reporter: the streets in bangkok's chinatown took on a different air as people showed up for a yearly festivalbuddhist temple. offerings to the gods are an important part of worship for chinese thai. the offerings serve as symbols of money, and people use them in hope that these people will be wealthy in the afterlife. 12 shops along these streets in the community sell paper decorations used during the auspicious occasions in the chinese cultural calendar. the owner of this 80-year-old store is this woman. >> translator: we offer folded paper, representing money, to the gods. and they will give us what we wish for. the folded paper is important for us, like food or clothing. >> repeporter: but the fututure this old part of bangkok is uncertain in the face of gentrification. the community has been supporting the city's chinese festivals and celebrations for more than 100 years. >> translator: we inherited the old culture from our ancestors, but i cannot pass it on if i close the shop. >> reporter: local college students called on citizens to participate in a seminar in the hopes of passing on t

festival in golden gate park. this is a part of our pilot program which may be extended on a yearly basis through 2021. with that, i'll kick it back to director rodriguez to close us out. >> thank you so much, jeremy. i want to run through this just quickly. there were some questions on the local level for -- with respect to what is sort of happening during the shelter in place. people want to know whether they can have community outreach meetings. the answer to that is no. through june 1, community outreach meetings won't be happening. after june 1 we'll revisit that. there's questions about cannabis inspections, are they going to happen now. the answer to that is no. we are going to wait until the june 1 shelter lifts before we do that. once it's lifted, we will certainly start to bring up all of those things and start to see some of that kicking off and momentum picking up. there are a couple questions with respect to the grants that i'm going to allow eugene to answer just so you can have some more information around that issue. >> sure. so i know folks have had a lot of questions about the process

festival in golden gate park. this is a part of our pilot program which may be extended on a yearly basis through 2021.h that, i'll kick it back to director rodriguez to close us out. >> thank you so much, jeremy. i want to run through this just quickly. there were some questions on the local level for -- with respect to what is sort of happening during the shelter in place. people want to know whether they can have community outreach meetings. the answer to that is no. through june 1, community outreach meetings won't be happening. after june 1 we'll revisit that. there's questions about cannabis inspections, are they going to happen now. the answer to that is no. we are going to wait until the june 1 shelter lifts before we do that. once it's lifted, we will certainly start to bring up all of those things and start to see some of that kicking off and momentum picking up. there are a couple questions with respect to the grants that i'm going to allow eugene to answer just so you can have some more information around that issue. >> sure. so i know folks have had a lot of questions about the process to