recently the program manager showed the data shows asian pacific islander are unrepresented. we can draw that there is less abuse or need in the api community, but it seems more likely there is a suvarunderreportingin the community and we also know there is probably very real barriers to this issue and so it is with this type of confident that we have for thisancy and this grant to provide the multiculture and multilingual skills to target outreach and education within the api community. one key element is to produce and distribute language appropriate education materials to the general public, professional and care givers. we urge your support of this particular grant >> any questions? commissioner loo. >> the education al material, you know how many languages are they in? >> um, i believe-i know on some of the more significant asian languages, but know the staff there speaks quite a few languages and dialects. >> we have been around for 40 years so we have cantonese, mandarin, [inaudible] korean [inaudible] spanish and it incleess dependent on the volunteer base we have. we

"america tonight"'s sheila macvicar travelled to the south pacific's marshall island for a first hand look. short. >> yes. >> reporter: on the boat. this is a dive master. located in the vast pacific ocean between australia and hawaii imaginero is a populous of dozens of atolls making up the marshall ined. the way to make his living, taking tourists scuba diving among some spectacular coral reefs in the world. >> this is a place you have come to for a long title. >> how many years. >> nine years. >> but last year's they were shocked at what he saw when he returned to this favourite spot. >> i saw breaching october. >> when you say bleaching coral, white? >> very white. >> and normally it should be full of colour. >> green purple, red. no more now, >> reporter: that is happening in all of these places. >> yes. we had a major bleaching event starting in the marshall islands in in fall. it was part of a global event that's been developing over time. and as warm waters moved into the area around the marshall islands in, it really stressed the corals, and they are in bad shape. into mark i

the caucus works primeally in the asian pacific islander community and the services they provide are to 60 unduplicated consumers and they are working with them on 1 to 1 issues and assistance and also providing for 400 units of legal assistance. their languages also include cantonese, mandarin tugalling and believe korean and they are located in china town. we would like to get your approval for this grant. >> thank you. commissioners sims do you have a question? >> i was confused because i thought you were referring to the api. >> no >> any other comment or questions? call the question all in favor? opposed? thank you the motion carries. q, request authorization to enter to a new grant with asian pacific islandering for natural ization service [inaudible] amounts of 349, 020 plus 10 percent contiskancy for total not to exceed 383, 922. do i have a motion to discuss? >> move >> second >> commissioners. thank you. api legal outreach provides fifen 8 unduplicated consumers with 45 units of service of 1 to 1 assist sns qu also 255 units of legal assistance hours. the languages spoken a

and there are also just-they also are key partners in the asian pacific islander partnership group. >> any other questions? hearing none i call for the vote. all in favor? oppose? the motion carries. request authorerization to enter into a grant on institute of aging for suicide prevention and emotional support services term of july 1, 2015-june 30, 2018829, 689 plus 10 percent conteskancy for total not to exceed 912, 856. can i have a motion to discuss? >> moved >> good mornling president james [inaudible] we seek approval for this new grants issued from rfp 647 for suicide pr vention and emotional support services. the purpose of the grant is maintain or improve well being of seniors and [inaudible] due to grief resulting from death of a family member, spouse or other lovered one or people who need crisis intervention based on isolation in the community or lack of access to other services. for this grant when is occurring on institute for aging this is a renewal for the next 3 years. first if there is a component now that recognizes the grief education training and community outreac

i, request authorization to enter into a new grants agreement with asian pacific islander legal out reach for term july 1, 2015-june, 30, 2018 amount of 342, 355 dollars pus 10 percent contisk not to exceed [inaudible] motion to discuss? >> so moved >> second >> commissioners this organization continues to be provide outstanding legal service for seniors. they meet their goals which are working with 324 unduplicated consumers and provide 2095 hours of legal assistance. the outreach staff are language appropriate and cultural company tent. this year they were able to also hire a spanish speaking staff person to accommodate many south of market residence seeking service and spanning speaking consumers. understanding barriers within the legal system is one of their strengths. they are community base model that works in leveling the equal justice playing fieldism many client wouldn't have access to the legal system otherwiseism we urge your support for this grant >> any questions? commissioner sims >> i'll ask it spirfckly to this one, but it is general question about this packet. is there a

recently the program manager showed the data shows asian pacific islander are unrepresented. we can draw that there is less abuse or need in the api community, but it seems more likely there is a suvarunderreportingin the community and we also know there is probably very real barriers to this issue and so it is with this type of confident that we ha

eenians say they need, they need to get off the islands in now, is another question. >> some of the people, of bikini did get away from the south pacific made it to the u.s. where did they go, why. there are 7,000 marshall islanders, lying in aaron saw. >> arkansas. >> as far away from an ocean coast in this country. it's a typical immigrant story. someone from the marshall islands in was living in oregon, found work in a chicken factory, and before you know it, 7,000 are there, it's a consule general, community event. it's a strong people. the people know a lot more about arkansas than i wager most americans do. return to bikini or the marshall islands in.roblem with bikini, it's so contaminated with radio act iwaste, the cost of cleaning bikini - if you did not have the issue of climate change and rising scenes, the cost of cleaning it making it if the for human habitation, meaning you can grow your own food, eat the crabs, fine, but the u.s. does not have that money, is not prepared to pay that money to clean up the land, and the bikinians do not have the money in the trust fund. going home is a dream, a dream that is unrealized. >>

. >> the pacific island nation of tonga has crowned a new king. he has been acting monarch since his brother george died in 2012. much more on most of our stories on our website. www.aljazeera.com. www.aljazeera.com. with little hindrance from the authorities. now tens of thousand of rohingya are housed in primitive camps under government armed guard while others have tried to flee oversees to malaysia. but as jason motlagh reports the refugees are being exploited and abused by people traf

now, who amongst us isn't keen to possess a pacific island or two? in the case of the spratly islands, however, their desirability has as least as much to do with geo-politics as it does with holiday brochures. china, the philippines, taiwan, vietnam, malaysia, and brunei all lay claim to the islands, and with them the oil that is thought to be lying underneath the seabed. the fact that the area, some 180,000 square kilometers in total, is right near some of the world's most important shipping lanes only increases their strategic importance. so important are the islands, in fact, that china is shoring-up its claim in a drastically literal fashion. and neighbors like the philippines are powerless to stop it. reporter: an excursion to the spratlys doesn't happen every day. not for the military and certainly not for the press. two hours from the capital, heading south. the general staff boards the plane. it's another 75 minutes to pagasa, somewhere in the middle of nowhere. then, a short lesson in geopolitics. >> pagasa is a municipality of palawa. and p

. >> good evening, commissioners from pacific islander berry want to make a few comments on the property ballot for the regulation of expenditure lobbyists as i've testified month lobbying is accomplished through the compensation of people to lobby city officials dribble the category was deleted from the law in 2010 because in part very few entities qualified since it appears that you have decided to move forward with adding back the expenditure lobbyists category to the ordinance i would like to thank commissioner renne and city stiff tar stimuli simplifying the definition of city lobbyist it provide for clarity over the previous versions and is consistent with the terminal in the lobbying laws i want to bring your attention one matter not previous discussion since the term expenditure lobbyists will apply inform any person pa makes payment of $2,500 to urge others to lobby the city officers this law my a apply to vendors of major projection in san francisco that may file 5 reports with the notification approve or disapprove under the developer disclosures law a major project as a real

for the close-knit community that included services like senior and disability action, asian pacific islander outreach and west bay filipino multi-services, you know, these families perhaps would not be able to stay in their homes. district 6 of the course is part of the youth and family zone are sda zones and other agencies and it remains the home of vulnerable populations including low-income filipino-americans and for areas targeted for wealthier residents. progress should not come at the expense of the poor. that is why these new proposals such as having notices put in english, and other languages for people that are mono lingual, taking away the landlord's profit motives for evicting long-term, underserved tenants are all reasonable things. we're coming upon august 4th, the 38th anniversary of the evictions of the i-hotel and let's pass this in their memory. because it was out of control now and it's way out of control now. they are off the chain and we have to reign them in, because they are out of control. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. r

. >> good evening, commissioners from pacific islander berry want to make a few comments on the property ballot for the regulation of

. >> the king of the pacific island in my submission of tonga has been crowned for three years. tens of thousands turned up to celebrate the coronation of kink toupu. the sixth. he had been the acting monarch since his brother died in 2012. now to guyana on the north-east coast of south america, which had an historic shift in power. after more than 20 years rule the progressive party lost the presidential discretion. there are concerns about racial tensions reemerging. >> it's been more than a month since david granger was sworn in as guyana's new president, yet his victory is contested by the people's progressive party. to many in the third-poorest country. the victory signals the town of a new era, one of economic progress. to those of east indian dissent. it could mean being displaced from oppositions of power. >> the parties are ethnic parties. it's not one group that wins. once you govern in that way. the other groups left out of the process. they fund it. from 2015. they left oust of the political. >> deep divisions cut across politics and determined not only will they liv

released in 2007 and hired him as a outreach worker for committee response network for asian pacific islander committee. [inaudible] he works 9 to 5 and 9 or 24/7 to help out families and definitely i will see him a big loss for leaving dyc as the project director [inaudible] had however he will be in a different position and [inaudible] for the national highlight and continue the work [inaudible] great asset to serve for the city and county of san francisco as the dcy oversight advisory counsel. thank you >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> my name is [inaudible] the organizer of [inaudible] i believe all the applicants are very well qualified. i know 3 of them, patty seeingal, [inaudible] gretchen aims, but we can only support one person so today i'm here to speak on behalf of patty seeingal and sad she can not be here. it is very difficult to get a doctors appointment. i have known patty for 20 year jz the founder of the organization i work for, parent voices and i wirk with parents with young children moving from welfare to work and the edge patty gives you is she is just retired so

included asian americans at [inaudible] native americans and pacific islanders at 2 percent and 2 percent other. occ staff has several languages included cantonese [inaudible] 2 of the investigators are bilingual because a lot of interviews we conduct are in spanish. for languages other than mentioned we obtain interpretation suvss. last year we conducted case intakes [inaudible] 3 percent of our case intake, [inaudible] less than 1 percent. one in korean, less than 1 percent and one in russian. you can learn more about the occ on the website, www.sfgov.org/occ. finally we are located on the 7th floor of 25 van ness avenue near the corner of van ness and market. we are easily accessible by public transportation and receive walk in complaints regarding police conduct during week days monday-friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. we also receive complaints by telephone, e-mail, mail, on line and fax. we have a after -answering service for after hours complaints. in critical complaints after hours an investigator will meet with a complainant in very urgent situations. you can also file a complaint

tom: in other news, officials on the french pacific island rÉunion set of volcano erupted earlier todayt was issued yesterday saying that there was a probable or imminent eruption on the way. the volcano has been active through the course of 2015, with their options already in february -- eruptions in february and may. let's get a reminder of our top stories on "france 24." a chorus of condemnation -- brussels, washington, and the u.n. react with forward to the killing of an 18-month-old palestinian boy, and act blamed on extremist jewish settlers. a possible lead --a piece of debris found on the island of rÉunion is sent to mainland france for analysis. there is speculation can be from malaysian airlines flight -- it could be from malaysian allies flight mh370. the beginning of the end of ebola -- the results of a next her mental vaccine tested on people in guinea are hailed by health specialists as remarkable. time for a check top business news stories. markus karlsson joins me in the studio. markus: hi there. tom: let's start with the latest on a controversial deal supply warships to

this is a dive master on the island of majero - located in the vast pacific ocean between australia and it is the most populous of atolls making up the marshall island. the way to make a living by diving. >> reporter: this is a place you have been coming to for a long time. >> a long time. >> reporter: how many years? >> nine years. >> reporter: last year he was shocked at what he saw when he returned to this spot. >> i saw bleaching coral. accounts last year. when you say bleaching coral, what happened, the white. >> very white. very white. >> and normally it should be full of colour. >> yes, green, purple. red. but no more now. . >> we had a major bleach ing event that started in the marshall islands in last fall. it was part of an event developing over time. as warm waters moved into the area around the marshall islands it stressed the corals, and they are in bad shape. >> reporter: mark is coordinator of reef watch at noah. the national oceanographic and atmospheric group, an expert on the complex ecology of coral. >> coral is interesting. it's animal, vegetable and mineral. the tis

are capable -- armada can deliver today are capable of even more destructive force then this pacific islandt -- pacific ocean test. this is part of a military strength of the united states. the greatest of any nation in the history of the world. this is the power of retaliation that has made, and it keeps full-scale nuclear war the least probable of any kind of conflict. >> considered "underrated" my many historians, caroline harrison was an accomplished artist to china painting and carried that interest through the white house, establishing the china collection. she was interested in women's issues and help to raise funds for john hopkins university on the condition that they admit women. she was the first daughter general of the daughters of the american revolution until she died in the white house of tuberculosis. caroline harrison in the series "first ladies," examining the public and private lives of the women who fill the role of first lady from martha washington to michelle obama.

. >>> the king of the pacific island nation of tonga has been formerly crowned three years after he tookhe throne. tens of thousands of people turned up to celebrate. >>> dutch police have arrested 200 people for defying a ban on public assembly. there have been four nights of rioting in the hague after a man died in police custody. it is thought that he was strangled during his arrest at a music festival. a french soldier has been charged with sexual abusing two girls ages three and five years old. another soldier was freed without charge. the extradition to france has sparked anger. >> i'm told that those people have been extraditeed and judged in the french state. that's insulting to me as a father. why shouldn't they be judged here. there is justice here. there are laws. even if we had to extradite them why would the french authorities have to deal with the case, repatriate people who are suspected of such crimes. a little respect please. >> albanian police are offering a $33,000 reward to anyone with information about the killing of two czech tourists. they were shot dead on friday.