we are also lucky enough to have the chief of protocol for the city of san francisco charlotte schultz. last but not least, we have tony sun, chair of the asian arts commission. that's good started this morning. i am going to get off the stage and and things off over to jay hsu. he is going to tell us a little bit more about what we're doing today. >> someone needs to hand me the remote. terrific. brand implementation is a journey. the asian art museum embarks on a new journey. to reinvent ourselves, to engage a broad audience. the broad audience is very much at the core of what we do here and who we are. why now, you ask? as the aging world influence grows, so is understanding its culture. more than half of the global population lives in the asia. to look at our own san francisco bay area, one third of the population are of asian descent. also, a challenging economy offers us the opportunity to take advantage by being bold and taking risks. we need to increase our impact and by doing so, increasing revenue. also, a successful restructuring of our long-term debt. that took place earlie

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san francisco labor council supports. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you, mr. palsen. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is charlotte noss. i'm a staff attorney at the legal aid society employment law center. i'm here to speak in favor of supervisor campos's amendment. this is the largest legal organization in the western united states. we're dedicated to protecting rights of low wage and immigrant workers. we hold five weekly worker rights clinics, provide legal advice and referrals to over 2,3500 workers a year. in addition we have several telephone hot lines. for example, work and family hotline already so far in 2011 we have received over 1,000 calls. we see widespread abuse in low wage and immigrant-dominated industries, like rampant wage theft in industries we serve, the current loophole allows employers to steal employee benefits. we have heard stories from workers who are impacted by the loophole. workers who don't know they have these benefits and incentive for employees to hide these benefits from the employees. we heard from workers prevented from using accounts and can't get the most basic and routine me

san francisco. [applause] and mayor gene kwan. thank you for being here. [applause] >> i want to acknowledge a wonderful friend and former chief of protocol, charlotte. thank you, charlotte. [applause] >> now as this summit comes to a close, we will adopt a decoration for the first time in apex history that will affirm this organization and each member economy's commitment to improving women's access to capital and markets, to building women's capacities and skills and supporting the rise of women leaders in both the public and private sectors. it is fitting that this decoration would be adopted here in san francisco because it was just one mile from here in the herbst theater where the united nations charter was signed 66 years ago. in fact, the apex summit which brings you all here is a celebration of that important occasion and a recognition that history is made right here in san francisco. because san francisco is an appropriate venue for this economic discussion. this is a community that is renowned for its spirit of inclusion and opportunity for all. so on behalf of the united states and our people, i give each of you and your nations my hearti

metros and charlotte, foggen kansas city, seattle and portland some delays and san francisco could have, everybody else pretty okay. >> thanks so much, jacqui. >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question for you this morning, are you sold on the president's jobs bill? one, two, three, hit it, mr. president. >> let's put construction workers on the job. let's put teachers in the classroom. let's give small businesses a tax break. let's help our veterans pass this bill. let's meet our responsibilities. >> the president has said that, oh, a gazillion time in eight different cities and today the senate will take him up on it. the democratically controlled senate will debate the jobs bill. it extends unemployment benefits and provides money to hire more teachers and construction workers, you know, infrastructure jobs and posts a tax on millionaires to pay for it all. republicans, they have their own mantra. >> this week has shown beyond any doubt is that democrats would rather talk about partisan legislation that are actually passing legislation we