and chinatown community. someone who started in public service in this neighborhood, and he was someone who truly cared and loved our city every single day he served. and the ladies also loved him. in fact, it was our supervisor cohen, carmen chu and myself endorsed him in his first run for mayor. we saw him as someone who put his nose down and worked hard for our community every single day. so it's an honor to be here today with all of our leaders and elected leaders to honor his legacy on behalf of san francisco. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. my name is malia cohen. is a privilege to stand before you and celebrate with you the life and legacy of our beloved mayor lee. i want to recognize mrs. anita lee, and recognize tonya and breanna for their unwavering commitment to san francisco. the last year has been a very interesting one. it is very -- being very tumultuous. i've been forced to reconcile any memories that i had with ed lee. many of them are funny, and upbeat, and some

he was born in chinatown and his family opened the best restaurant in chinatown. that's asian garden. everybody eat there. we has lots of talent in san francisco. most was immigrants get two jobs. we have to work three jobs so they can buy a house. what we want is the communication. we want more officers, especially captains and higher up to speak languages. i hope that you commissioner chief give it a lot of consideration. thank you. >> vice president mazzucco: good evening. >> president or vice president thomas mazzucco, members of the police commissioners and chief scott. before i start, i like to give a moment of silence for our past mayor ed lee. i'm here to speak on behalf of paul yip. the move by him is sudden for us in the chinese community and also looks like out there in the bayview. as you make your decision, chief, going forward, we like to ask you to also include us and the chinese community as well. there's always 30% of the asian population here in san francisco and their demand is not met. it's a force for us. we will come and knock on your door to

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. >> i just feel like this is what i was born to do when i was a little kid i would make up performances and daydream it was a

today i represent the family in chinatown. the passing of prop c means that families will get adequate housing and the help they need. in chinatown, there are around 400 families that share bathrooms and kitchens. it's too small. and parents have worked hard, but they still can't afford the expensive rent. and this is their own choice. the passing of prop c is a good start to provide more housing opportunities. finally, we hope the board of supervisors ensure prop c properly and make good use of the money. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> supervisor peskin: i have several certificates, but i think we have other colleagues that want to honor. maybe when they're done, we can take pictures out in the hallway. i will hand them the certificates and then we can go outside and take a shot. >> supervisor ronen: if i could call up staff and leadership from community services in the mission s.r.o. collaborative program. if you can make your way up to the mike. today i'm joining supervisors peskin and kim in honoring many leaders and

it was over the hill from chinatown.it was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people don't get to experience that often. everything was just really within walking distance, so it make it really fun. when i was a teenager, we didn't have a lot of money. we could go to sam wong's and get super -- soup for $1. my parents came here and were drawn to the beatnik culture. they wanted to meet all of the writers who were so famous at the time, but my mother had some serious mental illness issues, and i don't think my father were really aware of that, and those didn't really become evident until i was about five, i guess, and my marriage blew up, and my mother took me all over the world. most of those ad ventures ended up bad because they would end up hospitalized. when i was about six i guess, my mother took me to japan, and that was a very interesting trip where we went over with a boyfriend of hers, and he was working there. i remember the open sewers and gigantic frogs that lived in the sewers and

they did work with supervisor peskin with chinatown and not opening up any new dispensaries in chinatown. >> that's why i suggested it. >> and that is what should be done. there is a lot of misinformation entering public comments today, she was making comments about needles and cannabis. neither one has anything to do with the other. i agree. it should be a general information that is put out there. is it sr is at the office of cannabis? who actually does that? >> since they came to us to protest, me beat we need to think of something. >> they also go to the planning commission to too. >> right. >> those individuals and the board of supervisors, there is a fine line in allowing people to voice their opinion and then there's, you know, i will still reach out to director elliott and the department of public health to ensure that suggestions of the distinction between those issues between needles and/or the fact that it's not legal to smoke on the sidewalk. people do. but just because we have legalized cannabis, does not mean -- just because we have legalized cannabis. does not legalize smo

the beat officers in chinatown speak fluent cantonese. they engage with the seniors, they engage with the children, and this is an unparalleled opportunity for the people to have direct access twice a week in this treasured spot. as you all know, we come here for press conferences, for celebrations. this is a community that has under reported crime. i get to read about it in the journal and sing tao. this is an opportunity for people to come in and speak in cantonnese to report what's happening on the street. i'm incredibly grateful to the police department. chief scott, you have a great worker in paul yepp. captain yepp, thank you for making it happen, and -- [speaking cantonnese language] >> thank you. and our next speaker is chief of police bill scott. >> thank you, everyone. and i won't go over the points that supervisor peskin and mayor breed said, but i want to reiterate a couple of things. first of all, thank you mayor breed for her outstanding leadership. you know, part of what makes this work for us is the executive leadership of

i want to introduce reverend fong from chinatown at c.d.c. thank you. [applause] >> breanna, tonya, anita, i told you. this is a big deal. this is one of the stories, little places, maybe too little to celebrate a big victory, and a big thing that represents your dad, your husband, and life. this is it. i love ed because he has more heart than anything. ed has kept his heart. it was always with the residence there are 14 residents that live in our s.r.o. and there are two that are missing that our doctors. the people over there lived at the s.r.o. that was demolished. ed thought they were safer -- say for least 50 years. i will just say it. some greedy land owner wanted to convert it into market rate. i don't want to hide it. and saved the residence twice and this is forever. i feel like her. it is a big deal. i don't know if you all get it, but i think this may or was really different. he rolled up his sleeves on that i know he helped garment workers that were arrested. so many people, the seniors, he left. i am glad there are people that are still her

i am a community organizer which chinatown c.v.c. and a member of chinatown trip. thank you for addressing the policy in place for red carpet rained justly loose it diffuse this. we hope you can change the policy and restricts these lanes for muni and taxis only. with increasing congestion in road traffic, it is vital that red carpet lanes remain a place for public terms of the public supports red carpet lanes because it is the toll that allows public transit to better serve our community and to the city. of red carpet lanes are shared with private transit and not only defeat the purpose of the red carpet lane, but they sent the wrong message to the community. we have seen continued abuse of red carpet lanes and the agency itself has acknowledged a citywide problem in enforcement of the lane. in order to ensure that the public transit is prioritized and is seen as such in the eyes of the public, we must change our policies to reflect that. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i am with united to save the mission. there were several of our mission s

so you can imagine, in chinatown , five -- firefighter, paramedic, doug may, is stationed in chinatown. the importance of having a firefighter that is bilingual. not only in cantonese, he also speaks other dialects,, which i have no understanding of, and mandarin as well. so my plea is to try to keep firefighter, paramedic, doug may , stationed at engine two or when time permits, if the v.r. spot opens up at station two where the department cannot find another bilingual firefighter paramedic to fill that spot, it would be greatly appreciated -- it is crucial to the service for that community. you can imagine in chinatown no one speaks english. i grew up in chinatown, and it is critically important to that community. thank you. >> thank you very much. any further public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam secretary? >> item three his approval of the minutes and approval of the minutes from the meeting on november 14th 2018. >> his or any public comment on the november 14th minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. what is your pleasure? commissioner covington? >>

by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatownthe 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 thi

chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one ofmunity. >> 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 go out and shop this is imp

i'm standing where the central chinatown subway station should be. it was supposed to be done this month but take a look. it is clearly far from complete. there was a meeting with the community talk about extending the unfinished subway. >> we've heard a lot of enthusiasm about the subway extension, especially with the current subway project about to open soon. >> reporter: the project isn't expected to open until next december. nevertheless, fstma staffers held a meeting about extending the subway. >> we're still several years away, assuming in a we have community support and we have the money to go forward before we put a shovel in the ground. >> i think they should finish what they're doing. >> reporter: this woman is opposed to it. in may independent auditors discovered that the contractors laid 7,000 feet of the wrong track. many are optimistic about it. this man feels it's critical for commuters. >> we watch to get them where they want to go quicker and with less congestion. >> reporter: catherine stephanie held the meeting and said the their c

i moved from chinatown and we were one of the first asian families to move out here. [♪] >> when my mothered to buy that house, nobody knew where it was. it seems so far away. for a long time, we were the only chinese family there but we started to see the areas of growth to serve a larger chinese population. the stress was storage of the birthplace of that. my father would have to go to chinatown for dim sum and i remember one day he came home and said, there is one here now. it just started to grow very organically. it is the same thing with the russian population, which is another very large ethnic group in the richmond district. as russia started to move in, we saw more russian stores. so parts of the richmond is very concentrated with the russian community and immigrant russian community, and also a chinese immigrant community. [♪] >> i think as living here in the richmond, we really appreciate the fact that we are surrounded three natural barriers. they are beautiful barriers. the presidio which gives us so many trails to walk through, ocean beach, for families to just go to the beac