i'm from chinatown.'m happy through these programs i also get to light rain english, also known the resource for training for the families, and we hope that you can save the resources for families, for children, for all of us here today. thank you. >> hi. my name is mimi. my son's been going to the asian human resource center for a couple of years. the family workshop is very important for all the families, whether it's for the kids, nutritional, or talk about what the discipline. so i want the city to consider to extend the budget for us. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is gloria. i represent the asian resources center. i'm here to speak of two priorities. one 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 n

thank you for your presence in chinatown, district 3.the thing i want to say definitely it's about concentrating on the youth inávd district 3, because many youth in district 3 are monolingual speakers, and don't have places to hang out. there's the parks and rec in chinatown, but because it's under construction, they have limited space to go to. in the evening time, they have limited space to go to, so the park they go to, they have improper lighting. so it creates a dangerous situation. there's a lack of staffing from the rec and park into creating those programs for the youth hanging out on the street, you know, creating an issue, because they do have to deal with gang affiliation issues, alcohol abuse and marijuana. we've experienced that in a lot in the past two or three years, an increase in our community. i've been working with captain cashman on how to create more programs, collaborations with our people to make sure the police officer are out walking in the area, just hold them accountable. i think that's great, but we definitel

to breen to n chinatown. if our add-back is cut in chinatown, for example, we will be completely unable to do any programming here. we work year-round with literally hundreds of children, have planted trees and gardens, dug up as fought and concrete. not only are we creating a cost effective program for -- and delivering it, a very powerful educational program for children and youth, but we're also improving the neighborhood of chinatown. it's also a very modest budget. so i urge you to put money back in to the add-back, however you're going to do it, so we can continue. i urge also you to support the other youth programs, because it's absolutely needed. it's our past, present, and certainly our future. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> i just want say hello to my san francisco chinese family. i want to say i have a lot of respect for the chinese community in chinatown, because i feel it's a beacon of where the communities in san francisco need to go to become communities that are self suffi

we call the richmond district the new chinatown in the 1980's at that time. just being around the tremendous unique neighborhood, and discovering san francisco in the 1980's as i grew up, but i also have been very active as a community organizer. i worked in chinatown, and some first jobs also at the mental health center in the richmond area multi services in the 1980's, and i was also a staff are at the chinatown youth center -- i was also a staffer. a lot of my work has been supporting community empowerment, especially in an immigrant and people of color communities. most recently, i have been teaching at san francisco state. i ran the immigrant rights coalition in the city in the 1990's for several years. i'm also an immigration attorney, and a lot of my passion is supporting in power met for immigrant communities in the city as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? supervisor mar: a lot of people bring this up, but is one of the most exciting, culturally diverse places in the world. learning about new cultures and people from different par

you could take the bus from city college of the way to chinatown. the third street, all this deliberation, they talk the talk, but they cannot walk the walk. there are many factors. non-and the main factors is we do not have the software. we have all trains. the second factor is. if you take a certain portion of the lines, the third light rail perform somewhat well. the other day, i was waiting, and 3 trains -- not one, not the law -- not two. we waited 50 minutes for the train. supervisor mar: where was this? >> the bay shore. it is quite a popular hub. you wait for 15 minutes. you have an algorithm. you can use the algorithm and reduced the statistics. this is the point. in the past, the fifteen and third performed well. today, the third street light rail should be given an f-minus. that is my analysis. what i heard today was an analysis of the paralysis. we do not need that. when it comes to the language, most of the chinese constituents take a different line to get to chinatown you bang -- to giant dump. many others who speak chinese. -- to chin

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to the extent that this problem is so serious and that there are statistics that workers in chinatown, one out of two workers in chinatown restaurants are not earning minimum wage or that day laborers, 15% of day laborers that were interviewed in a national study were not paid part of their wages within the previous two months. the amount of waste left in this country is a crisis level, and it is costing workers billions of dollars per year in wages that they can then put back into the economy by paying larger rents, etc., etc., and so we really believe that we must adequately fund them, that they are not yet found at the level they should be for such an important and crucial organization doing such magnificent work in our city and county, so any advocating for funding that you can help us with, we would greatly, greatly appreciate that. president o'brien: thank you. it is kind of confusing -- working very hard to preserve some of the positions. but the budget said that it could not be filled, which seems like someone of an oxymoron to me. they will be filled, and they will be there.

we are coming up to street to chinatown.ce 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go

we wanted to tell everybody about the families in chinatown. currently we're in contact with over 400 families in chinatown who live in a s.r. room with children under 18 years old. there are

we wanted to tell everybody about the families in chinatown. currently we're in contact with over 400 families in chinatown who live in a s.r. room with children under 18 years old. there are about 550 children 17 and younger in s.r.o.'s. 95% of our families cannot qualify for applying to affordable housing because of the income limitation of the there's no affordable family housing. couldn't even apply to public housing. only very few families can apply for a rental subsidy programs in the city, because their monthly income is around $1,000, and that's how much it takes to rent a one-bedroom apartment in the city. so we're asking the city to support real affordable housing for families in the city of san francisco. thank you. >> so why don't ask our next speaker to please step up. >> good afternoon. my name is michael stager, a representative of a political action committee. though i sympathizize with everyone here at the panel, i've found the meetings over the last couple of years in san francisco and other places totally depressing. the budg

not just for the new chinatown, as it was called in the 1980's, but for russian-speaking immigrants, people from the caribbean. there are so many different mixtures of people, and i guess my district, like many other neighborhoods in the city, is kind of what draws me to it. and just the political life of people very passionate about their own communities and their life, but also interacting with others from around the world. it has been wonderful. i also am really a supporter of the arts, especially community arts, and just learning about other people's experience from artistic needs. we are lucky to have golden gate park. the museum and the academy of sciences and so many other institutions. but also, a lot of community arts centers. there is all these community arts space is that i just love, and it makes our neighborhoods a much more colorful and livable as well. >> what motivated your interest

health center in the richmond area multi services in the 1980's, and i was also a staff are at the chinatown youth center -- i was also a staffer. a lot of my work has been supporting community empowerment, especially in an immigrant and people of color communities. most recently, i have been teaching at san francisco state. i ran the immigrant rights coalition in the city in the 1990's for several years. i'm also an immigration attorney, and a lot of my passion is supporting in power met for immigrant communities in the city as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? supervisor mar: a lot of people bring this up, but is one of the most exciting, culturally diverse places in the world. learning about new cultures and people from different parts of the world, like a gateway neighborhood. not just for the new chinatown, as it was called in the 1980's, but for russian-speaking immigrants, people from the caribbean. there are so many different mixtures of people, and i guess my district, like many other neighborhoods in the city, is kind of what draws me to it. and just the politic

a having created walking tours of chinatown, and one that she read it was making my way through chinatown. get a tremendous sense of humor and has come from a very talented family including her brother that many of you out, a writer here in the bay area. the rest of my items, i will submit them. >> it wasn't that long ago that this board passed legislation that i introduced that responded to what i thought was a significant blow back of the redevelopment era. that is that there was no zoning regulation in excused and emerson -- emergent corridors that would have regulated or prohibited non storefront retail. we sought doctors' offices and others offices that had no real purpose to a on that side of the street. it was a very lopsided of fact that absolutely undermined the potential for a good emergent corridor like the fillmore. as land use restrictions that we had passed will not allow for that to be permitted in the future. i am extending the same ever to japan town, is struggling area, one of three remaining in the united states, also has suffered from adverse effects, the development a

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it encompasses north beach and chinatown. we have the city's famous hills.e have for the world comes to work, the financial district's, where the world comes to shop in union square, where the tourists spend time on fisherman's wharf , and the wonderful polk street neighborhoods. my district encompasses the ethnic and economic diversity that exists throughout the city. i think my district is emblematic of the entire city. you can find every political perspective you can possibly want in district 3. oftentimes, the interests of my district and the city are aligned. i do not have to think about those differences quite as often as some of my colleagues may have to. >> let's talk about the budget situation. we have been faced with some tough budget decisions again, including where to make cuts and whether or not to increase taxes. how will you approached these hard choices? >> our budget is one of the very top challenges facing city government right now. over each of the years i have served, we have had to balance budget deficits that were around $500 million. t

we spoke to poke through the chinatown development center to see how we could make this service work better. not only as a benefit to the residence, but this will be running from the caltrain area through union square, up to the northern waterfront, and even having a quarter leg near the f line at jones street. that would be a key backbone for the effort. 30x starts further downtown and gives a more speedy route out to the western end of the spectator areas. one other item to show, the e line. that has drawn a lot of attention from folks in the area. that is one idea that lends itself well to how we want to move people to and from this event. by connecting the caltrain terminal, this building at the ferry terminal, and at the fisherman's wharf. we hope that people enjoy themselves through the america's cup village, wharf area. we are looking at ways to bring that online to ensure that it is effectively interspersed with the f line.

i met with people from chinatown, and there is a program for chinatown and north beach, so we are excited to get people out in visiting our local merchants. president o'brien: commissioner clyde? commissioner clyde: on may 23 with commissioner njn -- jane kim, they were meeting about the licenses for abc and a way to clarify those conditions when conditions are met. i did find supervisor kim very responsive to the needs of both the residents in the community as well as the business owners. i also attended the mid market arts kickoff on at the 20th with mayor ed lee, and that was just a great get out in the street with music in the streets, even a a little bit of wine and beer in the streets. it was great fun. i also attended an awards party of the company on market, and i just want to note that it has grown in a year from four companies to know 160 companies that are a part of that. thank you very much. president o'brien: thank you. next item. clerk: item number 18, general public comment. president o'brien: seeing none, next item. clerk: item number 19, new business. president o'brien: s