through this grant agreement, the asian pacific islander legal outreach will also convene an a.p.i. task force to coordinate with prote--ive -- prospective services. they have a staff that is able to effectively conduct education and outreach to our a.p.i. communities. >> president serina: thank you. any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, may i have a motion to approve? may i have a second? any further discussion? all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. thank you, akiles. item cc. through hh and ll, will be discussed and presented by reanna albert. welcome back. >> good morning, commissioners, president and executive director. my name is reanna albert, i'm an analyst with the office on aging. before we present the individual items for the s.f. connected services, i'd like to give you overview and background information on s.f. connected. the mission is to bridge the digital divide and overcome social isolation through technology with the objective of helping older adults and adults with disabilities u

asian pacific islander legal outreach on mission, between 7th and 8th streets. language capacity is extensive including multiple chinese dialects, korean, filipino, japanese vietnamese and spanish. >> president serina: thank you. any comments or questions from the public? any further discussion? oh, i need a second. >> i'll second. >> president serina: any further discussion? call the question, all in favor? any opposed? thank you, the motion carries. item k. requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with legal assistance to the elderly for the provision of legal services for older adults during the period of july 1, 2019 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $575,120, plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $632,632. welcome back, reanna. >> thank you. as i mentioned earlier, legal assistance to the elderly is located in nob hill, but they'll be moving to a new location at mission street and south van ness. they have areas of expertise in housing and elder abuse prevention. i'm happy to answer any questions. >> president ser

he is a gay pacific islander, aid aids survivor who has dedicated more than 30 years to aids activism and he currently runs the program for long-term survivors at the aids foundation and co-chairs the aging work group of the long-term care council. he was executive director of regional networks and founded the pacific island aids action group and served as united nations delegate. (applause). is vera here? she is amazing. she has been encouraging people to experiment by attending public events. by creating costumes utilizing recycled materials they help discover unique visions in free workshops. they have marched in the san francisco pride parade since 1995. entertaining the ftca and bookmobile. vera sphere. [applause.] >> last, but not least by any means, ms. donna persona. the open house video with donna is absolutely amazing. donna is an activist for transgender rights. she served on the boards of trans-march and day of remembrance and on the main streets after the compton's coms cafeteria. she raised the first transgender flag at city hall with mayor breed. the play recreates the

, pacific islanders?eah, yeah. robert: oh okay, got it. do me a favor, tell me a little bit about,e,hawas going to happ. tell us a little bit if you don't mind about what you went through during that moment jack: yeah, so i mean, back then i wasn't really, like, thinking about that. i knew it was important, but i didn't really see, like, quite how important it was until, like, after. robert: yeah, yeah. did you have a kind of faith that it was going to happen too? jack: yeah, so i mean, i just trusted that my doctors would, you know, get me better. and you know, i just, yeah, let them do everything, and it worked out. robert: so, then it worked out. so, then when did you come to the awareness that how lucky you were? jack: i mean, when i got the wish, like when they said, "yeah, you can have a make-a-wish," you know, initially i didn't really want anything because, you know, i was healthy again. robert: that was your wish. and that's what made me decide to-your pue announcement, but jack: yeahdi ay, got i

maor's office on pacific islander and asian affairs for an overview of what this is about. >> yes.is saturday we're having our chinatown community festival. and we're bringing together performances like this, food over here, city agencies to talk about resources for the community. and just an opportunity to celebrate and showcase the different asian and pacific islander cultures here in the district. >> reporter: we'll talk about that more in the 6:00 hour. i want to thank the pastor for letting us inside his church and out of the rain today. we were supposed to be at the park across the street. more coming up in the:00 hour including those indonesian dancers using plates as parts of their entertainment. that's coming up. stay with us. >> i loveveo say the dirsity -- love to see the diversityth wiin the asian community, as ucll. thank you so mfor sharing. >>> next up on "news4 tday," a the pharmacy can drain your bank account. >> we're helping you get the most out of every >>> from relieving headaches to calming bug bites, t over-the-counter treatments pharmacists s work best. (vo)

stress levels, including low income, african-american, latin x., arab, muslim american, and asian-pacific islanderstudents. the chinese progressive association surveyed, they found that they were feeling stress from being fully engaged in their education. we also discovered that lgbtq students were 13 times likely as straight students to be bullied for their gender identity and sex. reports found that 36% of students failed to seek wellness services. it was a concern of -- with the concern of family and friends finding out their identity. the strategic plan and priorities with access and equity to all students, and recognize the need to create multiethnic, multiracial, multi kirsch -- cultural connections to create environments that support the full potential of all students. our response to this intervention highlight the importance of intervening, to address social and i'm emotional needs. -- address social and emotional needs. [indiscernible] >> building upon the valley of student voice and skills as leaders and decision-makers because young people are often the first responders one fears or fr

office on asian and pacific islander affairs wants to address. hepatitis and mental health issues. so jane, this is very important. >> it is very important. it is a silent killer and we need to get tested and we'll be at the chinatown community festival. >> doing screenings for free. >> come out and get screened. >> reporter: mental health important part of this. janet, talk about this. >> a huge stigma in themm coity and that is why the project was created to make services for the asian american community here in d.c. >> and the project will be out there and the mayor's office putting this toget this is there fifth year, you' very excited? >> yes. con out and join us on saturday. >> reporter: it all srts on saturday, we had to come in because of the rain. thank you for pastor charles for letting ushi inside of the cse community church. so back into you. we have more of the taste and the sight andd culture anavor of the chinatown community festival. >> so here is the information for you one more time. the chinatown community festival this saturday at 11:00 a.m. it is at chinatown p

today, asian americans and pacific islanders in film, both in front and behind the camera. rica" went on the road to talk with cultural pioneers and the stars and co-writers of "always be my maybe," now on netflix, ali wong and randall park, along with director nahnatchka khan. and we start our show with one of our favorite events. it's time for frameline 43, the san francisco international lgbtq-plus film festival that starts this week. now, founded in 1977, this film festival is the longest-running, largest, and considered by many to be the most widely recognized

office on asian and pacific islander affairs wants to dress.itis, mental health issue. >> this is very important. it's a silent killer and we need to get testednd we'll be at the chinatown community festival. >> doing screening for free. >> come out and get screened. >> mental health very important part as well. >> it's a huge stigma in the asian american community. >> back in to you. >> thanks, molette. >>> well, stick around for news 4 at we are spotlighting a new high tech tool to treat >>cancer. doreen gentzler shows us how this worked for one young woman tumora baseball sized ain. >>>in coming to your favorite b, nonalcoholic alcohol. i'm tom mcfly. we'll take you inside the movement coming up on news 4. >>> plus we in weather alert this evening. omara is back with when you could could what comes with $1 soft drink from mcdonald's? ( ♪ ) $1 any sizsoft drink. joy included. ( ♪ ) joy included. strand restoring ading a father's faith.... it's standing tall afr one surgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... spite a rare disorder.

are you ready to experience the tastes, se sights andnds of asian and pacific islander cultures right here in the oistrict? >> you can head d to chinatown for the community festival this weekend. news4's molette green is working 4 for the community with details on wt's happening in a few days. molette, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, we're still getting festival ready here in chinatown. we had to move inside because of the rain. and so grateful to be inside the chnese community church here with these indonesian dancers right behind me. you think about the culture, you think about the food when you come into chinatown. we've got two restaurants that will feature food making delicious dishes that we will taste a little bitup later on the hour. yum, yum. you know i'm always hungry in the morning. but also the festival covers the resources and histry in the community. they've been doing this for five years. and ben de guzm can talk about the diversity that is celebrated during this time. >> yeah. i think we have a lot of cultural diversity as you see. i think we have festivities that the

it supports the information of the 2018 pacific islands forum that climate change represents a single greatest threat to the livelihood threat and well being of the pacific people. in the coming decades the impacts of climate change will continue to test community resilience across the pacific. the links between climate change and conflict are indirect, but demonstrable. the impacts will require more humanitarian assistance and disaster relief as well as stability operations and search and rescue missions. navies around the world will be faced with frequent or concurrent commitments which stretch our resources. occurring right now in the south pacific defense ministers meeting in fiji this week, new zealand will be preparing to host -- we'll state we are going to host a climate working group. leadership from the south pacific in responding to issues it faces is important. initiatives such as the maritime forces, which will this year be held in fiji for the first time will be bringing the pacific island nations with the navy police or other government groups. this grouping is also impo

today, asian americans and pacific islanders in film, both in front and behind the camera. "asian pacific america" went on the road to talk with cultural pioneers and the stars and co-writers of "always be my maybe," now on netflix, ali wong and randall park, along with director nahnatchka khan. and we start our show with one of our favorite events. it's time for frameline 43, the san francisco international lgbtq-plus film festival that starts this week. now, founded in 1977, this film festival is the longest-running, largest, and considered by many to be the most widely recognized lgbtq-plus film exhibition event in the world. ofround 60,000, certainly the biggest in the bay area. with me right now is daniel moretti, the director of distribution and educational programming for frameline and a prominent figure in global film projects. and we're also proud to have william j. zang, a filmmaker and publicist, here to talk about his latest project, "dress up like mrs. doubtfire." welcome to the show. william zang: good to be here. daniel moretti: thank you for having us. robert

a magnitude 7.2 earthquake has triggered tsunami warnings in new zealand and the pacific islands the quake struck in the remote islands raising fears about unpredictable waves just a small number of researches and conservation workers live on those islands. hong kong's controversial extradition bill is off the table for now but for the protesters who force the government into a back down the fight isn't yet over later on sunday they'll take to the streets again calling for the proposal to be scrapped entirely bright from hong kong after insisting for weeks that she wouldn't and couldn't back down hong kong's leader kerry lamb came out to say she was doing just that i now announce that the government has decided to suspend a legislative amendment exercise the government's attempt to push the legislation through hong kong's parliament the legislative council has led to the biggest street protests this city has seen in decades and violence between a minority of protesters and police who on wednesday used tear gas and rubber coated bullets to disperse a largely peaceful occupation of the

meantime, we turn to other news tonight, and the mysterious deaths of two american tourists on the pacific islandfiji. david and michelle paul suddenly became sick the day before they were set to return home to ft. worth, texas. they got to the hospital, but they died there. the couple's children are being cared for by family. it's believed they might have contracted some kind of virus. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. the teenager and the horrible shark attack. how her father saved her life, punching that shark. but what's happened now? >>> the american couple found dead inside the dominican republic, a hotel room. this is a separate case. officials say they both had fluid in their lungs. >>> and new images tonight of that runaway cruise ship slamming into the dock and what we've now learned. a lot more news ahead here. (danny)'s voice) of course you don'te because you didn't!? your job isn't doing hard work... ...it's making them do hard work... ...and getting paid for it. (vo) snap and sort your expenses to save over $4,600 at tax time. quickbooks. backin

nature and abiding by her laws navigation skills of a different sort are needed to move these pacific island boats from the ethnological museum in berlin's outline darling district to the home built for him in the heart of the city this will probably be this bud's final journey. preparations for the move are also taking place next door in the asian art museum. a cave containing 1500 year old bullis murals sits in the middle of the museum. does in mali is known to lose those you didn't encounter at all because you non-food items you would use to you could. also hope she knows and i mean was real to you is thread right. but how did this cave end up in berlin german researchers brought a large portion of the murals back from early 19th century expeditions to the silk road and were able to reconstruct it entirely with some additions much like a 3 dimensional puzzle the cave has been pieced together using individual slabs in the humbled form it will serve as a testament to global cultural exchange. notes no not in these written often isn't. in the. treasure of cultures there but this moses in yea

an ambitious operation to use a giant boom on the ocean's natural currents to clean up the pacific's giant island of plastic waste known as the great pacific garbage patch. 2 months later a crack in the system forced the prototype back to pool but the team was still able to collect terabytes of data and over 2 tons of ocean plastic waste. they report they'll soon be ready to relaunch. but what can we do with all the waste plastic we collect. in the u.k. one in france has found a clever way to plug holes with a new road material made in part from waste plastic. and in the philippines a 15 year old schoolboy undertook to tackle the country's plastic bag problem with a biodegradable variety made from coconuts. with clever ideas like these we may just be able to stand the plastic toy and. after years of overgrazing the damage caused to the precious grasslands of chile is being reversed with one of the world's biggest ever conservation projects. they're pretty emblematic of the paddocks hands out if they're plentiful and they're like this one is then you know that the system is going back and that the

they provide resources to asian and pacific island american students to increase their access to higherd eation and provides mentoring service so the students can successfully transition from thelassroom to the work force. thank you to them for inviting me. these are the lo fingers. koreans do the love fingers to show some love. >> i like that. >> okay? do you see the heart? >> 150 million bucks will make a fference so good for them. >> when we talk about leadership it's worth noting meteorologists on trying to take more issue on the climate change andeducating. >> what i'm wearing here on my jacket is not the fr ch flag although that is what it looks like. hese are global temperature maps from 1850 where the blues are until current. blue to red. the global temperature has really increased dramatically courtesy of the industrial revolution. about the relationship between co 2 and concentration of the atmosphere and global atmosphere since 1857. it's not new iformation and it's settled science. hat we need to do about it, we can debate this all day long but he debate scientifically is ess

it began in 1987, a consortium of asian-pacific islander associations including j cyc community center, and the vietnamese youth development center. we are proud to have been a pioneer for sub abuse prevention versus for the community not only in san francisco, but across the country. as we face an increasing number of low income ati families in the city, i am asking you to support $240,000 to restore the much needed services to the city's most vulnerable children, youth and families area thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors and members of the committee. i am one of the program managers area do we have a partnership with asian youth prevention services and i come here today to request review of the budgeting process for the asian youth prevention service for the year of 2,019-2020, and also which should be allocated to the department of children youth and families. sorry. we asked that you acknowledge - [inaudible] the one that will be impacted by this funding would be our families and the student. which api students make up 40% of the district the islander committee has been ridd

we had 92 caucasian officers, 19 black, and 30 pacific islanders. as april 2, 2019, this is the demographics of the police department. when you come back and look at the officers' use of force and look at the demographics, it's more than likely it's going to be a caucasian officer responding to the calls because that's the breakdown. in 2011, the commission passed a resolution of 1118 that asked the department to pass a response. ever since then, we've been training our officers. at the end of this year -- at the end of 2018, we had 990 officers trained in crisis response. as you can see on the divided table here with all the percentages, we have at least 50%, if not close to 50% of all the units, all the districts in san francisco that have officers trained. we have one deputy chief, one commander -- [inaudible] >> -- with a total of 972 sworn officers, and we have 12 civilians, p.s.a., and we have nonsworn, 18. as of right now, i can give you the breakdown of where we're at in regards to the training. as june 12, 2019, we had trained 1,040 officer

many other institutions such as asian-american and native american pacific islander serving institutions and predominate dominateny black institutions also serve low income students and students of color. these institutions are forced to do more with less. to be designated as a minority serving institution, colleges must not only enroll a substantial number of students of color but it must also enroll a substantial number of pale students and have fewer resources than peer institutions. in my own state, the california state university system is a model for how minority serving institutions can help students overcome barriers to higher education. reflecting the population of the state, more than half of csu students are people of color, one in three students are the first in their family to attend college. and more than half of all students receive pel grants. community college also play a crucial role in providing high income to low income students and students of color. the two-year college often provide local and affordable option for students priced out of four-year institutions. in f

. >> 42% of asian pacific islanders in san francisco live in poverty. a third are seniors. self-help for the elderly is a community organization serving over 45,000 seniors a year. today, we are requesting help for our 3133 taraval location. because of the growing need for services in the park side neighborhood, our existing senior south side locations are unable to expand our services to meet this need. for example, our meals program, champs, continues to grow with over 2,000 seniors attending who may need other services and never accessed ageing services before. fortunately, our donor donated a home at 3133 taraval street into a center to serve seniors with a focus on asian immigrant seniors and other seniors on the south side of san francisco. we are requesting for $3 million to complete this facility and to help more seniors. thank you very much for your time today and your consideration. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. next speaker. hello, brenda. >> thank you for listening to us. thank you for missing lunch. i am here for first voice. we present, produce and perf

we're taugtalkin about the middle class, we're talking about white folk, black folks, asian pacific islanderould be access to every one. >> the facts behind facts. >> he cannot justify locking out folks from that access. >> the facts behind this position that he held for 40 years, the facts behind that have not changed. we just heard what he said about wanting to preserve access for all. >> absolutely. >> is your position then that somebody with his experience, his years in the senate, his years as vice president did not understand for those 40 years that the hyde amendment disproportionally affected poor women and women of color? >> that's not my position. what i said was and let me be clear, we have been having our thoughtful conversation about our impending health care policy. let's just be frank. earlier this week the reports of the hyde amendment -- we didn't come out with a press lease. the vice president was not somewhere pontificating about his very deeply held personal religious believes. t there was an inquiry from the press to our campaign. we were having a thoughtful conversation

long-time resident of n francisco 4 and about to transfer to sf state and majoring in political pacific islands and how these class cuts affect med, they decreased educational opportunities as well as decreased job opportunities for our wonderful instructors. diversity and social justice are high risk of being cut and may eventually be limi eliminated. these classes are important for me to see myself and my people represented in education and academia. growing up in public, i did not see my identity, specifically asian american and this will later affect self-esteem growing up. when classes are cut, there is a likelihood they will not be reintroduced. what this represents as a queer female student, that they do not need education. our ongoing history and struggles are invalidated by the administration. this is not what the third world laboliberation fought for. today, i along with many of my classmates, some could not be here, demand these class cuts administration be to a stop. in addition, we demand sanfrancisco board of supervisors advocate for city college students and instructors ensure th

underreported, especially among communities of immigrants, communities of color or asian and pacific islanders, they are encouraging anyone who is a victim of domestic violence or human trafficking, report it to the police or groups like the ywca or next-door solutions. >>> tonight will be the first of two debates featuring democratic presidential candidates in miami. christina rendon is in the studio to give us a preview. >> reporter: good morning, it is going to be a big night down in miami, the democratic party has spread its 20 contenders among two knights, these are among the first 10 to take the stage tonight as they try to take on president donald trump in 2020. elizabeth warren is the only candidate in wednesday's group that is in the top tier of most polls, and some say she could warn to steal the spotlight tonight. she trails joe biden and bernie sanders, she is going to be joined by nine other candidates tonight including corey booker, eric garner -- beto o'rourke, and other people trying to make a name for themselves. >> people don't know me like they know other people in this race

an ambitious operation to use a giant boom on the ocean's natural currents to clean up the pacific's giant island of plastic waste known as the great pacific garbage patch. 2 months later a crack in the system forced the prototype back to pool but the team was still able to collect terabytes of data and over 2 tons of ocean plastic waste. they report they'll soon be ready to relaunch. what can we do with all the waste plastic we collected. in the u.k. one inventor has found a clever way to plug holes with a new road material made in part from waste plastic. and. in the philippines a 15 year old schoolboy undertook to tackle the country's plastic bag problem with a biodegradable variety made from coconuts with clever ideas like these we may just be able to stand the plastic toy and. after years of overgrazing the damage caused to the precious grasslands of chile is being reversed with one of the world's biggest ever conservation projects. they're pretty emblematic of the patagonians that if they're plentiful and they're calm like this one is then you know that the system is going back and that the

it is fitting that we launch this book during asian and pacific islander heritage month. as the first asian-american to leave the san francisco public library, i stand on the giant shoulders of mayor lee, our first asian-american mayor. i aspire to shepherd our library system in the same professional manner that mayor lee dilute -- directed the city. it is my pleasure to introduce our city administrator naomi kelly. [applause] >> thank you, michael. i have to say that i have some fond memories of working with mayor lee and supporting the library. he personally had me fundraising for the teen digital center digital center down at the main library, one city hall turned 100, we worked closely with michael and susan goldstein to make sure that we honor the beauty and the history of san francisco. i just want to recognize, as michael did, that i am so happy that you are here today, anita lee. we talked the last year and more about honouring mayor lee and his legacy, and all that he has done for this city, and i have enjoyed and treasured each of those conversations because i s

especially among communities of immigrants, color, or asian and pacific islanders, they are encouraging any victim of domestic violence or human trafficking to report it to police. >>> oakland is one step closer to banning facial recognition technology, the public safety committee advanced the boat to the full council last night, the software can help catch criminals. but critics argue the technology disproportionately impacts people of color. last month, san francisco became the first city in the country to ban city agencies from using the technology. the city council will vote on the resolution july 16. >>> and in the report, almost half of lgbt tech employees surveyed say they have seen some form of discrimination and harassment at work, 40% of the 7000 silicon valley employees say they witnessed homophobia or gender or sexuality related discrimination on the job. work conducted the poll, meanwhile only 8% of the straight employees say they noticed homophobic harassment, but overall, most of the employees surveyed say they feel their workplace is a safe place. >>> a group of resident

the students who took our survey were people who identified as people of colour, asian, api, pacific islander, arabic, philippino students, indigenous students and we separated black and latino because in different moments we heard from the administration this is the target, the most vulnerable population we want to serve and make sure that they have the opportunity to transfer to four-year institutings. so we've shared this with the board of trustees and we want to share this here with you as well. so one thing that we asked respondents, one of the questions was, above all else, ccfs should exist in order to. so if we compare the responses from all students versus students of colour, we see very similar choices and why ccf should exist. one different w difference is fr respondents of colour, the number one reason that ccsf should exist, according to communities of colour was to support studentses to transfer to four-year institutions. south so wwe think, we have alih the administrators, hearing from students that this is something they value, that they have a visuavision to transfer to and b

half of all pacific islanders that are single mothers experience poverty. one in three african-american single moms, and one in four latin x. single moms are poor. fourteen% of asian whites and go moms represent poverty, and one of the root causes is domestic violence, which is a major part of our work. we address equity issues by analysing data for gender, race, and other characteristics. this is a three year budget comparison. the proposed budget includes an increase of about $200,000 for the cost of doing business in san francisco, and we'll go directly to our city grant partner. the single largest program is the violence against women prevention and education grant program. other admin expenses are 16%, and we are not proposing any change to our six f.t.e. in terms of department initiatives, the mayor's task force on trafficking, the most recent report showed 673 cases of human trafficking in san francisco. it encourages committee and helps implement reform, to eliminate domestic violence homicide for a period of four years beginning in 2010, but since

are being incarcerated also happen to be disproportionately african american and latino and pacific islander. that is a fact that is indisputable. and for me, when i see that, and i see the discomfort and disruption that that creates for the families and communities that that is perpetrated upon, i'm okay with making people uncomfortable. i'm okay with the anxiety and the discomfort that it produces. that is in no way meant to disrespect all the hard work and effort that many in this room have put into and have dedicated their life to turning people's lives around. this is in no way an assault on you, director nance, in my opinion, at least from my perspective. other people might feel differently. this is in no way meant to disrespect the naacp. i have great respect -- i have great respect for the naacp, and i will continue to. i believe that through the leadership of supervisor walton, as well as our mayor, mayor breed. mayor breed has commissioned a blue ribbon commission. mayor breed has put forward a very difficult task and charge to that commission. i believe there is going to be signif