>> we did have a spike up this year, and we felt like something different was happening, and they are working with meyer sound, which is one of the main people in the country, and some of our recent conversations are about sound baffling technology, which is something new they've used for outside events in las vegas where there are hotels nearby, and they will be implementing those new technologies this year to try and address it. so we will remain vigilant and ensuring there are adequate ways to address the issues. >> thank you pick one other question back i noticed another planet would be required to donate a booth for the city or

its designated nonprofit partner to use for purposes of community and philanthropic engagement, and/or membership outreach. can you describe what the plan is for this booth class. >> i think that is for the park his alliance that they just wanted a chance to have a booth where they could solicit members and people who are interested in supporting our parks citywide. so we added that provision for this year to ensure that they had a space, and we envision it will be the park his alliance right there in a prominent location to solicit support for parks. >> great. thank you so much. one final comment, i didn't want to note that while the new contract would require at least one job fair in a postevent public meeting, both to be held in the richmond district, i would very much like to work closely with you all to ensure that the sense that residents are provided the opportunity to

lend their voice in matters related to outside lands as well. >> absolutely. >> thank you very much. >> any comments or questions? i would like to comment on this because 70% of golden gate parkas my district. to my constituents, i want to say that i know there is an impact on the community for those three days, and we are weighing it also of what this concert actually brings to the city and county of san francisco and our district. it is doing its fair share of bringing in entertainment dollars and much-needed dollars, quite frankly, to city coffers. i believe that they have been -- the promoters are some of the last independent promoters in this country, and that the planet entertainment has worked very closely with us, and i encourage everyone when we have our preplanning meeting, and the meetings after the concert to

attend, and to bring issues and questions, because we will have a lot of people there to answer those questions. so we do not have a report on this, but let's open it up to public comments. i do have some members of the public that have given me cards to speak on this issue. every speaker will have two minutes to speak. >> thank you. please start, you have two minutes. >> thank you. good morning, supervisors. my name is arnold woods. i am on the board of directors of western neighborhoods project. i believe some of you are familiar with the organization, but for those who are not, we

are in a nonprofit history organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the west side of san francisco, once known as the outside lands but because of this, we have had a website address of outside lands. org. when the first outside lands music and arts festival was being planned, we are contacted by the organizers about using the outside lands name because we had already been using it. we had no problem with that, of course, because the name has been part of the public lexicon of san francisco for 150 years. in the year 2010, we were invited to join the eagle lawns portion of the festival and have been there ever since. as you might imagine, people interested in the history of our city tend to skew to an older demographic, but our booth at outside lands has exposed us to a younger demographic, and a much larger audience than our typical reach. i would assume this is true for all the other nonprofit groups

that are part of the eagle lands. i would also note that as a historian cackled gate part -- park has a long and rich history as a setting for a variety of musical events pick from symphonies at the bandshell, as the setting dating as far back as 18 hundreds, to summer of love. they have a shared history. for all of these reasons, the western neighborhoods project, we would like to support the extension of the permit for the outside lands music and arts festival. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is well, i'm here representing the richmond neighborhood center in the richmond district. outside lands and outside lands works have been great partners of the richmond neighborhood center of the past year, in many years of the festival. the foundation supported our playland on balboa festival in the fall of 2018, which is our

very own free and public life music and arts festival. outside lands works was recently awarded -- has recently awarded us a significant grant that will support the integration of art and music into our multicultural and identity-based programs at both presidio and roosevelt middle school. this partnership has helped to bring visibility to the organization, and all of our programs throughout the richmond district, and we are very much looking forward to participating and working closely with the festival for many years to come. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning. my name is barbara, and i am a resident of the richmond district, and have been since the beginning of the festival, i just wanted to say that i think that the promoter has bent over backwards to accommodate all the concerns of the neighborhood,

and i feel living on the perimeter of the affected area that every year things improve. the traffic and parking situation seems to be getting better every year, and the noise seems to be getting better every year too. i definitely supports the festival. is a wonderful thing for san francisco. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. i too have lived on the perimeter of the festival since its inception, and this is something we have really made part of our life with our families. every year, with family come from all over the country. i bring my children, i go with my mother, we have cousins that come into town, and it has been something we have treasured, and to have that go away and not be an option as a multigenerational

event would be a huge shame, and i think this city needs to keep some of its cultural and music experience part of the fabric so i am in full support. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. i am an area entertainment sales manager for viceroy hotel group, basically hotels. i have had the pleasure to partner with another planet entertainment on this festival, i'm actually going on 12 years with them, and in short, our properties basically assisting hosting bands, entertainment production staff and festivalgoers, i pulled a report this morning, it over the last 12 years, we have done our hotel group, around to bring $3 million worth of revenue for the city and tourism. not only is this an economic win, i feel like this festival also builds community. i also would like to say i've

gone every 11 years, i would like to comment on what an amazing job they do on taking care of the park during this festival. to see the evolution of their recycling programs, how they take care of fans, but it is just great to see how they respect the neighbours from noise ordinances and everything like that. that's all i have pick i'm a huge fan. i hope you extends the permits. thank you very much. >> next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. i am here representing the community music center. we were founded in 1921. our mission is to make music accessible to everyone regardless of their financial means. we have a branch in the richmond district, have had since 1983, and our headquarter is in the mission. last year we served 2700 people.

we touch all ages and musical genres, and this year we will work with financial assistance. that said, we are so pleased to be approached last year by outside lands as they developed their philanthropy. outside lands works has a potential to be of great service to the san francisco arts community. we were very grateful for their grant of $60,000 over two years to support sliding scale tuition assistance and free and low-cost music education at our richmond district branch, and we are excited about outside lands works connection with the richmond campus, and how we may support the neighborhood of the future. we support out side lands, and it is worth giving back to san francisco. we are in favor of the extension. so the festival can continue to bring news -- world-class musicians to san francisco and inspired generations of future musicians. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

>> hello. i am here representing creativity explored. we are a beneficiary of the outside lands work fund and we are here to show our support of the outside lands program extension. as an organization, the focus is on building community and awaken creativity for people with disabilities. we are strong supporters of outside lands. it is a vibrant musical showcase that enriches the san francisco art ecosystem for programming and philanthropy. it offers a music festival that feels homegrown and activates the park and surrounding neighborhoods, bringing people together in community, and for those reasons, we are strong supporters of this resolution. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. i and the general manager of the holiday inn up on california in a van van ness pick i've had the pleasure of working with outside

lands for the last seven years on the planning process, and also housing a lot of the folks that set up outside lands and take it apart. it is a three-day festival, capita starts about two weeks prior to the first day of the music, and we are the beneficiary, directly of that business but comes into san francisco. i have 200 employees are rely on this business. the folks that come into attend the music festival, along with the workers utilize a lot of the restaurants and goods and services along the van ness corridor, as well as polk street. i can't say enough about how the planning process has gone with outside lands. they have been a pleasure to work with. on behalf of my hotel and my staff, we are in support of this permit extension. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello everyone. i am the associate director of the san francisco-based nonprofit women's audio mission.

women's audio mission is a 15-year-old music and media nonprofit that serves over 2,000 underserved women and girls a year. we operate the only recording studios in the world his built and run entirely by women. we offer classes to adults, afterschool programs for middle school girls, residents needs, concerts, performances, and much more. they approached us last year, and we were very grateful to accept a grant from them a $40,000 over two years in support of our programs. they also offered us to get to the festival for all of our staff. we are continuing discussions with them about what other synergistic partnerships that we can come up with, and we really appreciate their thoughtful efforts to support us and the underserved communities in the bay area overall. we thank you very much in consideration of their permit, and we are very supportive of it. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please.

>> hello, i am representing sandwiches which is a small business out here in san francisco. we have about three shops in san francisco, one shop on pacifica and outside lands outreach to us for the first time last year, wanting to help more local restaurants, and specifically a vietnamese sandwich restaurant to be part of the landscape of the food vendors within outside lands. it has been, for the first time ever doing a festival, they were really taking care of us the whole time. and they were really adamant on the environmental impact that they would have within the park, so as i continue to work with us , time and time again, asking and responding to our questions, they would be conscious of k., we need to put planters on the floor, we need to make sure that the environment around us will be well taken care of. it is harder and harder being a

part of -- being a small business within san francisco, so it has been a real great pleasure to be able to work with them for an event that is three days, yet does have a large impact within the entire city. i'm insult -- full support of outside lands and i really appreciate the time to speak. thank you. >> thank you very much. dinosaur sandwiches. correct class. >> yes. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, supervisors. i run a catering shop. i'm a small business food vendor in the san francisco bay area. we were given the fortunate chance to work with them starting in 2011, and we have been there since. as you can see, i'm a big supporter of them. just to give you a quick brief history, when we first started it, we had a lots of support by the team, to another planet making sure we do things right

and take care of the park. now they have implemented a lot of stuff such as making sure we separate all the trash, recycling, on compostable his. they are really on top of it. they go above and beyond and really take care of the park. i can assure you of that, for me, personally, in terms of business, we are a small catering company. we don't have a brick-and-mortar space. they did not give us a chance, they gave us a platform to showcase whatever food is all about, and that has given us a lot more business and catering, and on top of that, in the early stages of my business, we were struggling just trying to make it a float, and we banked on outside lands, and the influx of revenue to support us throughout the year. obviously now things have changed, and things are settled, and we are grateful for being part of this festival, and i completely support the festival, and on a personal level, i am originally from l.a., in san

francisco is my home now, and basically, this is the only time that my family actually comes to visit me because they help me run the booth, for the festival, for the music, but to support everybody, and another quick story, i remember one of our food patrons was from tokyo, japan, and they specifically went to the festival, saying this is the festival to be. it is not only a great festival for the locals, for business, and for everybody, and from the environment, i think that is my ringer. >> thank you. your company is? thank you very much. >> hello. i am from youth art exchange which is an organization that has been focused on increasing access to visually performing arts for san francisco public high school students since 2,000 we are incredibly excited to have a new partnership with outside lands that supports our

programming and brings new arts programming to our youth pick last year, we are able to participate with and on sight booth, and as a result, we had our youth, many of whom have never been to a concert or festival before. they were able to be surrounded by art makers, performance, and art lovers. san francisco being a thriving city for the arts, our participation opened this world up to youth to a new reality and to see a viable futures in the arts for themselves. additionally, we increase the visibility of work among art and scholars, and it gave youth an opportunity to teach printmaking to people of all ages at the festival itself. the ability to have a partner with such a great mission match and the synergy between us is invaluable, and we fully support their permit. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors.

i am a san francisco-based artist, and i have been living at dolores park for the last 13 years and i used to live at golden gate park and that place is near and dear to my heart his. even more importantly, in a time like this, with what is happening with the artistic community in san francisco, his events like this, and outside lands in particular that is really important to preserve for the cultural landscape here. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good morning, i am from the surfrider foundation.

we both run the music outreach program, which i hope to hand off to her. we are trying to protect and serve the ocean beaches. gives us a global platform. over the 12 years or 11 years we have been involved, we have been able to connect new volunteers to the local chapters when they go home, we have had people from belize, australia, japan, ireland, all over the world. this is, we first started going to outside lands because it was a fun thing to do, and to be part of equal lands was important to us we have developed an amazing outreach opportunity for the surfrider foundation on a global level. we also want you to be aware of the family environment that is

they are, the community that is there, we look forward to equal lands every year to reunite with all the other nonprofits. it's almost like our own little high school reunion. we are also passing it off to a lot of the young san franciscans. she is a native. her and her friends come to outside lands, work in the booth, and then share with other people in the festival. thank you very much. we are in full support. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. i am with tree-lined security. we are in full support of an extension. tree-lined security, is a woman-owned and minority run business enterprise, partners with outside lands and another planet in terms of sound monitoring and community response. i would like to thank everyone for all the hard work inputting the festival festival together, but also to state that outside

lands and another planet have set the benchmark in life events and festivals, and we are very glad and happy to be part of the teams that are developing best practices in the industry. thank you for your time and consideration. >> thank you very much. >> good morning, supervisors. i represent the stagehands deep behind the scenes, workers that you guys see as a three-day festival. it is 17 days' worth of work from beginning to end for this. we did all the load in and set up of all the bands, the staging from start to finish. it employs 450 stagehands last year, and my colleagues are in great supports of this continued success of the event in golden gate park. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. i am with the local 16, the

stagehands union, and just to give you some raw numbers, in 2008, we did approximately the stagehands benefited $300,000 in wages and benefits. this includes health and welfare and pension. last year, it was over $900,000 that went directly into the pockets of our workers. we are in great support of this festival and we would appreciate your support. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. i went san francisco travel association. we are a destination market organization with over 1300 business partners. i'm happy to be here today to support the contract extension with another planet entertainment for the music festival in golden gate park. san francisco welcomes over 25 million visitors a year, and those visitors spent over $10 billion in san francisco, and that brings in over $700 million in local taxes.

this contributes to our local economy, indefinitely our local small businesses. they have brought top talent to san francisco for over a decade, but also expose so many visitors to golden gate park. this jewel of a park that we have in san francisco, and his benefited greatly the recreation and park department. having concerts like outside lands in our parks, and is part of the cultural landscape is a big draw for international visitors. we want to continue to support these concerts, in support local business, and to continue these things happening in our city. thank you for your time and consideration. >> good morning. i am a fifth-generation san francisco suggest san francisco and. i live in district ten, and i have also lived in the sunset and the richmond, and i have two boys that go to school here in the city, i'm also a member of local 16, the stagehand to

charge a union. i support the permit going through, and ask you to all help keep these jobs here, and help keep me and my family and the city where we have always been. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i am an owner and operator of downtown san francisco. we have three locations now. i'd like to reiterate that outside lands has a huge economic and financial and marketing impact for our business. we rely heavily on outside lands to carry and market our business to not only san francisco residents, or residents that visit alike. i would like to clarify that outside lands is not just another music festival, it is absolutely an arts and cultural and culinary events, which makes it different from all the other music festivals in the u.s. it makes it stand out for san francisco.

thank you. >> the name of your business again,. >> it is called fresh role. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning. i am with the local 16, one of the stagehands that works outside lands in the backstage areas. i'm here in support of the extension, and it is an integral part of my income. it has supported my family, and a great number of my friends attend this festival, not only from the united states, but from fank -- france and england. and because of their enjoyment of this festival, i am proud to be part of it. i know the planet has treated us very well. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i am a business agent. teamsters 2795 has members that work this destination event, and we want to express our support for the extension of this permits.

thank you. >> hello, i have lived in san francisco 25 years. my wife and i are raising teenage daughters in the outer richmond for the last 16 years, we live on 35th avenue. we are two blocks up the hill. of all the events that the city does, this is one of the best. there isn't any letter afterwards, there is no vandalism or violence, we don't see any of that two blocks away from the festival, it is excellent. also, my daughters walk down there all day, and they walked back at night. we don't worry about them at all. there's police, fire, e.m.t. is, it is a great presence in the neighborhood, and i think they are a great neighbour to us, and we want to see them back also, i am a stagehand with local 16 it is the only gig i do yearly. it is fantastic.

i see the process of going in and going out, and it just works better than most any other events that we go to, it is relatively painless, and i really encourage you to extend the permit. >> thank you. thank you for coming out and doing your thing today. next speaker. >> 2785, and it has been a big help for our local. i have been doing it for eight or nine years now, and i believe that you should keep it going. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> my name is dede rutledge. i feel lucky to have a pleasure to work in this particular event

, and i have only been doing it for three years, but i've been doing it for 50 years. i'd appreciate it if you would consider us continuing to get this permits that you have allowed us, thank you so much. >> thank you very much. any more people that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is close. colleagues, any comments or questions? seeing none. i just want to say that this is in my backyard to, quite frankly, i personally have never attended the concert, and i have to concur, but i have to concur that i think another planet does a really good job of outreaching to our neighborhood, and actually responding very responsibly to any complaints you might have around congestion and around sound, so i understand the contract is a

long contract, but being the only independent promoter in this country, and be able to compete with all these large corporations, and to book these acts that san franciscans and i would church really enjoy. it is actually necessary. so i would like to put this before -- make a positive recommendation to send this to the board. can i take it without objection? thank you very much. no report on this. can you please call item number 15. >> item 15 is resolution resolution approving amendment number 2 will, authorizing the human services agency to execute an amendment to the agreement between the city and county -- >> quiet, please. supporters, quiet, please. we are still conducting a meeting. thank you. >> please continue. >> the nonprofit san francisco marine food bank to provide the

food assistance program to older adults and adults with disabilities for a total agreement term of july first, 2017 to june 30th, 2022, and by increasing the agreement amount by 120 million for a total not to exceed $11.5 million. >> thank you very much. i believe we have michael here. he is on the human services agency. >> good afternoon. i am with the department of adult and aging services and part of the larger human services agency. i'm joined by the director of human services agency. we are here today in support of the resolution approval of amendment to to our grant agreement with the san francisco food bank. the grant agreement supports the purchase of grocery bags which are then distributed by a food pantry and home delivery grocery program model. the services, we see them as critical to addressing hunger, and meeting nutritional needs of older adults and adults with disabilities in the city.

these programs are an important part of larger strategies to address food security in the city of san francisco. this is come before you today because we have seen this contract grow significantly over the past few years. that is primarily due to additional funding which has been allocated through the annual budgeting process. these funds are advocated for and allocated as a means to support and grow programs like this as we have seen demand continue for this program. with that, i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much. any questions from colleagues? seeing none, i believe there is a b.l.a. report on this. >> the board of supervisors is approving the second amendment to the contract with the food bank. this contract was originally entered into through a sole-source process. the first amendment increase the contract to a $9.2 million, and

increase the number of unduplicated clients from $2,400 to $4,900, this amendment will increase the contract by two by 3 million to 11.5 million, and increase the number of undocumented clients in the year close to 6500. we showed the budget for the contract going from fiscal year 17-18 to 2021 for the entire $11.5 million contract. we are recommending a reduction of 189,000 based on a contingency that was budgeted in fiscal year 17-18 that is not needed. otherwise we recommend approval. >> thank you very much. let's open this up to public comment period are there any members of the public would like to comment on this item? public comment is closed. as someone who helped deliver the 250 -- 250,000th bag of groceries to homebound seniors, i have to say that this looks

like it is, this added money is actually needed to meet the food insecurity that we are seeing in san francisco, particularly among our seniors, so i would like to make a motion to approve the amendment, and to send this to the board with a positive recommendation recommendation as amended. thank you very much. thank you very much. madam clerk, i would like to make a motion to rescind the vote on item number 1. and i would like to make a motion to continue that item on rescinding the vote. >> is that correct cost. >> the vote was to continue the item to the next budget and finance committee meeting. >> i would like to now make a motion to continue that to the meeting of february 27th. can i take that without objection? thank you very much. i would like to recess this

budget and finance meeting until three p.m. today. everybody. i'm scott adams. i'm board chair of the a.p.a. heritage foundation. we want to thank you for joining us this evening as we celebrate lunar new year, the year of the boar. we wish you and your family the best of fortune, prosperity and much happiness. we are a nonprofit organization dedicated to securing funds and coordinating resources to support the city's annual a.p.a. heritage organization festivities. our organization is made up of

a very small board, and i'd like to introduce to you our directors. we have our treasurer, irene yee riley, our incoming treasurer, j.j. lara. board member matt mooey, and our founder and president, claudine ching. [applause] >> so although we're a very small organization, we're able to put on celebration events every year because of the dedicated members of the a.d.a. celebration committee, and that's a group of 30-some odd representatives of the community that makeup the a.p.a. community. so if you are a member of that group, can you please raise your hand? okay. everyone give them a hand.

[applause] >> want to thank you so much for being part of the a.p.a. team. now please give a warm welcome to our president and founder, claudine ching. >> thank you, scott. [applause] >> thank you, everyone for helping to come celebrate lunar new year. today is the third day of the new year. some of us were in chinatown for the first day of the year with mayor breed, and when i friend, walter wong, celebrated the biggest celebration in chinatown with eight pigs, is that right? and firecrackers, so i want to acknowledge of the presence of the mayor who will be speaking shortly and the members of the council and community members of the so eve-- members. every year, we kick off events in the community with the lunar new year celebration.

we can take the opportunity to tell you a little bit more about what we are doing for a.p.a. heritage month this year. some of you may not have been to our a.p.a. heritage month celebration, so i want to take the opportunity to talk about the a.p.a. heritage month. last year, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the law that established this particular celebration. so the month of may, why is it the month of may a.p.a. heritage month? congress decided because of two reasons. the first day of 1943 marked the rival on may 7 of the first japanese immigrant into the united states in the record so that was one reason. and the other reason was on may 10 -- 1843 -- 1869 was the completion of the trans-continental railroad.

so that's why the month of may was selected, and this year was the 150th anniversary of the trans-continental railroad. so for this year's celebration on may 1, as you all are invited to our event, together with mayor breed, we'll be celebrating two significant historic events. one is the completion of the trans-continental railroad, and the other one actually is the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the college of ethnic studies at san francisco state. this is unbelievable that to this date, although there are a lot of ethnics -- different studies classes in many universities and colleges, our san francisco state remains the only ethnic studies department in the whole country where asian american studies african american studies, all ethnic studies had a part of.

this is a momentum decision. we are very happy to be celebrating these two significant occasions this year, and during our event, we will be presenting the second annual edwin mah lee public service award. last year, the winner was our assessor-recorder carmen chiu. we're very happy to have her -- in the month of may be able to bring to our city a whole month of activities. we have plenty of events because we have celebrations, partners such as the asian art museum, san francisco public library, and the country's largest asian american themed festival. with all of these organizations, i think we have a healthy calendar.

but back to today, we are happy to be here, celebrating lunar new year. we are very lucky to be in a city that we have cultural offerings with the different cultural offerings. so some of you -- some of you may not have met mayor breed. mayor breed is a native of san francisco. she grew up in the western addition in the public housing, graduated from schools -- from schools in san francisco, from galileo, as i remember, and without taking the time to read the mayor's long bio, many people have asked me how is it working with mayor breed? and i just have to say, i am not jewish, but if i were jewish, our mayor has a lot of

chutzpah. no matter what issue she is addressing, housing, transportation, public education, every time i hear the mayor talk about this, she's open-minded. she's willing to look at other solutions of the city that have been -- of problems of the city that have been around for years and decades. so we're very proud to have mayor breed with us today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, claudine. you know, when i first started on the board of supervisors, i attended this event, and it was always in room 201, in the mayor's conference room. and i would always say, claudine, we're growing. we need more space. and finally, she took me up on my word, and she decided we were going to move this incredible celebration to here, the north light court.

this is our great celebration of our a.p.i. heritage month kind of kickoff. even though it's not in the month of may, it is during the lunar new year which is of course fitting that we celebrate such a time honored tradition here in our city. i want to thank so many people who are joining here -- joining us here today, including so many folks from the leadership, many of our sister cities, folks from manila, from osaka -- yes, you can clap -- from seoul, taipei, ho chi mint cities, places that we share more than our brotherly and sisterly loves, but relationships of community, of business, and a number of other things that are so important and vital to the success of not just san francisco but the entire world. i also want to take this time to recognize that we have a

number of council generals who are with us here today. starting with the council general of the philippines, who is -- i hope i don't butcher your name council general. i apologize from the philippines, and his wife. thank you so much for being here. council general for the republic of korea is here, as well. and council general from japan. thank you so much for joining us. we have really an incredible relationship with so many of our sister cities as well as the council generals from all over the world, and san francisco, as you know, has been the gateway to the pacific, and we truly value our relationships which promote trade and cultural and educational exchanges. we -- we know sadly we're living in a time our immigrant

population and our cultural diversity are sometimes not welcomed in other cities across the united states, but i want you to know that here in san francisco, it's not only welcomed, it's celebrated. it is celebrated in a way that really honors our rich history and our traditions. and we have many celebrations throughout the year, including during the month. we just kicked off black history month here in the rotunda in city hall, chinese lunar new year, which is amazing, along with an amazing parade and a number of festivities, and we will kick off asia-pacific heritage month, which we started celebrating in 2005. when i served on the board with supervisor -- well, actually, only supervisor president yee was on the board when we passed that resolution, making it official in san francisco. and here he is now, the

president of the board of supervisors, along with his colleagues, and they'll be talking in just a minute. so i am just here to say thank you to so many of you, especially because as we know, it takes a lot of resources to put together so many amazing community activities that promote our diversity and our culture, and i just want to thank the a.p.i. heritage committee for their continued work and fund raising and bringing people together. and claudine, at this time, i'd like to honor you and the members of the committee with a certificate thanking you for your service and the work you continue to do every year, not only asking for support, but twisting our arm and making us all participate and help us to understand how important this is to so many of our asian communities around the city. thank you for being a real advocate for the a.p.i. community in san francisco.

[applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, everyone. [speaking chinese language] >> so understand board president norman yee's here with all his colleagues, and from the dinner we have in chinatown recently, i was shocked to hear that every

single one of the board members of supervisors speak beautiful chinese, japanese, all kinds of languages. so in the interest of time, because i understand that mayor breed might have to leave, so i'm going to ask you to maybe just say two lines of greetings in your own language, whatever you prefer. and try not to repeat what the -- what the preceding speaker have said, okay? but maybe we should start with president yee. >> president yee: thank you, claudine. [speaking native language] >> president yee: happy new year to every one of you. this is a great celebration that happens every year. i want to thank the a.p.a. heritage foundation to sponsor this every year because it really means a lot to our

community. yes, mayor breed, it's true. in san francisco, we embrace our diversity. in san francisco, and probably the only city, the public school actually gets a day off for lunar new year. probably the only district -- we should give them a big hand. [applause] >> president yee: and that was made possible because of the leadership of supervisor fewer and myself and a few other a.p.i. school board members that were able to provide to say you know, it makes a difference to 50% of your students, and they made it happen. now another thing, every year, we get to look at the new stamp. by the way, claudine, i still have the original one, 1993, when you unveiled that, that

was such a happening. this is something that took a little while to get the federal government, the post office to actually engage and make this happen for us because they didn't -- there was a little rip resistance there, but after a while, they said wow, this is pretty good. to all of you, to all of my colleagues here, we are here to celebrate, and we are here to honor the a.p.a. heritage foundation. so on behalf of the full board of supervisors, we'd like to give you this certificate. claudi claudine scott, would you come up and accept it?

[applause] >> president yee: so come on up. just say happy new year. >> supervisor fewer: [speaking native language] [applause] >> good evening, everyone. my name is matt haney. i'm supervisor from district six. congratulations and thank you for all your work to the a.p.a. heritage foundation. i have to say i've been to a few celebrations around the year of the pig, but this is the first one that i've seen where there's a whole pig to eat. happy to celebration with you.

>> supervisor brown: hi. i'm vallie brown, the proud supervisor of japantown. unfortunately, can you please tell me how to say happy new year in japanese? [inaudible] [applause] >> supervisor safai: good evening. my name is supervisor ahsha safai. happy new year. very happy to be here for the third or fourth year. congratulations to claudine and all the leadership for a.p.a. this is a wonderful celebration. i actually am also an asian supervisor from western asia, from the -- from the country of iran, so i'm going to say happy new year in farsi. [speaking native language] >> supervisor safai: thank you. [applause] >> thank you.

ve we want to acknowledge d.b.i., the head, tom, and mohamed nuru from the department of public works. we have captain link from central station, and commander lozar. so the highlight of today's program is unveiling of the lunar new year stamp. as board of supervisors president yee mepgsed, inntion u.u u.s. post office issued the first series of stamps in 1993. this is the last year of the series of stamps. we are not sure if we're going to get the new ones. so there is a pgs for all of you to sign after the program

because we want to make sure the united states postal service unders we in san francisco, just like many people around the country, we love our stamp that celebrate our cultural heritage. i would like to invite post master abraham cooper. >> good afternoon. or i should say good evening. you know, it's an honor to unveil the 12th and very last stamps and celebrating the lunar new year. as the post master of san francisco, i'm proud to present such a beautiful and meaningful stamp. it represents a lot of significance not only to the community but also to the people that we serve in san francisco, but our employees, as well as we celebrate, and they also celebrate lunar new

year. the lunar new year stamp is currently available for sale at the local postal service and also independently also as booklets. the board believes to represent luck and good fortune but also symbolized hard work and generosity as trust and also sincerity. i'd also like to think that the postal service fits that description well as the relationships between the san francisco district community and the leaders that's in the room today. and without further adieu, i'd like to bring up the mayor as well as norman yee and claudine chan for the unveelg of tilinge

chan for the unveiling of the stamp. [applause] [inaudible] [applause] [♪]

>> 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