i'm norman yee the president of the board of the supervisors and i represent everything i say today. the sentiment of the total board. first of all, i want to thank the department heads and community leaders to be out here on this press conference to stress the importance of our celebration that we have every year, year in and year out. it's something that i grew up with in chinatown. i'm chinese hospital-born kid. every year i look forward to the celebration. it's one of the biggest, most colorful celebrations in the united states. same thing for chinese new year. it's the best in the world outside of china. so, i want always to could continue being able to have that enjoyment. now, we have many different celebrations throughout the last week and so fourth and the one that's going to come on saturday is the biggest, of course. i myself had a lunar new year celebration last week in my own district. it grew from 500 people the year before the first time i did it to last saturday where over 1,000 people came out to celebrate the lunar new year. we have safety people there we rewinded p

so first of all, thank you, norman yee, for selecting theresa for planning commissioner. i agree, i don't know of a better candidate to show racial equity in this year of 2020. it's amazing. theresa, i think i can speak more to what affects theresa. she has done a lot of this work. bishop was actually not staffed. she volunteered and would do that after work every day and make it happen until we finally were able to raise money for it. and bishop, i know you're not familiar with it, but it is one of the only organizations that helps residents get into b.m.r., below market rate housing. i actually see it as her implementation. she looked at the policy and figured out how to make it work when things didn't fit. we have these great ideas, but we don't know how to do that. i think it's important to have someone like her for all people in san francisco. whether you're a business, whether you're a senior, whether you're a parent. she also has a great big view picture. i sometimes get caught in the weeds and she would pull me out and check me because there's a bigger picture, an

i'm norman yee the president of the board of the supervisors and i represent everything i say today. the sentiment of the total board. first of all, i want to thank the department heads and community leaders to be out here on this press conference to stress the importance of our celebration that we have every year, year in and year out. it's something that i grew up with in chinatown. i'm chinese hospital-born kid. every year i look forward to the celebration. it's one of the biggest, most colorful celebrations in the united states. same thing for chinese new year. it's the best in the world outside of china. so, i want always to could continue being able to have that enjoyment. now, we have many different celebrations throughout the last week and so fourth and the one that's going to come on saturday is the biggest, of course. i myself had a lunar new year celebration last week in my own district. it grew from 500 people the year before the first time i did it to last saturday where over 1,000 people came out to celebrate the lunar new year. we have safety people there we rewinded p

members to non-profits, to our elected officials, such as assessor howard chu, and ta collector, ad norman yee and supervisor stefani and supervisor fewer, we are so excited to get this done together. every 10 years the federal government puts together a census to count everyone and to make critical decisions about our future. yet the hard work happens in our local communities right here on the ground. this time we know that it will be harder because the census is digital. and so we must bridge that digital divide. some people discrust government, -- distrust government, so we must work with organizations such as the institute and self-help for the elderly to educate them and inform the community on why it matters that we get counted. let's face it, san franciscoians, many of us live in apartments and s.r.o.s. and folks are just plain busy and may not get around to being counted. so we have to remind them why it matters to be counted in this census. mayor breed and speaker pelosi are here today because they know just how important this work is and how much it matters. thank you and thank you f

and board president norman yee has nominated a replacement. she went before rules on monday or tuesday and was forwarded unanimously to the full board for their consideration. that's all i have. >> anything? okay, great. >> clerk: president's reports and announcements. >> none. >> clerk: item 4, consideration of adaption of draft minutes from january 15, 2020. >> president hyland: back to the commission. >> clerk: on that motion to adopt minutes for january 15, 2020, commissioner black, commissioner foley. commissioner johns, commissioner pearlman and commissioner so and commissioner mcspadden. that passes 7-0. and item 5, comments and questions. >> president hyland: any comments, okay, none. >> clerk: commissioners, consideration of items proposed for continuous. you have one item number 6, 2019-022536des. at 4767-4773 for miss street, and it's to march 18, 2020. i have no speaker cards. >> president hyland: any member wish to speak on this? closing public comment. commissioners? >> continue on the calendar. >> clerk: on that motion to contin

i'm norman yee the president of the board of the supervisors and i represent everything i say today. the sentiment of the total board. first of all, i want to thank the department heads and community leaders to be out here on this press conference to stress the importance of our celebration that we have every year, year in and year out. it's something that i grew up with in chinatown. i'm chinese hospital-born kid. every year i look forward to the celebration. it's one of the biggest, most colorful celebrations in the united states. same thing for chinese new year. it's the best in the world outside of china. so, i want always to could continue being able to have that enjoyment. now, we have many different celebrations throughout the last week and so fourth and the one that's going to come on saturday is the biggest, of course. i myself had a lunar new year celebration last week in my own district. it grew from 500 people the year before the first time i did it to last saturday where over 1,000 people came out to celebrate the lunar new year. we have safety people there we rewinded p

a motion to approve the president of the super norman yee's nomination i want to thank commissioner melgar this was tough to fill and i want to thank the committee for sending to community based work continually around land house and housing issues. maria terry a is familiar face in this chamber because she's dedicated to past decade to advocating for the residents most impacted by the housing we are not just a city of buildings and boxes but a city of people. and the to work supports low income residents and navigating the affordable system in san francisco. she has built collaborative versions to plan a community planning. this to me is very critical. i think the planning commission needs to have a balance view and we want to ensure respective to provide an equitable and far. planning commissioners spend dozens of hours a week to prepare for their weekly meetings and those meetings start in the afternoon during the weekday. the meetings can last hours and hours well into the evening. commissioners are asked to do this voluntarily and many of them still have to hold full-time jobs and sac

a motion to approve the president of the super norman yee's nomination i want to thank commissioner melgar this was tough to fill and i want to thank the committee for sending to community based work continually around land house and housing issues. maria terry a is familiar face in this chamber because she's dedicated to past decade to advocating for the residents most impacted by the housing we are not just a city of buildings and boxes but a city of people. and the to work supports low income residents and navigating the affordable system in san francisco. she has built collaborative versions to plan a community planning. this to me is very critical. i think the planning commission needs to have a balance view and we want to ensure respective to provide an equitable and far. planning commissioners spend dozens of hours a week to prepare for their weekly meetings and those meetings start in the afternoon during the weekday. the meetings can last hours and hours well into the evening. commissioners are asked to do this voluntarily and many of them still have to hold full-time jobs and sac

. >> at this time i would like to introduce norman yee, the champion for safer communities and better police community relations. it is my pleasure to welcome president yee. >> [speaking foreign language]. >> i want to say happy new year once again. every year we come to remind our community to keep yourselves safe, be alert, watch who is around you, and you see something, you make sure you report it to the police. you make sure you report it to police. they are here to protect us, and we have to work with them so that we can keep our community safe. every year, these perpetrators try to abuse our community, taking advantage of the situation where we are trying to relate to our relatives, bring prosperity to our friends, and it is time for us to stand up and say no more abusing our community. we are going to stick up for ourselves and work with the police department and work with everybody else that stands up here that believes you should have a safe life. be safe, be alert. happy new year. [applause] thank you. san francisco police chief william scott works to ensure that we are work