this will be the new central subway station for chinatown, which is also transformational for chinatown. not only will it bring visitors, workers, shoppers to chinatown. it will provide much-needed transportation connections for chinatown residents to go elsewhere in the city. it is transformational because it will transform this corner. this building was built after the earthquake and will become a new gateway for chinatown. really positive things for the future of chinatown. we are not a stagnant community. history is not stagnant. we are really proud to be part of this transformational project. thank you. >> thank you. i could not have said that better. we really appreciate and acknowledged and respect and honor the history of chinatown, of our city, and by celebrating the installation of this wrap today, a big step forward in the progress of this project. we are honoring that. we are keeping the site looking good in the process. we're doing our part to keep chinatown as strong and vibrant as it has been for 100 years. this is a transformational historic project. we are honored to be

andy, the associate director of the chinatown ymca. i think they were going to bring a bunch of kids out, but given the weather, -- oh, it is a furlough day. my kids are home today. i forget about that. that's where they are. ymca. we have a lot of great community partners. the mayor mentioned we have a pre-bid conference and meet and greet. we also want to bring jobs to the community. we want to make sure the community access has jobs. we want to make sure everybody has some of the benefits. the beautiful work behind you was put up by a local contractor. we want to thank them for putting up that wrap. and then the chinese historical society. i want to thank sue lee and ask her to come up and say a few words. >> hello, everyone. a pleasure to be here and an honor. the historical society will be 60 years old next year. this mural is a mural that was made in 1952. on the occasion of the opening of what we would describe as one of the two significant transformational projects of chinatown. it was commissioned for the opening of the public

andy, the associate director of the chinatown ymca. i think they were going to bring a bunch of kids out, but given the weather, -- oh, it is a furlough day. my kids are home today. i forget about that. that's where they are. ymca. we have a lot of great community partners. the mayor mentioned we have a pre-bid conference and meet and greet. we also want to bring jobs to the community. we want to make sure the community access has jobs. we want to make sure everybody has some of the benefits. the beautiful work bd

my question is, have you ever been to chinatown? what is another alternative?tives were considered. this is clearly the best one. i look forward to the day of the dedication.

in 1966, self-help provided hot meals to those in chinatown, but today it provides training and social activities to more than 35,000 seniors across the bay area. opened in 1992, our senior center serves an insult -- an important community hub for seniors. our ongoing partnership with self-help for the elderly is significant because of our commitment to provide quality programs to the the elderly. the self-help director betty fung is here. i just wanted to congratulate her on 20 great years and present this certificates on behalf of staff. [applause] >> commissioners, on behalf of self-help and the many seniors we serve, we thank you. thank you for your help for the past 20 years. we have been operating at the sunset playground, providing daily hot meals and activities for seniors in the sunset. for some of the scene is we serve, that is the only hot meal they will get during the day because of their financial situation, and also with activities and socialization opportunities we provide, it helps promote physical and mental health. we are thankful for the partnership that has been exp

we are delighted to be here in chinatown. thank you to all of you who came out.ng to be some noise during this event. this is a very busy street. that's one of the reasons we are doing this project. we are here today -- i am transportation director with the sfmta. thank you, boss. we're geared today to mark yet another important milestone and the steady, continued progress that we are making for the future generations of san francisco in this critically important project criticallyphase 2 of the light rail, otherwise known as the central subway. it is a project that is very important for building capacity, to move san francisco in the future. it also has benefits for current generations of san franciscans. the benefit comes in the form of jobs. you cannot mention the word jobs these days without thinking of our great mayor lee. out further ado, i want to ask mayor lee to come up and say a few words. mayor lee: thank you. thank you for your great leadership. we would be dryer if the subway was built. we would be right here. i'm looking forward to it for the work t

in terms of chinatown, we have now taken possession of the stockton street building, which is on the site of the station. we have moved successfully everybody out, and we have now hired someone to basically clean up the inside of the building to seal the outside of the building to make sure that in the interim, until it is removed, that is not only does not become a polite to the neighborhood but that is attractive -- does not become a polite -- blight to the neighborhood but that it is attractive. that should be in place by mid march and will be there for the balance of the year until the building is taken down. this past weekend, as everybody in the bay area knows, the bridge was closed. your stmta played a role in making sure that was moved from our end. we had our traffic engineers working with caltrans to provide notice. we have officers and supervisors on a cost recovery basis, you will be happy to know, managing our heaviest corridors, van ness, south of market to direct traffic, and we also met some people, since it was moving 24 hours, to move people, and the project was fin

a memorial for richard chen, a longtime leader in a businessman in the chinatown committee that passed away on february 5. i want to take a minute to acknowledge and thank his family members who are here in the chamber today. he was born in a humble village in canton province in china. he proved over the course of his career to be a man a significant talent. after burying his wife in 1929, he began a remarkable military career with the chinese national party as a lieutenant colonel, later with the united states army, where he supported the famous flying tigers air force. soon after that, richard retired from his well decorated military service. he moved to san francisco with his wife and children. despite a modest start in the food industry, his hard work and dedication allowed him to build several successful grocery and restaurant businesses in chinatown. richard was highly respected in the community as an entrepreneur and business leader. in his story epitomizes the american dream. i want to thank him for his love for his wife, his children, his family, his compassion, and dedication

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, the rebuilding of the chinatown recreation center, which is under way as we speak, -- unfortunately she will not be here to see the opening. i just wanted to adjourn in her memory. we are very grateful for the years of service that she has provided this community. commissioner buell: let the record so reflect. second to that motion? moved and seconded. unanimous. >> when stephen de staebler died, he was working on one of the biggest shows of his career, matter and spirit. it is a retrospective look at the many faces and faces of the life of an innovative artist from the california clay movement. stephen de staebler's developed in an area dominated by abstract expression. even his peers saw his form. >> he was able to find a middle ground in which he balanced the ideas of human figuration and representation with abstraction and found it even more meaningful to negotiate that duality. >> another challenge was to create art from a meeting that was typically viewed as kraft material. his transforming moment was an accident in the studio. an oversized vertical sculpture began to collapse

items 3 and 4ordinance amending the san francisco planning code section 249.66 to: 1) create the chinatown transit station special use district at the southwest corner of stockton street and washington street (assessor block no. 211, lot no. 1); 2) permit the demolition of a mixed-use building in the chinatown residential neighborhood commercial district. president chiu: colleagues, can we do these items some house same call? items are passed. item five? >> item number 5. ordinance: 1) accepting the irrevocable offer of public infrastructure improvements associated with mission bay south blocks 2-7 and 13 phase i including acquisition facilities on portions of fourth street, mission rock street, china basin street, mission bay boulevard north, and mission bay boulevard south; 2) accepting additional property on portions of fourth street, mission rock street, and china basin street; 3) declaring city property and additional property as shown on official department of public works maps as open public right- of-way; 4) dedicating such improvements for public use and designating such areas and

to continue to make this an educational facility of the same quality that we have in the mission, chinatown, north beach, at our main campus. [applause] i have to be honest with you, our performance leading up to this over the past seven or 8 years has been more in some respects quite disappointing. quite disappointing. no argument about it. you have to give the devil his or her to. if there is change, and we believe we have made significant change, we want credit for the change that we have committed here. our board of trustees and myself have committed extra resources for this facility and when we were taking those away from other areas of the city. >> thank you, chancellor. >> i think we have to time you add three minutes to be fair to the other people that we will be speaking to. >> here is a man to my right, he spends every day in a facility now. he is not an absentee coordinator or administrator. his face is known to the people here, he has done an outstanding job since he has taken over and he has been the man on the spot. >> thank you very much. good evening, commissioners. i was as

i've lived in that mission, have lived in the tenderloin and i have lived on the edge of chinatown, which are neighborhoods with the highest concentration of the sorrows. i think i am qualified to sit on this body and i'm happy to answer any questions you have. supervisor kim: any questions? thank you for your work on the bed bug ordinance which affects many san francisco residents. supervisor campos: i think this is an excellent choice to serve in this body and we are appreciative of your interest in serving in this capacity. thank you for putting your name for. >> i have been working as a community organizer for two and a half years. working on tenants' rights and community organizing issues. i would be honored to serve on the task force and i think i bring my experience, knowledge and expertise that i have gained. supervisor kim: any questions? i did not know you had studied in zoology. how did you transition into the work you do currently? you do amazing work in our district. i was just surprised to see that on your resume. >> i was a very much interested in science, but in college, i

members of her group call chinatown community against the recall held a fundraiser for mayor quan. the recall effort picked up momentum after a police crackdown on occupy protesters at city hall. that's what you are looking at here. the chinatown group says the recall is an unnecessary sideshow. >> it is going to be devisive, and it is going to be counterproductive. so therefore we want to be having a more productive oakland for all of us. >> two groups are circulating petitions. one has until mid-may and the other has until july. >>> up next, pope benedict's visit to mexico. thousands of people visit to see the pontif, and they got an earful. also, tonight's massive mega millions jackpot almost $300 million. but will anyone claim the huge prize? and spacestation astronauts take cover. the floating junk that is drifting ever closer. all of that is coming up. and then later on "nightline." >> i'm bill we are. coming up, imaginary gastric bypass. one woman's journey to lose major pounds by fooling her mind into believing she has surgery. and the national memory champion teaches us al

members of her group call chinatown community against the recall held a fundraiser for mayor quan. the recall effort picked up momentum after a police crackdown on occupy protesters at city hall. that's what you are looking at here. the chinatown group says the recall is an unnecessary sideshow. >> it is going to be devisive, and it is going to be counterproductive. so therefore we want to be having a more productive oakland for all of us. >> two groups are circulating petitions. one has until mid-may and the other has until july. >>> up next, pope benedict's visit to mexico. thousands of people visit to see the pontif, and they got an earful. also, tonight's massive mega millions jackpot almost $300 million. but will anyone claim the huge prize? and spacestation astronauts take cover. the floating junk that is drifting ever closer. all of that is coming up. and then later on "nightline." >> i'm bill we are. coming up, imaginary gastric bypass. one woman's journey to lose major pounds by fooling her mind into believing she has surgery. and the national memory champion teaches us al

we have worked on a series of community plans for neighborhoods from visitation valley to chinatown. we always begin with the same starting point -- start with the people who live and work in the community. we have worked with various diverse communities, which means doing processes in multiple languages, getting communities to listen to each other, and understand development projects, their impact, their benefits, and the trade offs. in this project, we began by looking at the waterfront from the existing pattern interspersed with buildings that build up to the topography of san francisco. the vision created by the community that looks at all of the publicly-managed locks and crosstown connections. we believe that this is where the port should have begun with this process. i will talk about five major points of the vision that was created. what you have before you is a summary map of what the community came up with. these five points stand in stark contrast to the point that is before you. first, it begins with a comprehensive development plan for the entire waterfront, not a plan d

as far as the adult population, i worked with chinatown as the service coordinator. that aspect has to do with workforce growth development because we provided services to connect our residents to all types of different things, including job creation. as someone said earlier, there needs to be a connection between job training and job creation. we can have all the job training we want, but if it does not lead to any jobs, it is not going to do anything. another aspect is equal representation in networking. that is how the majority of people fall into the workforce, through networking. low-income black people and generally do not have that, you know, connection. as far as more strategic planning, i believe the library should be a focal point of this work force training. the library is a neutral meeting place and it has a wealth of information, not just books and materials, but it has items that a lot of people could benefit from. since the committee benefits districts are under the guard of the economic workforce development, they receive a lot of fun from that entity

, district 7, a longtime democratic activist, district 8, the founding executive director of the chinatownmunity development center gordon chen, strychnine shirley chen, district 10, a community leader and visitation valley, and last but not least, the business woman and president of an iron works co., florence kong. could you join me in thanking all of their leadership? [applause] the last thing i want to say is we have been celebrating our heritage for 163 years, and i look forward to another 163 years of celebration. thank you very much for being here. >> supervisor chiu, thank you very much. this is the seventh year that san francisco has held an official celebration for asian americans. the plans are the culminated efforts of the members of the mayor's asian-pacific american heritage celebration committee. please welcome me and joining claudine cheng for her remarks on this year's celebration. >> thank you, everyone, for joining us for our celebration this year. the theme of our celebration is celebrate heritage, celebrated community voices. the community is selected this team for two

we are coming up to street to chinatown. 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 >> good morning, everybody. welcome to our america's cup center here at pier 80. i wanted to make some further announcements in light of the discussion that has been happening in our city on our america's cup event happening, starting this year, and will definitely have been in 2013 as well. i am here with stephen berkley, the head of the event authority. thank you to you and to jim and mike and our team for working intensely for months on the last few weeks, putting together the development agreement that is part of the investments on the america's cup, which oracle and others have been working on. the last couple of weeks, i have been a key participant with members of the boar

we are coming up to street to chinatown. since 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks

she crosses the street and catches the number one for chinatown. >> i have seen adults step in her feces're not looking and i have seen kids step in the feces and pets. you know, they're going to track it back into peoples' homes. >> this is ground zero for the whole show. >> this isn't what alice wilson had in mind when moving to naub hill. >> like mommy what is that? what is that lady doing? people tie sti triing to stairway. it's funny at first then it got really gross. >> the ad on the bus stop says explore nature but moms wish their kids haven't dnt have this lesson. the neighbors are so concerned that she's hurting their quality of life they're documenting morning visits with zprafz video. and we caught her in the act time and again. and realized that when she doesn't relieve herself on naub hill she does it in stockton street in chinatown sometimes with school kids walking by, then she heads to her usual spot to pan handle. >> just awful. >> and tom johnson remembers the first time he saw ling ling in action and since then called 311 dozens of times for clean up. >> this tom keeps

obama and her daughters had dinner at in chinatown. political analyst says there is a reason the white house is raising the first lady's visibility as the campaign intensifies. >> michelle obama, by contrast, is a wonderful asset for the president to have because she's a wonderful smart person, particulate and popular, and she can go out and speak for him but she does not need to speak about policy >> he says mrs. obama is adept at showing her accessibility to ordinary americans and she did on this appearance on david letterman. a violent last night in antioch leaves one person dead and two others hurt. a group of men was kicked out of the cruisers bar only to return with baseball bats. a fight started inside the bar and someone pulled out a gun and began shooting. a 38 year-old man was shot and killed and another man was shot and taken to somerville hospital. another man had it ended up with head wounds. today is cesar chavez day, marking the 85th birthday of the civil-rights icon who fought for california's farm workers. the city of

the pageant just happened this yesterday -- this weekend for miss chinatown usa.wonderful several weeks of celebration as we enter the year of the dragon. as i said many times, the year of the dragon is phenomenal, because it is a time where we are confronting our challenges. we are taking on more risks. we are embracing innovation. and that is exactly what i want to do, in concert with our board of supervisors, to help lead the city and make sure we are boldly going forward in our recovery of our economic challenges, but also, most importantly, to provide opportunities for everyone in this city, regardless of your background, to fully participate in everything that is meaningful in the city, whether it is raising a family, joining in a business, or getting a job. there is such a wonderful opportunity for everyone to work together. this is meaningful for me. i personally am celebrating this with anita. we cleaned up the house a couple of weeks ago. we are still cleaning it out to get rid of stuff from old years. because of the opportunities i see for this city, we

in fact, one of my favorite hotels down near chinatown, a have a charger there that is in use.e are proud of driving their vehicles in there for that use as well. the label themselves as a green hotel precisely because of these ev charging stations. these chargers, because of their newness, they had to be introduced to interrupt the culture, i have had the pleasure of working with eight apartments coordinating themselves together from our office of disabilities, public works, mta, puc, fleet managers. and including our own fleets, we can make sure that we transition. the weather is the chevy volt that i have had the pleasure of writing in or the nissan leaf that is the newest coming out in the market very soon, i believe that these are the cars of the future. while we embrace transit first in the city and it will be forever our number one priority, to the extent that we must use vehicles, at some of us have to to get around in different schedules, that we do so in the most environmentally supportive way. it is a reminder that we can get off of oil. the reason why i think the po