pacific islanders grew 29%. by comparison, latinos, a healthy rate of growth, 28%, native americans at 15, african-americans at 17. in contrast, the nonhispanic white population decreased 5% over the past decade. so while asian-americans are geographically disbursed throughout the states, they're more concentrated in urban centers. over one quarter of california's asian-american population, nearly 1.5 million foekts, live in los angeles county alone. yet asian-americans in other counties are growing at much faster rates. among the ten counties with the largest asian-american pom lagses, asian-americans are growing fastest in places like riverside, sacramento, contra costa, orange and san diego counties. while asian-american communities in los angeles and san francisco continue to grow, those peripheral urban centers are growing at much faster rates. historically growth in asian mary khan communities has been due to immigration. this means disproportionate numbers of asian-americans are foreign born. asian-americ

>> it is in the pacific islands. >> let's take a look. it is called "there once was an island." . >> at the moment, these large waves are affecting all the northern islands of papua new gunea. i am a little worried that this afternoon we will seaways like we did yesterday and -- we will see waves like we did yesterday, or maybe even worse. people may want to go and move their possessions out of the way of the waves. they may not come, but they might. . >> global warms is much stronger on an island. and the next one is called yes, we are open. it is a flexible approach to monogamy. is that what you are calling this. >> yes. we are doing a premier by local film makers. it is kind of a piece on what it means to be a modern couple in san francisco, living in a big city. >> local. >> let's take a look. "yes, we are open." . >> how are you? >> i am great. how are you? >> great. >> this is luke. >> hi, nice to meet you. >> sylvia. >> hi! >> what is your name again? >> gerald. >> this is gerald, everybody. >> hey, gerald. >> sylvia. >> gerald. >>

you can see the asian, pacific islanders moving into the southeast part of the city. this breaks down race and ethnicity by age group. the bar is miners, the dark one on the right would be seniors. whites tend to be an old population. african americans are younger. asian/pacific islanders have the largest groups across the board but they also have a large number of seniors. latinos are very young, 14% of the population. 22 % of the children in the city. this shows between 1990, and this is another analysis that we did using the american communities survey from 2006 to 2008. you see the huge loss of african-american children. you see a huge number of african-americans. we have to point out, in 1990, you weren't able to put multiple choice. part of this, there is a huge loss of african-americans. we wanted to know where they went. other cities have had large losses of african-americans. oakland dropped between 1990 and 2008. richmond from 43 to 27. you look at where they went, and you see the suburbs between san francisco and sacramento is where many of the african- ame

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 demonstration was organized by the black latino and pacific islander caucuses. they ordered the man who shot him be charge would a crime. his parents said police surveillance video casts doubt on the claim that he acted in self-defense. police have said zimmerman's nose and head were bleeding. the teen's parents say zimmerman does not look injured in the video taken shortly after the incident. >> startling new research on autism reveals a dramatic increase in youngsters with the neurological disorder. what doctors now know, and what they don't know. john? >> this naib --neighborhood may be typical now, two families with autistic children, aiden, who lives here, is one of about 30,000 bay area children diagnosed with autism. two hours ago, nine-year-old aiden stepped off the bus. he goes to a special school. his mom says he was diagnosed at two years old. >> he was 26 months. didn't talk. through -- threw tantrums all day long. screamed, cried. he was miserable. i couldn't reach him. >> reporter: 1 in 88 children now have diagnoseable autism. that's a startling i

we heard stories from asian- americans and pacific islanders from many community-based organizations. during the mccarthy era, the chilling effect of the racial profiling, we heard testimony from chicanos and latinos during the '60s and '70s of being victims of racial profiling. the coalition did that as we protect communities and local control over all law enforcement and protecting people's basic civil liberties and justice in our communities. i thank the coalition and supervisor kim for bringing this court and i hope there'll support of this as we move forward not just in san francisco and portland but throughout the country as well. [applause] supervisor wiener: thank you, mr. president. sometimes on a difficult vote, it's tempting just to vote and not actually say anything. but i'm a big believer in explaining one's vote when you are casting a controversial vote. so i want to explain why i will be voting against this ordinance today. i will admit this has been a very tough issue for me. i have struggled with it and met with basically anyone has wanted to meet with me about that l

asian-pacific islander legal outfits, the adults open house project, the diocese of oakland senior community volunteers, san francisco state university's intern's, nursing student interns, social work intern's who come to our center to learn about what is happening, and volunteers from city college of san francisco. of course, the department of aging adults services, and my staff. i do not really deserve this, but this is my extended family and they continued to help me advocate for the services that we do in the community. just to let you know, we have 19 stations for aging and disability resource centers in the city. i would like to recognize viktor from supervisor chiu's office, supervisor chu, who was with us closely, chris from supervisor olague's office, supervisor kim's staff, and rachel ordonez. i will give you copies for the centers you can go to in your districts, because i do not work in just district 6. this is where you can go and visit us any time when we are there. thank you so much. one more thing -- very, very short, one more thing -- the homeless seniors, low-income and dis

purpose of this is to replicate -- and the mayoral election, communities with higher proportion of pacific islander residents and older voters with progressive communities are more likely to make errors on the ballot. 1.2% of people made an error that can in validate their ballots. in some precincts, the figure is almost 10%. the highest concentration of voter error, there is a geographic component that i think is interesting and merits further research. we also look at the ranking behavior. only voting for one candidate, we find precincts with higher concentrations are more likely to not use the full complement ranking. i wanted to share their research has been out on monday, so forth. and also to encourage you to look at putting forth further research on ranked joyce voting. -- rank choice voting. i think we can do a pretty good job of slicing and dicing the numbers, making it correlates strongly to the characteristics of the people actually voting. those of you that are interested, there is a demographic breakdown. [chime] commissioner campos: commissioner avalos has a question. commissioner ava

native americans and pacific islanders 1%. the office of citizen complaints is located on the seventh floor of 25 van ness avenue near the quarter of van ness and market. we are easily accessible by public transportation. we also take complaints over the phone, and we also have an answering service on the weekends and in the evenings when we are closed. we can received complaints by e- mail and fax. you can file a complaint by your district police station and personnel will forward the complete to us. the staff is quite diverse, and they speak several languages including cantonese, amanda needed -- mandarin in spanish. two of our investigators are spanish speakers, which are important because the largest number of non-english interviews are in spanish. four languages other than we mentioned, we will obtain services. last year we conducted 28 cases in spanish, 5 in cantonese come in one in mandarin. and as i said earlier this evening, if anyone would like additional information, see your investigator reaching the senior investi

and japanese war vets attended the ceremony on the tiny pacific island. nearly 7,000 u.s. marines and about 21,000 japanese troops died in the 36 day battle for iwo jima. a class commemorated by the iwo jima memorial in arlington. >>> a service station owner in georgia is keeping his flag flying despite warnings from the city not to. tom guyrick said he flies the american flag in front of his albany georgia service station to honor his father's time in the army, but recently he was cited for violating the city's sign ordinance. the code says he can fly the flag, just somewhere else on the property. right now it's along front on the street. he argued to the planning commission the flag does not classify as a sign, but no final decision was made. for now he plans to keep it right where it is until the city rules on the case. that sounds a little unpatriotic, doesn't it, and how would this fall under an ordinance meant to keep business signage in check? weigh in on that one mcginty's mail back. >> if you liked it today, just wait until tomorrow. topper has a very summer-like

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 out of more meaning the great secret became france's marshall islands for thirty years this earthly paradise showed under nearly two hundred nuclear explosions but more also became ground zero of the anti-nuclear movement. gloria cannot overcome the fact that her country collaborated in the development of the atomic bomb. to regenerate the goals and that french polynesia is proud to be part of what france will become in week that is to say imagine uclear palmer. but to me that is disgusting. and more than hmong was imposed on us don't go off it in the mud in fact she makes us give it to him yeah for we are victims but we are 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. behind this image of paradise lies the secret that surrounds attesting and rips apart the people of french polynesia here economy is depen