and i want to thank those of you who are not asian on the outside but our asian on the inside. [applause] thank you for being part of the richness of who we are common here in san francisco. and i want to thank all of you who are the community leaders of this wonderful city that was founded as col down. we know we have had struggles over the decades and have accomplished many things. but i want to take a moment to say a quick thanks to those of you who are working to make sure that our asian american brothers and sisters, and grandparents who are still living in sro's, i want to thank you for the work you are doing for them. the work we are doing for asian- american brothers and sisters who still today may not have health insurance or child care. for young people who may not have access to the youth services they need. or to our grandparents who may not have access to the prescription drugs or senior services that they need. we have come a long way but we have a long way to go. i just want to thank you in this year of 2011 are coming together as a community for the work we have

you say asian people in the united states are not supportive of asian actors, asians in the arts. >> not the young people. they're doing it. they're very hungry. i'm talking about my generation. >> hinojosa: what do you think that's about? >> well, two things. one is they are busy surviving. >> hinojosa: yeah. >> working, you know? the other thing is-- this is my theory and i am sticking to it-- chinese have an innate disrespect for artists. >> hinojosa: i know, and when you wh youaid that ias ke... >> because historically, an educated man, a cultured man, has to know how to paint, has to know how to write poetry, how to be... he has to know everything, but he does not earn a living by it. how does he earn a living? by being an official. or being a hermit. if you are earning a living doing these things, you are not an artist, you are a craftsman. and craftsmen are treated quite differently. so even my father... my father was one of the greatest actors. of course, famous, blah, blah, blah. but in the end, even when i was a child, i would get children say, "and who do you think you are

and in terms of the charter, the asian art museum we will maintain and displayed for the asian art we have a seamless integration of the operations at the museum, and an integrated budget. the budget ranges from $719 million, and we have 54 city employees. the city picks up roughly one- third. the sources of the finding are threefold. the hotel tax revenue is about 7% in the get some funding. we thought that this was important to give you a high level about how the city funding is spent. $5 million of this -- 60% pace with the security staff. we cover the maintenance cost of the museum. we have a brief overview, and with respect to the budget analysts cuts, i want to reiterate the statement, we do disagree with the budget analyst recommendation. i think all of you know this. we walked with the mayor's office, and we have a large transition figure that keeps us from the minimum staffing requirements. the past year has been an anomaly. we had multiple retirements, resulting in salary savings. but this relatively small staff goes years without any retirement. we have several critical ope

i am speaking on behalf of the asian and pacific islander wellness center. we want to applaud the considerable work that the board and city have invested in preserving treatment intervention funding. we thank you for your effort, but i wanted to bring an issue to your attention and ask for your support as you track the evolution of the hiv epidemic in san francisco. the provincial plan signals a sea change in a chevy policy that resulted in the elimination of provincial resources for the asian and pacific islander committee. plan seeks to reduce san francisco's hiv epidemic for all ethnicities by 4% efforts on a caucasian, african- american, and latino men who have sex with men and transgendered women. today, asian-pacific islanders represent over 1/3 of san francisco's population, and yet, we only receive about 10% of all hiv tests administered by the city. despite the small number of tests, documented cases among asians and pacific islanders in san francisco have grown from 6% in 2006 to 10.3% in 2010. during the same time, the presentation decrease by 7%

welcome to the asian art museum. the museum's collections and programs represent more than 40 countries in asia and span more than 6000 years of history. our mission is to lead a global audience in discovering asian art and culture. so we are thrilled that san francisco will host the third apex senior's meeting in september. we hope to welcome many attendees to the museum and offer a place where they can relax and learn and feel at home. so please tell them about this wonderful museum and the wonderful programs going on at that time. we thank the city of san francisco, state of california, and other partners for bringing this event to the bay area and the bay area council for making this a success. we look forward to further strengthening our ties to asia. it is now my pleasure to introduce san francisco mayor edwin lee. mayor li was sworn into office in january and became -- lee was sworn into office in january and became the first asian american mayor of san francisco. as a commissioner, i had the pleasure of atten

i can go off and preach about the fact they think so many of us asian american authors and asian authors in general tend to go back and write about our ancestors and write about things in our past not our specific past but may be of of ancestors and mothers and grand mothers. we have been telling their story. i think the generation to come, will be telling stories of living here. it will be different stories. but the oppression of our voices have been for so many, many years, if you think back the first writer who was read in terms of asian american was maxine kingston. i read her in high school and was greatly affected by reading about the woman warrior. before her there were few. there were some but didn't make that economic splash. they were never read in a large way. maxine was the first one we read her in school we knew of her. she was not out there like anny tan was when she wrote the joy luck club. so much of it is timing. it meant all the history and the voices before then had been silent. my generation of writers came in and we heard stories of women and men and the family of a

thank you. >> i am the board fellow on aging for asian-pacific islanders. i wanted to thank the committee for providing me the opportunity to speak. the population of asian and pacific islanders seniors is concentrated heavily in the major metropolitan areas. particularly on the west coast. there are more than 40,000 seniors in san francisco alone. additionally, more than 30% of those seniors have difficulty with english. nearly three-quarters of that population, of that 30%, speak pacific islander languages. in absolute numbers, san francisco api seniors consist the largest group with more than three times more than any other minority group. cultural, financial, language barriers, lack of community infrastructure are just a few of the barriers that exist for seniors seeking to escape abuse. api legal outreach is a social justice organization that provides direct legal services to low-income asian income or pacific islander seniors. we represent roughly 500 seniors annually in elder law cases including an elder abuse. our agency also spearheads the api elde

we do have an asian art museum and many cultural institutions in chinatown. let's think about some of these larger areas and how we can work with these organizations to provide what is we're looking for. >> thank you. supervisor chu: the arts commission did not have any recommendation with regard to cuts, so why don't we move forward to the fine arts museum? >> good morning, supervisors. i'm the director of the fine arts museum in san francisco and want to begin by thanking the city and county of san francisco for its support of the fine arts museum which includes the museum in golden gate park and the palace of honor in lincoln park. i think the supervisors' budget analysts and mayor's budget analysts and other departments which have participated in the construction of our budget and would say over the past few days we have worked with those analysts to come to an understanding and acceptance of a reduction in our budget of $41,950. we do accept that, supervisors. >> madam chair, the number is $41,931 of general fund reductions for your consideration. superv

that i have been watching the news lately and there has been a murder between a latino person and an asian person. they are using this person's tattoo. they have been advertising this on the news. they're using it to identify the person who was responsible. the police are interested in -- i am asking, can also the video that was gotten when my brother was murdered in the tenderloin, because a lot of it was caught on tape. i'm not sure how much was caught on tape. i have been told that the tape and the film as grainy. would like to know if we can use what we can of that video. they're saying they have a hard time to identify the suspects. can part of that video be used to, you know, help identify the suspect in my brother's murder? i would like to say for myself and my family, we are law abiding citizens of san francisco and of the state of california, you know, and the pledge of allegiance you all pledge, justice for all, we want justice according to the laws of san francisco. we don't want just as any other way. we will not a lot of our way to do anything and take justice in our own hands

this is also an historic day for the asian-american community. for a community that has been here in san francisco for over 160 years, i am a product of that community. i know that ed and all of us who are of asian-american descent feel the legacy. and i want to thank all of you who have been part of this historic moment to make this happen. and say that this is obviously not just about a chinese american community or an asian-american community. this is about the american dream. the idea that anyone from any background of any color from any part of the globe can come here and someday be at the very top of what our community is about. [applause] in closing, i also want to just say that this is an historic moment because we have overseen the orderly transition of leadership. what we have done at the board here at city hall is what separates a democratic society from less democratic ones. free communities from less free ones. we have overseen a truly orderly and wonderful transition of leadership from our lieutenant governor, gavin newsom, to our n

on the asian children's book the five chinese brothers, a play called four chinks and a dike. there's also the dream of kitsumura which was inspired by a dream you had about your father. this play, way back, before it became this play was an adaptation of the 1954 play rashamon. how did you get from rashamon to this. >> the original idea was that i was going to do an adapt daition of rashamon. cary pearloff said you want to do a play for us, how about adapting rashamon. i said, sure. as is the case when i do this, sometimes i go in a straight line and sometimes i end up somewhere totally different. i've grown to accept it, that i'm going to follow the horse wherever it goes and hope that the theater is comfortable with it. so it started off as rashamon and i couldn't find an entree into it. for me, when i do an adaptation, i try to frame it in present day life context or contextualize it in another moment and bring that skeletal story line structure into it. and i couldn't make any headway. then a story that had been kind of floating around in my head kind of came to the fore,

we have a lot of asians that do not speak english. we have a lot of latinos that do not speak english. what we need in bayview hunters point is truly education and training for jobs for the people in the southeast sector. i really pray and hope that you take this under consideration. there was a task force set up two years ago because we are going to be having 5 coming into the community that will help create jobs. they just opened up job opportunities for the southeast facilities. we need education. i hope you take that under consideration. thank you very much. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. if there are any other speakers that wish to speak, please line up. otherwise, this will be the second to last speaker. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak. i'm steve hunter, the director for project open hand. we provide nutritional services for critically ill folks in san francisco and east bay. we currently have a 30 megawatt system on our roof. by virtue of the legislation we are talking about today, go solar sf, it was a very

for that we are keeping a close eye on the asian summit with regular. among the analysis that now makes moves to become an accurate member of the shanghai group his friendship with the u.s. to grow his coalition also online a supernova spectacle in the heart of moscow the capitals planetarium finally relaunches off the user profile which meant take a look around and. see. if . you know we've got the tea let's go to some other news from around the world for you this hour and pakistani intelligence says at least ten alleged insurgents were killed in a u.s. drone attack in northwest pakistan a series of strikes targeting of a suspected militant compound near the main town of pakistan's south waziristan tribal area the region is known for housing many taliban insurgents who frequently carry out attacks against government forces. syria is calling on refugees who fled to turkey to return to the town they abandoned after the army moved in to crush army groups and you government says it regained control and will continue to see what it calls the remnants of ter

i represent the asian resources center. i'm here to speak of two priorities.ne would be the importance of preserving affordable housing. the past two months i've had the challenging project of trying to relocate 23 of my women to find a relocation units in chinatown because of upcoming construction in our building. and it's been one challenging project of trying to find clean, affordable and safe housing in chinatown neighborhood. my second prior would be helping families to continue family support programs. many families, asian immigrant families, and they need the support from nonprofit, of helping them to be able to stay here in the city of san francisco for their children to be able to go to will school here, for them to be supported knowing that -- that there's some nonprofits that they can turn to if they need help. thank you. >> thank you, gloria.

>> the asian markets are very important. we know that europe is backing another candidate. whether he can gain the support from asia is very important. i think his visit to china is very fruitful. when i look at his announcement, i can see very little improvements compared to [inaudible] there should be no revolutionary change on china's currency reform. she has expressed her support for the former central banker from china for planning an important role in the imf. she mentioned that china has a bigger stake after the reform. these are all buried concrete benefits. -- these are all tangible benefits. compared to her visit, he mentioned that the emerging markets should play a more important role and should have their own voices. but i do not see any additional economic interest generated from his visit. i doubt that to -- i doubt that china will change its town. -- tone. >> thank you so much. five children have been admitted to hospital in northern france after eating burgers infected by a strain of e. coli bacteria. the german chain has not withdrawn the products. the fren

still to come, our series on asian mega-cities continues. what is the secret of singapore's success? >> and even worse state than previously thought. in the u.k., and there have been disturbances in northern ireland. there are reports a group of men are attacking people. >> in east belfast, there is what is called a flash point area, where a mainly catholic area meets a mainly protestant area. as you can see, there has been trouble. a lot of youths wearing masks, throwing missiles, mostly bricks and stones. sinn fein are claiming some loyalists have thrown paddleballs and paint bombs. they are saying a number of nationalist residents have been injured. "or the said -- this is one of the sad realities of life in northern ireland. this summer tends to brand -- bring some form of rioting in parts of belfast. that would not be a full-scale riot in northern irish standards. it is more of a mini-riot. it happens only 5 miles or so from a county that last night was the scene of such joyous things as people celebrated northern ireland's favorite gol

ambassadors from asian countries and unanimously agree to ban's re-election. the five permanent members of the security council have also backed him for a second term. ban has built an alliance with the obama administration to address foreign policy issues to the united nations as much as possible. ban will serve through the end of 2016 if he wins his second term. nhk world, new york. >>> the japanese government will restructure its nuclear organizations to clarify roles and responsibilities if a nuclear disaster occurs. nhk has obtained a draft of a report. report says the government will make the nuclear and industrial safety aswren genesee ingent from the ministry of economy, trade and industry. it says the operator of the fukushima daiichi plant, tokyo electric power company should improve the design of its nuclear plants to ensure that cooling systems continue to function in the event of a serious accident. the storage pools for the spent nuclear fuel are located too high in the troubled plant and have hampered efforts to cool their reactors. the report a

we do not have in the proposal today specific outreach opportunities for the african- american and asian and specifically the chinese communities. in years past and, in addition to that, newspapers that have submitted bids from the african american community, that -- the san francisco bay view has been designated in years past. that china press and others have been publications within that community and i would like to propose those also be included as far as the outrage that we do as a city. >> the outreach is the next item. we did that last year. i will get to that in a minute. supervisor campos: do we need to make any amendments to this item more can we wait for a debt next item? president chiu: i think we need to make the amendment before the next one. supervisor campos: is there any member of the public who like to speak on this item? >> i'm with the "san francisco chronicle." we appreciate your support. as you consider the advertising, i would like to bring a couple of things your attention. we reach an audience print -- in print and online. we are good citizen and we sponsor a lot

our series of asian megacities continues. what is the secret of singapore's success? >> the world's oceans are in even worse state than previously thought. a new scientific report. we have the latest. now in the uk, there have been disturbances in northern ireland. it was a group of men and parts of east belfast. are ireland correspondent has details. >> in east belfast, what is called a flashpoint area, where a nearly catholic area meets a merely protestant area. there has been trouble. a lot of youths wearing masks, throwing missiles of bricks and stones. some loyalists have thrown at petrol bombs and peat bombs. sin fein are saying that a number of nationalist residents have been injured. the sad realities of life in northern ireland, even a new northern ireland is that the summer tends to bring some form of writing in different parts of belfast. that would not be by northern ireland standards of full-scale riot. is more of a mini-riot. it happens incidently only about this timer soar fr from -- last night was a scene of joy as people celebrated northern ireland's

supervisor chiu: i was told the asian cultural center and the queerer center was not receiving the same funding for other places and it has been difficult to get the data of exactly how much money is being provided to the centers. but we now have the data in front of us. in fiscal year 2011, the other centers i was referring to receive anywhere from 600 to a million dollars apiece. compare that to the clear center and the -- the queer center, the numbers are going down. what these other centers, the numbers are going up. in some arts, you almost have it $100,000 increase. in my mind, this is exactly reflective of the anecdotal information i've received and we need to think about all little bit more equity to ensure all our communities are being served. >> if the arts commission can play a role in this area, we are thrilled to do so. supervisor chiu: you appear to have made decisions that continue to reinforce the differences in funding. tell me about that. >> this is a historical pattern of funding. i'm going to let the director of the program has been with the program for about a decad

a key summit of asian leaders and i stand corrected on that announcement was made during the talks between the russian and arabian presidents on the sidelines of the shanghai cooperation organization meeting much of the focus of talks so far has been on security issues facing the continent including postwar ghana stand and takes trafficking. the rise of the bags full of the rest talks to russia's former deputy minister to find out which countries his fangs will dominate the walls economic markets and the future. hello again and welcome to spotlight. on the tape i'm alvin of in today my guest is

for asians are today. these slides are very interesting. and this is this is an interesting slide with what you have here and one nine hundred eighty two dr ralph minster at university of pennsylvania said what if i can take me gene responsible for growth in human beings and put it into a mouse. and he did just that he actually was successful as you can see though the very large mouse here is the one that's successfully been engineer with human growth genes to make a huge and you see the sibling next to it and this made a huge fear it was on the front page of these magazines new york times and then a few months later people said well this is interesting what you can really do with a really huge amounts i mean you can scare people you know there's a few things you can do with it but it's not a very practical thing to have a really huge amounts so then what happened is. you know this is the kind of agriculture said well what happens if we were to use the same experiment but to use it with pigs. and. so i went out to the u.s.d.a. here. and thi

considering the fact that district 10 has the highest population of asians here, how come there are so little services for the group? last year, there were 300 cdo's that asked for money, and where did these services go? who are they? this is our real question that we need all the departments to respond to. >> we have asian-pacific and islander groups where we're looking at the needs. this is one of the means that unless,. we do need to look at larger organizations -- the demographics of communities has to change. you just stated that. moving the cdo's to the direction of the need as well. from the direction of our asian pacific and islander group, we are looking how to ensure northeast medical services opened up the facility in the area. i think we will have to work harder to make some changes, where we are providing those services. it could be a hub for some of those services as well. because part of it is really finding the real estate for the individuals. from those recommendations, we will be looking at it. i think that is a very good comments and something we are aware of. we do