i know the head of our library is here, michael lambert, and i'm sure i'm missing others, but i'm sure the mayor will catch up with me. once i once i complete my comments, but let me also say this. this event this month would not happen, but for tremendous community partners, and they are listed on the boards we have here, but we have many, many amazing community partners. i know we're going to acknowledge several of them for their decades of leadership. we have many amazing community sponsors. um but we only have one woman who has been at the heart of this event for the better part of 19 years since she was, i think eight years old. ah! this is an event that came about because the then head of national organization of chinese americans approach then mayor gavin newsom and said it is high time for san francisco to put ourselves on the map and acknowledging a p i heritage month and claudine cheng, you've been at the heart of this. you have worked so hard for almost 20 years of doing this. thank you so much on behalf of the city for everything you do, and without further ado claudine che

i know the head of our library is here, michael lambert, and i'm sure i'm missing others, but i'm sure the mayor will catch up with me. once i once i complete my comments, but let me also say this. this event this month would not happen, but for tremendous community partners, and they are listed on the boards we have here, but we have many, many amazing community partners. i know we're going to acknowledge several of them for their decades of leadership. we have many amazing community sponsors. um but we only have one woman who has been at the heart of this event for the better part of 19 years since she was, i think eight years old. ah! this is an event that came about because the then head of national organization of chinese americans approach then mayor gavin newsom and said it is high time for san francisco to put ourselves on the map and acknowledging a p i heritage month and claudine cheng, you've been at the heart of this. you have worked so hard for almost 20 years of doing this. thank you so much on behalf of the city for everything you do, and without further ado claudine che

city librarian michael lambert. and our chief of protocol for the city of san francisco marrian.ause] so many amazing departments had a part in helping to put this together. so, i'm glad to be here and the last bit of official business to be clear, the drag community has a rich history in san francisco. and we know that the place where the compton riots occurred the people who really fought against the injustices helping to community consisted of both the transgender community as well as the drag community that set? stage what happened in new york during stonewall this was the 60's a challenging time and a lot of what is happening in the world this continues is why darcy's royce and the discussions around the history of the community are going to be so important and it is why i'm honord and grateful i have been able to collaborate supervisor mandelman and to build a lbgtq+ museum in the castro neighborhood. [applause]. because it is important to make sure that history is a part of the narrative as darcy goes long with her various duties. today we want to official low proclaim it

i know the head of our library is here, michael lambert, and i'm sure i'm missing others, but i'm sure the mayor will catch up with me. once i once i complete my comments, but let me also say this. this event this month would not happen, but for tremendous community partners, and they are listed on the boards we have here, but we have many, many amazing community partners. i know we're going to acknowledge several of them for their decades of leadership. we have many amazing community sponsors. um but we only have one woman who has been at the heart of this event for the better part of 19 years since she was, i think eight years old. ah! this is an event that came about because the then head of national organization of chinese americans approach then mayor gavin newsom and said it is high time for san francisco to put ourselves on the map and acknowledging a p i heritage month and claudine cheng, you've been at the heart of this. you have worked so hard for almost 20 years of doing this. thank you so much on behalf of the city for everything you do, and without further ado claudine che

our current library and michael lambert supportd and championing this project forward. the china town library renovate in the 95ment but unfortunately the response to theicize nic upgrades affected the nature and grandeur of the original build and meeting room built in 1921 you will see in the presentation. architecture team andy song, charts everchar king, john and josh have done a wonderful job in redesigning this project. andy the present the progress. good morning. thank you for having me here today. the project neighborhood with our former city librarian herrera and continued under the leadership of our city library yen michael lambert with san francisco public works. this project was needed to restore the historic grandeur of the majestic library built in 1921. and to upgrade with circulation, mechanical system and amenities for current and future gent ripgzs to continue enjoy thanksgiving community hub. modernize the layout with the learning are community room. a dedicated space. an exhibit space. renovated children's room for space for programming. restoration o

opportunity to thank the asian art museum to thank the san francisco public library, and i see michael lambert. and to thank campus for the work that you all do to bring us together to make sure that for the past 19 years now we celebrate the month of may as a way to highlight our diverse asian community in san francisco. i know that it's been very difficult over the past couple of years, especially during the pandemic, and so many people have tried to divide us and tear us apart as a city and to single out the asian community in particular, and the reason why something like that doesn't work because of the foundation of who we are and what we know we represent as a city. how when challenging times occur, we come together and we stand up for one another and one of the things that i saw that was so amazing in the city is we didn't just throw up our hands or point the finger. we basically rallied. we came together members of the board of supervisors and our city leadership rallied for support and resources to go to various organizations. where we collaborated and escort programs for seniors. the

so, we'll go to our city librarian, michael lambert. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for the invitation to present before the budget and appropriations committee this afternoon. i'm joined by the library's chief operating officer, marine singleton and we appreciate the opportunity to highlight the library's commitment to delivering the highest possible level of service to omi residents. san francisco public library has three neighborhood libraries, ocean view, merced, and inningle side branch libraries open 7 days per week to serve the omi service area. these locations provide access to high-quality physical collections, they also provide high speed internet access, free wifi, free printing, scanning, and copying services and library staff at these location was bilingual and provide information assistance and reader's advisory services to the diverse community. we also provide regular programming, including early literacy programs, story times and cultural programming to celebrate the diversity of our community. the focus of this hearing is the city's invest

opportunity to thank the asian art museum to thank the san francisco public library, and i see michael lambert. and to thank campus for the work that you all do to bring us together to make sure that for the past 19 years now we celebrate the month of may as a way to highlight our diverse asian community in san francisco. i know that it's been very difficult over the past couple of years, especially during the pandemic, and so many people have tried to divide us and tear us apart as a city and to single out the asian community in particular, and the reason why something like that doesn't work because of the foundation of who we are and what we know we represent as a city. how when challenging times occur, we come together and we stand up for one another and one of the things that i saw that was so amazing in the city is we didn't just throw up our hands or point the finger. we basically rallied. we came together members of the board of supervisors and our city leadership rallied for support and resources to go to various organizations. where we collaborated and escort programs for seniors. the

i know the head of our library is here, michael lambert, and i'm sure i'm missing others, but i'm sure the mayor will catch up with me. once i once i complete my comments, but let me also say this. this event this month would not happen, but for tremendous community partners, and they are listed on the boards we have here, but we have many, many amazing community partners. i know we're going to acknowledge several of them for their decades of leadership. we have many amazing community sponsors. um but we only have one woman who has been at the heart of this event for the better part of 19 years since she was, i think eight years old. ah! this is an event that came about because the then head of national organization of chinese americans approach then mayor gavin newsom and said it is high time for san francisco to put ourselves on the map and acknowledging a p i heritage month and claudine cheng, you've been at the heart of this. you have worked so hard for almost 20 years of doing this. thank you so much on behalf of the city for everything you do, and without further ado claudine che

so, we'll go to our city librarian, michael lambert. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for the invitation to present before the budget and appropriations committee this afternoon. i'm joined by the library's chief operating officer, marine singleton and we appreciate the opportunity to highlight the library's commitment to delivering the highest possible level of service to omi residents. san francisco public library has three neighborhood libraries, ocean view, merced, and inningle side branch libraries open 7 days per week to serve the omi service area. these locations provide access to high-quality physical collections, they also provide high speed internet access, free wifi, free printing, scanning, and copying services and library staff at these location was bilingual and provide information assistance and reader's advisory services to the diverse community. we also provide regular programming, including early literacy programs, story times and cultural programming to celebrate the diversity of our community. the focus of this hearing is the city's invest

i know the head of our library is here, michael lambert, and i'm sure i'm missing others, but i'm sure the mayor will catch up with me. once i once i complete my comments, but let me also say this. this event this month would not happen, but for tremendous community partners, and they are listed on the boards we have here, but we have many, many amazing community partners. i know we're going to acknowledge several of them for their decades of leadership. we have many amazing community sponsors. um but we only have one woman who has been at the heart of this event for the better part of 19 years since she was, i think eight years old. ah! this is an event that came about because the then head of national organization of chinese americans approach then mayor gavin newsom and said it is high time for san francisco to put ourselves on the map and acknowledging a p i heritage month and claudine cheng, you've been at the heart of this. you have worked so hard for almost 20 years of doing this. thank you so much on behalf of the city for everything you do, and without further ado claudine che

i know the head of our library is here, michael lambert, and i'm sure i'm missing others, but i'm sure the mayor will catch up with me. once i once i complete my comments, but let me also say this. this event this month would not happen, but for tremendous community partners, and they are listed on the boards we have here, but we have many, many amazing community partners. i know we're going to acknowledge several of them for their decades of leadership. we have many amazing community sponsors. um but we only have one woman who has been at the heart of this event for the better part of 19 years since she was, i think eight years old. ah! this is an event that came about because the then head of national organization of chinese americans approach then mayor gavin newsom and said it is high time for san francisco to put ourselves on the map and acknowledging a p i heritage month and claudine cheng, you've been at the heart of this. you have worked so hard for almost 20 years of doing this. thank you so much on behalf of the city for everything you do, and without further ado claudine che

i know the head of our library is here, michael lambert, and i'm sure i'm missing others, but i'm sure the mayor will catch up with me. once i once i complete my comments, but let me also say this. this event this month would not happen, but for tremendous community partners, and they are listed on the boards we have here, but we have many, many amazing community partners. i know we're going to acknowledge several of them for their decades of leadership. we have many amazing community sponsors. um but we only have one woman who has been at the heart of this event for the better part of 19 years since she was, i think eight years old. ah! this is an event that came about because the then head of national organization of chinese americans approach then mayor gavin newsom and said it is high time for san francisco to put ourselves on the map and acknowledging a p i heritage month and claudine cheng, you've been at the heart of this. you have worked so hard for almost 20 years of doing this. thank you so much on behalf of the city for everything you do, and without further ado claudine che

opportunity to thank the asian art museum to thank the san francisco public library, and i see michael lambert. and to thank campus for the work that you all do to bring us together to make sure that for the past 19 years now we celebrate the month of may as a way to highlight our diverse asian community in san francisco. i know that it's been very difficult over the past couple of years, especially during the pandemic, and so many people have tried to divide us and tear us apart as a city and to single out the asian community in particular, and the reason why something like that doesn't work because of the foundation of who we are and what we know we represent as a city. how when challenging times occur, we come together and we stand up for one another and one of the things that i saw that was so amazing in the city is we didn't just throw up our hands or point the finger. we basically rallied. we came together members of the board of supervisors and our city leadership rallied for support and resources to go to various organizations. where we collaborated and escort programs for seniors. the

. >> investigator matt lambert was assigned to run down the michael beard lead. >> what did you knowhe actually was a pretty well-respected employee until september 17th, when -- when tom had fired him. >> why did tom fire him? >> stealing from jobs and drinking, i think, on the job and that he fired him on the 17th because there's maybe some complaints from other employees at servpro. >> so there's some issues there? >> right. >> but beard was polite and cooperative when the investigator knocked on his door. >> we said, "hey, can you, you know, take a ride with us up to the barracks." and he said, "yeah, just let me let my wife know." >> and he already knew what it was about? >> we told him that we want to talk to him about the -- the homicide of kelley clayton. >> the investigator asked beard where he was the night of kelley's murder. he said he was home except for a beer run. >> he actually kind of alibied himself at that point saying that he was at that store the night before, and that same clerk working she could prove that he was in the store the night before. >> did -- did he

michael looking very handsome. against the pink wall that we're stopping at, and there's the steps on the left. those are the first two stops. that is lambert moss, who's our undiscovered talent? he'll be playing sylvester. that's the stairs will were. a famous photo of sylvester was 9 46 8. um that's our storefront there at san francisco heritage is building and that's the psychedelic sf location where we're staging the record store. and this is the, um on the right hand side. that's the, um, the west entrance stairs to the park. and then on the left. that's the walden house little mini garden that we're stopping by. and that's the final stop there. the western stairs. how long is the whole shell? this show itself is an hour. it's an hour and 15 minutes walk. yeah and then the stops at the stairs are you know about 10 minutes long, 7 to 10 minutes long. i think it's an honor for the entertainment commission to actually permit this event. so i really appreciate how we're creating this. past present future. in this moment. and just really activating, um just his street space. and shout out to marvin. yes we're so honored that marvin has writ