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[singing] [applause] >> i want to welcome everyone to the swearing in ceremony for jeff adachi to a fifth term here

congratulations. it is quite a accomplishment. [applause] >> we are honored to have maryland and breed in attendance pack and she will be making some remarks and swearing jeff in shortly. i also want to recognize in attendance, the former elected public defender who is here. [applause] jeff served in that capacity for 22 years, and also the longest serving chief attorney in office 's history. [applause] >> perhaps our most important, i guess we could say criminal justice partner is in attendance district attorney george gus kony is here. [applause]

>> thank you for always taking our phone calls. [laughter] >> let's see, we have our judicial officer, judge roger chan here. [applause] , and i know shamann walton is here who will be sworn in for district ten supervisor. it is an honor to have you here. [♪] >> i'm looking around to see if i'm missing any of the government officials. if i have missed anyone, i'm sure mayor breed, or jeff will introduce them. let me just say, for those who don't know, the public defender was founded in 1921. it is unique in california and that it is an elected position. the public defender is. most counties elected district attorney but the public defender his district osha's attempt is

appointed. we have found in san francisco that this independence is critical to allowing us to vigourously represent our clients without any kind of interference. each year, our office represents 20,000 next-door individuals who cannot otherwise hire their own attorneys. we do this work now with just over 100 attorneys, and over 80 support staff. mayor breed is a longtime ally of our office. she is a native of san francisco , and grew up in plaza east in the western edition. she understands the important role that the public defender plays, and offering a much-needed balance to our criminal justice system. as mayor, she has embarked upon, i think it could be called a very ambitious program to try

and get city services and departments to address some of the most intractable problems in some of our more neglected communities. and the public defender is in attendance. they know these issues pick these issues like homelessness, mental health, substance abuse. and of course, we wish her success in addressing these issues with compassion. mayor breed and jeff have known one another for a long time. for those of you who were at the swearing in four years ago, you know that the then supervisor came to swear jeff and, or to speak at that swearing in. she was in a contest at the time , angling to be the board president, and she was able to do that successfully later that day. shamann walton -- [laughter] we have a good track record now if you can come through.

we are very grateful for the support that she has given your office, and please welcome her as well. [applause] >> thank you. i'm really excited to be here today because i have known jeff for a really long time. i was just a kid and he was already an adult. [laughter] >> but as matt said, i used to live in plaza east public housing, also known as a projects, out -- also known as out-of-control projects. some of you remember peter and jeff and they remember back in the day some of the clients that you all represented which included many of my friends and family numbers. plaza east was out of place you would not walk through, especially someone who is not african-american. the thing is, he spent a lot of

time there, because many of his clients were there. he was always allowed and he was always allowed -- some of you remember the tunnel. they say oh, yeah, who are you looking for quiet do you remember those conversations, and he wasn't afraid to come into the community, work with the community, and figure out ways not only to represent his clients, but come up with creative solutions to prevent them from even interacting with the criminal justice system in the first place. when i was serving as executive director of the african-american art and culture complex, jeff, along with a few others came up with this amazing idea of magic. the magic program. and mobilizing adolescents, youth and our community. we created more magic in the fillmore and the be magic for bayview magic. a program that helps to work with young people at an early

age, to open the doors to opportunity and make sure that they never, never engage with the criminal justice system in the first place. it has changed so many lives. the program that he has helped to implement, the program that we help to fight for when there were threats to cut funding, and didn't understand why the public defender's office was hosting a social service program. and they had a vision. they had a vision to change lives. he had a vision to really push forward and reform our criminal justice system. it was definitely an honor. when i became a member of the board of supervisors, to work with him on so many reforms, but especially our most recent -- recent initiative between the legislation that he helped us spearhead, and we got it through the board of supervisors, and now it is a national model that people are looking at all over the country, and the way that we address what we know is a clear inequity in our criminal justice system, which crippled so many

people who have served their debt to society, and deserve a second chance, and then they get out only to find out out that all of a sudden, they have to pay these ridiculous fees and fines that they had no idea existed. this is an injustice that jeff has worked his entire life to try and protect. he has done so many incredible things. including hiring some of the best attorneys anywhere. sorry, george, with his attorneys are kicking but in the courts, and i am just really so excited. i am really so excited that this city embraces him and continues to support him because he is an incredible leader. he is a great inspiration. he is a great partier and dancer as she would attest to, he is just wonderful, and we really

appreciate his leadership, has guidance, and i am looking forward to working with him on some additional reforms that i know are going to hopefully put all public defenders out of business. that is my goal. [applause] don't worry, i can hire some of you at the mayor's office. and with that, i want to ask our public defender, jeff adachi to come forward so i can administer the oath of office. do you want to do it up here? [laughter] >> okay. i will try to be allowed. okay. please raise your right hand, and repeat after me with your name. i do solemnly swear, that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states,.

>> with my staff. >> on the constitution of the state of california, against all enemies, foreign and domestic that i bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states, on the constitution of the state of california, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations,. >> or purpose of evasion. and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter, and during such time as i hold the office of, public defender of the city and county of san francisco. [laughter] >> congratulations. [cheers and applause]

[cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. i'm speechless, which i never am i want to thank mayor breed for being here. i can't express how much it means, not only to me, and my wife and my family, but to everyone here to have a mayor of san francisco in the house. [applause] >> and to have a mayor who deeply understands the struggle of our clients and their family, because she herself has experienced it, particularly at

this time in history, with black lives matter, and criminal justice reform that is on the forefront, it is so critical. thank you. it is hard to believe that i was just reflecting this morning that it was 33 years ago this month i got a call from peter kane. he called at seven in the morning. he was out partying the night before or something. so are you ready to come work for us? and the amazing thing is i had just gotten out of law school and just past the bar and i sat there with a couple of interviews, but they didn't know me from anyone. i had never worked in a public defender's office. i could not afford to because back then, i couldn't -- i had

to work for free. i was working for private attorneys, and rating motions, but they took a chance on me, and gave me a chance to work here in the office, and you might not even have realized how much of an impact that decision had on my life. who knows where i would be right now had you not given me that chance. i want to thank you both, and it was a different office then. i always struggled for resources , and the thing that jeff and peter taught us, it was taught while things. how to fight to, how to be trial lawyers, and that as public defenders, we have an obligation to constantly fight for justice at whatever cost for our clients and our families, and the second thing they did is they got us this building, and it took a lot of political running. i won't go into how it happened,

but we were moved out. we were moved out of the hall of justice to have our own space here. it was so important to the dignity of our clients and their families that we were right down away from the police department. and we had our own private space here. again, that is why we have names this room after you. i'm so proud of what the office has achieved over the past 16 years since i've been fortunate enough to hold this position. i think, with a strong foundation that jeff and peter gave us, our challenge is to really provide the supports, not only in the courtroom, providing representation every day for people who rely upon it, and it

is a very simple philosophy that we would treat our clients and their families just like we would want to be treated, are just like our brother or sister or cousin would want to be treated if they were accused of a crime, and to advocate for more resources, and it has taken a while to get here, and we still need more resources, but we can truly say that we provide the top representation, and it is because of each one of you, so i want to thank all the staff here, the attorneys, the investigators, social workers, paralegals, the support staff, clerical staff, who work every day to make a difference, and i'm so proud of the representation that we have provided. it is not perfect, issues come up, we get complaints sometimes, but we deal with it, and we make sure that people know that they

have a lawyer and support staff in their corner that will fight for them, and that is really what it's all about. i'm very excited that in two years we are going to be celebrating our 100th anniversary. 1921 was the year that our office was formed. we were in the second public defender's office in the state. as you may know, the first female attorney in california spent 22 years trying to pass a bill to support public defenders , and it finally passed in 1921 at her office was formed in the next year. will have a big celebration in a couple of years and we are looking forward to that. but looking towards the future, really there is two things that i want to emphasize. one is that we will continue to provide the highest level of representation, but not only

that, we are going to ensure that the problems -- the problems that we are facing, that we have created, even years ago, will continue to serve the communities that need the supports. i think what is important is when we stick to it, when we started with the clean slate program back in 1998, we said that we were going to provide services so people can clear their records and lead productive lives. sixteen years later, 20 years later, we are still clearing over 2,000 records a year. as was being sung earlier, a child is born with a heart of gold, the way of the world makes this heart so cold and we need to change that and a big part of that is ensuring that our kids have the opportunities. my friend is here from juvenile

probation. he has worked for many years. i want to acknowledge the great work of the juvenile division under patty lee,. [applause] and providing that full level of representation to young people, whether it is educational, advocacy, whether it is ensuring people get good outcomes in cases that they don't wind up with a conviction on the record, is absolutely key, but as mayor breed said, we have to go beyond that. that is a reason why we started the magic program. we wanted to be able to provide support for young people. this is something that mayor breed understands. one of the most important initiatives that she announced in addition to addressing

homelessness and mental health treatment, and housing, is to find jobs for youth. she is really pushing ahead to ensure that every young person in this city has an opportunity for a job. they say nothing stops a bullet more than a job, and it is providing a young person with an opportunity. i know for me when i was growing up, i grew up on the other side of the tracks, but having a job, i worked at a chinese restaurant and i got a dollar ten in our, but to me, that was honest money that i was making for a change, and it really turned my life around to be able to do that. so we have to work with the mayor and her administration to reach out to the private sector, to the nonprofit sector, to government agencies, to ensure that we are able to provide those opportunities for young people.

i'm so proud of the work that we have done in our immigration unit. they have been doing tremendous work in providing representation to detain immigrants. thank you to the board of supervisors and mayor breed. and i can't say enough about looking forward and working with shamann walton, our new supervisor who will be sworn in today. and the residence of district ten. many our clients and families who come from the district. will be working very closely with you, also with vallie brown in district five, and matt haney who was recently elected, and all the supervisors. looking forward, also, i want to say that we will continue to be one of the most diverse offices in the country.

every year we put out an annual report, and this year we celebrate women defenders. our office has over half of our leadership and half of our staff are women. forty% are people of color. about 20% are lgbtq. i am so proud of the diversity. y.? because we also represent the population that we serve and that is absolutely critical going forward and it makes me very proud that we are one of the most diverse offices in the country. before i sit down, i do want to thank three people who happened to be women, and presents them with some flowers. first i would like to thank my wife, who has been great support [applause]

>> when i was running for office , she used to get in fights with people on the street about who to vote for. [laughter] >> that's why i got elected. next i would like to thank mayor breed. [applause] >> she has a lot on her plate, and we will be there to support her all the way. finally, i would like to thank angela, my assistant. [cheers and applause] when i was a line attorney, we became friends, and when i

became public defender, we had lunch, and i said, hey, i need you to be my confidential assistant, and she agreed, i couldn't imagine being on this journey without her. thank you, angela. it is so good to see all of you. thank you so much for being here and being part of this celebration. i am going to ask you to come up again and rock out one more song here to put some justice in our souls as we go to court this morning. [applause] >> you have to get up now. come on. [♪]

>> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's elected assessor. in our seven mile by seven mile city, we have over 210,000 properties and close to 90% of their are residential like the homes you and i live in, so you might ask, how can we possibly value all these properties? well, to better understand our work, we need to explain the state's proposition 13 law.

in 1978, california voters passed proposition 13. under prop 13, we value your property at market value when you first buy it. every year after, that value goes up by the c.p.i. or the california consumer price index. but if the c.p.i. is more than 2%, prop 13 caps the increase at 2%. we'll walk-through the maximum increases prop 13 would allow. let's take a home with initial value of $400,000. in the second year your assessed value grows by a maximum of 2%, growing from $400,000 to $408,000. in year three, that $408,000 is increased by 2% to roughly $416,000. every year, the value grows by the maximum rate of 2%, and that is called your prop 13 value. keep in mind as time goes by your prop 13 value may not be

the same as market rate. what do we mean by that? let's say over the last ten years, home prices in san francisco have gone every roughly 10% every year. despite that, your prop 13 value is capped at 2% growth creating a difference between your market value and prop 13 value. know that the value recessed when there's a change in ownership. a change in ownership means that the property has a new zoner. maybe through a -- new owner. maybe through a sale, a gift or adding or dropping names through title. at that time the home will be assessed a new market rate. that value becomes a new starting point for the property. just like before, the growth continues to be limited at 2% until the next transfer happens. remember, the new owners are responsible for paying taxes at the new level from the first day that they own it. value might also be added when construction happens on your property. that would be another instance

when growth in your value might exceed 2%. here, we would add the value of construction on top of your existing prop 13 value. every july, we'll let you know what your assessed value is by sending you a letter called a notice of assessed value. you can use that information to estimate your property taxes early. please note that a separate office called the treasurer tax collector's office will send you a letter in october and they're responsible 230r collections. for more information, visit our websit

>> (clapping.) >> in san francisco the medical examiner performs the function of investigating medical and legal that occurs with the city and county of san francisco from a variety of circumstances in san francisco there is approximately 5 thousand deaths annually i'm christopher director for the chief mr. chairman the chief my best testimony a at the hall of justice on 870 drooint street that is dramatically updated and not sufficient for the medical chairman facility i've charles program manager public works should a earthquake of a major are proportion occurs we'll not continue to perform the services

or otherwise inhabit the building before the earthquake. >> we're in a facility that was designs for a department that functions and in the mid 60s and friends scientific has significantly changed we've had significant problems with storage capacity for evidence items of property and also personal protective if you're doing a job on a daily basis current little storage for prirjs are frirnlsz we're in an aging facility the total project cost forever ever commercial is $65 million the funding was brought by a vote of go bond approved by the voters and the locations is in the neighborhood the awarded contract in 2013 and

the i'm the executive director we broke ground in november 2015 and that started with the demolition of existing facility we moved into the foundation and january so pile foundation and then with second construction of the new facility. >> one of the ways that we keep our project on time on budget and we're having quality to have regular meeting and the variety of meetings with construction process meeting as well as cost of control meeting and i'm a project manager for public works the office of chief commercial we want walk the project site when we sign up and also with a contractor insinuates for a change over we need to verify what or what was instead of. >> the building is 42 feet

tall so it is two stories and 46 thousand square feet roughly we're that's a great question to be on time and budget have the roof complete a the exterior moving with the site work. >> and as you can see we've got a lot of the interior finishes installed. >> in an effort of an differentiate the facility that designed to work for 72 hours. >> not taking into account there was a lot of structural updates made into this building not seen in other construction throughout san francisco or other barriers we have friday morning examiners from 8 to one public comment monday to friday because of air circulation we literally have to shut the doors and so the autopsy is done without staffing being able to come and go or exit the space and literally lock down the

autopsy in the new facility we have bio build one door opens and closed behind you you can gown up and go through a second seizures of doors that has its own independent air supply and now in the exterior opt space having that middle space have greater flexibility of staff as they move in and out of the area. >> in the current facility investigative unit has small tiny, tiny place in the area of the new facility is almost doubled in all divisions from the current facility and the new facility. >> the planning we have here gives them the opportunity to have the pool needs to complete

theirs jobs in a much more streamlined fashion. >> we're looking forward to have secured parking to minimize the egress of you know visiting and the members of the public but really to minimize the investigators remaining remains from our advancing and so the facility. >> we have a new visitors area we're building that is a little bit more friendly to families. >> one thing you may notice in the room no windows there is no natural light not good for most autopsy but in the new facility at new hall we made that an objective they want to insure we were able to look up in the middle of exam and see the sky and see natural

lights. >> that's one of the things the architect did to draw in as much light as possible. >> we have staff here onsite we insure the design of the new design enables the investigators and other investigators skiefksz to consider to house on site this meant we needed to design and plan for locker room facilities and shower rooms the ability to sleep. >> third of the construction going into the building has been by contributions of small businesses. >> part of the project is also inclusive to the sidewalk have all new sidewalks and new curve cuts and landscaping around the building we'll have a syrup in front of the building and rain guardian. >> the medical examiner's office has been a several if in their contributions of the

understanding the exception and needs. >> it's a building that the chief medical examiner has been looking forward to quite a few of the. >> it is extremely valuable contribution to the, neighborhood address san francisco as a whole. >> the building will allow is to have greater very much and serve the city and county of san francisco and the neighboring

>> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪ >> and that morphed into a

request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. >> i'm michael cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. ♪ the bakery started in 191. my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of quality that way. so i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough.

loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of

tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be

very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪

>> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪

and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by

the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the

context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪ - >> 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 [♪] >> i am the supervisor of district one.

i am sandra lee fewer. [♪] >> i moved to the richmond district in 1950 mine. i was two years old. i moved from chinatown and we were one of the first asian families to move out here. [♪] >> when my mother decided to buy that house, nobody knew where it was. it seems so far away. for a long time, we were the only chinese family there but we started to see the areas of growth to serve a larger chinese population. the stress was storage of the birthplace of that. my father would have to go to chinatown for dim sum and i remember one day he came home and said, there is one here now. it just started to grow very organically. it is the same thing with the russian population, which is another very large ethnic group in the richmond district. as russia started to move in, we saw more russian stores.

so parts of the richmond is very concentrated with the russian community and immigrant russian community, and also a chinese immigrant community. [♪] >> i think as living here in the richmond, we really appreciate the fact that we are surrounded three natural barriers. they are beautiful barriers. the presidio which gives us so many trails to walk through, ocean beach, for families to just go to the beach and be in the pacific ocean. we also also have a national park service. we boarded the golden gate national recreation area so there is a lot of activity to do in the summer time you see people with bonfires. but really families enjoying the beach and the pacific ocean during the rest of the time of year. [♪]

>> and golden gate park where we have so many of our treasures here. we have the tea garden, the museum and the academy of sciences. not to mention the wonderful playgrounds that we have here in richmond. this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco.

>> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores offered here, it is very unique then of the -- any other part of san francisco. there is traditional irish music which you don't get hardly anywhere in san francisco. some places have this long legacy of serving ice cream and being a hangout for families to have a sunday afternoon ice cream. and then also, we see grocery stores.

and also these restaurants that are just new here, but also thriving. [♪] >> we are seeing restaurants being switched over by hand, new owners, but what we are seeing is a vibrancy of clement street still being recaptured within new businesses that are coming in. that is a really great thing to see. i don't know when i started to shop here, but it was probably a very, very long time ago. i like to cook a lot but i like to cook chinese food. the market is the place i like to come to once a year. once i like about the market as it is very affordable. it has fresh produce and fresh meat. also, seafood. but they also offer a large selection of condiments and sauces and noodles. a variety of rice that they have is tremendous. i don't thank you can find a variety like that anywhere else.

>> hi. i am kevin wong. i am the manager. in 1989 we move from chinatown to richmond district. we have opened for a bit, over 29 years. we carry products from thailand, japan, indonesia, vietnam, singapore and india. we try to keep everything fresh daily. so a customer can get the best out a bit. >> normally during crab season in november, this is the first place i hit. because they have really just really fresh crab. this is something my family really likes for me to make. also, from my traditional chinese food, i love to make a kale soup. they cut it to the size they really want. i am probably here once a week. i'm very familiar with the aisles and they know everyone who is a cashier -- cashier here

i know when people come into a market such as this, it looks like an asian supermarkets, which it is and sometimes it can be intimidating. we don't speak the language and many of the labels are in chinese, you may not know what to buy or if it is the proper ingredients for the recipe are trying to make. i do see a lot of people here with a recipe card or sometimes with a magazine and they are looking for specific items. the staff here is very helpful. i speak very little chinese here myself. thinks that i'm not sure about, i asked the clerk his and i say is this what i need? is this what i should be making? and they actually really helped me. they will bring me to the aisle and say this is battery. they are very knowledgeable. very friendly. i think they are here to serve not only the asian community but to serve all communities in the richmond district and in san francisco. [♪] >> what is wonderful about living here is that even though

our july is a very foggy and overcast, best neighborhood, the sleepy part outside on the west side is so rich with history, but also with all the amenities that are offered. [♪]

>> clerk: commissioner mazzucco, i'd like to call roll. [ro [roll call] clerk cle>> clerk: commission have a quorum. also with us is chief scott and the director paul henderson. >> thank you very much, sergeant kilshaw.