of yanza media group and commissioner, natasha cowersaw, california commission on asian and pacific islanderaffairs, and law partner with the law offices of g.c.r. l.l.p. unfortunately, all three judges were not able to join us tonight to present the awards. but we have three very capable individuals who are proud to make the presentations on their behalf. and now for the presentation of the emerging leadership award, please join me in welcoming supervisor eric marr. [applause] >> thank you. i'm actually not speier mar. -- supervisor mar. but we went to the same high school in sacramento so i'll stand in for him. i'm pleased to announce the finalists and recipients for the emerging leadership award. in the interests of time, we have all of the criteria listed in the award booklet. but it's important for us to recognize and celebrate the next generation of leadership, passion, and commitment to serving the asian pacific community. and it's critical also that we ensure that our voices, our needs and concerns continue to be heard and addressed. i would like to ask the finalists for the emerging

more than one-third of the population is asian-american and pacific islander. you rock. next speaker is no stranger to this event, but within the last few years, he represented mayor newsome at this very celebration. in january of this year, a new chapter was written when the board of supervisors unanimously voted in city administrator edwin lee to be the mayor of san francisco. he was noted as the best candidate for leading the city for work because of his more than 25 years of experience as a leader in city government. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the hon. edwin m. lee, the mayor of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you for that wonderful introduction and thank you for being here. it is the seventh annual celebration. sydney already explained our history, what president carter did for us, and what we are doing for ourselves, joining the whole city and region in celebrating asian-pacific portage month. i am so grateful to the board of supervisors for this whole four months of leaving this great city. i will say once again as i have said throu

the pacific island is determined to safeguard shark tourism.h, investors are are finding more reasons to sell news corp's stock today. shareholder of the murdoch-controlled company fell sharply as the fallout continues from the phone-hacking scandal that has shut down the "news of the world" tabloid. the controversy has reached the highest levels of the london police force. this is the metropolitan commissioner. he resigned on sunday with his ties with neil wallace who was arrested last week. stevenson insists that he's done nothing wrong. >> as commissioner, i carry umt mat responsibility. with hindsight i wish we had -- i didn't and that's that. i do believe, though, that on its own, this would not be a matter that comes to my position as commissioner, however, the issue of my integrity is different. let me state clearly i and the people who know me know that my integrity is completely intact. i may wish we had done something differently but i will not lose any sleep over my personal integrity. >> well, in his resignation announcement, stephe

native americans and pacific islanders 2%. the occ is located on the corner of van ness and market. we receive walken complaints regarding the police conduct from the public -- walk-in complaints regarding the police conduct from the public. we have an answering service for after hours complaints. the staff speaks several languages including cantonese, mandarin, burmese, and spanish. we will obtain interpretation services for other languages. you can also file a complaint at your district police station and personnel will forward the complaint to the occ. as a said earlier, if you want more information about the office of citizen complaints is deepening, senior investigator mcmahon is in the office. that concludes my remarks this evening. president mazzucco: thank you. commissioners, do you have anything to discuss with the director this evening? hearing none. thank you for giving us an idea of what the -- the occ what does on a daily basis. we're trying to move cases along faster. the occ has been very helpful in getting their investigations it done sooner than in the past. under d

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

we are not closing our achievement gap, if we are not graduating more african- americans or pacific islanders, maybe we should be reconsidering how we are spending the tier 3 money, because we have been using it in the same way. there are still failing schools or low-performing schools, and still, with that amount of dollars, we are still finding these things and not getting the out come if we want. this is money now but is still flexible. i am thinking we should scrutinize what is finding out school sites. what exactly is a funding? is it funding arts? the people it is funding, is it having an impact to help us close our achievement gap? if not, are we finding them in the same manner we have been finding them for the last five or six years? we are not seeing any change, and frankly, we are seeing worse, so maybe it is time to reevaluate. looking at the school budget, i am looking at the money and where it goes for some of these schools. some of these schools have been consistently low-performing, so maybe it is time to reevaluate not just the money we flex, but the money we spend a year afte

america was not the only western power to consider the pacific islands far enough from home to use for practicing nuclear war in one thousand nine hundred sixty six french polynesia at all the more meaning the great secret became france's marshall islands for thirty years this earthly paradise under nearly two hundred nuclear explosions but more also became ground zero of the anti-nuclear movement. maria cannot overcome the fact that her country collaborated in the development of the atomic bomb. we gen de gaulle sad but french polynesia is proud to be part of what france will become meek that is to say imagine you cleopatra. but to me that is disgusting and. then moment was imposed on us don't you move about in fact she makes us guilty to begin yeah for we are victims but we're also responsible for what's happening to us and for what might happen if france were to use its nuclear weapons. and i find that on forgivable and bad. behind this image of paradise lies the secret that surrounds the testing and rips apart the people of french polynesia here the economy is dependent on friends

i am also part of the asian- pacific islander police form. the reason i am doing that is safety has been a problem in district and for many, many years. we know all the problems that are going on. by getting more people involved, we can make this a safer community. before i came here, a took a look at the police website to see if there was any kind of update. i must say, i am pretty disappointed. when i tried to check the chinese website, this is what i get. sorry, i'm -- this url is invalid. and there are gibberish numbers. if this is the kind of access we are providing the chinese members, i do not know what we're going to do. i need to provide much more, make sure that safety and access is for everybody, especially for the diverse community who live here. visitation valley is home to 60% asians. i could not very well do the work that should be done by the police officers. that is the reason why i suggested that an officer go to talk to the seniors, to take this agreement to the senior group and make sure they are here because they do have

is that we are looking at programs actually targeted primarily for african-american, latino, pacific islanderouht. -- youth. just wondering about the racial breakdown. we look at the numbers, and we are very concerned that actually we did not meet a lot of our goals to reach out to our african-american youth. 30% of them received f's in ninth grade, so i would be interested to find out the racial breakdown of the students partat

is that we are looking at programs actually targeted primarily for african-american, latino, pacific islander youht. -- youth.