san francisco's chinatown. it will create an impactful indoor and outdoor narrative experience and will enhance the connection between portsmouth square and the new community clubhouse. >> and that this work will also include a community engagement component that will be led by the selected artist. >> the budget for this project is 151,000 which will cover the costs for design fabrication and transportation with a separate installation budget of $30,000. >> to quickly recap how we got to this point of the artist review panel process. so as we all are well aware, chinatown has long fostered a vibrant arts culture and we decided that we were going to launch the chinatown artist registry in order to identify artists that we could consider not only for the portsmouth square or work opportunities but for future and ongoing and upcoming capital projects in chinatown including the public health center and the markham light branch library. we launched our rfq in july 11th of last year. it was closed in october 7th and

it was over the hill from chinatown. it was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people don't get to experience that often. everything was just really within walking distance, so it make it really fun. when i was a teenager, we didn't have a lot of money. we could go to sam wong's and get super -- soup for $1. my parents came here and were drawn to the beatnik culture. they wanted to meet all of the writers who were so famous at the time, but my mother had some serious mental illness issues, and i don't think my father were really aware of that, and those didn't really become evident until i was about five, i guess, and my marriage blew up, and my mother took me all over the world. most of those ad ventures ended up bad because they would end up hospitalized. when i was about six i guess, my mother took me to japan, and that was a very interesting trip where we went over with a boyfriend of hers, and he was working there. i remember the open sewers and gigantic frogs that lived in the sewers an

this is the chinatown ymca, 47th year hosting the event. participants will run through some of chinatown's most historic streets. all proceeds from the run go to support youth and teen programs and social services for low income families, as well as financial assistance for the local ymca. new. this morning, a private company from the u.s. has landed on the moon, delivering experiments for nasa. take a look. firefly just became the first commercial company in history to achieve a fully successful full moon landing. its lunar lander, blue ghost touchdown. an overnight a half an hour later, the blue ghost started to send back pictures from the surface and you're looking at the first one. here is a selfie somewhat obscured by the sun's glare. two other companies, landers also planned to go to the moon with the next expected later this week. pretty stunning frances. >> yeah, definitely stunning, especially for selfie from the know the moon. gorgeous and also what's nice is we have this view of live doppler seven looping. you can see the rain an

the first thursdays are bhangra beats or the chinatown night market. people will come. and so we need to keep building to give people more and more reasons to be downtown not just at night but to come into the office because there's more to do and there's more vibrancy. we've been working hard. i want to just really thank my colleague assemblymember matt haney who has also he has a select committee on downtowns and he's done a tour of the state because there's a lot of commonality. so thank you assembly member for your leadership. we also were able to pass the entertainment zone legislation that has allowed on front street and other at the warriors arena and other parts of the city to allow outdoor drink and allowing the local bars and restaurants to sell onto the streets. and we want to continue to build on that success too that the state of california is being a good partner to san francisco and other cities in this recovery. we know that when people are trying to open up new bars or restaurants it is extremely expensive and one of the most significant costs is is obt

chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you have to support them. >> really notice the port this community we really need to kind of really shop locally and support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to survive here. >> i came down to treasure island to look for a we've got a long ways to go. ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop

danny sartor is the new supervisor for district three, which represents chinatown.t can we do to stop it? >> yeah, i think there's two things i think we actually have to look at. making sure that our existing facilities, our restrooms are in good shape, that they're not closed, that people know where they are with signage and with good lighting. and then on the other side, if people are doing this, you know, the park rangers need to make sure that they stop that, whether it's a verbal warning at first or maybe even up to a citation. >> san francisco banned public urination in 2002. at the time, supervisor tony hall said the vote by the board, quote, demonstrated we live in a civilized society. anyone violating the ban can be fined between 50 and $500. we asked police if they have ever cited anyone here or anywhere in san francisco. police told us at this time they don't have this data compiled. portsmouth square is run by rec and park. that department issued a statement reminding us that the square has, quote, some of the best maintained and most heavily used restro

danny sauter is the new supervisor for district three, which represents chinatown.t can we do to stop it? >> yeah, i think there's two things i think we actually have to look at. making sure that our existing facilities are restrooms are in good shape, that they're not closed, that people know where they are with signage and with good lighting. and then on the other side, if people are doing this, you know, the park rangers need to make sure that they stop that, whether it's a verbal warning at first or maybe even up to a citation. >> san francisco banned public urination in 2002. at the time, supervisor tony hall said the vote by the board, quote, demonstrated we live in a civilized society. anyone violating the ban can be fined between 50 and $500. we asked police if they have ever cited anyone here or anywhere in san francisco. police told us at this time they don't have this data compiled. portsmouth square is run by rec and park. that department issued a statement reminding us that the square has, quote, some of the best maintained and most heavily used restroo

which serves 1600 youth and families in chinatown. the run will begin at grant avenue in sacramento street at 8 a.m. but the route crosses the embarcadero at north point street and at washington street and our streets will be closed for 30 minutes prior to the race time and open when the runners and walkers have finished. another exciting event is sailgp and its returning to san francisco for racing on march 22nd and 23rd. sailgp is a global sailing championship where national teams race and high tech high speed 50 foot catamarans with speeds above 60mph. the race takes place in iconic international venues around the world and it's no surprise that they've chosen san francisco again for the race. we continue to be a wonderful location to enjoy sailing. we will also be hosting a base camp the fourth year in a row on our southern waterfront and this base camp saw approximately city kids 60 kids per day last year in a program called inspire learning. this this learning program is emerging as an educational program that teaches sailing an

danny sartor is the new supervisor for district three, which represents chinatown. what can we do to stop it? >> yeah, i think there's two things i think we actually have to look at. making sure that our existing facilities, our restrooms are in good shape, that they're not closed, that people know where they are with signage and with good lighting. and then on the other side, if people are doing this, you know, the park rangers need to make sure that they stop that, whether it's a verbal warning at first or maybe even up to a citation. >> san francisco banned public urination in 2002. at the time, supervisor tony hall said the vote by the board, quote, demonstrated we live in a civilized society. anyone violating the ban can be fined between 50 and $500. we asked police if they have ever cited anyone here or anywhere in san francisco. police told us at this time they don't have this data compiled. portsmouth square is run by rec and park. that department issued a statement reminding us that the square has, quote, some of the best maintained and most heavily used re

. >> reporter: the change, says meyers, means films like "chinatown," "shawshank redemption," even "dirtyght not get made today. >> movies, it's always been a business to make money. always. but there was also, they were less afraid. they took more chances. >> i would love for the movies to be a little bit less like they used to. >> reporter: michael schulman writes about movies and culture for "the new yorker." the author of the book "oscar wars." >> every two seconds there is a new "superman," "beetlejuice," "lion king," "alien," "mission impossible," "bridget jones," "indiana jones." the goal is not to come up with the next great idea but to excite the shareholders about a sure bet for the next quarter. >> reporter: he says the movies we grew up on are still out there produced by the independent studios behind "anora," "the brutalist" -- >> this isn't the fight. >> reporter: and other best picture nominees. >> i often hear people say when the list comes out for the academy awards, well, i haven't heard half these movies. if you go to the movie theater and they have ten screens showing

, really help feed me for like a show warrior wherein takes place in 1800 in san francisco's chinatownble to soak in that energy and the vibe and really take that and front end and still traded to to real characters on screen. so, you know, every character that i play even jacking on tulsa, king, you know, fortunately for me, i've known some real jack innings in my life. and so i'm able to channel those energies and, you know, and and then the play officer coy you know, i've been around a lot of law enforcement personnel, my whole life, you know, have extended family that's involved in so to be able to honor that community. and, you know, to represent the men and women that help protect us every day and put their lives on the line. it's really an honor. so, you know, some people say i got into the business a little late, but i'm actually grateful for the time i entered because of all these other experiences i really had outside the industry that i can bring and channel through these characters that i play. absolutely. and i also want to tap into the fact that >> you got to name your ow

we are a beach town, we are a chinatown, and not a town at all.et is home to 80 thousand people and we love our dogs. we live in neat row houses, homes with yards, story book homes and every quirk in between. the sunset used to be sand dunes all the way to the ocean. when the city needed to grow, san francisco's future ran through the sunset. we built rows and rows of housing for a great irish population and welcomed a great chinese population. today home to a gowing number of families from all backgrounds and the future starts here. >> we chose sunset knauz we love san francisco but during the pandemic we needed more space and more family focused, so that is where we found the sunset. how walkable it is. we live along iving street along where diana's school is our son's day care is. >> our kids and all the kids we knee in the neighborhood are really the future here and we are really excited to live in the neighborhood. we love it so much. >> nina and alex are expecting their first baby and it first leaders of the newly formed sunset community ban

we are a beach town, we are a chinatown, and not a town at all.the sunset is home to 80 thousand people and we love our dogs. we live in neat row houses, homes with yards, story book homes and every quirk in between. the sunset used to be sand dunes all the way to the ocean. when the city needed to grow, san francisco's future ran through the sunset. we built rows and rows of housing for a great irish population and welcomed a great chinese population. today home to a gowing number of families from all backgrounds and the future starts here. >> we chose sunset knauz we love san francisco but during the pandemic we needed more space and more family focused, so that is where we found the sunset. how walkable it is. we live along iving street along where diana's school is our son's day care is. >> our kids and all the kids we knee in the neighborhood are really the future here and we are really excited to live in the neighborhood. we love it so much. >> nina and alex are expecting their first baby and it first leaders of the newly formed sunset commu

they just leave their stuff on the sidewalk or the landlords will empty the apartments there in chinatown we see a lot of refugees from businesses that will put out cardboard or garbage from their businesses instead of getting the subscribe service through recology they'll do that excelsior and other neighborhoods have their issues and then really our hotspot and you're going to see here in the next slide is the southeast corner bayview hunters point which is really our largely industrial area in san francisco. so they're not always a lot of eyes on the street and a lot of folks will go and do major illegal dumping there. >> so we see things like someone will say i'm going to empty out your garage for $150 and instead of taking that waste to the dump transfer station they'll go out to baby hunters point and dump it there. >> we've seen some small contractors going out there. well, they'll do a kitchen renovation or small home renovation and dump their debris there. we have been working lately with the city attorney's office on ways that we can really go after the scofflaws that we we catc