in chinatown, to have the extra layer of protection.but we have had fights on lombard streets, fisherman's wharf, we denied, and certainly, i think the same claims could be made we probably should ban them because there's neighbors in neighborhoods that are against them there also. but i just think that's not the right way to go. i'm concerned about too many in my neighborhood around upper haight and divisadero, some, i don't want my kids walking by tons of them but i think we have struck a balance with the c.u. and kind of the clustering provisions we put in. so, i like where planning went with it, sunset in two years and take a look at it. i've been surprised by kind of the relatively low impact that the existing m.c.d.s that have converted to recreational or don't use, had in the one in my neighborhood, no additional impact from that. so i also can't support legislation as proposed. >> commissioner fong. >> commissioner fong: i'm likely not to be supportive as well, and i just, i think as much energy that went into the legislation ci

in chinatown, jackie ward, kpix 5. . >>> time now 6:31.akland not looking too bad. jaclyn will have a traffic report coming up. and "salesforce tower" camera looking north towards marin. you can seth reddgorange. a gorgeous start. get ready for a weekend that's going to be nice out there. we are going to see a little change on saturday. but then the warmup really begins. looking west clear except for right there over sutro tower. that's where the clouds just kind of like to linger just near twin peaks but it looks like most of san francisco, san jose, all of our live cameras are showing clear conditions even over at mount vaca. temperature-wise not too bad to start off the day. 52 normal in santa rosa you're a little cooler than normal conditns alt temperatures will be warning up. hhad enoughlayer for the past mornings. those west winds are still around. so temperature-wise we are going to be right where we should be this time of year not too much of a warmup today. it's going to feel overall pretty comfortable. 60s around the bay because

poverty isn't just in chinatown.s actually across all neighborhoods, and actually, from one of our reports that we found that actually 30% of those living in poverty are actually on the west side. so we have a lot of families living--we have multiple families living in different units, in in-law units that aren't actually being counted. robert: are there any solutions in sight, any kind of programs that gear toward trying to solve this problem? it's so vast. malcolm: well, i mean, i think with regards to, you know, the housing situation, you know, i think over the past several years, the focus has been on producing more housing, and certainly, we should do that. but i think that we now need to start looking at preserving housing and protecting what we've got. in san francisco, the rent-controlled housing stock is really one of the most critical assets for affordable housing. you know, and i think what we're trying to do is work with the city and with the san francisco foundation, and a number of advocates in the miss

i hope you will support chinatown cultural center's dance on waverly, and dance on chinatown. it has been healthy for our communities, and i hope you will support our ask for more activities like this in the community. we feel that the chinese culture center's dance on waverly and activities have made us very happy. and it has been very happy and healthy for our group and community. thank you. [end of translation] >> thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. [speaking spanish] [voice of interpreter] >> good morning, supervisors. my name is roger, and i'm one of the members of casa gusta. we're here to demonstrate the importance of youth programs, programs provide the support and resources youth need to grow as people and leaders. youth have the opportunity to understand what are the roots -- root causes of the problems and conditions we see in

in chinatown, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> so what are some of the setbacks? >> reporter: so november yerba buena an union square, construction crews had to just dig big huge trenches where there's a lot more room there. but once you get to these tiny narrow streets of chinatown and the financial district, mor about a year. it delayed them >> all right. jackie ward, thank you so much. >>> coming up, facebook is working to ease some traffic near its menlo park headquarters. we'll show you how they are doing it. the coliseum bart station in oakland. cranes have already placed a bart park >>> a big step toward creating affordable housing. a new complex is in the works near the coliseum bart station in oakland. preconstructed units have been placed at a parking lot at 71st and snell. all of the units were built in idaho and trucked to oakland. the project called coliseum connections will eventually have 110 apartments and townhouses. >> the benefits for modular construction that we're rocking today, the speed, efficient -- -- that we're bringing in today, the spee

there was an effort to move china after the fire because chinatown was a prime downtown location in san francisco and as real estate increased in value, san francisco grew. it was clear it was a great location, but the chinese community, the business leaders had enough influence, that they were able to keep that from happening and were able to maintain their control, their ownership of chinatown, but the city, rebuilding after the earthquake was very difficult for a lot of people, absolutely. and people lived in these earthquake cottages for many years, actually, there were a few -- there are a few remaining today but part of preparing for the 1915 fair was ridding the area that would become the fair of some of those earthquake cottages, because there were still people down there living in these little cottages, and they were basically kicked out in order to build the fair because the fair was built in a neighborhood that was partly preexisting, and all of that was destroyed for the fair. >> are there any remnants of either fair around today? >> yes. in san francisco, the palace of fine

it wouldn't cross its boundaries, so for chinatown, it would probably be historic chinatown, which would be kearny and, what, powell? you know, but it would have to come from -- from the community, like, where those boundaries are set. >> so it won't cross districts? >> you mean, supervisor districts? oh, it can cross supervisor districts. >> okay. >> it -- some district -- you know, the districts are the districts, but geographically, i think there's parts of the mission that go in, you know, to district 8 and district 9 are all mixed up, you know, you know? so yeah, it could cross supervisor districts. >> that's what i want to know. >> yeah, so it can definitely cross districts, and this ledge latiledge -- legislation, i like it because it gives it the teeth. if you have your people in your neighborhood that want to start this, there's now a guideline and a template to do that. and i think it's done wonders for the mission. i think you're starting to see more and more businesses retain there, which is awesome. that's one of the thing i want to work on in the castro where we have lgbt b

i'm with the chinese culture center of san francisco in chinatown, also known as c.c.c. the c.c.c. is an active member of the a.p.i. council. as you know, 42% of a.p.i.'s live in poverty. chinatown is especially disadvantaged with most of our families living in single-family residence occupancies, s-r-o's. the art and culture connection for our community, our surveys show most of our families earn 40,000 or less annually. they have never been to the ballet or symphony, but do come to the c.c.c. to visit the innovative exhibitions and to enjoy world class performances at the chinatown festival and dance on waverly. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. thank you very much. next speaker. >> good morning. my name is talley wong on behalf of the asian pacific islander council of san francisco, we are asking that the board of supervisors put back the 18 expiring programs into the budget. these 18 expires programs come just under $1.5 million. these funded programs include needs around behavioral health, domestic violence, workforce development, youth services, tenant rights, neighborhood and

chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of the last little italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you have to support them. >> really notice the port this community we really need to kind of really shop locally and support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to survive here. >> i came down to treasure island to look for a we've got a long ways to go. ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners they need money to

i am a chinatown community planner at c.d.c. in 1940, my dad was a teen achbager who worked on a ship in san francisco, and because war broke how the in the pacific, i had to find a way to stay in the city. during that time, the exclusion act was in full effect thanks to julius kahn. he actually called the chinese the most debasing people on the face of the earth. my dad's outlet was tai chi, and he would go to local playgrounds to practice it, as a way to feel he belonged in a city, in a country where he was constantly told he didn't belong and was not welcome. and so if it wasn't for the repeal of the act, he wouldn't have become a citizen, and i wouldn't be standing here today. i believe that there's power in hist in place and names, and renaming this park is a critical step for our city to work towards one which our public spaces are safe spaces where all feel welcome. so -- so the next time i bring my kids to this park, i sincerely hope that it would be way more than a teachable moment where i have to force them to -- force

still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. >> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> san francisco has to all

we willlso continue to do evaluations of the chinatown andoceanvi library locations to further did he ev t some scoping allocations. we are funding them on a pay as you go basis. other investments in the future have to do with creating facilities masterplning, s want to invest and how do be responsive to the community needs. so you see some small investments there and then a pay as you go approach in the second year. we're also looking at efficiencies by refreshing o automated materials handling right now we have a machine at the main library that sorts the materials for the main and allows them to get back on the shelves quickly. however, for the anchbr the work is done in a very labor intensive way, so thisld add mach t sort the material the branchs and get them back out there and available to the publica quicn. renewing and refreshing, over the next couple years, we've built in money to renew our elevators at the main library, a look at our heating program,i and ventilation needs, and being responsive to air conditioning handling needs at the main library, again, as these items rea

beautiful chinatown, every race in the world. the sardine fleets sailing out. the little cable cars whizzing down city hills, and the people are all friendly. that is a san francisco we all love and know. that is a san francisco we all aspire to be, and that is a san francisco we will be. thank you, everyone, for being here, and thank you for your time. [applause] >> when i open up the paper every day i'm just amazed at how many different environmental issues keep popping up. when i think about the planet i want to leave for my children and other generation, i think of what contribution i can make on a personal level to the environment. ♪ clean power sf is san francisco's key way of fighting climate change by renewable energy and offering it to san francisco customers. i'm from the san francisco public utilities commission. the program came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's goi

in doing so, we can construct the chinatown station safely and more advantageously. since the mining operation has been completed, we have experienced little or no sediment to the adjacent building which is basically one of the elements of this lowering work. the last amendment is amendment 4 which is currently for approval, not retroactive, but just for approval. this relates to support elements for design and construction as the project experience delay, we need to continue to provide engineer and construction support services. so that's basically the additional extension of years fort central subway project. in addition to that, one of the things we committed to the chinatown station, because of the mining technology that was used, we want to ensure that we have specialty engineers on site doing the mining of the chinatown station. so in essence we provided better coordinati coordination, better direction to the contractor so we have no safety or any other issues during the construction. but part of the element was that because the construction of these -- the sta

>> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community u

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by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. >> it is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6 years ago but anyone was doing that starbuck's exists and it created a really welcoming pot. it is truly a legacy business but more importantly it really at the take care of their community my father from it was formally italy a fisherman and that town very rich in culture and music was a big part of it guitars and sank and combart in the evening that tradition they brought th