also, the largest chinatown organization, in chinatown, supports chinatown only.d herself in order to acquire abm unit, this is an two a legal offense. i repeat, there was never a community meeting and on this issue. ask of the and individuals. you will see for yourselves, most, if not all of them, want chinatown only. i want you to know, mta had a meeting and all of the merchants that i surveyed, rose her hand and said chinatown only. a lot of them work seven days a week, they don't have time to come to this meeting. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> thank you for making it to speak for chinatown. i've been living in chinatown for 30 years. [inaudible] for everybody, it is easy to understand it. if they come to chinatown, they see that chinatown station. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervisors. i want to show you guys a video about the chinatown station. i want to show you guys a video about it. [♪ music playing ] >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm here to air the video given by a merchant, from easy travel. he

i work at chinatown. i'm also here to thank you for not passing the name of chinatown subway station an ross pak two weeks ago. the reason i come back again because the issue is not over. peskin vowed in the chinese media saying he will push this again. and rose pack is a healey divisive and controversial figure. and she bullied people and broke laws cash allly and got housing for herself in an illegal way. she act as the defacto proxy of the chinese government and the shut down any voice that the communist regime doesn't like. and she got a policy in place three years ago. and m.t.a. train set stations or stops need to be named in the became that clearly communicates to the location to frequent and infrequent and the perspective transit use and he is visitors to the area. however, supervisor peskin was continued pushing this despite a strong objection from the community. and the early may he vowed that is the m.t.a. does not follow along he will cut m.t.a.'s budget. a few days ago, he told the media he b

the entire time, this iser, "chinatown where's chinatown? ] she's -- she's smiling because chinatown's over here. [ laughter ] >> and she's - >> seth: so she's looking at chinatown. >> she's like, "that's it. >> seth: yeah. >> but when -- here's the best part when we get there, we get off the bus, say good-bye to the driver who's very perplexed at this moment. he's understand. and we walk into chinatown my mom looks around and goes, "same. [ laughter ] and then about -- i'm not kidding, like 15, 20 seconds later, she's like, "let's go home." and that was it. [ laughter ] she just wants to go there to be like, "is everything in order? is everything where i put it?" >> seth: that's so great well, at least chinatowns are not like mcdonald's. you know what i mean >> that's true but although, i realized after this trip, if that's what matters to her, we could stay local. we can go to iowa, you know. we can go to michigan. we can go to all the just domestic chinatowns. we don't have to go across an ocean. >> seth: yeah, that's true >> let's go see

i live in chinatown. i am asking you to support family housing vouchers, the budget includes vouchers in the funding. [speaking native language] >> hello, i, myself, have a house with four people, two kids and a husband. you know, my husband sleeps on the floor. there isn't any room for him to sleep on. my kids need to do homework on the floor as well. we have two put files on a desk in our room. my son asks me, "mom when are we going to move to a different house " it is not that we do not want to move out, we just can't afford any place else for us to go. so, here we are. that includes 50 vouchers for families. families that are currently in shelters waiting for permanent housing. we asked for hundred thousand, getting our section 8 housing, as well as looking for housing. we thank you for your support. [speaking native language] >> hi, supervisors, my name is chan. i am living in the sl units and with families together, we are here to ask you to support funding for the family vouchers. >> for us low inc

chinatown san francisco is the largest chinatown outside of asia at the time and still is. it has about 20 percent of the cities population. and like immigrants anywhere, chinese are willing to do the jobs nobody else will. so it is laundry, cooks, porters, hotels everything else. there is rampant and blatant anti-asian bigotry and racism. in ways that now you look back, it is shocking. the mayor at the time, he later becomes and runs for and wins a seat in the u.s. senate in california. and his campaigns, signs really say keep california white. that was a focus. it was a very easy scapegoat for all of the problems that were happening in san francisco. and the governor at the time was a man named henry gage. and like politicians now, he pioneered the idea of calling into he did not agree with anything that was negative, fake news. so you have the worst of these in history coming to a place that in no way want to deal with it. and in no way want to acknowledge they could be in any danger. this is also the gateway to the entire country. so you have everything ripe for a crisi

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leave the station as chinatown. like i said, rose is a great person and the present, but in the past she has a dark side. i am here 50 years, and we don't choose. thank you. >> thank you. that will conclude our public comments for today. madame clerk, please call for adoption of our committee agenda items 61-65. . >> clerk: introduced for adoption without reference to committee, unanimous vote is required for resolutions today right alternatively any supervisor may require a resolution to go to committee. . >> supervisor yee: would any of my colleagues like to sever any items? >> 62. >> 61. >> i just want to make sure i'm added as a cosponsor to 52 -- 62. . >> supervisor yee: and, 65. okay. >> 63, 64. . >> supervisor yee: i think we need to take roll call. i see somebody missing. supervisor haney, are you around . >> clerk: item 63 and 64, supervisor haney. i'm sorry, mr. president we need a roll call. go ahead. [roll call] [please stand by] . ease stand by] >> >> supervisor mandelman: -- to implement ab 1784, so i'

a lot of them just want chinatown stop. simple and clear. as you know, from all the testimonies that rose pak is not very well liked and she's a bully and we don't feel like a bully should be honored in this way. chinatown has a long history and built by our ancestors and awful us in the community. the central subway should not be named after one person particularly someone like rose pak, the name chinatown stands for all of us, past and present in the community who made it what it is today. the city leaders should move not to divide the community but unite them to be inclusive, not exclusive. therefore, i ask m.t.a. follow their policy of not putting anyone's name on a public federally funded transportation. we appreciate your listening to our position. thank you, very much. next speaker. >> i need translation. i would be translating. >> good afternoon, chairman and board directors. i would like to respond to supervisor peskin's aid comments at the m.t.a. board meeting two weeks ago about the majority of the opposition not coming from actua

who represent 09% of the chinatown family association. among many other communities groups. in the meantime, not a single resident the chinatown or san francisco came forward to supervisor meetings to support the naming in four weeks. if there is so much support for the naming, there should be people who are willing to take some time off their schedules and come to the city hall to speak. as we are doing now. so, this supervisor peskin speak out the truth or does he even know the truth? falon gung practitioners are part of the san francisco community. rose pak had a mandate from beijing to suppress falon gung in san francisco. that's why she's been so hostile against this group and it's why falon gung feels so strongly about the naming. it's a persecution continued overseas in america. the root of this opposition runs deep and spreads wide. please listen to the public's voice not the one of politicians. our political system is still one of the people by the people and for the people. thank you. >> next speaker, please. final speaker is st

please do not name chinatown subway station after rose pack. it seriously will damage america 's core values. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: america' s core values are built upon religious freedom. 300 years ago, the first american settlers came to this land to pursue their religious freedoms. the founding fathers stayed and -- stated in the decoration of independence that all people are born with on -- are born to reliable rights to freedom. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: 300 years later, i came here to pursue the same american dream. this stream is based upon religious freedom because free mind unleashes creativity, and therefore comes of prosperity and peace ultimately that will flourish. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: i really -- it really surprised me to hear her name on the subway station. she bullied many people, including their religious beliefs. she doesn't represent the values of america. she has done is totally against the cornerstone of this country. [speaking foreign la

we are living chinatown. >>> the victim runs the business in san francisco's chinatown and has been in the area for more than 30 years. nothing like this is ever happened to him before. >> reporter: on this friday evening, walter wong was greeted by a friend who asked him how he is doing. is the first time he has returned to chinatown, after he was beaten and robbed along a busy court or. in cantonese, he spoke about the ordeal. >> i was scared. it is always a concern that someone can come behind me. >> reporter: on july 15, he said he was waiting for the stoplight to change at stockton and pacific when suddenly, three men came from behind and grabbed him by the arms, assaulted him and stole his watch. >> to lift me up and threw me on the ground. at that time was unconscious. >> a friend of long saw the commotion and tried to help. this is dash cam video showing a suspect punching a friend in the face, knocking him to the ground. he suffered bruises. as for wong, he said he blacked out for several minutes when he regained consciousness, he was surrounded by people including the police.

it is a promotion for the businesses in chinatown. many of the restaurants participated by providing different types of dumplings. delicious. >> i mentioned previously, i been working with oewd on a possible concert for jobs area that continues to progress. i just want to drop while everybody is here. when it hopefully pops up down the road, we are already to jump in and be supportive. >> any other commissioner comments? do we have any members of the public that would like to make comments on commission reports? seeing none. next item, please. >> item ten, new business. allows commissioners to introduce new agenda items for future consideration by the commission. discussion item. >> any new business or from any of the commissioners? do we have any members of the public who would like to comment on new business? seeing none. public comment is closed. >> richard kurylo please show the office of small business live. -- sf gov tv please show the small business commission lie. >> a reminder that the office of small business is the only pla

institution always crowded with the tourists. >> who want to come to chinatown when they hear all the rumor on the news, bad stuff happen to them. >> reporter: this realtor heads it the chinatown neighborhood association and he and others want a police box and lee street. he's offered space rent free-throw in his building. >> those guys want to make trouble, there's a police station there. the capital says he prefers officers to walk the beat instead foo for my officers to be mobile and throughout chinatown is probably better. >> reporter: the mayor says the bottom line is. >> cameras going up adding more beat officers and just so you know, you know that's something i've been fighting for. >> reporter: the crime prevention groups f safe says it will have cameras up and running in eight weeks along stockton street, the same area where the attacks occurred. vic lee, abc7 news. >> in the east bay, one person suffered minor injuries after a big rig slid down a hill in pless is on theton near 680. officials have not said what happened that caused that big rig to slide. >> police today put

in san francisco's chinatown, i'm dion lim, abc7 news. >> thank you, dion. now, in the east bay, an arrest of suspected thieves shutdown lanes of 880 today. sky 7 is going to show us the area in oakland. look at all those officers out there. this is where police stopped a car coming from hayward. officers believe the car was connected to a theft at the dick's sporting goods store at hayward south land mall. you can see ten police and c.h.p. units are on the scene. officers took four people into custody. the arrests around 9:30 this morning forced the c.h.p. to shutdown two lanes of northbound 808 north of hig enburger road. the lanes have since been reopened. >> a man died when his car collided with an ace train in livermore just before 8:00 a.m. abc7 news reporter unser has the story and has more from livermore. unser. >> reporter: larry, good evening. you can see the intersection behind me is clear now. they don't have answers, but witnesses think the car was already in the railroad crossing when it was hit by the train. early this afternoon, emergency cre

this phase focuses on chinatown. the first phase focused on article two which include our residential pdr and downtown zoning districts. the second one focused on zoning seven. the next phase and final phase will reformat the remainder of article eight. supervisor haney, i will be coming after you next. which includes our easter neighborhoods district. i would just like to note that the new zoning district that was created by central selma uses a centralized definition of format. the commission heard this item on may 9 and recommended two of -- approve. we do have one proposed amendment today. . >> supervisor peskin: which was discussed by the commission and does not require re- referral? >> it narrows what the commission approve so it does not need a throwback. . >> supervisor peskin: before we open it up for public comments, i want to explain to my colleagues, and the public, what that small amendment does on page three, which is to accept from the maximum use size abandonment provision, a change of use for legacy

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

it happened at stockton and pacific in chinatown july 15 1:09 in the afternoon. police are asking for the public's help to find the suspect. >> we have additional personnel and i've increased the hours so there is a greater presence in chinatown. >> after a spate of robberies with chinese americans as victims of some city leaders are calling for the san francisco police department to aggregate demographic data on crime victims of the past 10 years. >> about 66 official hate crime incidences, 38 are racial or ethnic based. 16 were for sexual orientation, and six were for religious preference. >> reporter: supervisor gordon mar says that his chinese- american constituents believe they are being disproportionately targeted so he wants the numbers for the police. who's being targeted and what kinds of crimes. he says it'll help his community coming up with other crime-fighting strategies. >> we have a responsibility as a city to respond to these concerns are from our constituents, our communities and do a better job of responding and preventing them from happening in

my name is pierre lujan, and i am the person producing the opposition of naming the chinatown subway station after rose pak. we only approached san francisco residents. in two months, as of yesterday, july 15, we have collected a total of 10,328 qualified signatures. among them, 25% came from district 3 and total 2600 signatures. district 6 and 11 each has about 14%, or 1500 signatures. this is the deck of all petitions that we have collected. we have sent you an on-line copy which provides 1278 pages. most signees provided their address, their phone number, too, so these petitions can all be independently verified or verified by you. i just want you to know that none of these volunteers was paid. they did it by themselves and took to the street mostly during the weekend. i also want you to know that the response is tremendous and more and more people know about this matter and now they are siding with us. we will continue this effort until the naming plan is revoked or m.t.a. revokes it. so stop the senseless naming and let us go back to our job. >> president yee: next speaker, plea

i live in chinatown. i'm also a volunteer of coalition against the naming of the rose pak. i would like to share a story, of chinese woman who lives in san francisco. she told us she hating the rose pak. she not only opposes the naming chinatown subway station after rose pak, but also asked how she could collect signatures by herself. she was given a blank petition form and our contact telephone number. a few weeks later, she returned the form with ten signatures in it. generally speaking, when chinese grandmas receive unfair treatment, they choose to forebear and to keep silent. but this grandma took her own initiative to collect the signatures. this petition may be the only one that she helped to collect a signature for in her life so far. her story tells us the naming issue is not a simple one. it must have touched the fabric of our community. i strongly urge this board of supervisors please heal grandma's and many other local residents like her. consider naming issue carefully. please do not do anything that hurts local people. thank you. >> preside >> greetings, board

>> reporter: this realtor heads the chinatown neighborhood association. he and others want a police box on stockton street and he's offered space rent free in his building. >> those guys wants to make troub, there's a police station there. >> reporter: the captain says he prefers his officers to walk their beat instead. >> for the officers to be mobile abthroughout chinatown is probably better. >> reporter: the mayor says. >> the cameras are going up, add are more beat officers and that's something i've been fighting for reporter. the crime prevention group will have cameras up and running in eight weeks. they'll run along stockton street where the attacks occurred. vic lee, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> activists hit the streets of chinatown today to educate the asian community about the 2020 census. speakers highlighted the importance of the census and the resources available to help people fill it out. language barriers can prevent members of the community from participating. others just don't trust the system. >> folks that are immigrants with green ca

the three suspects are wanted in a series of violent assaults july 15th in chinatown. these images obtained by abc7 news were taken near the crime scene. channing wong was one of two people attacked crossing the street at stockton near pacific. this security camera video shows the three suspects about to cross the street perhaps, just moments before the assault. >> the three do appear to be talking and walking quickly with some purpose. as if they have a destination or something in mind. >> this still taken by a witness shows the first victim a chinatown community leader lying unconscious after he was attacked by the assailants who stole his gold rolex watch. this video shows a second victim being punched and knocked to the ground as he ran to rescue his friend. police investigators hoped the security stills and video would help identify the assailants. so far, police have been unsuccessful. now, they need the public's help. many chinatown residents and shop owners believe they're in the midst of a crime wave. there have been other assaults and brazen car robberies. th

ai tended the war -- i attended the war journal 2019 small business and startup seminar in chinatown on saturday. mayor breed was there, and she shared $9 million budget investment for small business. >> thank you. commissioner laguana. >> wanted to give my fellow commissioners a heads up that i have been chatting with some folks at oewb about a possibility of a concert for jobs, which would benefit -- and i think that would be a cool project for us to get involved with if it comes to pass. >> great. that would be the mayor's summertime work program. >> that is a good idea. >> the only thing that has to do with small business are my -- i am on the board of what is called the lazy beer fund. and we wound up delivering a check to for $33,000 to the guernville chamber of commerce through the -- and affected by the flood up in that area back in march. so with that said, it is pride week. happy pride, everybody. >> shop, eat, and drink in the castro. we need the business. >> any other commissioner reports? >> do we have public comment on item 8? seeing none, public comment is closed. next

. >>> a call to action in chinatown. last monday two elderly men were attacked and knocked unconscious. one of the victims was lifted up and thrown headfirst onto the ground before his watch was stolen. the three perpetrators remain at large. community leaders held a meeting saying this was the eighth violent attack targeting seniors in chinatown and something needs to change. >> the event that took place in this community are horrific and reprehensible and they cannot happen in chinatown or any other part of the city. >> police will increase patrols and are pushing their outreach and cameras will be installed along stockton street over the next few weeks. >>> it appears there might be bad blood between kamala harris and taylor swift fans. over the weekend her husband posted a picture of her with other singers. swift is currently in a battle over the rights to her master recordings which braun now owns. angry fans later tweeted at here is writing i was so excited for you as a democratic candidate, but if you so choose to

. >> in "chinatown" he is a private investigator.works. >> how did you get past the guard? >> to tell you the truth, i lied a little. >> to see someone that wised up having to deal with a lack of wisdom is one of the dynamics that makes "chinatown" so exciting. >> you're a very nosey fell low, kitty cat, huh? you know what happens -- >> chinatown is extremely mysterious. >> i think you're hiding something. >> what polanski did with its intricacy and detail and fantastic acting. > see, mr. gibbs, most people never have to face the fact the right time and the right place, they're capable of anything. >> you watch "chinatown," they all had their settings right at the same setting. the great bob towne wrote it, polanski directed it and jack starred in it. i think one of the most perfect movies i've seen. >> i was fortunate enough to go to go to the oscars "chinatown" was nominated. i was sitting behind jack. jack was nominated for best actor as was al pacino for "godfather ii clts "godfather ii." >> the winner is art carney. >> gasps in

the central subway could extend beyond chinatown if there's enough intere a survey gauging interest on extension routes is closing. sfmta has particular interest. >>> new concerns about the effects of e-cigarettes. doctors in milwaukee, wisconsin, say eight teens are now hospitalized with serious lung damage that may be linked to vaping. abc 7 news reporter janai norman has the details. >> reporter: this morning doctors in milwaukee are sounding the alarm ability e-cigarettes. >> we're very concerned with what we're seeing. >> reporter: health officials say eighteens were hospitalized in the past month all with lung damage because of vaping. doctors say the patients experienced shortness of breath, fatigue, weight loss and chest pain. an exact cause is unknown. wisconsin health officials are gathering information on what connection there may be with these cases if any. doctors say it's unclear how long the teenagers' health issues will last. >> we don't have studies showing long-term effects. >> reporter: it came as co-founder of juul answered questions on capitol hill. a house committ

well following at least 8 of violent attacks in san francisco's chinatown this year. police say that they are working to improve safety. the police department and city officials. they held a public meeting in chinatown to talk about the department's crime prevention efforts. so police told the crowd that more officers are patrolling chinatown and they're working to improve response times. he also reminded the public about surveillance cameras. it happened installed all along stockton street. and those cameras aimed to help deter crime and also catch criminals. happening today, the new terminal relief and francisco icon harvey milk will finally open at sfo. so the first phase of the billion redevelopment project will be completed today. so that is when the first 9 gates will open in the boarding area along with new restaurants and also security checkpoint. so when the project is finally complete their there will be as many as 25 i kate, the terminal was renamed to harvey milk terminal, one after plans to name the renamed the entire airport after him fell through. >>for

>>well right now i'm standing in san francisco's chinatown this is a bustling part of the city full of tourists and locals pretty much every day of the year unfortunately they also see their share of crime here and sometimes it's violent crime since the beginning of the year there have been at least 8 high-profile violent attacks in the chinese community here in san francisco, including an attack just last week were 2 men were robbed and beaten in broad daylight here in chinatown and neighbors here want to do something about it today community leaders city officials and the police department held a public meeting, the talk about what's being done and answer questions. the police department said they have beefed up foot patrols in the area and also working on improving our response times they also say they need the public's help basically if you see something say something please reach out to us. >>so we can establish those lines of communications for the police department also talked about surveillance cameras have been installed along stockton street and that they hope. >>i will deter

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

>>we don't usually see this type of violence in chinatown. >>reporter: a man used a broom to break the windshield of three vehicle stopped in traffic. police say the vandalism is unrelated to the attack on long. he says the brazen attack in broad daylight in an area filled with elderly people and tourist is alarming. he wants the suspects caught and arrested. >> i am not able to return to work. perhaps another week or so and then i will return. i am hoping this will never happen to anyone else. >>reporter: he wants a song stronger and sustained release presents and more surveillance cameras. new cameras were already in the works and they expect them to be up and running in six to eight weeks. in chinatown, amber lee. back to you. >>> a hit and run in san francisco. the driver turned herself in. the 19-year-old was behind the wheel of a mazda that crashed in the bayview district thursday morning. this accident was so severe that it sheared off the car's front and. three cars were injured and a 19-year-old man. the faa is in nebraska trying to

north beach and chinatown. she was absolutely instrumental in increasing the health and safety standards within chinatown, outside of chinatown and i have to say, despite the irrational fear of the government and health inspectors in particular, particularly in the restaurant industry, lisa is incredibly regarded by the community because she understands the local business culture, the local culture, the practices, she is fair, she is patient, accommodating and takes no shit. i rarely use words like that but that will summarize lisa. she was so thought of in the community that she was invited to be the grand marshal of the chinese new year parade which says a lot. she always had the sense to call me to say, i'm shutting down a restaurant in your district and your phone is about to ring, but i knew everyone would start screaming at me and rose would say she called and did the right thing. she is a legendary fixture at the department of public health, as patient as she is with ignorant owners, she is equally, and

in 1989 we move from chinatown to richmond district. we have opened for a bit, over 29 years.oducts from thailand, japan, indonesia, vietnam, singapore and india. we try to keep everything fresh daily. so a customer can get the best out a bit. >> normally during crab season in november, this is the first place i hit. because they have really just really fresh crab. this is something my family really likes for me to make. also, from my traditional chinese food, i love to make a kale soup. they cut it to the size they really want. i am probably here once a week. i'm very familiar with the aisles and they know everyone who is a cashier -- cashier here i know when people come into a market such as this, it looks like an asian supermarkets, which it is and sometimes it can be intimidating. we don't speak the language and many of the labels are in chinese, you may not know what to buy or if it is the proper ingredients for the recipe are trying to make. i do see a lot of people here with a recipe card or sometimes with a magazine and they are looking for specific items. the staff he