they will be speaking cantonese and i will translate. >> [speaking cantonese] >> my name is nancy and i am a. organizer at the collaborative. -- i am a peer organizer at the collaborative. my daughter goes to school. she is a junior and every day, she took four muni trains at the minimum. she is turning 18 very soon. after she turns 18, she will have to buy a $62 passes every month. that would be $744 per year. that makes us in eligible for a lot of the tax credits. that is a lot of burden for my low income family. >> [speaking cantonese] >> my husband and i work really hard so my kids have could convert -- education. a free bus passed lets them know that society treasures them. it is an affirmation and an encouragement for education and for them to participate in the community. >> [speaking cantonese] >> all of our kids need a free pass. i am here to ask the board to give the future of our country and our city a fair chance. thank you. chairman brinkman: thank you. >> hello. >> hi, everyone. i have two kids. >> [speaking cantonese] >> if my kids have a free muni pass, they can partic

we have to review it with our staff so they are able to read cantonese and spanish to make sure that is finalized. we're not going to make fancy brochures at this time. just a paper copy. then we need to have a time frame in terms of notification. four weeks is about right. >> the english version is finalized? >> know, we're still tweaking it to be with the final period once it is done, i can provided for your review, but i have not actually gotten it yet. >> i want to add that we are instituting an express line for the fire department -- they want an express line for permits for the people who just need something signed off instead of completely plan checked. this is something new that was thought up at the end. we are doing as much as we can to make sure everyone does not get stuck in a line. we do not want a line. that is what we are trying to do. >> up date on other technology projects? >> we have been focusing on trying to improve customer service on the web. we are doing the requests over the web where you can request and pay. in some cases, we have faxed it to people but you c

five in cantonese, and one in mandarin. if you would like additional information, ed mcmann is available then answer questions. >> thank you very much. a big congratulations. this mediation, so the audience knows -- they bring the officers and complainants together to explain what happened, why the officers did what they did, why individual feels that it was improper or upsetting, and it is a real success. thank you for your leadership. congratulations. >> you are welcome. i was going to mention that attorney salazar runs our mediation and outreach programs, and she started with the office of citizen complaints in 2007, and in five short years, she nearly doubled the number of mediations that are conducted, you. -- the number of mediations conducted, so thank you. >> thank you very much, commissioner kingsley. >> i would like to introduce commissioner turmin, who has arrived. line item 2c, commission reports. >> the only report i have this week is that i did check the status on the bitoccupy -- on the occupy protest at well

in kindergarten, and the opportunity they have to bridge the cut between the communities to learn cantonese and mandarin. as working parents, my husband will be late for work to drop her off, and i also would not be able to have a job because i would have to bring her back to bayview when the bus service has been there for us for the last 12 or 13 years. i also feel it is safe for my children to ride the bus, because there's a lot of crime, and i feel safe. it takes a community to raise children, and i believe the bus service is part of a community, so please do not cut services. thank you. [applause] >> hello, i am a parent of two students, a sixth grader and a kindergartner. having them a tan gives them an opportunity to learn additional languages -- having them attend gives them an opportunity to learn additional languages. there are schools, but they are low performing, and the opportunity they have challenges them academically. my daughter has used the bus for six years, and my children depend on the bus service, so if i can get to school on time and work. >> i am sorry. i do not have

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channel 2 is cantonese and channel one is russian.ody need to rethink our raise your hand and we will get to you. >> , longtime president of district 4, the sunset district. -- i would like to comment on how the city is putting effort into updating the playground and recreation areas, including the west sunset playground. these areas are desperately needed to keep more families from xing san francisco. but more needs to be done to end this. this park located on a busy thoroughfare would be a positive sign for everyone that drives 19th avenue that the city is committed to keeping families within san francisco. once we update all of these areas, we must put the effort into programs and activities that will benefit the residents of these areas. only through these means will we be sending a positive, progressive sign to residents that the city is committed to keeping families in san francisco. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. why don't we give him a round of applause? [applause] the next speaker is the president of the hour sunset me

>> she has made a very good point, we need more cantonese and mandarin speaking officers at the station. the officer might be off duty. we have them come to the bayview, the ones that are certified to use them. he has been my major resource for years. we live like most of the officers, over 90% are here because they requested to come here. we need to do more distant stations. you may be familiar with him, he was the outreach officer to a whole number of -- he was promoted to lieutenant in the recently transferred. we hope to get more, right now we are getting it from others -- the other stations. we have been traditionally been doing a lot of outreach. we hope to do more. i think the meeting will be a very important one because both allen and the three said to -- ellen and teresa sukeduke have been critical of our efforts and to take the criticism to heart. we're also working with other organizations on third street, it has been there about four months. eddi zheng, he's a community leader. this is one area we need to do better. >> i share your sentiment, is a growing challenge that need

it is an embarrassment cantonese to be remedied. >> supervisors, i have been a resident in san francisco since 1969. i was homeless myself, rehabilitated, and retired. in looking through the report, thank you for commissioning it. the numbers are useful, and adjust to underline one. , it says here that the marketing of affordable housing units should begin no later than 60 days from the certificate of occupancy, and that in several cases, the marketing did not start until 5-16 months after. we have been talking about affordable housing and we have a long delay now until it is actually in place. there should be some kind of -- how to keep them accountable. >> good afternoon, supervisors. peter cohen, a long afternoon, and we have heard some tremendous public testimony that tells the story, a very human story that the data earlier reinforces. i want to punctuate a few things that we think really are the contacts for why we are facing a difficult task, but we're willing to face the analyst's office report again. very insightful and very well done, pushing this not to be too comfortable with

we are able to provide our services, follow-up questions in english, spanish, cantonese, and mandarin. and then -- and then, roger, you will -- >> yes. i am an attorney in private practice. the laws in this area are strict compliance laws, and they are very specific. the federal law since 1990 indicates issues from 1998. all businesses, such as a grocery store, a dentist's office, restaurants, a doctor's office, virtually anything that a member of the public comes into the -- comes into needs to be a barrier-free. we will go over what barriers are. every public accommodation needs to be wheelchair-accessible. there are also other other forf disability. most of the issues we are hearing about are wheelchair accessibility issues. there is a small group of private individuals who are wheelchair-down that go around the city and they look at small businesses. and i dare say anybody in small restaurants have some accessibility issues. it is another attempt at making your building wheelchair accessible. i am not sure which of you may be merchants and which it may be landlords. the law applie

are trying to finalize the documents we will provide to the public and get them translated into cantonese and spanish because the city requires we provide our documents in three different languages. in terms of what we are looking at, we are looking at three or four weeks down the line. we don't want to put out the notification to people we're going to implement until we get a really good idea of what we are facing in terms of the translation services. >> thank you.

the staff speak cantonese, mandarin, burmese, and spanish among others. bilingual spanish speakers are important because a large number of interviews are in spanish. for languages other than the one we previously mentioned, we obtained interpretation services. we conducted twenty eighth case in takes in spanish, 1 and mandarin. if you want information about the occ, he can answer questions you may have. there are also brochures about the occ, that concludes my remarks. any questions from the commission? president mazzucco: you heard her say this mediation we do we are at the forefront of that in the country. they will bring the officers at the complaint adds to the table. they get a chance to explain why they reacted the way they did. why they used a voice command as part of training, they are not necessarily being unfriendly, it is just how the situation develops. it is good for the officers to hear that you did not make me feel too comfortable. at the end of the day, they generally walk away feeling pretty good about the situation. lead to commend direc

languages spoken -- mandarin, korean, cantonese, hindi, spanish, and tagalog. our crime staff -- this is one of the things i used to gauge how well i'm doing. if it is going down, i think i'm doing ok. if it is going up, i think i needed to better. these are the statistics for 2009, 2010, 2011, and year-to- date 2011, year-to-date 2012. this is april 1, 2012, these numbers are current. homicides last year, 2011, we had three. year-to-date at the same time last year, we had one. right now, we have one. rapes -- total of nine last year. we already have seven this year. i look at all the reports, and am looking to see if we have any serial crimes happening. most of these are people that the victim knows. robberies have gone down. last year at this time we had 60. right now, we have 51. assaults, which include domestic violence. last year, we had 80. right now, 64. these are the part one violent crimes. our part two violent crimes -- burglary rehas gone up every year. that trend is continuing. right now, we have 208 burglaries. last year at the same time, we have 1

owners where english is not their first language, and we have had to do that quite often in spanish, cantonese and mandarin, so it is not easy for those business owners. their report, as was noted, in 2009, the small business commission had a briefing, and it noted -- its stated that it was really important as one of the key elements to streamlining the process for businesses to open to refine and simplify our restaurant definitions. this topic has been before the small business commission four times over the last year, as supervisor wiener has minted. march 13, 2012, the commission gave us a formal recommendation to the legislation as drafted, the commission does recognize that there are some amendments made, and thanks to the supervisor for his work with the neighborhoods to strengthen this, so i want to be brief. the commission does strongly recommend that the board of supervisors adopt this legislation. again, it is pro small business. it simplifies the definitions. it is part of the streamlining for small businesses that is needed with this city, and, of course, it is something that will

we also are a multi-link listed unit, which include spanish, cantonese, mandarin, vietnamese, tagalog, and russian. we also have other languages available with telephone interpreter services. >> to give you a little bit of information, the child crisis services provides crisis assessment intervention and stabilization for san francisco children under age 18 or publicly-funded youth, a privately-funded, and uninsured clients. we are a 24-hour a day service seven days a week with clinical staff available at all times. we are a mobile service that response to schools, emergency rooms, foster homes, group homes, residential treatment centers, and we also provide services in our office, which is located in the baby. in addition to that, we provide phone tree not for many more cases. in the thousands. i did not have the actual number of what it was last year. we have a flexible service model so we are able to help lead people to what would be the right service provider for them if it is not us. some of our crisis assessments are assessments for youth who might be experiencing suicidal ideat

winnie yu is an applicant who works in chinatown and also speaks cantonese, mandarin, and another dialectinese, and i think it is important to have representation from that community as well, and given your experience working at the one-stop the last two years, i certainly would like that perspective. originally, i was going to speak on behalf of jamie brewster, who works for asian work and design and does an amazing job of working with our young adults, particularly the ones coming out of our criminal justice system into the construction work force, but he was not able to make it today, and you know, did not have a chance to present before the committee, so for the remaining two seats, i was really impressed, of course, with sheryl davis, whose work i'm also very familiar with in the western addition, and i appreciated some clear ideas you like to prioritize on the wicac for your term, and thank you so much for your service. erris edgerly clearly brought a lot of folks from the community support you, but i think your work in janitorial and culinary and in the western position is an impor

.: on friday the patrons indulge themselves and one last cantonese feast. >> the restaurant has been open for business for more than 100 years. where else can you walk inside and instantly be in the kitchen? fifth the city has come down hard on the restaurant for health and fire code violations. those i spoke with say they have been coming here for years. rebel but since i was 10 or 11. >> some even risked their job for one last meal. >> i called in sick to come here. you video taping is probably not a good thing. >> out here live this evening, you can see long lines outside of the restaurant. they are open until 3:00 a.m. but keep in mind, they ran out of last night. it is very possible that the same thing could happen to them this evening. the they have had long lines all that long. >>pam: is there any chance that they could stay open or reopen? >> the city says yes. they were out here today. one of the inspectors from the health department said that basically there would be a public meeting on tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. but many of the people who work at the restaurant state of

one is spanish speaking in the other is cantonese speaking. part of the function is to meet these corridors save packages. working with a couple different groups. the ambassador program that the captain touched on earlier has spent around. they do travel on both corridors. some of the issues we have is direct dealing come -- and drug dealing, loitering, drinking. there is some of violence to touch on. the captain also touched on san bruno avenue. tomorrow night there is an outreach community meeting. there was a series of robberies going after people and robbing them, obviously. a certain group. we want to educate people. we will see to focus on how to be safe and not be a victim and explain the kind of things we're doing to cut down on crime over there. one of the things we worked on, my former boss, chief suhr, was a captain there and gave you. he started the weekly meeting with the plain clothes people that you will hear from, housing, and the station investigation team. we get together and pass around information on crime stories. any tren