[music playing in background],iha chi. iha chi! the samurai is calling me. i wonder what is wrong. did you call me? yes,iha chi! i'm sorry. next door being noisy. sorry i will go and tell them to be quiet. very, very sorry. [loud party noises] come on in. excuse me. sorry. can you keep the noise down please? be a little bit quieter. huh? be quiet. look at this. three young men on holiday. three beautiful geishas and all this expensive saki we ordered from you and you tell us to be quiet. actually we don't mind but someone next door complained. someone complained? about us? tell them to come here and complain to our faces. no. no. wait! i understand. they're just jealous. we're here having a good time and they're all alone, right? that's it. they're just jealous. maybe so but actually it's not just an ordinary person that complains. what do you mean not an ordinary person? someone with three heads, six legs? a ghost? very funny, sir, but actually it's a samurai. samurai? next door? why didn't you tell us. we don't like samurais? sometimes they just kill people by mistakes. sorry abo

because,iha chi i just wanted a quiet night! [applause] [musi >> in conjunction with an an exhi bigz we had ann an exhi bigz we had ann anan tholl have the same title. it's my pleasure to introduce some of the writers from this book. i will give you an introduction of each of them as i introduce them for their speaking turn. first up we have debbie yee. debbie yee is an attorney and poet and supporter and organizer of the nonprofit asian american arts community. she's received her undergraduate and law degrees from uc berkeley and bolt. born and raised in sacramento, california. she continues to call northern california her home. and now lives in san francisco. so, with that i'd like to introduce debbie yee as our first speaker. >> this is called jasper john's wagon. >> i have an idea of how the fifth star was killed dear empire not by gunfire at close range, not in the study with the pen knife, not by the umbrella, crushed by the revolving door not jostled or hemorrhaged the narrow drain. we caught the tar and the bullet we cam

don't worry my name is,iha chi and if you have any problems let me know and i can help you. is that true? yes, of course. okay. then i will stay here tonight. really? thank you samurai. this way please. special guest for the night. samurai. this way please. upstairs. okay and this is your room. seems to be a quiet room. good. okay, you take this. it's a tip. a tip? thank you so much. thank you very much. okay. so, enjoy your stay. have a good sleep tonight. rooms available! rooms available! anybody. sir, sir, you need a room for to it in? no? madame, we have family rooms - no? business is slow tonight. three young men, perfect. excuse me. gentlemen, are you looking for a room. we have the best bed. very comfortable and a beautiful big bathtub. nice and hot. sounds good. what do you think? nice hot bathtub. comfortable futon sounds good to be. we'll stay here tonight. thank you very much. this way please. upstairs please. thank you. your well co. and this will be your room. here are your bathrobes and the bathroom is through there and i'm,ihache and if you have any problems,

and so the next 30 or 60 days will come away after it ihas ben reviewed. i want to thank the chair for being so open to hearing on going continuous board input into the conversation. i know you have heard many generations of commissioners over the years. i want to appreciate you in being open to having that. thank you. >> thank you. the report of close session actions. -- close session actions. >-- closed session actions. i wanted to thank them for their it and on saturday and sunday, our region to the chinese language committee on educational opportunities. mcdonald's was the sponsor for that and i would like to include the district who participated in that event. that is the fourth year they have had it were they bring hundreds of folks to one of our high schools to brief them on scholarship opportunities, their educational opportunities. it is a great opportunity for us to outrage. secondly, there will be an international grain schoolyard conference in the san francisco bay area in september 16 through 18. many of our schools will be featured in that im

i want he ihas done a great job in that role over the last of uighurs. in one to recognize the exceptional qualifications of the other applicants. it was great to hear about their work as well. this afternoon i am here to support glendon hyde. i have gotten to know him through his work on the milk club. just hearing about the organizations he has been involved with, the diversity and number of issues he has worked on from the futures collaborative to the alliance to save lives, the centers -- sisters of perpetual indulgence, the ymca, the diversity of the organizations he has worked with and works with and the diversity of the people supporting him i think says a lot about his values and his commitment to the well-being of the residents of san francisco. i would urge you to support mr.