so do you feel that you're able to actually then treat the bilingual, culturally -- or mono lingual, spanish-speaking people and that the diabetes center has been doing outreach to indicate that this is what you have over at the center? >> we certainly are now able to treat the spanish-speaking and we have other translation services for other -- whether it's chinese-speaking or some other language-speaking patients as well. because in san francisco it's not -- you know, we have multi-lingual patients and we try our very best to serve the whole community. chow yes. so if, in fact, at the diabetes center it appears that previous to this there were 95 patients per month, it's the way i'm reading, since you're saying these are patients and not visits. and now we have 85. not a huge difference but still. do you feel that the mix is the same or different? and what -- what has the center done in terms of outreach to indicate that you've actually been able to bring back the bilingual services and are encouraging and would like to encourage people using the center as a community service. >> s

chinese or mono lingual spanish, that we're doing adequate outreach and that we're getting good resultsrom them. >> sure. another initiative of the s.f. p.u.c., is we've established an equity project, really focused at ensuring that the program and any services we provide sort of related to clean power s.f. prioritizes equity in its outreach and its design. that is something that is ongoing now, and we're going to be gathering some information from the community to really try to inform that work that i mentioned ementioned earlier on programs. it relates to who is aware of the super green opportunity and who is taking advantage of it, too. >> chairwoman: great. and also our use of non-english newspapers, that type of thing, i think is really great. okay. thank you very much. so, mr. merckelson, maybe on legislation that is pending at our state level. thank you, mr. heims. >> name is susanne merckelson, and i'm happy to be with you today. we're currently at legislative summer break. that means that all bills must have passed, at the policy committees, in their second house. we've seen so

real all day and night is france timmermans has been drunk or younkers vice president was an alley lingual dutchman he is from the socialist bloc. he's very highly regarded and he speaks very well but he has angered poland hungary especially. which is part of his job by pushing the rule of law and by criticizing the way they've dealt with their own courts so they're very much against him and the italians which is run by a populist government you know they don't like him so the problem is there are enough there seemed to be enough votes against him even with me in miracles center right party to put him into trouble the other name that keeps floating crystal you know you're. an economist about 65 very smart has a lot of experience in the world bank and also has been a commissioner. but you know she's never been elected to anything and she had fallen out. with a younger so that's in the air the other big name in the air is margaret you're. such a liberal who everybody thinks is very very competent and if a woman which helps your gave or so we'll see i mean these are the names that go around b

[applause] for the 44 years we've been dedicated to our mission statement of having multi lingual workplaceand maintaining a space of inclusivity where all people feel safe, and so this award means a great deal to us. being situated in the mission district of san francisco means that we have enjoyed the generous support of an incredibly diverse and amazing neighborhood of people who have made what we do possible. and we take that very seriously. we also have an incredibly diverse membership within our own collective. people who have come as immigrants from all over the world and we have, for example, 25% of our members who speak spanish as a native language. so this is an amazing chance for us to feel honored and we appreciate very much the work that everyone here does. thank you very much to the commissioners for this award and also for the work you do on behalf of immigrants. [applause] >> honorees. when you come on the stage after you speak, you will receive your award and certificate from our wonderful commissioners and then you can exit stage right. is that right? stage right. ok. next

. >> minister of tourism said it will set up a lingual emergency center staff with specialist to connectrist and families with the government and to see that they would like to speak with. on top of that country hotel will be required to provide inspectorses to ensure save the of foods and drink, hotels will also have to provide information on all of their suppliers, the the new measures cool as former president bill clinton made a visit to the island. a pair of newspaper publishers would be combining "the wall street journal" reports usa today publisher is e nearing deal to merng with rival gate house media, the deal join the two nations large fest newspaper groups by circulation together they publish 265 daily papers. no word on how much the merger will cost. a small legal win for a founder elizabeth holmes her lawyer is convinced that judge to grant them access to fbi documents the lawyer say they are key to their defense did not know her technology was producing inaccurate results. holmes has been charged with conspiracy and fraud. and a new study shows people now view women as more

the department of tourism is ramping up safety measures including a multi-lingual security center, andgency information to guests on check in. >> in the past week, past month, what we have learned about is the importance of communicating effectively to the american people directly. >> at least one hotel where tourists died, the hard rock, implemented a liquor policy removing all liquor from guest rooms. the number isn't unusual, considering 2 million americans visit. >>> former vice president joe biden is in southern california today wrapping up two days of political fundraisers. he is attending two fundraisers in los angeles. he made a stop in a local restaurant yesterday. he addressed the controversial stance of "send her home" at a trump campaign rally. >> imagine if someone said that when i was speaking, what i would have said. no. speak up, not after the fact. >> a new poll of california voters earlier this week showed biden is running neck in neck with kamala harris. they will be back together on the debate stage on wednesday, july 23rd. >>> it was an unusual yet successful way t

and specifically targeting mono lingual businesses. we have already done -- given out 25,000 bags in the past. particularly targeting low income communities, seniors, and limited english communities. we will be doing that again in partnership with supervisor brown's office. and continue the city wide campaign which is getting consumers to be responsible and bringing their own bags, reminders. this all really fits under the overall goals and we have pivoted away from zero waste into generation reduction. so one of the big goals is not stop telling people, but focus the attention on what we're reducing as opposed to the energy into recycle and compost more. this is about the 10% overall generation reduction goal that was announced by our mayor during the global climate summit. we also wanted to thank the business community, the small businesses in particular, whofsh fantastic partners in recycling and composting with a huge amount of work in that area. way over 90% participation in the composting programs and really the city wouldn't a d

but she's going to need more than multi—lingual hellos to win over the doubters. get thejob? from the political argument didn't get the job? or from the political argument didn't get thejob? or is it that from the political argument didn't get the job? or is it that the green score a bit more concerned about the lack of transparency of how she was elected. i suppose they will roll in behind her, especially because lots of the political groups he the european parliament are negotiating a joint programme for the next five yea rs a joint programme for the next five years that they will present to her andi years that they will present to her and i think if she says that she will sign up to that programme, then she will probably be able to get everyone's vote. so this could be a bit of shadow—boxing in a bit of sour grapes and when it comes to it, they will vote for her. but who knows, the european parliament is a much more unpredictable place than it was in the past as a result of the european parliament elections which solve the centre—right in the ce ntreleft which

latino politics that moderates and liberals had a search for common issues they could work on, i lingualeducation, affirmative action. this is the approach the radical togetheranizer called but not scrambled. latino coalitions were experimental and structure. sometimes, they were 121. mexican americans are a group. puerto ricans are a group. we each get one vote. sometimes it was a reflection of their population numbers. i think what are coalitions among each other, they are still working on alliances of african-americans and poor whites. rosina: i echo -- you guys took a lot of mine. another place to look is within labor history and to remember that immigrants are not coming without the political history of their own. they are active and becoming activists in their home countries and bringing the activism into the united states. there are numerous books that show this. i am blanking on his name right and all ofbiography the people that surround. not only he -- not only is he talking about revolution in mexico, but he is also making very pointed critiques of what is happening in texas an

among them a multi-lingual energy tourist center.. 14 american tourists have died in the dominican republic since last year. four after having a drink from the hotel mini bar. two families had bodies flown back to the u.s. for independent toxicology testing on u.s. soil and other autopsies aren't available. additional time is required to complete toxicology tests. as such the results are still pending. the reports spurred a lot of media attention and 65 reports of near fatal incidents plus theories about illicit alcohol or misused pesticides as the cause. senator chuck schumer called on the atf to investigate because they can test for tainted alcohol. at least one hotel, the hard rock implemented new liquor policies in the light of the scrutiny removing liquor dispensers from guest rooms. dominican republic officials say the deaths are not related and the deaths are not unusual. the hope is new safety measures will quell lingering fears. the emergency tourism center will be overseen by the attorney general there. they welcome the new