>> happy second annual

transgender history month. [applause]. it is an absolutely pleasure to be here with you all. and welcome this very special moment here in san francisco. i have the great honor to be your mc for this ocean i'm jupiter per asa. an occasion that is personal to me and close to my heart. for some context why that is, back in 2021 i wrote the initial draft proclamation that designating august as transgender history month. i was inspired by the cafeteria riots on an august 9 in 1966. we don't know exactly what day it happened but we do know that it happened in august. i asked myself, why is it that we don't know what day it happened? it is monumental history.

why don't we know? >> the sad reality of it is that this monumental occurrence was so major and unlike anything that had ever occurred before at that scale in the united states , that an effort to eliminate it from records and existence ensued. it persisted. and because of it, watershed moments in the lbgtq+ civil right's movement followed. such as the stonewall riots of 1969. so, the idea transgender history month began to take shape via this train of thought. i thought about black history month and women's history month. now national low recognized months. and the essential education and awareness that they bring to the

general masses every year. >> that knowledge is critical in bringing awareness and understanding of the struggles and history that have taken place to get where we are now. >> when i wrote this procolumnation i had the honor of serving as director of social justice empowerment initiative the transgender district the world's only legally recognized cultural district dedicated to the transgender community. based in the tenderloin neighborhood. grounded and rooted in the 55 to the event that is the cafeteria riot. with the guidance of president of the transgender district, we brought the proclamation to the office of transgender initiatives. without the office transgender initiate evers, in their instrumental advocacy for

transgender history month to the mayor's office. we would not be sitting here today. director powell craigo wherever he is and the office of transgender initiatives serve a huge round of applause for determination to make this happen. in last but not least, transgender history month would not have happened at all without the profound alliship of mayor breed. yes. round of applause. mayor breed has proven time and time again her unwaivering alliship to the transgender communitiful dedication to support,up lift and empower san francisco transgender community. mayor breed has set the bar for any mayor across any city in the

united states on what it means to be inclusive and stand with the transgender community. and in what seemed to be a sign from the universe in our transs mir breed signed transgender history month on august 24, 2021. on what would have been masha p. johnson's 76th birthday. [applause] and just last year, santa clarita county adopted transgender history month. following san francisco's leadership. transgender history should not be understated. transgender history helps us understand the shared struggled that bind us. how we are more alike than we are different. whether or not [inaudible] or

trans. now t is imperative to lone in transgender history to understand the reemergence of extremists in violent antitransgender rhetoric that has taken a hold of national politics the last few years. the a tax were seen against the transgender and gender diverse communities are not new. in fact, hay draw from the detectiveds of the 1970's and 80s that lead to the station of [inaudible] as a mental disorder. i quote, disease. such developments rated systemic hurdles that hindered many transpeople from seek gender affirming health care services and a better quality of life. the consequence manifested of trans people from society.

resulting in poverty, isolation, depression, unpreps dented transphobic violence and sickness. we must learn to guarantee a future defined by liberation. transpeople have contributed a great deal to modern day society. transpeople deserve to know they come from a lineage of thought leaders, pioneers and warriors. our history is a vivid and captivating account of sack fireworks transformation, joy and a journey toward personal liberation. we sit here, with the gift that is the transgender community of san francisco. to have icons and pioneers like mrs. sona persona. ms. bill cooper.

chung, aria, connie mahogany. ja neta johnson. powell prego, tina. nicole >> doctor striker and many, many others seen and unseen paving their way in their own field such as melanie and gender affirming care and kenya in technology and engineering. so now, i welcome a trans icon and someone i admire. for a lands acknowledgment. this individual is cofounder of the transgender district. co-owner of the stud. and the highest elected black transwoman in the country for any democratic chapter. give a warm welcome to part chair of the san francisco democrat irk central committee.

connie mahogany. >> thank you, so much, jupiter for that introduction. one more time for jupiter. [applause] thanks to here we are here tilde have the honor on behalf of old bull doing the land acknowledgment. this land acknowledgment recognizes the city of san francisco resides on unceded ramaytush ohlone land on a village site. we acknowledge the suffering caused by the theft and colonization of the land and grieve the on going harm to ramaytush ohlone cultures and to all the indigenous cult urs of the planet. we honor the ramaytush ohlone the stewards of the lands and wildlife. we recognize the live home of the ramaytush ohlone people the on going existing first people

of san francisco and the surrounding bay area. with rich cult urs full of song, dance, language, ceremonies and tradition. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much. honey. and now i would like to introduce the champion of transgender history month. give a warm welcome to mayor london breed. [applause] >> first of all, hi to take a moment to just really appreciate jupiter's comments. and putting thing in perspective to truly celebrate transgender history month in san francisco. it is so grit to be here with all of you including our elected lead e joel engardio a member of the board of supervisors.

[applause]. you can wave, joel. he is look at me do i wave what do i do? >> the first liege fire chief in san francisco history ja jeanine nicholson. connie chew and joaquin torres. let me honor some amazing trail blazers ms. billie cooper in the back. as well as donna persona. and i want to acknowledge the executive director for pride who is joining us today. thank you so suzanne ford for your hard work in making pride really special. [applause]. the new generation of leaders in the trans-community stand on your shoulders. we are grateful to welcome you

all here to san francisco upon city hall to celebrate transgender history month in the city and county of san francisco! [applause] thank you, honey for that great land acknowledgment. and what i love so much in talking about san francisco on such a special occasion is not just that our city is a resilient city because of the community what they represent in terms of the history the transgender movement, which really, truly was at the center of sparking a movement for lbgtq+ community and san francisco as a city of firsts. when you think, people continue to talk about stonewall the first known movements in history that occurred in new york. and we all know in san francisco, that if we don't talk about our history, if we don't put it out there, someone else will try to take credit for had

we have done in san francisco. in 1966, what happened here compton's riots is not elevated and documented and talked about and celebrated the first movements in the lbgtq+ movement not just the transgender and the drag queen move inspect all of the movements combined, this is where it started in san francisco because of this community. >> as i talk about san francisco being a city of first i came from 150th year anniversary celebration of the cable car. it is 150 years first cable car invented the only still in san francisco. and san francisco really is a city of firsts. first cable car. first television invent in the san francisco. we condition. the clap on san francisco invented that. which created this door for

technology and opportunity and the which ia pet the guy who invented the clap on. why do we talk about this? because when it happens in san francisco it takes flight. and here in san francisco we started with not just the first office of transgender initiatives, but it went on along with so many great leaders that were mentioned including honey and others to start a transgender district. to really work together with our transgender advisory committee to put forth initiatives to not just talk about history and the movement but to final low make real investment to push for aggressive change. i'm proud that san francisco continues to push the envelope. continues to be put on the map when it come to transgender rights. and the w this we have done

together including the transhome sf and a commitment to end transhomelessness in san francisco has been transformtive. and along with the challenges that continue to persist around homelessness in this community. the first program around universal basic income for transgender people in san francisco. >> a lot of the work we continue to do in including the first building the first building to have transgender youth here in san francisco. and let mow tell you, the challenge we continue to run into because transgender people as a whole are under attack but our youth more than anything else. so much so this we could not really announce celebrate and disclose the location out of fear what might happen to those

young people who will be moving in this space. but the city did not let that stop us from moving forward. we invested resources and help to support lion martin in terms of the w they are doing the security that they need to ensure this people can get health care and support and resource. without fear of being attacked. well is so much that we are doing in san francisco. jupiter out lined a lot of the great initiatives and would not happen had it not been for this incredible xhounlts. continuing to push the envelope. continuing to advocate. and continuing to make sure that this communities is united in our fight to ensure that the support that is available not just to the lbgtq+ community as a whole but well is a specific focus. on the trans-community for resources, services, based on challenges and disparities that continue to persist.

this community represents wholehearted low the resiliency what it means to be a francesca. when we talk about the phoenix rising from the ashes your strength, courage and everything you continue to do to push the envelope; is why so many others in had country and in this world can truly be courageous they look to san francisco and they truly see that we are a beacon of hope in the transgender community. [applause] thank you all for being here to celebrate transgender history month in san francisco! let's continue to roll up our sleeves. continue to do this incredible work to those who are a part of the community as well as the alli. we will push the inspect in san francisco and maintain our place as a beacon of hope for all transpeople throughout the

world. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breechld give mayor breed another round of applause. thank you. and now i welcome back party chair of the san francisco democratic committee honey mahogany. [applause] thank you, so much an honor to be here amongst community and leaders and here in my home town of san francisco which as the mayor said has been a place of so many firsts for our community. i'm proud to stand here the first transperson to serve as chair of any local democratic per in the country. i'm here proud as one of the founders of the cultural district and someone who live in a city we committed to ending trans homelessness.

>> that being said, even here in san francisco we have so much more work to do. even here in the state of california we still have people who are attacking transpeople rights. and as we see laws passed in other states across the country, so many people are fleeing to sanctuary cities like california and cities like san francisco only to find they couldn't ford to live here fetch are going to be a sanctuary city we have to double down on investments. ensure when people come they are welcomed and stabilized and allowed to continue to prosper and to live that dream of what sanctuary means in san francisco. i think that one of the things we can do most are or best is be as loud and proud as we can be here. we have to demonstrate to the world what transexcellence looks

like and have to teach our history. the reason that republicans and people of across the country are attacking our school boards. education system and public schools. banning book because they than education is the 63 to their success and the way in which they can exploit us as scapegoats. i want to say that who i we saw the rhetoric in the 70s and 80s it does did not start there. we can go back to world war ii when we saw the discrimination pushed upon our community. when we think about the book burnings by the nazi party. one of the first and famous and one you seen pictures of happened at the clinic of doctor magnus. was a jewish gay jewish doctor when republican a gender clinic in germany.

years of reswhaefrp it money to bes transgender. and how to help transgender people of all of that research and that knowledge and books was burned and destroyed. and transpeople went from at this time in germany able to live their live in public being able to get cards to acknowledge they were trans people and allowed wear when than i wore. they went from this to persecuted and the pink triangle on them and burn in the gas chambered. it is very important we remember that history this . we acknowledge that history and teach that history to so we don't repeat it today we are seeing history repeat itself. in places here like san francisco, we have leaders who do the right thing. leaders who are fight to make this say safe space and doing their best to ensure people can come here and seek sanctuary. i challenge us e approximately

allis to do more. meet the challenge. as chair of the democratic party i have honor of working along side nancy pelosi in doing stone bank across our state and the country to make sure we elect people who will fight for our rights not just transrival right to access reproductive health care and abortions this is all linked. please, it is in the enough to attend rallies. not enough to call yourself an alli. do the work, join us in using our privilege in san francisco to create change across the state and the country. you can hit us up at the website and phone bank join us and sister district and other organization in doing this work that will lead lay the path way to us winning in 2024. we need to get that seat and ensure we preserve our

democracy. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much issue hone. now i welcome 2 special people. one of them is brianna mc cree. show is the former director of community engagement for the center of excellence for transgender hang at ucsf. she has lead transgender empowerment and hiv treatment in the tenderloin the last 20 years special this past june she was one of san francisco pride's grand marshall. the second individual is carlo ortega community organizer who served as the development coordinator for you delores foundation. he is the cofound and are

facilitator of the first spanish language support group for latin x trans-men. in the san francisco east bay. the 2 individuals are very, very special. they will both be leading the transgender district as coexecutive directors. let's give a very warm welcome to the new executive sdreshths of the transgender district. [applause] goodness. happy trans-history month! happy trans-history month! thank you to jupiter and honey and especially mayor breed. thank you for being a light for trans-liberation. i was told i have a minute let me speed through this. thank you jupiter for leading the charge and helping create

this legislation that will be recognized on the state level. thank you to the cofounders honey, jell neta and aria and working with suz abstriker to uncover the rich history in san francisco's tenderloin area to elevate the people. through my leadership with carlo, i hope to expand on the legace programs of the district creating more possibility models for the folks in the tenderloin for the future. thank you. [applause] why hello. thank you so much, thank you to mayor breed. to jupiter, to honest and he of course to the speakers who will be here today and honorees and the attendise, our community. so, so honored to be here and

humbleed number this position and look forward to building with all of you as we move forward. i'm carlo, i'm excited work with brianna my colleague at the transgender district. the san francisco as we celebrate this month of joy, contribution, of over coming. heeling. we need this. we need this here and every where. i'm excited for the transgender district. i'm excited for the future focusing on place making. we are excited meet everyone. am and to invite to you our event programming especially in this mont. i want to talk about a few events we are having. first is expectancyive will be tomorrow august third and 4.

at the act at 7:30. tickets are available we hope you can all come. we also have a riot party the famous party acknowledgment of the important history on the 27th of august. it would be 12 o'clock at the gardens here in the district. so. more information on both of the events can be found at the transgender district sf.com event's page. go there for tickets. share with friends we want to expand the reach to make sure folks, our community as access to the programming. and all we are excited the graduation is happening for transgender and queer people of color. many of our participates are here. and it is a 4 month program this start in the april and finishing this month.

so we are excited to be celebrating graduation of the new corporate double the size as it was left year. and we want to introduce the businesses and artists and folks to you. please, come to the graduation on the 23rd of august at conner polk at 5:30. it is my pleasure to introduce our past graduate who is is an horree today. melanie. who is an experience in license elect trolgs in san francisco. give her a grand hand! for lifting update droll he had years ago and making it reality. thank you. >> [laughter] hello issue

everyone. transgender history month honors the hardships, struggles and the obstacles and trail blazer who worked hard. there is still w to be done but seeing all your beautiful face here is a testament that we are going to be resilient and over come anything. i want to take a moment to thank my mentors aria, honey mahogany. nikki, just to name a few. the people inspired and guided me throughout my years. thank you to the transgender district. entrepreneurship program for helping make the dream come true. with how our political climate is and how it is trying to strip transgender people of our rights, it is programs like

these that are vital to make sure that our community not only survives but thrives. building wealth in our community to ensure a brighter future for us all. and mayor breed announces second rounds of grant opportunity for store fronts and small businesses in san francisco recently. and i'm too late for the ground but i hope i get grand opportunity up in here. san francisco hook a sister up. >> on a serious note, i'm a fill pina-american native and transgender woman. born and raised in hayward, california. of my mother, rest in peace, a single mother of 3 and worked several jobs to make end's meat. we came from humble beginnings and seeing how hard she worked to put food on the table.

shoes on our feet and roof over or head instilled a hard work ethic in me. this irrelevant made me realize young they was not born with a silver spoon and the world was going to be very different for a person like me. it took me a long time to find my purpose in life the road was not easy. but today i am proud to say now in the second year in business. there are 5 employees including myself that are all transgender women. we provide gender affirming service for the transgender community. by the transgender community. we are proud to be the first open low transowned and operated practice in the city of san francisco.

the definition of hard needs to make more chiefly or can have the. we are honored do this work. with your continued support, we hope to grow and be open for business for many years to come. for those of you out there this feel unsure of your purpose in life or lost at times. please know this i have been in your shoes before. i want be you to listen when i'm know to tell you. you are the star of your own story. you control the narrative of your life. live with love for yourself. love yourself with your whole heart. and believe in yourself. because being trans, is powerful. you have the power to make your history as beautiful as you wish it to be. thank you, everybody and help

transgender history month. [applause] >> thank you. thank you too to brianna can carlo and melanie as well. before i welcome mayor breed back to hand out certificates of honor to 4 recipients i would like to give a special shout out to someone i look up to joaquin gerrero appointed to homelessness oversight commission. which was legislative last year. [applause] joaquin is i brilliant political transadvocate and incredible housing navigator. so thank you, joaquin for being you and your mentorship. now let's welcome mayor london breed back. [applause] >> are you going to help me,

jupiter? i know i miss third degree part of my notes. okay i'm going to wing it. [laughter]. we have some of our youth. first of all i want to start with a certificate honoring someone who i just absolutely adover during the pandemic the ability to have a conversation with her and to talk to her about the challenges and obstacles to be at this moment. and how she told me donna persona told me how it fills her heart with joy ton what the city is doing >> how the next generation will not have to suffer in the same ways she has had to and the fact.

she is i know donna persona but donna who reflects, all of what it means to persevere and over come and to still be standing and looking good i see your legs, girl. so, donna for all of that you do to really make a difference to show up time and time again to be a testament of resilience and strength and support for the community and a strong desire to ensure that the next generation is uplifted and supported; we wanted honor your legacy. celebrating and you thanking you for being so amazing so, donna... [applause] i want to

thank the mayor of san fan for this honor. by taking this award i vow to keep the history that i helped bring to the world. the cafeteria riot. i cowrote a play to document and bring forth this history. and i vow to keep working and bringing that history to the world. and to show that -- transpeople can thrive. not just survive but thrive and show themselves as the wonderful people that they are. thank you. [applause] >> and you know i know that folks like donna and billie cooper and others here, would

have never imagined that it would be possible to see a day when young people can get a lot of the gender affirming surgeries. the new technology can occur when is amazing about the young people we are here to honor today is their courage. their courage to be able to step out and be who they want to be. in this world. and i know that so many of the folks here with the challenges this exist not just in the united states but all overnight world. you know it does take courage to stand out on faith and to acid vocate and push. fact they put together an amazing march to allow for body autonomy the ability to decide what you want top do for your own body that is your decision.

and your decision alone and they stood up and they went out on faith and created a march that brought together so many people from all over to really just continue to acknowledge it. it is my body my choice that works for wloo someone chooses to have an abortion. wloo someone chooses to do when they choose but we deserve that right this . snks generation is push to ensure that body autonomy is respected we are honoring them for work and advocacy and the ability with the young legs to stands this long without sitting down. this honors youth organizers of san francisco the san francisco march for queer and trans-youth autonomy. [applause] [applause]

>> hello, everyone. i'm am one of the organizers of the queer march. i want to acknowledge how grateful i am for all of us myself and my organizers. for the certificate of honor. we spent, lot of time organizing over zoom. a lot of late nights trying to -- make the most of this march and really pushing our dedication to the

trans-community and how we want other youth to feel the same way as we do. being able to speak out about who they are, express themselves the way they want to. without reservation. and -- i will leave it there. again other thank you so much for joining us and i appreciate everyone here. thank you. [applause]. >> all right. that concludes our program, thank you all for being here for the second annual transgender history month. once again, thank you to mayor

london breed. the recipients of the certificates of honor. a huge congratulations! and i invite folks to enjoy some really delicious snacks with transflags on top and refreshments it is really hot in here. so -- without further adieu, on the count of 3, i want us to shout, happy transgender history month! and fill had beautiful city hall and have our sound ricochet up to the dome! are we ready! >> yea. >> i want to do it really loud. okay? one! two! three! happy transgender history month!

[applause] [applause] >> bring up person that [laughter]. for me it was we had neighbors growing up that were fold my dad he is raising me wrong for

having me pursue the things that are not traditionally female roles. and i think the biggest barrier to anyone in general is when you have cultural norms that make you feel like you can't do something that make you doubt yourself and make you feel you should not be there i don't belong. those other big efbarriers i think that is the thing to focus on the most is belong everyone should belong here. [music] >> wishing we trained women grow in production. and recording arts and so we have everything from girls night classes for middle and high school girls. we have certification academy

program. that would be women and gender [inaudible] adid you tell us. progress in the internship frm program where they are working in the studios. they are helping to mentor the youth in the youth programs and the job place am component. most of the time we hire interns instructors in our programs and engineer in our studios here. we have conferences we do all overnight country and we have concerts that we feature bay area women and gender artists. [music] [music] >> an education forward

organization. and so advocacy organization. dedicated to closing the gender gap and the audio and production industries. >> started out of the lead answer, why is there a critical gender gap in this industry that started at city college. why are there so few in this

class i was ashamed i did not have the answer being a feminist. why have i never thought of this i have been in the industry for decades and why have i accept today of all people. it was out of that and unraffling it. actually started the infernship last fall and just fell in love with all the things about women's oshg mission because we are diverse and so many aspects of audio i did not know and i feel like eyes opened up and i gained a lot of confidence in myself and other fells and queer people in the industry i felt there was more connection and community. ironically my time in the industry is all pretty good. i think what happened is i was raised by a father who is an engineer. i was comfortable being strounlded by men all the time in his lab i was used to technology. when i got in industry my mentors were men and i saw i had a unique importance that got mow in the place i could be fluent and navigate something difficult and it was the norm for me. what if it was not woman was

createed provide it for everybody. have this environment you are surrounded by technology and people that are going to support you and get you in this industry in a good way. i have been interested in audio i was never trained in music took piano when i was a kid. i never pursued it because not a lot of women doing that. and my family is not musically inclined. when i want to davis the first time i took a music class there were few females in the class. like a rodey for my dayed was load you will the mixers and monitors and the giant speakers and gigs and help run out the cables and take things down and set up mics i did all of that growing up and never occurred to mow that that was a field they could at all. and then one i could pursue i didn't nobody else was doing temperature my dad and then i go

with him to studios and see -- the men in the studio. dj for 5 years now and comments you get like wow you are a girl dj that is crazy. that is wild. and i have great moments where it does not happen. and they treat me like easy. telling mow what to do they correct mow in ways that make me feel less i sprjs the opposite and i notice hand's on like you don't know what you are doing rather than asking me. not consistent times it happens. it is like when i talk to other females they are like say the same things it is like funny i know that nice men don't experience tht main thing triggers me when i experience different treatment and that happens a lot in the audio world.

industry is changing slowly. there is still that issue making the places that are places belonging for everybody. i don't think so. having a studio where it is not all run by white men like most studios. the studios are only in the word built and run by women. it has been super normalize thered are opportunity for girls and nonbinary people. you go in school and middle and high schoolers know that this is a field. this is a thing there are many jobs you can have in this field. some producing pod casts to setting up live shows. there are so many things you can do >> wee go in and teach the audio skills and give them equipment. i pads and then teach them how

to make music and they get to come in here and will getting the tools to people who don't have t. that is really important to me. that's why i was like wow. i want to be there for other fell and queer people who don't have the opportunity and also to be a mentor for them to really push them to experiment and not going to break it. does not matter if it sounds bad that is the point to try it. i think it is the goal to see confidence what they are doing and passionate and asking for hymn and excite body learning and excited about making music and it changed my life to realize i'm callented in the field i can make music without being trained to it it is amazing to be able to be part of that process and -- ushering women to the field.

we can entirely transform how -- the technology part of what you hear every day. we can put xhg something in women's points of view in this every time. it affects the store and he messaging. think our best example is how we transformed an entire city. place that major artists on tour one of the men looks likeip don't get it there are woman every where i go and the person was like you are in san francisco. you like oh , you are right it is here. most venues have graduates we are grateful to the city for that reason because than i supported us at the beginning. following your curiosity and interest and don't let anybody get in the way what is presented to you, go for t. no matter what!

we are here for a reason. find what it is. don't let somebody else tell you what it is. you are the oldsmobile one that have been can know when you are supposed to do. go do it. streets. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i wanted to wish you a best

wishes and congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of chicano-american chinese-american lived in north beach a nob hill community. >> as part the immigrant family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area.

>> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china

on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is enough. >> i grew up volley ball education and in media professional contrary as an educator he work with all skids whether or not caucasian hispanic and i african-american cumber a lot of arrest binge kids my philosophy to work with all kids but being here and griping in the chinese community being a chinese-american is important going to american school during the day but went to chinese school that is community is important working with all the kids and having them exposed to all culture it is important to

me. >> it is a mask evening. >> i'd like to thank you a you all to celebrate an installation of the days here in the asian art museum. >> one time has become so many things in the past two centuries because of the different did i licks the immigration officer didn't understand it became no standard chinese marine or cantonese sproupgs it became so many different sounds this is convenient for the immigration officer this okay your family name so this tells the generations of immigrants where they come from and also many stories behind it

too. >> and what a better way to celebrate the enough is enough nuru with the light nothing is more important at an the hope the energy we. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> relative to the current administration it is, it is touching very worrisome for our immigrant frames you know and some of the stability in the country and i know how this new president is doing you know immigration as well as immigrants (fireworks) later than you think

new year the largest holiday no asia and china those of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nuru is traditional with a lot of meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san

franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and give