i am speaking on behalf of the asian and pacific islander wellness center. we want to applaud the considerable work that the board and city have invested in preserving treatment intervention funding. we thank you for your effort, but i wanted to bring an issue to your attention and ask for your support as you track the evolution of the hiv epidemic in san francisco. the provincial plan signals a sea change in a chevy policy that resulted in the elimination of provincial resources for the asian and pacific islander committee. plan seeks to reduce san francisco's hiv epidemic for all ethnicities by 4% efforts on a caucasian, african- american, and latino men who have sex with men and transgendered women. today, asian-pacific islanders represent over 1/3 of san francisco's population, and yet, we only receive about 10% of all hiv tests administered by the city. despite the small number of tests, documented cases among asians and pacific islanders in san francisco have grown from 6% in 2006 to 10.3% in 2010. during the same time, the presentation decrease by 7%

. >> i am the board fellow on aging for asian-pacific islanders. i wanted to thank the committee for providing me the opportunity to speak. the population of asian and pacific islanders seniors is concentrated heavily in the major metropolitan areas. particularly on the west coast. there are more than 40,000 seniors in san francisco alone. additionally, more than 30% of those seniors have difficulty with english. nearly three-quarters of that population, of that 30%, speak pacific islander languages. in absolute numbers, san francisco api seniors consist the largest group with more than three times more than any other minority group. cultural, financial, language barriers, lack of community infrastructure are just a few of the barriers that exist for seniors seeking to escape abuse. api legal outreach is a social justice organization that provides direct legal services to low-income asian income or pacific islander seniors. we represent roughly 500 seniors annually in elder law cases including an elder abuse. our agency also spearheads the api elde

he later played in san francisco and recently played for the pacific islanders . family of missing nursing student michelle le is refusing and wanting police to keep searching. investigators say they found bloodd evidence in le's car and believe that more than one person may be involved in her murder. we have to find michelle and doing everything possible to cover her. and they have given up on finding michelle alive our family and friends are hope praying for her return. she was latestt seen in the medical center in hayward . her family which criticized the investigation we have a link on see it on tv. >> there is an identity of a dead woman found in a trash bag. they found 46 year old residents sunnyvale police were called after a residents found the bag in between bushes. she suffered from head dralm a. so far no arrest. >> a family left shattered in east palo alto is asking for yourr help in funeral expenses. garcia was shot in the head and his parents were wounded in a shooting early sunday morning. they are calling it a case of mistaken identity. donations c

it is an honor to serve with the three other asian-pacific islander members of the board of supervisors. i know that our colleagues, ross, david, malia, and others are strongly sensitive to the asian-american communities as well. we were joined a few minutes ago by several of our school board members. i know as a former member of the school board -- jane kim as well -- they serve our communities well. one thing that mayor ed lee brought up, for me, personally, lunar new year was a time to get together with family. i remember my grandmother cooking all of the great new year food. it brought us together but it was also an opportunity to share our culture with others, bring more unity among all of our communities. half the lunar new year to everyone and let's unite our communities together. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, my name is carmen chu. i will keep my message brief. i want to wish everyone a happy lunar new year. again, this is a time that is important to many of merit -- asian-american families because of the importance of bringing together family. i think we can all replic

not to say, that people the pacific islanders. from my understanding, i don't see that. i have to go outside to get services for my children. >> would any of our panelists like to respond? >> the way people are placed in our school districts is the way the community wanted it. they wanted an open choice that anybody could have an opportunity to go to any school in san francisco much so what we have is basically a lottery. you could live across the street from a school and not attend it because the way the system works. we are reviewing that system and in the next year, you will see a lot of discussion open to the public to get input on whether that's a good system. the community felt that would desegregate the community. that hasn'ted happened yet. >> we with are having our last question. >> i didn't ask you that question. when you are going to make sure all schools are equal? the afternoon, whatever is equal. everybody is equal. >> well, ma'am, i would invite you on monday. there's a board meeting to discuss the strategic plan and you will see in that plan, it specifica

lives of them are closing or any kind of one of those who are recognized because they are very pacific islands off and. we finish the project. which we. started together with prism by their sheer numbers so to say that he didn't see the final hole would come to europe would call for the war for the recovery or the republic or causing of mr bush diplomatic relations and the. prime minister over a public or two already expressed in his corner once the function the way we're going to continue working in a second region as well as we want to start with chris and got the palestinian authorities prepared to take a move to that stage look to the united nations is a highly considering doing the same we consider most of the ways to achieve international political but there is significant obstacles and pulls more worst in conference right europe a united states and i want to know. all be complaining in that america and central america and pacific region in central asia everywhere we go every way we work we try to achieve some agreement with those countries too. we couldn't as a policy or two step was di

we are not closing our achievement gap, if we are not graduating more african- americans or pacific islanders, maybe we should be reconsidering how we are spending the tier 3 money, because we have been using it in the same way. there are still failing schools or low-performing schools, and still, with that amount of dollars, we are still finding these things and not getting the out come if we want. this is money now but is still flexible. i am thinking we should scrutinize what is finding out school sites. what exactly is a funding? is it funding arts? the people it is funding, is it having an impact to help us close our achievement gap? if not, are we finding them in the same manner we have been finding them for the last five or six years? we are not seeing any change, and frankly, we are seeing worse, so maybe it is time to reevaluate. looking at the school budget, i am looking at the money and where it goes for some of these schools. some of these schools have been consistently low-performing, so maybe it is time to reevaluate not just the money we flex, but the money we spend a year afte

he played semi pro for the pacific islanders. >> his mom was at every game. was just -- just -- so senseless. >> no arrests have been made. officers have not released a description of the gunman. >>> they are supposed to help kids but now several east bay child care centers may be shut down by the state. the four facilities in danger of closing are all run by kids' country in the san ramon valley. the kids' country operators are accused of leaving some children unattended and even losing some kids at times. one of the complaints came from a couple whose 6-year-old daughter was kicked out of kids' country facility at coyote creek elementary school in san ramon after they complained about inadequate care. >> our situation was unfortunate. my daughter's hair was cut by another child. she had scissors in her face. no one saw it. there were three teachers in the room. >> the coyote creek school facility is not one of those being investigated by the state department of social services though. kids' country officials say they operate 13 sites with more than 100 chil

this includes the asian-pacific islander communities that require bilingual treatment. they can become more self- sufficient, more independent so that they would not have to rely fu so much relynds and helps -- much on public funds and health services. >> i have been in front of you before. most of it was because of contracting out. i was not able to get my job back or have a job. i have also just lost my husband. if you do cut some of these services, it would really be devastating for a lot of them. if i did not have some of these services to help me to help me through the problems that i needed, i would not have anything. i do not have money coming in. i might end up homeless because i cannot live on what i am making. i hope you will consider not cutting a lot of these programs. the pensions is not the problem at all. i wish you take a little bit of consideration and think about not cutting some of these programs. it helped me out a lot. thank you. >> good evening. i have the great fortune of working at the sixth street health center as a therapist. i have worked with

we work together have the pacific islander organization. and the california progressive student alliance on many different campaigns in the 1980's. we studied computer technologies at uc-berkeley or he received an award for outstanding achievements. he was an it support specialist. he also worked for the san francisco unified school district as well. when he was 10 years old, dave became disabled by severe rheumatoid arthritis. he nevertheless remained a strong person. i enjoyed spending time with him at the civic center plaza. he was a great lover of all kinds of food, especially san francisco food. you live life to the fullest and never let his disability defeat him or get in his way. he has been a devoted san francisco giants fan. he left as way too early at the age of 46. i would like to express my condolences to the yen family and many close acquaintances that he has built up over the years. it is a tremendous loss and i am really sad. he was a great friend and on spiring brother and extraordinary son and great person. david's friends

we are composed of african networks, the asian law caucus, asian-pacific islander out rich, the central american resource center, the filipino community center, delores street agencies. the collective has been funded through the generosity of the mayor's how high office. have for the upcoming year, we are facing $140,000 shortfall. you look at the funding for the collaborative, between the current fiscal year and the upcoming fiscal year, there does not appear to be a shortfall because of a technicality in our contract period. in the current fiscal year, we are only written into the budget for 10 of 12 months. for the next fiscal year, we are going to be kept at the same level which means 10 months will be spread across 12 months. the impact on our services will mean over 600 san franciscans will not be able to receive the necessary immigration services to navigate a confusing immigration system, including counseling, a process for naturalization, but immigration proceedings, education and immigration services. and large portion of these cuts extend beyond the immigrants in the city. ou

certainly with regards to the asian-pacific islander cultural center as well as the queer cultural center which serves a very significant part of our city. we need to do a bit of work there to revise the legislation are changeups of the funding formulas and equities -- and inequities that currently exist. supervisor chu: thank you for your presentation with regards to the cultural centers. i know it has long been an issue with the city in terms of how we resource existing physical structures and centers that we have. it is a conversation or tapping, but let's not lose perspective of the other resources available, perhaps not on the city's budget. we do have an asian art museum and many cultural institutions in chinatown. let's think about some of these larger areas and how we can work with these organizations to provide what is we're looking for. >> thank you. supervisor chu: the arts commission did not have any recommendation with regard to cuts, so why don't we move forward to the fine arts museum? >> good morning, supervisors. i'm the director of the fine arts museum in san francisco a

is that we are looking at programs actually targeted primarily for african-american, latino, pacific islander youht. -- youth. just wondering about the racial breakdown. we look at the numbers, and we are very concerned that actually we did not meet a lot of our goals to reach out to our african-american youth. 30% of them received f's in ninth grade, so i would be interested to find out the racial breakdown of the students participating, how successful at the end is the program. because you are offering them about a $599 stipend -- is that correct? so that is if they participate for the full summer school. our summer school and your summer program? >> right. commissioner fewer: also, are you providing lunch for the students? >> of what actually is a summer launch site. the students have access to free summer lunch, which is sponsored by dcyf. also a couple of nuances because of the great relationship we actually have with balboa summer school administrators. they have also identified some that may not be in summer school that have failed or are in danger of failing because they work within t

. >> we have asian-pacific and islander groups where we're looking at the needs. this is one of the means that unless,. we do need to look at larger organizations -- the demographics of communities has to change. you just stated that. moving the cdo's to the direction of the need as well. from the direction of our asian pacific and islander group, we are looking how to ensure northeast medical services opened up the facility in the area. i think we will have to work harder to make some changes, where we are providing those services. it could be a hub for some of those services as well. because part of it is really finding the real estate for the individuals. from those recommendations, we will be looking at it. i think that is a very good comments and something we are aware of. we do want to bring more services to this area. >> actually, quite a few of these organizations ask for money on our behalf. we do not know who they are. when -- we want to see more transparency and accountability. this has to be done. we pay a lot of taxes. we're never included in the proc

the last census showed, we were 53% asian-pacific islander. the community has continued to grow and change. everyone has really embraced that. we liked that sort of diversity here. >> now, let's meet the president of the dogpatch neighborhood association. she will tell us about life in dogpatch, a clean neighborhood on the eastern edge of potrero hill, and we will learn how the residents convinced the city to a vigil -- to designate the area a historic district. >> dogpatch and the health and cottages are the historic houses in the area. those were built for the union ironwork. this really is one of the most original live-work neighborhoods in san francisco. because of this mix of housing and industrial, they need to sit in terms of scale and mass and height for the neighborhood. during the whole dot-com boom, we saw many move into the neighborhood. we found ourselves in combat before the planning commission for one project after another, and that was actually an impetus for the community to try to become a historic district. >> the process to

search for the summer clothes and all they could i would win this war goes because they are very pacific islands off and on to. we finish the project. which we. started together with criticism but. to see that he didn't see the final hole would come from the republic or from the lords of the record or the republic or causing an established diplomatic relations with. prime minister over i want one or two already expressed it's called the social way and we are going to continue working and pacific region as well as we want to start with prism got the palestinian authorities prepared to take a movement stage move to the united nations is uprising considering doing the same we consider most of the ways to achieve international political force with through those significant obstacles and was to come from us by european states and i want to know. all the will be competing in the woods and america and central america and pacific region in central asia everywhere we go every week before we try to achieve some agreement with those countries too. we couldn't as a zero two step was diplomatic relations the

i am from asian-pacific islander legal outrage. i want to first acknowledge the moh staff and the citizens committee for their hard work. we know this is a financially challenging time, and we all have a difficult task in balancing the budget and retaining important services. while we would like to express our appreciation for restoring our funds, which would enable us to continue our services city- wide, specifically to the most marginalized population, we also want you to know that we could not do this without our partners such as asian women shelter, cameron house, self-help for elderly and many more groups. the word collaboration has been thrown around the city, that we need to collaborate. the fact of the matter is that true collaboration takes a lot of work and some of us have been doing this for the last 20 years, not because it is a trend, but because it is necessary and we cannot afford not to do so. we do not have the luxury to be specialists. we are challenged every day to figure out how to work within our means and how

understanding of the needs for the asian-pacific islander population, who are often an underserved population. there may be stereotyping that plays a part into the spending process, so i want to thank the department for their understanding. for us, it is definitely our transitional aged youth programs that have helped. also, with the expansion into the bay view, especially with the u.s. leadership and development program that will be starting in july, that is very important to us to have the leverage of funding to help us to promote racial harmony. when we in the city and state -- right now, sometimes our educational schools and institutions become pipelines for the prison complex, that is unacceptable. we need to start focusing on the future of our youth and put our money where our mouth is, so i want to thank you and urge the supervisors to support the recommendation from the committee. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker please. other members wish to speak on these items, please line up in the center aisle. >> good morning, supervisors. i am representing asian women's shelter. i want t

david henderson was playing with the pacific islanders when he was shot in the bay view neighborhood. he was taken off life support june 6. friends and family held the football fund-raising game this weekend at terra nova high school. all proceeds from the event are going to the family. >> police still don't have a motive or a suspect in henderson's murder. >> a passerby found a body of a partially decompose had man in fremont this weekend. it was discovered in alameda creek. fremont police say they have not identified the man and they are not sure exactly how he died. >> the search resumed for missing nursing student michelle le. more than a hundred volunteers searched the area around the kaiser hospital in hayward. tomorrow marks one month since le disappeared from the parking garage. her family has hired a private investigator even though hayward police are convinced she was murdered. they have identified dozens of persons of interest but so far, no enumerates have been made. >> a leading cancer organization is funding new research in the bay area focusing on an especially deadly

the 21-year-old david anderson was playing for the semi professional pacific islanders when he was shot in the bay area last month. he was taken off life support on june 6th. friends and family held that football game as a fundraiser this weekend at the high school. all proceeds from the event are going to his family. >> he came from nothing to be something. and i'm glad that everyone is keeping his spirit alive. i was proud of him. >> police still don't have a motive or suspect in henderson's murder. >> a lead being cancer organization is funding new research here in the bay area, focusing on an especially deadly form of breast cancer. it takes a heavy toll on younger women, as well as latinos and african americans. >> you see a spider? >> she cherishes every moment with her young family. nearly two years ago she was giving her daughters a shower when she made an unnerving discovery. >> i reached across and brushed against my breast with my hand and i felt something hard and alarm bells went off. >> the diagnosis was triple negative breast cancer. an aggressive form of the disease that

the 21-year-old david anderson was playing for the semi professional pacific islanders when he was shotthe bay area last month. he was taken off life support on june 6th. there was a fundraiser this weekend at the high school. all proceeds from the event are going to his family. >> he came from nothing to be something. and i'm glad that everyone is keeping his spirit alive. >> police still don't have a motive or suspect in henderson's murder. >>> a lead are cancer organization is funding new research here in the bay area focusing on an especially deadly form of breast cancer. it takes a heavy follow on younger women, as well as latinos and african americans. >> you see a spider? >> she cherishes every moment with her young family. nearly two years ago she was giving her daughters a shower when she made an unnerving discovery. >> i reached across and brushed against my breast with my hand and i felt something hard and alarm bells went off. >> the diagnosis was triple negative breast cancer. an aggressive form of the disease that often strikes younger women. it has a particularly high mor

finds the number of cases around the world has doubled since 1980, with high rates seen in the pacific islands and parts of the middle east. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at the confirmation hearings for the general who will lead u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: chevron. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org vo:geico, committed to providing service to its auto insuran

both sides understood the necessity to control islands across the pacific. the american commands tactical approach dated back to teddy roosevelt's assessment of world sea diplomacy devised for the late one nine hundred centuries. roosevelt always believed that if the u.s. was to contain japanese expansion they would need to command strategic island bases across the pacific the basic strategy the worst of all i tell you for a spotless record in any. law he decided to mess up our civil action forty five states are set up by syria to call a halt. to ship and home state a polling station caught up and spat at a mosque several plants looking for something specific to batman that a man puts a price for that. the japanese conscripted over forty one hundred korean slave laborers to build up a show's defenses as well as a small airstrip. they sent in over twenty six hundred crack japanese imperial marines to defender. massive fortifications were built including giant pill boxes some over seven hundred feet in height ten large eight inch gun emplacements. field artill

it affects 40 states plus pacific islands. i ask unanimous consent to include a list of unfunded commitments to fund these in states. and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the the gentlewoman from hawaii. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it and the amendment agreement is not agreed to. proceedings offered by the gentlewoman from from hawaii will be post poped. mr. kingston: i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee do now rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it and the motion is adopted. the committee rise es -- rises. . the chair: the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under hrgs h.r. 2112 has reported me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the ki has had under consideration under h.r. 2112 and has no resolution. mr. kingston: i ask unanimous consent when the