to give money to a nonprofit to in turn pay for a party for muhammad nuru's employees because he was not covered under our laws he was in the position not in that category and therefore everything he was doing could be done without any [ indiscernible ] even to us. so that's one of the reasons why we're taking a look at where the loopholes are and why we took a cultured look at what was identified by the controller because they're the ones that told us muhammad nuru was not covered. so i'm asking, have you taken a look at the controller's recommendations and what loopholes you agree they have identified that should be closed? >> you know, i haven't read all of those reports, sir, i mostly relied on the ethics commission's own reports. to your point about the behested payments, i wholeheartedly agree with you and i really applaud this commission's leadership on establishing guidelines of behested payments and that's a great example of how the commission has gone right after the root problem. one of the root problems with nuru was he was doing exactly what you described and that was co

of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nuruname is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and give >> the city has undertaken a pilot program to hook up private privately -- owned hotels. >> the community members say this is helpful for them especially for the seniors and families with kids from seniors being able to connect with the family during the pandemic and too watch the news has been really helpful during this time where they are stuck inside and are not able to go outside. for families it is important to stay connected to go to scho

of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nuru is traditional with a lot of meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and give >> if i could have your attention. thank you. the look around the room, it is wonderful to see your faces. it is really a pleasure to see wisdom, strength, bravery and leadership. all of the great attributes for the year of the tiger. [applause] >> thank you for being here. on behalf of the heritage foundation, thank you so much for coming to this afternoon's lunar celebration. i am th

of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nurus traditional with a lot of meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and give >> working with kids, they keep you young. they keep you on your tones -- on your toes. >> teaching them, at the same time, us learning from them, everything is fulfilling. >> ready? go. [♪♪♪] >> we really wanted to find

good person to do the appointing because right now a number of her former directly ports, muhammad nuru and oar folks are sitting in jail on corruption charges. so i just really appreciate the leadership that our supervisors are showing this morning to make sure that we have good sensible government practices in our city. thank you very much. >> chairman: thank you and the last two speakers reminded me that while it is true that i am the primary sponsor of this and that supervisor chan is a cosponsor, i have neglected to thank and acknowledge the additional co-sponsors supervisor melgar, walton, ronen, and preston, the majority of the board of supervisors. next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning, again, supervisors. kathryn howard. i'm not opposed to recalls in general. the public should be able to recall their representatives when there's a really strong reason for doing so. however, i support this charter amendment. i hope that the voters and the other callers will understand that modifying the recall process is not the same as taking a position on the current school board recal

of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nuru is traditional with a lot of meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and give >>> when i shoot chinatown, i shoot the architecture that people not just events, i shoot what's going on in daily life and everything changes. murals, graffiti, store opening. store closing. the bakery. i shoot anything and everything in chinatown. i shoot daily life. i'm a crazy animal. i'm shooting for fun. that's what i love. >> i'm frank jane. i'm a community photographer for the

of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nuru is traditional with a lot of meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and give >> we are having a video format of the meeting today broadcast on sfgov tv. the meeting is open captioned, sign language interpreted, and we will be spotlighted the speakers we have several spoken languages available including cantonese, vietnamese, and russian. translators are available in separate interpreting rooms. if you click on the icon to