the energy in our modern world and we can't be dependent upon a company engaged in such ridiculous behaviour. that's just my plug with that. i want to turn it over to my colleague to ask additional questions before we call up representative from rec and park. >> senator walton? >> thank you. just a quick question. so am i understanding some of the projects that get held up, we end up paying a higher rate for grid access for projects to move forward? >> that's correct. >> how is that not extortion? i know i'm sitting here with three lawyers. [ laughter ] >> but how is that not extortion? whatever excuse they may give for holding up a project, we simply solve it by giving them more money, how is that allowed to happen?

>> the grid operator and sort of gatekeeper are one in the same. and they are a competitor of hours in providing this service. (please stand by).

reasons they give us is not that we would like more money, right? they say they hold it out for etc., and i think that i understood you right -- if we offer more money we can move faster in some cases. >> in some cases, yeah. >> it's very problematic. and like supervisor ronen and supervisor peskin, i'm excited about the opportunity that we have to provide our own power to residents here. definitely why we foughto hard for prop a and i just want to make sure that we have the sources to do that.

but i'm 100% behind that. and i would lose no sleep over that. but just want to make sure that we have the ability to do that fiscally. but thank you. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor stefani. >> i agree this is maddening, and it really is and it is in my district and it's been vacant for a while now. i didn't realize that exactly was the hold-up. also i have noted j.f.k. towers, is that still a hold-up? because we have a loss of residential units because of it. >> so that project was delayed but it's receiving electric service now. we do still have some loose ends to tie up with pgn and e on that project but it's my understanding that it's no longer holding up the occupancy of that senior affordable housing project. >> what does it take to energize

these locations? when they give you excuses, do you just look at them like you're lying? i don't understand how they can just blatantly lie? >> on many of these is projects they're already connected to the grid and that our existing facilities connected to purchase g and -- pg&e grid, now that the projects are improved they touch the electric grid and we have to submit a new application to pg&e and they're re-reviewing what the appropriate electrical configuration is. in that context they're putting up these higher hurdles for us. we believe that -- and we have filed at the energy regulatory commission that we have a right to continue service at secondary under the federal power act and that's an open issue that is

pending for action at the federal energy regulatory commission. >> okay, thank you. >> thank you, vice chair stefani. and thank you miss hail. i thank we have -- is that everything from rec and park? >> good morning, chair and committee members. i'm beverly ing with the san francisco recreational and parks department. thank you, super ronen, for bringing this legislation forth. since june we have had some progress on a few projects and i want to highlight a couple of them. margaret haywood playground that broke fall last year, it was an application for electrical service demo and transfer -- transformer removal. which pg&e we were appreciative of the efforts that mike reardon has put forth where they'll have removed and scheduled for

february 27th. another one for burtrill hill, they're doing a renovation project out there that is also scheduled to be energized by the end of february as well. and so those are just a couple that have changed and kind of progressed since june which we were appreciative of. but there are still a few outl outliers and any delay further adds cost and also for the community benefit it just has a drastic effect. and the civic center right out here in front of your offices, as you have noted, we have had a couple great additions. we had the helen gillett playground and the café and the ice skating rimpg during the fall as well. and that also adds in more power. so one of the things that we have asked from pg&e and we have submitted an application in august and we're waiting for them to get back in terms of reevaluation and analysis on the

load for that area. and in particular if they could expedite the review of the system impact study itself. next is corona heights state street. and it was one of the items that was problematic. and during that time period of construction they had the constuks continue. when they did that they inadvertently cut power to the restroom at corona heights right nearby and, unfortunately, since then we haven't gotten a clear timeline when the power would be restored and we're urging pg&e to work to identify the next new section. >> when did the power go off? >> so we asked for power to be cut off when construction was happening in about early fall or so. and then that's when we noticed that it wasn't -- our staff noticed that the lights were not turning on. so we did further investigation

and we realized that it was a connection to the randall museum and that cut off. so we're hoping that a little bit more is resolved. >> there's no power in a restroom in a park for six months? >> from my understanding, yes. and next up, supervisor ronen you're quite familiar with and as you understand, it's a $19 million bond renovation project that is the community is kind of itching to get ready to jump in the pool when the weather is warm. one of the things that we're asking for is removal of the existing metering by february 28th. if it doesn't happen by then we'll continue to delay the project further and impact construction. next is geneva car bond, a renovation project. it's moving along in a slow slide metering but any resolution to further advance that would help with construction of the project moving forward. and, lastly, one of our biggest

public tennis facilities that is coming forth with a renovation project that we hope to break ground actually in april and pg&e had indicated to us in january they were going to help to energize and finalize service and we're still waiting on that and we're hoping for the end of february so we can break ground in april. so that is kind of the summary of the latest and the greatest. if there's questions, feel free to let me know. >> thank you. >> if you wouldn't mind can i ask barbara hale a question because i'm not sure if she would have an answer. but both stay tuned. so for this restroom in corona heights, if this were just a private customer whose power went out in a restroom -- so, in other words, are they not energizing the restroom because they're punishing the city for

using clean power, assessed power, to energize the restrooms? >> so, you know, i can't attribute why, right, they're doing it. but it's definitely clear that pg&e did not know when they performed the work and disconnected service what the consequences of that would be. and this is more like an asset management challenge they're having, right? they didn't know that when they took random museum offline they'd also take off another facility, the restroom. and then typically if the power is out as a pge and retail customer, you're right, you call and they send a crew out and it gets fixed. that was not our experience here. and we called and said here's the problem and you appear to have accidentally disconnected this service as well. and instead of saying oops,

we'll fix it, we went through a dialogue with them over a number of months to get them to the point where now they're saying, okay, yes, we'll fix it. >> but it's still not fixed six months later? >> it sounds like we have a path forward for it getting fixed. >> so it's either complete incompetence or it's direct punishment and extortion in the words of my colleague. so if it's incompetence, no wonder they're in bankruptcy. they didn't realize that they were cutting off power to another facility and then when made aware of it they haven't been able to turn on the power for six months. and if it's extortion, then that's criminal behavior and no wonder they're in bankruptcy. but, you know, we only have the bully pulpit here. we, unfortunately, don't have the power to directly regulate. so i hope that the press is listening to this conversation

because pg&e will not turn on lights for a restroom in a park for over six months. i canno mean, you cannot make ts stuff up. and it's extraordinary. and the city of san francisco, yes, we filed a complaint before the regulatory commission, but it's just unbelievable to me that this is happening and we haven't gotten movement. and we could sit here all day in this hearing and go over the 53 examples of egregious behavior that we have here, but i think this one bears shining a light on because we're -- power was inadvertently shut off and we haven't been able to get it back on in a restroom in a park. it's just extraordinary. i just had to underscore that. >> thank you. >> thank you both. i also think that we have erin carson from the mayor's office of housing here?

>> good morning, supervisors. thank you, and thank you supervisor ronen for your leadership on this work. it has been immensely helpful, even as it continues to be immensely frustrating and difficult and challenging. at least we have seen some movement and some progress. and it has been really been useful for me at least to see pg&e in the room with us and with you and with our non-profit affordable housing sponsors to work through every single project, its schedule and where the. so it's been very helpful. and as you know though we have two projects that are not sort of agreed upon in terms of their design approach going forward. and that is very tenuous for them. and so to barbara's point that pg&e says they can continue forward in its current business,

they're saying that those two are not part of their current business because they didn't have that agreement made. so that is a challenge for us because if we cannot get what we now call primary plus, we used to call it secondary -- i don't understand any of it -- but if we can't get that same agreement made with the other six, they face $175,000 to $200,000 in costs and we lose housing. and it's just a waste and it's a waste of time and it's a waste of city resources. and it's a waste of affordable housing. so that is something that is really upsetting and frustrating for us all. >> yeah, can you -- so, there's 14 projects in the housing pipeline that aren't included in this primary plus. >> right. >> so how do you even plan for those projects when you have no

idea what type of extortionary practices that pg&e might subject us to? >> i think that, you know, thanks to your work we are basically proceeding and negotiating every one-off project. so it's a challenge for each one. and our design teams, electrical engineering designers are amazing and they have found solutions and they've found ways of trying to address the things that pg&e brings up that they think are valid to try to address those concerns or those issues. so we're really relying on our consultants and our sponsors to push and to negotiate and to submit those applications through the -- through the p.u.c., and the p.u.c. has to submit those to pg&e and they review or rejects them or accepts parts of them and we just go through it constantly and it's a constant challenge. and we hope that we can make our targets, make our milestones,

and not lose housing or services space. >> thank you. colleagues, any... -- supervisor ronen, you have any additional speakers? >> i believe that benson is here from the port. brad, were you planning on presenting? >> mr. benson. >> brad benson, the director of special projects for the port of san francisco, representing for director wayne forbes. and thank you for the chance to speak. the port, all of the port's projects are really trying to connect to sfpuc clean power. and we are always navigating this issue about interconnection with the p.u.c. system.

i can speak to our major development projects along the port, primarily mission rock and pier 70. we have one affordable project at 88 broadway. we have our chief harbor engineer wab washana who can speak to our other projects along the port so he can come up and speak after i'm done. with pier 70, we're looking at up to 3,000 housing units in a phased development at that site. 30% affordable housing. and we're in the process of working with the city's infrastructure departments on processing the infrastructure permits for phase one of that project. and we think that we have a strategy to power phase one of the project and there is a piece of pg&e infrastructure that are in 22nd street which is one of

the main entrances to pier 70. and it's really critical that we're able to work with -- our partner at pier 70 and pg&e to relocate those feeder lines at 22nd street so we can timely build the new 22nd street so that phase one can open. so far we don't know that there is a delay that would force a delay to phase one of the project. but it's critical path for the project. and so when we come back and report next time we'll give you an update about that. it's very important. the mission rock development has up to 1,800 units of housing, 40% affordable at different income levels. the first phase of that project is looking to need power in 2020. and so there will need to be intervening facilities installed

and negotiated between them at that time. again, i can't report any delay in that work. i know that the tentative map for the first phase of the mission rock project has been circulated among the city departments. so the infrastructure work and planning is pressing ahead in that project as well. and it would be very unfortunate if the inability to connect to clean power were a delay to that phase one. and then, finally, the 88 broadway project, we appreciated the board's approval of that project last year. i'm less familiar with the timelines for that project and i believe that bridge is hoping to complete the financing and to start construction in the next year to 18 months. and, again, that, like the other affordable housing projects requires a timely resolution to this issue. so we really appreciate the

board's attention to all of this and it's critical to the work that we do in trying to reconnect the city to its waterfront at multiple locations. and i'll stop there and see if you have any questions for me and if you don't i can invite rod up to speak to the committee. >> you want to wait? okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning, supervisor, i'm the chief engineer for the port of san francisco. so brad has talked about our big development plans and i wanted to highlight a few of the other projects that we are relying on for power. that need power. we have the mission day ferry terminal adjacent to the warriors' new stadium. that will come online -- our

ferry terminal is supposed to come online in the first quarter of 2021. that will need power. in plain cove park, that will come on in early 2020. and the backlands project, at pier 94. it is a lay down area that we are developing right now. it's almost complete i think. and we have had delays that have caused us to make -- or take temporary measures and to redesign some of the electrical supply so we could get power out to the site. and the weeda ferry terminal is not a port project but it's on port property. they have also had to do intervening -- not intervening measures -- interim measures to supply the ferry floats at the

port. and the last project is pier 43.5, for the red and white fleet. the red and knigh and white fles built a ferry ship that needs shore power and they're in the process of trials right now but they will need power to recharge the batteries at that site. those are the -- those are the projects. >> great, thank you. supervisor walton. >> i just wanted to say and this is actually not for the port but thank you so much, and i appreciate miss hill and mr. scarpula from being here, but this is why we're reluctant to enter into any agreements with pg&e at this particular

time. i mean, not just the bankruptcy, but everything else that's been happening. so i just hope that as we continue to do business with them in the circumstances where we have to, that we are really mindful about trying to avoid any path forward with this corporation when we can. because the things that they're doing to our residents in this city, our constituents, and to, you know, the p.u.c., is despicable. so i just want us to remember that as you bring -- as that involves pg&e and why we're so reluctant to move forward. >> thank you. supervisor walton. >> i'm happy to make closing remarks. >> we should see if there's any members of the public that want to speak to us on this item? i -- any colleagues want to say

anything before -- i'm going to say a few items and then maybe i'll speak and we can close. yeah, i mean, it seems to me that pg&e, you know, as an unregulated monopoly, has all of the bad attributes that people sometimes ascribe to government in terms of unresponsiveness and inefficiency without the commitment to serving the public that is government's, you know, chief beneficial attribute. so, you know, the conversation about municipalization and about making good on the promise of the reiker act which is, of course, more than a hundred years old. i think that i have engaged around every ballot measure to establish public power in san francisco over the last two decades. and, you know, repeatedly we have come to the brink of doing

something about these problems and then hold back and not moved ahead. and i think that one of the things that seems different maybe about this moment is now seven months of being inside of this building it does seem to me like there is at least among the city's elected leadership more of a commitment or understanding of the challenges of our unhappy marriage to pg and even and an interesting -- pg&e and an interest in looking for ways to change that relationship and to do something different than i have seen over those two decades. and so i think that is a happy thing. but i also think that, you know, although supervisor ronen spoke about a sea change in public opinion, i hope that is right. i think that it is very beneficial to have hearings like this, to are reports like the reports that are here that identifies the 53 projects where

we are having a problem with pg&e that shows the $5 million in direct additional project costs, and the $3.5 million in lost revenue, and to at least have the conversation to begin to speculate on, you know, the unquantifiable cost to our communities of not having access to an affordable housing development, a park bathroom, all, you know, all of the other ways in which we are not being well served by pg&e. so i'm -- so thank you, supervisor ronen, for having us to have this conversation today. thank you to all of the folks at the p.u.c. and in the city's attorney office who have been fighting this fight and trying to get a good deal for the city under difficult circumstances for a long, long time. and to all of the city departments that are also laboring under these difficult

conditions. so with that supervisor ronen. >> yes, thank you for that. you know, i just want to note that the mayor is putting forth all of these proposals to streamline and hasten the review and the approval of affordable housing projects and cutting lowal fees that we change -- local fees that we charge to these projects and p pg&e undo that great work because they increase the cost to those projects and they delay them. so the impact on the city cannot be overstated. and some of the good works that we're doing to try to deliver these essential units even faster is completely undone by the behavior of this company which is actually regulated. i would just say, not sufficiently regulated, to the point that it feels like it's

unregulated. >> exactly, unregulated. >> you did say unregulated and i understand why you feel this way because it certainly does feel that way. you know, i would also encourage my colleagues if you can get pg&e at the table the way that i have been able to and to sit down with the city departments and to go over every project in your district, it's also illuminating. i can't say that it's any less frustrating, but having them in the room and having to respond in detail, you know, and to give, you know, try to give explanation to the delays or the ridiculous requirements, puts them on the spot in a different way. so i would recommend that you do that with projects in your district. but i finally just want to end by just saying, you know, again, i'm so disappointing that pg&e didn't show up today. i don't think that it's too much to ask to come to a hearing and

to respond to these critical projects in our city that they are directly impacting. and their last-minute excuse they're not coming because there's ongoing litigation is absurd, we're not asking them to respond to a complaint in this forum, we're asking them to respond to their responsibility to provide power to these critical projects. and to explain the cause of the delays and the justification for the infrastructure requirements. and that is completely separate from litigation and there's no reason they couldn't be here today to respond and to justify if they can their actions. and they did last time when we had a complaint, so i don't know what is different about this time. so i would just have to say that once again pg&e, surprise, surprise, we're disappointed in

you, not that it seems to matter. so i -- you know, i wanted to echo supervisor mandelman for the good work of all of our city departments and particularly the city attorney's office that is trying to get action, you know, in the regulatory courts and then the courts of law and i hope that, you know, for the public and for my colleagues this hearing continues to illuminate the urgency, i think, to divorce ourselves from this irresponsible corporation and to provide public power for public good. and we have the ability to do that. and i think that we should act as soon as we possibly can on that. and with that i would ask one of my colleagues on the committee to continue this hearing to the call of the chair because we're going to bring it back every single quarter until it's no

longer necessary. because we don't have many venues to bring -- to shed light on this situation and to push this company to act. but we will continue to do so here at this committee. >> great, thank you, supervisor ronen. thank you to our clerk for reminding me that i need to close public comments. public comment is now closed. and i had a request that we continue this item to the call of the chair and i will make that motion and we can take that without objection. mr. clerk, do we have any more items? >> clerk: there's no further business. >> great. then we are adjourned. thank you.

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can be active and lead, active, healthy life styles that are going to just stay with them for life. >> welcome to another episode of safety on today is episode we'll show you how 0 retroactive you're home let's go inside and take a look. >> hi and patrick chief officer and director of earthquake for the city and county of san francisco welcome to another episode of stay safe in our

model home with matt we'll talk about plywood. >> great thanks. >> where are we we if you notice bare studs those are prone to failure in an earthquake we need to stabilize those they don't lean over and plywood is effective as long as you nail along every edge of the plywood for the framing we'll nail along the sides and top and on the bottom 0 immediately you'll see a problem in a typical san francisco construction because nothing to nail the bottom of the plywood we've got to wind block between the studs and we'll secure this to the mud sill with nails or surface screws something to nail the bottom of the plywood. >> i notice we have not bolted

the foundation in the previous episode thorough goes through options with different products so, now we have the blocking we'll a xoich attach the plywood. >> the third thing we'll attach the floor framing of the house above so the top of the braced walls one to have a steel angle on top of this wall and types of to the top of the wall with nails into the top plate and the nails in this direction driving a nail it difficult unless you have a specialized tool so this makes that easy this is good, good for about 5 hundred pounds of earthquake swinging before and after that mount to the face of wall it

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>> my family's starts in mexico in a small town. my parents are from a very, very small town. so small, that my dad's brother is married to one of my mom's sisters. it's that small. a lot of folks from that town are here in the city.

like most immigrant families, my parents wanted a better life for us. my dad came out here first. i think i was almost two-years-old when he sent for us. my mom and myself came out here. we moved to san francisco early on. in the mission district and moved out to daily city and bounced back to san francisco. we lived across the street from the ups building. for me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. when i was seven-years-old and i'm in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. i have to make sure that we do our homework. it's a lot of responsibility for a kid. the weekends were always for family. we used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new mission theater and then afterwards going to kentucky fried chicken. that was big for us. we get kentucky fried chicken on sunday. whoa! go crazy! so for me, home is having

something where you are all together. whether it's just together for dinner or whether it's together for breakfast or sharing a special moment at the holidays. whether it's thanksgiving or christmas or birthdays. that is home. being so close to berkley and oakland and san francisco, there's a line. here you don't see a line. even though you see someone that's different from you, they're equal. you've always seen that. a rainbow of colors, a ryan bow of personalities. when you think about it you are supposed to be protecting the kids. they have dreams. they have aspirations. they have goals. and you are take that away from them. right now, the price is a hard fight. they're determined. i mean, these kids, you have to applaud them.

their heart is in the right place. there's hope. i mean, out here with the things changing everyday, you just hope the next administration makes a change that makes things right. right now there's a lot of changes on a lot of different levels. the only thing you hope for is for the future of these young kids and young folks that are getting into politics to make the right move and for the folks who can't speak. >> dy mind motion. >> even though we have a lot of fighters, there's a lot of voice less folks and their voiceless because they're scared. >> good evening, everyone. i want to welcome you to our 22nd annual lunar new year's press conference. my name is kyra worthy. i'm the executive direct of san

francisco safe, and today is all about kicking off our lunar new year, and the safety initiatives we're preparing for the year of the pig. while the lun an new year is a time to celebrate with family and friends, and wish of a prosperous new year, unfortunately, it's a time when the chinese community is frequented by scams and extortion-related crimes. i'm here to let you know that san francisco safe, and our partners are doing everything we can to make this a crime-free new year's. this begins with our speakers today in law enforcement to let you know what's going to be happening. today we are honored to have san francisco mayor london breed here with us to launch the secelebratory season and safety season. >> the hon. london breed: good afternoon, everyone. i'm so excited to be here

today, really, the gateway to chinatown in the city and county of san francisco. as we begin the process of celebrating new year and the year of the boar here in the city, with so many faauuestiva and events, there are so many things that bring people here to san francisco, but more importantly, it also supports a lot of our chinese community and their history and the traditions that existed for so many years. i'm looking forward to the excitement of what lunar new year will bring in san francisco, but this time of year, it is important that we protect our communities, as well. during this time, we know that there is unfortunately a lot of crime that takes place that targets especially many of our chinese residents, and in particular, our senior community. we know of a recent incident that occurred, a tragic incident, and we are -- our

thoughts and prayers are with the victim of -- a woman who was also attacked. but we know there are a number of scams, a number of issues that take place that we need to do a better job of working with the community, that we are providing resources so that people know who to call, and that our folks standing behind me, so many incredible members of our law enforcement community, they are going to be out there walking the beat, and in many cases, they speak cantonese and mandarin and are here to work with you. that's the goal of sf safe, to highlight the awareness of keeping our community safe, and have a safe and happy and prosperous new year in the city and county of san francisco. so i am looking forward to the

excitement, a lot of folks that are shopping here, but we will be paying very close attention. and we want the people of this community to feel comfortable calling 911. no matter what the case is, if there is a crime, feel comfortable in reporting it, in calling it. in fact, a couple months ago, i was with supervisor aaron peskin at portsmouth square where we opened a drop-in centers for people to meet with police officers to report challenges or issues or crimes in their community. it's open two days a week. so we know there's a lot of work to do. and we don't want to just arrive when there is an issue, we want to make sure that we're being proactive so that crime never happens in the first place. that's what today is about. and last, but not least, i think it's important to talk about how we as a city need to do a good job of looking out for one another. we need to have conversations with the merchants and with our neighbors so that we are truly

our brother's and sister's keeper. so that we are paying attention when something is going wrong or something is going right. just a conversation can make a difference in having someone who may have been a victim of a crime in reporting it. it may be the difference between having a crime from happening in the first place. as we go through the celebration of this year and year-round, san francisco will be paying very close attention to do everything we can to protect the residents of our city, but especially keeping an eye on our seniors. and that means not just our police officers, that means the residents, too. we have to make sure that they are in the forefront of our thoughts, of our prayers, as we move forward in the city together with these incredible celebrations and the changes that continue to occur. san francisco is a great community because of its people, and we're going to have a great and prosperous and safe lunar new year.

this is all so much for coming here today. [applause] >> now, we have deputy chief mr. redmon. [applause] >> thank you, kyra. good afternoon to everybody and thank you for being here this afternoon. we appreciate your time and interest in what we all have to say today about the lunar new year. as we know, the chinese lunar new year is a time to celebrate with the community, family, and friends, and to wish for a prosperous year, this year, of course, being the year of the pig for the san francisco police department, as well. [applause] >> yeah. only i can say that. while we wish we could solely focus on the festivities

surrounding this time of year, we have to focus on safety-related crimes. while the department has reduced the numbers of relates crimes, there is still a reason for us to be vigilant. just last month, we arrested two chinese nationals linked in scams targeting chinese seniors. both subjects are still in custody. i want to recognize sergeant jason hui and captain sergio chin who are here from the special victims unit. they are still investigating this case and are looking for more victims if they're out there, but i think they deserve a round of applause for putting together this case and

continuing the investigation. [applause] >> a couple of safety tips for the residents. be cautious if you're approached by a stranger who asks you to follow them somewhere, wants to come home with you, ask you to withdraw money from an a.t.m., or engages in similar suspicious behavior. when in doubt, please contact the police. a lot of people ask the police department a lot of questions about what number they should call. this is definitely a 911 call to the police department because it is an active crime in progress and this person is trying to harm someone else, so please call 911. all of you, please help spread the word during this lunar new year about the existence of these potential scams, especially to our el dder community members who are often the targets of these scams. in closing, i'd like to urge members of the chinese community who have been confronted by suspects in these

possible scams to contact us. we are here to work with you and to create a safer san francisco. happy lunar new year, and there's one person i would like to recognize. there is a change in command we have in the central district. captain paul yep has been a major player at central station, and our new commanding officer, captain robert yeh, as well, and paul has helped with that transition immensely, so we're looking forward to the lunar new year. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> now, i want to introduce supervisor aaron peskin. [applause] >> supervisor peskin: thank you, miss worthy. miss worthy is worthy, and sf safe is a great organization. i just want to say that that

joke was so funny, i regret having you to arrest you a few years back. but in all seriousness -- [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> supervisor peskin: mayor breed, to the president of the san francisco board of supervisors, norman yee, to the representatives of the other supervisors and elected officials gathered here today, to the command staff of the san francisco police department, to the representatives of the chinese consolidated benevolent association, to the representative of the chinatown community development center, mr. norman fong, and most importantly to the rank-and-file members of the san francisco police department who you see gathered around here today who do the

incredible, culturally competent, linguistically competent work here in district three in san francisco's beloved iconic chinatown, i want to thank you for your service. you are the definition of community policing. the first one of these events i went to was 18 years ago, and i am pleased to say that the number of incidents not only here in district three in chinatown, but in the archipelago of other districts, in the richmond, the sunset, and in the southeast corner of san francisco, have gone down. we remain resolved, we do this year in and year out, and i have to say it's come with profound results, and i want to thank the san francisco police department and the working men and women of the police department for making that

happen. [speaking foreign language] >> supervisor peskin: and happy new year of the boar. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor peskin. now we're going to have assembly member david chiu. [applause] >> good afternoon, san francisco. happy lunar new year. it is happy to be back in this spot. i often like to brag to my colleagues in the california state legislature that we have the best chinatown not just in california but in the entire country, and here at the gateway -- [applause] >> give it up for chinatown. [applause] >> here in chinatown, we meet here once a year, and i think i have been here almost all of the ten times that we come here to celebrate community. it's important to celebrate, it's important to gather, and it's important to be watchful. but men and women around us are

responsible for keeping us safe, and we know that happens with community partnerships with nonprofit organizations, with our family associations, with our merchants, but particularly with the leadership of our men and women in blue. i want to salute our san francisco police department for their successes in making sure that we are bringing clark county artists to justice. i was with family members and community members in visitacion valley this weekend as we are praying for the health and for justice when it comes to the case of our chinese grandmother in visitacion valley who was brutally attacked last week. we have work to do, but we can only do this work together, and so we want the public to remember that in partnership as one family of san franciscans, we can keep our community safe and ensure that all of us will have the happiest lunar new

year that we ought to have. have a wonderful day, and thank you. [applause] >> thank you. now we want to introduce our commanding officer of central station. thank you very much, kyra. hello, everyone. i am a proud fourth generation san franciscan and a native, and i'm proud to be the commanding officer of central station of which includes chinatown. today, i am joined by my colleagues at central station, including my housing and foot beat personnel, and i'd like to introduce them. first is sergeant albert chiu.

[applause] >> officer dustin sang. [applause] >> officer dexter sang. [applause] >> officer marisa chung. [applause] >> officer philip leung. [applause] >> officer alex anton. [applause] >> officer jennie mau. [applause] >> and officer reginald pena. [applause] >> and all of them, as i mentioned, work housing and are foot beat officers, and they primarily focus in the chinatown area. it is very important to us that you know us and that we add faces to our names so you can

recognize us whenever you need us. you heard earlier that during the lunar new year festivities that we want you to have fun but also be alert. you should watch out for each other and report suspicious activity, criminal behavior, and especially if it involves seniors. which brings me to telling you on how to report crimes related to the lunar new year. first, a reminder to say no calmly if someone tries to intimidate you into giving money or valuables. never go with anyone to the a.t.m. and/or disclose any of your information with them. please report all extortion attempts to the police immediately by dialing 911, and now that mandarin and cantonnese language assistance is available. dial 911 if the extortionists are in or just left your home

or business, or dial the non-emergency number: 415-553-0123 to report an extortion that occurred at any time, either past or current. a blessing scam hotline is available, as well. 415-553-4212. you can also make an anonymous tip at 415-475-4444. in closing, on behalf of central station, i would like to say -- [speaking foreign language] >> have a happy lunar new year. thank you. >> president yee: i want to say this is one of the most important media events for the chinatown community and beyond because every year, people get scammed, and we need to, every year, remind people that you have to be careful with the

people that are