so, i want to introduce my appointment today katie tang . [ applause ] . katie has lived in the district since she 1 year old. that might have been 13 years ago. [ laughter ] you will note and i'm sure it will be part of the stories we'll tell that it was the same age as carmen when she was appointed. her parents also live in the district as well and not only a resident but someone more interested in the district and representing all the issues, and graduate of lowel high school. both of my daughters are blowing kisses to me from new york as they also graduated from that fantastic school. she has a very distinction have gone to u c davis. obviously some very strong intelligence, a double major, of course it is a proper time to thank mr. and mrs. tang for that great lineage of parentage that is demonstrated there. i have no doubt that katie will fulfill these incredible obligations responsibly for the district, representing everybody. she has been literally every corner and again the residents have continued to say can we have continuity. we want to have thi

my name is dee anna keson, representing the office of supervisor katy tang. we are introducing an ordinance brought before the board last year for implementation of pedestrian level lighting for small businesses. last year the impetus for this ordinance was real toy help support our small businesses in making a small but tangible change to the vibrancy of corridors. we found that a lot of small business owners didn't know that when they had to replace an awning that was already existing on their store fronts that they had to go through a permit process and pay a fee. so, we thought that this would be a great way to really recognize small business month and allow them to make those changes to their store fronts without that fee in place. one of the things we really wanted to do is to make sure that since this is city-wide ordinance, that we let a lot of people know that this will be in place for may. and, so, we've been really trying to create an education and outreach strategy. in front of you you have a packet, a draft packet of informational materials that

district 2 supervisor, district 4 supervisor katy tang can make their records. first supervisor tang from the sunset district. (applause) >> good morning, everyone. i'm katy tang, district 4 supervisor. i'm happy to co-host this town hall with supervisor eric mar. i think that both of our districts -- our residents share a lot of the same concerns and we have high populations of children and families, lot of seniors as well as folks from immigrant community. and, so, today i think that it is a great partnership that we have. i also want to thank the department heads who are here as well as our mayor and very hard working budget director having been the legislative aid to former supervisor carmen chueed when served on the budget committee four years, i know how hard it is that all of you worked to put together the budget. ~ who had as you know the mayor and his team will be submitting the budget to the board by june 1st, and, so, i think that we're very lucky that we have a very collaborative mayor and his team who want to hear from you as he's putting the budget

my name is malia cohen and i am the chair and to my right is supervisor katy tang and to my left is supervisor david campos and the clerk of the committee is the ever fabulous miss andrea. and i would like to thank our friends up in sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. i would like to acknowledge jennifer low and jesse t. larson:madame clerk any announcements today. >> yes, please make sure to silence all electronic devices and files submitted to clerk and items will appear on the june 4th, 2013 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise state >> thank you, madame clerk cowl call item no. 1. >> resolution declaring the intention to renew and expand property-based business improvement district known as the central market community benefit district >> ladies and gentlemen, we have lisa pagan and daniel hurtado from the land use and economic development committee and they are here to present this item. would you like to start your presentation? thank you. >> good morning, chair cohen and committee members, supervisors tang and campos, i am lisa pagan, senior director with the land use and eco

and supervisor katie tang from district 4. >> good morning, everybody. as i was talking to our group that walked in this morning as we enter into the work world we tend to forget to do walking as part of our daily activities. if you are going away from a meeting, try to use the stairs instead of the elevators. we need to incorporate that into our daily life styles. i know when i used to do so much more walking and now it's very difficult to do that. thank you for being. [ applause ] >> thank you, supervisor. i want to acknowledge we've had a lot of supervisors who also walked in today. malia cohen and his staff walked in 5 miles this morning. i think they might win the longest commute prize but that's still to be determined and supervisors mar, campos and scott wiener walked in this morning as well. thanks everybody for walking in and of course this wouldn't be possible without our sponsors so i wanted to thank especially presenting sponsors paramount group and invite the president mike sanchez. >> good morning. glad to be here today with you. we are ver

i'm here on behalf of katie tang. we are introducing this ordinance to provide level -- in recognizes of small business month. this ordinance was passed last year and as was also mentioned we received 10 fee waivers and are expecting to do additional outreach this month in preparation for may to make sure that we can either in crease those fee waivers or get information regarding the need and necessity procedure around replacing awnings and signs. one to support the difference and the ordinance that we felt was very important. a lot of small businesses owners felt it was very educational that they want to replace the signs, apply for permit and pay fees. so we expect to continue that educational outreach in front of you, there is a packet that we would like to give to small businesses. these are statements that we want to go into if they want to replace awning and signs. it will be translated into three languages. english, chinese and spanish. we plan to work with other offices as well as the office of small business

colleagues supervisor katie tang. >> thank you. as you saw a lot of great honorees today. today i want to honor jackson. before this i want to show a very short clip. [film]♪ >> all right. jackson, would you like to come here. today i'm honoring ha yan. every year her new performances draws from jazz, modern ballet to reflect our multicultural community. chung nay dance troop. she's also passionate about sharing chinese culture with the next generation through dance. her teaching style is engaging and her students love the multicultural dance elements in fused in her training performance. she has taught chinese dance in san francisco and is a stanford university dance teacher and was involved in the production of fire and silk and the dance performance for her cure against tumors. today as we are honoring our apa contributors to the community and honoring achievements in the performing arts in my honor to present this certificate to ha yan jackson. >> thank you very much. good afternoon. i'm so surprised and so excited about this special gift. i'm just following my speech.

certainly not the least and i want to thank and welcome our newest asian american colleagues supervisor katie tang>> thank you. as you saw a lot of great honorees today. today i want to honor jackson. before this i want to show a very short clip. [film]♪ >> all right. jackson, would you like to come here. today i'm honoring ha yan. every year her new performances draws from jazz, modern ballet to reflect our

certainly not the least and i want to thank and welcome our newest asian american colleagues supervisor katie tang>> thank you. as you saw a lot of great honorees today. today i want to honor jackson. before this i want to show a very short clip. [film]♪

so without further adieu, i would like to invite supervisor katie tang. and followed by carmen chiu. >> i just wanted to take this opportunity to thank claudine and all of the hard working volunteers to put the celebrations together. i know how hard you work, as mayor lee was talking about his experience and his daughter taking piano lessons especially with the theme this year in honoring at chiefments in the performing arts i was part of the band. and i played the nraout in middle school and high school and at that time it was very cool. and we actually got to the point where we got to perform at carnege hall. and it was a great experience and i don't know what my life would have been without having that in my background. as we are celebrating the performing arts, i want to encourage everyone to incorporate that into their lives and hope that many more generations of people will consider that a part of their childhood growing up as well. and again, i want to thank everybody and we are so lucky to be here in san francisco where we embrace the diversity an

my name is malia cohen and i am the chair and to my right is supervisor katy tang and to my left is supervisor david campos and the clerk of the committee is the ever fabulous miss andrea. and i would like to thank our friends up in sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. i would like to acknowledge jennifer low and jesse t. larson:madame clerk any announcements today. >> yes, please make sure to silence all electronic devices and files submitted to clerk and items will appear on the june 4th, 2013 boar

tang. just kidding we thought that katie graduated from here a couple of years ago. good morning, everyone and welcome again and i want to thank the school district for offering their auditor um here at herbert hoover and i want to thank the office of civic engagement. they are here to be providing support and translation for those who english is not their first language. so that we can get their input as well. the community ambassadors are those in the yellow and working with them to make the streets safer and i want to thank the police and fire department personnel that are here today in addition to all of the departments and representatives. and supervisor tang, and supervisor yee are working very closely with us to make sure that the districts are heard. and of course, this is the fifth of 7 budget town halls that we have held throughout the city and i want to especially thank, supervisor mark ferrill because he has been with me on every one of these as he fulfills his role as the chair of the budget committee that he has inputs from each of the supervisors and t