miss fong. are there any questions or comments? commissioners from miss fong okay, mr. clerk, let's take public comment on this item, please. do we have any public comment in the chambers? seeing none. operator do we have any remote public comment checking for a remote public comment on item. nine and there is no public comment. thank you so much, mr. clerk. please call the next item. item ten introduction of new items. this is an information item. are there any new items to introduce commissioners? okay it doesn't look like it, mr. clerk, please call the next item. item 11 public comment. do we have any public comment in the chambers. at the end of the day, i just want you guys to just pay attention to me and. and understand that i'm in a lot of pain. i'm not here because i want to take up your guys's time or the you know, for any other reason to abuse this this privilege, this. right. i'm not here for any of that business. i'm just here to find out when is mta, when is when is empty? when, when is my train going to come? so i can be free? man, i want to be a free pers

>> one customer, huy fong foods. >> huy fong makes the world-famous sriracha hot sauce. his business dried up overnight. >> is there anything growing here at all? can you tell? >> there's nothing planted here. and up here, it's just weeds. >> facing ruin, he sued huy fong for breach of contract and won: $23 million. >> but they appealed? >> they appealed. >> you couldn't collect any of the money? >> no. we were looking at whether we could survive or not. every week we were trying to find enough cash to pay the bills, make sure we could make payroll. >> he couldn't afford to keep fighting, until he heard of an investment firm that backs people in his situation. >> we make the playing field level. and that's what people should be wanting in litigation. >> christopher bogart is the ceo of burford capital. he funds litigants and takes a chunk of their award, if they win. >> we are a multibillion dollar company because litigation is expensive. and there's an awful lot of demand from businesses for this kind of solution. >> so is it a loan? >> it's a nonrecourse financing. >>

miss fong. are there any questions or comments? commissioners from miss fong okay, mr. clerk, let's take public comment on this item, please. do we have any public comment in the chambers? seeing none. operator do we have any remote public comment checking for a remote public comment on item. nine and there is no public comment. thank you so much, mr. clerk. please call the next item. item ten introduction of new items. this is an information item. are there any new items to introduce commissioners? okay it doesn't look like it, mr. clerk, please call the next item. item 11 public comment. do we have any public comment in the chambers. at the end of the day, i just want you guys to just pay attention to me and. and understand that i'm in a lot of pain. i'm not here because i want to take up your guys's time or the you know, for any other reason to abuse this this privilege, this. right. i'm not here for any of that business. i'm just here to find out when is mta, when is when is empty? when, when is my train going to come? so i can be free? man, i want to be a free pers

i want to start with something that ccdc tradition introduced by our retired execute ever director fong. look at the person on their left. take a look at the person on your right. and tell them you are beautiful. and you are all beautiful. >> thank you. first of all i feel conspicuous i'm only one who kept pie construction hat and vest o. thanks to everybody for throwing me under the bus. we're posing for cameras. secondly, i want to say, i saw you last nighture did not tell me you had written remarks. a bit upset about that i'm glad we are here after our cocktail hour. >> i want to start by acknowledging the vision that it took to get this project to this place. it started with the mayor. i really recognize and basketball that -- it was her vision of working with mayor lee to acquire the site that allowed you to be here today and we know the mayor's office of housing is looking at this more and more and wield want to encourage that. china town will be a beneficiary of that model with the project coming up there based on a city acquisition this really it was mayor breed who i think got

miss fong. are there any questions or comments? commissioners from miss fong okay, mr., let's take public comment on this item, please. do we have any public comment in the chambers? seeing none. operator do we have any remote public comment checking for a remote public comment on item. nine and there is no public comment. thank you so much, mr. clerk. please call the next item. item ten introduction of new items. this is an information item. are there any new items to introduce commissioners? okay it doesn't look like it, mr. clerk, please call the next item. item 11 public comment. do we have any public comment in the chambers. at the end of the day, i just want you guys to just pay attention to me and. and understand that i'm in a lot of pain. i'm not here because i want to take up your guys's time or the you know, for any other reason to abuse this this privilege, this. right. i'm not here for any of that business. i'm just here to find out when is mta, when is when is empty? when, when is my train going to come? so i can be free? man, i want to be a free person. do

. >> huy fong says they don't know when the supply will increase. >>> lovett spoke to gianna franco about the original music inspired by two very special people. >> i have six-year-old twins, and they, the original songs on that album, 12th of june, were largely inspired by them and inspired just by the revelations i have had becoming a dad . >> if you cannot make it to stern grove this weekend, we have got you covered. we will stream the concert live and for free on the cbs news app from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. >>> still had a 5:00, on the heels of a violent july 4th holiday, one city is taking a new approach to cracking down on ghost guns. >>> don't know what to say during an awkward date? no fear. a.i. to >>> the city of philadelphia suing two ghost gun producers. officials said both guns were privately manufactured and untraceable. >> some maniac walking around, shooting, and for what? you would probably never know. but he took my son. he took my baby. >> you can take these guns through magnetometers without being detected. this is a level of insanity that no one should ever deal with. >> t

she hasn'tjust met with lee chan, the chinese premier, but she also met with huli fong, the vice premierthe economy, and absolutely key official in the chinese government. he is very close to xijinping, they had several hours of closed—door fa ce—to —fa ce hours of closed—door face—to—face meetings yesterday, but was probably the key moment in this visit to really understand the most important counterparts in the chinese government. fin important counterparts in the chinese government.- chinese government. on the china side. _ chinese government. on the china side, china's _ chinese government. on the china side, china's economy| chinese government. on the - china side, china's economy has not been performing as well as the country had hoped, especially coming out of the pandemic. there are fears about a debt crisis in the country. what do you think china was hoping to get out of these meetings, and also looking forward to future summits? well, i think the chinese... although the chinese have been talking very tough on the us in recent months, behind that bravado, there is deep concern ab

that in 2004 had the first asian-american woman to serve as police chief of a major city, heather fongsan francisco and a few other bay area police department are aiming for 30% by the year 2030. that is a pledge they have made through the 30 by 30 nationwide initiative. the san francisco sheriff's office have also signed that pledge. as seen by their numbers, both have work to do to get to 30%. when out in the field, reports show the outcomes involving female officers tend to be better. >> there tends to be less instances of uses of worse. -- uses of force. i have seen in many ways they are better leaders. leah: they are better understanding of sexual assault cases. but great believes department needs to come up with more incentives to make joining more attractive to women. especially for those who are working mothers. reliable childcare is one a suggestion. sfpd admittedly has a staffing problem and mcrae says using any recruits regardless of their gender is disappointing. >> unfortunately, we lose people during the academy and during the field training program. so, it is a great pla

congratulations to our to staff, to cynthia fong, to tilly, to everybody who helped us get here. and last but not least, i want to invite our vice chair, melgar, to report out on her recent trip to paris with executive director chang to the oliver wyman executive mobility forum. vice chair melgar. thank you, chair mandel and thank you for allowing me to tag along with director tang as she present it at the oliver wyman global mobility forum. very in represen our city so well we got ranked number one in the world in alternative mobilities. so it's i think it's our ethos but i was delighted to join her for a week and we had several meetings with public transit officials where we learned a lot about what is possible and what is wonderful about that city that also hosts visitors and tourists like ours does. i just want to share a few of the highlights. do we have a present? i have a presentation. is it up. can we break up my presentation, please? okay. there we go. next slide, please . so due to the density and incredible metro and bus system, which. which are the mayor of paris and

stacey mei yan fong is dishing up some favorites this morning, and "desperate housewives" star jesse was wrong was i started to notice that i couldn't do things without losing my breath. i couldn't make it through the airport, and every like 20 or 30 yards i had to sit down and get my breath. every physical exertion seemed to exhaust me. and finally, i went to the hospital where i was diagnosed with afib. when i first noticed symptoms, which kept coming and going, i should have gone to the doctor and told them what was happening. instead, i tried to let it pass. if you experience irregular heartbeat, heart racing, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, or light-headedness, you should talk to your doctor. afib increases the risk of stroke about 5 times i want my experience to help others understand the symptoms of atrial fibrillation. when it comes to your health, this is no time to wait. who says you can't get everything you want? like going for bold without going broke... and staying true to your taste while staying on budget. who says rising costs means lowering the bar? settlin

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to singsia fong and eric young for running that program for us. enterprise research planning system migration is my last update. internal project as well that sing why is manage. going limp this is so we update our whole erp system which is business management software allowing you to manage all financial management. accounting and prescriptional over site. and this is a once in a 10 year process. it is a big effort and want to appreciate the team including cynthia, staff. thank you very much >> thank you very much, direct chang. see if there is public comment in the chamber on the executive director's report. jury room good morning. it is not going to work guy. it is looking towards lockup looks [inaudible] we have to step the executive director [inaudible] i said the mayor. mayor, you have to push conresponsibility and critical thinking where is this in the executive director's report i don't hear it. the best as to where be responsible. not mask advice you can't choose critical thinking with [inaudible]. does not work. you have to -- you can lo

thank you for fong us online and on twitter. you can follow me at peter alexander.ng begins with more of our breaking coverage. >>> good day. i am chris jansing at msnbc headquarters in new york city. on this day when the breadth and depth of political peril for former president trump are expanding, critical decisions are being made with the expresident moving ahead in multiple court rooms in multiple states. trump today revealing and two law enforcement sources confirming, he has been named a target in the special counsel's january 6th investigation. that means he almost certainly faces an arrest and an indictment. how might that case intersect with the classified documents case where a critical question on timing could be answered by the end of the day. the decision facing the judge is one that will have an impact, a major impact on the 2024 race. whether that trial happens before or after next year's presidential election. but we

. >> reporter: we reached out to huy fong foods, one of the largest producers of sriracha. us that the limited production is due to a shortage of raw material and they don't have an estimated time of when supply will increase. >> if you follow agricultural things, you know there's droughts and there's floods and there's -- p pests and diseases and ththings happen.n. that's w farming is all about. and shortages mean higher prices. >> reporter: so while some may consider taking a break until those prices cool off. >> the highest i'll ever go was $20. on some hot sauce. because me and my son eat it. >> reporter: others are suggesting trying alternatives. which some local restaurants are already using. >> you guys should try thai brand sriracha. it's pretty good. it tastes different but it's pretty good. you guys should try it. ive give it a shot. >> reporter: a quick search inside several stores also bringing a multitude of options starting at $4.69 a bottle. are you willing to go off-brand? for a while. until -- >> i have to. i'm not paying $50 for no sriracha sauce. >>> heck

for the chinese culture center i'm here to read the following letter of peter fong. this was in chinese and translated. i opened my shop during the pan dem make 2020 it was a depressing time. i love they make art access football especially the monolingual community the programming also generate foot traffic and business. i'm happy to part of the merchant's community watching artists inpyred mow it deck rit with murals. save front ross artist and residents its is special and no cuts to arts and culture. thank you. thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. why good african-americaning i'm alec representing st. francis hospital and st. mary medical center. support the budget requests for funds real treatment on demandful break up drug market and more shelter ins san francisco. it is piecemeal and does not support needs we are heartened by dph cord nayed care but well is more work to do. we ask to you support breaking update open air drug markets. thes a 300% increase in staff assaults and the drug markets ballooned. we heard from partners the affect of

i was around when norman was reverend fong was a deputy on the program side and also when joanne was the deputy on the organized side, and if norman's motto was ask for do it, ask for forgiveness, and then excuse me, do it. and then ask for forgiveness later. joanne's motto was get permission first before so you don't have to ask for forgiveness and to me, that outlines her character as an individual who holds herself to the highest level of integrity. which is why i appreciated staff recommendation. and in the report, the acknowledgment that the level of undue influence was minimal in this situation. and i think that's also verified by the fact that we have other nonprofit arts organizations in the community coming to you to testify to that very fact and providing the highest level of support for joanne for this position. i also just want to call out an element of the staff analysis and this is not to criticize staff, but to point out that the scope of the analysis of staff acknowledged was limited to economic hardship, whereas the definition of the rule is personal hardship . and i

to singsia fong and eric young for running that program for us.prise research planning system migration is my last update. internal project as well that sing why is manage. going limp this is so we update our whole erp system which is business management software allowing you to manage all financial management. accounting and prescriptional over site. and this is a once in a 10 year process. it is a big effort and want to appreciate the team including cynthia, staff. thank you very much >> thank you very much, direct chang. see if there is public comment in the chamber on the executive director's report. jury room good morning. it is not going to work guy. it is looking towards lockup looks [inaudible] we have to step the executive director [inaudible] i said the mayor. mayor, you have to push conresponsibility and critical thinking where is this in the executive director's report i don't hear it. the best as to where be responsible. not mask advice you can't choose critical thinking with [inaudible]. does not work. you have to -- you can look dow

i want to start with something that ccdc tradition introduced by our retired execute ever director fong. look at the person on their left. take a look at the person on your right. and tell them you are beautiful. and you are all beautiful. >> thank you. first of all i feel conspicuous i'm only one who kept pie construction hat and vest o. thanks to everybody for throwing me under the bus. we're posing for cameras. secondly, i want to say, i saw you last nighture did not tell me you had written remarks. a bit upset about that i'm glad we are here after our cocktail hour. >> i want to start by acknowledging the vision that it took to get this project to this place. it started with the mayor. i really recognize and basketball that -- it was her vision of working with mayor lee to acquire the site that allowed you to be here today and we know the mayor's office of housing is looking at this more and more and wield want to encourage that. china town will be a beneficiary of that model with the project coming up there based on a city acquisition this really it was mayor breed who i think got

i was around when norman was reverend fong was a deputy on the program side and also when joanne wasthe deputy on the organized side, and if norman's motto was ask for do it, ask for forgiveness, and then excuse me, do it. and then ask for forgiveness later. joanne's motto was get permission first before so you don't have to ask for forgiveness and to me, that outlines her character as an individual who holds herself to the highest level of integrity. which is why i appreciated staff recommendation. and in the report, the acknowledgment that the level of undue influence was minimal in this situation. and i think that's also verified by the fact that we have other nonprofit arts organizations in the community coming to you to testify to that very fact and providing the highest level of support for joanne for this position. i also just want to call out an element of the staff analysis and this is not to criticize staff, but to point out that the scope of the analysis of staff acknowledged was limited to economic hardship, whereas the definition of the rule is personal hardship . and i

i want to start with something that ccdc tradition introduced by our retired execute ever director fong. look at the person on their left. take a look at the person on your right. and tell them you are beautiful. and you are all beautiful. >> thank you. first of all i feel conspicuous i'm only one who kept pie construction hat and vest o. thanks to everybody for throwing me under the bus. we're posing for cameras. secondly, i want to say, i saw you last nighture did not tell me you had written remarks. a bit upset about that i'm glad we are here after our cocktail hour. >> i want to start by acknowledging the vision that it took to get this project to this place. it started with the mayor. i really recognize and basketball that -- it was her vision of working with mayor lee to acquire the site that allowed you to be here today and we know the mayor's office of housing is looking at this more and more and wield want to encourage that. china town will be a beneficiary of that model with the project coming up there based on a city acquisition this really it was mayor breed who i think got

i want to start with something that ccdc tradition introduced by our retired execute ever director fong. look at the person on their left. take a look at the person on your right. and tell them you are beautiful. and you are all beautiful. >> thank you. first of all i feel conspicuous i'm only one who kept pie construction hat and vest o. thanks to everybody for throwing me under the bus. we're posing for cameras. secondly, i want to say, i saw you last nighture did not tell me you had written remarks. a bit upset about that i'm glad we are here after our cocktail hour. >> i want to start by acknowledging the vision that it took to get this project to this place. it started with the mayor. i really recognize and basketball that -- it was her vision of working with mayor lee to acquire the site that allowed you to be here today and we know the mayor's office of housing is looking at this more and more and wield want to encourage that. china town will be a beneficiary of that model with the project coming up there based on a city acquisition this really it was mayor breed who i think got

my name is chu fong. i live at 1165 washington street house next to the project project property. i. i want to let you know, i'm told against this project on behalf or a chinatown community. the chinatown, as you know, is in chinatown area. is where things and there are not too many room for people who have recreation the people who live who live in chinatown, they are most low income, living on a welfare they can't afford. no fancy apartment . most of them are living in a single room residence and in that building, if you have been in some of the building, the air quality is poor. they live in a few. few people live in a little room. they have to inhale the air that they exhale. so that caused so many people sick in chinatown in and then there's no sunlight in the building for those people to have sunlight or fresh air, they have to go out to street to look for a park. and in a better on pray ground is one of the few places that off the chinatown community for the purpose if that's part of this project. 11611511 washington street should be a construct then it will block it will t

my name is chu fong. i live at 1165 washington street house next to the project project property. i. i want to let you know, i'm told against this project on behalf or a chinatown community. the chinatown, as you know, is in chinatown area. is where things and there are not too many room for people who have recreation the people who live who live in chinatown, they are most low income, living on a welfare they can't afford. no fancy apartment . most of them are living in a single room residence and in that building, if you have been in some of the building, the air quality is poor. they live in a few. few people live in a little room. they have to inhale the air that they exhale. so that caused so many people sick in chinatown in and then there's no sunlight in the building for those people to have sunlight or fresh air, they have to go out to street to look for a park. and in a better on pray ground is one of the few places that off the chinatown community for the purpose if that's part of this project. 11611511 washington street should be a construct then it will block it will t