after chiu voluntarily agreed to be reassigned. ktvu lamonica peters has the story tonight from palo alto. >> the goal of this resolution is to be very impact oriented. it is not intended to be a punitive measure. >> at tuesday night's palo alto school district board meeting, the palo alto educators association and other district employees called on the board to move forward with a resolution that would remove committee assignments from board member rowena chiu. >> this resolution is unfair and wrong. i've learned that leaders should stand up for what they believe in and listen to people who elected them. >> chiu has been criticized for retweeting this post from asians against wokeness on social media in january. it included the name and photo of black administrator dean reynolds. chiu says she felt silenced as an asian woman when reynolds challenged her for saying she felt unsafe. during a discussion about the district's ethnic studies program, which chiu voted against. >> in this instance, it's a public leader and that public lea

[ambient noise] taking action against board member rowena chiu.his comes after dozens of administrators called for her to resign after she reposted another social media post that some in the community deemed racist. ktvu is lamonica peters live tonight in palo alto, with more from tonight's meeting. lamonica. >> mike, right now the board is still trying to decide if they want to move forward with a proposed resolution late last month. chiu she reposted a tweet that some deemed to be hateful and harmful to another school employee. but her supporters say she's being targeted for punishment because of her stance on ethnic studies. >> the goal of this resolution is to be very impact oriented. it is not intended to be a punitive measure. >> at tuesday night's palo alto school district board meeting, the palo alto educators association and other district employees called on the board to move forward with a resolution that would remove committee assignments from board member rowena chiu. >> we all know the power of social media as a weapon, and i need yo

chiu was criticized last month when chiu retweeted a post from asians against wokeness that referred to a post a past board meeting where chiu said she felt silenced as an asian woman while talking about the school district's ethnic studies program. now, chiu voted against that program, and last night, critics and supporters spoke out at the board meeting. >> this instance, it's a public leader, and that public leader needs to step down because this conversation is caused of fear. >> if you were truly in support of asian students and the asian community in palo alto, which accounts for 40% of our student population, how can you in good faith to shut down an asian woman's voice that defend herself against racism? >> now, chiu later released a statement apologizing for the repost, and last night, the board voted against removing committee assignments from chiu, but she will be reassigned to different committees. >> a hate crime investigation is now underway near san leandro. detectives are searching for whoever is behind a racist message painted on a woman's fence. the words no black w

now, chiu voted against that program last night. both critics and supporters spoke at the school board meeting. >> this instance. it's a public leader, and that public leader needs to step down because this conversation is cause of fear. >> if you were truly in support of asian students and the asian community in palo alto, which accounts for 40% of our student population, how can you in good faith to shut down an asian woman's voice that defend herself against racism? >> now, marina chiu has since released a statement. she apologized for the repose. the school board voted to not remove committee assignments from miss chiu last night, but she'll be reassigned to different committees. >> a new report shows the pandemic's lingering impact on many california school districts. according to the education recovery scorecard, california students failed to make significant improvements in math and reading scores between 2022 and 2024 compared to the national average. california students scored lower in both subjects. there are some outliers

we would like to welcome you to glide into the swearing in of city attorney of san francisco david chiu. yeah. up on your feet please. it will all it will all make sense in a moment if it hasn't already. you know, glide memorial church was founded almost a century ago. we will be celebrating 100 years in five years and our founder lizzie glide carved into the cornerstone right on the corner of taylor and ella's glide memorial evangelistic center a house of prayer for all people. somebody say all people. >> and then in the 1960s coinciding with the civil rights movement too young visionaries and african-american minister cecil williams and a japanese american poet janice mirikitani infused glide memorial church and those prayers with the spirit of love in action offering refuge and support for love coalitions of poor and marginalized people, black and white people, people of color, rich people and poor people in our tenderloin neighborhood and beyond. and god has become a symbol of political, cultural, social and spiritual change. so it is only fitting that this is the location of city a

. >> reporter: san francisco city attorney david chiu fired back against the trump administration's efforts to crack down on sanctuary cities with a lawsuit. the city is partnering with santa clara county and three other cities. they threaten to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities and threaten criminal and civil prosecution against state and local officials that impede federal immigration enforcement. >> their actions fly in the face of fundamental constitutional provisions. they violate plain statutory language and numerous court orders. >> reporter: it comes after the federal government sued the city of chicago over its sanctuary laws. as a sanctuary city, san francisco generally limits local officials from cooperating with federal authorities on civil immigration enforcement. >> immigration enforcement is the federal government's responsibility, not the responsibility of state and local governments. sanctuary policies prioritize using our scarce local law enforcement resources to actually fight crime, not do the job of the federal government. >> reporter: officials from both s

we actually won in the courts and so district attorney -- sorry, city attorney david chiu is workingthis as we speak. >> reporter: city attorney chiu's office said they will have more to say in the coming days, but experts like professor brandon phillips at cal state east bay predict a lawsuit is coming. >> lawsuits are most likely going to be the most effective strategy that cities have available to them. there is on the part of cities and especially on the part of the states, we do send this revenue to the federal government through taxes and other mechanisms. so in a sense we are demanding some of the money that we allocate to the federal government continue to be allocated back to us. >> reporter: another potential battle in the courtroom brewing between california and the trump administration. special agent harp hopes cooler heads prevail. >> i think san francisco and the department of justice are going to have to take a step back and think about what's in the best interest of the community and sometimes that's give and take on both sides. the old saying about everybody has to m

san francisco city attorney david chiu says his office is fighting for people like minda murphy and herhild, who is non-binary. >> they can write my child's identity out of existence in our federal government. my kids still going to be my kid. they're still going to be exactly the same person that they are. >> when donald trump violates the constitution, violates the law. we think that that judges who follow the law will rule the correct way. >> stop treating us like. >> chiu says while california can provide some protections for those impacted, his office will be fighting for people all around the country. >> in the south bay, former san jose city council member omar torres had his plea hearing delayed today. it is now scheduled for february 14th. he faces multiple charges of sexual abuse, but our media partners at the bay area news group report he may be working on a plea agreement in the east bay. we are minutes away from oakland's waterfront hotel, closing permanently, reportedly for financial reasons. hyatt operates the hotel and announced on tuesday that it will close at midnight

san francisco city attorney david chiu says his office is fighting for people like minda murphy and herld, who is non-binary. >> they can write my child's identity out of existence in our federal government. my kids still going to be my kid. they're still going to be exactly the same person that they are. >> when donald trump violates the constitution, violates the law. we think that that judges who follow the law will rule the correct way. >> stop treating us like. >> chiu says while california can provide some protections for those impacted, his office will be fighting for people all around the country. >> in the south bay, former san jose city council member omar torres had his plea hearing delayed today. it is now scheduled for february 14th. he faces multiple charges of sexual abuse, but our media partners at the bay area news group report he may be working on a plea agreement in the east bay. we are minutes away from oakland's waterfront hotel, closing permanently, reportedly for financial reasons. hyatt operates the hotel and announced on tuesday that it will close at midnight to

throughout 2021 the league of women voters in san francisco of san francisco, they lobbied david chiu to appoint cynthia di to a seat on the elections commission in january of 22. chiu appoints cynthia dai to the elections commission in april of 22 and at the direction of the league of women voters san francisco. dai created such chaos with her threats to push for the firing of the three elections commission appointees in 2022 redistricting task force in july of 22. dai begins regular meetings at the elections commission to analyze the chaos that she created. it was she wanted to analyze the chaos that she caused and created and pretended she pretended that the chaos was a result of racist misogynist transphobes and billionaires. but by the time 2023 rolls around cynthia dai and the representatives from the league of women voters they were here. they were locked arm in arm walking through these hallways trying to strong arm supervisors to become legislative champions for their fantasy charter amendment. >> all of this self-dealing by the league of women voters, san francisco and cynth

i want to begin by thanking city attorney david chiu and his extraordinary team for their leadership and partnership with santa clara county and standing up for the constitutional rights of our residents. santa clara's core mission is to care for its most vulnerable residents and to deliver the critical services that they need to survive and to thrive. santa clara has mission. our job is not to enforce immigration laws and the constitution could not be more clear that the federal government can't require us to help with enforcement of civil immigration laws and constitutional speak. we call that commandeering the federal government can't commandeer our local government. they can't commandeer our local resources and they can't commandeer our local law enforcement to help them carry out a vision of mass deportation. you might ask why santa clara and san francisco and hundreds of other jurisdictions choose not to cooperate with the federal government? for us it's simple. we are striving to create a culture of trust and security within our communities so that our residents know that they

san francisco city attorney david chiu says his office is fighting for people like minda murphy and heris non-binary. >> they can write my child's identity out of existence in our federal government. my kids still going to be my kid. they're still going to be exactly the same person that they are. >> when donald trump violates the constitution and violates the law, we think that that judges who follow the law will rule the correct way. >> stop treating us like. >> chiu says while california can provide some protections for those impacted, his office will be fighting for people around the country. meanwhile, there is a push to help the city's economic recovery. san francisco is considering a solution to empty storefronts, making it easier for chain stores to move in. currently, the process can take upwards of two years. a new proposal would allow formula retail on a one mile stretch of van ness avenue between redwood street and broadway. >> these are the former auto showrooms, and so permitting formula retail allows for more flexibility in these really, really big spaces that you're not

. >> reporter: city attorney david chiu says his office will protect trans san franciscans and is monitoring how the executive orders are implemented. >> regardless of what donald trump says, transgender people have a fundamental right under the united states constitution to equal protection under the law. >> reporter: the fight to feel equal is one reason why kanow a&m inda felt compelled to speak out as well. >> i love my child unconditionally not in spite of who they are, but exactly because of who they are. >> i want to make sure you all understand that i was born this way of nobody made me nonbinary. i am just who i am. >> ignorance above all and so i was hoping if we could sort of humanize the story, right, we're real people. i'm just a mom. this is just my kid, right? we're not trying to undermine the fundamental goodness of america or anything like that. i'm just trying to raise a child. >> a big show of support for the trans youth at the state capitol last night. this was one of nine similar rallies taking place at state capitols around the country. hundreds of people came out to ma

san francisco city attorney david chiu says his office is fighting for people like minda murphy and hern-binary. >> they can write my child's identity out of existence in our federal government. my kids still going to be my kid. they're still going to be exactly the same person that they are. >> when donald trump violates the constitution, violates the law. we think that that judges who follow the law will rule the correct way. >> stop treating us like. >> chiu says while california can provide some protections for those impacted, his office will be fighting for people around the country. new overnight some good news the wildfires that have devastated los angeles are all now 100% contained. this comes more than three weeks after the eaton and palisades fire broke out in southern california. evacuation orders had already been lifted, and for more than a week, the fires have not posed a major threat. in total, the palisades fire burned over 23,000 acres and the eaton fire burned more than 14,000 acres. at least 29 people died in the fires. there's a push to help san francisco's economic r

por su parte, lupillo fue acorralado por mcmahon, chiu, y alejandra y pues ya no saben quién confiarles fueron las noticias del entretenimiento. ya sabe que nos vemos cada mañana por acceso total. adiós. y si cada 1 de los famosos ya está moviendo sus sus fichas para irse granjeando amigos y aliados dentro de esta casa de los famosos. ya empezamos a ver esas alianzas que se van definiendo. ya llevan un par de días. yo creo que ya crearon esa confianza con algunos compañeros y vamos a ver qué pasa, no? el drama siempre está ahí. por el momento, julia va bien posicionada, tiene mucho apoyo, mucho apoyo por aquí, por por la estación. hay mucha gente que la está apoyando. sí, sí, sí, sí. vamos a estar pendientes. y en las redes sociales también. sin hablar. vamos a la pausa. no queremos correr riesgos de deportación. eso nos aterra. esta familia venezolana dice que está en una difícil situación al tener que auto deportarse. antes que se le venza su tps. al regresar esta historia. y también comienza una de las ferias más importantes en el condado san joaquín. este festival le rinde homenaje

we actually won in the courts and so district attorney -- sorry, city attorney david chiu is working on this as we speak. >> and in alameda county the board of supervisors created a new committee to try to protect undocumented immigrants. their goals are to protect access to health and social services and establish a fund to protect programs. this afternoon we are hearing from both sides of this intense sanctuary city debate. we'll start with the san francisco republican party, the chairman joining us live next for his thoughts on all of this. >>> stay with us. ♪ for all those making it big out there... ...shouldn't your mobile service be able to keep up with you? get wifi speeds up to a gig at home and on the go. introducing powerboost, only from xfinity mobile. now that's big. xfinity internet customers, cut your mobile bill in half vs. t-mobile, verizon, and at&t for your first year. plus, ask how to get the new samsung galaxy s25+ on us. >>> today we are talking about the justice department's threat to punish sanctuary cities, the new attorney general issuing an order to stop pay

according to san francisco district attorney david chiu, the suit seeks to preserve access to essential public health data that medical professionals rely on to treat patients, and that local health departments use to protect communities from infectious disease and public health threats. nba all-star weekend has wrapped up, but it's still getting a lot of buzz. coming up, how one bart train full of students got a big surprise it's a bank holiday in the uk no one's been paid you missed a new payment regulation in argentina! you just got stiffed on the rupee exchange rate australia's pay day was yesterday we miscalculated employees' taxes in germany john john john, relax it's just a workmare we use papaya global to pay our workers parade is returning this sunday. it's one of several events around the bay area celebrating black history month, and one that's certainly great for the kids. with 200 vendors, a kids zone, and live performances. earlier today on the four, i spoke with doctor kendra mcneil, pediatrician at kaiser permanente east bay, and she says she shared some tips on how paren

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

aseguró que el fiscal de la ciudad, david chiu, ya está trabajando en ello y de hecho, también nos comunicamos todavía a la espera de su respuesta. vamos a repasar los estados que actualmente se califican como santuarios. son 13. de ellos, 4 se encuentran en la costa oeste, que son california, oregón y washington. y tal como lo muestra ese mapa virtual del centro de estudios de inmigración, existen estados que no se denominan como tal, pero sí tienen regiones. un ejemplo es arlen, que tiene condados que se consideran santuarios como son baltimore, charles y howard, además de ciudades como hicksville y rockville. le contamos también que el canciller dominicano roberto Álvarez recibió este jueves al secretario de estado de estados unidos, marco rubio, en el palacio nacional. esto como parte de la gira del funcionario por centroamérica y el caribe durante la semana. rubio visitó panamá, costa rica, el salvador y guatemala para tratar temas de migración y de narcotráfico. se espera que rubio se reúna más tarde con el presidente dominicano y también que anuncie la incautación en territorio dominica

. >> reporter: san francisco city attorney david chiu fired back against the trump administration's effortsk down on sanctuary cities with a federal lawsuit. the city is partnering with santa clara county and three other cities to challenge recent directives issued by the department of justice. they threaten to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities and threaten criminal and civil prosecution against state and local officials that impede federal immigration enforcement. >> their actions fly in the face of fundamental constitutional provisions. they violate plain statutory language and numerous court orders. >> reporter: it comes after the federal government sued the city of chicago over its sanctuary laws. as a sanctuary city, san francisco generally limits local officials from cooperating with federal authorities on civil immigration enforcement. >> immigration enforcement is the federal government's responsibility, not the responsibility of state and local governments. sanctuary policies prioritize using our scarce local law enforcement resources to actually fight crime, not do th

. >> if it feels like deja vu, that's because sf filed a similar suit in 2017 and won, giving chiu confidence about possible outcomes. >> and it's our perspective that judges that follow the rule of law will side with us, particularly given the precedent that we have here. >> if the trump administration is successful this time, san francisco stands to lose billions of dollars it receives from the federal government. this is already playing out nationwide. on thursday, attorney general pam bondi filed suit against illinois and chicago over their sanctuary laws. we reached out to the white house for comment about this, but did not hear back. dan. >> okay, monica, thanks a lot. now here's a look at some of the top stories making headlines in the trump administration. tonight, a federal judge temporarily blocked a plan to put more than 2000 u.s. aid workers on leave. the decision came hours after lawyers for u.s. aid employees warned of catastrophic consequences. trump says he's revoking joe biden's security clearance and ending access to daily intelligence briefings. trump signed an executive or

we actually won in the courts and so district attorney sorry city attorney david chiu is working on this as we speak mission. we're going to ask for your support, your decision to leave that office wondering what went into that decision and how that aligns with your vision for the future. >> listen, i talking to colleagues at the bar supervisors over the last month what we have stated early and often in my administration is we are going to have a new day and a new era of cooperation and collaboration. i'm looking for commissioners across commission appointed ments who will work with us that will collaborate and that will communicate and i look forward to the support going forward of all of the commission important appointments that i make. yeah. over time to fill this team is there going to be like a central coordination between all these agencies to make sure that the information that needs to go out is being shared? well, let me answer the overtime now these officers are assigned to this task force seven days a week. we can scale up using overtime which we often do because of our staff

. >> if it feels like deja vu, that's because sf filed a similar suit in 2017 and won, giving chiu confidence about possible outcomes. >> and it's our perspective that judges that follow the rule of law will side with us, particularly given the precedent that we have here. >> if the trump administration is successful this time, san francisco stands to lose billions of dollars it receives from the federal government. and we're already seeing this fight play out nationwide. on thursday, attorney general pam bondi filed suit against illinois and chicago over their sanctuary laws. we reached out to the white house for comment, but did not hear back. kristen. larry. >> monica, thank you very much. if you or somebody you know is dealing with rights related issues or maybe is just looking for an ally, go to abc7 news.com slash. take action to find local resources and support. >> the trump administration is putting the brakes on the installation of new electric vehicle charging stations along highways and at rest stops nationwide, according to several reports, the federal highway administration issue

we actually won in the courts and so district attorney sorry city attorney david chiu is working on this as we speak mission. we're going to ask for your support, your decision to leave that office wondering what went into that decision and how that aligns with your vision for the future. >> listen, i talking to colleagues at the bar supervisors over the last month what we have stated early and often in my administration is we are going to have a new day and a new era of cooperation and collaboration. i'm looking for commissioners across commission appointed ments who will work with us that will collaborate and that will communicate and i look forward to the support going forward of all of the commission important appointments that i make. yeah. over time to fill this team is there going to be like a central coordination between all these agencies to make sure that the information that needs to go out is being shared? well, let me answer the overtime now these officers are assigned to this task force seven days a week. we can scale up using overtime which we often do because of our staff

and so district attorney -- sorry, city attorney david chiu is working on this as we speak. >> reportercity attorney's office said they will have more to say in the coming days. but experts like professor brandon philips at cal state east bay predict a lawsuit is coming. >> lawsuits are most likely going to be the most effective strategy that cities have available to them. there is, you know, on the part of cities and especially on the part of the states, we do send this revenue to the federal government through taxes and other mechanisms. so in a sense, we are demanding some of the money that we allocate to the federal government continue to be allocated back to us. >> reporter: another potential battle in the courtroom brewing between california and the trump administration. special agent harp hopes cooler heads prevail. >> i think san francisco and the department of justice are going to have to take a step back and think about, you know, what's in the best interest of the community? and sometimes, you know, that's give and take on both sides. as you always you know, the old saying ac

thank you city attorney david chiu for your work.nks to all the labor unions and community organizations that are doing that work, we're going to take care of all of our people regardless of their immigration status. >> thanks everybody. i'm going to i just want to be able to ask supervisor jackie fielder and shimon walton if they can step up. i want to thank them in front of all of you. right. and for their incredible leadership in taking being able to host us, being able to talk to everybody, bring everybody together. and i just wanted to be able to thank you for your leadership. thank you so much in doing this and to our mayor for also having taken the time to been out here this morning. i want to be able to have comcare, rivas and shanika mahajan from mission action network. this is a group that's responsible for the rapid response network. and i want to make sure that our community allies our mayor of the mission, roberto hernandez and my brother from ucsf was from the teachers union is going to be talking to all of you as well.

our city attorney david chiu is great and his lawyers are great. that we need to litigate, we well, he's already, you know, in court, protecting trying protect birthright citizenship, which it's insane that that's even a question. but there will be a lot of stuff to litigate with the federal government about over the next few years. >> all right. thank you so much to services go board president rafael mandelman for your time so i want to ask you, but that's all the time we have. thank all right. we have. thank all right. we'll be right back. excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities. comcast business. morning. and if you ever feel like your phone is listening to y

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i guess today is david chiu, the city attorney for the city and county of san francisco , and he's herehe 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 front of city hall i

i want to begin by thanking city attorney david chiu and his extraordinary team for their leadership and partnership with santa clara county and standing up for the constitutional rights of our residents. santa clara's core mission is to care for its most vulnerable residents and to deliver the critical services that they need to survive and to thrive. santa clara has mission. our job is not to enforce immigration laws and the constitution could not be more clear that the federal government can't require us to help with enforcement of civil immigration laws and constitutional speak. we call that commandeering the federal government can't commandeer our local government. they can't commandeer our local resources and they can't commandeer our local law enforcement to help them carry out a vision of mass deportation. you might ask why santa clara and san francisco and hundreds of other jurisdictions choose not to cooperate with the federal government? for us it's simple. we are striving to create a culture of trust and security within our communities so that our residents know that they

we actually won in the courts and so district attorney sorry city attorney david chiu is working on thisspeak mission. we're going to ask for your support, your decision to leave that office wondering what went into that decision and how that aligns with your vision for the future. >> listen, i talking to colleagues at the bar supervisors over the last month what we have stated early and often in my administration is we are going to have a new day and a new era of cooperation and collaboration. i'm looking for commissioners across commission appointed ments who will work with us that will collaborate and that will communicate and i look forward to the support going forward of all of the commission important appointments that i make. yeah. over time to fill this team is there going to be like a central coordination between all these agencies to make sure that the information that needs to go out is being shared? well, let me answer the overtime now these officers are assigned to this task force seven days a week. we can scale up using overtime f our staffing shortages in terms of communic

i want to begin by thanking city attorney david chiu and his extraordinary team for their leadershipartnership with santa clara county and standing up for the constitutional rights of our residents. santa clara's core mission is to care for its most vulnerable residents and to deliver the critical services that they need to survive and to thrive. santa clara has mission. our job is not to enforce immigration laws and the constitution could not be more clear that the federal government can't require us to help with enforcement of civil immigration laws and constitutional speak. we call that commandeering the federal government can't commandeer our local government. they can't commandeer our local resources and they can't commandeer our local law enforcement to help them carry out a vision of mass deportation. you might ask why santa clara and san francisco and hundreds of other jurisdictions choose not to cooperate with the federal government? for us it's simple. we are striving to create a culture of trust and security within our communities so that our residents know that they can c

we actually won in the courts and so district attorney sorry city attorney david chiu is working on thiseak mission. we're going to ask for your support, your decision to leave that office wondering what went into that decision and how that aligns with your vision for the future. >> listen, i talking to colleagues at the bar supervisors over the last month what we have stated early and often in my administration is we are going to have a new day and a new era of cooperation and collaboration. i'm looking for commissioners across commission appointed ments who will work with us that will collaborate and that will communicate and i look forward to the support going forward of all of the commission important appointments that i make. yeah. over time to fill this team is there going to be like a central coordination between all these agencies to make sure that the information that needs to go out is being shared? well, let me answer the overtime now these officers are assigned to this task force seven days a week. we can scale up using overtime which we often do because of our staffing short

report discussion and i would like to introduce civic art collection public art program director mary chiu >> thank you, commissioners. i have some just very brief announcements. one is we have an open rfq. it's a temporary mural in the atrium of the public library's main branch. the goal of the artwork is to create or the project is to create a temporary vinyl mural that conveys the importance of internet generational knowledge and wisdom sharing from an indigenous perspective. the deadline is march third. >> and then lastly i hope to see you all at tomorrow's annual convening at the herbst theater at 5 p.m.. and that concludes my report. >> thank you. okay. we are now on to item number 15 new business and announcement rents. >> do we have any comment or all? >> oh i'm sorry public comment for item number 14 please. >> thank you. there's no public present. >> it has to be on there. thank you. no, you were correct. okay. or your call item number 15 new business and announcements. is there any new business and announcements anybody would like to say other than the convening tomorrow? >> amy

i guess today is david chiu, the city attorney for the city and county of san francisco , and he's hereisis, 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 front of city hall if there's a

the team has been around since 1947 and there's an exhibit at that in and outside the percy chiu gymnasium. percy chu was a long time rec director at the recreation park department and you know he was at betty and then called chinese rec and his son derrick was our chief financial officer for a long time and the gym is named gym floor is named after percy. the exhibit has photographs, trophies and more. so we wanted to thank the san francisco saints chinese basketball team for the in-kind donation of all the sports memorabilia that you may have seen in the gym. terry trio i think terry trejo was very involved in it. >> yeah. so thank you joe. big shout out to terry in the rec division for supporting that event. we have our superintendent nick williams with us today in honor of black history month. i wanted to invite you all to the annual black history month celebration and tonight at petro hill rec center it goes from 6 to 9. it's a community focused event. we've done quite quite a bit this month in honor of black history month. but this event honors our city's vibrant african-american com

we actually won in the courts and so district attorney sorry city attorney david chiu is working on this as we speak mission. we're going to ask for your support, your decision to leave that office wondering what went into that decision and how that aligns with your vision for the future. >> listen, i talking to colleagues at the bar supervisors over the last month what we have stated early and often in my administration is we are going to have a new day and a new era of cooperation and collaboration. i'm looking for commissioners across commission appointed ments who will work with us that will collaborate and that will communicate and i look forward to the support going forward of all of the commission important appointments that i make. yeah. over time to fill this team is there going to be like a central coordination between all these agencies to make sure that the information that needs to go out is being shared? well, let me answer the overtime now these officers are assigned to this task force seven days a week. we can scale up using overtime which we often do because of our staff

i want to begin by thanking city attorney david chiu and his extraordinary team for their leadership and partnership with santa clara county and standing up for the constitutional rights of our residents. santa clara's core mission is to care for its most vulnerable residents and to deliver the critical services that they need to survive and to thrive. santa clara has mission. our job is not to enforce immigration laws and the constitution could not be more clear that the federal government can't require us to help with enforcement of civil immigration laws and constitutional speak. we call that commandeering the federal government can't commandeer our local government. they can't commandeer our local resources and they can't commandeer our local law enforcement to help them carry out a vision of mass deportation. you might ask why santa clara and san francisco and hundreds of other jurisdictions choose not to cooperate with the federal government? for us it's simple. we are striving to create a culture of trust and security within our communities so that our residents know that they