at this time, i'd like to introduce our city administrator carmen chiu. in 2019, city administrator chiu partnered with the challenge initiative to compile a woman's book list to inspire the next generation of women leaders. we're so fortunate to have her support in getting our libraries re-open. city administrator chiu. >> when i was a little girl, i can remember going to the library. i maxed out every single book i could possibly get with my library card. it was always some kind of a cartoon, garfield or whatever it might have been at the time. and, i have to say how important it was for me to be able to access the library. my parents didn't have a whole lot of money. it wasn't as if we could go to a store and pick out a book or the latest edition we've been hearing about or reading about in school. for me, and many people like me in my community, being able to go to the public library was the one place you got to go where you had the opportunity to get the books you saw in school. you were able to borrow and bring it home. take to your bed or read it o

at this time, i'd like to introduce our city administrator carmen chiu. in 2019, city administrator chiu partnered with the challenge initiative to compile a woman's book list to inspire the next generation of women leaders. we're so fortunate to have her support in getting our libraries re-open. city administrator chiu. >> when i was a little girl, i can remember going to the library. i maxed out every single book i could possibly get with my library card. it was always some kind of a cartoon, garfield or whatever it might have been at the time. and, i have to say how important it was for me to be able to access the library. my parents didn't have a whole lot of money. it wasn't as if we could go to a store and pick out a book or the latest edition we've been hearing about or reading about in school. for me, and many people like me in my community, being able to go to the public library was the one place you got to go where you had the opportunity to get the books you saw in school. you were able to borrow and bring it home. take to your bed or read it o

chiu for disclosure counsel services in an amount not to exceed $56,000 related to the proposed issuance of successor agency to the redevelopment agency of the city and county of san francisco new money tax allocation bonds to fund affordable housing obligations, discussion and action item, resolution 17-2021. interim madam director? >> thank you. commissioners, the first step in our process is hiring a financing team, and john daigle from our financing division is here to seek your approval for various service and consulting contracts, and john will walk you through those and also introduce the team members. john? >> good morning, president bustos and members of the commission. my name is john [inaudible] and i am with ocii. next slide, please. ocii has been funding affordable housing for years, to the extent that it constitutes about half of the outstanding tax allocation bonds at this time, subject to oversight bond and d.o.f. approval, we plan to issue $130 million to fund affordable housing obligations this year. bond issuance requires the hiring of expert financial experts and lega

by david chiu and would require the state that evaluates the current state of the substance abuse work force. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. clerk -- madam clerk, mr. president. sorry. it's been a long day. just want to reiterate some of the points that i made briefly last week. some of that was cut short due to the circumstances. i want to thank my colleagues supervisor mandelman and supervisor stefani. this bill would require the department of health care services to do a workforce needs assessment report that evaluates the current state of substance abuse disorder

by david chiu and would require the state that evaluates the current state of the substance abuse work force. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. clerk -- madam clerk, mr. president. sorry. it's been a long day. just want to reiterate some of the points that i made briefly last week. some of that was cut short due to the circumstances. i want to thank my colleagues supervisor mandelman and supervisor stefani. this bill would require the department of health care services to do a workforce needs assessment report that evaluates the current state of substance abuse disorder

my name is carmen chiu. we've all had a difficult year dealing with not only the pandemic on our hands, but some of the racial violence and challenges we've seen not on here locally, in the bay area and in san francisco, but across the country. i think it's worthwhile to note especially someone who has grown up here as an asian american woman that xenophobia and some of the challenges we are facing in our community is not something that's new. it's not something that just came about because of the pandemic. but it's something we've seen embedded within our history here in the united states. whether it was the people who were discriminated against when they came to work on the railroads or the chinese exclusion act among all of the other different discriminatory acts that we've seen, we've seen this play out through many different ways whether through legal action or the subtle ways where people are excluded or treated or always as a perpetual immigrant in this society. i have to say i'm very excited to be he

as well as congressman judy chiu from southern california and of course our own congresswoman speaker nancy pelosi. i'd like to hand it over to commissioner tessie guillermo to introduce this item. >> commissioner guillermo: thank you for acknowledging the passing of the anti-asian pacific islander hate crime. revisiting this resolution is sort of appropriate given that this is asian american pacific islander heritage month. even though this was introduced in april, hopefully we'll get to the finalization and passage resolution here in the month of may. i just want to -- it's unfortunate that commissioner christian isn't with us at this point because she was in large part responsible for asking us to hold off on the final passage because there were some very key things that she thought was important to add to this resolution and was responsible in many ways for making this a much better and more comprehensive resolution along with our fellow commissioners in supporting this. and so i want -- and i'm very happy to reintroduce this resolution with the changes in information and recommen

chiu not to exceed $57,000 for resolution 17-2021. >> second. >> thank you.ve a motion and a second. can we have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: thank you. just to be clear, the amount is 56,000. >> thank you. >> clerk: commissioners, please announce your vote when i call your name. [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, the vote is five ayes. >> motion carries. thank you. madam secretary, please call the next item. >> clerk: the next item is item 5-f, authorizing a personal services contract with mcam, l.l.c., doing business as m/oppenheim executive search, a limited liability company, in an amount not to exceed $125,908 for the ocii executive director search. discussion and action item, resolution 18-2021. >> thank you. monica [inaudible] will present this item for you. monica? >> good afternoon, chair bustos, commissioners, and interim director orth. my name is monica steem. the item i bring forth for your consideration and approval [inaudible] also joining us today to answer any questions is mark oppenheim, president of m/oppenheim executive search. next sl

at this time, i'd like to introduce our city administrator carmen chiu.2019, city administrator chiu partnered with the challenge initiative to compile a woman's book list to inspire the next generation of women leaders. we're so fortunate to have her support in getting our libraries re-open. city administrator chiu. >> when i was a little girl, i can remember going to the library. i maxed out every single book i could possibly get with my library card. it was always some kind of a cartoon, garfield or whatever it might have been at the time. and, i have to say how important it was for me to be able to access the library. my parents didn't have a whole lot of money. it wasn't as if we could go to a store and pick out a book or the latest edition we've been hearing about or reading about in school. for me, and many people like me in my community, being able to go to the public library was the one place you got to go where you had the opportunity to get the books you saw in school. you were able to borrow and bring it home. take to your bed or read it on th

at this time, i'd like to introduce our city administrator carmen chiu. in 2019, city administrator chiu partnered with the challenge initiative to compile a woman's book list to inspire the next generation of women leaders. we're so fortunate to have her support in getting our libraries re-open. city administrator chiu. >> when i was a little girl, i can remember going to the library. i maxed out every single book i could possibly get with my library card. it was always some kind of a cartoon, garfield or whatever it might have been at the time. and, i have to say how important it was for me to be able to access the library. my parents didn't have a whole lot of money. it wasn't as if we could go to a store and pick out a book or the latest edition we've been hearing about or reading about in school. for me, and many people like me in my community, being able to go to the public library was the one place you got to go where you had the opportunity to get the books you saw in school. you were able to borrow and bring it home. take to your bed or read it o

thank you for the question. >> commissioner chiu. >> i had a few questions. first i wanted to say what great results for driving increased participation and higher percentage of public funds versus private in this year's election. it is not a trend but this is the first litmus test of the revised public financing framework that is put into place. the preliminary results are great. my question relates to the participation rates. it is up to 62% and could be as high as 48%. two questions. of the 26, 10 were not certified for public financing. i would be interested to know why they were not certified. i want to understand the barriers, did not raise enough funds to be certified? to hopefully increase in the future or address more candidates qualifying. second, could we benchmark what the results are in other jurisdictions in terms of public financing participation? instead of just it is great and important to analyze our own results. how do we compare, if we can, apples to apples and oranges to oranges to la or new york. in terms of participation, 50% is huge ov

at this time, i'd like to introduce our city administrator carmen chiu. in 2019, city administrator chiu partnered with the challenge initiative to compile a woman's book list to inspire the next generation of women leaders. we're so fortunate to have her support in getting our libraries re-open. city administrator chiu. >> when i was a little girl, i can remember going to the library. i maxed out every single book i could possibly get with my library card. it was always some kind of a cartoon, garfield or whatever it might have been at the time. and, i have to say how important it was for me to be able to access the library. my parents didn't have a whole lot of money. it wasn't as if we could go to a store and pick out a book or the latest edition we've been hearing about or reading about in school. for me, and many people like me in my community, being able to go to the public library was the one place you got to go where you had the opportunity to get the books you saw in school. you were able to borrow and bring it home. take to your bed or read it o

phil ting in david chiu along with senator scott wiener accused the school district of trying to get those funds by using a legal loophole assembly member team argues the school district didn't bring back in of students, including those most vulnerable when we legislation earlier this year. the reopening money. >> was to incentivize districts to reopen headed to a couple things they had to open up. they're all their elementary schools. they had open up one grade from 6 to 12. then they had to bring back all their vulnerable students in san francisco. unified just really did not mean to of those categories with the school district brought back some high school seniors, but not the entire grade by the may 15th deadline. >> instead, the district said it launched a hybrid schedule for seniors to return. in a statement on tuesday. superintendent doctor vincent matthews said, quote, this gradual rollout enabled us to both provide intensive support to our schools as they brought students back into the classrooms after a year of distance learning and to learn along the way. at each successiv

at this time, i'd like to introduce our city administrator carmen chiu. in 2019, city administrator chiu partnered with the challenge initiative to compile a woman's book list to inspire the next generation of women leaders. we're so fortunate to have her support in getting our libraries re-open. city administrator chiu. >> when i was a little girl, i can remember going to the library. i maxed out every single book i could possibly get with my library card. it was always some kind of a cartoon, garfield or whatever it might have been at the time. and, i have to say how important it was for me to be able to access the library. my parents didn't have a whole lot of money. it wasn't as if we could go to a store and pick out a book or the latest edition we've been hearing about or reading about in school. for me, and many people like me in my community, being able to go to the public library was the one place you got to go where you had the opportunity to get the books you saw in school. you were able to borrow and bring it home. take to your bed or read it o

my name is carmen chiu.th not only the pandemic on our hands, but some of the racial violence and challenges we've seen not on here locally, in the bay area and in san francisco, but across the country. i think it's worthwhile to note especially someone who has grown up here as an asian american woman that xenophobia and some of the challenges we are facing in our community is not something that's new. it's not something that just came about because of the pandemic. but it's something we've seen embedded within our history here in the united states. whether it was the people who were discriminated against when they came to work on the railroads or the chinese exclusion act among all of the other different discriminatory acts that we've seen, we've seen this play out through many different ways whether through legal action or the subtle ways where people are excluded or treated or always as a perpetual immigrant in this society. i have to say i'm very excited to be here to kick off our apa heritage month and

my name is carmen chiu. we've all had a difficult year dealing with not only the pandemic on our hands, but some of the racial violence and challenges we've seen not on here locally, in the bay area and in san francisco, but across the country. i think it's worthwhile to note especially someone who has grown up here as an asian american woman that xenophobia and some of the challenges we are facing in our community is not something that's new. it's not something that just came about because of the pandemic. but it's something we've seen embedded within our history here in the united states. whether it was the people who were discriminated against when they came to work on the railroads or the chinese exclusion act among all of the other different discriminatory acts that we've seen, we've seen this play out through many different ways whether through legal action or the subtle ways where people are excluded or treated or always as a perpetual immigrant in this society. i have to say i'm very excited to be he

at this time, i'd like to introduce our city administrator carmen chiu.y administrator chiu partnered with the challenge initiative to compile a woman's book list to inspire the next generation of women leaders. we're so fortunate to have her support in getting our libraries re-open. city administrator chiu. >> when i was a little girl, i can remember going to the library. i maxed out every single book i could possibly get with my library card. it was always some kind of a cartoon, garfield or whatever it might have been at the time. and, i have to say how important it was for me to be able to access the library. my parents didn't have a whole lot of money. it wasn't as if we could go to a store and pick out a book or the latest edition we've been hearing about or reading about in school. for me, and many people like me in my community, being able to go to the public library was the one place you got to go where you had the opportunity to get the books you saw in school. you were able to borrow and bring it home. take to your bed or read it on the couch.

. >> state assemblyman david chiu is pushing a bill that would create a 24 7 statewide hotline for victims and survivors of anti asian hate a second bill would expand compensation and improve services for victims of hate crimes but also fund restorative justice programs for those incidents fueled by hate that don't rise to a level of a crime. but if someone is walking by someone else and yells out. >> a racial how do you adjust and restore justice programs are way for us to bring accountability to perpetrators and victims. >> outside of the criminal justice context so that we. ensuring that that that we're ceiling after these moments and. teaching as perpetrators that there is a different way from the racism that they be exempted. >> both bills are in committee and could make it to the assembly floor for a vote in the next month. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> and take a look at this a smash-and-grab at a san francisco chinatown jewelry store in the middle of the day happened just before 11 o'clock saturday morning. grant and washington streets workers say guys in their 20 cheddar's the fro

they're totally chiu name to what you're doing mastering that is the biggest challenge of all for a coach. football is changing in many ways and that's also evident in coaching where a growing number of tacticians are making their mark at the bundesliga level without ever having played professionally themselves. for years and. there is a trend towards younger players moving into the senior set up much earlier that leads to a higher demand for coaches who used to working with players who use level so it's becoming kind of a logical career step from youth team to head coach i think in the past clear cut pronouncements in a rather critics style were pretty much the norm you can do it that way now. it's. striking the right note while making the necessary tweaks kanzi flick has been giving an extended master class and how it's done at byron he steered them from troubled waters back to international dominance. if you're a good person that something players will respond to i think for them your core values are very important and they'll only really follow you if they feel those values are good i

. >> state assemblyman david chiu is pushing a bill that would create a 24 7 statewide hotline for victims and survivors of anti asian hate to be able to report. >> crimes and incidents that are happening so that law enforcement can follow up as well as to ensure that victims and survivors get the assistance that they need a second bill would expand compensation and improve services for victims of hate crimes but also fund restorative justice programs for those incidents fueled by hate. >> they don't rise to a level of a crime. but if someone is walking by someone else and yells out. >> a racial how do you just and restore justice programs are way for us to bring accountability to perpetrators and victims. >> outside of the criminal justice context so that we. ensuring that that that we're ceiling after these moments and. teaching as perpetrators that there is a different way from the racism that they be accepted. >> both bills are in committee and could be voted on by the assembly in the next month before heading to the state senate maureen kelly kron 4 news. coming up after the break. a

. >> state assemblyman david chiu is pushing a bill that would create a 24 7 statewide hotline for victimsors of anti asian hate to be able to report. >> crimes and incidents that are happening said that law enfercement can follow up as well as to ensure that victims and survivors get the assistance that they need a second bill would expand compensation and improve services for victims of hate crimes. >> but also fund restorative justice programs for those incidents fueled by hate. they don't rise to a level of a crime but if is walking by someone else and yells out. >> racial how do you address and restore justice programs are way for us to bring accountability to perpetrators and victims. >> outside of the criminal justice context so that we. ensuring that that that we're ceiling after these moments and. teachers perpetrators that there is a different way from the racism that they be exempted. >> both bills are in committee and could make it to the assembly floor for a vote in the next month. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> to kick things off for asian pacific american heritage month state

at this time, i'd like to introduce our city administrator carmen chiu. in 2019, city administrator chiu partnered with the challenge initiative to compile a woman's book list to inspire the next generation of women leaders. we're so fortunate to have her support in getting our libraries re-open. city administrator chiu. >> when i was a little girl, i can remember going to the library. i maxed out every single book i could possibly get with my library card. it was always some kind of a cartoon, garfield or whatever it might have been at the time. and, i have to say how important it was for me to be able to access the library. my parents didn't have a whole lot of money. it wasn't as if we could go to a store and pick out a book or the latest edition we've been hearing about or reading about in school. for me, and many people like me in my community, being able to go to the public library was the one place you got to go where you had the opportunity to get the books you saw in school. you were able to borrow and bring it home. take to your bed or read it o

my name is carmen chiu.but some of the racial violence and challenges we've seen not on here locally, in the bay area and in san francisco, but across the country. i think it's worthwhile to note especially someone who has grown up here as an asian american woman that xenophobia and some of the challenges we are facing in our community is not something that's new. it's not something that just came about because of the pandemic. but it's something we've seen embedded within our history here in the united states. whether it was the people who were discriminated against when they came to work on the railroads or the chinese exclusion act among all of the other different discriminatory acts that we've seen, we've seen this play out through many different ways whether through legal action or the subtle ways where people are excluded or treated or always as a perpetual immigrant in this society. i have to say i'm very excited to be here to kick off our apa heritage month and the reason is because this is an opport

separately from the city departments i mentioned before, i want to mention the city administrator carmen chiu and the department of public works. i've been wearing a lot of masks during this pandemic. i would say the majority of masks that i wear look like they are very artistic and beautiful, and they usually match my outfits. not as nice as nancy pelosi and the matching of her outfits, but pretty darn close, and the person that makes these masks is an incredible local artist who's really been a fierce advocate for a lot of the programs and the investments that we're making. as a result of her advocacy, what we're doing in her budget is backfilling some of the grants for the artists in the grants for the arts program, and we'll continue to provide first-ever guaranteed income for artists here in san francisco, a program that was recently launched. so many great things for artists, because let's face it, artists really make magic happen. they make things come alive through performance and the visual arts, and it's time to talk about the arts related components for our downtown is deborah walk

the city administrator's office under the leadership of carmen chiu is working already hard that collaboration with the department of public health, human resources and the labor partners to reopen services beyond what is happening here at city hall. as services reopen, we will be sure they are posted publicly on sfgov.org and i want to take this opportunity to recognize the hard work of all of our san francisco employees who have taken on a tremendous load during the pandemic under very uncertain circumstances and continue day in and day out to serve the residents of san francisco and particularly those who have served as disaster service workers over the past year. i look forward to welcoming everybody back into city hall and throughout the city as we begin to reopen. >> thank you, mayor breed. >> do you have any questions to ask me or any other supervisor here pertaining to the same topic? but not necessarily related to the previous question? >> i have a question for you, supervisor. i heard that board meetings will start to resume in-person. maybe you can tell us a little bit about that. >

at this time, i'd like to introduce our city administrator carmen chiu. in 2019, city administrator chiu partnered with the challenge initiative to compile a woman's book list to inspire the next generation of women leaders. we're so fortunate to have her support in getting our libraries re-open. city administrator chiu. >> when i was a little girl, i can remember going to the library. i maxed out every single book i could possibly get with my library card. it was always some kind of a cartoon, garfield or whatever it might have been at the time. and, i have to say how important it was for me to be able to access the library. my parents didn't have a whole lot of money. it wasn't as if we could go to a store and pick out a book or the latest edition we've been hearing about or reading about in school. for me, and many people like me in my community, being able to go to the public library was the one place you got to go where you had the opportunity to get the books you saw in school. you were able to borrow and bring it home. take to your bed or read it o

they're totally chiu name to what you're doing mastering that is the biggest challenge of all for a coach. football is changing in many ways and that's also evident in coaching where a growing number of tacticians are making a mark at the bundesliga level without ever having played professionally themselves . there is a trend towards younger players moving into the senior set up much earlier that leads to higher demand for coaches who used to working with players who use a level so it's becoming kind of a logical career step from youth team to head coach i think in the past clear cut pronouncements in a rather to a classic style with pretty much the norm you can do it that way now. at this rate so. striking the right note while making the necessary tweaks kanzi flic has been giving an extended master class and how it's done at byron he steered them from troubled waters back to international dominance. if you're a good person that something players will respond to i think for them your core values are very important and they'll only really follow you if they feel those values are good i've

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the city administrator's office under the leadership of carmen chiu is working already hard that collaborationthe department of public health, human resources and the labor partners to reopen services beyond what is happening here at city hall. as services reopen, we will be sure they are posted publicly on sfgov.org and i want to take this opportunity to recognize the hard work of all of our san francisco employees who have taken on a tremendous load during the pandemic under very uncertain circumstances and continue day in and day out to serve the residents of san francisco and particularly those who have served as disaster service workers over the past year. i look forward to welcoming everybody back into city hall and throughout the city as we begin to reopen. >> thank you, mayor breed. >> do you have any questions to ask me or any other supervisor here pertaining to the same topic? but not necessarily related to the previous question? >> i have a question for you, supervisor. i heard that board meetings will start to resume in-person. maybe you can tell us a little bit about that. >> defi

mobilized a movement hashtag stop asian hate and that is instigating change state assemblyman david chiu is pushing a bill that would create a 24 7 statewide hotline for victims and survivors of anti asian hate to be able to report crimes and incidents that are happening so that law enforcement can follow up as well as to ensure that victims and survivors get the assistance that they need a second bill would expand compensation and improve services for victims of hate crimes. >> but also fund restorative justice programs for those incidents fueled by hate. they don't rise to a level of a crime. but if someone is walking by someone else and yells out. >> racial how do you just and restore justice programs are way for us to bring accountability to perpetrators and victims. >> outside of the criminal justice context so that we. ensuring that that that we're ceiling after these moments and. teaching as perpetrators that there is a different way from the racism that they be exempted. >> both bills are in committee and could be voted on by the assembly in the next month before heading to the s

the city administrator's office under the leadership of carmen chiu is working already hard that collaboration with the department of public health, human resources and the labor partners to reopen services beyond what is happening here at city hall. as services reopen, we will be sure they are posted publicly on sfgov.org and i want to take this opportunity to recognize the hard work of all of our san francisco employees who have taken on a tremendous load during the pandemic under very uncertain circumstances and continue day in and day out to serve the residents of san francisco and particularly those who have served as disaster service workers over the past year. i look forward to welcoming everybody back into city hall and throughout the city as we begin to reopen. >> thank you, mayor breed. >> do you have any questions to ask me or any other supervisor here pertaining to the same topic? but not necessarily related to the previous question? >> i have a question for you, supervisor. i heard that board meetings will start to resume in-person. maybe you can tell us a little bit about that. >

they're totally chiu name to what you're doing mastering that is the biggest challenge of all for a coach. football is changing in many ways and that's also evident in coaching where a growing number of tacticians are making a mark at the bundesliga level without ever having played professionally themselves . there's a trend towards younger players moving into the senior set up much earlier that leads to a higher demand for coaches who used to working with players who use a level so it's becoming kind of a logical career step from youth team to head coach i think in the past clear cut pronouncements in a rather textile were pretty much the norm you can do it that way now. it's. striking the right note while making the necessary tweaks kanzi flick has been giving an extended master class and how it's done at byron he steered them from troubled waters back to international dominance. if you're a good person that something players will respond to i think for them your core values are very important and they'll only really follow you if they feel those values are good i've always known hansie

. >> state assemblyman david chiu is pushing a bill that would create a 24 7 statewide hotline for victims and survivors of anti asian hate to be able to report. >> crimes and incidents that are happening said that law enforcement can follow up as well as to ensure that victims that survivors get the assistance that they need. a second bill would expand compensation and improve services for victims of hate crimes. restorative u justice programs for those incidents fueled by hate. they don't rise to a level of a crime but if is walking by someone else and yells out. >> racial how do you address and restore justice programs are way for us to bring accountability to perpetrators and victims. >> outside of the criminal justice context so that we. ensuring that that that we're ceiling after these moments and. teachers perpetrators that there is a different way from the racism that they be exempted. >> both bills are in committee and could be voted on by the assembly in the next month before heading to the state senate maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> now kron 4 will be hosting a 30 minute asian-am

. >> assembly david chiu of san francisco is sharing his excitement over the project. he sent us a statement that reads in part, quote, i'm thrilled that offshore wind is officially coming to the west coast. this announcement is a major step towards ensuring california can meet our clean energy goals and compete with east coast states in the offshore wind industry. now some other news moderna says its covid-19 vaccine is effective and safe for kids at 12 to 17 years of age. they say the vaccine is 93% effective in children. the vaccine still has to be approved by the cdc and fda for use in kids. moderna is hoping that could happen early next month. and if it is approved, it would be the second covid shot available for kids older than 17 than 12 rather. the pfizer shot was approved earlier this year. >> and a big milestone in alameda county today is 75% of residents 16 and older have received at least one dose of a covid vaccine. >> that announcement coming down from the county health departments in all, more than 1.0, 7 million vaccines have been distributed in alameda

in response to the disturbing rise in attacks against the a p i community state assemblyman david chiuing 2 bills to help victims of these crimes. >> we really want to. this courage criminals communities trying to really think you should think twice know, we will resources behind that. we felt important for for government, particularly state to be involved in this to be involved in tracking and monitoring ensuring appropriate follow-up. >> you know, one bill would create a statewide hotline for victims of anti-asian hate to reported the other bill would expand compensation for those victims. both bills could be voted on by the assembly sometime in the next month. >> 7.52 and coming up, the warriors win on the road entering the final stretch of their regular season games. well, highlights ahead. they can be. 7.55 and the words have their final road game of the regular season tonight. though, once again face the new orleans pelicans again after playing last night, steph curry put on a show 41 points. added to the board and got a lot of help from draymond green to had a triple-double fina

my name is carmen chiu.we've all had a difficult year dealing with not only the pandemic on our hands, but some of the racial violence and challenges we've seen not on here locally, in the bay area and in san francisco, but across the country. i think it's worthwhile to note especially someone who has grown up here as an asian american woman that xenophobia and some of the challenges we are facing in our community is not something that's new. it's not something that just came about because of the pandemic. but it's something we've seen embedded within our history here in the united states. whether it was the people who were discriminated against when they came to work on the railroads or the chinese exclusion act among all of the other different discriminatory acts that we've seen, we've seen this play out through many different ways whether through legal action or the subtle ways where people are excluded or treated or always as a perpetual immigrant in this society. i have to say i'm very excited to be her

. >> state assemblyman david chiu is pushing 2 bills. one would create a statewide, a hotline for victims of anti-asian hate the other would expand compensation to victims. both bills could be voted on by the assembly in the next month. a bill to reduce some robbery cases from a felony to a misdemeanor. this is sparked controversy in the asian-american community just last week elected officials and business leaders. they rallied against the spill in oakland. california's attorney general rob bonta is now weighing in. >> that's 82 is in the kid in the california state legislature right now i know there's a million port discussions addressing those very important concerns. those voices are being raised an uplift in that discussion. i'm not in the california state legislature on the california attorney general. so i'm going to be using all the tools i have all the power i have to violence and i believe that the black wisely and thoughtfully on that note. are you for or against it. i'm taking a position on. >> opponents of the bill point out

mobilized a movement hashtag stop asian hate and that is instigating change state assemblyman david chiud create a 24 7 statewide hotline for victims and survivors of anti asian hate to be able to report. crimes and incidents that are happening so that law enforcement can follow up as well as to ensure that victims and survivors get the assistance that they need a second bill would expand compensation and improve services for victims of hate crimes. >> but also fund restorative justice programs for those incidents fueled by hate. >> they don't rise to a level of a crime. but if someone is walking by someone else and yells out. >> racial how do you adjust and restore justice programs are way for us to bring accountability to perpetrators and victims. >> outside of the criminal justice context so that we. ensuring that that that we're ceiling after these moments and. teachers perpetrators that there is a different way from the racism that they be accepted. >> both bills are in committee and could be voted on by the assembly in the next month before heading to the state senate maureen kelly

mobilized a movement hashtag stop asian hate and that is instigating change state assemblyman david chiupushing a bill that would create a 24 7 statewide hotline for victims and survivors of anti asian hate to be able to report crimes and incidents that are happening said that law enforcement can follow up as well as to ensure that victims and survivors get the assistance that they need a second bill would expand compensation and improve services for victims of hate crimes. >> but also fund restorative justice programs for those incidents fueled by hate. >> they don't rise to a level of a crime. but if someone is walking by someone else and yells out. >> racial how do you address and restore justice programs are way for us to bring accountability to perpetrators and victims. >> outside of the criminal justice context so that we. ensuring that that that we're ceiling after these moments and. teaching as perpetrators that there is a different way from the racism that they be accepted. >> both bills are in committee and could be voted on by the assembly in the next month before heading to t

a state assembly member david chiu now pushing 2 bills to help victims of these hate crimes. >> we reallyt to. discourage criminals. communities trying to really think you should think twice. know, we will the resources behind that. we felt important for for government, particularly state to be involved in this to involved in tracking monitoring ensuring appropriate follow-up. >> yeah. one would create a statewide hotline for victims of anti-asian hate and then the other bill would expand compensation for victims. both bills could be voted on by the assembly sometime in the next month. >> more than 75,000 california inmates, including repeat and violent offenders will soon have the chance to get out of prison early under a new plan for releasing prisoners by the governor inmates will get a chance to get out of prison. have it their sentences reduced by a 3rd for good behavior. supporters say that this is meant to reward in may. 2 better themselves. but those against the plan believe it could put lives in danger. >> 76,000 people are not being released tomorrow. set a great number of peopl

state assemblyman david chiu will be making a couple of marks. >> good morning, san francisco., i'm in sacramento on a wednesday, but i happened to be in town for a few hours, and i got the word this is happening. i have to tell you, i am so excited about this challenge, and the mayor, i know, has laid out just how incredibly challenging it has been for our small businesses. in chinatown, a year ago, in february, the small businesses in our country's oldest and most historic chinatown reported a 50% drop in business because of the expectation that, somehow, covid was floating around chinatown, and that has impacted not just that neighborhood but every commercial corridor in our city. i think the stats are close to 60% drops in revenues in small businesses in our city. so when i was contacted by sharky and ben bleiman and others about this idea, it's brilliant, but i know it's going to take a commitment, and i will tell you, as i was running out of the house to join this, i asked my wife, i said hey, babe, i'm going to take this challenge. can you join me, and it literally delay