process. and the speaker was not informed i guess. we did speak to the outer sunset merchants two times. and they were generally supportive of the project. we talked to businesses affordable housing we talked to businesses informing them and we did two public hearings which we normally don't do. we usually do one. we did our best effort for the outreach. unfortunately not all members of the public learned about the

project. and we heard mixed reviews overall we got support for the project and why we're bringing it to you, the board. the second question about loading zones. >> loading areas and meters and areas where we're reducing park. can we put in shorter trim meters to encourage turnover. >> we'll talk with the supervisor's office and businesses. we can put in one or two of the spaces can become a 30-minute green zone to increase the turnover. there are loading zones and we

do feel they serve business loading needs but we can continue to work to add more if that's necessary and if it's something businesses want. are these biking protected bike lanes? >> they're buffered bike lanes. two-foot buffer in a bike lane. >> can we go back to the parking i'm not an engineer but we have talked a lot about parking and i feel i've learned a lot and a feel it's not the number of parking spots that dictate the success or failure of a commercial area it's our ability to manage. i don't want to let the speaker's statement that each parking spot costs them $100 million to stand as anecdotal

evidence. my understanding is if we handle the parking spots we try to manage to an 80% capacity. if you can just talk about that a little bit. i never heard a dollar amount associated in san francisco with each parking spot. we adjust the prices on the meters to try to hit that points. i do agree it's more about turnover than the national number of spots which is why we'll look at quick turnover parking spots especially for deliveries and if it's something business interested in look to other quick spots. >> i don't want the speaker i'm fighting with you about this because i love your shop and do visit it with regularity but i

walk there or take the bus or ride my bike there and think there's other ways to help you. one thing i've learned we at the mta can't deliver you more customers by cars. it's geometry by space and we can deliver you by foot and bus and this is another time where i'll ask for more parking management if we have businesses saying customers can get to them we have a lot of solutions for that so that's great. one other quick thing, to go to the outreach, the last time we had a big pushback about a bike share pod and people said they didn't know about it or hadn't heard about it. some members of the board came up with the idea we would do on the ground pilots so people would know something was going on and then they would look for the information if they had been missed in the outreach. do you think this type of project is something that could

benefit this? it doesn't seem it's necessarily a quick build project but this type of project seems like a good one where we'd model something and people would say i better reach out and find out what's going on in the corridor. >> we did pop-up events where we had tables on the street and having people come talk to us but we can do more of those. >> good, thank you. i'm so supportive of this project and if i didn't already make a motion to approve it, i will now. >> i'll second. i do think it's useful to pull sales tax data before and after. i think it's worthwhile because it's a metric we can look at and it's true different parts of the city people's behavior is different. how do we help encourage more people to walk and take transit for maybe we need bike share pod that aren't there. whatever interventions to help. ultimately the reason people want to go to these places is

because there's great amenities and the reason you live in san francisco is to have everything in walking and biking distance. it makes it easier for people to get there and to track how we're impacting things to figure out what interventions on our side if we need more 30-minute meters and other creative solutions to come up with. >> one question. >> the last speaker mentioned a series of places where stop signs and other safety measures rattled off intersections i don't have in my head. in general, does the project help what he's talking about or if not can staff follow up how to address those. >> one location, judah, we're add beacon.at taraval we'll be building more there as well. we're going to be addressing the

locations you mentioned. >> director torres? >> i have to agree with mmr mr. wiener. his testimony has always been about people who can't ride a bike or bicycle have one alternative and that's drive somewhere. those chronologically gifted find it difficult to ride a bicycle much less a scooter. and so some of us have to drive to a location. and increasingly for me it's becoming impossible to find parking spaces in the city of san francisco. and i do use sf park as well. accessibility isn't always accommodating to ride a bicycle or get a bus or, which i prefer not to do, use other tncs i believe ray real serious problem for the city. i hope you're sensitive and i'd be interested if at your pop-up

tables did you ask them how they arrived by scooter, by bus, by pogo stick in the future or by car. >> i don't have the answers of the survey here. i can tell you the removal of parking are specifically for safety improvements. >> i have consistently supported those efforts. but you're saying they're just for safety is why they're being removed? >> safety for bicyclists and pedestrians. they're for day lighting purpose so pedestrians can see vehicles

approaching and drivers can see pedestrians waiting on the sidewalk. and also to implement a bicycle lane where now they're sharing the travel lane with moving vehicles. >> so you live in the city of san francisco? >> i'm not sure that's relevant. >> i think people making these plans ought to have a connection to the city. you don't have to answer. >> director, if i can speak to that a little bit, i live near the area and frequent that one establishment among others, we very much understand that not everybody's going to get on a bike or scooter or pogo stick, let's hope that never comes, but part of what we're doing in the in the bigger picture is making the more sustainable modes of traffic more supportive. so those who have to drive or want to drive can still do so.

so as you an example we're hoping to advertise a project soon on 19th avenue that will help improve 28 service which is a half block where the store we're finishing improvements in the inner sun set for the inner inn and judah. by making improvements on traffic and in this case to make it more attractive for people to walk and bike in the neighborhood. we're hoping we'll be able to get more folks in the neighborhood by the other means so those of us who want or choose to drive it will free up capacity on the streets to get there. we're not trying to do improvements to the exclusion of any one mode. we're trying to make more sustainable modes more attractive by making them safer and work better which then frees up capacity on the streets for those who want or chose to drive. -- choose to drive. >> we'll have the perception

we're row moving them and don't -- removing them and don't understand why and that's the comments i get from a lot of people especially in my age group but i am supportive of the project. >> with that, if there's no further director comments we have a mention and second. i'll entertain a vote. all in favor of the project? >> aye. >> opposed? that passes, thank you very much. >> clerk: mr. chair with regard to items 13, staff would like to continue that item to the next meeting in interest of time. >> very well. >> >> clerk: if that's acceptable to you you're at you're 3:00 special order. >> we can take a break while we fill the room. usually we take a break while we tim the room. today we'll -- empty the room. today we'll fill the roo is >> clerk: item 14 naming chinatown station as chinato

chinatown-rose pak station. this is how it works. when your time has expired we'll let you know and please sit down. away it on the hear from fellow citizens. if several are here together and want one person to speak on you're behalf that's welcome we're well versed and you can identify focuses on who's behalf you're speaking and several people can convey the message in one minute. with that we'll start public comment but before we do, we have our former mayor here in the audience. mr. brown, would you like to go first with your one-minute? >> yes.

>> your honor, senator torres wants to say something. you're being preempted. >> mr. brown was my boss as a member of the assembly as the longest serving and greatest speaker of the state of california ever had. i'll stand by that until i die, mr. mayor, mr. brown, mr. speaker, welcome. >> and one minute? i can't say my name for one minute. >> can you do that for the record, please? >> naming streets and places in this city is very important. it's an expression of thank you. in the chase of the chinatown station rose pak's name with it will be an indication in the all the years of the city until rose

pak stood up and executed an operation that led to multiple opportunities for chinese in south african san francisco and post the earthquake of '89 is the most standing achievement. i hope you'll honor her with the name rose pak. >> wonderful. i'd like to note two things for the record. one, he finished in a minute and two, he followed my instruction. mr. mayor, thank you for being here. you're message is well received. thank you. proceeding. >> clerk: i'll read the names. we have many today.

i'll read at least five in advance so if there are people downstairs in the north light court who hear their name, you should come upstairs so you are present in the room when it is your time to talk. i'll read five in advance. mr. lu, annie chung, kito chung, gordon chin, malcolm young. >> see how this works? our fellow citizens are lining up and we can do this efficiently. ms. lu, welcome to city hall. >> thank you. i'd like to cede my minutes to malcolm young to represent us as a group and i come from the rose pak community fund. >> we'll have one minute and one speaker and it will be me and i'll quickly read off who we represent so you know who's here in the room. it's a number of community stakeholders who have been in

and around the subway for decades. we have gordon chin founder much chinatown community director and phil chin from the transportation research and improvement project. we have annie chung from self-help from the elderly and queena chung from the dem club. we have kit min chan where rose served as general consultant for three decade. we have the president of the community tennis association and i just want to say. >> commissioner: thank you for doing this efficiently. my question is are there other people you'd like to identify aligned with your comments? >> that's it. >> this is an orderly

representation and i'll take from the t-shirts you're in support of naming this the rose pak station. and you have a wonderful first name. >> clerk: chung lee, shalina fung, maggie wu. if you hear your name, line up, a va chee, eric wang, chin cosgrove. >> many people come here and are common people from grass root. it's not easy to come here. they take time off and nobody buys a shirt for them and they have to overcome their fear to come up here. different from politicians described. rose pak is respected in the

chinatown. she intimidated people and controversial and people have to overcome their fear to come here and tell what you the think. transportation station is for transportation purpose. this board makes decisions three years ago to use the freeway to help people navigate and make transportation decision. this is not for political gain or purpose. today i want to be here to state what i have to say. >> folks, stop clapping. we don't do that. it's not respectful to the people who went before or the speaker. if you want to raise your hands in the air, do that silently but everyone is welcome and the last speaker said some are coming win with fear.

there'll be no clapping or booing and listen to everyone with respect and silence. next speaker. >> clerk: john lee, maggie wu, eva chi, eric wang. >> good afternoon, i'm here to express my opposition to -- my name is chen lee. to express opposition to the rose pak naming and address two points used as justification for having rose pak's name on the chinatown station. she helped secure the funds from the trade commission. one thing is rose pak may have been a voice but only a voice of many. there were countless people would have gone to washed -- washington, d.c. and they said the chinese community support

the chinatown public and it's unfair to single out ms. pak. the entire community supported the station. >> commissioner: thank you very much. >> clerk: [reading names]

>> there's been coercion and the power brokers in san francisco. we need to hear why are these people feeling unesy -- uneasy with the name. what do you think is the last name for the bart station and she said chinatown station. this is the list. >> commissioner: thank you very much. >> clerk: maggie wu, eva chi, eric wang. >> my name's maggie wow. i'm here to oppose the chinatown station to be named after rose pak. id should be named the chinatown station. rose pak is not a good role model according to the san francisco examiner in the news

article it states chinatown power broker rose pak received a condo for half price through the city affordable housing program. despite regulation decided to discounts real estate. this prove rose pak's actions are morally wrong. according to evidence from the report in 2005, rose pak was guilty of contempt and charged $5,000 penalty by supreme court. >> thank you. >> clerk: eva chi, eric wang, cathy goa.

>> my name is eva chi and i want to talk about the naming of chinatown station of rose pak. freedoms are protected by the constitution but she has help suppress religious freedom in san francisco. they lobbied the san francisco board of supervisors against human rights also for the buddhist meditation group but when the population felt threatened they thoerd crackdown -- order the crackdown in july of 1999. >> commissioner: next speaker,

please. >> my name is eric wang. they were eager to please the chinese community in exchange for business deals. due to her mingling and interference a simple resolution to denounce the human rights violation failed to pass at the board of supervisor's meeting. after she received the red carpet treatment. the mayor said quote, the president was happy and particularly pleased with the effort to strongly oppose the resolution. rose pak will be condemned by history acting as an agent and we're against naming the station in any way after her.

>> commissioner: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> clerk: >> rose pak was not an honorable person. there's an fbi investigation and she owned three real estate properties. she bought a second house in oakland california and named herself as low-income. do you know any other low-income person that can buy two houses? then the she bought a third house. the person testified said they're away of her improperly

obtaining the affordable housing unit but since they needed her political support they were reluctant to have the matter investigated. next speaker, please. >> clerk: my name is cassie grove. >> clerk: hold just a minute, please. susan lu. vicky jang. >> please. >> my name is cassie grow and i'd like to play radio now. >> my work as san francisco

supervisor first with the introduction of resolution in 2001 which met significant resistance from both the chance consulate the official representatives of china here in san francisco as well as representatives from the chinese chamber of commerce. who seemed to work against my resolution a resolution between the consulate and chinese chamber of commerce in terms of opposing. >> discriminating against anybody. >> commissioner: thank you, both, very much. stop the video. next speaker, please. >> clerk: hang wan. susan lu, roy wang, chippy yan. >> commissioner: welcome. >> dear board of directors. my name is swan win. i'm against naming the subway station rose pak. i want to talk about a person

who used to own the largest store on stockton street. because we had different political view she kicked me off the association. the owner signed a petition to oppose naming the subway station rose pak. 400 shops voiced opposition. she carried on the mission to suppress religious groups ib san francisco. she has called violence. i don't want our future generation of chinese americans to face this. >> clerk: susan lu. vicky jang. chippy yan, quan zang.

>> good afternoon. i work in downtown san francisco. i strongly oppose naming rose pak's name on public facility. let's hear from merchants in chinatown. >> we would like the station to be named chinatown station. it has to be chinatown station because people don't know who rose pak is. we want as business people chinatown station because it's important people need to know this is where we get off for chinatown. if you put rose pak i doesn't mean anything. i think it's a bad idea the merchants don't like it and we've been supporting director peskin many years and he should consider the fact that for his

idea this time there are no supporters. >> commissioner: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> clerk: susan lu. roy advantage, chippy yang, qian zang, jennie zang. >> i want to show a message group screen shot. this is what a merchant said doing business in chinatown for 50 years and this is what they talk about in the naming of rose pak in the group and said she's a free loader and taking things without paying. i didn't want to say bad things of a deceased person but the naming group did not do their homework. if there was help to be given by rose pak it was not free.

ask any chinatowner and he also told me if they didn't go with what rose pak wanted she would threaten them to write a newspaper report to make their life difficulty. in the '70s she was a chronicle reporter. >> clerk: [reading names] [speaking foreign language] >> i live on 16th street. [speaking foreign language] >> 14 of us volunteers went to

the chinatown stores to ask for their signatures to oppose the rose pak chinatown station naming. [speaking foreign language] >> we put on 130 store windows who greed who agreed naming it to only chinatown. [speaking foreign language] [voice of interpreter] they think it will help their businesses. [speaking foreign language] [voice of interpreter]

a lot of the businesses say she didn't pay for services she received such as haircuts, food, rest van restaurants and the way she acts is like a gang member or mafia but people don't say. [speaking foreign language] [voice of interpreter] it would be a big shame if rose pak's name appeared on the chinatown station. [speaking foreign language] [voice of interpreter] so chinatown has existed 160 years and rose pak cannot represent the past or present of chinatown so best thing to do is just name it chinatown station. [end translation] >> commissioner: thank you. if you'd like to leave a copy, we'd be happy to take it.

>> clerk: [naming public speakers] >> the proposal is to chame -- name it chinatown rose pak station. >> so chinatown will be in the proposal? >> yes. >> i'm been living and working in san francisco after college and frequented chinatown and use regularly the public system. i look forward to using the central subway. i was shocked it will be named after rose pak. i was shocked. i don't think her name is something we want to preserve. four former american intelligence officials asserted rose pak was likely an agent of the chinese communityist party and used influence over san

francisco politics on behalf of the chinese government and organized junk its or trips to china where the purpose is to surveil the official. the quote from the article is every room is bugged on these trips. so rose pak didn't work for the benefit of the people. she played political cards for personal benefit and for a foreign regime. we don't want such a person's name on chinatown and chinatown station's fine. >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker. >> clerk: chippy yang, christina chan, ritter cornelia, may chen. >> commissioner: welcome. >> good afternoon, directors. i'm chippy yang and here to voice my opposition to naming the subway station rose p of --

pak. there's a systematic infiltration from the communist party in the united states down to the garment level and that's represented in what rose pak did and what she was doing. her generosity or whatever she contributed came with strings. she wasn't doing it for the benefit of the community. many sources indicated she's an agent of the chinese communityi communityist -- communist people and doesn't represent the chinese american community. i don't think we should name the station after her name. >> next speaker, please. good good afternoon, mta board of director s. i'm a software engineer. i stand here oppose naming the

station after rose pak. over 400 merchants signed the petition against the naming. many have been afraid to speak out against the injustice suffered at the hands of rose pak for fear of retaliation. a report hinted to the merchants. most chinese media have served and it's taken courage for the chinatown community to openly oppose rose pak's name and please follow the will of the people. do not name it after rose pak. >> commissioner: thank you very much. next speaker, please.

>> good afternoon. my name'seny. please do -- >> my name's jenny. don't name the station after rose pak. she was a chinese agent. rose pak had a specific and demonstrable ties to the chinese government. she was an overseas executive director with the coea. this is the foreign affairs organization under the direction of the chinese government's state consul. and the leadership is exposed entirely of chinese communist party officials and represent various affairs and oversee the government. the engage in an aggressive p

pop -- propaganda campaign in the u.s. >> leave your copy there. they'll take it. next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is christine chang. hi, everyone. according to the fbi investigation, rose pak was on projects. it is now obvious rose pak help the fund to secure its deals in various developments in san francisco. in return, rose pak obtained good afternoon assisted two bedroom, two-bath condo through her relationship with the mayor's office and relationship with admiral fund inc. after october 21, 2008 interview

win admiral fund the fbi report did not mention new progress for a year. what happened during that year? on december 4, 2009, fbi investigation had an update. that is requests to close the case. >> commissioner: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> request, mta directors. thank you everyone for the hard work of extending the t line into chinatown. my name is cornelia ritter. i'm a middle and high school teacher working in san francisco. i've been living in san francisco chinatown and a frequent muni rider. i'm baffled by some people's efforts to name the chinatown

union station after a controversial figure rose pak. the world is commemorating the people killed in the tiananmen square massacre and persecution of the peaceful meditation group. pak has received -- >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm may chen from saratoga. i'm opposed to the naming of the subway station to rose pak. number one it's very confusing. we all love rose park but people

think why would you name it after rose park. rose pak is a different name. secondly, it's controversial. you consider all the people here opposing the naming because she's done something not very kind to part of the community. number three, today's june 4. everybody knows the communist party in china has committed horrendous deeds to their people and her close alliance to the communist party is a blemish and i hope the supervisors consider not putting that blemish in a public place. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, board of directors. i want to bring to your attention to how rose pak and

the chamber of commerce collected petitions by misleading. we have a lot of evidence. first, she used a ravel -- raffle to create petitioners and second, she gave a couple dollars to a homeless man to sign the petition. third, the reporter caught them filing the petition twice. one person was misled and wanted to cross it off the petition forms and rose pak refused to allow her to cross out their name. rose pak and the chinese commerce -- i don't like her name at all. >> commissioner: thank you very much. next speaker, please.

>> clerk: what are you trying to do, sir? >> play a video. >> clerk: just start speaking. your time is running. >> my name is ethan lao. i want to play the video of the supervisor speaking. [indiscernible]

>> commissioner: thank you very much. >> thank you. >> commissioner: next speaker, please. >> clerk: joel lang. sabrina lee. zang long. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm joel lang. a forge -- father of four. if we name the station after someone he or she must be an honorab honorable person that's a role model.

rose pak is not such a person. according to an fbi report she was not as low income as she claimed not only did she not qualify for below market rate housing the interview said pak is believed to have accounts everywhere including macau. another report shows pak always used her associates to threaten political candidates not in line with her. i would say rose pak is not deserving the namesake on any public facility. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> helena lee, sabrina zang, shawn long, silvia lu. [speaking foreign language]

[voice of interpreter] >> my name is helena lee i escaped my town because of persecution. i was attacked by rose pak's thugs and filed a report. [speaking foreign language] [voice of interpreter] >> rose pak when show was alived -- was alive used her status to cause a lot of mental and physical pain for the local

practitioners who thought they would be free of harassment in america. [speaking foreign language] [voice of interpreter] >> how does the u.s. government look at the issue today? recently an official from the state department told religious groups the u.s. government is imposing stricter vetting. this also includes holders of green cards and naturalized u.s. citizens. >> clerk: thank you. your time is up. >> commissioner: thank you very much. >> clerk: sabrina zang,

mr. wong, shan long, silvia lu. tony tan. >> good afternoon. my name is sabrina zang. as a u.s. citizen and this type of practitioner i was assaulted by rose pak's gang. first it took place in chinatown in 2000. a practitioner was doing meditation. his jacket was torn. his glasses were smashed to the floor and broken. examiner reported in october 11, 2001, quote, the attorney for him was beat up by the crowd in the square said the first place

they went for help after they were arrested was rose pak's chinese chamber of commerce. she should not be named in the station. >> shan long. silvia lu. tony tan. ma wae wea. >> we can call on supervisor peskin's people to join us after as well. [speaking foreign language] [voice of interpreter] >> my name is william wang. i'm one of the people who got the signatures from 400 business owners. and what they want to say is chinatown station only.

someone who has so many faults shunt be someone that a station is named after. it's not a problem to name it chinatown by any means and the board of supervisors are free to do that but if it's name rose pak chinatown station i think the chinese community will be split up. the clearest thing is chinatown station and there won't be

controversy. [end translation] >> commissioner: thank you very much. [voice of interpreter] >> hello, members of the board. i oppose naming the station after rose pak. over two weekends i visited over 100 business owners and got about 150 signatures from them. it's about 80% of the business owners i visited were opposed to this naming. a lot of people who knew rose

pak had questions about her mor morals. some people say she was very selfish. she did things for her own personal benefit. some say she's very corrupt. some people said she threatened people not to be opposed to her. some said she ripped off other things on the windows and put up her ads only. some people said rose pak doesn't have money on the surface but she actually has homes in three places. some people say she represents

the chinese communist party and has close relationship with them. >> commissioner: thank you very much. please finish the statement. >> i think if a person has moral lacking no station should be named after her. [stand by]

>> thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> welcome. >> good afternoon. my name is tony.

today is june 4th, 30 years ago, thousands of students were killed while calling for freedom and democracy in china. the chinese communism regime sent troops and fired at peaceful demonstrators. today, on the 30th anniversary of the massacre, i am here again in san francisco to name the new subway station after rose pak. in 2008, prior to the beijing olympics, rose pak openly opposed a resolution of the san francisco board of supervisors that criticized china for tiananmen square massacre, and its repression of the press and religious groups. to this day, the chinese communist party denies the tee and amend square massacre, and they were not there to speak up. let's commemorate the life lost in the tee and amend square massacre. freedom is not free. >> thank you very much.

>> people are brave enough and individuals -- >> i am here to play a recording the recording is supervisor peskin's interview in regards to rose pak. >> the names are somebody who has been a gatekeeper in the chinese-american community for many years. she is well known in the press, and her name is rose pak, but it is not just about her, it is about the interests that she represents because rose pak has been able to work with people to get undue influence in gaining

city contracts, in gaming -- gaining land use approvals to build new buildings in san francisco. it is really about political influence, and how political influence works. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. all right. supervisor peskin's aid, welcome >> hello, everyone. hello, commissioners. thank you for having me. i'm so glad that we -- that you all had an opportunity to hear what is a daily conversation here at city hall. i just came from a very contentious vote at the board of supervisors around the closure of the juvenile justice facility , and i want to address this notion that political influence and having a voice, and having a seat at the table, and advocacy is something that

is correct, and it is something that should be looked at with disdain, and it is somehow immoral. speaking of political influence, it is absolutely correct that anti- rose, as i liked to call her, because she was a mentor of mine, who was always advocating for people of color, for a.p.i., leaders, for women, to have a seat at the table, and to be able to influence the decisions that are being made about our lives every single day. she lived that mantra and took it to d.c. when no one else, one central subway was a pipe dream, when other neighborhoods did not want central subway to expend to their neighborhood, auntie rose was somebody that stood up and said, no, i will organize the community. i will organize business owners, i will organize youth, i will

organize seniors, i will organize workers to go to d.c. and secure almost a billion dollars in federal funding. i wish that's what the project was still costing these days. in funding, to realize a vision that was able to connect chinatown to jobs, to the tourism industry, and, you know, to help support affordability programs for seniors and for youth so that workers that are working throughout the city can also travel to and from the south of market to chinatown. she has always been an advocate for neighborhood access, she has always been an advocate for transportation equity. something that, frankly, it is interesting to me that so many people are laser focused on this thought that it should be about chinatown, because i will be very blunt. there would not be the chinatown that there is today if it were not for auntie rose.