it has been in discussion in japantown the western edition for several months now.want to also piggyback what reverend amos brown pointed out because 50 years ago i moved in district seven and it was between 7 and 11 on ocean avenue which was primarily an african-american commercial zone right there. and safeway closed right before i bought my house out there and it took i believe over 30 years or 35 years for a whole foods to open finally near the city college. so i like the idea supervisors that we need to think that short term and long term because obviously the long term is very complicated. >> but i also want to correct the food security task force report. >> it's a much broader group of shoppers and the marketing community there. it includes not just african-american but koreans, japanese americans, chinese. if you look at the demographics in district five, there's also one of the highest number of seniors who are on fixed incomes. they're of all different backgrounds. and so mobility is really going to be a challenge even if you have all these you know, mta a

despite all the changes japantown has been through, it is really still a authentic japantown.till a japanese american community. so, you could still find a lot of japanese american food here. japanese ice cream stores that are really popular. we have what is called maucha drinks here. the other thing that has become really popular in japantown is all of the new shops opened up. every japanese restaurant had [indiscernible] anything you could order, but now it is all specialized so they come from different parts of japan and they feature their home town style of ramen. it is a really safe place to hang out. you come down here and you get a sense of the japanese american history and culture just by being down here. it is just one of the great places to visit in san francisco. >> district 5 is a vibrant diverse area with so much to offer both residents and visitors. it is a place where people can experience the amazing community spirit and explore the many unique small businesses that make this district truly special. [music] meter. >> hello, i'm captain tom the coordinator for t

it has been in discussion in japantown the western edition for several months now. but i want to also piggyback what reverend amos brown pointed out because 50 years ago i moved in district seven and it was between 7 and 11 on ocean avenue which was primarily an african-american commercial zone right there. and safeway closed right before i bought my house out there and it took i believe over 30 years or 35 years for a whole foods to open finally near the city college. so i like the idea supervisors that we need to think that short term and long term because obviously the long term is very complicated. >> but i also want to correct the food security task force report. >> it's a much broader group of shoppers and the marketing community there. it includes not just african-american but koreans, japanese americans, chinese. if you look at the demographics in district five, there's also one of the highest number of seniors who are on fixed incomes. they're of all different backgrounds. and so mobility is really going to be a challenge even if you have all these you know

keeping that part of the japanese tradition of this in that way here in japantown is pretty special. great. buddy i now call the february 4th, 2025 regular meeting of the municipal transportation agency board of directors and parking authority commission to order secretary silva please call the roll on the roll director hemminger here hemminger present director henderson henderson present director lindsey present kenzie present director karina your present chair tarlov present taddeo present director chen is expected to join us

goes to pedestrian safety and repaving and so you're seeing stuff of our the paving part in 2024 japantown eight and clay and loeven worth and some mentioned we provided for the other projects there. moving to proposition d a 3.25 fee on retail trips in san francisco. we administer about funding $8 million for street safety projects and we receive the other half hour for the muni service and this past year we allotted $7.7 million to quick build projects on the high injury network and traufrp projects that sfmta administers citywide. and then the transportation fund this is our $4 per vehicle registration fee comes to us on the office of air district for projects that help with emissions reduction and you'll see the focus on bicycle parking and transit electrification of shuttles and finally, on transparency and accountability we continue to make sure we are doing torrance includes clean audits as well as compliance audits for the west side bridges and other fund we administer to her team our deputy for financing the administration and everyone that helps to make sure we have excellence in

emily morales. >> she her director of the japantown cultural district. i'm here to express strong support for the castro lgbtq cultural district chess report before you today. >> i want to commend board president mandolin emil aicd cultural district staff namely grace lee and imani purdue bishop but most especially lgbtq cultural district director tina aguirre for the tremendous work that went into this chess report. >> i've read the report and it couldn't come at a more crucial time as we witnessed the current administration viciously attacked diverse communities across the country. this is an important counterattack to protect and defend ourselves and our colleagues. >> the san francisco cultural district program leads the nation in celebrating not denigrating diversity and inclusion. we stand firm in our commitment to san francisco values and urge that this committee approved unanimously. the castro lgbtq hst thank you so much for your consideration . thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is mario de

specifically the gene friend rec center hers rec center india basin and the japantown peace plaza. these cost escalations were met through other funding and have not affected the effective spending of bond measures of the bond funds and additionally, you know these escalations were a result of the bidding process kind of right sizing the project, the budgets of the project and there have been some additions to the projects made after the fact based on the availability of additional funds outside of the bond authorization and looking to update on the dpw portion, they have completed almost all of their authorization and projects here so the only things remain they've exceeded the goals for the curb ramp and street resurfacing portions and there's one positive left u.n. plaza as well as one street structure that remain to be completed later this year that should wrap up that portion of the bond and then moving to bph and department of homeless supportive housing. they're proceeding along with construction projects and during this year across a few different areas. so those are procee

goes to pedestrian safety and repaving and so you're seeing stuff of our the paving part in 2024 japantowne. moving to proposition d a 3.25 fee on retail trips in san francisco. we administer about funding $8 million for street safety projects and we receive the other half hour for the muni service and this past year we allotted $7.7 million to quick build projects on the high injury network and traufrp projects that sfmta administers citywide. and then the transportation fund this is our $4 per vehicle registration fee comes to us on the office of air district for projects that help with emissions reduction and you'll see the focus on bicycle parking and transit electrification of shuttles and finally, on transparency and accountability we continue to make sure we are doing torrance includes clean audits as well as compliance audits for the west side bridges and other fund we administer to her team our deputy for financing the administration and everyone that helps to make sure we have excellence in reporting and proud of this of the work we receive for that year after year and triple a b

japantown peace plaza jean friends rec center they're major 20 between the bond projects that are underway. i will note on jean friend that there is a lot of work happening under ground, dpeem soil make to ensure we have a stable recreation center. the urn the subsurface work be the most work we doll for any of our recreation centers. this area used to be a marsh and getting the grounds stable is a big under taking. >> then i want to share photos of the india basin phase 2 opening the biggest project to date. i think that most if not all of you were there and it is really an accomplish am from our team of next we have an over view of our geo bond programful 2012 the second peace we are almost done has been awhile we are almost done. we have wo remaining projects that are within our city punishes and promise. so one is the mc clarin trails done the end of this year and the other is stearn grove, which is part of the let's play sf opening that in the summer and our left project that will be part of the 2012 let's play and the 2020 named health and recovery bond project is the mall start w