(meeting in progress). >> we want to lift our heads high. thank you. >> chairman: the next speaker. >> good afternoon, my name is norma garcia, and i'm the director of policy for mission economic development agency. i am here to speak in

favor of 190448 and request your support to support the resolution to support california senate bill sb686. sb686 would fund 20 neighborhoods across the state, including the mission promise neighbourhood. it formed in 2012 as a collaboration between the city of san francisco, the san francisco unified school district, and more than 20 based organizations, to bridge family economic security with student academic achievement in san francisco's mission district in the latino community. mission promise neighbourhood is based at five school district schools and three family resource centers, and connects thousands of families to services such as child care, pre-school, health care, housing, tax preparation, job training, and much more. over the past seven years, mission promise neighborhood has seen increased graduation

rates, significant gains in kinder readiness, and accounaccountability in data sharing through our many partners. federal funding for the mission promised neighborhood and other neighborhoods is not assured. that's why we ask for your support for sb687 because686. thank you very much for your support. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker. >> president yee, and esteemed members of the board of supervisors. my name is freda asset, and i'm a proud san francisco native, and i ran the first non-partisan 5k, celebrating the number of women lacing up, getting physically active, and running for office, quite literally. and also, our event, importantly, elevates the importance of being

healthy in mind and body to lead affectively. i'm here today with my fellow organizations to personally invite you to san francisco's first ever courage run on sunday, june 23rd, in golden gate park. whether your issue is gender parity, equal pay for equal works, health, housing, transportation, criminal justice, our civic efforts are ultra marathons. in response, we at encourage to run are creating a powerful space to pause and celebrate milestones along the way. it is one that truly celebrates women, cheers one another on to finish strong, and builds a vital set of skills for a strong inner game that strikingly embraces an athlete. because, let's face it, whether you're running a 5k or towards election day, it takes a lot of

courage. join us in our growing coalition of more than 30 diverse national organizations that champion and train the next generation of civic leaders, as well as local leaders, emerge california, the bridge, women get it done, san francisco, and many more. all are welcome, no matter how you identify. all gender identities to physical capabilities. we invite you all to join us at the starting line on june 23rd. so let's bring on that courage. thanks so much. [buzzer] >> chairman: the next speaker. >> good afternoon board members. my name is shalan lu, and i'm with the chinese association based here in san francisco. i'm here to urge your support on supervisor mar's resolution to support the bay workers. i think it is perfect

timing you honored small businesses this afternoon, and tomorrow is international workers day. we're at the perfect moment to take a moment to remember what are the sacrifices that immigrant workers who serve and drive the economy here in san francisco. too many times they're robbed of their rightful wages and respect at work. while the cafe is not located in san francisco, most of its employees live in san francisco, and one of its owners recently was able to purchase and take over running a restaurant in the sunset district here in our city. i wanted to share a few examples of some of the workers impacted by your support. awing, who lings with his mom, despite both working in the restaurant full-time. mr. lee, as a result of his lawoff, now lost his housing, and now has to drive to concorde six days a week for his low-paying new restaurant job. and a server who works two

restaurant jobs seven days a week so she can afford for her daughter to continue studying chinese language and culture. so san francisco is a city that has long stood for workers and led the nation around, you know, setting the standards higher forory working people for our working people. so as workers are preparing to go and testify and relive their trauma so they can win their case in hearing in the next couple of weeks, having your support and knowing that the san francisco board of supervisors is at their backs is ever more important. so thank you so much for your support. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, ray hart, inspector san francisco, open government. know your rights under the sunshine ordinance. that admonition is printed on every copy of every agenda for every meeting for this board of supervisors. this might only seem ironic, but it is in fact belately hypocritical.

thomas teaches willful ignorance of what one ought to know is a mortal sin. on the screen are the three dozen orders of determination i have gotten over the years for various issues related to one public. [audio shut off] >> by the way, remove the

prejudicial introduction and use something fair. i have fought for over a decade to get what you actually say at a public meeting into the public record. it is amazing the length of time and the amount of energy that this city has expended trying to keep what i have to say out of the official record. nouyour clerk continues, after five determinations, to refuse to put it -- if you look at the ones that are on the screen, the six at the top are all boards and commissions that have put the 150-word summary in the minutes and have had no negative impact. [buzzer] >> chairman: thank you. next speaker. >> i have a tale of two

tales. navigation systems have been in the news. drug users are allowed to be there, but they're not allowed to have the drugs or shoot the drugs there. so that means we're allowing a street -- a curable street existence for buy and sell, and a location to shoot up in the neighborhoods. this is basically not going to fly to help solve our problems. we know who does it. we know where to get them. but we don't know how to place them. another system may be safe injection sites, or may be even we can supply the drugs. now, if i was one of the 22,000 people in san francisco that had a home and a job and a drug addiction and i could handle it, i wouldn't sign

up even if i got free drugs. but if i was down and out, hopeless and homeless, maybe i would. and maybe that would be the start of getting me some place where i could be normal. the next tale: the american dream, have a house in suburbia, coming to work in the city, jacket and tie, dresses. family, children, little legal dads and soccer moms, and every time we drive to san francisco, we are poisoning our children's future, our climate, our civilization. we're making rivers of poison for our freeways. we have to change, both locally, with our local drugs, and with the poison that big business has pushed on us for all of

these years. [buzzer] >> thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is david smith. i'm also a san francisco taxicab ma medallion holder. the reason why we're here is because going to the s.f. m.t.a. and the board of supervisors has just become a big waste of time. our situation is beyond a case of simple buyer's remorse. i mean, we cannot compete with venture capital uber and lyft. we can't subsidize cheap rides for people. the m.t.a. set the price that created this monster. and they agreed if the program were to fail or end, they would buy back the medallions and give us a prop "k"-earned medallions.

obviously, this is not happening, and we're forced to fight uphill in order just to get anything. it is really sad. what can i say? we want the exit mechanism. it is in the rules and regulations of the m.t.a., and it is also in the contract between the san francisco federal credit union and the m.t.a. please, just get us out of this program. if we got into this situation with the market dictating the price like in other cities, like new york, it is somewhat understandable. but, once again, the m.t.a. created the price, they created the monster. [buzzer] >> how long do we have to beat the horse before we call it dead. it's dead. no one has bought a medallion, and the market has been open long enough to test the waters. it is not happening. it is not even worth $50,000. the longer we wait, the

less it is worth. it is already worth nothing. we're minus zero at this point. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker. >> the legacy fund can have ovtime overtime, en encasig every business in the city. over the discretion of district supervisors. and law enforcement is understandably reticent about retrieving and impounding weapons, enforcing restraining orders at home addresses, and most home logs are of poor quality, and are easily defeated, and some can even trigger discharge if the weapon is loaded. so i'm unclear as to the supervisors' proposal. 27 of our schools are low

performing. and nine are among the worst performing in california. according to state and local newspapers this past february. the programs should result in less money in the penal system, and the myriad of social services and subsidies. the city should provide quality education from all, and it should not prevent you, however, from taking into consideration strategic forecast of revenue downturn, the present economy notwithstanding. the city continues to provide counselling services for... [audio shut off]

>> mr. president, i believe there is supervisor walton said 31 and 32 -- >> 33. >> i thought they said 31 through 33. >> just 31 and 3 3. >> let's take item number

32. >> and 34. >> and 34. >> on items 32 and 34, supervisor haney. > [roll call] >> there are 1 11 yeas. >> these two are adopted unanimously. >> item 30 is a resolution to recognize april 2019 as national donate live month in the city and county,

and urging all san franciscans to register as organ and tissue donors when reapplying or renewing their driving licenses. >> this resolution recognizes april 2019 as national donate life month. urging all san franciscans to register as organ and tissue donors when applying or renewing their driver's license. we know this is vitally important, and there is a significant need in the community, especially for the asian-american, and african-american communities. more than 650 individuals are currently on the national organ transplant waiting list, and 22 patients die each day due to the shortage of donated organs. i hope we can get the word out to increase awareness around this issue. residents can sign up when renewing their driver's license. i personally just renewed

my driver's license and also renewed my commitment as an organ donor and urge everyone to do the same. thank you to to the donor network for all of the work you're doing all year-round. >> thank you. i see to another names on the roster, and i'm not sure -- okay, can we take those names off. supervisor walton, were you going to speak on this item? >> no. >> okay. thank you. okay. thank you, supervisor fewer. with no objection, then this resolution is adopted. madam clerk, please call item 31. >> 3 1 is a resolution to support senate bill 686, which were enact the california promise neighborhoods act of 2019. >> okay. supervisor wal ton. >ton.>> i would like to propose a friendly amendment, on

page 2, lines 19 and 20, and you all have a copy. after the words "successful model," i want to insert the language "include culturally appropriate agencies when expanding into more neighborhoods in our state." okay. >> so this motion to amend is seconded by supervisor ronan. can we take it without any objection? okay. can we take the same housing call as amended? seeing no objection, then this resolution is adopted as amended. okay. item number 33. >> item 33 is a motion to approve a final map, 9530820, residential unit,

new condominium project, and to adopt the appropriate findings. >> thank you, president yee. colleagues, today i ask that we continue this item. no one has reached out to my office about any details of this project. and i was actually shocked to see this on the agenda. there i want to check in with public works and planning and all of the related parties of this project. >> second. >> there is a motion to continue the item. is there a second? >> second. >> seconded by supervisor haney. can we take this in house -- >> that will be until may 7th. >> continued to may 7th. can we take this same house in call? okay. then motion to continue passes. okay, that brings us to our last one, item number 35, madam clerk.

>> item 35 is a motion to adopt findings in support of the board of supervisors' disapproval of the decision of the planning commission, regarding the conditional use authorization for the proposed project at 1052, through 106 1060 full sum fulsom street, and 190 to 194 full street. >> there is an order to recuse supervisor safai, who is not able to vote on this motion. >> is there a second? seconded by suf supervisor stefani. a roll call on the motion. [roll call]

>> the motion passes. supervisor safai. supervisor peskin. >> thank you. i have circulated one additional whereas a finding, which would be inserted right before the move, that would be a new paragraph at page two, line nine, which is based on the record and testimony states: "whereas the planning commission did not have the benefit of a complete shadow study in the record before it at the time it issued its findings in support of the conditional use authorization, a fact confirmed by planning department staff at the planning commission hearing on december 30th, 2018.

now, therefore be it, s it." so i would like to make a mobilization tmotion to insert . >> there is a motion made. is there a second? >> second. >> seconded by supervisor mar. can we take these -- this amendment, same house, same call? okay. so amendment passes without objection. so the motion -- can we take this item as amended, same house, same call? all right. with no objection, this motion is approved. okay. that brings us to...madam clerk, can you read the imperative agenda? >> yes, mr. president. on behalf of the president of the board, a resolution commending an honoring chief joanne hayes white

for her outstanding as the san francisco fire chief of the city and county of san francisco. >> madam clerk, i need to confer with you a second. >> thank you, colleagues, for your patience. colleagues, we have an imperative item which requires the board to adopt to separate findings by eight votes, before unanimous adoption on the

item itself. let's take the sunshine ordinance finding first. is there a motion that finds the resolution is purely commendatory for the -- >> it's purely commendatory. >> okay. so can i have a motion -- >> mr. president, i would move the brown act and sunshine purely commendatory findings. >> and also the brown act? >> city attorney, john gibner, because this is the first imperative item i think this board has considered, i think it is worth just a moment to talk about imperatives. generally, as you all know, state and local law requires that the board

place on its agenda any item that you're going to vote on at any meeting. an imperative item is an item that the board adopts with no notices, meaning that no member of the public has an advanced opportunity to come and provide public comment on the item. the court will call for public comment on this item, but at this point in the meeting, only one member of the public is here. in order to qualify as an imperative item, as president yee mentioned, the board must vote by at least eight votes that the item is purely commend commendatory, and must vote with at least eight votes, that the board did not have notice of the need to pass this resolution by wednesday morning, the deadline for submitting a resolution to the clerk. those are both judgments for you to make about any

imperative item. if you make both of those findings, the resolution -- the underlying resolution requires an anonymous vote. >> okay. so there was a motion for both those items. is there a second? >> second. >> seconded by supervisor walton. roll call, please. [roll call]

>> we are getting to the end of the meeting so can you please read the in memoriam. supervisor peskin, again, did you want to speak? your name is on the roster. thank you. madame clerk? >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individual on behalf of supervisor mandelman, for the late ernest ernest chafaella. >> colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. as her any further business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> alrighty, we are adjourned. [♪] american heritage

celebration committee. [applause] >> we're here today to kick off the celebration of a.p.a. heritage month. i hope all of you when you are coming to the civic centre have seen all of our banners up around civic centre. i hope you take a look at them. they are really beautiful, and really a source of pride. all of our basses, our adds are

on the muni mobile buses. this is the month that we are celebrating our diverse asian-pacific heritage. we have a whole month of art and cultural programs offered to our citizens, as well as everybody from the bay area and abroad. we have a whole month of activities because of all of our celebration partners and their hard work. the san francisco public library , city librarian, michael lambert his here. [applause]. >> our celebration partner. every other day, there is a program at one of the libraries in the city, in the many neighborhoods. thank you. and then we have our largest asian american film festival as part of our celebration with cam fast, our festival director is here. [applause] >> thank you. please look up all of the movies and go to see more movies. we are really glad that it moved

from march to may last year and it was really great. and the last but not least, the asian art museum right across the street from city hall. they also have a month a very special exhibits. so i hope -- now we have compiled a master calendar of events. you can pick up a copy when you are on your way out, but it is also online at our website. you can see a whole month listing of activities, and we welcome you to go and enjoy yourself, and most importantly, tell your friends about it. last year, as far as the awards and programs are concerned, and milestones and recognitions, last year was the first year that we started first annual agyeman -- edwin motley public service award in honor of his legacy and piglet -- public service. at this moment, i would like to invite carmen to, the first

winner of our awards last year to give her greetings. carmen? [applause] >> thank you. good morning, everybody. i am the elected assessor of san francisco. it is amazing how much changes in just one year, but i am so thrilled to be here to be able to kick off a.p.a. heritage month. i think for a young asian-american who grew up in the united states with parents who immigrated here, i can't tell you of a more important thing to do that to recognize our heritage, to remember where we came from, and to celebrate all of our struggles, but also all of our accomplishments over the years. i think as our mayor has spoken about in the past, we have a wonderfully diverse community and city here that is our strength. and part of that is recognizing all of the contributions everyone makes here. i was so honored to be selected

to be the first recipient of the edwin lee award last year. he is a person, i think means a lot to many of us, not only as a mentor, but also a role model. somebody who dedicated his whole life to supporting not only our civic work here in government, but also before then, really advocating for civil rights and making sure that our community was heard, and heard loudly, and heard effectively. i want to thank each and every one of you. there are numerous people who are here that i want to thank because you are commissioners, you're participating, you are making your voices, your legacy be known here, and that is incredibly important. i could not think of something that our mayor -- i relate mayor would it be more proud of fantasy all of your faces are gathered to make sure that legacy continues on. there are many commissioners who are here, i want to recognize, of course, i.v. lee who is one of our newest members on the city college board. [applause].

>> i also want to recognize jenny lam who is one of our newest members on the san francisco unified school district board. [applause] >> two incredibly smart and able women of color, a.p.a. leaders that i am incredibly proud to serve alongside. i hope that everybody takes advantage of this month to celebrate our culture, to talk about our culture, to show it, to be proud to, because it is something to be proud about. i also want to make sure to thank our official sponsors as well as our community sponsors. just taking a look at this list, there are so many impressive organizations who have been part of this fabric of san francisco. whether it is an industry or our communities. thank you for supporting and recognizing how important the event is today. thank you so much. [applause] with that, of course. i want to introduce someone who is very special to us and very well-known, in native san

franciscan, our mayor, london breed, who i am telling you, any event that there possibly is in the city, she is at. it doesn't matter what time of day, where it is across the city , there she is looking fabulous, but also really espousing the values of the city about the importance of diversity, the importance of creating opportunity, and so i want to invite appear mayor london breed. [applause] -- invite up here mayor london breed. [applause]. >> thank you so much to our assessor recorder, carmen chu who is an incredible leader in the city, and the reason why we are able to generate so much revenue, to spend on all the really important things that we know we need to do to really change our city for the better, because we know, as she said, that our strength is our diversity, and with diversity, we protect our diversity, we

celebrate our diversity, and we are excited about the launch of a.p.a. heritage month in san francisco, beginning may 1st. there will be a celebration, and a number of activities throughout san francisco. i want to thank claudine chang for her vision in 2005. [applause] >> she really stepped up to the plate and said it's important that we really focus on a celebration of our community, of our heritage, of what makes san francisco special, that we elevate that and we come together and those put -- reticular celebrations. thank you so much to claudine on the committee who continue to volunteer countless hours to make a.p.a. heritage month in san francisco such an amazing time for all of us, and thank you so much, no need to give me another pin, because i have about seven of them. [laughter]. >> i'm happy to share with anyone who doesn't have one because i would get one every

year. claudine is right there, but it is so great to be here and to celebrate, and to really take this opportunity to remember i relate mayor ed lee and the work that he did as an incredible public servants. he wasn't just our mayor. before he even became mayor he was so committed to san francisco, and what i really appreciated about him, especially as they served as the director of public works, he would basically bring his kids out to help clean up district five when i was at the african-american culture complex and i used to think, that is kind of messed up. they are rubbing their eyes, you know, out there early in the morning, he is saying grabbed a broom, grabbed a broom. really, the kind of values he instilled in his children, the kind of love and support he has had for san francisco over the years, just really made him an

incredible public servants, and what a great honor to name this awarded the edwin motley public service award that has -- that is given every single year during the celebration. carmen, of course, carries on his legacy and has those same values and commitments to our city. definitely fitting that she receives the inaugural award, and today i wanted to take this opportunity to really acknowledge the award recipient this year who has been a dedicated public servant for look a day over 49, but sandy morey has really been a trailblazer in san francisco, a fighter for our seniors, a fighter for japan town in the western edition, a fighter to try and bring equity and programs to communities that are often neglected, she, along with

steve nakata joe, founded a place for seniors to live, a place for seniors to get hot, home-cooked meals and delivery programs and providing culturally supportive meals throughout san francisco their fight and advocacy for food equity and ensuring seniors to get three square meals a day through support with their delivery program providing millions of more funding that is dedicated to helping seniors age indignity, age in their communities, the list goes on and on, when i was on the board of supervisors, people know that one of the persons i could never say no to west sandy morey. anytime anyone wanted something,

to send sandy to talk to london breed because she would come in there and give it to me straight and give it to me -- just really focusing on the people, focusing on the community, and then she would also remind me that her husband signed my first paycheque at age 14 when i was with the mayor charge at youth employment and training program. you never forget the person who signed your first paycheque, do you? it was jeff morey, at that time, minimum wage i want backpage -- backpay, jeff both her and her husband have been so committed to the community, they have an incredible legacy and she has been an incredible force for decades, and we were so grateful to have you here and your

advocacy. she is a kind of person who does the work and really skates under the radar so that is similar to how mayor lee was. i will tell you, i was going to his office and i would say i need your help with this, and he said sure, i will help you with this, and then i would say, but i need to take the credit for it , and he would say, okay. i don't do that as mayor, don't think about it, anybody. [laughter] >> just really a quiet force, your commitment to really taking care of people and making sure people have access to all the incredible things that san francisco has to offer. we are so grateful for your service and your commitment to san francisco, and excited about you being honored. i know that the official recognition will take place on may 1st, hopefully you will all be there with us to celebrate sandy morey and her

contributions to san francisco, as well as so many of the events and the performances, and all that this a.p.a. heritage month has to offer. thank you to all the sponsors who are listed here, but especially to post mates who is a heritage champion, and may 1 st hasn't started, because they would be a heritage champion, with so many people who time and time again continue to support this incredible celebration. we also have a lot of commissioners here and i'm going to be honest, i just appointed some of them, so i know who they are, but some of the ones that have been serving for some time, i may not be familiar, but thank you also much. if all the commissioners who are here for the city and county of san francisco, we just took a photograph out of the rotunda. can you please raise your hand so we can give you a hand for

your service? [applause] >> i see malcolm young we just appointed to the airport. and alan lowe who is on the recreation and park commission. sharon you're on the treasure island board. and we have stephen lee who is on the entertainment commission, and a little secret about stephen, what was the club, the one up club that i used to go to before i was 21? remember you used to let us in? [laughter] >> you know i am just kidding. it was the first club i went to when i turned 21. [laughter] >> but an incredible force in the nightlife industry. thank you, stephen, for all your hard work in the city, and so many other commissioners who do a great job to really commit

their lives and to dedicate their time to serve san francisco. that is what it is all about. it is really about serving our city, making our city better for so many folks, and i also want to acknowledge, i know earlier our new librarian, michael lambert. [applause] he actually was just tired, even , though i thought he was already the librarian. he was the acting librarian, and he was definitely acting like he was a librarian. of course, it is only fitting that we made him permanent. great to see all of you here today. i am looking forward to this amazing celebration, thank you also much for all you do and continue to do to make san francisco that syllable --

>> thank you everyone. i want to acknowledge the committee. is always in the details of it comes to organizing a month like this, and thank you may or breed for that wonderful introduction. i want to thank my husband for being here who has been a long time supporter and advocate in san francisco, and all my friends from japan town, and all my personal friends who are here today. thank you for being here. i want to make a point in terms of our relationship with japan town and mayor lee. we knew him when he was with the asian law caucus, and he started

out as an attorney. he was doing community work and advocacy then, and then he went to the city. he became the head of hrc, then he became the head of d.p.w., anything he became the chief administrative officer and then our mayor. all of those times that he was the leader in those areas, he always, always supported japan town, and we really appreciate it all these years. it is one of those things where you remember the people from the very beginning, and when they become really people in power, you still remember them to. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, may or breed, and thank you, sandy. during the event wednesday, the a.p.a. heritage awards event, we are also going to recognize two very, very historically significant milestones. the first one is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the agents of san francisco

state. that was a result -- [applause] >> they will we'll hear from them at the event. it is really history and the making. at that time, 1969, it was the first asian-american southeast department in the entire country today, they are still the largest such department in the entire country, so we look forward to celebrating that and hearing more details next wednesday. the second milestone that we will be recognizing is the chinese railroad workers. we thought about the 150th anniversary. [applause] >> there are a lot of celebrations, a lot of talks this year, were there has been about the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. we think about everything and we think about what about the

railroad is relevant to our community? what it is irrelevant about us because of the 90% of the workforce constructing the railroad are chinese-americans. they got recruited to come here, they built the railroad against all of us, but they were never recognized. they were never recognized, given a day when the completion ceremony happened in 1969, may 10th. there was -- the golden spike was put into utah, and none of the workers were invited to the ceremony, even when we celebrated the centennial of the completion of the railroad 150 years ago, a group of chinese historical society members went to the point and they were promised three minutes to recognize ever chinese railroad workers and they were told when they got their that there was no time for them. it was really pathetic.

so i think that a lot of leaders from around the country have decided that this is not going to happen on may 10th, and a large number of us will be here on utah. a large number of asian-americans will be here in utah because we want to make sure that chinese railroad workers take their place in the history of this country. we really want to thank them. [applause] >> in association of that, we are going to give to special recognitions. one is professor gordon chang from stanford university. he was widely recognized as the person who really inspired a lot of projects in commemoration of this special occasion back in 2012 where he got a grant from stanford university and started documenting the life and history of chinese railroad workers, to the extent that now there is an oral history and a digital archive and there's enough materials to teach a class. we can't wait to hear the

professor on wednesday. at the same time, we also want to recognize a very special friend who has done so much in making sure that we honor the chinese railroad workers. but he actually has done a lot more in the entertainment industry. i was so impressed when they told me about this memorial that they were going to do in sacramento. unbelievably, yes, he did that. and it was completed. thank you, congratulations stephen. [applause]. >> we are also going to present a special recognition to stephen lee next wednesday. as may or breed has mentioned during our ceremony, we have a lot of unique cultural performances. we will have recognitions, we will have the participations of the san francisco city

committees and councillor core we will have members from osaka, post mates, what human city, type a, from seoul, korea, san francisco prides itself on the relationship we have with our city cyst -- sister cities. ho chi minh city will be celebrating their 25th year next year. we are very happy. we look forward to doing that in 2020. at this time, i would like to invite -- it is not in the script, but we have a very special gift for you. our commemorative poster for this year. thomas lee, our artists, has designed it. [laughter]. >> every year thomas was the person who designed all of our creative his, and every year, we have a commemorative poster.

[applause] [laughter] >> thank you so much, thank you. >> thank you. please feel free to take a picture with the poster if you would like. it is very beautiful. thank you, thomas. thomas was responsible for the design of all of our materials. so scott adams, would you like to come and say a few words about the a.p.a. heritage foundation and introduce the foundation directors? >> thank you, claudine, and thank you everyone for being here. a lot of familiar faces. a.p.a. heritage foundation was founded, obviously initially to

raise funds and support the mayor's annual a.p.a. heritage month festivities. due to the tremendous hard work of our small board and the wonderful committee, we have expanded our program throughout the year to include community partner forums, and a whole host of other things. without further ado, i would like to introduce my fellow board members. irena riley is our outgoing treasurer, jj lara is our current treasurer, matt mui from at&t is not here, he has been a long time member of the board, and steve wilson from withers worldwide. i don't see them, but they have worked hard and very devotedly to make sure that this event comes off every year without a hitch. so thank you all. we look forward to celebrating with you in may. [applause]

>> we're coming to a close of our press conference. thomas, maybe thomas can tell us a bit about our reception and what we have installed here at city hall. >> hi, everyone. my name is thomas lee, and i'm one of the celebration cochairs with alcaraz, our entertainment commissioner, as well as angela pang who is -- who is not here today. we are very excited. after the awards ceremony, we will have a wonderful celebration at city hall where we will welcome the community to asian cuisine and cultural performances. after we celebrate the honourees , we get to mingle and mix and chat with each other. from all of our sponsors, community partners, we look forward to seeing everyone at the after party here at city hall right after the award ceremony, and the celebration doesn't end there. we have a lot of nonprofits will be joining us that day who will be highlighting special events and activities throughout the

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