modelled after japantown, and the work that goes on in japantown with grace and the community advisory -- community benefit district, i believe, in japantown, we've taken that model and we're building something out for the small business community. the other thing that we're doing is the small business program, a decal in your window, so if you need some help, you've got that, too. the other thing we want to do is participate in ride alongs, so we can have our small business owners ride along with a police officer for a day just so that he can see a day in the life -- so that they can see a day in the life of a police officer, attend a day of our police academy so they can see what we put our police officers through. but really, the go al is to hae a diverse group of business owners -- we want the same group to meet on a monthly basis to stay consistent and to really continue having the conversation. so in conclusion, our advisory forum is still new. we've met during the summer, so we meet once a month, and we're just continuing to explore ways to make our community better, our small b

our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when

this is on north third street in san jose near japantown around 1:00 p.m. today. t the man then gets in the car and drives away. the victim is okay. >>> it's a problem so many people are facing in the area, rising rents. it's estimated more than half of the region are renters. one group of tenants in oakland spent valentine's night to make a protest against their landlord. nbc bay area's ian cull explains. >> reporter: tonight, dozens of oakland tenants and their supporters chose a restaurant on one of the busiest nights of the year to ask where is the love? connected to the mosser hotel in the san francisco financial district, mosser is their landlord. >> housing is a human right. >> reporter: mosser owns more than 80 properties in san francisco, oakland, and los angeles. company told them it has to make improvements to their buildings, and that all mosser to charge them more. >> so it can be as much as 10%. this kind of stress, it takes a real toll on people's health and people's lives, and you know, we don't have to wait until people are on the street to take i

were taken away from their home and businesses during world war ii lived right here in san jose's japantown. today, some of the survivors say they welcome california's acknowledgement of ongdoi it >> it'snever too late that was wrong. >> reporter: allison was uprootand sent to concentration camp says she wiaccept the apology. >> the fact that california is recognizing their part in it, and passing a resolution is meaningful to all of us. >> reporter: alice was sent to the camp in idaho. and was separated from her father from the age of 9 to 13. kitsumi served in the combat team made up of japanese american soldiers. >> i thought they were wrong to do that to us. i wanted to prove they were wrong. >> reporter: this week, the california legislature is expected to approve a resolution apologizing for its support of the executive order resulting in "the unjust exclusion, remoll and incarceration of japanese americans during world war ii. >> it was a situation where the constitution no >>or bh richd's parents werecar foundethe civil rights group hen asian law alliance. >> i think what's importan

gather together and call the name father and mother from civic center to japantown and the rehab and in the recovery until it melts like butter candy under our tongues. gather together and call the name grandfather and grandmother from the tenderloin to knob hill in the kitchen and in the food pantry until it runs through thick like blood. gather together and call the name uncle and aunt from chinatown to the excelsior and the church and in the choir, until it raises our voices to gospel. gather together and call the name brother and sister, from the outer sunset to the western addition, in the encampment, and in the tents, gather together and call the name until. thank you. [applause] >> if you open your program, the lyrics to the negro national anthem is in your program. please feel free to sing along with us. [singing] [vocalizing] lift up your voice and sing. high as the lifting skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea. sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, facing the rising sun of our ne

many of them lived in san jose's japantown.ors welcomed california's acknowledgment of wrongdoing but also say it reminds them of other current events. >> i think what is important now is that we see the same kind of things happening again, where people who are muslim or people at the southern border. >> the fact that california is recognizing their part in it and passing a resolution is very meaningful to all of us. >> the state legislature is expected to pass the resolution on thursday which marks the 78 anniversary of the internment. >>> on our healthwatch this morning, in a study finds babies exposed to household cleaning products have an increased risk of developing asthma and wheezing by age 3. researchers say infants are indoors much of the time, which makes them more vulnerable to breathing in those dangerous chemicals. they say the association's strongest with scented and spray cleaning products. >>> the time now is 5:26. a man failed a breathalyzer test, but he says it is not alcohol that caused do. still ahead on brz

our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when

our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when

our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when