san francisco. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> hi, my name is miley and i'm here speaking on behalf of the chinese health coalition. we are in the san francisco chinatown. i'm here just to let city departments know that we are offering free technical assistance and training around cultural competence and increasing linguistic capacity through a contract with the state. i just want to let people know that that resource is there for them. thank you. president chiu: sing away, brother. >> thank you, thank you. and i just hope you ♪ reach the, reach the language stars ♪ ♪ flight of fantasy maybe nowhere, wherever you might be from are and maybe from the stars and then you'll have them to translate your language and will have a never ever ending story ♪ ♪ language never ending story ♪ ♪ story ♪ don't be discouraged ♪ the man he ain't so hard to understand ♪ ♪ if you try now i know that they will lend a language translating hand ♪ ♪ because there is good in everyone and a new city day has begun ♪ ♪ i know you can reach the morning sun if you try ♪ and i know things will get better ♪ ♪ others yes they will for chico and the man ♪ yes, they will for chico and

. >> most of the asian americans in san francisco's chinatown that i tried to talk to about the election walked away. if they are engaged in the presidential race, they are not eager to talk about it. abc 7 news political analyst bruce cain disputes the democratic party chair's opinion that the a api vote will be critical in the presidential race. >> it is not really there. for the most part it would have to take an extremely close race for the asian vote to mat. >>> where it could matter is in smaller congressional district races and you can bet that the democratic party chair is very interested in that. after the latest redistricting in california democrats have at least a shot of picking up five or si seats in the house of representatives. that is fueling democratic dreams of taking back the house. >>> as cold cases go, they don't get much colder than this. just ahead, new clues about the iceman that may change the way police handle crime scenes today. also ahead, 83 years of love and one couple's >>> ledge endary guitarist skip pitts has died from lung cancer. he was 65 years old. >>

san francisco. have the people of chinatown deserve the continuance of the project. being a fifth generation illustrates the knowledge of how public transportation is a vital way of getting around san francisco. i appreciate the creativity in the efforts to move the project forward regarding the hurdles and any other issues the project may face. by appreciate your support in this matter. have a great day. thanks. >> i am the senior field representative had of will speak on item 49. a new thing happened yesterday, the first one was that we had a tentative agreement on the memorandum in the city of county with the consolidated craftsmen to work pretty hard the last two weeks. we dispatched the central subway jobs. you can imagine my shock when i showed up this morning with an e-mail the said this project might be in danger. restarted descent people to another project, and when the braves got slammed on that in a hurry, they jumped by 30 or 40 members and i would like to see this go forward. it is all about putting people to work. >> i am a member of the central subway,

finalists in the impact category are - 4c the power, the community youth center of san francisco, formerly known as the chinatown youth center, and the japanese community youth council, jcyc. it is now my pleasure to announce the recipient of the 2012 heritage award and the community impact category. it is foresee the power. it is a non-profit organization from sacramento, my home town, created to help youth with their culture and creativity and build confidence. specifically, they have workshops for a youth in the area of dance, hip-hop music, singing composition, music, photography, comedy, and skits. the idea came from a need in the sacramento asian-american community. diahann's de job was an educator before becoming the executive director of 4c the power. she has been a decatur 28 years. she has been a principal, and numerous positions at the district level. she saw a disconnect between the vietnamese and cambodian students graduating high school. to work to fill that need. congratulations, diahann, and congratulations to 4c the power. >> wow. to be recognized for something that we are so passionate about, a

chinatown community. she joined the largest member based organization in san francisco and took an after role -- active role. there also incredibly active in the south of market and in district 6. her leadership and grass-roots organizing skills got her elected to the vice-president of the pta and she has -- the cta as she has held the positions since. it has successfully mobilized and lobbied to defend the rights of low-income senior tenants. there is a historic and present citywide impact beyond the scope of tenant issues and it works on a wider range of issues. she has been a district 6 resident and resides at the alexis apartments located south of market. i want to recognize some past leaders who have not -- could not be with us but are ones who taught me about what is to lead. from 1150 grant and notre dame. mrs. wong. [applause] >> [speaking foreign language] >> that afternoon. i am glad to be here today. i emigrated from china in 1988 and have worked at different restaurants and family associations. after my retirement in 2007, i joined the association and got to know a lot of friends in the communit

san francisco winter day. we are delighted to be here in chinatown. thank you to all of you who came out. there's going to be some noise during this event. this is a very busy street. that's one of the reasons we are doing this project. we are here today -- i am transportation director with the sfmta. thank you, boss. we're geared today to mark yet another important milestone and the steady, continued progress that we are making for the future generations of san francisco in this critically important project criticallyphase 2 of the light rail, otherwise known as the central subway. it is a project that is very important for building capacity, to move san francisco in the future. it also has benefits for current generations of san franciscans. the benefit comes in the form of jobs. you cannot mention the word jobs these days without thinking of our great mayor lee. out further ado, i want to ask mayor lee to come up and say a few words. mayor lee: thank you. thank you for your great leadership. we would be dryer if the subway was built. we would be right here. i'm looking forward to it fo

chinatown community. she joined the largest member based organization in san francisco and took an after role -- active role. there also incredibly active in the south of market and in district 6. her leadership and grass-roots organizing

chinatown community. she joined the largest member based organization in san francisco and took an after role -- active role.

chinatown community. she joined the largest member based organization in san francisco and took an after role -- active role. there also incredibly active in the south of market and in district 6. her leadership and grass-roots organizing skills got her elected to the vice-president of the pta and she has -- the cta as she has held the positions since.

please study that was done showed that it is really an epidemic locally in san francisco, and not just neighborhoods like chinatown, but it spreads throughout different neighborhoods. i am very proud courageous workers from one of the richmond district restaurants stood a strong, challenged their employer for $316,000 their wages, and without the support of labor enforcement, legislation like last year's historic wage that ordnance and efforts in san francisco to raise awareness and education about the wage theft epidemic, the workers would not have been successful. i want to acknowledge this is really driving to make sure san francisco is in the lead of fighting against wage that double local level in national model, too. thank you to supervisor campos and the progress of workers alliance. i hope that it will be anonymously -- unanimously supported. supervisor avalos: thank you. why don't we go to public comment. we do not have any cards. people can come right up. we can have a line in the center aisle. >> good morning. i am a staff attorney of the legal aid society. i wanted to draw attention to the national epi

white women in opium den, chinatown, san francisco. and apparently the woman at the bottom here, who's on her back, apparently this is an impossible angle to smoke an opium pipe from. so this is not a realistic position to be doing that. they also speculate that the necessary chinese person in here is not in fact chinese but rather is african-american who is dressed up to look chinese for the purpose of taking this picture. so again there are all sorts of stereotypes here. and if you wanted to sell lithographs and pictures you would pick themes that people were interested in or were sort of notorious. >> you can see a little bit of his hair peeking out from the wig. >> yes. so this does seem to be a costume piece. >> when was this picture taken? >> it's dated may 31st, 1892. >> okay. >> the roaring 90s. the gay 90s. >> like why would you want -- who are these appealing to? >> well, people, middle class folks bought a lot of images. i mean, of really weird stuff. who bought the images of african-americans who were lynched? i mean, who b

san francisco. north beach, fisherman's wharf, chinatown. he is an avid transportation supporter and a member of the chu -- muni centennial of honorary committee. ladies and gentlemen, david chiu. [applause] supervisor chiu: good morning. what a beautiful symbol of our centennial, although after the story, i was hoping there was a little marijuana leaf some were buried in that rail car. i am honored to represent my colleagues here. we have been very happy to be partners of moving this incredible transportation system into the 21st century. i know that most of my colleagues were recognized earlier, but i did want to take a moment to recognize one of our colleagues who has done so much to help perform muni. supervisor sean elsbernd, thank you for being here. it is amazing that over a century ago, the cable car was invented. there have been so many stories in the city of what muni has meant to us. when i first came to the city, i obsessively wrote the cable car, and it is what led me to start writing muni -- riding muni and is why i do not have

san francisco. north beach, fisherman's wharf, chinatown.is an avid transportation supporter and a member of the chu -- muni

we are honored to be able to participate in it and bring this great change to chinatown and to san francisco. with that, and we are concluded. there's more information on our web site. i want to thank you all and are dignitaries for joining us today we are going to began the show. this is a video of racing and training year in san francisco bay. we have outtakes from the various world cup series regatta's that have taken place around the world since last year. most recently, in naples, italy. we have a brand new footage that no 1 has seen. we are very proud to show you this video on the 34th edition on the oldest trophy in sports. ♪ ♪ ki ♪ >> that is a dynamite piece of video. >> this is extreme sailing. this is absolutely what we hoped for. >> absolutely blown away. >> absolutely dumbfounded. >> that is what you like. >> it is great to see so close to the action. this is so exciting. >> come in july this fabulous sport. >> jimmy is leading away. >> this is the new 72, they will be flying. >> this goes to oracle racing. >> two weeks ago in naples, italy. this is a terrific event. san francis

improve the alleyways and asked me, work with the kids drew up a master plan for chinatown and presented it to the san franciscoplanning department of them adopted a neighborhood plan. once you get the confidence and pride in the community where you live, grades get better and all that. i'm proud of chinatown, it's linked to their personal lives in a real way. >> it's amazing how much you can achieve that opportunity. >> the future looks good to me. >> kristen: what is the educational opportunities that you make? >> i think for opportunities, children should feel like they should have the opportunity for education. it seems obvious, especially in the u.s., but i don't think it is all the time. i think especially kids, they thinking about what they want to achieve and having specific goals. especially now it extends through theevel. the extension of k-12 whether they are very interested in it to achieve a certain goal. >> but not mowing where their passion lives. i need to do this here. >> exactly. i find so many amazing student volunteers who have really gone great projects for us. it's only because they have t