that is true not only in the early days of heritage but also in the post days of heritage. it took time to build up relationships with individual members about the house and set senate. one of the things we have talked about with our internal staff is the credibility of the research has to be absolute. there can't be bad numbers and numbers can be adjusted or fix or something like that because the minute you do that you know your intellectual adversaries will catch you and your friends will never be able to rely on you again. we knew that was the first base that had to be covered and then we had to start picking our issues carefully. some of those i will never forget there was one to be an expansion of medicare as proposed by senator ted kennedy that should be reason enough to have opposed it but we looked at the numbers and we said this isn't the 2 billion-dollar increase, it's really going to be closer to 10 billion. >> kennedy had fairly good friends in the congressional budget office say let's get rid of these young whippersnappers and send it over to the congressional

now heritage-- (applause) heritage here, heritage is saying they find no credence in richwine's dissertation. which they are careful to point out was supervised and approved by respected scholars at harvard. in other words, richwine's paper which says that today's hispanic immigrants have low iqs and will for several generations dooming them to failure is reprehensible. and had no influence on this paper cowritten by the same guy which says hispanic immigrants are a burdensome underclass and will be for several generations because they're doomed to failure. because this one is based on hard numbers unlike this one, which is an offensive screen with no credibility approved by harvard so it must be pretty good. (laughter) these two papers are totally different. it's like-- it's like apple pickers and orange pickers. which, by the way, we desperately need. (laughter) we'll be right back. why shop t.j.maxx and marshalls? one. you get all the awesome brand names. two. you get them for less than department stores, and that's awesome. three. she'll think you look stylish and awesome. four. you'll a

and recognition of apa heritage month. i just love the way that san francisco continues to celebrate its rich cultural, multicultural diversity. i am excited to say that the new storm manager for the soon to be second city target store in san francisco, this october, located on geary. and as a san francisco native i am proud to represent target and be a part of a company who has a legacy of giving back to the local communities. and even before target opens its doors, we were giving back 5 percent of our income. which today equals more than 4 million dollars a week to local communities. target is supporting several community initiatives throughout the month of may. with a common theme around celebrating our reviving asian cultural heritage and we are honored to a part of today's apa heritage month kick off celebration and target looks forward to the continued partnership to the city of san francisco. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you. we call in the heritage, starting with the academy of art and university, president ste

i actually hope the heritage foundation keeps him. i hope they keep him and hope every republican and conservative person says that does not represent me. >> do you think the heritage foundation has been playing an actual leading role in the opposition to reform? they've been trying to. >> they've been trying to. numbers hide as much as they reveal. i'm all for people having their opinion. this is america, that's wonderful. you are not entitled to your own facts. i read $6.3 trillion. not in that report ways the immigration policy center right here that said people like me paid $11.2 billion in state and local taxes in 2010. >> it does not include the idea there's any economic contribution from immigrants at all. they don't put that part of the ledger into the equation. no >> again, this is a time for an honest constructive conversation on this issue, not for distractions, not for hateful racist distractions. this is exactly what this is. >> one of the reasons i wanted to talk to you about this, you have been traveling around the coun

the heritage foundation thought the study could sink the heritage bill, that is, until republicans whohe bill summarily conducted the study calling it politically and wild ld overblown, but it turned out the most controversial thing about the study wasn't the number, it was the past writings of the co-author of jason ridgewine. the wonkblog actually went back and pulled ridgewine's diss dissertation which said the average iq of immigrants in the united states is substantially lower than that of the white native population. it's a lack of socioeconomic assimilation among low-iq immigrant groups, more underclass behavior, less social trust, and nn kraan increase in proportion of unskilled workers in the american labor market. he has decided that immigrants are just not as smart as whites, but the fact they will have b h low-iq children and grandchildren is difficult to argue against. he wrote in 2010 for alternativeright.com in an article entitled model minority, question mark, he pushed back the notion that they have pushed up the crime rate of hispanics. he said hispanics are substanti

supplies in 2012, in short we are proud to be part of this community and happy to celebrate apa heritage month, thank you. >> thank you. >> we have ron from craft foods, ron are you here? >> katherine, high. >> thank you, i am here on behalf of ron who is not feeling well this morning and so on behalf of craft foods group, it is our pleasure to be here celebrating the apa heritage month. craft foods and its tens of thousands of employees nationwide are excited about this event in san francisco. because asian pacific americans have made a large contribution in this country in this state and of course in this city. and at all levels of government, business, and society, the product of all of the work of our immigrant father and mothers are evidenced by the people, standing in this room, the various elected officials. the company representatives who have strived and made their way up in their respective positions and all around us in our daily lives. >> this month is to celebrate all of those particular achievements and more importantly from craft's perspective and all of the programs that

so good evening everyone i'm both privileged and honored to be a part of this heritage month.fany and i'm excited to say that our second target store looked at on gary. acting as a san francisco native i'm proud to be part of the community. even before target opens its doors we were giving back 5 percent of our income which today is $4 million to local community. target is supporting several initiatives throughout the most of the may slsht our multiple cultural heritage. and we have invite folks to come out for a free day. in closings target is deeply pounder or honored to be acknowledged. we look forward to a continued partnership with the city of san francisco. thank you. (clapping). (clapping) >> thank you target for its generous support. i'd like to acknowledge the champion sponsors please welcome the following folks (calling names) all right. so who would like to speak first? seriously fits fine >> seriously thank you, very much. i'm honored to be here thank you very much. i think i'm going to be back i will be. (clapping). thank you i'm the vice president of at&t for ext

and we, it is very much a part of our culture and heritage as well. and whether it is owning the ocean cables that connect us with asia here into california. or whether it is upgrading our network, i really appreciated the comments about the role that they play in the arts and they like to think that they have a major role in that in bringing arts and communication to all of the residents here in san francisco. i also wear two hats today, i am also the president of the board of asian pacific heritage foundation. and so i wanted to give a brief acknowledgment to my fellow board members and if you could please stand, i will not name all of them. but, the great work that they have done and helping out and planning this month's events, please give them a round of applause. and then finally while we have this great board and committee, none of us would be here without the undying efforts of claudia who puts her heart and efforts into this every year, and we thank you for that as well. thank you so much and i look forward to celebrating with you on monday a

they have to get approval from the heritage department. basically they have to have a letter in place. so, basically what we do is they have to go and get a -- do a cleaning test for the heritage department so that they can provide a letter to us and otherwise they don't get the contract. that's one way we've been able to do it, through a tendering process, to make sure they have the appropriate qualifications. >> okay, thank you. let me come on over here. that answered that question, and we're going to come over here to alex who is on the san francisco graffiti advisory board. if i can get you to stand up, alex. >> thank you. thank you for answering. that was my question. but i have a follow-up question that actually goes to dpw. you hold the microphone? >> i hold the microphone that way i can pull it away at any minute. [laughter] >> currently the way i understand it is whenever there is a graffiti on a -- the great majority -- and by the way, we have plagued on this issue here in san francisco. we're talking about hundreds and hundreds

heritage is a force.007 the last time congress debated reeorm, they produced an analysis that amnesty would cost $2.6 trillion. over the next several decades. there is going to be great weight given to this study. they are going to create opposition. the club for growth and americans for tax reform, two conservative outfits, jumping in to criticize the heritage study but they usually win these conservative battles. this is congressman, bob goodlatte they are in such a rush to pass the bill that some are drawing compare songs to the cram down of obamacare, you remember that which is clearly not an example of good government practice. but he is taking a sensible approach to immigration legislation. he has introduced two smaller measures, important but smaller measures. one, an agricultural guest worker program. the other would be the e-verify system which requires employers to verify through the government system whether or not a prospective employee is legal and qualified for that job. he says headlight in

and, so, if that was the heritage property, that had to go to heritage. and they had to decide whether or not that building had been painted and if a mural would go there. if so, did it work with the heritage esthetics, et cetera, et cetera. it also goes to the community group or the business group in that area. it goes through the graffiti department primarily because we do engage past graffiti vandals who are now legal and are doing artwork. so, in vancouver there is no active graffiti tag names, crew name used in our murals. we've come up with a fairly loose guideline which is being defined by a new graffiti programmer, program coordinator david over there. and they're coming up with some parameters so that the city can work with people that come from graffiti so that there is still some incentive for them to become artistic, to go into doing murals and other art. use their style, use that medium that they enjoy. but if they were to use active graffiti tax or names, we know from our experience of having 200 murals in vancouver it's going to attract gra

it was kind of a weird hire for the heritage foundation, not because jim demint is not a famous guy, but jim demint was not the thinkiest united states senator out there. previously, he had owned an advertising firm, his legislative agenda was things like sponsoring the commemorative coins reform act. it would have forced senators to pay for the printing costs of commemorative resolutions. earth shifting policy wonkery was not what jim demint was known for in the senate. he was a campaigner, tried to get other super duper conservatives elected. sharron angle in nevada, those can still be seen in another galaxy today, but the heritage foundation is in the news today because it is trying to kill the prospect of immigration reform. they are trying to kill it. the heritage foundation is not supposed to be a campaigning foundation, they are supposed to deal with policy, facts, figures, and complex data sets that can't just appear to be killing immigration with straight-up politics, but use something that looks like research, something that looks like a study of some kind. this is the heri

partly too my dad would be excited i'm here representing the filipino heritage.each of them should be honored from what he or she has achieved. the final lift in the lifetime achievement category are robert, the team of john (calling names) this recipient of the lifetime achievement word is people's. >> i've prepared a speech i'm glad i'm going to be using it so i want to thank the asian pacific community and this year's for their dedication of the heritage month celebration. my gratitude goes out for the panel of judges for relating me. i admire the folks here today. behind the success of every person is a village of supporters mine is my family headed by my mother. mom. she taught me to love unconditional. my son anticipate and my beautiful daughter there's the reasons for my living my friends who keep me well-balanced with the happy hours and thousands of students who have inspired me to be a better person and lately my god and safer who guided me everyday. i'm very grateful for this recognition >>