notes i have breakfast tissue issues and given our population it happens in more asian asian pacific islander that's one thing i would like our department of public health and commission to focus on. >> just to note we have a clinic in that area ocean park and not only part of our san francisco but part of our network with the contract we've established with them they're great providers our hope is that ac a has come and we're able to oracle orientation into a network our screenings should be much better than now because this will become part of the routine in the care coronation we've heard of then the team is finding even within a commercial area which c chp all asian-americans for the most partying part their mammograms are close to if not greater than 72 the normal of public the normal public is 65 percent so again as a group our health network and as ata creates and creates the nation we'll see an improvement. >> the asian asian pacific islander women do we go favorite than the traditional mammograms that's on an open and a question. >> let's hear the expertise. >> it's an important find

the population of the solomon islands in the pacific, for example, depends on tuna fishing for their hoods. 60 tonnes of tuna are processed in the coastal town of noro every day. about 2000 islanders earn their living with tuna, including hearty matamaru. he's in charge of quality control at sol tuna. >> this cannery is really important to the people here. to their lives, to their families and to the surrounding communities as well. we are worried if the tuna stock is gone, because the job here depends very much on the fish that we have in our waters. >> the solomon islands' commercial fishing fleets net around 55 thousand tons a year. >> solomon emerald. solomon emerald. come in. >> captain petaia delaverata and his crew are all local. but they use fishing methods their ancestors wouldn't recognize. >> it's quite easier now when there is a school of fish 100 meters away. the sonar can tell you the density of the fish, how many tons there is, how deep it is and how far it is away from the boat. >> once the school of fish has been located, it's doomed. the crew get the nets in position

am i correct frail i was looking for pacific islander i don't see those numbers here there's important unless sailed in the mention of another racial background but that's important to keep track of that and am i looking at something new a new category. >> no, it's not a new category i think previously someone mentioned we didn't include the southeast asians i think the group is in the other category we can get that out further that information. >> and i think that president fewer has - >> yeah. so i have a question on page 8 thanks for numbering those also so i'm looking at this not english learn and the english learn the upsetting data it the 14 to 8 percent drop out of english learners so mr. koffman what is interesting is by race and and a half language and also maybe you have many here maybe i didn't see it mr. koffman is the amount of students the english learners that complete our course of study but don't pass the kc i think that that being the barrier to graduation that number would be really important also to find out and then, of course, i would we - getting back to the plan

in my day job i work as the deputy director of asian pacific islander out reach, we are a 39-year-old non-profit that provides free and services for people of domestic violence and we have a youth program and i will say a few words for those who understand, mandarine. >> i am commissioner tom mazzucco, and as president loftus told you this is the favorite thing to do and thank you, for the lives here as a police officer here in central station and now doing, and it is really good. in my prior life i was an assistant district attorney here in san francisco for ten years. and followed by nine years as an assistant united states attorney on the organized crime task force and now in the private practice, the law firm, and i have been on the commission now for six years and quite a while. and it is just a pleasure to be here, the captain is a great captain and he is hard working and central station holds a special place in my heart and that is where my father spent the bulk of his career, working at central station and more importantly, when you guys said the pledge of allegiance tonight t

and the apa families support services and the asian pacific islander and the asian woman's shelter and the legal aid fund and the san francisco united against violence and the cooperative restrainingorder, clinic and the house, and the futures without violence, and glide, woman's shelter and i have a problem with the glide woman's shelter because she get a half a million dollars to run that organization over there. they don't donate it to anybody. and then we have the jewish and the children's services out of oakland and what are they doing here, and the justice and diversety center and they are all in line, to promote their agenda and i have nothing against promoting the decline in the violence towards the children. and but most of these directors make two or 300,000 a year doing it, i thank you for this time on this matter. >> thank you. >> i will exercise my discretion to provide a brief response which is for the people at home, you will hear from some of the women in particular, and can judge for yourselves but i can speak based on my experience that you will hear from beverly upto

women to come up in hiv aids and remove the stigma we lost lillian polling the k cf for asian pacific islanders and i was up in the san francisco when the population was 23 percent and a lot of public service announcements on health care and finally joanne garvey a a long time attorney who argued in front of the superior court but founded the california lawyers so it's a tremendous loss to our community as well. >> i'll second. >> all in favor. >> i okay. we are now both adjourned. >> okay. we're now both >> okay. we're now both adjourned so everybody so are you going out tonight? i can't. my parents say i have to be home right after work. ugh. that's so gay. totally gay. ugh. that is so emma and julia. why are you saying, "that's so emma and julia"? well, you know, when something is dumb or stupid, you say, "that's so emma and julia." who says that? everyone. announcer: imagine if who you are were used as an insult. >> on december 28, 1912. san francisco mayor, sonny jim rolph stared into the crowds of those who have gathered. a moment in history. the birth of a publicly own transit system. sa

. >>> pacific islanders in canoes have been trying to block the world's largest coal port in a protestobal warming. their attempt to stop exports was joined by some residents of newcastle in australia's new south wales. rising sea levels have forced some islanders out of their homes and many say australia is not doing enough to curb its carbon emissions. john donison reports from sydney. >> reporter: the self-declared pacific climate warriors began their protest with a traditional haka before setting off in canoes, kayaks and even on surfboards. the aim, to block ships from enters australia's biggest coal port. police on jet skis quickly intervened. >> these are supporting destruction to the islands, so that's why we're here. we're trying to change the narrative from we are drowning, but we are not drowning, we are fighting. >> reporter: australia exports a million tons of coal every day. a good portion of it heads out of newcastle. pacific islands threatened by rising sea levels caused by global warming say australia is not doing enough to address climate change. per head of populatio

we've met regularly to strategize the pro bono bar and i'm a volunteer attorney for the asian pacific islander clinic. the advocacy network and legal services and the catholic legal immigration network clinic . my pro bono experience has given me incredible exposure. i come directly from my clients and advocates where we can address these issues. my family also knows immigrant struggle. my mother's family left communist china under president kennedy 's refugee program. i know what it's like to leave everything, safety, security and home for a promise of a better tomorrow. i hold immigration community very dear. i know i have a great deal of energy and expertise to the commission and i hope and look forward to serving this great community. identified the opportunity to attend the committee meeting and should i be appointed the areas of focus and i would encourage to work on the following. unan accompanied children from central america. i believe in effective legal representation to ensure that though child is expected to answer to immigration charges without an attorney. san francisco serves as

women to come up in hiv aids and remove the stigma we lost lillian polling the k cf for asian pacific islanders and i was up in the san francisco when the population was 23 percent and a lot of public service announcements on health care and finally joanne garvey a a long time attorney who argued in front of the superior court but founded the california lawyers so it's a tremendous loss to our community as well. >> i'll second. >> all in favor. >> i okay. we are now both adjourned. >> okay. we're now both adjourned so everybody on novem. >> hello him i i'm hopping holly with sfgovtv along with the leaguer of women voters here to discuss measure b a ballot measure on november 4th before the voters prop b is a charter amendment a requires the city to provide to the sfmta by a percentage to the portion increase take into account daylight and dynamic population as determined by controller's office in 2015 the city increases the base amount over the previous 10 years in future years the city about increase the base amount based on the population over the previous year it requires the sfmta to use 75

we have diverse merchant corridors and thriving minority communities ranging from the asian pacific islandererican, and hispanic communities. in essence, we are a working class district fighting hard to gain a fair share of the resources in san francisco. and in contrast, we also have the highest rate of violent crimes, unemployment, environmental and health issues. but a drastic rate of our city's homicides are committed within our district borders. this is alarming and this has to be addressed. with 25 years of grassroots advocacy and collaboration with community advocates, i am the community leader who will stand with you to bring together community outreach, minority groups and coalitions to take back our streets. enough is enough. we will work with local law enforcement and join in district wide public safety programs with language based efforts. therefore, i pledge to work with our law enforcement and all stakeholders to stay focused on fighting violent and petty crimes within our district, and that is just one of my five points of focus to improve quality of life issues in district 10

, and one to seek personal gain by holding the well-being of thousands of black and asian and pacific islands and public housing residents, hostage until he gets his new appoint and to violate the law of ethics to violate the opportunities for family members, as a sitting airport commission. thank you, jackson, i just want to, and i got through it even though hope that you understand that it is a great concern and because we have in this city, positions but they are not federal or state certificated and so we are having problem that this has not occurred in the last few years, thank you so very much. you all have a blessed day before i begin, i would like to hand it out to you. >> i received a letter from director st. croix dismissing my second complaint against the memoranda have i had pilpel his letter dismissing the second august, 4th, sie complaint, only cited section iii.5.1, activists that conflict with the official duties, but mr. st. croix did not mention in his dismissal letter, section iii.b.1. restrictions that apply to the officers and the employees in specified positions. and 3 d

and endangered delicacy -- how pacific island countries want to save the bluefin tuna. sir fazle hasan abed received his knighthood for helping those with no status at all. the poor of bangladesh. his "rural advancement committee" started out more than 40 years ago by offeri

i know there are areas and asian pacific islander and special outreach and specializes in asylum cases so i can get back to you about the specific nature. i think because these kinds of cases represent -- how will i say -- the success of these kinds of cases often depend on the political landscape involved with the countries of origin, so past success may or may not resemble success in these cases but i will check back and get back to you with an answer for that. >> i don't know if this is the appropriate question for you or someone else but i know this issue came up several years ago when i was a school board member on the select company and systems and [inaudible] and justice and sfusd and how we were having trouble sharing information largely due to privacy factors and others, and i see the same potential issue here, and i am curious what we're going to do about that. it doesn't seem like we have a clear of the actual numbers of the unaccompanied minors in san francisco but looking at some of the data maybe 300 at least known youth. are we going to be able to have a master data base

will help to maintain the neighborhoods especially the african american and low income, asian pacific islander neighborhoods in the city and i would support the motion but i would hope that it will be a stronger recommendation with a positive recommendation, but that is my two cents. >> okay. >> but, thank you, supervisor mar. >> and so, we have a motion on the floor. >> what is that? >> can we take supervisor avalos motion without objection? >> okay. >> so moved. >> madam clerk, could you go to item one? resolution approving amendment no. 2 to contract no. apt 591.01, light rail vehicle (lrv) doors and steps reconditioning and systems rehabilitation, between the city and county of san francisco, through the san francisco municipal transportation agency and ansaldobreda, inc., to remove the doors and steps and air supply unit work from the project scope and shift the balance of the money to rehabilitate the trucks of 41 lrv's with three options to rehabilitate the trucks of 24, 24, and 23 lrv's, respectively, if funds become available, for a total contract amount not to exceed $104,263,354 and

which is hosting that you might be interested in attending but, to bring together the asian and pacific islander, business, owners, and along with the corporate and business and government, to help and that will be taking place on the 19th and i think that the former mayor, currently tenant governor will be attending and then i also attended the prolocal, event on august, 27th, along with commissioner adams and commissioner dwight, which was a really great event and then i have a list of items and programs and i realized that i probably also, and i should not say probably, i would like to include that we or to also get an update from olse on how they will be handling that and if there is anything that you would like to see in the meetings let me know. and with that, i will... that concludes my director's report unless you have any questions. >> do you have any questions for director? >> it has been busy. >> next item. next item is item number 8. and that is our president's report. >> okay, i actually have a few things today. >> first, i want to thank director and commissioner dwight for attendin

additionally it included asian americans at 6 percent and latinos at 12, and native americans and pacific islanders at 2 percent and 3 percent other. the staff of the occ speaks several languages. two of our investigators are by lingual, for the languages other than the ones that i mentioned we will obtain interpretation services. last year, we conducted 25 case intakes in spanish. and three in cantonese and two in madorine and one in russian and you can lesh more about the office of citizen complaints at our website, www.sfgov.org/occ. we received complaints in several ways, one of them is at our offices which are located on the 7th floor of 25 van ness avenue, on the corner of vanness and market. we receive wall-in complainants from the public from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., monday through friday and we also received the complaints by telephone, e-mail, mail, and on-line, and fax. we have an answering service for after hours complaints. and if a after hours complaint alleges serious very serious misconduct, our investigators will meet with the complainant after hours. and you can also file a complai

hanson left seattle with his nine year-old son billy and they may be sailing to hawaii or another pacific island. boy was visiting his father and he was supposed to fly home to his mother in pennsylvania last in but he never got on the plane. the fbi has in the said exactly where in pennsylvania billy was going. >>> president obama orders increased checks at the pass evening's arriving from west africa after the first person diagnosed in the u.s. loses his battle with the virus. cbs news correspondent susan mcginnes tells us what the cdc is saying now. >> reporter: dozens lit candles last night at will shire baptist church in dallas to remember thomas eric duncan, yesterday he became the first person in the u.s. to die of ebola. duncan's fiance who remained in quarantined told friends she's heart broken. >> the first thing she said is my baby is gone, i'm finish. >> reporter: health officials are monitoring about 50 people had varying degrees of contact with duncan for signs of the virus. they say out of an abundance of caution a sheriff's deputy who is exhibiting ebola alike symptoms has been h

commissioners were aware that i do my day job and i work for a domestic violence agency and asian pacific islander out reach, and it is a member of the domestic violence which i see members here today who may be offering comments in favor or against this policy, and i see that i have a staff attorney from my office, who is here to offer a comment. and connected to this policy and also, i have spoken in a social context with john (inaudible) who is a manager at cps and happens to be a long time friend of mine. and in thinking about this, and in consultation of this city attorney's office i don't think that there is a per se conflict on my part and i don't have any monetary gain related to this policy one way or another, anddy want to make that disclosure and infight the discussion if anyone feels like i need to be recused. >> any questions for commissioner wong? >> any questions? >> no questions. >> okay, so i hear an invitation for if anyone has concerns to voice them now and could potentially, make a motion to recuse but i don't hear you ask for that, you think that you can approach this issue an

and the apa families support services and the asian pacific islander and the asian woman's shelter and the legal aid fund and the san francisco united against violence and the

language access issues and i appreciate the opportunity to do so, and i am an attorney at asian pacific islander out reach and i want to say a few quick things and you know, first of all i wanted and i definitely want to thank, captain and rachel for allowing us to really have a spirited discussion about this. and really being open to hearing not only our concerns and criticisms but also, recognizing that these concerns and criticisms came from a very, very good place. and came from an understanding of our work directly with the survivors and the children and the work that we do with the families. and i understand that it is domestic violence awareness month and we want to make a strong statement about this and we should and absolutely, and i believe that the chief made a very, very good statement, actually last week, i appreciated your speech. but, that does not mean that we have to rush into things without taking a little bit more care. and this policy, was going forward, before provision g was introduced into it, and provision g was introduced into it after and it was connected to the member

a piece of metal was discovered near a remote pacific island. the group spent millions searching for airhart's plane, the first female aviator to fly sollios across the atlapic issues. >> next, it's not the typical scholarship. while some gamers are rewarded for their fools. and a special effects wizard. >>> we are looking at a change in the weather. as we go to the weekend it will get cold, especially for the south-east of the united states. the jet stream is about to take a big change. i want to show you what will be happening. we are looking at a west-east flow. as you can see, as we go towards thursday and friday there's a big dip in the jet stream, bringing a lot of colder air to the south-east and the eastern part of the united states. this is what we expect the temperatures to be here. a hard frieze will be in -- freeze will be in place. as we go to saturday. temperatures - 33 degrees. the higher elevations will see temperatures well below freezing. plenty of sunshine in the forecast. because there's no clouds, we are not going to keep th

we have diverse merchant corridors and thriving minority communities ranging from the asian pacific islandern-american, and hispanic communities. in essence, we are a working class district fighting hard to gain a fair share of the resources in san francisco. and in contrast, we also have the highest rate of violent crimes, unemployment, environmental and health issues. but a drastic rate of our city's homicides are committed within our district borders. this is alarming and this has to be addressed. with 25 years of grassroots advocacy and collaboration with community advocates, i am the community leader who will stand with you to bring together community outreach, minority groups and coalitions to take back our streets. enough is enough. we will work with local law enforcement and join in district wide public safety programs with language based efforts. therefore, i pledge to work with our law enforcement and all stakeholders to stay focused on fighting violent and petty crimes within our district, and that is just one of my five points of focus to improve quality of life issues in distric

researchers now believe that a metal sheet found on a remote pacific island in the 1990s did in factfrom her plane after they matched to it a similar model. so that got us to thinking here at the five, what mystery would we like to see solved. i want to know the real reason why the dinosaurs went extingts. garry larsen, your people won't let us show that. and i understand why. >> they wanted us to have affordable fuel. >> so that was mine. and the next person that gets o to. >> nickel back, i have a few, i have a couple of -- why do i feel weird when i put my finger my belly button. that is strange. where does with held flatulence go, that's bizarre, the consciousness is a mystery to me. is this purely biochemical, am i truly a self or is this a collection of reactions that they're having all the time. what happened before the big bang, how much of my body and mind could survive if i kept removing things? like how much could i live off of? could i have a grain and a heart on a pillow. how long could that last? could i live forever? but my serious one is the flight 370, because that w

along with pacific islanders and people with disabilities. integrating that into our curriculum, we saw it can really shift how not only are lgbt young people feel but those, their classmates, right, those who are maybe struggling or those who have never had a positive context for talking about this before. whether you talk about family diversity and our family diverse advertise and making sure that teachers felt they had the equipment and tools necessary to do so. the last thing that i want to talk about is something that i'm really excited and proud because it was one our newest initiatives. it is our out for safe schools. last year in partnership with lausd we sat down and talked about the importance of out visible allies on school campuses. and there is a his tansy. how can we create an awareness around this and do so in a way that impacts young people's lives? and that's when we created the idea of an employee badge that says i'm out for safe schools. it has the word ally in seven different languages. and on the back it has a list of res

here, celestial navigation is taught on a south pacific island. we begin to learn language and other symbolic systems at birth. in time, they become a part of who we are and how we perceive the world. still, it's difficult for those of us in one culture to fully understand the symbolic systems of another. for archaeologists, the task is even more complex. the cultures they study can no longer be directly observed. archaeologist david webster. webster: suppose i came into this stadium a week, or even a century, after all the people left. how would i figure out what happened here ? what this arena was used for ? this is the dilemma facing archaeologists. symbols are of fundamental importance in understanding any human culture because they're so laden with meaning. but they're not very durable, and even if we find them, often we can't decode them. in this case, though, i'm in luck because of this -- writing. writing is a set of graphic symbols that is directly or indirectly related to language. keach: we use writing to convey very specific informatio

detainees being held on the pacific island have accused guards of forcing women to perform sexual actschange to access to showers. they also say children have been abused. the government has fired back, saying the children are attempting to hurt themselves. the chief executive of save the children rejects the accusation. >> we categorically deny the allegations being made by the government. i think this is the case of the government shooting the messenger, rather than deal with the problem, which is a policy that is leading to significant mental and physical harm to children through mandatory detention. staff are providing front line support to asylum seekers, and therefore, they are often the first port of call for asylum seekers to make complaints. whenever a save the children staff member receives such a complaint, we immediately raise it with the australian government for them to conduct a full and proper investigation. that's the job of save the children staff, and it's the responsibility. there are a range of different complaints that are made. i don't want to go into the individ

many people have overstayed their visas coming from asia pacific islands, other places around the worldbout knowing what the facts are in terms of who that undocumented population is. >> jose and janet, what do you think accounts for that fear? a recession does a lot to split people up on economic and class lines, but what else could be contributing to numbers that high? >> it's hard to say. jose has been on this issue for a long time, but one of the things that we think is that it's a failure for people to be educated about the fact that when and if we can have immigration reform on a comprehensive level, we will do more to help improve the economic opportunities for everyone because we will be leveling the playing field. right now you have this shadow economy where some people are able to be taken advantage of and depress wages. if we are able to have comprehensive immigration reform, we will bring folks out of the shadows coming into the light, and that will, i think, help level the playing field and provide for more economic opportunity. there is a fundamental understanding of exact