i'm wyman lee and i'm a resident engineer for chinatown station. today i am presenting contract modification 123 to construct chinatown station plaza for your approval. central subway, phase two, we are constructing four stations. one surface station at fourth and branno inning, one at mosconi, another at union square and and my most prized at chinatown. our timeline, substantial completion for the tail-end of june of 2020. for the rose station, the original station has the residenrendering, and i consista surface level as well as roof. we want that to be incorporated into the construction contract. as can see from the rendering below, there's another story, another level that's going to be constructed above the surface. we'll end up with the ground level, the plaza level, as well as the roof when everything is done. and the next slide, is shows the magnitude of the construction that's being performed at chinatown. there are six levels constructed underground, along stockton street and three levels that have the cavern of about 1,000 feet, where tr

thank you. >> policy director for chinatown development center. chinatown is proud of this resolution and thank you, supervisor mar for introducing it. sb50 and we have read it. fundamentally it takes away an important process right called democracy. we need a democratic process, one that the state does not provide for us to protect local communities against displacement. in 1986 after the eviction of the hotel and the evictions of many residents, chinatown came together as a community and adopted the chinatown plan which has protected it since then from market rate development and protected existing residents and small businesses. that flan will be disrupted and underlined by sb50. our basic zoning in chinatown is 35 feet. everything above requires a c .u. sb50 will up zone everything to 55% and eliminate the c .u. process. we are told by the legislators we don't have to worry because we have sensitive communities. we will have sensitive communities protection for a five year period during which time we have to revisit. this will include addition

pretty much everything else has been reduced in chinatown. the central district includes chinatown.

still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family washe 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 everyone. thank you all for coming to our quarterly disaster council meeting, a few days before the holiday week. we appreciate

pretty much everything else has been reduced in chinatown. the central district includes chinatown. it doesn't take away from the crimes that you are describing. they are really awful crimes. the trend is downward except for the aggravated assault. >> and then this may again be based on some of the media reporting and some of the things that i have seen and there has been -- it seems like targeting of elderly individuals for street robberies or aggravated assaults, and again not that any other robbery is any less or any use of force, but when you are targeting older people, people with health issues, people that are unable to defend themselves not they should have to defend yourself, mind you is that also -- are we seeing trends in that regard? because i just, you know, it is beyond me what would go -- i don't know. seeing the nature of the crimes and the nature of the victims old people and children, to me it is like it is appalling. >> yes, sir. commissioners several of the ones that have gotten played on the news or social media have involved elderly victims. overall in the distr

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one of the parks in chinatown per the 1989 memo had no shadow. zero.n 2012 as part of the transit district plan, the planning commission and the rec and park commission together as joint commissions voted to adopt increase acl for seven parks one was willy park. the acl increased from 0 to 0.3%. this would add 0.1% one budget to the park wh within that rang. the specific shadow was very limited and limited in both time 8:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. also late november to early january. low angle winter sun. i am happy to elaborate if the commission desires. i will close. i believe project sponsor is not given time to speak. if you choose to hear from them, they may have an update about community outreach. thank you. >> this is the second hearing on this matter. generally public comment is limited to one minute. >> if that is the case let's take public comment on this item. >> no speaker cards. if you have public comment, come on up. >> thank you, commissioners. cj higley. land use council. as mr. foster mentioned. the action is to initiate consideration of the

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

for many people who live in chinatown, this is their backyard.his is where many people come to congregate, and we are so happy to be able to deliver this project on time and under budget. >> a reason we all agreed to name this memorex center is because it is part of the history of i hear -- to name this rec center, is because it is part of the history of san francisco. >> they took off from logan airport, and the call of duty was to alert american airlines that her plane was hijacked, and she stayed on the phone prior to the crash into the no. 9 world trade center. >> i would like to claim today the center and the naming of it. [applause] >> kmer i actually challenged me to a little bit of a ping pong -- the mayor actually challenge me to a little bit of a ping- pong, so i accept your challenge. ♪ >> it is an amazing spot. it is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. quarkrights i would like to come here and join them welcome. we're glad you are here. this is the regular meeting of the board of education. the san francisco unified school dis

and also highlighting the chinatown public health center is celebrating 50 years since breaking ground on the construction at the current location and a remarkable 90 years of service in the community of san francisco. the clinical will celebrate on december 5th with healthcare and city leader luminaries, patients, staff and community partners, and commission chow will be speaking with the ambulatory leadership and it's an important marker with regard to that anniversary. to highlight another piece and i take particular pleasure in reading the title of this one is medical clown's grand rounds. [ laughter ] >> so medical clowns held their fourth annual grand round's fundraiser at laguna hospital and for a number of years, the medical clowns provides supplemental therapeutic patients with memory-care needs and this is an example of where they're providing innovative programs for people and something that is really making a difference in people's lives and wanting to highlight that and read that title. so i stand available for any additional questions or comments on the rest of the report

this will be a critical link in integrating chinatown more closely into the city's transportation system. he has been instrumental in making sure the incredibly complex and deep excavation construction at central subway has gone smoothly and most importantly safely for over six years on the job and he is, as the resident engineer, the point person in dealing day-to-day with the contractor and all of the challenging issues related to site conditions, construction techniques and labour issues, community issues and he's been a real unsung hero at the central subway project and i hope you will help me in recognising his service today. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. mr. wyman, myself and director hemminger had the pleasure of meeting you as we toured the tunnels and thank you for your work and service and we look forward to hearing from you. a few words. >> you're welcome. it's been a real pleasure serving the community i grew up in. i was born in chinese hospital which is a block away and grew up just down the street on grant and washington, where i'm constructing a $250 million train s

>> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatownn 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 unique. whe

on treasure island there are communities in chinatown and mission rich with resources not getting the care they need. when we talk about the services needed we want to frame in terms who needs services and the transportation and other issues. so these are the barriers. there are many of them. insurance status, cost of care, immigration status, transportation, knowledge of services, awareness of how to get to it. linit the work force is moreof . the association of governments projects the san francisco population will add 250,000 residents by 2040. most will be in the eastern neighborhoods and hunters point and treasure islands. based on this we estimate 4.3 and 4.7 square feet of additional medical space. we have the zoned capacity to accommodate this growth. these need to be qualified. the city has 18 million square feet of medical growth. we are seeing shifts in the delivery of healthcare driven by federal, state and local policy. we see the emergence of tele medicine and delivery services. we don't know the new trends. san francisco mass one of the highest rates of physicians per c

i know chinatown is on the cusp of that. i know there are other parts of the downtown area and other neighborhoods that would have zero to minimal impact. the tenderloin and others. my neighborhood is zoned single family home. let's have a conversation about where we can have more density around transit. i think this is a good start. i think that supervisor mar, i appreciate everything you've done, in terms of moving the conversation forward and saying what you're looking for, but at the end of the day i think there is a lot of negotiation going on. i think it's very telling when the assemblyman from the west side of town is coauthor. he represents the west side of san francisco. senator wiener is the main author that represents the whole city. i feel confident in the leadership of assemblyman tinge and wiener to get this right. there is strong anti-demolition intended protections that could be more robust to your point. but they've already started. if a tenant has lived in any property for the past seven years, sb50 is not

. >> reporter: he played mostly in foreign films until 1990, when he was cast in the sequel to "chinatown> jack nicholson hired me to do the two jakes. the studio wanted me to be replaced. because they wanted a bankable actor. and jack said, nobody's firing you. >> the other night there was a murder. >> reporter: the next year ridley scott hired him to play the sympathetic detective chasing thelma and louise. >> louise, i almost feel like i know you. >> reporter: why did you want that part? >> i needed it. >> please. i'll do anything. i know what's making you run. i know what i can do in texas. >> i'm proud of that movie, by the way, because it became a standard, a classic. >> reporter: that same year kaitel earned an oscar nomination playing mobster mickey cohen in bugsy. but he's always had an uneasy relationship with hollywood. >>> why do you think at that point in time hollywood seemed to lose interest in you? >> gosh, if i knew that, i'd bottle it and sell it. i mean, i think they've lost interest now. >> reporter: you do? >> because everything is box office. >> reporter: yeah. >> no

if you say you were taking down the greats on grant street with no portal to chinatown, there would be an out range. this is the port alto lombard. it is not only for our kids but the million people at lombard need to use the bathroom. guess where they go? caffe sapore. it is critical to understand elias' generosity extends to everybody who comes to san francisco. thank you. >> next speaker, please. i would say our neighbors have spoken. i am theresa flanders, co-founder of north beach tenants. i have lived on lombard for three and a half decades. for me, caffe sapore is the cornerstone of the community. it is our community and it is the community that many envy bus we are close knit. we have lost many, many of our members. a lot of our shops, a lot of services in this community. what i want to say is caffe sapore is a place when i say to tenants where would you like to meet to talk about this landlord who is harassing you right now frying to get you to take a buyout or threatening you, where would you feel most comfortable? they will say can we meet at caffe sapore. it is a place wher

blasphemers have been punished by the supreme court they have not been executed i think chinatowns from the desk thank you very much thanks very much for having me. some sports news now and german football lights all on top of the. christmas break the team secured the top spot with a 31 win at home to alex book. how sport coach martin schmidt managed to smile as he greeted his counterpart helio not bill's maan. against leipzig of all teams philip max would have to sit out the match with a sore throat leaving it all up to his strike partner saw the need election. and he rose to the occasion opening the scoring for the visitors with their 1st chance in just the 8th minute was the 8th goal of the season for the summer newcomer up my checking video replay for a possible offside took 2 and a half minutes which is bad just fuel the fire for opponents of the system who say it kills the mood was after that leipzig woke up to a but they couldn't capitalize on any of their 1st half chances was but that changed in the 68 minutes when conrad lima got hold of the ball. the austrian netting the long

it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco. residents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise cafÉ. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborh

chinatown broadway improvements. masson nick improvements and long fellow safe routes to school. wwe want to expand and see improvements to the west side of the city. we are doing the work locally to make it happen. we are doing it with the needs of the community at the center. i would like to welcome you. >> good morning. on behalf of the planning department we are thankful for the sponsor ship. if i could have the slides, please. just i will be brief. these designations are in the plan bay area. it is the 30 year regional plan conducted by the association of bay area governments and the met lynn transportation commission. they are required under the state laws to produce this regional plan that is updated every four years to link transportation and land use and though how the region will house all of the population over the next 30 years. the last time it was adopts was 2017. they are called for renewed and revised applications by local jurisdictions for these designations. the growth framework is the plan and how we will house our population over 30 years. link that to transpo

and everybody that i know, all of my chinatown friends, they all desire -- and everybody i could think of that lived at the time, they wouldn't be high-rises now but when you talk about four stories, it was a high-rise then and people wanted to have a single-family home. now does it mean that many of the housing associations in san francisco -- what they really had -- i mean, single-family units in itself is not racist. i challenge anybody who says it is. it's the stupidest notion i've heard of. the covenants were in the association for many years,, decades that people could not live there in writing and that's why willie mays couldn't buy a home and even though he was the most famous player, they wouldn't allow him to buy on the west side. i could go on and on about this. this is very hot issue for my district and people want to step up. so give us a chance to step up and to add to the developments we're seeing on the west side. thank you very much. >> thank you, president. supervisor brown. >> thank you. and thank you, chair mar for bringing these amendments forward. i know when i br

henriquez has, she has been living in the international hotel, a 100% affordable housing complex in chinatown. >> i feel very lucky. i am thankful. >> reporter: patricia pays 80% of her income towards rent, she knows if it weren't for this place she couldn't live in the city. >> could you afford an apartment here? >> it is not for seniors being pushed out, nearly 200 people were evicted in the 70s. riot police infamously pulled seniors living here into the streets. the story is etched in the windows of patricia's building. >> it's a sad story but it's about how we have to keep on moving on. >> reporter: the evicted elders held signs that saidd, i don't move." they say action is urgent if we want to prevent more seniors from being pushed out. the group agreed to give the mayors office two days to schedule an appointment. if they do not here by friday they will fit in the mayor's office again and they will bring more people. >> what could happen? is it possible for them to get the money they are asking for? >> yes and no. there is a large budget it just seems to be a little bit of politics righ

that has profound repercussions for union square and chinatown. >> a commissioner diamond. >> i am really sympathetic to the arguments that the project proponent made, but i am really uncomfortable doing this as a one off and this feels like we need study and to apply in it a fair handed way. i did read that report and it may be dated and that different recommendations are in order, but i am really sympathetic to that argument. >> commissioner, there is a motion, but did not hear a second. >> u a didn't you second it? >> i did. >> very good. >> shall i call the question? >> very good. commissioners, there is a motion that has been seconded to approve with conditions amending the conversion to allow it on floors three, four, and five. also requiring back alley exterior lighting. on that motion, commissioner diamond. >> no. >> commissioner fung. >> no. >> u a commissioner moore. >> no. >> u a commissioner richards. >> no. >> commission president melgar. >> no. >> that motion fails 2-4 with commissions diamond, fung, moore, and melgar voting against. is there an alternate motion? >> commissi

conspiracy and it's to do with government and a bunch of other things, so it kind of throws but chinatowntions between the characters, a stellar cast — alec baldwin, willem dafoe, bruce willis, gugu mbatha—raw, who is so terrific — and the film looks wonderful. i think it's really brilliantly designed by beth mickle. it has a very, very fine and evocative score. as for norton, he does completely commit to the role of the private investigator with tourette‘s, which makes him sort of constantly interrupt himself with what appears to be an inner voice. it's a strange film, it's quite long — its 2.5 hours long — and i think that it's something that you have to give yourself over to. but if you're willing to let it work its spell — and it's quite a slow—paced film — i actually think it's quite rich and you can get lost in that world quite easily. ifound it quite immersive, quite an immersive experience. and a terrific supporting performance by alec baldwin. all righty. um, i really want to lucy in the sky to be good because i love films about space and exploration and... ok, look, i think i'm

>> [laughter] which goes all the downtown core in the south of market all the way up to chinatown. >> some in your district, some in matt's? >> it's in the red on the map. there is the pinkish fuchsia red. all of that is different types of c districts. [please stand by] >> there's a 15-day right of appeal to the board of appeals. in reality, public notice is quite limited so when i hear from folks on the mission corridors that they don't want the director, plan the director after february to do this and they're still discretional, i felt like we should listen to that. given that the sensitive is entertainment and permitted in all that map that you saw. or a vast majority. >> i hear you and i've heard in those meetings as well in the mission in particular concern i haven't heard about entertainment. i've heard about restaurant uses and expansion of wine and people i haven't heard anyone push back about entertainment. unless entertainment is being defined differently, how is entertainment being defined here? are we talking about -- >> comedy, music? what are we talking about? >> i have