in addition, we have city attorney david chiu and joaquin torres. we also have the fabulous sheriff paul meomoto. we have appointed officials and city commissioners, city librarian michael lambert. police commissioner larry lee. airport commissioner, malcolm young. human rights commissioner, irene e. riley. small business commissioner cynthia hu. and entertainment commissioner al perez. art commissioner ye ying lu. historic preservation commissioner, lydia so. film commissioner claudia who we'll hear from. and ms. california, 2022. kathy. and also representatives of the con sew late general of china, -- the consulate of china. council general of indonesia. and representatives from the con sew late of korea. and japan. [applause] all right. now, it's the moment we've been waiting for, our stamp dedication. to do the honors, i'm pleased to present our dedicating official, the u.s. postal service governor art derrick kahn. [applause] the postal service board of governors is to a board of directors and the board directs the organizations expenditures an

david chiu. and so many of you. and then our sports friends in our community. let me put this into perspective because the mayor started us with the earthquake. we had an earthquake in 1989 during a world series game between the san francisco giants and oakland a's. and a decision had to be made. we would get the federal funding. we went to the floor within 24 hours of the earthquake to understand we would have what we needed but what did san francisco want to do with it? mayor agnos was mayor and the question is, is the money that the federal government would put it into repair the embarcadero or the freeway or would it be used to be transformative, to let there be light just to open up that whole area of our city. and that really began that transformation as the mayor used that world rightly. we have been together on issues related to transit and i would thank larry and brandon, we were talking sports and the day after martin luther king day, the mayor, well, i'm not going to announce anybody's plans, the warriors will be in washington, d.c. at the white hous

this is alex chiu. i'm the president of the san francisco coalition for economic equity and a san francisco resident. our organization is a coalition of business organizations that are located in san francisco. we feel that it's important to have a disparity study. it's long overdue. minority-owned businesses have been struggling in san francisco even before the pandemic and ever since the pandemic it's just gotten worse so we strongly support the disparity study and ask for your approval. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. may we please have the next caller. >> hello. my name is bruce and i happen to be the president of the national association of minority contractors northern california chapter. i stand shelter to shoulder with many other organizations for this in fairness in this space. can you draw a straight line from the implementation of 209 to the downward trend that we see that is pervasive in contracting here not only san francisco but in the whole state of california. one of the thing

david chiu. and so many of you. and then our sports friends in our community. let me put this into perspective because the mayor started us with the earthquake. we had an earthquake in 1989 during a world series game between the san francisco giants and oakland a's. and a decision had to be made. we would get the federal funding. we went to the floor within 24 hours of the earthquake to understand we would have what we needed but what did san francisco want to do with it? mayor agnos was mayor and the question is, is the money that the federal government would put it into repair the embarcadero or the freeway or would it be used to be transformative, to let there be light just to open up that whole area of our city. and that really began that transformation as the mayor used that world rightly. we have been together on issues related to transit and i would thank larry and brandon, we were talking sports and the day after martin luther king day, the mayor, well, i'm not going to announce anybody's plans, the warriors will be in washington, d.c. at the white hous

[applause] >> thank you, linda and i also want to recognize city attorney david chiu who joined us. [applause] thank you, linda and oca, we have one more partner who was not able to come, donald lieu is president of the chinese chamber of commerce. the chinese chamber has been known for presenting the country's largest load load far parade on february -- lunar on february 4th. i hope you saw the rabbit statue on the front steps and this is a part of the chinese chambers project. there are five colorful rabbit statues located in different parts of the city. i hope you get to see them and take some nice pictures. we invite you to go to the chinese, the website, chinese parade dot com to learn more about the flower fair happening this weekend and the parade and street fair that's taking place on february 4th. in addition, for a listing of the key lunar celebrations, you can checks out the website, apasf dot org. apasf dot org. we're truly fortunate to have organizations such as oca, the chinese chamber of commerce and asian art museum and our elected city family and many others that wo

san francisco city administrator, carmen chiu. the office of hillary ronan, san francisco supervisor. we also have san francisco supervisor connie chan. san francisco human rights commission executive director dr. cheryl davis. san francisco human rights commission chair, karen clapton. san francisco status of women commissioner (inaudible) status of women commissioner (inaudible) zuckerberg san francisco general hospital women's option med ical center dr. eleanor drake. that was a lot. [applause] we also have marin county health human service director (inaudible) i will let our da come up and then start the list again. madam da. >> thank you director and thank you mayor breed for putting not only this coalition together but bringing us together today to promote the awareness of the issue and i'm glad to be a member of this coalition to do what i can to make sure that women and others have the right and access to this type of healthcare that they need. what we know is as much as we can try to protect the right, we have people who

in addition, we have city attorney david chiu and joaquin torres. we also have the fabulous sheriff paul meomoto. we have appointed officials and city commissioners, city librarian michael lambert. police commissioner larry lee. airport commissioner, malcolm young. human rights commissioner, irene e. riley. small business commissioner cynthia hu. and entertainment commissioner al perez. art commissioner ye ying lu. historic preservation commissioner, lydia so. film commissioner claudia who we'll hear from. and ms. california, 2022. kathy. and also representatives of the con sew late general of china, -- the consulate of china. council general of indonesia. and representatives from the con sew late of korea. and japan. [applause] all right. now, it's the moment we've been waiting for, our stamp dedication. to do the honors, i'm pleased to present our dedicating official, the u.s. postal service governor art derrick kahn. [applause] the postal service board of governors is to a board of directors and the board directs the organizations expenditures an

david chiu. and so many of you. and then our sports friends in our community.this into perspective because the mayor started us with the earthquake. we had an earthquake in 1989 during a world series game between the san francisco giants and oakland a's. and a decision had to be made. we would get the federal funding. we went to the floor within 24 hours of the earthquake to understand we would have what we needed but what did san francisco want to do with it? mayor agnos was mayor and the question is, is the money that the federal government would put it into repair the embarcadero or the freeway or would it be used to be transformative, to let there be light just to open up that whole area of our city. and that really began that transformation as the mayor used that world rightly. we have been together on issues related to transit and i would thank larry and brandon, we were talking sports and the day after martin luther king day, the mayor, well, i'm not going to announce anybody's plans, the warriors will be in washington, d.c. at the white house to be hono

stephen chiu there.et back to kathleen hays outside the boj who has a guest with her, executive economist. take it away. kathleen: well, we have a guest who arrived early. i am so happy. former assistant governor of the bank of japan, he was there for 40 years. he is now an executive economist, so just the right person to have here as we vet with the bank of japan did and did not do. so, what do you think? you thought there was a chance they would move the band again, they did not do it. what happened? >> actually i thought the boj would move. for example, scrapping altogether or shifting 10 year yield to a two-year. in any case, significant change should be expected i felt. the news today is somewhat disappointing. the reason the boj moved in december was the dysfunction caused by yield curve control. if that was the reason, boj is facing the same issue right now and he should act now again to move farther away. that inconsistency is somewhat disappointing to make. kathleen: why do you think they did no

this is alex chiu.n for economic equity and a san francisco resident. our organization is a coalition of business organizations that are located in san francisco. we feel that it's important to have a disparity study. it's long overdue. minority-owned businesses have been struggling in san francisco even before the pandemic and ever since the pandemic it's just gotten worse so we strongly support the disparity study and ask for your approval. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. may we please have the next caller. >> hello. my name is bruce and i happen to be the president of the national association of minority contractors northern california chapter. i stand shelter to shoulder with many other organizations for this in fairness in this space. can you draw a straight line from the implementation of 209 to the downward trend that we see that is pervasive in contracting here not only san francisco but in the whole state of california. one of the things that the majority culture does is look at 209

. >> city attorney david chiu says san diego has led the way and removed hundreds of weapons from potentially dangerous people. >> this has been an emotional week for the aapi community. mourners honored victims in monterey park and half moon bay. organizers are calling for improved mental health care and gun reform. the head of oakland's asian women's shelter says one easy solution would be call centers to address a mental health crisis before it's too late. >> so that people have somewhere to go it someone is showing those signs. because they show the signs, it's not out of the blue almost ever. >> community leaders are hopeful that by coming together in times of joy as well as sorrow, perhaps meaningful gun reform can be achieved. >>> we've put together a page with information on how to help victims of the tragedy and information on how to make a connection with a counselor if you're struggling and need someone to talk to. head to nbcbayarea.com/supporthmb. >>> 5:07 now. bay area law enforcement will be paying close attention to today's release of body camera footage in memphis after the d

. >> city attorney david chiu says san diego county has led the way with its strategy and has removed hundreds of weapons from potentially dangerous people. >> this has been an emotional week for the aapi community, hundreds of whom gathered last night in san francisco. in chinatown mourners hohn orpd the victims in monterey park and half moon bay calling for improved mental health care and gun reform. the head of the women's shelter says one easy solution would be call centers to address mental health crisis before it's too late. >> so that people have somewhere to call if someone is showing the signs. it's not out of the blue almost ever.leaders are coming coming together. we have a page with information on how to help the victims of this tragedy. also information on how to make a connection with a counselor if you are struggling or you need to talk to someone. head to nbcbayarea.com/supporthmb. >>> bay area law enforcement will pay close attention to today's release of police body camera footage in memphis after the death of a man in police custody. 29-year-old tyre nichols died af

i'm david chiu. you're city attorney and as a chinese elected official. i'm very grateful for all of the folks who have come together for this as it was mentioned. this is an event that happens every year. i've been coming for the better part of the last 15 years, and the one thing i will observe about it is every couple of years. crime continues to evolve 15 years ago, we're here talking about extortion. and then we were talking a few years later about blessing scams, and they were talking about car break ins recently. we've been talking about how financial information gets stolen when folks are tricked either through a phone call or email or through wechat message into giving up information. and of course, we all know about all the anti asian violence that has occurred in recent years. the fact of the matter is crime is always been with us. but what we need to do is to stay vigilant. we need to make sure that everyone is looking out at every moment. being careful looking out for your neighbors looking out for your friends and yourself, whether it be on

i guess today is david chiu, the city attorney for the city and county of san francisco , and he's herelk to us about the opioid crisis, reproductive rights and the non citizen voting program. mr chu, welcome to the show. thanks for having me on happy to talk about whatever you want me to talk about, so can we start by explaining the difference between the city attorney's office and the district attorney's office? i think it could be slightly confused. that is a very common fusion with members of the public so um, if you get arrested in san francisco by the san francisco police department, all criminal matters are dealt with by the san francisco district attorney . we handle all civil matters on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. what that means is a number of things. we provide advice and counsel to all actors within city government from our mayor. every member of the board of supervisors to the 100 plus departments, commissions boards that represent the city and county of san francisco. we also defend the city against thousands of lawsuits. so if you slip and fall in fron

city attorney david chiu giving his thoughts on the anniversary today as well saying quote, today marks what would have been the 50th anniversary of roe versus wade since it was overturned. too many states have banned abortion and past unprecedented restrictions. putting millions at risk. we can't go back in time. the fight for reproductive rights is far from over the u.s. supreme court, of course, overturned roe v wade 7 months ago, leaving decisions up to state lawmakers. 13 states have since banned the procedure. others have restricted it. >> that was the san jose women's march taking place this afternoon. organizers say more than 300 people showed up to march from city hall to the superior courthouse showing their support for abortion rights. demonstrators continue to protest the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v wade. on today's anniversary of the decision 50 years ago, there were other marches also organized today in alameda, sonoma and napa. >> still ahead here tonight, continuing our coverage of the deadly mass shooting in southern california. how officials here are mak

chiu. [applause] >> good morning. speaking of

we meet chef's like helen nguyen and winston chiu who are feeding local residents in need.ary leaders are rethinking food systems and leading a new generation who are preserving, but also injecting life into the evolving chinatown. (uplifting music)

chiu. [applause]

i guess today is david chiu, the city attorney for the city and county of san francisco , and he's here today to talk to us about the opioid crisis, reproductive rights and the non citizen voting program. mr chu, welcome to the show. thanks for having me on happy to talk about whatever you want me to talk about, so can we start by explaining the difference between the city attorney's office and the district attorney's office? i think it could be slightly confused. that is a very common fusion with members of the public so um, if you get arrested in san francisco by the san francisco police department, all criminal matters are dealt with by the san francisco district attorney . we handle all civil matters on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. what that means is a number of things. we provide advice and counsel to all actors within city government from our mayor. every member of the board of supervisors to the 100 plus departments, commissions boards that represent the city and county of san francisco. we also defend the city against thousands of lawsuits. so if you slip and

i guess today is david chiu, the city attorney for the city and county of san francisco , and he's here to talk to us about the opioid crisis, reproductive rights and the non citizen voting program. mr chu, welcome to the show. thanks for having me on happy to talk about whatever you want me to talk about, so can we start by explaining the difference between the city attorney's office and the district attorney's office? i think it could be slightly confused. that is a very common fusion with members of the public so um, if you get arrested in san francisco by the san francisco police department, all criminal matters are dealt with by the san francisco district attorney . we handle all civil matters on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. what that means is a number of things. we provide advice and counsel to all actors within city government from our mayor. every member of the board of supervisors to the 100 plus departments, commissions boards that represent the city and county of san francisco. we also defend the city against thousands of lawsuits. so if you slip and fall i

david chiu. and so many of you. and then our sports friends in our community. let me put this into perspective because the mayor started us with the earthquake. we had an earthquake in 1989 during a world series game between the san francisco giants and oakland a's. and a decision had to be made. we would get the federal funding. we went to the floor within 24 hours of the earthquake to understand we would have what we needed but what did san francisco want to do with it? mayor agnos was mayor and the question is, is the money that the federal government would put it into repair the embarcadero or the freeway or would it be used to be transformative, to let there be light just to open up that whole area of our city. and that really began that transformation as the mayor used that world rightly. we have been together on issues related to transit and i would thank larry and brandon, we were talking sports and the day after martin luther king day, the mayor, well, i'm not going to announce anybody's plans, the warriors will be in washington, d.c. at the white hous

city attorney david chiu filed the appeal yesterday, saying the order that temporarily stopped thoseweeps was unnecessarily broad. last month, a federal judge ruled that the city had to stop clearing out encampments after a lawsuit from the homeless advocates argue that the city was not making shelter available. for people whose camps were cleared. time now for 36 tesla ceo elon musk expected to be back on the witness stand today in the san francisco cord run, the founder of tesla is defending himself against investors who say his tweets back in 2018 about the possibility of taking tesla private cost them a fortune. lawyers for the plaintiffs suing elon musk argued that tesla founders tweet that funding had been secured misled the investors. if the jury were to find that mr mosque issued this in reckless disregard of the truth or worse, intended to full shareholders, he might be on the hook for punitive damages as well as compensatory damages. attorneys for musk argued that saudi investors had come through before on handshake deals. elon musk was ready to take tesla private by sellin

chiu led the campaign to expand the gallery spaces, transforming the museum into a premiere destination, only for traditional asian a

chiu. [applause] >> good morning. speaking of a hard, tough act to

. >>> welcome back to "squawk box" right here on cnbc we're under an hour to the opening bell dom chiu the domino what's going on. >> andrew, it's a ponseca which means merger news. two heavyweights will join forces xylem and evoqua, roughly $7.5 billion evoqua get 0.4 shares of it for each share they own and it's up 15% on the news and xylem, the acquirer, down about 8% and that's what we're watching more bad news on the jobs front. tech, media and telecom, spotify will cut roughly 588 people. their founder said he was too ambitious in investing ahead of revenue growth shares up roughly 5% to 6% on just around 90,000 shares of premarket volume then we add with a check on salesforce up 5% premarket, over 225,000 shares of volume. the upside being driven by multiple reports that elliott management has taken a multibillion dollar stake in the business services, software and cloud computing and this follows up on fellow starboard value which disclosed its own stake back in october of last year pushing for profit margin improvements at the company. now after record highs, you remember back

i guess today is david chiu, the city attorney for the city and county of san francisco , and he's herelk to us about the opioid crisis, reproductive rights and the non citizen voting program. mr chu, welcome to the show. thanks for having me on happy to talk about whatever you want me to talk about, so can we start by explaining the difference between the city attorney's office and the district attorney's office? i think it could be slightly confused. that is a very common fusion with members of the public so um, if you get arrested in san francisco by the san francisco police department, all criminal matters are dealt with by the san francisco district attorney . we handle all civil matters on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. what that means is a number of things. we provide advice and counsel to all actors within city government from our mayor. every member of the board of supervisors to the 100 plus departments, commissions boards that represent the city and county of san francisco. we also defend the city against thousands of lawsuits. so if you slip and fall in fron

it is extraordinary and dear friend one of the grort civic leaders the city has ever had a david chiu a prifrj to work with him last year thank you and i have 31 years of service i worked for the public drfrd before law school and d.c. for john burke so i'm ready to retire but not going anywhere and hope to service in any way i can my grandfather ran in 1902 no, no, i think 10 ran as a republican because progressioners we're republican but became a democrat because the republicans didn't believe a jewish person could serve on as supreme court so changed parties and i hope he's looking down. >> thank you very much. i'm very proud i have immigrant and the old san francisco. so i feel very blessed um, a fifth generation on the jewish side of my family my grandmother was born in county and we have a history we bring so thank you for your recognition and thanks for the opportunity to work in the city attorney's office for 29 years. thank you. (clapping.) one more photo. >> (taking photo). >> (clapping.) congratulations to matthew and a others thank you, ms. calvillo for housing unit the ci

it is extraordinary and dear friend one of the grort civic leaders the city has ever had a david chiu a prifrj to work with him last year thank you and i have 31 years of service i worked for the public drfrd before law school and d.c. for john burke so i'm ready to retire but not going anywhere and hope to service in any way i can my grandfather ran in 1902 no, no, i think 10 ran as a republican because progressioners we're republican but became a democrat because the republicans didn't believe a jewish person could serve on as supreme court so changed parties and i hope he's looking down. >> thank you very much. i'm very proud i have immigrant and the old san francisco. so i feel very blessed um, a fifth generation on the jewish side of my family my grandmother was born in county and we have a history we bring so thank you for your recognition and thanks for the opportunity to work in the city attorney's office for 29 years. thank you. (clapping.) one more photo. >> (taking photo). >> (clapping.) congratulations to matthew and a others thank you, ms. calvillo for housing unit the ci

it is extraordinary and dear friend one of the grort civic leaders the city has ever had a david chiufrj to work with him last year thank you and i have 31 years of service i worked for the public drfrd before law school and d.c. for john burke so i'm ready to retire but not going anywhere and hope to service in any way i can my grandfather ran in 1902 no, no, i think 10 ran as a republican because progressioners we're republican but became a democrat because the republicans didn't believe a jewish person could serve on as supreme court so changed parties and i hope he's looking down. >> thank you very much. i'm very proud i have immigrant and the old san francisco. so i feel very blessed um, a fifth generation on the jewish side of my family my grandmother was born in county and we have a history we bring so thank you for your recognition and thanks for the opportunity to work in the city attorney's office for 29 years. thank you. (clapping.) one more photo. >> (taking photo). >> (clapping.) congratulations to matthew and a others thank you, ms. calvillo for housing unit the civic le

francisco from enforcing laws against involuntarily homeless people and san francisco city attorney david chiu i'm concerned that this order david interpreted broadly will lead to more people suffering on our city streets time is 6 58. the alameda county sheriff's office is now led by a latina for the first time. her name is yesenia sanchez, sworn in as the 23rd, alameda county sheriff during a ceremony in oakland. sanchez has worked for the sheriff's department for the past 25 years , served as the commander of jails for the last two years. during the ceremony, sheriff sanchez talked about her priorities and moving forward. we are bringing a new way of policing to our communities policing with humanity, policing with respect and compassion, making sure that we are putting measures in place services and programming in place for individuals who are coming back into society. sanchez also wants to improve community relations and restore trust in the sheriff's department by holding deputies accountable for any misconduct. it is now. 6 59, buffalo bill's safety damar hamlin still in the hospital, s

i'm david chiu. you're city attorney and as a chinese elected official. i'm very grateful for all of the folks who have come together for this as it was mentioned. this is an event that happens every year. i've been coming for the better part of the last 15 years, and the one thing i will observe about it is every couple of years. crime continues to evolve 15 years ago, we're here talking about extortion. and then we were talking a few years later about blessing scams, and they were talking about car break ins recently. we've been talking about how financial information gets stolen when folks are tricked either through a phone call or email or through wechat message into giving up information. and of course, we all know about all the anti asian violence that has occurred in recent years. the fact of the matter is crime is always been with us. but what we need to do is to stay vigilant. we need to make sure that everyone is looking out at every moment. being careful looking out for your neighbors looking out for your friends and yourself, whether it be on