in my form, i have the asian- pacific islander forum. we focus on citywide issues that affect asians and pacific islanders. also, our captain attends at least four, up to 10 communities in district. it is everything ranging from -- most are broken up into smaller groups. they attend those meetings, also. we have the pal program in place. we work with juvenile probation. we work with our gang task force, our sro's, to put together things for kids who are at risk. there are a lot of different things out there. i am not familiar with all of them. i have my own little niche. i know that we are continuing trying to think of new ways to engage the communities and to have them be a part of this whole policing effort. supervisor cohen: you mentioned your approach being citywide in that you focus a little on the api community. what other communities are focused on? >> i know there is an african- american community forum. supervisor cohen: who is in charge of that one? >> i believe it is captain john sanford. don't quote me on it. we also have a f

it is an honor to serve with the three other asian-pacific islander members of the board of supervisors. i know that our colleagues, ross, david, malia, and others are strongly sensitive to the asian-american communities as well. we were joined a few minutes ago by several of our school board members. i know as a former member of the school board -- jane kim as well -- they serve our communities well. one thing that mayor ed lee brought up, for me,

it is an honor to serve with the three other asian-pacific islander members of the board of supervisorsi know that our colleagues, ross, david, malia, and others are strongly sensitive to the asian-american communities as well. we were joined a few minutes ago by several of our school board members. i know as a former member of the school board -- jane kim as well -- they serve our communities well. one thing that mayor ed lee brought up, for me, personally, lunar new year was a time to get together with family. i remember my grandmother cooking all of the great new year food. it brought us together but it was also an opportunity to share our culture with others, bring more unity among all of our communities.

it is an honor to serve with the three other asian-pacific islander members of the board of supervisors. i know that our colleagues, ross, david, malia, and others are strongly sensitive to the asian-american communities as well. we were joined a few minutes ago by several of our school board members. i know as a former member of the school board -- jane kim as well -- they serve our communities well. one thing that mayor ed lee brought up, for me, personally, lunar new year was a time to get together with family. i remember my grandmother cooking all of the great new year food. it brought us together but it was also an opportunity to share our culture with others, bring more unity among all of our communities. half the lunar new year to everyone and let's unite our communities together. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, my name is carmen chu. i will keep my message brief. i want to wish everyone a happy lunar new year. again, this is a time that is important to many of merit -- asian-american families because of the importance of bringing together family. i think we can all replic

expected to be in we need the size they were in japan they're also possible in fact in many of the pacific islands countries in the south pacific and southwest and even possibly the south is through in chile in south america in the next twenty four hours or the need. to write. five. says predicting earthquakes is my stamp. prediction of earthquakes. it's still there. so it's not an operational matter on parade although everybody believes the ease and the truth but we're not far from the mark from being able to do it the seismology as a science is only a hundred years old so you know it's doing to expect us to be able to do it it's not a matter of being prepared to predict that it's a matter of being prepared to withstand earthquakes and you bet on these very well in the us now tsunami in japan is separating from right now is it is very difficult to deal with this because so numb you travel very fast and. in the vicinity your news caused so they only had three minutes to respond and it is very difficult. in the northeast of the country has been swamped by a major tsunami caused by a massive earthqu

every pacific island felt their colossal forces.along the california coast it swept in at an angle ripping installations and causing heavy damages. japan and okinawa felt the impact. 1960 emerges as the most disastrous earthquake year of modern time. >>> looking inside the shanobel power plant. the role scientists played in designing the plant. >>> and we'll tell you about plans to allow tourists to visit the shanobel nuclear spill zone. >>> japan's damaged nuclear power plants have -- next month the world marks the 25th anniversary of the worse nuclear disaster in history. the 1986 reactor leak and explosions in the ukraine. it spewed radiation upward and led to 31 radiation deaths in the near by area. in recent years, united nations scientists have said their earlier estimates of 12, 12,000 deaths were probably too high. one of the most vexing problems has been the structure built around the plant. there's been plans to build another structure over it. but when we filed this report, it already had serious flaws. >> reporter: ukrai

i'm marlene tran, a member of the community board and the asian pacific island task force. i want a show of the good work. these are recently produced. we have it translated, and this is our poster. this will also be translated as well. the board of supervisors should consider this effort and have the work translated to all of the residence in san francisco because everybody tells me [unintelligible] we just saw the power poinpoint presentation by the captain. tonight, we haven't seen any resident to provide any input to this important process. how can the san francisco police department in the trust of our residents -- gain the trust of our residents. it's english only. is it out of compliance? the latest census paint a good picture of our changing demographics. it must provide a viable venues to be properly notified and be encouraged to provide input in such meetings. in my 20 years, i hope the year of the rabbit makes meaningful changes for community policing. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> i have heard a lot of talk tonight about summits, and some very wonderful

i'm marlene tran, a member of the community board and the asian pacific island task force. i want a show of the good work. these are recently produced. we have it translated, and this is our poster. this will also be translated as well. the board of supervisors should consider this effort and have the work translated to all of the residence in san francisco because everybody tells me [unintelligible] we just saw the power poinpoint presentation by the captain. tonight, we

not to say, that people the pacific islanders. from my understanding, i don't see that. i have to go outside to get services for my children. >> would any of our panelists like to respond? >> the way people are placed in our school districts is the way the community wanted it. they wanted an open choice that anybody could have an opportunity to go to any school in san francisco much so what we have is basically a lottery. you could live across the street from a school and not attend it because the way the system works. we are reviewing that system and in the next year, you will see a lot of discussion open to the public to get input on whether that's a good system. the community felt that would desegregate the community. that hasn'ted happened yet. >> we with are having our last question. >> i didn't ask you that question. when you are going to make sure all schools are equal? the afternoon, whatever is equal. everybody is equal. >> well, ma'am, i would invite you on monday. there's a board meeting to discuss the strategic plan and you will see in that plan, it specifica

francisco general hospital over 20 years ago to ensure healthy outcomes for immigrant, asian, and pacific island women with newborns through in -- to in- home case management. would provide a broad spectrum of services for families and children. we are partners with the bayview health center that is operated by cpmc. may ho was apa's former executive director. she supported the panel's recommendation and cpmc's plans to rebuild st. luke's hospital. the thing i want to emphasize is that health care is approaching 20% of our economy. we need to be concerned about the availability of the best of care to our residents and say, state of the art environments. san francisco can't afford to let this large part of the city's economy risk liability. in fact, this rebuild will likely be a key economic generator, a tide that will lift all boats. in fact, the recent affordable care act means much of the nation's 50 million uninsured will have access to affordable care, and means we will have facilities to care for them. we believe the plan before you will help meet the needs of our clients and san francisco

he thought and protected the legal and civil rights for asian-pacific islanders and all people in the city who needed their services. he served the asian law caucus, the board for the california equality institute, defending work to secure legal protections for lgbt people. this is important to me as the first day speaker. he and i go back so long, he probably remembers when i dated women. [laughter] i think this is long enough in where you can do the joke, mayor. becoming san francisco's highest-ranking chinese american official in 2005, still has really played a key role in the community. i know that he is as happy as anybody to be surpassed in that position, now having major league. we all celebrate your ascension. -- mayor lee. [no audio] [applause] [no audio][applause] the mayor talked about his great work. he has been groundbreaking in his environmental work. really, making sure that we bring environmentally sound energy production into the mainstream, not only here in the city and county of san francisco, but making that success the foundation for which the rest of us judge our

the warnings are issued is to give plenty of preparation time for the residents on any of these pacific island chains to take measures and be prepared for the eventual arrival of a tsunami wave. there have been initial reports from the pacific tsunami warning center that there was a -- at least at one location a 3.5-foot wave that was generated and that's very preliminary still. >> all right. randy baldwin, thank you, a geophysicist with usgs. again we are reporting on a developing story tonight, an 8.9 earthquake hits japan north eastern japan more specifically. you are looking at video coming into the newsroom now. you can see smoke pouring from one of the many skyscrapers in japan, although we did see traffic continuing to move about. nonetheless this is a frightening experience for the people there and it is alarming to all of us who are familiar with the destructive nature of earthquakes. we will be back with much more on this story and the day's news following this break. >> kron 4 programming is sponsored by your lexus dealer. d >>> again our developing with story at this hour, an 8.9 e

i'm here today on behalf of a network of asia/pacific islanders serving community- based organizations is a network of about seven coalitions that actually span roughly 25 to 30 organizations and provide services to the entire city in terms of our geographic scope. first of all, i wanted to thank supervisor chu for putting this hearing on. one of the things that is not well understood in our communities is just how much the federal budget impacts the services we are able to provide, and i do not think folks in our community really have an understanding of how these cuts are going to hurt us and potentially change the face of our communities. we have been trying to gather some data on just how deep these cuts are going to go, and even though our network is about 25 or 30 organizations, we are beginning the process, and we have gathered some data on cuts to about six organizations right now. just based on those six, we found out that federal funding helps fund services to about 5000 clients, so it's 60% cut -- a 60% cut would mean a loss of about 3000 or so low-income clients in the city

mariano, as a fellow asian/pacific islander, i wanted to ask you, did you face any discrimination asa fill pee that and as a doctor? >> well, actually, the a surprise that they thought i was a doctor because they usually thought i was a nurse or a medic or somebody's secretary. it was very -- you know, it got to the point i would just sort of smile, and my reaction was i'm going to educate them with a sense of humor. i think one of the stories i might have shared with becky was when i was at the white house, i had a day off, and i stayed home with my kids. and my first husband's caucasian, so my children look mexican. so i was hope tidying up, and somebody came to the door. looks at me, looks at my kids and says, is the lady of the house home? as you e know, people hi you don't understand your language like you don't understand -- [laughter] is the laidty of the house home. and i thought he probably thinks i'm the nanny, and i said missy no home. [laughter] of and later on he probably saw me on cnn and thought, oh, my god, that maid was the mother! [laughter] as long as i can do the

mariano, as a fellow asian/pacific islander, i wanted to ask you, did you face any discrimination as a fill pee that and as a doctor? >> well, actually, the a surprise that they thought i was a doctor because they usually thought i was a nurse or a medic or somebody's secretary. it was very -- you know, it got to the point i would just sort of smile, and my reaction was i'm going to educate them with a sense of humor. i think one of the stories i might have shared with becky was when i was at the white house, i had a day off, and i stayed home with my kids. and my first husband's caucasian, so my children look mexican. so i was hope tidying up, and somebody came to the door. looks at me, looks at my kids and says, is the lady of the house home? as you e know, people hi you don't understand your language like you don't understand -- [laughter] is the laidty of the house home. and i thought he probably thinks i'm the nanny, and i said missy no home. [laughter] of and later on he probably saw me on cnn and thought, oh, my god, that maid was the mother! [laughter] as long as i can do the

how the radiation plume from the failing nuclear reactor in japan is drifting across the pacific, over the islands today and then arriving in southern california tomorrow. but experts believe it will also be detected in sacramento. folks arriving from japan and into sfo this morning say they were not screened for radiation. as for fears, we didn't find anyone who had any. there were some concerns, but nothing major. >> people are on holiday in japan. they are cutting short their holiday and going back. >> there is obviously concern. no one knows it is going to happen. there is a lot of spreading panic unnecessarily. >> they did offer us iodide tablets at the airport which is a good sign. >> reporter: california currently has 12 monitoring station usa cross the state that tests for radiation levels including one in san francisco, san jose and richmond. the environmental protection agency has 40 so-called deployable monitors. any traces of radiation that are being picked up are so miniscule it poses no harmful affect at all. the government says it is just being overly cautious. reporting live, abc7

how the radiation plume from the failing nuclear reactor in japan is drifting across the pacific, over the islands today and then arriving in southern california tomorrow. but experts believe it will also be detected in sacramento. folks arriving from japan and into sfo this morning say they were not screened for radiation. as for fears, we didn't find anyone who had any. there were some concerns, but nothing major. >> people are on holiday in japan. they are cutting short their holiday and going back. >> there is obviously concern. no one knows it is going to happen. there is a lot of spreading panic unnecessarily. >> they did offer us iodide tablets at the airport which is a good sign. >> reporter: california currently has 12 monitoring station usa cross the state that tests for radiation levels including one in san francisco, san jose and richmond. the environmental protection agency has 40 so-called deployable monitors. any traces of radiation that are being picked up are so miniscule it poses no harmful affect at all. the government says it is just being overly cautious. reporting live, abc7

inviting me to speak my parents brought me here when i was 14, 10 years ago, from the island country of fiji and the south pacific. and they came here illegally and applied for a green card. no one told them it would take 10 years to get it. my grandmother is a u.s. citizen and today my parents and

the first tsunami waves are expected to hit the islands around 6 a.m. pacific time. >> we heard about the tsunami so trying to get gassed up and being prepared before anything really happened. better to be safe than sorry. >> the japan earthquake and the one in hawaii are probably not related. hawaii has been hit by a string of small quakes recently because of volcanic activity. >>> time no 4: 44, news from around the bay area including a daring stunt that sent a student to the hospital leaving his friends traumatized. >> plus, a warning for bart riders. watch your stuff. who is behind a rash of robberies. ,, ,, 3q experts from a leading consumer publication recently tested automatic dishwashing detergents. they rated finish quantum number one, beating the competition ! try finish quantum for amazing clean and shine. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. >>> these are live pictures from tokyo where they are trying to recover right now from an 8.9 earthquake that hit about 9:46 pacific time last night. it happened in the afternoon there, 2:46 japan time. t

pacific regions? i am talking about 16 island nations that have a need for the program. unexploded ordnance cluster bomb issue for the countries of laos and cambodia that has been going on for 30 years -- and still do not understand what happened there. i think my time is about ready to go. >> i will get answers on all of these. let me respond on usaid presence in the pacific. here is an area where we're finding large energy deposits. i am sorry that congressman burton is gone. in the new guinea planned mass there's a huge deposit that exxon-mobil is developing. we're in competition with china. it is unbelievable. they're spending enormous amounts of money. they have a huge diplomatic presence across the pacific. it would be great to have usaid office in new guinea to fly the flags of people know we care about them. that will be on the chopping block. it stands for a bigger challenge we're facing in that region of the world. >> china has about a $600 million development program for the pacific island nations. what do we have? zero. >> the chairman of the subcommittee on

within the next few hours and in a bulletin issued by the pacific tsunami warning center the tsunami could cause damage along close lines of all islands in hawaii so again a tsunami warning across all the countries in the pacific region including the western coast of the u.s. new zealand and mexico central and south america well let's have more on the effects it's having of the pacific region including russia's far east let's talk to our correspondent lisa no way i mean what is the latest that you're getting of from russia a solid invasion well unfortunately we have a loss and he said we'll try to bring her back later but. ok well let's just come back to that they had her again let me reiterate that the whole pacific region is on a tsunami watch including of the western coast of the u.s. how why is bracing for a strong quake to happen they're expecting in the next few hours. also as far away as central and south america they're all on a tsunami watch just to remind you are the pictures you're looking at the devastation caused by an eight point nine magnitude earthquake that had hit the northeastern up parts of japan of the epicenter a