and roberto hernandez was there with me on the day that we made this announcement because he and so many folks in this community, they have been fighting to make sure that the people who create the vibrancy of what represents the mission, the thriving latino community, that they didn't get pushed out like we did, the african american community in the western addition. that's why it's so important, the work we do, to make it possible for them to reach out to places like this, is more important than it's ever been before. san francisco is changing so much. it's not the city that it was when i was growing up, and that's why it's important that we recognize the inequities, the injustices that exist in our housing stock, and that's why we make deliberate changes to deal with those inequities. providing access to affordable housing is so critical, but making sure that those that are struggling with homelessness, those that are struggling with access, it is our role to continue to partner and make sure that when we provide projects like this, we're able to ensure that they are a part of this, t

community activist roberto hernandez says this day should be a celebration of the mexican resilience. >> covid again you know it invaded our community. latinos were the most affected here in san francisco and throughout the country. we as a community, we were resilient. >> reporter: and yes he says let it be known mexicans good sensible celebration. in san francisco, lian melendez. >> great day to celebrate cinco de mayo. let's get a check on the weather forecast. >> yes meteorologist sandhya patel has a look at what's coming our way. >> we're going to have even cooler weather coming our way. it was absolutely bebebebebebe first san francisco is some where under that fog. it will continue to deepen will continue to do so into tomorrow. 5 degrees drop in san francisco. 6-degree cooler in oakland. don't tell that to people who live inland because it was hot today. we had low to mid-90s. there was a 42-degree spread other half-moon bay in the mid- 50s to fairfield in the mid- 90s. so it's feeling like summer out there. 42-mile an hour winds. on shore winds in san francisco. you can bet t

joining us to talk about what's going on is roberto hernandez the artistic director and executive producerf carnaval san francisco, roberto how are you? >> fantastic oh. getting ready for this weekend. >> very exciting, let's get into all the important stuff you have going on but there will be fun right? still fun? >> of course it's going to be fun, it's about joy and happiness, it's about fantasies and magic you know? >> so tell us what won't be there this year for those who regularly go and what will be there instead. >> so this year we won't have the grand parade, but we are getting ready for next year's so it's going to be bigger and better than ever before. the festival itself will not be on 17 blocks, it's actually going to be on three blocks so it will be a short little festival. and basically what we are focusing on is really healing. because this is what we need to do in our community right now. and how do we heal? we are having the health fair and that health fair, we are going to have the vaccine because people still have not gotten the vaccine and in order to all heal from this

when pandemic hit, my executive director, roberto hernandez pivoted and gave birth to what is now knownssion food hub, and we began in march providing culturally relevant groceries to a lot of families, our families in need in the mission. and that's grown from a few thousand to now serving over 9,000 culturally relevant groceries, not only to the mission and not only to the latino community, but the african american, pacific islander, asian community, native american community. so, that was really like the platform which we decided to then create a whole resource fair in september of last year and fast forward this year is why we're doing this resource fair, because we understood the needs of people, starting with comida, with food, and then going, working our way with jobs, with health, and with educational resources. damian: well, there's a big difference in being proactive versus being reactive, and i know that you guys have always been proactive with all of this. we're talking harrison street here, rodrigo. we have that information to show on the screen. it's happening may 29th and

. >> my name is roberto hernandez with the latino task force and the mission food hub at 701 alabama street. i want to share that latino families here in the mission district and throughout the rest of the city have been impacted by the evictions and we were already in a crisis before this pandemic, and we were at ground zero for housing. we have had a lot of people living in overcrowded housing. all of a sudden this pandemic happened and some of the people went to some of the that is one of the reasons i started the mission food hub. and people called me needing food. one of the things that we have done is totally different from what everybody else does. the people that make decisions and we have 70% of the people who volunteer here at the mission food hub who are the volunteers. 70% of the volunteers of 313 people and they are partly making decisions. we created a national model of how to culturally, appropriately provide food to people in a human way and not just provide whatever comes in a day. most importantly, i want to share with you that a lot of these people have lost their

the food hub, and i see roberto here, hernandez, thank you so much for your help with the mission food hub. the latino task force with john and valerie and so many volunteers who were opening up not just testing sites but also these new vaccination sites. this was possible because of this community. this site is possibly because this community came together and made it possible. so when i think about the early dark days of this pandemic, i can't help but be excited about the future of our city because of the people of our city and how we have looked out and up lifted one another during one of the most challenging times. so we are in a good place, and i know i'm here today because we're kicking off another vaccination center. i know we have to meet people where they are and make it easier to get an appointment necessary, because i know my family. they do not make appointments. they say, where are they supposed to go? no one is going to ask you questions about your immigration status or anything else, and it's easy for you to do it, you're going to do it. and let me tell you, i am so pro

. >> my name is roberto hernandez with the latino task force and the mission food hub at 701 alabamat. i want to share that latino families here in the mission district and throughout the rest of the city have been impacted by the evictions and we were already in a crisis before this pandemic, and we were at ground zero for housing. we have had a lot of people living in overcrowded housing. all of a sudden this pandemic happened and some of the people went to some of the that is one of the reasons i started the mission food hub. and people called me needing food. one of the things that we have done is totally different from what everybody else does. the people that make decisions and we have 70% of the people who volunteer here at the mission food hub who are the volunteers. 70% of the volunteers of 313 people and they are partly making decisions. we created a national model of how to culturally, appropriately provide food to people in a human way and not just provide whatever comes in a day. most importantly, i want to share with you that a lot of these people have lost their jobs p

the food hub, and i see roberto here, hernandez, thank you so much for your help with the mission foodand valerie and so many volunteers who were opening up not just testing sites but also these new vaccination sites. this was possible because of this community. this site is possibly because this community came together and made it possible. so when i think about the early dark days of this pandemic, i can't help but be excited about the future of our city because of the people of our city and how we have looked out and up lifted one another during one of the most challenging times. so we are in a good place, and i know i'm here today because we're kicking off another vaccination center. i know we have to meet people where they are and make it easier to get an appointment necessary, because i know my family. they do not make appointments. they say, where are they supposed to go? no one is going to ask you questions about your immigration status or anything else, and it's easy for you to do it, you're going to do it. and let me tell you, i am so proud of this city. we are still pleading