of those who are in power. by those who wish to get more profit from our labor. [laughter]

we are not going to stand and be restrained by what people think it is possible. we are going to make the impossible possible. am i right? at this moment, we know our work is far from done, as many have mentioned. we know our work is far from done. we know the cost of living is outrageous and that $15 an hour does not get a family of four even close to what they need to survive. we know that our communities are facing blatant attacks on immigrants, on people of color, and it's bad. it's really, really bad. we know that the right wing and people income -- in power, at various levels of government, especially the federal government, want to normalize

the stripping away of worker's rights, immigrant rights, human rights and democratic rights. we cannot allow them to let that happen. this is not a time to be complacent and say we are doing great work in san francisco. this is a time to say, we did well and we have to keep doing better. we must lead the nation to fight back and make normal a world where all workers can live with dignity and decency. thank you. [applause] >> great. before we get too much further i want to acknowledge we have several of our partners from labor compliance today. the department of labor standards enforcement and the office of the director of industrial relations. i believe also with the california department, i want to acknowledge all of you and welcome you here today. also with technical and

professional employees local 21. thank you for attending as well. the next speaker is a san francisco worker, also a victim of minimum wage violation. [applause] [speaking spanish] [applause] >> hi everyone. and the member and leader of the collective and i have been a member for the last five years. [speaking spanish]

>> i want to thank all the organizations and all the people here. together, working side-by-side we've been able to accomplish our goals of hitting this minimum wage [speaking spanish] -. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: i want to say that we can do this, and we did do this. we accomplished our goal of

getting $15 an hour. beginning on the 1st of july, everyone will be getting paid at least $15 an hour. [speaking spanish] [laughter] >> voice of translator: i want you to see and observe how good it feels to give the sigh of relief to accomplish our goals of raising the minimum wage. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: we know it is expensive in san francisco to live. when minimum wage goes up, everything else goes up. rent, food, and living. [speaking spanish]

>> voice of translator: we want to keep fighting and make situations better for all the workers here in the city. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: i want to invite everyone to share this message and share with the rest of our community who are not present, that on july 1st of this year, minimum wage in san francisco will go up to $15 an

hour. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: with the organization's help, we will continue to push two more of an increase and improve these conditions. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: in our communities, not just in organizations, we work together and there is always a great

leader. [speaking spanish] [applause] >> voice of translator: as a member, i would like to recognize our leader, and all the rest of the members who continue to do the work needed in our community. [applause] [speaking spanish]

[cheers and applause] >> voice of translator: i would like to thank all the organizations present and everyone within the labor community is for this great achievement. we want to recognize the worker's present -- workers president -- present who are here and we will push for more of an increase, and thank you again. [applause] >> thank you elizabeth and alejandro. our next speaker, i'm really excited he was able to make it back here with competing engagements on his schedule. representing district 11,

including ingleside, outer mission park and excelsior, supervisor asha safai. >> thank you everyone. there's been a lot of speakers today. one of the things that distinguishes my district as we have the highest number of working families and men and women who are represented in organized labor in the entire city. representing the excelsior, the outer mission, mission, ingleside, lakeview, all of those neighborhoods, we have more -- or one in four households is a household of organized labor. organized labor is why i am standing here today. i am standing here on the shoulders and side-by-side with my brothers and sisters in the janitor's union. let's give it up for the president all got miranda. [applause] eight years ago, she took me under her wing. may he rest in peace, our friend

bob morale as it -- bob mireles and the union. those are the two groups that brought me into the labor movement, and like many of you that are sitting in the audience both as organizers, both as community members, and as men and women of labor, i was on the front line and played a very small role but an a very small role but an important role to help pass this -- help it get past the finish line. what that means to me is i will never forget the hard work that went into this. i'li will never forget the voics of organized labor, and it will help to guide me each and every day as i make decisions here on the board of supervisors. in the wake of the janus decision, as many of you have heard, it was a very, very hard week for labor. but one thing we know about organized labor, we always stand up and fight. we will continue to fight and we will honor this victory and we will carry it forward and carry it forward for many more, and never backed down from the

horrible decisions that are coming down from the federal government. thank you again and thank you for such a wonderful victory for the men and women and to the working families of san francisco. [applause] >> thank you. as we look forward to the fourth of july weekend and the celebration of our nation's independence, we should be mindful that the 15-dollar an hour minimum wage represents a different type of independence for san francisco workers. thank you everyone for attending today. we will have food shortly. please stick around and we can all get to know each other better. thank you again. [applause]

>> it's great to see everyone kind of get together and prove, that you know, building our culture is something that can be reckoned with. >> i am desi, chair of economic development for soma filipinos. so that -- [ inaudible ] know that soma filipino exists, and it's also our economic platform, so we can start to

build filipino businesses so we can start to build the cultural district. >> i studied the bok chase choy her achbl heritage, and i discovered this awesome bok choy. working at i-market is amazing. you've got all these amazing people coming out here to share one culture. >> when i heard that there was a market with, like, a lot of filipino food, it was like oh, wow, that's the closest thing i've got to home, so, like, i'm going to try everything. >> fried rice, and wings, and three different cliefz sliders.

i haven't tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of different ingredients, including cheese. but here, we put a twist on it. why not have nutella, rocky road, we have blue berry. we're not just limiting it to just the classic with salted egg and cheese. >> we try to cook food that you don't normally find from filipino food vendors, like the lichon, for example. it's something that it took years to come up with, to

perfect, to get the skin just right, the flavor, and it's one of our most popular dishes, and people love it. this, it's kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that i wanted to give it a try and see if people would actually like our food. i think it's a wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already big, and to have all of us here together, it's just -- it just blows my mind sometimes that there's so many of us bringing -- bringing filipino food to the city finally. >> i'm alex, the owner of the lumpia company.

the food that i create is basically the filipino-american experience. i wasn't a chef to start with, but i literally love lumpia, but my food is my favorite foods i like to eat, put into my favorite filipino foods, put together. it's not based off of recipes i learned from my mom. maybe i learned the rolling technique from my mom, but the different things that i put in are just the different things that i like, and i like to think that i have good taste. well, the very first lumpia that i came out with that really build the lumpia -- it wasn't the poerk and shrimp shanghai, but my favorite thing after partying is that bakon

cheese burger lumpia. there was a time in our generation where we didn't have our own place, our own feed to eat. before, i used to promote filipino gatherings to share the love. now, i'm taking the most exciting filipino appetizer and sharing it with other filipinos. >> it can happen in the san francisco mint, it can happen in a park, it can happen in a street park, it can happen in a tech campus. it's basically where we bring the hardware, the culture, the operating system. >> so right now, i'm eating something that brings me back

to every filipino party from my childhood. it's really cool to be part of the community and reconnect with the neighborhood. >> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve.

>> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the

dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that energy >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their

showing up and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 san francisco owes must of the charm to the unique characterization of each corridor has a distinction permanent our neighbors are the economic engine of the city. >> if we could a afford the lot by these we'll not to have the kind of store in the future the kids will eat from some restaurants chinatown has phobia one of the best the most unique neighborhood shopping areas of san francisco. >> chinatown is one of the

oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the reason chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of the last little italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this

going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you have to support them. >> really notice the port this community we really need to kind of really shop locally and support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to survive here. >> i came down to treasure island to look for a we've got a long ways to go. ring i just got married and didn't want something on line

i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san

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awareness and money and fork for a good accuse. we have this incredible gift probably the widest range of restaurant and count ii destines in any district in the city right here in the mission intricate why don't we capture that to support the mission youths going to college that's for the food for thought. we didn't have a signature font for our orientation that's a 40-year-old organization. mission graduates have helped me to develop special as an individual they've helped me figure out and provide the tools

for me that i need i feel successful in life >> their core above emission and goal is in line with our values. the ferraris yes, we made 48 thousand >> they were on top of that it's a no-brainer for us. >> we're in and fifth year and be able to expand out and tonight is your ungrammatical truck food for thought. food truck for thought is an opportunity to eat from a variety of different vendor that are supporting the mission graduates by coming and representing at the parks >> we're giving a prude of our

to give people the opportunity to get an education. people come back and can you tell me and enjoy our food. all the vendor are xooment a portion of their precedes the money is going back in >> what's the best thing to do in terms of moving the needle for the folks we thought higher education is the tool to move young people. >> i'm also a college student i go to berkley and 90 percent of our folks are staying in college that's 40 percent hire than the afternoon. >> i'm politically to clemdz and ucla. >> just knowing we're giving

back to the community. >> especially the spanish speaking population it hits home. >> people get hungry why not eat and give. >> shop and dine the 49 challenges residents to do they're shopping with the 49ers of san francisco by supporting the services within the feigned we help san francisco remain unique and successful and rib rant where will you shop the shop and dine the 49 i'm e jonl i provide sweets square feet potpie and peach cobbler and i started my business this is my baby i started out of high home and he would back for friends and coworkers they'll tell you hoa

you need to open up a shop at the time he move forward book to the bayview and i thinks the t line was up i need have a shop on third street i live in bayview and i wanted to have my shop here in bayview a quality dessert shot shop in my neighborhood in any business is different everybody is in small banishes there are homemade recess pesz and ingredients from scratch we shop local because we have someone that is here in your city or your neighborhood that is provide you with is service with quality ingredients and quality products and need to be know that person the person behind the products it is not like okay. who.

>> shop and dine the 49 promotes loophole businesses and changes residents to do thirds shopping and diane within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services we help san francisco remain unique and successful where will you shop and dine shop and dine the 49. >> my name is neil the general manager for the book shop here on west portal avenue if san francisco this is a neighborhood bookstore and it is a wonderful neighborhood but it is an interesting community because the residents the neighborhood muni loves the neighborhood it is community and we as a book sincerely we see the same people here the

shop all the time and you know to a certain degree this is part of their this is created the neighborhood a place where people come and subcontract it is in recent years we see a drop off of a lot of bookstores both national chains and neighborhoods by the neighborhood stores where coming you don't want to - one of the great things of san francisco it is neighborhood neighborhood have dentist corrosive are coffeehouses but 2, 3, 4 coffeehouses in month neighborhoods that are on their own- that's

as a society we've basically failed big portion of our population if you think about the basics of food, shelter safety a lot of people don't have any of those i'm mr. cookie can't speak for all the things but i know say, i have ideas how we can address the food issue. >> open the door and walk through that don't just stand looking out. >> as they grew up in in a how would that had access to good food and our parent cooked this is how you feed yours this is not happening in our country this is a huge pleasure i'm david one of the co-founder so about four year ago we worked

with the serviced and got to know the kid one of the things we figured out was that they didn't know how to cook. >> i heard about the cooking school through the larkin academy a. >> their noting no way to feed themselves so they're eating a lot of fast food and i usually eat whatever safeway is near my home a lot of hot food i was excited that i was eating lunch enough instead of what and eat. >> as i was inviting them over teaching them basic ways to fix good food they were so existed. >> particle learning the skills and the food they were really go it it turned into the is charity

foundation i ran into my friend we were talking about this this do you want to run this charity foundations and she said, yes. >> i'm a co-found and executive director for the cooking project our best classes participation for 10 students are monday they're really fun their chief driven classes we have a different guest around the city they're our stand alone cola's we had a series or series still city of attorney's office style of classes our final are night life diners. >> santa barbara shall comes in and helps us show us things and this is one the owners they help us to socialize and i've been here about a year.

>> we want to be sure to serve as many as we can. >> the san francisco cooking school is an amazing amazing partner. >> it is doing that in that space really elevates the space for the kids special for the chief that make it easy for them to come and it really makes the experience pretty special. >> i'm sutro sue set i'm a chief 2, 3, 4 san francisco. >> that's what those classes afford me the opportunity it breakdown the barriers and is this is not scary this is our choice about you many times this is a feel good what it is that you give them is an opportunity you have to make it seem like it's there for them for the taking show them it is their and they can do that.

>> hi, i'm antonio the chief in san francisco. >> the majority of kids at that age in order to get them into food they need to see something simple and the evidence will show and easy to produce i want to make sure that people can do it with a bowl and spoon and burner and one pan. >> i like is the receipts that are simple and not feel like it's a burden to make foods the cohesives show something eased. >> i go for vera toilet so someone can't do it or its way out of their range we only use 6 ingredients i can afford 6 ingredient what good is showing you them

something they can't use but the sovereignties what are you going to do more me you're not successful. >> we made a vegetable stir-fry indicators he'd ginger and onion that is really affordable how to balance it was easy to make the food we present i loved it if i having had access to a kitchen i'd cook more. >> some of us have never had a kitchen not taught how to cookie wasn't taught how to cook. >> i have a great appreciation for programs that teach kids food and cooking it is one of the healthiest positive things you can communicate to people that are very young.

>> the more programs like the cooking project in general that can have a positive impact how our kids eat is really, really important i believe that everybody should venting to utilize the kitchen and meet other kids their age to identify they're not alone and their ways in which to pick yours up and move forward that. >> it is really important to me the opportunity exists and so i do everything in my power to keep it that. >> we'll have our new headquarters in the heart of the tenderloin at taylor and kushlg at the end of this summer 2014 we're really excited. >> a lot of the of the conditions in san francisco they have in the rest of the country so our goal to 257bd or expand

out of the san francisco in los angeles and then after that who know. >> we'd never want to tell people want to do or eat only provide the skills and the tools in case that's something people are 2rrd in doing. >> you can't buy a box of psyche you have to put them in the right vein and direction with the right kids with a right place address time those kids don't have this you have to instill they can do it they're good enough now to finding out figure out and find the future for >> when i open up the paper

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>> thank you, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i want to welcome you to the july 31, 2018, meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, please call attendance. [roll call taken]