that is what the filipino community center is doing, reaching 160 community members, bridging community members with supports with intensified service such as food insecurity, unemployment insurance, foreign undocumented community members and critical health and safety supplies and information. we ask that mochd keep the f.c.c. program whole by fully funding and restoring the $159,000 and support an equitable recovery for filipinos in san francisco. strengthen this bridge, especially for our vulnerable population as we continue towards recovery together to get there. thank you. >> caller: hello i am from the filipino community center. i'm one of the staff here. (please stand by) >> caller: current funding recommendation will be about 20% reduction in our funding at a time we can't afford any reduction in our community and equitable recovery and all of the service its a they can get. especially with the cultural competency that fcc provides. we thank you for your work on the budget this year. it's challenging but we all need to work together to move forward. thank you. [indiscernible] >>

justice communities. would you agree it's important for us to identify to communicate about a work to reserve air pollution hotspots all across our hunter country. >> yes absolutely. >> people and cancer alley would welcome that. >> again cancer alley is just one example that has proliferated across our entire country. it is just time for us to have environmental justice at the core of any piece of legislation which we pass this year. because if you don't map it is impossible then to rectify this torque injustices. thank you both for your work historically into both of our panelists as well. thank you for conducting this hearing. >> 90 senator markey. we're going to have second round which each senator is allowed one question. if you'd like to stay, and a senator sylvan has a question i understand senator wicker my return for additional question. my additional question goes to mrs. flowers. you refer in your testimony to cancer alley along mississippi river. were they have very high cancer rates due to po

and underserved communities. i want to thank the witnesses for being here. recently, i introduced the building covid night -- building covid vaccine confidence active 2021 which directs cdc to direct grants to local health departments and nonprofits to conduct outreach, to conduct -- to combat vaccine hesitancy. what are the top three recommendations to create a successful, culturally competent, multichannel targeted vaccine campaign? dr. benjamin: the first thing is to make sure that you engage the community as part of your design . it is important that we not thank we know what the community needs are thanks. that is first -- community needs or thinks. that is first. next, making sure we make it convenient for people to get the vaccine. that is extremely important. representative: does that mean opening up vaccine sites where they are? dr. benjamin: opening sites where they are, getting them rise and it means asking them what they need. when we were doing education on infant mortality, pregnant women needed a p

of color, low income communities, and indigenous communities. that's why environmental justice must be at the center of climate action. it's why environmental justice is the cornerstone of our climate crisis action plan. it's why today, we will focus on advancing environment of justice through climate action. throughout our history, black, brown, indigenous, low income americans have been disproportionately harmed. today, they are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. black american children are five times more likely than white children to be admitted to the hospital for asthma. latinos are twice as likely to live in areas threatened by wildfires. communities that have few trees or places to cool off have deadlier outcomes when the weather hits triple digits. tribes are watching their way of life disrupted by climate field weather extremes, wildlife loss, and sea level rise. in puerto rico, families are still living with blue plastic tarps over their homes nearly four years after hurricane maria blew away their roots. this is not a

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just give us jobs and invest in us and our communities and our schools. give us the basic things we need and this will stop. i think if we are really serious about solving the very real problem of gun violence we need to look at the dynamics in the communities that are most energetically policed which is asking questions like why is it young people are more likely to die by police or by each other in the same communities that are heavily policed. that doesn't add up so it's about the investments. the members that were involved with this truth presented to the officials in los angeles is one of the missed opportunities which is a tragedy because you have to wonder if authorities at all levels would have invested and they were asking for a complete overhaul what would south la look like and then instead of that investment, instead of the public safety mechanism proposed which was to have community patrol, they got a brand-new shiny jail to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. until we begin to give people the resources we need, and we know that this dec

miya: community health workers are trusted members of the communities they serve.t means they come from the same neighborhood, culture, racial or ethnic background, for example, as the patients that they are working with. and they serve in roles to increase access to health and social services to increase equity and improve the quality and cultural competence of services. so they can really help bridge how complex our health-care system can be to navigate, especially for individuals who might have a harder time due to poverty or chronic diseases they are facing. jesse: what would be the difference between a community health worker and a nurse or nurse practitioner or dr.? miya: great, thank you for that. something to think about is, community health workers don't necessarily have the same of health care education that you would see with a nurse or physician's assistant or a doctor. they are more likely to be having less education in that field, even though it is possible they might have it. their role is more specifically in this bridging role and providing support

i am the ceo of the rural community partnership.rk of nonprofit partners providing a technical assistance, training and resources to rural and tribal communities in every state, territory and tribal land. through regional partners, more than 300 technical assistance provider's capacity to strengthen for all areas. our approach is grounded in long-term trusted relationships with thousands of rural communities across the country. last year we served 3.4 million rural and tribal residents in 2000 community's. with an average population of 1500 and median household income of half the national average. people of color represented 21% of world population and 83% of rural population growth. it's increasingly diverse. innovation and resiliency of america's rural areas will play a central role in the future of u.s. capitol. covert exacerbated challenges for rural communities as they have not fully recovered get from the 2008 recession. now is the time for real sustained change. small business growth is the best way to reintegrate especially

we are here to facilitate communication between the community and applicant. and it's our obligation to stand with the community and allow members of the community to get answers to some of their questions. i would again, ask that we give it a little more time and get the kind of thoughtful answers that we ourselves need to see in order to fully support the project. it will not be just adding conditions. hopefully the community's concerns can be given to what is not answered at the moment. those are my comments, thank you. >> commissioner diamond. >> the issue as to what size the balconies are and whether the ground floor retail space should be housing instead of retail, i believe those are refinements that would i would be fine leaving up to staff. it would be nice to see the final resolution come back to us as an information item but i believe we are closing up here and the proposes -- the changes being proposed are in the nature of refinements that i am fine having staff be the party that works that out with the developer. >> commissioner imperial. >> i jus

especially in the african american community and latino american community. we're seeing 60% of the vaccinations. in the latino community, although there are -- it's a larger percentage of the latino community that has been vaccinationed over 70%, they are two point two times more likely to be infected with the new variant. we're seeing the disparities play out in our hospitals. everyone in the hospital at san francisco general right now did not get the vaccine. dis opposed to propotiona disopd -- we knowwhat happened with te experiments in the country. we know that african americans were used for forty years not given penicillin in '47, it widely known that was a cure for syphilis. the share croppers who were used and suffered and discarded. african communities in my family my grandmother, one generation removed from slavely, concerned about trust in the vaccination process, we know that is real. but this is also real. we're in a different place now. the same people are experiencing some of the same challenges around concerns with trust, but more importantly

demanded and in every community that experienced rebellion. there have been nonviolent protests for decades. related to the explosion, people are in the streets, people are going to city hall people are petitioning their local officials they are consistently ignored. the rebellion begins to start new conversations in communities, that don't ultimately lead to change in many respects but maybe they become the kind of dominant form of protest and that is to not embrace a policy of nonviolence but to embrace politics of self-defense and self-preservation when you're living in what is essentially an occupied community. >> one of the things i think is powerful about this is i think we often talk about police brutality as a spark. the actions, what they're really about is housing, is jobs, is education and my reading of your book is that you're saying that yes, that is certainly a part of what people are rebelling against but we also have to understand policing itself as a source of oppression. it's not just spark. it's not just that they access the

our communities are riddled with crime.for breaking up the barbecue for no reason and arresting us for hanging out in the park after dark, things like that. the responses to fight back. and i think especially in terms of the narratives we tell about black protests in general and the relationship of the people who are being policed and surveilled and disproportionately incarcerated to those institutions is important. it also, with the cane rebellion kind of being the beginning point rather than the endpoint is significant because it underscores the ways in which the new generation, the rising generation of young people who've grown up seeing the civil rights movement unfolded all of its promises with the assassination of king and by 68 with thean launch of the war on crime, have seen many of the conditions they were t living in hadn't really changed and that that'snonviolent direct action t wasn't enough to secure the full economic and political citizenship that they wanted and their parents wanted and demanded and in nearly

the community. mineral johnson this morning the tulsa world by the way has some photographs of what that scene looked like and will show you some of those i should point out as we begin our conversation that we're going to show some photographs that you might find disturbing. we feel it's important to give a sense of exactly what happened. i just wanted to jump in and ask you about this district called black wall street. what can you tell us about greenwood? so black wall street is a moniker attached to the business sector of the greenwood community. the original designation was the negro wall street of america, but it was more like a black main street and that these were mom type operations commercial establishments restaurants grocery stores hotels movie theaters dance halls pool halls confectioneries haberdasheries all manner of small businesses coupled with service providers like doctors lawyers dentist and accountants really a commercial district of the type that you might find in many places a

communities of color, low income communities and indigenous communities. that's why environmental justice must be at the center of climate action. it's why environmental justice is the cornerstone of our climate crisis action plan and it's why today we'll focus on advancing environmental justice through climate action. throughout our history, black, brown, indigenous and low income, today they're more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. black american children are five times likelier than white children to be admitted to the hospital forasthma. and communities that have few trees or places to cool off have deadlier outcomes of when the weather hits triple digits. tribes are watching their way of life by climate weather extremes and wildlife loss and in puerto rico families are still living with blue plastic tarps over their homes nearly four years after hurricane maria blew away their roofs. this is not a coincidence. environmental justice communities have long been harmed by chronic underinvestment and systemic failures that make it harder for th

communities of color and working-class communities are the greatest risk when it comes to disasters and they often have less capacity to adapt. just this week, the new york times highlighted how fema's disaster relief efforts often help white communities more than communities of color, even when the amount of damage in neighborhoods is a similar. that's why climate action must also create opportunities and strive for environmental justice that will protect everyday americans regardless of their zip code and skin color. america's mayors understand these challenges. in madison, wisconsin, the mayor is showing us how to invest in clean energy while also creating prosperity in underserved communities. through her green power initiative, she has trained diverse workers to install over a megawatt of solar energy on municipal facilities. we have seen important progress in los angeles, where mayor eric garcetti launched a plan to increase community zillions, and to bring the cities have a structure into the 21st century. in atlanta, the nation's 10th largest economy, the mayor has pioneered inn

community, we have also seen the uprising of this community of across cultural community coming together through ambassador programs, through escort programs, through cross cultural connections and so we're going to be investing about $6.5 million to support that effort which includes expanding the senior escort program providing around victim wraparound services and development. and stopping the aapi hate campaign. which is targeted on education, building cross cultural relationships and this is very significant as we move san francisco forward. in addition to the challenges that we've seen related to those issues, we still are in the midst of our recovery. so there's still food that needs to be served. there's still people that need help. we want to continue our vaccinations and to support covid recovery, $14.3 million and community and testing. daily street cleaning in chinatown. i know we're not in chinatown, but the fact is a lot of folks in this community spend a lot of time there too. so we want to make sure in that community, it's taken care of. daily street cleaning. small busin

to other communities. this -- the approach taken by banks and corporations support black banks and mdis can only have limited impact. black mdis tote al aggregate access as approximately $10 billion compared to total u.s. banking assets of $20 trillion. given the limited size and smaller geographic focus they are simply incapable of addressing the racial equity gaps. fintechs, however, are creating a transformation of banking and financial services and similar to the other industries tech-driven companies are designed to scale and efficiently build new models to support the market. traditional companies and banks generally do not have those skills to make those kind of changes to attach to the driven economy and, therefore, also many small community banks are adding fintechs on top but none of them are black-owned banks and, therefore, they are not part of it. for the bank offing industry the keys to closing the racial wealth gap and supporting racial equity is a recirculation of capital and reduction of e

community. i want to thank the trust for public land, and the san francisco parks alliance, drew becker is here and numerous members of his team. we have several representatives from our city family. i saw ken nimm and i say caller eisen, there may not be a city department that is not working on this in some way, shape or form. and i want to acknowledge our partners across the basin from bill dink, and i see lou vasquez here, lou, thank you for being here. and i want to give a special recognition to a guy standing right in front of me, john, thank you. john fritzker whose philanthropy turned this from a dream and a vision actually into a project. so, thank you, john. let's give him a round of applause. and thank you, moe, and john and moe were recently married just a few days ago and they came back early from -- moe doesn't really call it a honeymoon, called it a camping trip, but they came back early to be here with us today. so thank you both very, very much. [applause] this project has many,

a significant benefit for the community as well as cost. we also need to continue to make health care more affordable. when we lowered premiums and expanded coverage in the american rescue plan, more than 1.5 million people signed up for what used to be called obamacare. i want to make these reductions permanent so we can get even more people covered. we need to deal with the shortage of affordable housing. over 10 million renters in the country pay more than half their income for rent on their apartment. the lack of affordable housing prevents people from moving to communities where there are more opportunities. we are going to make historic investments in affordable housing, improving housing by rehabilitating more than 2 million homes, especially in places that need more housing. we need to invest not just in physical and human infrastructure, we need to invest in jobs. this always disturbs me, three decades ago the united states was number one in the world for share of their gdp being invested into research and development. we are now n

are vaccinated and on the community of community inequity as the chairman mentioned, black and brown communities suffered losses and no surprise some people of color who felt abandoned by our government in 2020 may have hesitated to believe that the government would protect them now against covid-19. we must collectively come to terms with our historical, our history of medical trauma and abuse black and brown americans and culturally competent messaging community specific if we want to prevent more did he have evaluation this fall. spread the word where people can find more information about the vaccines. my dear friend and science communication lead jessica rivera likes to say science isn't finished until it's been communicateed with empathy so we must work to make sure that our policies and the stories we tell about them, the ways in which we communicate the science, are trustworthy transparent and inclusive. public health must be our number one priority because my nature public health requires us to work on behalf of the public. our doctors and researchers do and each of us can d

what communities are you in touch with? >> we are in touch with a range of communities. i provided an update last week that we were in touch with missouri about possibly sending some teams there. we had already sent a team to colorado to collaborate with a local to permit of health. i can see if there is more. -- a local department of health. i can see of there is more. we are happy to have these teams at helping communities get vaccinated and protecting themselves from the virus. reporter: [indiscernible] if a community is particularly bad, you approach that community and asked, do you want to be helped? >> the cdc is deploying these teams. we can see vaccination rates and where there are rising caseloads and work on a collaborative way with the communities to deploy the team. reporter: [indiscernible] nomination for the doj. just curious about that position. >> i would say there's certainly a position -- there is a certainly a position the president is eager to fill. i don't have anything for you in terms of the timeline for it. reporter: will the president continued t

obviously, the big communities, expensive communities, the beach front communities, when a hurricane hits, obviously, that's a disaster. but what happens to the small towns from an economic standpoint, the disasters are stunning and they can't recover from them. and i'd like to ask about that going forward, fema should have some flexibility with regard to that. >> ranking member katko, we really have an opportunity right now as we've learned so much in our response to covid-19 and seeing the impacts that our underserved communities have. ... so happy to continue our conversation learn from experience this last year. >> what to do and but is no there's something that can be done internal procedures something that needs a legislative fix. we can craft something together so thank you for to switch gears and talk robust nationwide disaster reclamation. i think it's going to happen again, using fema and stuff and use it more so i think it's important the initial report done in september 2020 about covert hasn't been updated simply, can you tell me if there's the initial report of septembe

for communities in color.i ready today to make a motion to move forward with the three of those that is the candidates. just seeing that we can still work together, we can still see that the legacy of someone like mass harley marshall can be a part of the task forward. continuing to take a leadership role. perhaps i can rely on her expertise as the task force members. i'd ready to move that forward. colleagues, i'm looking for your support and leadership on this as well. >> chair peskin: thank you. i look forward to that as well as well as the applicants we spoke to. i'm also very impressed by mr. powell. i think what was said and you mrs. chan reiterated. this is truly a process where people can can stay involved and to the folks who spoke about timeframes, this is a, i would compress timeframes because the federal government dragged it's feet. we're on the verge of coming on summer recess, time is not our friend here. as i said at the outset and i really mean it and i'm interested in making the connections b

, to the lgbtq community, our community? >> well, what i hope it means to the community is that there is one less barrier to belonging. and that me doing this particular role has meaning for people, even if they never want to or care to be a cabinet officer or work in transportation, but in whatever world they're in, in their profession, in their community, in their family, that the president of the united states saying somebody like me belongs at the table he's setting in the cabinet is a symbol of the extent to which they belong or ought to belong at whatever table they care about. >> what does your appointment and your confirmation say to the world about america? >> well, look, around the world, lgbtq equality is uphill in a lot of places. i think it means a lot to be able to see that in what is the leading country, by at least many measures in the world, has a senior official in this role. i don't mean to overstate it. nor does it represent the end of the journey here in the u.s. or anywhere else, but i hope it's one mor

point community. in the process of design xg building these sites, we are building community capacity, stewardship, and ensuring that the parks are reflective of the bayview from who is constructing the park to the patrons that will enjoy the programming at the park to those who also maintain and operate the park facilities. we also want to acknowledge historic and systemic environmental justices within bayview untoer's point and reduce these impacts with a resilient design. to that extent, these programs are spread across multiple properties. 900 on the left featuring the ship wreck cottage. the food pavilion and shoreline park shown on the right will feature new playgrounds, basketball courts, a cook-out terrace, kayak lunch and even more. the missing piece of the shoreline trail network. with remediation under way, we will go from what you see here to a much improved connection with the waterfront as shown in this rendering of shoreline park. and it shows you all a quick video. so give me one secon

from the community for the community. and unfortunately, we looked upon fish and bounds just not the case me. so if we can have young people like i can feed them, but they can transform that system to be where we can actually have that representation. then i think that is a worthwhile ambition to have pass in the i wouldn't want to do that myself. i want to empower people on the ground. and i think that the 2 can work hand in hand boss my focus. when i look back on my life, i want to say this is how i invested my energy because we have limited energy. we have limited time, i'm the source. and so that's my decision of how i wanted to use my own time and resources to try and create impacts and create change. well, there's been so much of this conversation which is positive, you know, and at this time that's something i think a lot of people are searching for. thank you so much for coming and speaking to generation changed and i look forward to seeing you in the future news news, news, news news. a year ago, one of the large

rural communities, poorer communities, how do you insure that students and educators have the same resources on par with those in wealthier, wealthier, more maybe suburban communities? rb>> yeah, that's a good point. often times when we talk about disparities and we talk about underserved groups, we forget to mention the rural students throughout our country. i was in arizona recently, and i was able to visit a school where there wasn't another school for miles and miles and miles, and it just seemed like we needed to make sure that they had everything they needed to be successful there. and a lot of that is really broadband and making sure that devices are working, making sure that they haves access to the same learning -- they have access to the same learning activities that students in more dense areas of our country. so those conversations with those educators and with those mayors and state and federal leaders involve trying to build an infrastructure that can withstand what we experienced before and just make sure that we're looking at the digital do divide in the rearview mirror soon.

but an entire community and culture. feel the have more in order will provide all to a strong well resort, probably equipped police force these gangs will be wiped rather than framing this as here is a community under threat from its own deviant rump is presented to the community and the water world as this is something that is particular and peculiar to this community. it's their problem, not else. and from then on the basis for the future, the bite is sit in a very nasty and toxic why i'm proud of my use lamp cancelled me like you know, i'm dignity taught me how to speak of and accept them. and that's the most important part at the height of the as lemme phobia. naughty osalla is employed at the local government family support worker in southwest sydney. i was always organizing on christmas hampers and christmas toys for family and children. i called one client, and she said nadia would you mind if i ask you, where are you from? i said, why are you asking me i'm from here. she said no, no, no. what's your background? i

language and communication. right now, most communication in parks is offered only in english.nd fees. research suggests increasing user fees is not an effective strategy for increased visitation and can pose a barrier that would disproportionately impact low income populations. some areas we think we should look at is collaboration. close and innovative collaboration needs to take place between parks, future visitors of parks, current visitors of parks, local communities, concessionaires. staffing. between 2011 and 2019, nps lost 16% of its staff capacity. the result is staff take on multiple collateral duties. it is not uncommon to find trail crews attending to busy restrooms or law enforcement helping with parking. it is a huge problem. dispersing visitors. dispersal could happen regionally or in a park unit itself. when visitors spread out along these locations, it could cause impacts we weren't -- unintended consequences we were not prepared for. visitors encountering a temporary delay of arches are making their way to canyonlands. now canyonlands is very busy and is takin

the other corollary for that is having trusted community members with the community trust that the community relies onto be able to work with some of those community members to also give them the information so that they have resources, they have some vetted information that they can go to in their communities that they are really concerned with. and also, this is the scary thing especially for parents. i don't have children, but i know -- when you're thinking about things, health and how you're going to approach them, that it gives you pause. and i think for those of you -- i'm fortunate in that i can read the literature. i eat, breathe, and drink this every day, so when my sister calls me with questions, i can answer them, but not everybody has access to information that's accessible to the public. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. commissioner chow? >> yes, thank you for this wonderful presentation. all through this whole pandemic, our city government has been able to draw people together and now to get into the next phase, and each of the phases are fascinating. i very much appreciate

we need to have people in the community making money in the community for the community. i give full support. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. do we have another caller in the queue. i know we have 52 listening and two or three left in the queue. hello, caller, are you there? >> caller: hello. hello, i work for a nonprofit here in san francisco. we help support small businesses. i want to say that i support this -- [indiscernible] i lived in bayview for a long time. i know lot of people need medicinal health. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. is there any caller in the queue? >> caller: hi. i'm a resident of san francisco. i know that this has been an issue for a long time. a history of criminalization. supporting this type of project is just long overdue. i'm in full support of it. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next caller, please. >> caller: hi. [indiscernible] i'm in full support of this. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. thank you for your patience and sticking with it to provide your comment. do we have another caller on the line? we

community healing.esponsibility to honor their resilience with the resources they deserve. there are future leaders and they are the people who need long-term healing and they live in our communities. thank you for your time. >> my name is heather ripley and i have worked in district six for theo■ñ?ñ? past eight years. i would like to share my feelings on three points during public comment date on june 205th. one, am hoping you can concentrate on emergency hotel vouchers to provide immediate access in a safe place to sleep. providers cannot really afford to lose any money for transitional age youth and emergent chintzy hotel funds vouchers. please continue to fund educational services so transitional age youth can establish careers and sustainable income. and most importantly, will more clinicians to help provide behavioral health support especially in our shelters, across our fair city. thank you soñ?ñ? much for givine the opportunity to speak and for your consideration and your time. gowzñ?ñ?odbye. >>

we know this local community by community approach works. in june we focused in places with some of the lowest vaccination rates. we work with local organizations in these communities to make sure people knew where to get a vaccine and how effective the vaccines are against covid-19. we focused much of this work in states including alabama, arizona, florida, georgia and texas. state with some of the lowest vaccination rates. across june, vaccination rates in the states grew faster than the overall natural national vaccination rate. so we will stay at it -- overall national vaccination rate. we will get vaccines to more and more family doctors so americans can get a shot at the doctor's office. we've already nearly doubled the number of medical practices, with tens of thousands of family doctors now administering shots. we will build on this progress and work with pediatricians and other health care providers to serve younger people and push to get younger people vaccinated as they see their doctors for back-to-school checkups or get physical

community partners.chools, churches, libraries all have to remain engaged in the way to spread the news about these programs about lifelines. and last thing, i saw a couple of examples on these community partnerships when i took a tour across alabama and georgia. on my last trip before the pandemic i was in rural randolph county, georgia, over 2 1/2 hours away from alabama. -- atlanta. i saw stacey abrams organization there. to install internet service for community members to participate in the online census, and get jobs. and i stopped in selma, alabama and visited the housing authority to discuss an initiative they had of bringing preprogram and tablets to children in low-income housing, george washington carver homes. i will never forget hearing from a mother of three who said her life was transformed by the program and completed her online assignments to get a job. help her children complete their homework. and that is broadband for the people. dominique: thank you so much. you say there is a pictur

for the community, the trial goes on. we were torn apart by the whole event. and the way the way it was publicized, we felt that we needed to defend ourselves against the media. we need to defend ourselves against a politician. we need to defend ourselves against all the hate mail that we received. we went afraid we were just afraid at that time we didn't know what to do. i wasn't only live in ice, wasn't to experience this many liberties. christians also experienced it because in the wider public ignorant mind, it was simply enough to be arab lebanese from the middle east, irrespective of religion or faith, or lack of a community is under media. and as races tensions increase to the police presence on the strength. the, the drug gangs of the most of the targets. but as the crackdown continued, the underworld drunk supply continues to spread. the cabbage didn't stop. the drug distribution didn't stop. once you take a run around, unfortunately, there's someone there to take the place almost immediately. mm. ah, hello p a s

community.l -- and san francisco voters. and it's also gotten a lot of money from the state of california, senator wiener, and commissioner chu, thank you for your leadership in making it happen. this project has even gotten federal money. we've gotten money from the e.p. e.p.a., and we have gotten -- anywhere that there's money we're trying to raise it for this project and it's actually starting to work out. today's groundbreaking is the culmination of seven years of planning, outreach and fundraising on a project that will finally address decades of pollution and environmental degradation in a neighborhood that once helped to drive the economy of san francisco during world war ii. after the decline of butcher town, the decommissioned -- the decommissioned shipyards and the forced removal of the chinese shrimping villages, indian basin, was shut down to decay. the work that we're kicking off right now will restore public access to the shoreline, and create a robust wildlife habitat, laying the

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