with that, i would like to introduce our city attorney, david chu. [applause] >> thank you, madam mayor for your leadership and for being our chief cheerleader when it comes to the lunar new year. let me start to the api federation, andclaudiaeven year after yae, you work. and we celebrate lunar new year the right way with the postal. and the line dance meet troop the access or and i were talking how we would like to dawn those polls poles, but we'll be doing some arm curls with our law books to be ready, is that right, walkine? when i was little, i collected stamps but when i was growing up, there were not stamped that reflected our culture, our api heritage, our inclusive diverse beautiful culture that is the asian pacific community here in the united states. and when i think about how different it has been over the years that generations of kids get to be reflected in something as common as the stamps that we put in the letters. my son who is p, is slightly obsessed with stamps because of course he's my son. and for me to share the year of the dra

special guest is david chu. hi i'm chris manners and you're watching san francisco rising the show that's about restarting rebuilding and re imagining our city. 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 govern

. >> san francisco city attorney there, david chu has blocked a non profit from city funding after he says an investigation revealed a scheme to defraud the city over more than $100,000. the nonprofit jnj community resource center provide services to youth in disadvantage families, however, chu says its founder drew jenkins and officer susan murphy lied about the work they were doing. our investigations revealed that jenkins and his affiliates stuff right of the city and a number of ways by submitting false invoices. >> double billion under multiple grants and seeking reimbursement eligible expenses such as alcohol, see cars and motorcycles rentals. both jenkins and murphy. >> are now prohibited from bidding on or receiving city contracts or grants. >> today, san francisco supervisors formally apologized to african-americans and their descendants for decades of what they call racist laws and policies perpetrated by the city. all 11 members of the board signed on as sponsors of the declaration. it's the first of more than 100 proposals made by a city committee to actually happen. san f

and that is no other than our city attorney, david chu. our director of the department of public health, doctor grant colfax, and our city administrator, carmen chu. i want to express my appreciation for each and every one of you who are joining us, not just in san francisco, but from the nine bay area counties that represent the bay area abortion rights coalition. what's interesting is when the dobbs decision occurred , there were so many people who were extremely distraught and frustrated. and in california, we had the luxury of having elected leaders who stood up, raised their hands and decided to take this to the ballot and embed it in the constitution of the state of california to. so thank you for all of your support. and the governor for proposition one. in the last election. but so many women around the us are not so fortunate. and what's interesting is, is a year or two ago, i attended the black legislative caucus in washington , dc, and there was a discussion around abortion rights and the challenges that people, especially in pla

. >> bauer and those other three victims are also suing san francisco city attorney david chu's officemailed me a statement. we have been engaged in negotiations to reach a fair resolution to these matters, given ongoing negotiations. we have no comment on the other lawsuits for the i-team in san francisco. dan noyes abc seven news dan and the abc seven news i-team are always searching for the truth. >> to get in touch, you can call this number on your screen. 188840 i-team or just visit abc seven news.com slash i-team. >> new details on an event violently disrupted by protesters on the uc berkeley campus, jewish organizations and uc berkeley are condemning demonstrators, including pro palestinian activists. according to the university. a group of 200 protesters surrounded zellerbach hall, where a student group was going to hear from a notable pro-israel advocate. the protesters broke doors and windows to get into the event, causing people inside to really fear for their safety. the event was canceled and the building evacuated. the chancellor of uc berkeley issued a statement today sa

with that, i would like to introduce our city attorney, david chu.ause] >> thank you, madam mayor for your leadership and for being our chief cheerleader when it comes to the lunar new year. let me start to the api federation, andclaudiaeven year after yae, you work. and we celebrate lunar new year the right way with the postal. and the line dance meet troop the access or and i were talking how we would like to dawn those polls poles, but we'll be doing some arm curls with our law books to be ready, is that right, walkine? when i was little, i collected stamps but when i was growing up, there were not stamped that reflected our culture, our api heritage, our inclusive diverse beautiful culture that is the asian pacific community here in the united states. and when i think about how different it has been over the years that generations of kids get to be reflected in something as common as the stamps that we put in the letters. my son who is p, is slightly obsessed with stamps because of course he's my son. and for me to share the year of the dragon st

so q.ed to be here now i will turn it to david chu. >> good afternoon. upon i think it is entirely appropriate after weeks of stormy weather the sun is shining on china town today. my son second grade class is visiting china town the first time this hour. and i was with them an hour agoeng thinking what it would be like to see this municipality the first time through their ice. someone who representatived china town last 16 years i'm so grill to everyone standing behind me lead by our mayor. i want to thank our police officers and community ambassadors. i want to thank our public works staff for making sure we are cleaning and steaming and painting to make san francisco beautiful. thank our leaders for everything than i do to revitalize corridors. elected officials and supervisors to make sure our small businesses are thriving. we can do this together. and i'm grateful on behalf of modify family for everything we are doing to move forward san francisco and the greatest china town in america. thank you very much. have a wonderful lunar new year >> thank y

that could be moved tomorrow, but as david chu, our economist said in the last hour, he thought the pboc should have moved on the mlf on saturday. we will have to wait and see what to do tomorrow as they continued to try and the risk and deleverage -- de-risk and deleverage in the property sector. yvonne: a 10 basis point cut is what consensus is expecting. is that going to do much to turnaround this market? >> it will not be a turnaround for this market. investors will be happy to see such a cut. it on the liquidity front is not what investors want the most. i think short term wise, support from the national team would be good, and in the next 3 to 6 mon ths what really matters will be what comes out of the session in march, key focuses, target set for growth as well as how much a deficit we see, because that will indicate how much support we can get physically. yvonne: what about earnings? are we lucky to see any kind of change in earnings downgrades? >> it investors are closely watching key sectors. with the internet, e-commerce, and also ev makers, how their profitability will hold a

with that, i would like to introduce our city attorney, david chu.u, madam mayor for your leadership and for being our chief cheerleader when it comes to the lunar new year. let me start to the api federation, andclaudiaeven year after yae, you work. and we celebrate lunar new year the right way with the postal. and the line dance meet troop the access or and i were talking how we would like to dawn those polls poles, but we'll be doing some arm curls with our law books to be ready, is that right, walkine? when i was little, i collected stamps but when i was growing up, there were not stamped that reflected our culture, our api heritage, our inclusive diverse beautiful culture that is the asian pacific community here in the united states. and when i think about how different it has been over the years that generations of kids get to be reflected in something as common as the stamps that we put in the letters. my son who is p, is slightly obsessed with stamps because of course he's my son. and for me to share the year of the dragon stamps is going to

with that, i would like to introduce our city attorney, david chu.hank you, madam mayor for your leadership and for being our chief cheerleader when it comes to the lunar new year. let me start to the api federation, andclaudiaeven year after yae, you work. and we celebrate lunar new year the right way with the postal. and the line dance meet troop the access or and i were talking how we would like to dawn those polls poles, but we'll be doing some arm curls with our law books to be ready, is that right, walkine? when i was little, i collected stamps but when i was growing up, there were not stamped that reflected our culture, our api heritage, our inclusive diverse beautiful culture that is the asian pacific community here in the united states. and when i think about how different it has been over the years that generations of kids get to be reflected in something as common as the stamps that we put in the letters. my son who is p, is slightly obsessed with stamps because of course he's my son. and for me to share the year of the dragon stamps is go

so q.ed to be here now i will turn it to david chu. >> good afternoon. upon i think it is entirely appropriate after weeks of stormy weather the sun is shining on china town today. my son second grade class is visiting china town the first time this hour. and i was with them an hour agoeng thinking what it would be like to see this municipality the first time through their ice. someone who representatived china town last 16 years i'm so grill to everyone standing behind me lead by our mayor. i want to thank our police officers and community ambassadors. i want to thank our public works staff for making sure we are cleaning and steaming and painting to make san francisco beautiful. thank our leaders for everything than i do to revitalize corridors. elected officials and supervisors to make sure our small businesses are thriving. we can do this together. and i'm grateful on behalf of modify family for everything we are doing to move forward san francisco and the greatest china town in america. thank you very much. have a wonderful lunar new year >> thank y

chu, city administrator. [applause] >> sheriff paul mijamoto. public defender mano raju. and our other cohost david chiu couldn't be with us here tonight but as many of you know he's everywhere so if he's want here tonight he couldn't really be here tonight and i want to thank the committee for all the work and the apa heritage foundation claudine cheng who does amazing work. thomas lee, al perez and grace. almost grace, almost. i want to also thank our chief of protocol marian and some of our amazing leaders, president of the chinese console baited benevolent association. thank you for being here today and our pair port commissioner representing the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce malcolm young. [applause] >> and congratulations to kevin chang who is the new chaplain for the san francisco sheriff. [applause] >> and i know mary young is also here somewhere. now we have a number of new council generals and i want mention the countries joining us here today, korea singapore, mongoala. welcome to san francisco. we also have the consul general of japan as well as other places and can they ple