i want to thank the philippine news, the filipino whelm -- filipino womens' network.y, the network has been instructing me about -- to make sure that i know what pinay power is in san francisco. thank you. i said it wrong. you see, they're still teaching me. because as i grew up, all i knew was pinoi. the bay area fashion week, the filipino nurses association of northern california. of course the filipino international book festival. the filipino-american art's exposition, which of course hosts the parade and festival. and then, of course, there is the fantastic san francisco manila sister city. i want to give a special thank you to dennis normandy. thank you for your wonderful leadership on the sister city and for your great work on our commission as well. thank you very much. [applause] we want to recognize the incredible diverse accomplishments of all of our filipino-american contributors to our city and to make sure we look forward to continuing that strong relationship as we go forward in our city. so it is my honor to present today, on behalf of our city and cou

the san francisco bay area filipino community salutes the legacy of celebrating filipino culture and heritage. >> representing the filipino american arts exposition and festival. [applause] [applause] >> we would also like to acknowledge the founder -- not the founder, but the current president, and also commissioner of entertainment for san francisco, who could not join us tonight, but who has been an instrument of the success. [applause] through the years, the filipino american community has become not just a member but, more importantly, a partner to the city of san francisco, fostering ties with a group of ambassadors who served as a bridge of people. tonight, we are 50 years of the san francisco manila sister cities. there's a bridge that connects the thrill of the orient to the city by the bay. it is a bridge of ambassadors, one made of people whose roots and hearts and the pacific ocean. in april 1961, the city of seven cisco formally and stated a committee under the office of the mayor to become the preeminent cultural and economic [inaudible] between san francisco and manila

it is clear there are many filipinos willing to apply for a job on the sea. this is the place where they come to sign up, and for many, it is an opportunity to get out of poverty. last year filipino seafarers brought over $4 billion home, but the truth is almost any of these jobs could take them to pirate-infested waters, and but it is important to protect every ship, every day. he has to weigh the risks with the rewards. >> what else can we do? this is the only job i know to give my family i could upgrade. >> soon he will leave home again to return to the sea. >> you have been watching " newsday." >> stay with us. "headline" is next. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> you are no longer in the service. only an outsider can find the double agent. >> all i want from you is one code name. >> it will take a master spy to catch a spy. parts we have to assume they are watching. >> what are you doing up here?

filipinos have are rich maritime heritage and they are cheap to hire. but this is the kind of danger they face. these photographs were taken by a captain when his vessel came under fire. >> i increased the speed to the maximum, but there was nothing else i could do. they called on the radio. capt., you must stop your ship. if you do not stop, i will kill all of you. >> he used his photographs to pressurize the ship's owners. after five months, the ransom was paid. the risk of piracy. it is clear that there are so many filipinos are vying for a job on the seat. this is the place in manila where they come to sign up. for many is an opportunity to get out. they sent $4 billion back home. almost any of these jobs could take them to part invested waters. there are international patrols operating off the coast, but it is impossible to protect every ship everyday. >> what else can i do? this is the only job i know. >> so soon, like other former hostages, he will leave home again and return to the sea. >> now, have you made and perhaps already broken a few year

i am part of the filipino american community. we are here today to express our concern about the proposal of a hospital. cpmc is planning the biggest hospital in san francisco without ensuring they will benefit from this. 99% of suffering. they are not different from this corporation was getting very late -- very little of their profits back. they and indicated their plans will create an additional 4100 new jobs for san francisco. however, in the current negotiation, there is only this is the program. the community is demanding more jobs. more local hiring and more jobs training. i urge the honorable members of the board of supervisors to ensure that the surrounding communities will benefit. signing the community benefit agreement. thank you so much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is lorenzo. i am a resident of the tenderloin and also a member of the filipino american community association. our organization would like cpmc to address situations that are committed to de

the government has made it compulsory for fall filipinos to be trained in how to evade -- all filipinoso be trained in how to evade pirates. >> we can train people to prevent piracy from coming on board. when they are on board, it is a hopeless situation. >> it is not that they're singled out, just as some many work in the shipping industry. one in three come from here. filipinos have a rich maritime heritage. but this is the kind of danger they face. these photos were taken by a captain when his vessel came under fire from pirates. >> i had to increase the speed but there was nothing else i could do. they were speeding more than i am. they called, you must stop your ship. if not, i will kill all of you. >> the pirates released to these voters to pressure the ship's owners. after almost five months, a ransom was paid. it is clear there are many filipinos willing to apply for the job on the seas. this is the place where they come to sign up. for many it is an opportunity to get out of poverty. last year, they took many of four -- almost $4 billion. almost any of these jobs could take the

filipinos have a rich maritime history. this is the kind of danger, they say.se photographs were taken when they came under fire from pirates. >> there is nothing else that i can do. they call on the radio. "captain, you must stop your ship. if you do not, i will kill all of you." the pirates -- >> the pirates receive their ransom after five months. >> it is clear that there are still many filipinos willing to apply for a job on the seas. this is the place where they come to sign up. for many, it is an opportunity to get out of poverty. the truth is, almost any of these jobs could take them through clot -- pirate infested waters. it is impossible to protect every ship, every day. the captain has to weigh the risks with the rewards. >> this is the only job that i know to give my family a good future. >> soon, they will return to the sea again. >> that is it for the moment. there is plenty more to come. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's ow

. >> [inaudible] on kaerny street a 10 block community where many filipinos lived.e 1910th and the 20's and 30's. there were night clubs and restaurants and small businesses. it was a lot of the [inaudible] many of them who came in the earlier time they called it home. at the time and the international hotel struggle happened, it was right on kerny and jackson. that was the last building, the last block of manila town that was standing. san francisco at the time was going through a period you know, where there was redevelopment they were expanding to the western edition. they were tearing down a lot of communities. at the same time it was a time when a lot of asian americans were becoming more aware of our heritage and the conditions of our communities. and that basically created, sort of a, sort of a back drop for the hotel struggle. >> the struggle began in 1968 and the first eviction notices were given to the elderly residents the international hotel was spiritualy healthy and a hub for filipino culture and community. the hotel sat on valuable downtown property t

the filipino population -- you probably never heard of. they resented the bridge and tunnel crowd that was bringing noise and nuisance and violence into their quiet community. ultimately in 1990, they dealt with the expansion of nighttime entertainment in a compromise, the knowledge in the permitted use of entertainment was a legal, non-conforming use. every venue that could establish a trace of an entertainment- related history in its past was grandfathered in. entertainment is dealt with in a much more black-and-white manner than we chose to do. i think that this map will surprise you. these areas show where entertainment is a conditional use, and in the vast majority of the city, entertainment is not allowed. to put this into better perspective, even scott winners -- weiner's district, entertainment is only permitted in the neighborhood commercial districts but not allowed in any of the residential neighborhoods. this is because entertainment is at odds with housing, fundamentally. a look at this map shows a sampling of the venues that

. >> do you say that this includes the lbgtq and filipino districts? >> this is something very unique that we are doing. they are interested in the historic preservation that involves buildings. we are talking about heritage, about people and the importance of the community, the real, live human beings. we are breaking new ground. japan town is looking to do the same thing there, with the hispanic population of the mission following closely behind. >> thank you. >> what has prompted the decision to put the lgbtq and those initials, what prompted the heritage district to be placed in soma? why there? >> why in west soma? we have a history going back past world war ii. it was part of the lgbtq community. not just the bars and bathhouses, but the businesses and social organizations. they all got their start there. and so, like the filipino community, where they were pushed out of manilatown, there is just no place left to be approached, for the lgbtq community. they have dug in their heels and this is where they plant our stake. >> thank you very much, ag

this next song, i just wanted to bring it back to my roots, being a filipino.m not very good in my tagalog, but i wanted to sing this song for you guys tonight. thank you. excuse me if i'd love any words. here we go. -- excuse me if i flub any words. here we go. this one is dedicated to you guys. ♪ [singing in tagalog] ♪ thank you guys so much. had a great evening. thank you. >> one more time. great job. thank you so much. amazing. amazing. ok, before anything else, we want to thank our sponsors. pixel creations. thank you so much for being part of tonight's event. we just want to tell everyone to please just continue joining -- enjoying the food. i just want to say it was an honor and pleasure hosting tonight's event with you. thank you for having me. >> likewise, and until next time -- [speaking in foreign language] [applause] >> hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us this evening. my name is sandra. i'm part of the arab heritage month committee. we would like to welcome you to our annual arab heritage month celebration. on behalf of the mayor's office

we have sent notices to all of the hispanic, chinese, filipinos, vietnamese -- all of the ethnic presses, chambers of commerce in san francisco. i wanted to let the board know that we e-mail debt to the board as well, in case you know anyone that you would like to recommend. i also want to give the board adopted and status on redevelopment. in december of last year, the california supreme court issued a ruling on ab 26. i have asked andrew shorts to prepare something on that. >> good morning, director. outside counsel for the tjpa. the problem with redevelopment began when the state's obligation under proposition 98, to backfill money for schools, a rose -- arose. the state required redevelopment and it -- agencies repay some other tax increment to the state. the redevelopment agencies and city responded with proposition 22 withich prevented the state from taking tax increments. the governor's solution to the problem was to abolish redevelopment in order to get access to that money to close a budget gap for the 2011-2012 budget year. in order to do that, the legislature passed a be 26 an

i am the executive director of the filipinos senior resource center located in san francisco. the mission is to serve the seniors 60 and over. also world war ii veterans have when and people -- and people under 18. i started the breast cancer program. in this year's funding cycle, we were not able to get funded by one of our founders, so california pacific medical center who worked together. by giving us money to continue my own program. we started with only five, and now we are serving more than 60 survivors, and i have also reported some for free mammogram and free transportation to go to their center. this made a difference in addressing the needs of the clients, especially south of market and with the intention to give more support within the program as the years come, assuring a long-term partnership. on behalf of this growth, some of my clients are breast cancer survivors, but they are also seen years. i would like to ask the board of supervisors -- they are also seen years. -- seniors. i would like to ask the board of supervisors to approve this. >> thank you very much.

michael jackson's made the filipinos want to dance. >> are you hoping this web series carries this projecthave some stuff lined up in terms of a theater launch. hopefully this summer. we're going to be prereleasing episode 1 to all our facebook friends. so you've got to like us. facebook.com/prisondancer. >> repost, repost, repost. and make sure that manny and freddie get to see this video. come on. >> two things. go to rightthisminute.com to check out the great videos that didn't make our show today. and in the next half hour, stick around to watch this guy try the old spoonful of cinnamon trick. it's really funny. you're going to laugh. stay with us. >>> this is alyssa. alyssa has a special talent. >> american flag. [ speaking backwards ] it's so cool and weird you've got to owners. the dog is not working, the rabbit is doing all of the work. >>> people have all sorts of strange talents. and thanks to the internet, we get to see a lot of them. like here, young alyssa, from petoe, oklahoma. alyssa's weird and strange talent is you say a word and she can say the word backwards in less than

you know if my cousin stephanie eats a walnut, her throat shuts up faster than a filipino at a-- >> guysme on. not okay. >> oh, i'm sorry, mr. rossitano, no unauthorized food. >> don't worry, no food in here, kenneth. just a doughnut box with a mouse in it. >> oh, are the pranksmen going after lutz again? >> someone say my name? >> hey, look. >> awesome! doughnuts!

we have a school that is almost actually -- we almost lost the filipino education center on folsom streets. 15-30 years of community advocacy and nonprofit organizations that actually worked so hard to make the south of market district 6 into a family friendly zone, a safe, her family friendly zone. when you say it will be a fully permitted use, i hope there is no pornographic entertainment in the area. i don't like the fact that when you, one of you told me i was ostracizing. i am telling you i am not ostracizing because i am a parent that is very much concerned about my family. what would you say to your kids when you see people having sex on the street in front of your house? how about shootings on folsom street? how many times? how many times do people not respect the neighborhood? what can you as commissioners do in order to respect and take care of our neighborhood? there are businesses and their, you do business in the neighborhood, please care. the western soma task force has worked so hard for this plan. it is a well thought out plan, but i don't think there is going to be balance

i am a resident of the tenderloin and also a member of the filipino american community association. our organization would like cpmc to address situations that are committed to demands, such as access to health care, and based on the zero numbers of cpmc, there hospital project is expected to attract new households to san francisco, and most of them will be working class and low-income to moderate income families. so what will happen to our housing stock in the tenderloin? these people will be competing for finding affordable housing in our community. so cpmc should address the concerns of the community. we are also demanding for more jobs for our community. jobs back -- jobs that cpmc is proposing is minuscule compared to what they are projecting in this project. lastly, i would like to appeal to the members from the mayor's office to please consider the poor people in our community, and one, i know his heart is for the community. millionaires, their executives, but the poor people of our community will still be poor. we serve the port. thank you. -- poor. supervisor mirkarimi: tha

i and the south of market there is a huge population of latinos, southeast asians, and filipinos. we want to make sure that the arts reflect the ethnicity and the culture of our community. we hope that the arts commission will incorporate community groups in their decisions. we thank you and hope that you would support this legislation as well. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. >> i am speaking in strong support at of the legislation as amended. a couple of opportunities here in particular with this legislation are, one is it expands the definition of what the -- the support so it is not specific our work on site. also the public trust fund. in helping communities bases and art spaces. that is great, too. we found there was an eroding level of support for our spaces. the neighborhood arts program which predates all of you was one of the largest recipients of tax funding in the 1980's and it was erased. we have the -- a few cultural centers left and that is the only remnant of the neighborhood arts program. that has been proven to be one of the effective ways of improving the

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