-- >> span spanish. >> are >> >> (speaking spanish). >> are here and it means soul. >> (speaking spanish). >> and when we go to move our bodies -- >> (speaking spanish). >> they mean the essence. >> (speaking spanish). >> when they go to work the earth -- >> (speaking spanish). >> is the contact with our mother nature. >>nature -- >> (speaking spanish). >> that will live us food, take care of us and receive us before we die. >> (speaking spanish). >> we also have this and movement of work. >> (speaking spanish). >> or conversation. >> (speaking spanish). >> which is the key to receive love. >> (speaking spanish). >> and all these type of movements were followed by this style of dance with its own co n coring on gravy. >> >> (speaking spanish) (music). (applause). >> can you play the music please? >> i want to dance with everybody. >> well, he's not there. (music). >> okay do you have any questions? we need to have some minutes and would like to answer some questions. yes? >> (inaudible). >> is it hard to dance? >> (speaking spanish). >> it's not difficult. you just got to put a lot of ef

(speaking spanish) (applause). >> (speaking spanish). >> these are the spanish influences. >> (speaking spanish). >> they adapted to the style of this type of music (applause). >> (speaking spanish). >> these are just simple spoons, kitchen spoons. (applause). >> (speaking spanish). >> and here we have our principle instrument. >> (speaking spanish). >> the name of this instrument is called cajon. >> (speaking spanish). >> in certain places in africa this instrumentality existed. >> (speaking spanish). >> and the percussionist will play with their hands and their feet. >> (speaking spanish). >> with the african slave trade he used to be in the ports. this type of boxes. >> (speaking spanish). >> so they were sit over these big boxes and play over them. >> (speaking spanish). >> but for the blacks these type of instruments were not allowed to be played because they were too loud and for the church they will provoke movement that was not appropriate. >> (speaking spanish). >> they could also work as a form of communication with the drumming patterns. >> (speaking spanish). >> this was wha

>> [speaking spanish] [applause] >> [speaking spanish] [applause] supervisor campos: thank you. does anyone want to add anything to that? yes? the last part was not translated. >> she mentioned there are a lot of community members here. she wanted to recognize that women's collective in the back that are here for the same reason everyone else is here. they care about the families. they care about the kids. they are worried about the cuts. a lot of the women's are victims of domestic violence. a lot of the women work day in and day out. they want to work with the city and the supervisors. they want to recognize the work the supervisors have been doing to work with the community. she wants to make sure and emphasize that we have to work together to make sure we are tackling these very important budget issues. supervisor campos: thank you. gracias. the general question to department heads who have not had a chance to speak. how do you decide how to cut? how you approach where to begin? what are your priorities? how does the process work, if you are a number of the public trying to

[speaking spanish] by the way, i see dean. i do not know if you want to come up here -- i see the dean of the city college. i do not know if you want to come up here. please come on up. [applause] we are going to first go to the big production, so you will hear from each of the individuals we have here. they are going to say their names, who they are, what they do for the city. i also see a supervisor -- i also see supervisor kim. thank you for being here. she represents the neighboring district. this shows how much she cares about the city, so thank you for being here. this meeting would not be possible without the help of so many people that have worked in the last few weeks to make it happen. i want to begin by thanking mayor lee, first and foremost. [applause] one of the first conversations we had was about the importance of involving the community in these discussions. one of the first things we talked about was how he was going to come to district 9 and have a budget town hall meeting so that the budget discussions do no

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[speaking spanish] next slide please. [speaking spanish] the problem we are trying to solve tonight is looking at ways to balance the budget. we are looking at the city's expenses next year, and they are much greater than the income we have. by law, we have to balance the budget. [speaking spanish] 30 years ago, city government was responsible for the majority of services that we are now receiving. 30 years ago, nonprofits started serving with the goal of having -- instead of reducing costs, provide services to the community. so we have city working in partnership with nonprofit agencies to provide the services you are all provided -- child care, public housing, legal services, support for the elderly, things like that. [speaking spanish] some of the things that are at stake right now is the proposed cuts are to homeless shelter closures. i am speaking in terms of the specific numbers we will be able to pass out later. also, proposed cuts to legal services to elders. there are proposed cuts from 20% to 100% for some after

he is spanish and irish together. if we look at the history of the irish in cuba, most of the irish to went to cuba in the 18th and 19th centuries arrived from spain, some of them with the spanish royal armies; other irish influx arrived from the u.s. for the construction of railroads used to transport sugar cane to the sugar plantations. that was at the end of the 19th century. and then at the beginning of the 20th century, we're talking 1902, 1910, before odono that i mentioned before, this man who gave his name to -- he was very proud of this lighthouse. the cubans offer hospitality to general alexander alejandro o'reilly. he rose through the ranks of the spanish army. the spanish sent alexander o'reilly to cuba to form a militia. he was appointed governor of louisiana and head of the army later on. he arrived in august, 1769, and took formal possession of louisiana for spain. think of new orleans and cuba, in particular havana, governors there were also in cuba so there was all this traveling from one city to anot

[speaking spanish] [applause] >> good evening, everybody. i work in the collective for women. >> [speaking spanish] [applause] >> it is difficult to hear about the budget cuts for the youth, families, housing. >> [speaking spanish] >> the immigrant population will be very effective -- affected. >> [speaking spanish] >> how can we work together with the organizations so the budget cuts do not affect the immigrant families? >> [speaking spanish] [applause] >> [speaking spanish] [applause] supervisor campos: thank you. does anyone want to add anything to that? yes? the last part was not translated. >> she mentioned there are a lot of community members here. she wanted to recognize that women's collective in the back that are here for the same reason everyone else is here. they care about the families. they care about the kids. they are worried about the cuts. a lot of the women's are victims of domestic violence. a lot of the women work day in and day out. they want to work with the city and the supervisor

spanish] >> and i have come up against a lot of discrimination. >> [ speaking spanish] >> ok. and i feel that they don't support the people very well. >> [speaking spanish] >> and because it has been so hard for me, i want to thank all of the agencies that help our children. because they are the future of our country. [applause] and that was, "thank you very much for your attention. please have a good day." [applause] you have to go where they can see you, ok? a little bit more. >> thank you for being here. my sister has been there. [unintelligible] i think if you take the money away from them, and there will be no more programs. does all i have to say. [unintelligible] >> thank you, maria and oscar. >> [unintelligible] [inaudible] [speaking spanish] >> ok. all right. [applause] and you know, i encourage you to share that. we will hear from sro tenants with david. [applause] >> my name is david lewis, i am here representing the city. i am here representing -- these decisions need to be smart. treatment can cost so much more. consider these trade-offs. community health services

>> [speaking spanish] >> i believe that this is our country. we should continue -- [unintelligible] >> [speaking spanish] >> i believe all of these programs are really great. >> [speaking spanish] >> with the education we receive, we can give back education to the country. >> [speaking spanish] we work with these institutions whether it be volunteering our time or finding work. we have to continue with these programs. thank you. [applause] supervisor campos: thank you. next? >> good evening. my name is daniel. i am here to give you a bit of my story on why i believe that you should not cut education or the community-based organizations. first of all, i grew up troubled. i did not have a set guideline or way of life. i had little education. my mom could barely tell me anything. i had to learn things the hard way on my own. i found myself in places where i did not want to be. fortunately, the last five or six years i have been trying to get it back together. it is only through the help of the community-based organizations and the educational syst

company and financed by spanish banks to just how did the forces come to acquire spanish made arms in two thousand and seven installers and made the most of the lifting of the arms sanctions against libya as the tripoli regime fell back into favor with the west the spanish company won a contract to supply these forces with one twenty weapon and did so until two thousand and eight when spain signed up to the international convention banning custody missions. but with libya now once again the enemy spain as part of nato finds itself fighting the regime itself helps to arm the trail goes back much further to spanish banks which provided the financial power to instill larger to make their deadly weapons of war we wanted to bring this thing forward uses as kind of awaits you illustrates what think there is between a bank. civilian deaths in conflicts because to me missions convention banning the production and use of cluster bombs has seen many countries including spain sign up but there's a loophole there is one article written convention article one seed. it speaks about a prohibition to

[speaking spanish] [applause] supervisor campos: thank you. thank you for that very excellent, very clear, concise presentation. mayor lee, i do not know if you want to add anything to what you said about the budget, but i do want to say something about the process, how the program tonight is going to work. there will be one hour of public comment tonight. we are trying to get to as many people as we can, and we are trying to get to a number of cards. i imagine all of you know that there are speaking cards that you can fill out and make a comment or ask a question. i have here the cards, and i'm going to pick them randomly. they will allow each of you who is selected to ask a question or make a comment on a number of topics. each speaker will have two minutes to comment or ask a question, and after each speaker, depending on the question or the nature of the comment, i may ask someone here on the panel to maybe respond, also for two minutes, depending on the nature of the question or comment. because we want to hear from as many people as poss

we have organizations in spanish and english. of the last two years, our budget has been cut by 50%. we're working with less manpower to do the same job. we're always thinking outside of the box about how to do that. we are asking you to think about that and have consideration for that. we talk about safety. i believe that jobs keep people off the street. [applause] my father always said that. with that being said, we have to continue to provide that avenue for people to come through our doors. today alone, i placed three people myself and got them off the street. we have a great program through city college with the construction admin training program that is very vibrant right now. the last thing i want you to consider is the limited english that come through our doors. a lot of services are geared more for the americanized, american-born people. there are people who come through our doors that do not come from that. we're trying to get them jobs, too. it is a difficult task with less manpower and money to do it. we aske you to

♪ ♪ ♪ [singing in spanish] ♪ [singing in spanish] ♪ [singing in spanish] ♪ ♪ [singing in spanish] ♪ [applause] >> ok, we're going to play one more tune for you all. my name is jose leon. everybody knows miguel. yes, all right. . [applause] ♪ >> this is a classic from the 1950's i hope you like. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing in spanish] ♪ ♪ ♪ [speaking in spanish] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> once again, everybody, thank you very much. once again, we're furturo picante. come and visit us. we meet on wednesdays. i also have a younger group that you have to see. they're here on tuesdays. they're anywhere from 5 to 13. so you've got to see the other band. so once again, thank you, and we'll see you a little later. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, furturo picante! [applause] again, i'm joined tonight by lisa, who is our senior community development specialist at the mayor's office of housing. she'll be helping me honor the honorees. >> good evening, everyone. right now we have the honor of introducing the delores huerta lifetime achievement award. >> tonight we took a few moments to recognize luisa e

>> [speaking in spanish] u- -- >>r ribe! >> [speaking in spanish] thank you. this is for you guys. thank you. >> the san francisco giants are world champions. [speaking in spanish] [applause] >> now, we saved the best for last. the best team of announcers, k ruk and kuip. [applause] >> the san diego padres -- the atlanta braves, the philadelphia phillies, the texas rangers, they are all otta here! [applause] -- outta here! i came to this organization in 1982 and i only knew the couple of things about it. one, it had a really bad ballpark. it used to have a center fielder by the name of willie mays. its current center fielder was some guy named chilly. i also knew that it had not won a change in ship. my daughter started in 1982 and i am happy to say, thanks to these gentlemen here, the torture is over! [applause] how great was that parade? i know everyone up here felt it. i know you felt it. everyone here today, you are standing here, and you are not standing alone. you are standing with the person who taught you the great story of the san francisco giants, whether it is your dad,

banks can continue investing in their manufacture spanish n.g.a. said tens investigations have uncovered this plane alone had fourteen banks involved in financing nineteen makers of possible. b.b.b. a is the spanish bank that's been most active financing for pieces of controversial weapons and it's exactly this kind of large scale financing that can cain is now trying to rein in pushing for the development of all right past policies to ensure the banks are held accountable but without legislation there remains a direct link not only between the weapons producers and the banks that finance them between banks and the customers buying some locks really transparent about what they are using the savings savers money for so it's not easy to pointed out many of the banks named in the investigation and now coming forward to say their policies on funding arms production out change but until that happens in the murky world of arms production war remains a profitable business. r.t. . but one of the more of the stories we're covering log on to our website r.t.

banks can continue investing in the manufacture spanish n.g.a. said tens investigations have uncovered this plane alone had fourteen banks involved in financing nineteen makers of cluster bombs the b.v.a. is the spanish bank this being most active financing producers of controversial weapons it exactly this kind of large scale financing taking pain is now trying to rein in pushing for the development of more rape us policy to ensure the banks are held accountable but without legislation there remains a direct link not only between the weapons to jesus and the banks that finance them but between the banks and the customers banks and not really transparency about what they are using the c. sievers money for so it's not easy to find many of the banks named in the investigation and now coming forward to say their policies on funding and production out change but until that happens in the murky world of dance production wall remains a profitable business. r.t. . germany has announced it will be phasing out euclid energy by twenty twenty two decision w

the bombshell an investigation into spanish banks reveals that and large number have been cashing in on the shady business of illegal arms. american soldiers who've witnessed the harsh realities of war questioning why they would go in the first place and just what the government is up to. around the world and around the clock this is r t welcome program where we start with serbia where a former army chief charged with ordering the massacre of up to eight thousand muslims in one thousand nine hundred five awaits a decision on his extradition appeal that it is expected in the hague any day now but its supporters believe justice won't be on his side in accordance. who's been in go great since the former generals arrest. bringing justice to thousands of victims that's one self-proclaimed success of the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia and it's ready to deliver some more serbia prepares to extradite former bosnian serb army chief on live each week he's accused of crimes against humanity and origin in one nine hundred ninety five massacre in the village of three bu

i am taking said it years spanish right now, -- i am taking set in your spanish right now.s -- second year spanish right now. this is something i really passionate about. please do not cut it. it is very important to me an important to other students i know. thank you very much. [applause] >> good evening, superintendent and school board members. my name is -- and i am a junior at george washington high school. first, i want to say that i want to thank people for giving us the best opportunity to succeed in life, which is like giving us the best education, and one of my goals is to get into college, and right now, i feel the language issue is going to lessen my chance. so i really want to ask you guys to give us more students so we can get enough money. give us more students at george washington high school, it is that would give enough money for next year's fund. they keep. -- thank you. [applause] >> i am the chair of the languages department at george washington high school. we wrote you a letter, explaining the situation. i will be brief, and i will explain what is goin

[list of names] >> [speaking spanish] hello, my name is angelica. i come from cesar chavez elementary. i am worried -- [speaking spanish] >> the thing that worries me is that my daughter had a problem. i spoke to the principle, but the principal said it was nothing. i have a social worker who works with me, sir she placed a report against the situation. >> [speaking spanish] >> i would like to suggest that you implement -- code attention to violence, because violence is hurting -- put attention to violence, because violence is hurting our children, so i would like to suggest a program to help kids with communication so when they go to high school they have the skills to communicate with each other. >> [speaking spanish] >> next year, i would like to request for you guys not to throw our words on air. we do need after-school programs. my daughter did not get into a summer program, and i spoke to the principle and to the assistant principal because she did not get into the program. eventually, she got into one, so she went into a summer program for ma

[applause] >> [speaking in spanish] >> my name is stephanie garcia. i am 19 years old. i belong to an agency in the community and with all of our immigrant families so that we can we have better living conditions. >> [speaking in spanish] >> the topic i am talking about is an important issue for our community. our community needs affordable housing for other families who are low income or have jobs that are of low wage. >> [speaking in spanish] >> this issue specifically affects my family because we are not able to live independently. we have to share with other families, who like us, do not have enough resources to have our own apartment for house -- or house. >> [speaking in spanish] >> this issue, as you can imagine, affects our whole community. for the same reasons we do not have steady employment, and in london we have is not stable, and a lot of the families in my community, as i mentioned, cannot afford the housing that is available. we are not able to live in dignified conditions. >> [speaking in spanish] >> our community is working on this issue. the most impor

[laughter] i said -- [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] >> if you don't understand spanish, learn it. [laughter] no, no. [applause] no, what i told 'em, i said this, you know, this grant is a federal grant. you don't fool with the federal government here in this country. if you don't accept it, they're going to fine you, and also they're going to throw you in jail, so you might as well accept et. [laughter] they did. and the bottom line story on that is that she went on to get advanced scholarships and also got her ph.d.. finish and she taught for many year at cal state long beach and recently retired, and now has, of all things, a bookstore. so thank you very much. muchase gracias. [applause] >> we have microphones open here for questions. >> hi. i came all the way from miami. i'm a gringo from miami. [laughter] but i was involved in the ufw back in the late '60s, early '70 just as an activist. i wasn't a farm worker. the only time i was a farm worker was in israel, and then we ate grapes so much we got sick because we were allowed to eat those. i remember when cesar chavez came

this was once a staple of spanish tv. now bull fights are only shown on a satellite channel.nother sign of the times, perhaps. the crowd offers some encouragement to damien, the novice and at least he survives his afternoon, which is more that can be said for the bull. rosa hill is the widow of the last man to die in the bullring in barcelona. his name was jose falcon and he was killed back in 1974. >> listen to me. i think i love you. >> he said that? >> yeah. >> the restaurant used to be a kind of canteen for bull fighters on the tour, but it's quieter these days, she says. >> it's the beginning of the finish bullfighting all over the world. our kids in the schools, they are going out with different attitudes with animals, with the priests -- >> you don't mind if it finishes, maybe? >> no, i think that will be the most normal, because life is like that. >> at his splendid medieval palace in barcelona, the president of catalonia is proud of his government's independent spirit but insists this has nothing to do with the bullfight ban. >> it's not related to the spanish issue

i am... you know, when i go to puerto rico, i visit ( speaking spanish ) >> hinojosa: no!>> those were my friends, those were the people i hung out with, those were the stars of my first movies. and so... so yeah, so my sophomore year of college was the first time i really had latino friends my age and we could make jokes about, you know, jerry rivera and transformers, you know? it's... and both those cultures. >> hinojosa: you know, it was interesting, because the reviews... wonderful reviews, but there were some people who said, "this is so not realistic. this is not what in the heights..." washington heights is a neighborhood that went through some rough times... >> absolutely. >> hinojosa: ...some serious rough times-- major drug dealing, turf battles, you know... >> i was there in the 1980s, i know all about it. >> hinojosa: it was rough. but people looked at your play and they were like, "well, this isn't true." and it's like, well, no, actually, when you were growing up, there was that, too. where it was a community, it was warm place, it was a welcoming place, it w

. >> my name is lupe, and i speak spanish as my primary language, but i am a citizen. i appreciate from this commission that there is an interpreter. i think as a spanish-speaking person, as a mexican and american, what i would like from this commission for me to really respect you, and for me and thousands of other immigrants, but i am going to speak for the spanish-speaking community, for us to feel that you are really here, and you mean what you say, it is beyond interpretation and intention. it is engagement, but it is also to stand up. i am going to give you a couple of examples. the new police chief just passed a law that if you don't have a driver's license, which is one of the main issues for latino undocumented people, that they are going to give you 20 minutes, they will take your car and pay a fee. but they are going to take your car. you are going to go into another debt for $1,000. you can say we support this. put an ad in the chronicle or announce it. that is one. the one, the chronicle and other english papers, i think because they have new reporters tha

i will review a passage from a spanish spy. he rode the blacks are not intimidated and they formed themselves in a line. if you read early nineteenth century military infantry tactics books which i did. might not have had the best social life in college. they tell you to do exactly this which is to form a firing line. wait until you see the whites of your enemies eyes and then to fire. the slave to exactly the right thing. the army of 200 to 500, take their stance against their former masters. how they felt in those final moments. i will read you a passage from a louisiana slave who fights in the civil war 50 years later. he writes we are fighting and ask no more glorious death than to die for freedom but for our race to go back into bondage again and be hunted by dogs in the swamp and set upon and sold for gold and silver, never. gladly we would die first. smoky erupts on the battlefield of the first shots. in battle you didn't even see your enemy when the first shot went off because the gun powder discharge huge amounts of sm

. >> [speaking spanish] gracias. [speaking spanish] >> we have behaved very well. we have not made much noise. the mission is known to make a lot of noise. that is why we did little noise together. we want to remind you that as you are making the tough choices, it is about the kids that were on stage. it is about the mothers and the hearts of the people you saw here today. it is not just about cutting services. it is looking at how we generate new revenues to support our city. we cannot follow the trend of the country looking at cutting social services in favor of the wealthy. we have to look at how we can all put together for these services and city that we want to have. thank you so much for being here. [speaking spanish] what is next is that there are a number of meetings. we're hopeful that the new mayor has opened the doors to the community. he has been having a lot of meetings up and down the city. three more are coming up on april 13, 14, and 21. those will be district 10, 8, and 11. someone will be passing out the form with all of the different dates and ti

i am still working on spanish. one is from brazil.ounded the dance ensembles under the auspices of the brazilian cultural association. it means "watercolor is" in portuguese and is known as a creative -- as creative costumes -- cote "watercolors." there are three carnaval kings from their ranks. she is working at a preschool and is the way mother. today, we honor korea for being an ambassador -- we honor maria for being an ambassador of brazilian culture and dance for the san francisco bay area for 25 years. [cheers and applause] now, i believe we have a plaque for you, but i do not have it. give me one second, ok? uh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh. hold on one second. we are having technical difficulties. come help me. i am not sure where the plack is. i am going to give you some flowers, and i am going to pretend that i am handing you a plack -- plaque. now, next up is the group? ok. are you dancing? ok. sure. >> i would like to say thank you to all of you and for all of the carnaval organization for letting us to brazilian carnaval here.

in our spanish room which is quite small and the spanish teachers have to move around and it gets a little confusing about where everyone is going. so if we can build the multipurpose center, we can have games at our school and we don't have to do p. nechlt -- we don't have to do p.e. in our spanish room. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am maxi kim moto and i am a fifth grader at the san francisco school. we had a performance and we were cramped into a little music room and we were split apart and the audience and it was too tight to breathe and with the new facility we will be able to pull out the row of chairs and a stage and have lots of room to breathe, i guess. and yeah. i think will this will be a good experience for teachers and children to expand their minds and thank you for your time. >> thank you. is there any additional comment? i don't know if any adults want to follow that, but at your own risk. >> i am a very proud parent of my eighth grade son who has been there since he was 3 years old and his eighth grade teacher is with him. he is an exceptional drummer wi