hello i'm carmen chu and i'm pleased to be here today.ike the celebration grows skoal many people are here. feels like we are multiplying like rabbits! that will be the only joke i will tell. i do want to a very happy new year to everybody here. it has been a challenging time as many of you know the past few week and seen this in communities. and really the reason why events like this are so important and why i thank our mayor london breed for hosting the heritage event and making sure that she brings us together is it is know tounlt for us to recognize the diversity in our city and how special that makes san francisco. thank mayor breed and all of the folk who is helped to coordinate this. claudine chang we could not do this without her help. lion dance me and other when is came together for this. i want to say, happy new year to everybody. [speaking chinese] [applause] i will recognize some wonderful guest hos share their time with us today. before i do that i want to invite my cohost to come up, of course we brought our city attorney w

hello i'm carmen chu and i'm pleased to be here today.ike the celebration grows skoal many people are here. feels like we are multiplying like rabbits! that will be the only joke i will tell. i do want to a very happy new year to everybody here. it has been a challenging time as many of you know the past few week and seen this in communities. and really the reason why events like this are so important and why i thank our mayor london breed for hosting the heritage event and making sure that she brings us together is it is know tounlt for us to recognize the diversity in our city and how special that makes san francisco. thank mayor breed and all of the folk who is helped to coordinate this. claudine chang we could not do this without her help. lion dance me and other when is came together for this. i want to say, happy new year to everybody. [speaking chinese] [applause] i will recognize some wonderful guest hos share their time with us today. before i do that i want to invite my cohost to come up, of course we brought our city attorney w

hello i'm carmen chu and i'm pleased to be here today.ike the celebration grows skoal many people are here. feels like we are multiplying like rabbits! that will be the only joke i will tell. i do want to a very happy new year to everybody here. it has been a challenging time as many of you know the past few week and seen this in communities. and really the reason why events like this are so important and why i thank our mayor london breed for hosting the heritage event and making sure that she brings us together is it is know tounlt for us to recognize the diversity in our city and how special that makes san francisco. thank mayor breed and all of the folk who is helped to coordinate this. claudine chang we could not do this without her help. lion dance me and other when is came together for this. i want to say, happy new year to everybody. [speaking chinese] [applause] i will recognize some wonderful guest hos share their time with us today. before i do that i want to invite my cohost to come up, of course we brought our city attorney w

. >> 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 you're watching san francisco rising with chris manners. special guest is david chu. hi i'm chris manners and you're watching san francisco rising the show that's about restarting rebuilding and re imagining our city. i guess today is david chiu, the city attorney for the city and county of san francisco , and he's here today to talk to us about the opioid crisis, reproductive rights and the non citizen voting program. mr chu, welcome to the show. thanks for having me on happy to talk about whatever you want me to talk ab

. >> 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 >> i am iris long. we are a family business that started in san francisco chinatown by my parents who started the business in the mid 1980s. today we follow the same footsteps of my parents. we source the teas by the harvest season and style of crafting and the specific variety. we specialize in premium tea. today i still visit many of the farms we work with multigenerational farms that produce premium teas with its own natural flavors. it is very much like grapes for wine. what we do is more specialized, but it is more n

hello i'm carmen chu and i'm pleased to be here today.n grows skoal many people are here. feels like we are multiplying like rabbits! that will be the only joke i will tell. i do want to a very happy new year to everybody here. it has been a challenging time as many of you know the past few week and seen this in communities. and really the reason why events like this are so important and why i thank our mayor london breed for hosting the heritage event and making sure that she brings us together is it is know tounlt for us to recognize the diversity in our city and how special that makes san francisco. thank mayor breed and all of the folk who is helped to coordinate this. claudine chang we could not do this without her help. lion dance me and other when is came together for this. i want to say, happy new year to everybody. [speaking chinese] [applause] i will recognize some wonderful guest hos share their time with us today. before i do that i want to invite my cohost to come up, of course we brought our city attorney we want to hear fro

hello i'm carmen chu and i'm pleased to be here today.bration grows skoal many people are here. feels like we are multiplying like rabbits! that will be the only joke i will tell. i do want to a very happy new year to everybody here. it has been a challenging time as many of you know the past few week and seen this in communities. and really the reason why events like this are so important and why i thank our mayor london breed for hosting the heritage event and making sure that she brings us together is it is know tounlt for us to recognize the diversity in our city and how special that makes san francisco. thank mayor breed and all of the folk who is helped to coordinate this. claudine chang we could not do this without her help. lion dance me and other when is came together for this. i want to say, happy new year to everybody. [speaking chinese] [applause] i will recognize some wonderful guest hos share their time with us today. before i do that i want to invite my cohost to come up, of course we brought our city attorney we want to he

. >> 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 [music]

. >> 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

. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new yearus 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 >> stop the press conference and i'm amy chung and for the elderly and lady senior housing is one of our project build and open in 1990. upon so upstairs 85 seniors and this year, mayor, david and brook and they are happy. some of them came down this morning and be with this press conference we know you have a very important announcement to make. welcome to self help and the lady shore senior housing. i want to take this opportunity to thank mayor

we understand that carmen chu put out a report friday and have not had a chance to look at that. (inaudible) possible impacted by this. i like to challenge the city to go back to those firms some great friends of build out and ask how many lgbtq have you currently or in the past brought on your teams whether professional service or construction contractors. let us start with that economic data point and move forward with when we talk about equity justice. love they are a part of hrc and part of equality california but let's see how many dollars are going to lgbtq businesses and aiding in construction. thank you so much. >> you can leave it on the banister and i'll pick it up. you can leave it right there, i'll get it. >> good morning. my name is lamar (inaudible) president of asian inc. thank you for your service. i want to fully express that i subscribe fully to all the comments that have been previously raised especially by mr. stirling, mrs. (inaudible) mr. kitsching and others as well as comments you will hear from mr. (inaudible) (inaudible) coalition for economic equity. th

. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new yeareaking 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 >> you're watching san francisco rising with chris manners. today's special guest is katy tang. [♪♪♪] >> hi. i'm chris manners, and you're watching san francisco rising, the show that's focused on rebuilding, reimagining, and revitalizing our city. with us today is katy tang, and she's talk to -- talking to us about assistance and services provided to local businesses. can we talk about the role of the office of small business? many small businesses are struggling to help. how can you help? >> director tang: we are here as the city's central point of information for a

i want to thank city adminivator carmen chu (indiscernible) for her efforts. the deputy city attorney for his work on this and ross green as well in my office and the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor mandelman. supervisor melgar. >> thank you madam clerk. i just have a in memoriam today. i'm submitting this in memoriam to honor a active citizen of san francisco that we recently lost and that is mike garcia. he was not born in san francisco and it was obvious when you met him because he had this accent he carried with him from louisiana where he was born the 4ths of 9 children. he served san francisco as president of board of appeals and prezdinate of the san francisco ethics commission. a fierce advocate for neighborhoods and served on the merced manner home owner association. a delegate to the west twin peak central council and served on the board of saint steven catholic school and board of san francisco ymca. he also ran for district 7 supervisor. michael lancaster garcia died february 13, 2023 in his san francisco home on eucalyptus drive with his wi

chu. who? >> okay. [off mic.] (clapping.) carmen chiu, i said marvin i don't know. >> okay. all right. i'm sorry? [off mic.] >> thank you, ma'am mayor. >> okay. moving on now we are an important part of program where time to have the mayor come up and offer words and mayor breed the mayor of the city of and county of san francisco used to be a supervisor of the board in 2018 and mayor breed was mentioned earlier the first black woman and the second woman to be elected mayor of the city and county of san francisco sworn in in july of 2018 mayor breed welcome we love to have you say a few words. thank you very much. >> (clapping) wow. had a very wonderful turn out role kickoff black history month and san francisco. thank you, williams and the african-american historic society for your work and making sure that the history and the legacy of the black people in the city continues to be highlighted and a significant way. i want to take a moment before i begin my remarks in honor of blacks resistance and the at home of black history month to just recognition someone who basically was probably the postu

chu. who? >> okay. [off mic.] (clapping.) carmen chiu, i said marvin i don't know. >> okay. all right. i'm sorry? [off mic.] >> thank you, ma'am mayor. >> okay. moving on now we are an important part of program where time to have the mayor come up and offer words and mayor breed the mayor of the city of and county of san francisco used to be a supervisor of the board in 2018 and mayor breed was mentioned earlier the first black woman and the second woman to be elected mayor of the city and county of san francisco sworn in in july of 2018 mayor breed welcome we love to have you say a few words. thank you very much. >> (clapping) wow. had a very wonderful turn out role kickoff black history month and san francisco. thank you, williams and the african-american historic society for your work and making sure that the history and the legacy of the black people in the city continues to be highlighted and a significant way. i want to take a moment before i begin my remarks in honor of blacks resistance and the at home of black history month to just recognition someone who basically was probably the postu

chu. who? >> okay. [off mic.] (clapping.) carmen chiu, i said marvin i don't know. >> okay. all right. i'm sorry? thank you, ma'am mayor. >> okay. moving on now we are an important part of program where time to have the mayor come up and offer words and mayor breed the mayor of the city of and county of san francisco used to be a supervisor of the board in 2018 and mayor breed was mentioned earlier the first black woman and the second woman to be elected mayor of the city and county of san francisco sworn in in july of 2018 mayor breed welcome we love to have you say a few words. thank you very much. >> (clapping) wow. had a very wonderful turn out role kickoff black history month and san francisco. thank you, williams and the african-american historic society for your work and making sure that the history and the legacy of the black people in the city continues to be highlighted and a significant way. i want to take a moment before i begin my remarks in honor of blacks resistance and the at home of black history month to just recognition someone who basically was probably the posture child of bl