mr. wong came to the united states at the age of 17 and because of our country's racist exclusionary laws at the time he he was detained and interrogated for three months in angel island. after making it through interrogation process he was finally able to enter the u.s. he soon turned 18 and was drafted to serve in the military a year after he came to the country. he served for four years and eventually went on to volunteer 407 air squadron group. the 14th service group. composed of primarily chinese americans. mr. wong served in all chinese american unit to assist the flying tigers pilots and train chinese airforce ground crews against the japanese invasion. throughout his service, mr. wong was based in africa, bombay, calcutta, india, burma and multiple cities in china serving as an interpreter, w*elt welder, waiter, trainer. we are grateful for mr. wong's sacrifice despite the cruel and unjust discrimination he faced. it pains me to think our nation still has a long way to go in the way we

mr. victor wong, serving with us today. also recognize adrian starks and michael balthazar. the screens on our desks are not showing the chamber, like a screen saver. never mind. there, we fixed it. no more technical difficulties. let's get on with the party. adrian starks, michael, thank you for assisting us. recognize my colleagues on the committee, supervisor sandy fewer on my right, my left, supervisor stefani and supervisor yeah. >> silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the june 5th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. i believe supervisor sheehy has noted he is unable to attend today's meeting. >> that's correct. what i would like to do, make a motion to excuse supervisor sheehy. take that motion, seconded by supervisor yee and without objection. thank you very much. supervisor sheehy a speedy recovery. call items 1, 2, and 3 together. >> clerk: item 1, hering to consider the mayor's proposed budget for selected departments for fiscal

wong. reporter: thank you, mr. speaker. going back to immigration, has the president and the white house been engaged in any way the process the debate has moved forward? speakebsoluty. we spend a great deal of time speaking with the administration on this. obviously the president is the one that gave us the four pillars he talked about. so what -- it doesn't work if we don't have a bill that the president would sign. so what we're doing is having these conversations with our members, revolving around the four pillars and working in close contact with the administration to ke as we evolve legislio write legislation, it's got the president's support. there's no point of it if it won't make law. and the bill only makes law if the president signs it into law. that's why we're working hand in glove with the administration to make sure the solution we come up together as a conference is one that will become law. that's why wre working closely with the administration on this. thank you, everybody. >> speaker ryan after the republ

mr. schaub. next speaker, please. >> hello. kristie wong from spur and also san francisco resident. thank you for the opportunity to weigh in on the process improvements ordinance. spur strongly supports this effort for streamline the approvals process. i don't believe that the rules we have in san francisco were set up to slow down housing, but that over time the layers of different things that have come up have served to end up creep eig -- creating this process. i appreciate this opportunity to try to make some strategic changes. 100% affordable housing complex to be approved administratively feels like a no-brainer. they're broadly supported and they face enough challenges with financing and other issues that we don't need the city's process to get in the way. it makes sense to eliminate duplicative hearing processes, where possible, and allow minor scopes of work to be approved administratively by staff. we support that. we support the standardization of neighborhood notification requirements. i understand any change to that will raise concerns. i don't think that the goal of t

thanks very much, christina pierson and scott wong for coming back with your questions for mr. jordan. appreciate your time this week. scott: thank you. kristina: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp.2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> tonight, new york times hat talks ross doug about his book on the future of the church. >> he thinks the church needs to change in various ways, particularly around issues related to the sexual revolution, marriage, divorce and so on where prior popes sent these are changes the church can't make. there have been these fraught places in his pontificate radius clashed with cardinals and bishops and theologians over just how far he can push the church to change, but they could change without undercutting its own traditions or breaking faith with the new testament, the gospel of jesus christ. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. next week, live coverage from the u.s.-north korea summit between president donald trump a

mr. travis porter here in the building, ladies and gentlemen. round of applause. [applause] and also joining us is ms. michelle wong here in the building. [applause] i just want to say a few quick words. i'm an educator by trade as well. i used to work at a continuation high school here in san francisco. i taught math, science and health education, as part of special day class as well as a co-taught program. the special education field itself in particular our department has stood in the vanguard for leading for equity in our school and different rimth for a long time. we've been in the vanguard of 2025 before it existed, because we strove to put a spin on education. and i'm referring to strengths, preferences, interests and needs. those of you that are familiar with the individuals with disabilities education improvement act of 2004 are aware that when you plan for transitions for students with special needs, you must consider students' strengths, preferences, interests and needs. and that to me is about blended learning. that to me is about tailoring education to each and every child at the core mission of our work here at san francis