her home. >> richmond is the best city, the best weather, the best people. [ laughter ] >> i love my city reporter: she moved here 42 years ago and almost immediately -- >> i became an integral part of many of the organizations in the city. >> reporter: she was a secretary at her local church and later became the first african-american female library director. emma doesn't look at her various jobs as work. she sees them as a platform to help people. >> she works with all segment of the community. she's more important really to the community than the elected officials. >> reporter: emma's outreach to the community really began here at the richmond library. she saw this as a place not only to enrich your mind but a place where you could help change your life. >> the library, i i feel, is the place you go when you don't know where to go. and the library is one of the best kept secrets. >> reporter: on her own she began tutoring local students after school mentoring at-risk youth and one time even helped reunite a mother with her son after they had been separated for 25 years. >> the lord gav

. >> thank you very much for recognizing what i've done for the city (laughter) >> one of my favorite city leaders i love what he's contributed and the support of our entire community our treasurer jose cisneros. >> good morning. >> i join you in being proud i'm proud to tell you over 10 years i'm a gay open gay latino here in san francisco. (clapping.) >> and i am proud of what we've done to make this possible i want to share one thing i'm permanently proud of the last year i was in a legal marriage with my partner mark like so many of you we've been able to make our relationships just as responsible and legal and important as just the same as everyone else in the country thank you fewer proud of the u.s. supreme court and have a great weekend (clapping.) >> we're going to wrap up i think but we'll see with representative the city college of san francisco city college is right in my neighborhood such an important institution for the city and county of san francisco and with this leadership that will continue to provide the tremendous service please welcome board member alex randolph

so lucky to go to city college i can't imagine how to do that now and pay the rent i know people are homeless they can't pay the crazy rent i'm a special education teacher and some of my students will have been homeless and parents are single parent working 3 jobs justice to take care of her two children and try to stay in the city for the services for her special needs child as a special teacher and opening in sfusd because people can't afford to be here especially the special education teacher thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please this is my boyfriend nick we were born and raised i grew up in the mission and him in the excelsior i want to tell you i don't think i work from the women's building and everyday i see women that are trying to escape vibrant situations they can't they have no where to go we have to know how to effects women and children they need a safe place to go and the moratorium is something i think i all should support now we're going to remind you about what happened then on may 8th >> we're here to demand something. >> some of. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> we're here to stop eviction. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> >> (repeated.)

and called people gentrificationers i find offend offensive ethnic clarence those don't belong in my city of san francisco there are 13 sites to be built on 8 hundred and 50 we need more unfortunately good agree with the moratorium it is the wrong decision and also fueling a hated at division of our community which isn't right we need to work together to solve those problems and it is only together that we will solve those problems techies and gent firs whatever you want to call >> thank you, sir. thank you. next speaker, please. >> (clapping.) >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi my name is larry juicy edmond and this i have keys daily each and every needs keys daily the tech workers against the displacement and the st. anthony's you know to save our planet but we have the rainbow on market street today, the good and the bad and the ugly we deal with hilton hell letter 0 wanted to kill the gaze and the jewish and others martin luther king said the constitution keyboard should have basic black and white how the american rights i don't know about

city. jurkss thank you very much. next speaker >> hello my name is thomas rea i'm a native san franciscan and i live in the mission. as supervisor campos brought up there are only 13 available parcels the city can develop in the mission for below market rate housing in the mission. on may 4th there was 18 so in less than a month we lost 5 parcels. at this rate 4 to 5 months there will be no more parcel tooz build afardable housing in the mission. when you say the moratorium will not do anything, it will because in 5ths there will be no parcel tooz build affordsable housing. that is the truth gauze the market rate developers come in and buy them up and build these market rate housing and get credit for affordsable housing but the credits don't go to had mission because the parcelerize gone so the credits will go out of the mission mpt you need act quick because in 4 or 5 months there will be no where teels binld the mission. thank you for listening and make sure to listen to the community because it is common sense. i'm talking about common se

homeless [inaudible] it is like saying my [inaudible] i'm vein and the hero and take care of your city rsh what's up? >> thank you very much next speaker please >> you can make donations today, i'm hungry today. >> thank you president breed and other mb members victim thofz cuball. my name is christopher cudoll. i rise to comment on the peril of system development. first the rule of thumb for system development, projects take 3 times the estimated development time. projects cost 3 times more money than the original estimate. projects only certify 1/3 of the requirement jz 1/3 are stated. why? there is the rule of dumb. systems are comicated but orezs are not. organizations are 1/3 as intellgents of the people involved. 1/3 on a very very good day. members once having some measure of system expertise i offered to this board february 2, 2010 a comment suggesting my city and county of san francisco create a data dictionary basely list persons roles and resources pertinent to had operations mptd if you set that up all the controller would have had to do to set opnew finance system is pull

. >> i was like i need money i want to do something for her, my city. >> i said hey, why not, it might been an active community person. [music] >> it gives a real experience that takes the concepts i'm teaching in class, it's real life it's not something that is just in a textbook, it's representative of democracy, and direct democracy all in one day for the students to interact with the public, it is complicated there are problems you have to you know deal with these issues as they arise immediately and come up with a resolution. >> it was really crazy and hectic there were a lot of voters. >> it gives me experience with helping people and getting to know people and how to treat people. >> being a poll workers, it's a cool way to see what life is about beyond school. [music] >> students must be 16 years of age get permission from their parents and school and have a 2.5 student gpa to become a poll workers they also have a two hour training session. >> i'm glad they had training, i had all my questions clarified, so i really prepare you for election day. >> san francisco is a multicult

your surrounded with all those behalf communicated i communities >> i love my city san francisco has as every cultural in this planet living in san francisco it's a small city 7 by 7 but it's huge. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i really like the idea of staying in the neighborhood and living in the mission i've lived here the whole time and the community really stick to it people talk about seattle and portland now they talk about seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪. >> welcome is to the tuesday tuesday, june 16, 2015 just a few house keep items keep your cells on vibrant there are pink sheets fill them out with whatever item and your thank you to expand sfgovtv at the media servi

my favorite city in scotland. one of my favorite cities on earth. avorite cities in europe, but is glasgow europe? i don't think so. it feels somehow older than that. to many outsiders, glasgow is seen as a hard scrabble, even fearsome place, a place that history has moved on from, but there is definitely a sense here that something different is around the corner. >> it'll be one of the most important events in scottish and british history. more than 4 million people will decide whether scotland should stay in the u.k. or become an independent country. >> will scotland stay or will it leave the union? >> scottish independence could mark the beginning of the end of the u.k. as we know it. >> but in the end, 55% of scots voted to stay in the union. that left almost half the population still hungry for independence. and with 73.5% of teenagers voting yes, england had its undies very much in a bunch over the possibility of an unraveling of the union in scotland. it is an idea that is overwhelmingly popular in this city above all others. >> glasgow is a g

there was unfinished business back in ohio. >> i'm going to do what makes my city and my state happy. and that's why i came back. i love you. i'm back. >> reporter: his return celebrated as the second coming. >> the cavs baby! >> reporter: and with it help revitizing that struggling rust belt city. >> it is certainly in the hundreds of millions of dollars. there is no question that there is substantial incremental revenue coming to the city of cleveland, northeast ohio the state of ohio for that matter. because of the success of the cavaliers, which is obviously driven by lebron. >> reporter: in downtown cleveland, the la been effect -- >> let's go, cavs! >> reporter: seems to be working for the cle clothing company. >> sales are really booming. we've had the best year that we've ever had for sure. >> reporter: for laura and mike kovinsky sales at their family-run company are up 500%. >> everybody in cleveland is just so excited that the cavs have a chance to win a championship. it means everything to the city. >> reporter: and everything to lebron. all the money, endorsements accolad

i love my city. i'm here every day and work for the city. i can't afford to live here. how is that fair to me? it is not. i have seen development go through the dot comers and now

. >> i formally the executive director of the chamber of commerce in my city has my cell phone and direct line to my office. gary was talking about politics. that's just the reality. she also understands what we do and listens which is a gift for me so back to my earlier comment about small business. we hold workshops, outreach for small businesses. i'm always available to go out and review an existing building regarding barriers and accessibility. and then informally it's been really important to me as i am the current chapter president for the valley association of building officials to reach out to the other groups, the builders the architects, to e people that write the specifications. i mean there are many, many groups that are involved with this, and we put together association events just to informally mingle and it's amazing the information that gets shared and the cards that get exchanged, and it's really just staying engaged with that community. >> right. exactly. i was thinking along the same lines so as long as you keep up with the education committee, whatever group you're in

>> i'm the dude that makes my city and my state happen. and that's why i came back. i love you. i'm back! >> behind the back. fires a three. oh, he puts it in! >> the warriors win 67 games! >> ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it one more time for this year's mvp, steph curry! >> nba playoff basketball is back in cleveland. cavs are thinking championships. >> they're going to the nba finals! >> goes to the rim. thompson with the block. >> the golden state warriors in the nba finals for the first time in 40 years. >> how about two rookie coaches in the nba finals? >> that's all fine and dandy, the rookie coaches, but i think i want to see steph versus lebron. >> we'd like to welcome our viewers around the world and of course all of you watching in the u.s. we are literally in the center of it all. right, guys? i'm rachel nicholls. i'm here with grant hill, seven-time all-star, and steve smith, who won the nba championship in 2003. welcome. >> thank you. >> you guys have been to a lot of nba finals. but just being in the building so far in this series, the energy in this one it fee

and i did that in my city, ahmedabad. it has taken off like crazy. it's now in multiple other cities now. and i'm just delight that we have that whole maker community that is coming together globally now. because whether you're based in the u.s. or in india, a maker is a maker, and people who are interested in sort of technology and using technology for creating tools, it's a very similar mind-set, and people connect with that over the internet now. so i think it's a really rich community that's coming together. >> all right. asha, thank you very much, and to you, margaret, and to you, chris, as well. we explored very interesting ideas, based on your expertise and passions. thank you for spending the time today. >> thank you so much. >> hope you had fun. >> lovely. enjoyed it. >> excellent. well, hopefully, these conversations will spur others and use it as a starting point and a trigger for discussions all year round beyond this asian-pacific american heritage month. we hope you enjoyed the program. now back to you, cheryl. >> thank you, kristen. for

economic environment that are the correspondence of our trying city you must know everyday i work on this issue and everyday i challenge my staff to do more to work with the community, to confront our city's crisis the demands with aggressive action that's why in 2012, we created the housing trvd that will invest over $79 million in the housing development and neighborhood stabilization and more we've been working hard at the state level to insure that san francisco what build the housing through the previous redevelopment agency we can do so on the slertsdz timeline and as a result we expect to be able to invest one thousand 8 hundreds units of new affordable housing in the next 57 years nearly one thousand more units we would not have been able to do so without the legislative state we're eliminating eviction this year funding will grow to $6.4 million to make sure our long time residents can stay in their homes we also have to innovative around the delivery of affordable housing we need to build more quickly we need to be able to acquire proposed anywhere quickly and engage our development partners marrow effectively w

>> this is my city and everybody is hatingon me, but i understand it. i see people with dodger stuff on and seahawk stf on i feel the same way. >>eporter: lamar anderson is staking out the four seasons where they were staying. he is lucky to get pictures with three players in the first 30 minutes but he is holding out for king james. >> i have to stick with who i have been with from the beginning and that's lebn. >> reporter: there is one place you can find warriors fans and that's the team ore. >> you need gear to go to a sports bar. >> reporter: inventory is running low, but ther is warriors ground coffee if they need a pick me up. this man is a fan from ina and he is shopping for fellow fans back home. >> my father will bring lots of t-shirts back to china. they love it. >> reporter: back at the biewcher shop -- butcher shop he is hoping to go to the game, and if not wl watch with ends from. >> there are small superstitions. >> reporter: and serve steph curry sausage for luck. abc7 ne. >> all right, well, coming u the warriors' secret weapon and she

however, i love my approval -- so my city is but majority done them out of business. but however, i just want to say, i will be in the business [inaudible] it looks like it is heading in the direction to getting the small, intuitively is not a good thing for the service. we need competition. we need to have everybody have equal opportunity to be able to perform. in the past american company did not have an opportunity to perform, but today all those company owners, they apply as individuals to join american company process takes about 30 days to get approval. they will get approval. so most likely the american company will have an opportunity to keep their business. would you please consider the fact that we have so many individuals come here today to testify to up the company do not put them out of business. thank you. >> commissioner, sir, you have indicated that these companies are willing to go together with american company is there any documentation >> testifier: not sure about that i believe that testify themselves. i believe they did fill out apply already and

with four more, and those 11 books in their aggregation will comprise my fictional history of l.a., my city, america, our country, between 1941 and 1972. >> this is a deliberate strategy. >> yeah, it's a grand design. >> was it one you had back at the beginning of the l.a. quartet. you called it a quartet, you assumed four books. >> right. >> on the other hand, you clearly have a longer vision out from those four books. >> no. i had a revelation. i had a dream. >> when did you have the dream. >> i had a dream today. >> when did you have the revelation -- >> i was looking out my southern office window on a cold winter night wondering why i didn't have a girlfriend, and it came to me in a flash, not why i didn't have a girlfriend, or why women kept divorcing me, but here is what i saw. forelorn looking japanese folks, soldiers with tommy guns up front, the vehicle is chugging up a snow-capped mountain in the sierras, heading for the internment camp. in a heart beat i had it. >> that was your vision. >> yes. characters from the first two bodies of work in l.a. during world war ii as much young

>> this is my city and everybody is hating on me, but i understand it.th dodger stuff on and seahawk stuff on i feel the same way. >> reporter: lamar anderson is staking out the four seasons where they were staying. he is lucky to get pictures with three players in the first 30 minutes but he is holding out for king james. >> i have to stick with who i have been with from the beginning and that's lebron. >> reporter: there is one place you can find warriors fans and that's the team store. >> you need gear to go to a sports bar. >> reporter: inventory is running low, but there is warriors ground coffee if they need a pick me up. this man is a fan from china and he is shopping for fellow fans back home. >> my father will bring lots of t-shirts back to china. they love it. >> reporter: back at the biewcher shop -- butcher shop he is hoping to go to the game, and if not will watch with ends from. >> there are small superstitions. >> reporter: and serve steph curry sausage for luck. abc7 news. >> all right, well, coming up the warriors' secret weapon and she

yes t is right my friend call it nothing less, there is no face, no name, just a shodo over or city when the slinks awaw leaving devastation qu a business card that says call me when you are ready to be takeic again. my sisters and brother we cannot 4 sake or city. remember hour destiny to lead the world to freedom out of the slavery of a broken greedy system towards economy of care and celebration. no one owns the mission, the city, this ourth, her heart belawns to those who love her. we need a moratorium, hanz off lady of inmission, you can't touch her anymore >> thank you next speaker. >> good evening my name is amie farrell and the founder and director ofnerics developing deviz tar r daro and saying yes to sustainable development since 2011 but sometimes as community advoicates for balance and well being we sooto say no and have to stands in soldaredy with the mission now and say, we are not gonna take it, no, we antenot gonna take it, we are not gonna take it anymore. those are the words of twisting sister but they may as well be the words of thomas jaurfson and may be the words of

. >> i don't like these people promoting hate in my city. nothing is destroyed. i have not touched either of them. i simply taken it and removed it from public property where i didn't feel it should be. >> i was holding a sign and she started to tear our signs down so i stopped her from doing further damage to our signs. and then she tried to run away so i made a citizens arrest. >> police eventually arrived to help resolve that situation. >>> though many aren't celebrating others see it as a huge blow to traditional family value. bill may strongly disapproves and is concerned about what the ruling will do to family value. >> what the court did was eliminate the only civil institution that is specifically geared for uniting kids with moms and dads. do we need such an institution. >> may blames deterioration on increase in poverty especially among single parent families. >>> the issue of gay marriage came to the forefront during the century. san francisco neighborhood has been a safe haven for gay and lesbian people and a celebration is planned for tonight where k

is he -- if he does, can he explain why my city of bratford which was the northern powerhouse continues to be neglecked in his regional plans? >> on behalf of the whole house can i welcome the honorable lady to her place. she replaces someone who has the unique distinction of always speaking with immense power but also being completely wrong and i'm sure that she will take a different approach. what i would say to he about bradford is that bradford should be part of this northern powerhouse because the concept is linking up the great cities of the north of england amaking the most of them. in terms of negligenting bradford i would say quite the opposite. if you look at the spending power that her local authority has it's almost $2,300 pounds that is almost $300 pounds more than the average for england. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the long-term economic plan working in -- growth rate in england. unemployment in my constituency is down 22% since 2010. does the prime minister agree that the redoubling of the benefits to my constituents on all those along the route? >> i congratulate you for

will address 300 million tim across the nation and then listen to our president a canal with to see my cityal tv today and hoping my people probably showcases this says only five and a half hours to go and that was a little bit at this point hundreds and thousands people will be back this parade today thoughts of police of to the also want to be sweating to make sure everyone is behaving accordingly. dioverrookde andiscer aexcing mbinion tass. ch, rk ccola veri sofcents. avor wit oticruituice it's cholatand uit avor likeou've ner expeencebefo. dioverrookde.♪ ♪ iyou nt i♪ ♪ gout d geit >>male announcer:this is the bay area news station,kron 4 morning news starts now >> >>darya: of the warriors are celebrating of the nba championship in the early- morning darkness good morning. >>mark: along for your way and finally over in the larry o'brien trophy tear in the bay area with a victory parade starting

achieve in working on this legislation and getting it passed of course my goal to bring partnership and voice into whatever system the city has that's my passion and done all my life i was born and raised in the san francisco mission district and raised any 4 children and worked over thirty years serving low income community and spent my entire adult career being a service provider and in addition to my professional services i'm a family in a city that used many of the cities resources i was evicted 23 with small children and had to learn how to navigate systems before homeless my children went on to college i've worked on all 3 children's campaigns and even the first thing was controversial in san francisco i had three children in 6 during the first prop j commenting campaign i have now 3 grandchildren under that age i've come a long way working on this campaign and having making sure that voices are heard from every community i'm a member of several neighborhood groups communicate with other groups to advocate for issues to collaborate as issues i've worked on the safety network initiative that was citywide i know the i