since the last meeting, we met with chinatown community leaders. we also have met with chinese hospital leadership and are excited to really move forward in a collaborative response with chinese hospitals to covid-19 cases in s.r.o.s in chinatown. and we're working on setting up recurring meetings with the s.r.o. collaboratives. and we want to hear their concerns. we also want to provide them information and updates and we want to strategize together how we can optimize covid-19 prevention for s.r.o.s residents and other disproportionately impacted by covid-19. we have an amazing team in our group of social workers, nurse practitioners, nurses, health workers who have been in the field in s.r.o.s every day since really the pandemic started, talking to residents. and we want to share the stories that we have heard, bus we know there are a lot of up stream factors and social determinants of health that are affecting these communities and we can only figure out how to address them if we work together. we do want to continue to request that the committ

involved in commuting organizing to stop the further destruction of the japan town-chinatown malil a town communities created by redevelopment. fast forward to 2020 and the effects of the covid-19 pandemic. small businesses owned by people of color are most at risk of being wiped out. as a japanese american i'm concerned about small businesses facingvi

since the last meeting, we met with chinatown community leaders. we also have met with chinese hospital leadership and are excited to really move forward in a collaborative response with chinese hospitals to covid-19 cases in s.r.o.s in chinatown. and we're working on setting up recurring meetings with the s.r.o. collaboratives. and we want to hear their concerns. we also want to provide them information and updates and we want to strategize together how we can optimize covid-19 prevention for s.r.o.s residents and other disproportionately impacted by covid-19. we have an amazing team in our group of social workers, nurse practitioners, nurses, health workers who have been in the field in s.r.o.s every day since really the pandemic started, talking to residents. and we want to share the stories that we have heard, bus we know there are a lot of up stream factors and social determinants of health that are affecting these communities and we can only figure out how to address them if we work together. we do want to continue to request that the committ

folsom street just opened up, the valencia corridor merchants association, the chinatown community officer, so there's lots of opportunity for deep-end partnerships across the city. >> and are they the ones that identify the city or what are the terms of the partnership? >> they're very flexible. the city has advocates and proponents of all shapes and sizes, and we see our role in the program to facilitate those groups' desire to activate and help support their businesses and communities. so folks have done some local organizing to apply to the program but there were other teams that we helped did evelo. on the compliance, enforcement, and monitoring, we would love to work with groups that do the ambassador work, for example, so that we have folks on the ground, you know, in our -- especially our larger shared spaces, reminding folks to, you know, about face covering and physical distancing and getting off your bike if you're coming through the roadway closure. so i think there are many different opportunities for, really, all of san francisco to pitch in to help make this successful. >> c

since the last meeting, we met with chinatown community leaders.e also have met with chinese hospital leadership and are excited to really move forward in a collaborative response with chinese hospitals to covid-19 cases in s.r.o.s in chinatown. and we're working on setting up recurring meetings with the s.r.o. collaboratives. and we want to hear their concerns. we also want to provide them information and updates and we want to strategize together how we can optimize covid-19 prevention for s.r.o.s residents and other disproportionately impacted by covid-19. we have an amazing team in our group of social workers, nurse practitioners, nurses, health workers who have been in the field in s.r.o.s every day since really the pandemic started, talking to residents. and we want to share the stories that we have heard, bus we know there are a lot of up stream factors and social determinants of health that are affecting these communities and we can only figure out how to address them if we work together. we do want to continue to request that the committee

since the last meeting, we met with chinatown community leaders. we also have met with chinese hospital leadership and are excited to really move forward in a collaborative response with chinese hospitals to covid-19 cases in s.r.o.s in chinatown. and we're working on setting up recurring meetings with the s.r.o. collaboratives. and we want to hear their concerns. we also want to provide them information and updates and we want to strategize together how we can optimize covid-19 prevention for s.r.o.s residents and other disproportionately impacted by covid-19. we have an amazing team in our group of social workers, nurse practitioners, nurses, health workers who have been in the field in s.r.o.s every day since really the pandemic started, talking to residents. and we want to share the stories that we have heard, bus we know there are a lot of up stream factors and social determinants of health that are affecting these communities and we can only figure out how to address them if we work together. we do want to continue to request that the committ

since the last meeting, we met with chinatown community leaders.th chinese hospital leadership and are excited to really move forward in a collaborative response with chinese hospitals to covid-19 cases in s.r.o.s in chinatown. and we're working on setting up recurring meetings with the s.r.o. collaboratives. and we want to hear their concerns. we also want to provide them information and updates and we want to strategize together how we can optimize covid-19 prevention for s.r.o.s residents and other disproportionately impacted by covid-19. we have an amazing team in our group of social workers, nurse practitioners, nurses, health workers who have been in the field in s.r.o.s every day since really the pandemic started, talking to residents. and we want to share the stories that we have heard, bus we know there are a lot of up stream factors and social determinants of health that are affecting these communities and we can only figure out how to address them if we work together. we do want to continue to request that the committee reevaluate the pr

folsom street just opened up, the valencia corridor merchants association, the chinatown community officer, so there's lots of opportunity for deep-end partnerships across the city. >> and are they the ones that identify the city or what are the terms of the partnership? >> they're very flexible. the city has advocates and proponents of all shapes and sizes, and we see our role in the program to facilitate those groups' desire to activate and help support their businesses and communities. so folks have done some local organizing to apply to the program but there were other teams that we helped did evelo. on the compliance, enforcement, and monitoring, we would love to work with groups that do the ambassador work, for example, so that we have folks on the ground, you know, in our -- especially our larger shared spaces, reminding folks to, you know, about face covering and physical distancing and getting off your bike if you're coming through the roadway closure. so i think there are many different opportunities for, really, all of san francisco to pitch in to help make this successful. >> c

provision permitting nonretail professional services above the fifrts sto first story in the chinatown communityusiness district zoning control table, which was inadvertently deleted in recent enacted legislation. to enter t to -- >> chair peskin: thank you, miss major. as miss major just stated, this is indeed a technical correction to an item that was inadvertently deleted, and this will reinstate the nonretail professional services above the ground floor are permitted. mr. starr from the planning department, is there anything you would like to add to that nifty synopsis that i just gave, or ms. merloni, or anybody from planning. we're fixing a mistake. >> i believe that we are satisfied with your description, chair peskin. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss merloni. are there any questions or comments from members? seeing none, is there any public comment on item number 2? >> clerk: thank you, mr. ch r chair. michael is letting us know if there are any public callers. if you have not done so already, please press star-three to be entered into the queue. if you have not done so. pleas

many of our community members who don't have as much technological savvy and want that personal contact. so we are pretty much all over getting the message out there, have been in chinatown. we're going to be in japantown. so for the next -- for pretty much every weekend, we'll be out in the community with a table and signing people up. >> and this question is for either one of you. you know, for so long i have always said that as an asian-american woman, it is important that representation happen. it matters so much, and it actually matters when it comes to our voting especially during this election year. elaborate a little bit more on this because i'm not sure people know the implications not responding to the census can have on voting. >> yeah, i can take the first crack at that. you know, dion, doing the census means that you matter and there is a very direct connection between being counted in the census and ensuring that you have an impact in voting for the next election, like for president or any other office. the sennial census results are used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets, and that of course impacts the electoral college, and that wi

so i think community hubs specifically in chinatown would help kind of facilitate that in-person interaction. i know that there are guidelines from d.p.h. and others that need to be respected and adhered to, but i don't want -- i don't want us to lose that potential opportunity one way or another, especially if the spring semester is going to be on-line again. >> absolutely. thank you, trustee randolph. >> great. that's all i have. thank you. chair haney. >> supervisor haney: commissioner moliga? >> commissioner moliga: thank you, supervisor haney. i just wanted to piggyback off of trusty randolph's comments. i agree. you know, i think the conversation does need to expand to pre-k to 14. right now, it's k through 12. i think we need to definitely think about the model from pre-k to 14. i also want to just mention that, you know, this learning laws thing, i'm glad that folks are talking about it at the secondary level. i think it really is a public health issue, and i think the burden right now is put upon the academic institutions to be able to identify these. but what it sounds like to me,

whether relief centers and they include the san francisco main library, the chinatown branch, mission bay and the southeast community facility. they will be open until monday.>> wilson walker is live in pleasanton right now. it is all very hot so people are using air-conditioning and electricity. so that is creating a problem. he's got more on the flex alert that just took effect.>> reporter: we are sort of in the middle of this peak of demand as you know, it kind of starts around 3:00 and runs through the evening. we want to show you where we are on that curve, lots of curves these days. we will show you the power curve tonight, as you can see we have about hit the peak of demand for energy here in california. it usually comes around the 5 to six a clock hour. we are demanding 45 megawatts of energy. that is more than we were forecast today. however, the good news, we are still short of the available capacity which is about 53,000 megawatts. so we are using more energy than they thought we might. we are still short of that capacity, so as of now it looks like the lights will stay on throughout california. now let's

include the main public library, chinatown and mission bay branches and a southeast community facility. >>> video posted on twitter shows about 200 protesters demonstrating at the national seashore over the management of the elk herds. the east a times reports the issue is the park service's recommendation to amend the general plan to allow for the culling of one of the three herds of elk. protesters say it is unfair to reduce the elk herd because they are native to the land. they also say they are not being treated properly because they are trapped behind fences. the park service said the general plan amendment can't make improvements to the area, including how they manage the elk. >>> jason appelbaum and joe fonzi will break down all of the sports action. >>> affordable daycare so parents can get back to work. how a nonprofit is helping small childcare centers help others. now more than ever, it's important californians have health coverage. if you've lost health insurance, covered california can help. you may even get financial help to pay for your health insurance. just visit cover

. >> the people of historic chinatown are working to save their businesses and their community.s a rich culture that reflects both chinese traditions and japan's journey in opening up to the world. in our next story, we move to japan's northern most prefecture of hokkaido. a famous on onsen hot spring town is reaching new clientele right at its doorstep. >> this is a hot spring resort on the outskirts of sapporo. this is one of its longest-established hotels. foreign tourists used to comprise 30% of its guests. but since the on set of the coronavirus pandemic, it has lost many of its japanese tourists too. >> translator: there's virtually no one outside on the street. eets it's a terrible situation. >> reporter: so, this hotel has changed tact. it's aiming to nearby city. >> translator: we have measures in place to prevent infections so you can stay with peace of mind. >> reporter: staff from the hotel are going door to door promoting new rates of just under 50 u.s. dollars per person for groups of four guests. that's a discount of about 30%. from virtually 0 occupancy, it has r

community development center. i want to thank you for working on behalf of s.r.o. residents, not only in chinatown and district 3, but citywide. this is really important legislation. and while we are reassured by dr. cohen's words to reflect that they don't support a warting-down of the legislation, we do continue to insist on testing being a critical need. we have seen that testing, when it's done at the building, is effective. we have also seen in many neighborhoods when testing is offered off-site, it is less effective and people are less interested in being tested. we really want to frame this as a tenants' righ right-to-know perspective. this ordinance is about what the tenant needs to know in terms of the city's covid response. and what the city -- and what the tenants, you know, has a right to know in terms of what is going on in their buildings. we have testimony a little bit later, that's going to show you that, of course, when d.p.h. comes around and does outreef and says that, you know, there's covid-wide testing, kind of sounds stupid. they know that that means that there's an outbreak

involved in commuting organizing to stop the further destruction of the japan town-chinatown malil a town communities created by redevelopment. fast forward to 2020 and the effects of the covid-19 pandemic. small businesses owned by people of color are most at risk of being wiped out. as a japanese american i'm concerned about small businesses facing eviction in japan town. if these businesses fail, it opens the door to property being sold to developers. they may transform the property and change the charter of japan town, similar to what happened to the international hotel property in malil a town where the hilton hotel now stands. please support these ordinance to give small businesses a fighting chance to survive and preserve our communities of color. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. great timing. thank you. >> operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hello caller? >> if you press star 3 and you have are unmuted start speaking let's see if that's you. we'll go bax to the next person. >> can you hear me now? >> yes, welcome. >> very quickly, i'm following gill, marina and t

open from 10 to 5:30 today and tomorrow, at the main public library, chinatown and mission bay branch is, and the southeast community facility. we've also posted more information on the glass fire and the evacuations and the red flag warning on our website, ktvu.com. >>> a frightening story out of southern california where joe montana and his wife fought off an intruder who tried to kidnap their nine-month-old grandchild. it happened last night as they were in their rented home in malibu. los angeles county sheriff deputies say a woman gained access to the home through an unlocked door and picked up the baby who was asleep in a playpen. montana and his wife, jennifer, confronted the woman and a scuffle in do it, with jennifer safely pried the baby out of the woman's arms. the woman then ran out of the house. the baby is fine, and no one was hurt. sheriff's deputies down the suspect identified as, a short time later, and arrested her. today, joe montana tweeted this message, thank you to everyone who has reached out, scary situation but thankful that everybody is doing well. we appreciate respect to our privacy at th

the san francisco main library, chinatown branch library, mission bay branch library, and this out these community facility. >> right here, there is hvac, there's air conditioning, people can bring their laptops, their snacks, their books >>> new video just coming into our newsroom, gov. newson meeting with people who were forced to evacuate from the north complex fire. 14 people have been killed in this blaze, that is now burned more than 260,000 acres in butte and plymouth county's. it is now just 26% contained. residential was in northern california today to hear about the deadly wildfires. he also honored seven california national guardsmen. they rescued a group of people from the creek fire at mammoth pool earlier this month. the 10 hour air rescue mission sage 242 people. today they received the distinguished flying cross for their heroic efforts. >> our nation is strong because remarkable individuals like the servicemembers. pa risked everything so that they may save lives of people come in many cases, they the fires, and the governor was polite but he did tell the president what we are see

they include the main public library, the chinatown and mission bay branches and the southeast community >>> an alert will be in effect tomorrow. the air quality management district issued the alert today. they set high temperatures in smoke is contributing to the unhealthy air. this is what it looked like today in san francisco. behaves is nearly covering the golden gate bridge. tomorrow, the spare the air alert will be the 36th so far this year.'s -- >>> we will have more on the glass fire later tonight. at 10:30 pm, hear from evacuees that say they are considering moving after the recent fires. >>> president trump did not pay federal income taxes were 10 out of the last 15 years. how he is responding. >>> joe montana and his wife fight off a would-be kidnapper, trying to take the young grandchild. details on that encounter are coming up. >>> president trump reportedly paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the last 15 years. when he did, a report by the new york times had the president paid $750. that was in 2016, the year he was elected and again, $750 in his first year in office. the

chinatown for 24 years. >> if we don't get the financial help, it will be really rough. i mean, it will be more layoffs. we won't even know if we can make our rent. >> the china town community conducted a survey of a third of traunlts in chinatown. it found 37% of businesses applied and received ppe funding while 38% applied and their loan is still pending. 16% didn't apply. and 9% were rejected. >> more than anything, what it tells me is we need a second round. or a third round. it is crucial for these businesses. they spent the money. >> she owns la palma, a restaurant. >> you put your whole high of into it. the ppe was something that we are glad that we received. now they're able to keep their food on the table. but most businesses didn't get the money because there were few resources like translators. available for help. >> i can see where someone would put a wrong answer or plain give up. you had no one to ask. nobody was answering the phone. >> carlos, he latino owned businesses employed for ppe loans across the bay area. yet 480 were decldecldecldecldel >> you can really feel the frustration for sole of those business owners. for many, it is more urgent than ever to

involved in commuting organizing to stop the further destruction of the japan town-chinatown malil a town communities created by redevelopment. fast forward to 2020 and the effects of the covid-19 pandemic. small businesses owned by people of color are most at risk of being wiped out. as a japanese american i'm concerned about small businesses facing eviction in japan town. if these businesses fail, it opens the door to property being sold to developers. they may transform the property and change the charter of japan town, similar to what happened to the international hotel property in malil a town where the hilton hotel now stands. please support these ordinance to give small businesses a fighting chance to survive and preserve our communities of color. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. great timing. thank you. >> operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hello caller? >> if you press star 3 and you have are unmuted start speaking let's see if that's you. we'll go bax to the next person. >> can you hear me now? >> yes, welcome. >> very quickly, i'm following gill, marina and t

more testing needs to be done throughout our communities and we are committed to making testing timely and accessible for our members. >>> in oakland's chinatown, a massive fire, tearing through almost an entire block this morning, burning several businesses and several markets, chapter 5 over the fire this morning, along webster, and you can see the massive building nearly 2/3 of it destroyed. the crews had to cut through the roof, you can see the flames and smoke shooting up into the air, more than 70 firefighters helped get this fire under control, many of these people had just returned from the wildfires. >> i could not be more proud of our firefighters, they are just, with covid and the pandemic and homeschooling and not getting any time off until i can really decompress after a shifter tour or 21 day appointment. >> we were all over this fire this morning as breaking news on our new kpix 5 app. you get 24/7 access to newscasts, real-time news updates, and breaking news alerts. >>> fire concerns are growing among neighbors in berkeley, oakland and the east bay hills tonight. it has prompted law enforcement to up patrols. they will be moni

involved in commuting organizing to stop the further destruction of the japan town-chinatown malil a town communities created by redevelopment. fast forward to 2020 and the effects of the covid-19 pandemic. small businesses owned by people of color are most at risk of being wiped out. as a japanese american i'm concerned about small businesses facing eviction in japan town. if these businesses fail, it opens the door to property being sold to developers. they may transform the property and change the charter of japan town, similar to what happened to the international hotel property in malil a town where the hilton hotel now stands. please support these ordinance to give small businesses a fighting chance to survive and preserve our communities of color. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. great timing. thank you. >> operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hello caller? >> if you press star 3 and you have are unmuted start speaking let's see if that's you. we'll go bax to the next person. >> can you hear me now? >> yes, welcome. >> very quickly, i'm following gill, marina and t

chinatown area. it's very densely populated, and a lot of a little parks that were the open space have been closed because they were, like, play structures. so i'm concerned about communitiesn, like, tenderloin and excelsior and o.m.i. and chinatown. if we have a hub at a site, that might prevent rec and park from operating outdoor activities or things that i would like them be able to do that would maybe reach a larger number of students. and similarly, if there's a site that's programmed for a library, if that prevents, say, the chinatown library from distributing books, our families would have to walk to, like, civic center. that's, like -- you're serving 14 kids but not the larger community. i want to know how we can have that community and how we can serve larger communities. i know my community but not other parts of the city, as well. i want to know how communities can have input how we're programming, like, a portfolio -- not only the hubs but also a portfolio of services for families. >> yeah. those are all really great questions, and i believe at the joint select committee, the city manager and director for rec and park will be at the next meeting and that will b

one was an engineer, one was a poet, one was a librarian at the chinatown branch and they took it upon themselves to go into the community to conduct oral histories to translate the poems. this is what the book looks like when it was first published in 1980. publishing houses did not want to publish it, so they self published it 35 years ago. found was that this history, preserving and recovering this history, served as a type of catharsis for the chinese-american community. aired these dark secrets. it allowed people to understand they did not experience this on their own. there were others who experienced this history of racial exclusion and undocumented immigration. it helped to feel like they could let this go. it was not all their fault. it was part of a larger history, and larger pattern, of discrimination. legitimize the angel island experience and it allowed immigrant detainees to feel like they did not have to be ashamed anymore. 1970's she would find people to interview and they would say, no, thank you. i do not want to talk about it. now, there are so many who want to tell judy their stories. it has become a

communities have been left behind. >> this restaurant's closed, that restaurant's closed. >> reporter: when new york city shut down, jefferson li's family's butcher shop in chinatown closedor months, in a neighborhood already on edge due to the stigma of the pandemic. li used social media to attract new customers who lived elsewhere, advertising their low prices. but he says for every business, it's a fight for survival. >> each one of these is just kind of like someone's american dream, someone's struggle, someone's future falling through the cracks. >> reporter: and today we've learned that talks have resumed between democrats and the white house on a workforce stimulus package. but they are still far from a deal. david? >> adrienne, really important reporting. thank you. our series continues later this week on "nightline." >>> when we come back on "world news tonight," the attack on police. newly released surveillance showing two officers attacked inside a police station. >>> and there's news tonight the pain is always around the corner.o i'm to help california's 19 most vulnerable. over 24,000 homes were destroyed by wildfires in less than two years. too many of thos

communities. especially in my district. i represent downtown chicago and you don't come to chicago and not go to see what the restaurants are like and have a meal. i represent chinatownreekto greektown, oldtown, oak park, riverpark. all of these communities are restaurant known. people go to them specifically to engage in the restaurants. the restaurants are absolutely essential, the traditional eateries are basically wiped out. catfish corn, they just announced they are going to close. brownsville, restaurant places, the workers used to make minimum wage and now have no wage. they have no other place to turn but to the government. where else can they go? they don't have savings, stocks, 401ks and as indicated, one young worker from chicago, paid in cash, to lessen his take-home pay and excluded him from unemployment benefits of course i am a cosponsor of the restaurant act enthusiastically cosponsoring the house passed critical policies to help restaurants and workers over one month ago. enhanced employee retention tax credit, new economic impact payments, expanded paid family and medical leave and critical childcare tax credit. get the republican senate leadership

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 this to the cafe so many characters aro

need the help, this is why in the next days we are going to be out in the community, starting at civic center and tomorrow in chinatown, and on saturday at mendel plaza in the bayview and capping it off on tuesday, look for the big census bus, a lot of arts, billboards, a lot of lowriders and cars going all through the city to get everybody to participate. we can do this, but we can't do it by ourselves. we can't count on the census bureau to do all the counting. we have to do it for ourselves in san francisco. we have to do it because there are a lot of people depending on us. i want to thank our community partners, they are the awesome people out here volunteering with our city staff from the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. with that, i'm going to introduce somebody who doesn't need any introduction. he is the mayor of the tenderloin, he is our hero, and has been doing it for the tenderloin and the south market and district 6 since july of last year when we all started this, mr. dell seymor. >> hey, good afternoon. i will not be long. until a couple of years ago, i thought the united states citizen

also i want to recognize and thank chinatown and japantown leaders and the small business community that reached out to both of our offices and worked really closely with lee heppner on supervisor's peskin's staff and kyle on my staff. hopefully that's something that will have broad support. i appreciate the mayor's comments at the start of our meeting today. and i think the really important resolution is to try to get the governor to renew his executive order on commercial evictions so that we can pass ongoing strong protections locally. so several items that i am submitting today. i'll speak to a couple of them. first, colleagues, i am -- and supervisor peskin alluded to this previously in his comments. i'm introducing an ordinance to prohibit no fault evictions through march 31st, 2021. so the underlying premise here is simple, one that i have stated before in the context of other legislation, and that is that no one should lose their home during this pandemic. nationally, the centres for disease control recently noted in their national moratorium on non-payment evictions, and i quote

chinatown businesses and to spread the message on the streets. >> we are trying to unite asians and everyone. we want to fill the bridges between the black and white and asian community. >> reporter: announcing racism toward asian americans in the wake of covid-19 even though the legislation passed with heavy democratic support 164 republicans voted against it. >> it should not be a partisan issue and it is that we should all condemn hate and all of its harm. >>> to the coronavirus with the top state health officials morning we could see a major spike in covid hospitalizations next month. dr. mark galli sees early signs it is intensifying and claims the state could see an 89% increase in hospitalizations next month, rising from over 2500 to just under 4900 by late october. he said gatherings happening at labor day weekend and the relaxing of reopening restrictions should be or could be fueling the spread. >> we know there's more opportunity for mixing, exposing others. the lines on the right side of the graph are trending upward elling us more individuals with covid-19 are showing up in the emergency rooms seeking care . >> with the hot weather on the way the doctor

need the help, this is why in the next days we are going to be out in the community, starting at civic center and tomorrow in chinatown, and on saturday at mendel plaza in the bayview and capping it off on tuesday, look for the big census bus, a lot of arts, billboards, a lot of lowriders and cars going all through the city to get everybody to participate. we can do this, but we can't do it by ourselves. we can't count on the census bureau to do all the counting. we have to do it for ourselves in san francisco. we have to do it because there are a lot of people depending on us. i want to thank our community partners, they are the awesome people out here volunteering with our city staff from the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. with that, i'm going to introduce somebody who doesn't need any introduction. he is the mayor of the tenderloin, he is our hero, and has been doing it for the tenderloin and the south market and district 6 since july of last year when we all started this, mr. dell seymor. >> hey, good afternoon. i will not be long. until a couple of years ago, i thought the united states citizen

what the restaurants are like and to have a meal, i represent chinatown, week town, old town, oak park, riverpark, all of these communitiesare restaurant known, people go to them specifically to engage in their restaurants so the restaurants are absolutely essential, the traditional is basically wiped out the wallet of catfish opponent, it is just announced they are going to close so brownsville your training in the village,an restaurant places restaurants that make minimum wage now have no wage. they have no other place to turn but to the government where else can they go. they don't have savings, stocks, 401ks and as professor indicated and mentioned, one young worker from chicago was paid in cash which both lessen his take-home pay and excluded him from unemployment benefits. of course i'm a close sponsor of earl bloom and iris restaurant enthusiastically cosponsor it, the house has passed critical policies to help restaurants and workers over for month ago. they enhanced employee retention tax credit, new economic payments, expanded paid family and medical leave and critical childcare tax credits. that republican sena

chinatown ymca where they'll sit in a large room and log into their distance learning classes. >> the staff act as a bridge to the schools and they can jump in. >> san francisco is opening 45 communityhubs to help families who have faced challenges with online instruction. >> they're serving our students most in need. either students living in public housing, foster care youth, english learners. their parents are not working and they really need that support during the day. >> the classroom staff aren't teachers. at this location they're ymca staff that would normally be running after school programs. parents dropping of on their kids welcome the port. >> it is nice to focus on work and know that she's still learning. >> a few blocks away, the park staff oversee another learning hub at the recreation central. students sit far apart and wear head sets so they don't distract each other. ? we were missing classes and like how do we get on? ten minutes. you have another zoom, okay? >> a board keeps track of all the different schedules. >> we have our children listed. it is the times they have to get on their zooms with their teachers. >> the program runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. kids

i represent chinatown, greektown, old town, oak park, forest park, river park, all of these communities are restaurant known. people go to them specifically to engage in their restaurants. some of the restaurants are absolutely essential. the traditional soul food eateries are basically wiped out. places like mcarthur's, wallace's catfish corner, lowry's just announced they are going to close. so brunsville, ukrainian village, restaurant places, the workers are used to making minimum wage, now, of course, they have no wage. they have no other place to turn but to their government. where else can they go? they don't have savings, stocks, or 401(k)s. and as the professor indicated and mentioned, one young worker from chicago named kamani was paid in cash, which both lessened his takehome pay and excluded him from unemployment benefits. of course, i'm a co-sponsor of earl blumenauer's restaurant act, enthusiastically co-sponsor it. the house just passed critical policies to help restaurants and workers over four months ago. we enhanced employee retention tax credit, new economic impact pay

community are fighting on the frontlines against the covid-19 virus. yet instead of being celebrated as heroes, they are fighting violence and bigotry. in february, one of my visits to san francisco's chinatown, which i'm overwhelmingly proud to represent, i was heartbroken to witness the devastating impact that fear, stigma, and misinformation continue to have on families and businesses. nearly half of recorded incidentses of anti-asian hate, according to the stop aapi hate reporting center, have occurred in california. for many of the bay area who remember the systemic injustices and discriminations perpetrated against generations of asian americans, this resurgence is a traumatic reminder of the lingering specter of xenophobia. sadly this bigotry is being fueled by some in washington,-, and you would think -- i thought this would be almost unanimous consent to condemn violence against asian americans. even from the white house itself, which uses dangerous, false, and offensive terms to describe the coronavirus. the world health organization and the c.d.c., the center for disease control, have explicitly warned against linking infectious diseases to specific ethnicity because of the stigmi

chinatown and one in the mission and two in the southeast sector. we have two comprehensive clinics that serve children through adults on sunset. and we also have community programming and services in addition to our comprehensive crisis which i have mentioned and our mental health clinics, and the child welfare system and supports treatment and care. and the project for intensive case management clinic that provides services for high acuity kids and kids at risk of out of home placement. legacy is our peer parent specialist program with caregivers and youth with lived experience that support families and family support night in our community advisory board. and you will learn more about it in the presentation, a clinic of behavioral clinic within juvenile hall and works with probation to support the youth that is a community-based providers. and the new kid on the block is our psychological assessment services program. we're taking over the function of sik psychological testing win the child welfare and criminal justice referrals, to provide better oversight and quality assurance for those required to expand, and to (indiscernible) and to conduct these

chinatown and one in the mission and two in the southeast sector. we have two comprehensive clinics that serve children through adults on sunset. and we also have community programming and services in addition to our comprehensive crisis which i have mentioned and our mental health clinics, and the child welfare system and supports treatment and care. and the project for intensive case management clinic that provides services for high acuity kids and kids at risk of out of home placement. legacy is our peer parent specialist program with caregivers and youth with lived experience that support families and family support night in our community advisory board. and you will learn more about it in the presentation, a clinic of behavioral clinic within juvenile hall and works with probation to support the youth that is a community-based providers. and the new kid on the block is our psychological assessment services program. we're taking over the function of sik psychological testing win the child welfare and criminal justice referrals, to provide better oversight and quality assurance for those required to expand, and to (indiscernible) and to conduct these

community are fighting on the frontlines against the covid-19 virus. yet instead of being celebrated as heroes, they are fighting violence and bigotry. in february, one of my visits to san francisco's chinatown, which i'm overwhelmingly proud to represent, i was heartbroken to witness the devastating impact that fear, stigma, and misinformation continue to have on families and businesses. nearly half of recorded incidentses of anti-asian hate, according to the stop aapi hate reporting center, have occurred in california. for many of the bay area who remember the systemic injustices and discriminations perpetrated against generations of asian americans, this resurgence is a traumatic reminder of the lingering specter of xenophobia. sadly this bigotry is being fueled by some in washington,-, and you would think -- i thought this would be almost unanimous consent to condemn violence against asian americans. even from the white house itself, which uses dangerous, false, and offensive terms to describe the coronavirus. the world health organization and the c.d.c., the center for disease control, have explicitly warned against linking infectious diseases to specific ethnicity because of the stigmi