i am the chair of the committee, aaron peskin. i am joined by vice chair safai see and dean preston. our clerk is erica major. do you have any announcements? >> please make sure to silence cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items today will be on the february 4 agenda unless otherwise stated. >> could you please call the first item. >> item 1. ordinance amending the planning code to allow authorization of a limited restaurant use in the jackson square special use district that does not comply with the current requirements of a limited restaurant use if a building permit application furthering the establishment of such use was filed by january 19, 2018. >> this is a piece of legislation trailing that adopted a year ago that we introduced at the request of the jackson square association. for those who do not know it, jackson square historic district is the city's first historic district, geographically small but rich in history, and over the years through fine tuning of the ground flo

aaron peskin has stepped forward and put a big effort to help us out. my wife and i, we don't want to move. i don't plan to move. i'm a north beach boy, and i'm going to stay a north beach boy. my grandfather, i was born in the house, 165 165valpraiso. he built two bungalows there in the early 1900s with his little 28-foot fishing boat. i was born in the family house in 1940 by the county midwife. i'm a true son of the beach. thank you. >> [laughter] thank you. good to see you. next speaker, please. >> i'm peter's wife gail deluca. we got a new landlord. this was the third since our wonderful john passed away who lived in the front unit. [please stand by] -[please stand b >> since they've been in, we were offered a buyout which we turned down, but we were given, like, i think about 10 days for us and the tenants below us to either accept or reject the buyout. once this started happening, i can't describe the kind of turmoil, the fears, you know, and you can't think. you know, you don't know where to turn. it's just all so sudden. in responding to the bu

reporter: he was joined by members of the chinese chamber of commerce and others including supervisor aaron peskin. >> there are no confirmed cases in the city and county of san francisco. we are monitoring a handful of individuals who have returned from wuhan who r not exhibiting any symptoms, but we are on top of that. >> the cdc province would be quarantined for parts of ts in ts in the u.s. >> we had one in santa claraout hands. >> the international community to make an accurate and objective element of the situation based on signs. refrain from overreaction. >> reporter: that is approval to accommodate people could run through the end of this month. reporting live in fairfield, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> more fallout from the virus. apple is temporarily shutting down all of its out of caution. apple said the stores will remain 9th and will the situation from then on. dangerous situation in a remote part of the south bay. a sheriff's deputy is shot near morgan hill. marian favrooins us live from the scene. how is that deputy? >> reporter: terry, fortunately that deputy is going to

i am the chair of the committee, aaron peskin joined by committee member supervisor dean preston to mylerk is ms. erica major, ms. major, could you please make any announcements? >> yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of a file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. could you please call items 1 through 3 together. >> item number 1 is a resoln

. >> reporter: supervisor aaron peskin say it is city is committed to transparency. if there is a confirmed case, they will let the public know right away. >> we are monitoring a handful of individuals who have returned from wuhan who are not exhibiting any symptoms but we are on top of that. >> reporter: there are concerns how panic could fuel prejudice against the chinese community. for example, uc berkeley's health services department apologized after calling xenophobia a common reaction to the coronavirus in a social media post. that line was later >> just china, because china. and you know, to combat diseases or virus like this, we need to be united. >> reporter: the annual lunar parade is still on next week in san francisco. there will be officials along the parade route in case of an emergency. live in san francisco. >>> apple is closing its 42 stores in mainland china has the coronavirus continues to spread. the iphone makers said in a statement it was closing stores, corporate offices, and contact centers in china until february 9. out of an abundance of cau

. >> reporter: he wasne consolidate the association and supervisor aaron peskin. >> there are no confirmed cases in the city and county of san francisco. we are monitoring a handful of individuals who have returned from wuhan who are not exhibiting any symptoms, but we are on top of that. >> we have one in santa clara yesterday, so don't need to wear your mask outside, but do wash your hands. >> reporter: the outbreak was declared a health emergency by the cdc. americans in the province would be quarantined for 14 days. those coming from elsewhere in china could be screened. >> we have maintained transparency in our fight against this virus. >> reporter: if needed, these accommodations could be in place through the end of february.fai china because of the based on the latest advice from health experts. apple said the stores will remain closed until february 9th, at which time they're going to take another look at the situation. >>> one person is dead after a fire in walnut creek this morning. it happened at a condo complex on north civic drive near downtown. firefighters responded to a fir

aaron peskin his district within from town the high winds not record wins by any stretch of the the fact that this could happen to a window that was open thas crispy except people is unacceptable to me should be d it's unacceptable to the department building inspection. and is profoundly dangerous as the spokesperson for the homeowners association says all of the building's windows have been inspected over the last year and a half. >>and residents have now been alerted to close their windows when there's a notification of a high wind event in the future. maureen kelly kron 4 nice. >>high winds led to a lot of downed trees and power lines throughout the bay area kron four's haaziq madyun shows us where to downed trees caused a major power ouge in castro valley. >>2 large eucalyptus trees fell down now into our lines yesterday afternoon due to the high wins overhead you could see major damage to this pg and e high-voltage equipment down below the damage continues with these 2 pg e power lines on the ground here on hey or avenue in forest in spans of wire down pg and e al spokesperson tomar

. >> reporter: supervisor aaron peskin says he wants people to reject the rumors and base s. >> there is nothing to fear. the fact remains there is not a single case of covid-19 in the city and county of san francisco. continue to shop here, continue to eat here, it's local, buy local everything is good in the hood. >>> tonight, the feds have scrapped a plan to transfer a group of quarantine cruise ship passengers from the bay area to orange county. 67 passengers from the diamond princess were originally evacuated to travis air force base. 15 later tested positive for the virus, meaning, they had to leave the base. those patients are now out of the hospital, but still under quarantine. the idea was to move them to costa mesa to complete it, but a judge temporarily blocked the transfers after the city fought back. >>> tonight, the cdc is warning americans against all nonessential travel to italy as the virus continues to spread there. stay with kpix 5 for your latest coronavirus updates and you can stream now on cbs in the area. you can find us on kpix.com, the cbs news app, or your fa

city supervisor aaron peskin says the city needs to be aggressive in finding out everyone involved. >> if all of this is proven that that contractor should be charged, i also think that it implicates a much larger pay to play culture that used to exist in san francisco. we thought that it had largely gone away, but apparently it hasn't. >> reporter: federal prosecutors have advised all unnamed participants mentioned in the charging documents to contact them and cooperate in the ongoing investigation. jackson van derbeken, nbc bay area news. >>> explosive and unprecedented. that's how the cdc is describing the coronavirus outbreak saying it could turn into a pandemic. so far 425 people have died from the virus. the number of people infected has jumped dramatically to more than 20,000. 11 of those cases here in the u.s., including 4 in the bay area. two patients in santa clara county and two others, a san ben even tow couple being treated at ucsf. jean elle is live with the very latest for us. jean? >> reporter: jessica, ucsf says those two patients are here being treated in isolation,

i am the chair of the committee, aaron peskin. i am joined by vice chair safai see and dean preston. our clerk is erica major. do you have any announcements? >> please make sure to silence cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items today will be on the february 4 agenda unless otherwise stated. >> could you please call the first item. >> item 1. ordinance amending the planning code to allow authorization of a limited restaurant use in the jackson square special use district that does not comply with the current requirements of a limited restaurant use if a building permit application furthering the establishment of such use was filed by january 19, 2018. >> this is a piece of legislation trailing that adopted a year ago that we introduced at the request of the jackson square association. for those who do not know it, jackson square historic district is the city's first historic district, geographically small but rich in history, and over the years through fine tuning of the ground flo

. >> reporter: supervisor aaron peskin says recyclables end aga winds up on the street. >> our streetstered with trash cans that are helping litter our streets. >> reporter: peskin told us he could never understand why the city's public works director, mohammed nuru, wanted them until now. it turns out nuru had ties to the vepdor, alternate choice, llc. the $5 million garbage contract is signed by the daughter-in-law of this man, walter wong. that's nuru standing next to wong in this picture. federal investigators searched wong's businesses recently, including the garbage can company as part of their corruption probe into nuru. investigators allege contractor 2, sources identify as wong, arranged for nuru to get expensive gifts, including trips to china in exchange for getting a development project on fulton street permitted. no one at wong's office would talk to us, but this week the city finally canceled the contract for those garbage cans. jaxon van derbeken, nbc bay area news. >> if you have a story for our investigative unit, call 888-996-tips or visit our website, nbcbayarea.com/

. >> reporter: supervisor aaron peskin noted that this mishap came two years after a 76th window crackedhe tower. >> i'm obviously pleased that nobody was hurt or injured, but the city should take this seriously and not brush this glass under the carpet. >> reporter: while peskin wants a more kprecomprehensive reviewe city wants a full report by tomorrow. we've learned that the 100 million fix the city has approved is bogged down in legal wrangling and work won't begin until summer at the earliest. nbc bay area news. >>> a scooter company shut down by the city of san francisco claims it's back in business, but the city says not so fast. the founder of go-x says he'll sell the scooters to bike shops and let them worry about them. but the city says go-x still doesn't have a permit to operate in san francisco and can't just start up on its own. >>> today santa clara county announced plans to open a 24-hour sobering center to help people under the influence of meth instead of throwing them in jail. nbc's robert hongart got a tou of the city and how it will work. >> reporter: it's a low-key f

i live in district 3, aaron peskin, i'm very happy to have you as my supervisor. thank you for putting forward this legislation. we need affordable housing in this city. i'll tell you right now, my entire life is here. if you allow veritas to put me out on the streets, which is what they want to do, i'm going to be on the streets. i'm going to be joining the 7,000 living there now, because i have nowhere to go. so i would ask the board of supervisors to do everything they can to stop veritas and brick and timber from continuing to run amuck. we need affordable housing. so this is important legislation. i noticed the east cut only had one of those i.l.o.s, the east cut is where tens of thousands of market-rate housing the being built. take those i.l.o.s out of market rate housing. those people need to live in those neighborhoods. they don't want to live in neighborhoods like mine where there are humans shooting up drugs at bus stops. people shouldn't be paying high rents in those places. i support this legislation whole hearteddedly, and i spend on all of you to al

aaron peskin has stepped forward and put a big effort to help us out. my wife and i, we don't want to move. i don't plan to move. i'm a north beach boy, and i'm going to stay a north beach boy. my grandfather, i was born in the house, 165 165valpraiso. he built two bungalows there in the early 1900s with his little 28-foot fishing boat. i was born in the family house in 1940 by the county midwife. i'm a true son of the beach. thank you. >> [laughter] thank you. good to see you. next speaker, please. >> i'm peter's wife gail deluca. we got a new landlord. this was the third since our wonderful john passed away who lived in the front unit. [please stand by] -[please stand b >> since they've been in, we were offered a buyout which we turned down, but we were given, like, i think about 10 days for us and the tenants below us to either accept or reject the buyout. once this started happening, i can't describe the kind of turmoil, the fears, you know, and you can't think. you know, you don't know where to turn. it's just all so sudden. in responding to the bu

i live in district 3, aaron peskin, i'm very happy to have you as my supervisor.or putting forward this legislation. we need affordable housing in this city. i'll tell you right now, my entire life is here. if you allow veritas to put me out on the streets, which is what they want to do, i'm going to be on the streets. i'm going to be joining the 7,000 living there now, because i have nowhere to go. so i would ask the board of supervisors to do everything they can to stop veritas and brick and timber from continuing to run amuck. we need affordable housing. so this is important legislation. i noticed the east cut only had one of those i.l.o.s, the east cut is where tens of thousands of market-rate housing the being built. take those i.l.o.s out of market rate housing. those people need to live in those neighborhoods. they don't want to live in neighborhoods like mine where there are humans shooting up drugs at bus stops. people shouldn't be paying high rents in those places. i support this legislation whole hearteddedly, and i spend on all of you to allow me to co

supervisor aaron peskin is proposition d. which put a tax on vacant storefronts. >>> it's not the moon, but you can call that many men. researchers have discovered a tiny object temporarily orbiting the earth. the asteroid about the size of the car was pulled into orbit three years ago. the discovery was made by two researchers for the catalina sky survey. the many men circles earth once about every 47 days. it's the second asteroid that is known to entered earth's orbit. the previous one was back in 2006. >>> as far as the weather is concerned, i'm going to start off with the lead. the main thing you need to know is how different the temperatures are going to be today. some of these numbers are in fact 15 degrees cooler than yesterday was. we are barely making it up to the 60 degree mark for much of the bay area today. many of these spots were in the low and mid 70s yesterday. here is a comparison. concord 75 yesterday. san jose 63 today, was 76 yesterday. oakland at 60. is 73 for you yesterday. fremont goes to 59. here is t

aaron peskin has stepped forward and put a big effort to help us out. and i, we don't want to move. i don't plan to move. i'm a north beach boy, and i'm going to stay a north beach boy. my grandfather, i was born in the house, 165 165valpraiso. he built two bungalows there in the early 1900s with his little 28-foot fishing boat. i was born in the family house in 1940 by the county midwife. i'm a true son of the beach. thank you. >> [laughter] thank you. good to see you. next speaker, please. >> i'm peter's wife gail deluca. we got a new landlord. this was the third since our wonderful john passed away who lived in the front unit. [please stand by] -[please stand b >> since they've been in, we were offered a buyout which we turned down, but we were given, like, i think about 10 days for us and the tenants below us to either accept or reject the buyout. once this started happening, i can't describe the kind of turmoil, the fears, you know, and you can't think. you know, you don't know where to turn. it's just all so sudden. in responding to the buyout off

. >> reporter: aaron peskin is responding angrily to the cancellation. is that it will have a small impact on the city ripe with convention revenue. >> it is too bad for them and all the people who what i've gotten some work.>> reporter: while some politicians and experts in the risk of infection is low. they say facebook is overreacting. one infectious disease specialist says the billion- dollar companies move is prudent. >> this is not panic. this is a matter of scale.>> reporter: staffer dr. say screening a dozen people for the virus is one thing, keeping track of thousands is much harder. >> we don't have evidence of circulation of the virus in the united states. we could easily have circulation if somebody came in to the country, unmonitored, and walked around to spread the virus. in >> companies are falling in line and organizations. these organizations in palo alto canceled the chinese new year's events. >> reporter: that do promise the summit will return next year. is as managing the virus becomes nearly as challenging as managing the fear it is

and as well i want to welcome the district supervisor aaron peskin. thank you so much.aid but not everybody has said it. in addition to our d.p.h. director grant colfax i want to acknowledge and to thank the director of our department of building inspection, tom hooey. thank you to larkin street and thank you to st. jerusalem's and to the office of transinitiative incentives and the mayor's office of housing and community development. i am here to give a district 3 welcome. and let me just say that we are delighted, we were delighted to appropriate the funds, and i could not be more proud that this is the first facility and it is located here in district 3. which has a very proud, long lgbtq history from the black cat down the street to polk street on the other side, this is where it all began in san francisco. and we are profoundly aware that homelessness is acutely an lgbtq issue. and today we are taking a large step in addressing it and in solving it. welcome to district 3, to the 13 individuals, i will register you to vote the second you move in. [laughter]. [applau

the millennium tower is a supervisor aaron peskin his town the high winds are not record wins by any stretch of the the fact that this could happen to a window that was open that's crispy except the goal is unacceptable to me should be and it's unacceptable to the department of building inspection. and is profoundly dangerous as the spokesperson for the homeowners association says all of the building's windows have been inspected over the last year and a ha. >>and residents have now been alerted to close their windows when there's a notification of a high wind event in the future. maureen kelly kron 4 nice. >>to our 4 zone forecast as look live over the embarcadero it is clear pretty night our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us to talk more they're still an issue s and tonight, yeah, it's still going to be issue mainly in the north bay over the mountain tops we're going to see the strongest winds but boy they just continue to howl outside and that's because high pressure building in off the pacific that low swept by right down to california all the way down onthe baja but t

aaron peskin his district earthquake prone town the high winds are not recod wins by any stretch of the the fact th this could happen to a window at was open that's crispy acceptable is and it's unacceptable to the department building inspection. and is profoundly ngerous.the spokespeon for the homeowners association says alof the building's winds have been inspected over theast year and a half. >>and residents have now been alerted to clostheir windows when there's a notification of a high wind event in the future. >>maureen kelly kron 4 news. in the east bay oakland police are looking r he owners of tools that were found in a stolen ca >>here's a closer lo at the tools. th're worth about $12,000. and hey were side a stolen car police stopped ended on 73th avenue and san leandro street. the man who was drivwas arrested d charged some of the tools are beled with naes on them an codes and things as you can see if you think some of these belong to you call the oakland lice. 16 years this charged with using a car to attack a police officer in fremont take a look at the car. after it crashe

aaron peskin his district earthquake prone town the highwinds are not record wins by any stretch of the th fact that this could happen to a window that was open that's crispy acceptable is unacceptable to me should be and it's unacceptable to the department of building inspection. and is profoundly dangerous. the spokesperson for the homeowners aociation says all of the building's windows have been inspected over the last year and a half. >>and residents have now been alerd to close their windows when there's a notification of a high wind event in the future. >>ureen key kron 4 news. >>has resigned as san francisco's public works director mayor london breed to placed him on leave when he was arrested and charged with public corruption along with the owner of left field tools thamo, this breed has already appointed an acting irector and says the department is going to move forward undenew leadership. >>coming up on the kron 00:04am morning news voting in new hampshire's primary is underway, we'll tell you the messge is from the top candidates as they make their final pitch to voters plus

. >> supervisor aaron peskin reacting to mayor breed's bomb sshl essay that she posted. breed said in your eu paid for personal car repairs and rental last year. a gift she says she intends to repay. >> i do not care about mo dated who when. but i do care about subordinates giving bosses gifts, not reporting the gifts. there are gift limits under the law. they are far below $5600. >> but i want to be clear the gift is not reportable under our fppc laws and checking with my attorney, you know, based on our relationship this is not a reportable gift. so i'm not required by any laws to provide this information. but i felt it was important to do so for the sake of full transparency. to put it out there. >> nuru resigned from his public works director position earlier this week. arrested two weeks ago on fraud charges. laid out in a 75-page criminal complaint allege attention a twisted corruption stand scannedland involving nick above it's. supervisor mat haney says he thinks the gift is illegal and another thinks the mayor should step back while the investigation is complete

. >> reporter: san francisco county supervisor aaron peskin called the legislation a dream that's been a long time coming. >> and those of us who are at the forefront 20 years ago have clearly been vindicated. it was considered to be a radical notion. it has become mainstream. thank you, senator weiner. >> safety now! >> reporter: surrounding those on the state building steps were electrical workers opposed to the state takeover. they fear it could mean layoffs or canceled pensions, and a disability rights advocate, richard scaff told them it isn't an either/or proposition. >> i believe you have rights, and i want your rights protected, but our rights need to be protected. our lives need to be protected. >> reporter: pg&e opposes scott wiener's proposal. in a statement, they reiterated their earlier statements that pg&e facilities are not for sale. last friday, the company filed a motion in court in response to lawsuits, saying that they plan to break up the company -- well, reorganize the company into regions, where each region would have its own safety officer and its own risk office

i am the chair of the committee, aaron peskin joined by committee member supervisor dean preston to my left, our clerk is ms. erica major, ms. major, could you please make any announcements? >> yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of a file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. could you please call items 1 through 3 together. >> item number 1 is a resolution declaring the intent of the board to order the vacation of the sidewalk portion of streets on the south side of mission street to allow a structure upgrade of 301 mission street high-rise building known as the millennium tower and setting the hearing date sitting as a committee of the whole. item 2 is an ordinance ordering the vacation of sidewalk portions of streets on the south side of mission street to allow a structural upgrade to 301 mission street, high-rise building known as the millennium tower, rededicating the area to public use

aaron peskin his record wins by any stretch of the the fact that this could happen to a window that was open that's crispy except people is unacceptable to me should be and it's unacceptable to the department building inspection. and is profoundlydangerous as the spokesperson for the homeowners association says all f the building's windows have been inspected over the last year and a half. >>and residents have now been alerted to close their windows when there's a notification of a high wind event in the future. maureen kelly kron 4 nice. >>10 new bar bsadors started patrolling trains and platforms today, the trying to be an extra set of eyes to deter crime and improve rider safety the unarmed ambassador team will be patrolling during the weekends and on evenings crawford's noah bellow has details. >>that makes it go d. that's good to hear a pleasant surprise for bart riders monday as the agency released its new ambassador team out onto the trains is something that our writers have been asking for this. >>something that we're going to use to supplement the additional 12 officers that we

i am the chair of the committee, aaron peskin. i am joined by vice chair safai see and dean preston. our clerk is erica major. do you have any announcements? >> please make sure to silence cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards should be submitted to t c

and at this time, ladies and gentlemen, the supervisor for district 3, supervisor aaron peskin.] >> thank you, mayor breed. i think mayor breed has said just about everything, but i will add a few things. as somebody who has been on and off the board of supervisors for 20 years, i remember the battle days when san san francisco's government denied the fact that we did not have enough shelter beds. there has been a change in recent times under mayor lee followed by mayor breed, and i am dried to be a part of that solution. i also want to say to the folks who live in this neighborhood, that we will hold ourselves accountable, and you have to hold us accountable. i want to say to chief scott and to the folks from there that we make sure this is the best-run facility that does not adversely impact the folks who live here and call this home. we have done that in the case of other navigation centers, and we have to make that be true here. i also really want to thank a community that wants to be a part of the solution. we have had a number of meetings here in the neighborhood, and i wi

and at this time, ladies and gentlemen, the supervisor for district 3, supervisor aaron peskin.pplause] >> thank you, mayor breed. i think mayor breed has said just about everything, but i will add a few things. as somebody who has been on and off the board of supervisors for 20 years, i remember the battle days when san san francisco's government denied the fact that we did not have enough shelter beds. there has been a change in recent times under mayor lee followed by mayor breed, and i am dried to be a part of that solution. i also want to say to the folks who live in this neighborhood, that we will hold ourselves accountable, and you have to hold us accountable. i want to say to chief scott and to the folks from there that we make sure this is the best-run facility that does not adversely impact the folks who live here and call this home. we have done that in the case of other navigation centers, and we have to make that be true here. i also really want to thank a community that wants to be a part of the solution. we have had a number of meetings here in the neighborhood, a

i am the chair of the committee, aaron peskin. i am joined by vice chair safai see and dean preston. our clerk is erica major. do you have any announcements? >> please make sure to silence cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items today will be on the february 4 agenda unless otherwise stated. >> could you please call the first item. >> item 1. ordinance amending the planning code to allow authorization of a limited restaurant use in the jackson square special use district that does not comply with the current requirements of a limited restaurant use if a building permit application furthering the establishment of such use was filed by january 19, 2018. >> this is a piece of legislation trailing that adopted a year ago that we introduced at the request of the jackson square association. for those who do not know it, jackson square historic district is the city's first historic district, geographically small but rich in history, and over the years through fine tuning of the ground flo

and at this time, ladies and gentlemen, the supervisor for district 3, supervisor aaron peskin. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. i think mayor breed has said just about everything, but i will add a few things. as somebody who has been on and off the board of supervisors for 20 years, i remember the battle days when san san francisco's government denied the fact that we did not have enough shelter beds. there has been a change in recent times under mayor lee followed by mayor breed, and i am dried to be a part of that solution. i also want to say to the folks who live in this neighborhood, that we will hold ourselves accountable, and you have to hold us accountable. i want to say to chief scott and to the folks from there that we make sure this is the best-run facility that does not adversely impact the folks who live here and call this home. we have done that in the case of other navigation centers, and we have to make that be true here. i also really want to thank a community that wants to be a part of the solution. we have had a number of meetings here in the neighborhood

i am the chair of the committee, aaron peskin joined by committee member supervisor dean preston to myrk is ms. erica major, ms. major, could you please make any announcements? >> yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of a file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. could you please call items 1 through 3 together. >> item number 1 is a resol

we are fortunate to be joined by supervisor aaron peskin, our friend and advocate for the chinese community from san francisco and probably the person who knows this area, district three, better than anyone else. please welcome supervisor pesk peskin. >> thank you, captain. mayor breed, president yee, to my colleagues, to our recorder, chief scott, to the command staff of the san francisco police department, to the working men and women of central station, to the new presiding president of the chinese six companies, to the chinese chamber of commerce, and everybody gathered, this is my 20th kickoff here at the gate. i want to say that over that 20 years of prevention sf safe and the community and pd have made this community much safer. the old extortion scams that we saw 20 years ago, much, much less of them today. our district attorney his second day on the job stopped by a few minutes ago. i talked to him. he is absolutely committed to prosecuting blessing scams as was his predecessor. we will end that. let me join in the words of the chief and the mayor and the president which is we are

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i am the chair of the committee, aaron peskin joined by committee member supervisor dean preston to my, our clerk is ms. erica major, ms. major, could you please make any announcements? >> yes, please mak