i am here with cindy from the chinatown community development center. e are here to express strong support for this project. i want to address the points made, it embraces a lot of concern for me. the primary characterization that concerns me is that this project will somehow not serve chinatown. this is a project that chinatown is asking for. [tone] supervisor campos: our fault, my apologies. i know that i talk quick, but i did not realize it was that quick. [laughter] do i need to repeat what i was going to say? i just want to address the point that has been repeated over and over, that this project will not benefit chinatown. despite the fact of we have advocated this over the years, there must be some credit given to the community when they know what they are talking about. this project will decrease ride * from chinatown to other parts of the city. this entire illustration of how people will have to get out of the subway, walked back in, shift over to washington street, it misses a couple of things that really need to add some richness and depth to

of the latest renderings of the chinatown station. and the north beach ferry, where we would be driving the tunnel- boring machine and extracting it on columbus avenue between union and filbert. finally, the list of contracts that will be awarded for the program, the six remaining contracts. the first one will be presented to our board on december 7, and the largest contract will be issued for bid on the first quarter of next year. that would be the tunneling contract. this program is over $1 billion worth of park construction, anticipated to create over 35,000 jobs over the life of the subway. at this point, i would like to turn it over to kristin. thank you. >> good afternoon. thank you very much for having us at this hearing. as we have discussed in previous meetings about the central subway project, we need five acquisitions. two for the stations had mosconi and chinatown, and three underground easements. once again, we are getting there. thank you. the red dots shows the fourth and fulsome and chinatown stations. the blue dots sho

the chinatown area planned protect the neighborhood as the central subway comes in.the fear of a high-rise developments in the displacement, -- and displacement, it will be watched carefully. the central subway provides consistent right of way travel and access to an efficient and reliable travel. this funding cannot be spent on another project in san francisco. if it goes -- if it is lost, it goes back to a federal pot. supervisor campos: thank you, next speaker. >> wrong. this money can be spent elsewhere in san francisco. this project was never on the federal list for new starts until political influence waned its way into the government. and this project is not cost- effective. it will never be cost-effective. and it screws chinatown royally. merchants on stockton will be decimated. the residents of chinatown are going to have to travel three football fields to make a connection. no one else does. the muni service on stockton street is going to be cut. and of the residents of san francisco are going to suffer because other projects that are worthwhile are not goi

>> -- supervisor mar: how many of the existing chinatown tenants have agreed to move to the montgomery sanford side? >> all of them have expressed an interest, but is up to each of them. as they move into temporary housing, they will get 42 months of subsidized rent, so we will find out later, but they will have that opportunity. supervisor mar: hi was going to ask as well, "the chronicle" reported the budget gap for the $1.6 billion project, and i wondered if you could respond to -- i think they were saying it was $127 million to $235 million in order to complete the project. i wondered if you could respond to what was in the paper today. >> the financial plan is one of the many deliverables that rolls up into the full funding grant agreement. the financial plan has been submitted to the fda, and the agency's chief financial officer will be presenting to the transportation authority plans and programs tomorrow morning with a presentation of that draft plan, outlining the $137 million and program the amount, -- unprogrammed amount, and she will be presenting a plan resulting in a fully

central subway is going to expand transportation options for the chinatown residents. it will make the transportation experience a lot more palatable and, hopefully, even pleasant. it will hopefully address these underlying human conditions that we see every day on stockton. the other thing that i would like to quickly add, many things have been said here about the fda being would be manned -- fca being bogyman, but far from killing chinatown, this project is what is going to allow us to attract hud money towards a transportation oriented affordable housing developments. thank you. supervisor campos: is there any member of the public that would like to speak that has not spoken? seeing no one, public comment is closed. colleagues, let me turn it over to my harvard classmate, supervisor chiu. supervisor chiu: i would like to thank everyone that came out to speak on this today. i do respect your perspective. i know that she cared deeply about the future of our community. that said, it is no secret that i have been a strong supporter of this project since i was educated ab

as you know, this is a project that the chinatown community has advocated for for over 15 years now. we believe it will bring significant transportation benefits to the community, and we also believe it will create an anchor for the future stability of chinatown, both in terms of attracting a further infrastructure money in terms of affordable housing, and money that can support the small businesses there. with regards to the specific issues of relocation, i want to point out that issues around the relocation of the low-income residents in the building were things that we brought up, almost nine months ago with the mta. i'm happy to report we have been able to work closely with them, and i'm also happy to report that mta has taken an unprecedented step of committing to not only relocating the tenants under the existing federal law, which they were required to anyway, but to take the further step and replaced the housing that they demolished with affordable housing in chinatown and to provide the residents that are being displaced with a right of first refusal to live in affordable hou

then i have to go down to union square, take the subway and then go to chinatown, get off on washington street. if i want to go shopping, i have to go to pacific and stockton. after three or four backs, back to washington street to go to the subway, then to union square, walk up, and then to powell street to take the l car. i want carmen chu to explain to the sunset residents -- the bulk of the chinese come from the sun seset. most chinese will say, the hell with the subway, i will take the bus. commissioner campos: next speaker please. >> my name is bernard myers. i am a member of the people of task force of the board last year. our concern in that task force was to help the continued robustness of the entire public transportation system in the city. the allocation of substantial amounts of public funds, to me, to this project -- and i will let others speak about what is wrong with the product itself, but the allocation of these funds, the potential of being held for any cost overruns, has the potential to impoverished the system for years to come, which will not allow a lot of jobs to

i had an incident when my grandma had hurt herself and my dad and uncle brought her to the chinatown hospital but because they lacked the right department she was sent to ucsf. however, because they didn't speak english, my aunt was contacted whenever a translator was needed or she would stay at the hospital the whole day. more translation services are needed and the health care service master plan will identify this need. please vote in support of this master plan. it's time we had a plan in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. i know that we have a number of high school students that need to get back to doing their homework. deann. sam lee. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm a member of the chinese progressive association. i eam a volunteer -- i'm a volunteer in a youth program. we campaign for health care and education issues. i am in support of the health care services master plan. health-related development should be based on the needs of all residents of san francisco. the part of san francisco right now southeast san francisco is a part of san francisco with many low income

it is outpaced only by the chinatown branch. ks to additional funding a 5.9 million provided by the state propositiond by proposition 14, that's referred to the california reading and literacy improvement and public library construction and bond act of 2000, that's the short version of the title. we were able to expand the space and provide additional space for collections, computers, room for teens. a community meeting room. which you can see that it is accessible from outdoors, if we have to have an afterhours meeting it is possible. speaking on behalf of the library commission, we have a commitment to commence in the entire program for the branch library improvement program, in design, safety, modernization and green standards. and we like also to express, i like to express on behalf of the commission the wonderful work, the community and partnership with the department of public works, california state library, and the library for all of their support in making this possible. i like to give those organizations starting with,

later on, i was joined by vera haile, and before she came to our commission, she worked in the chinatown self help for the elderly, and she is knowledgeable of all of the commissioners, knowledgeable of the needs of the committee. currently, i am on the condition of aging. we -- commission of aging. we rely on vera a lot for information. she would often come to our commission meetings to solve some problems for the benefit of the commission. i urge you to reappoint her. i also support teresa chee. she is very active in the chinese community. she also belongs to the american legion. ina regular member and she is an auxiliary member. both of us belong to the chinese democratic club. she really knows her stuff. she knows what metical, medicare is. lots of people ask her what this is, getting the views on part d and c. i urge you to appoint these two ladies. they will be very worthy. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> good morning, supervisors. i am on the staff for planning for elders. i am here to speak in favor of the reappointment of vera haile to the immigrants rights

volunteered he's design skills for countless organizations, which include building web sites for the chinatowneighborhood center, north beach neighborhood associations, american or in performing arts, and the asian american pageant. he was also a project coordinator ad a community youth center where he spearheaded community clubhouses after school programs. i even visited a program that he created, and he has taught asian youth graphics and web design, so we are honored to announce his leadership in the community. >> i would like the coordinator this year to join us. [applause] >> congratulations to thomas. do you want to say a few words? >> thank you for this amazing award. i want to thank my parents, my brother, friends and family, but one person that stood out to me is my role model, rose chung, also known as my godmom. she taught me that in the world, that with a little perseverance and dedication, that you should. you should give it a try even though you can make it. throughout the years, she taught me that obstacles are nothing but steppingstones to prepare you for life's challenges to b

he has served in many civic duties, and he is also very active in the chinatown community.now that he would be a good choice for this post. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, a supervisor. i am a retired engineer that chose to come back to san francisco to live, and i want to make this a better city. i am uniquely qualified to talk about steven lee because in high school, he was my best friend, even though as adults, we kind of separated. now, as an adult with children, i do want to make this the best city for all of us to enjoy, and i think steven lee will be very active in pursuing that goal, so thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. supervisor alioto-pier, thank you when you appoint me for the graffiti advisory board. thank you. thank you when you appoint me -- i never met you before, and you of whitney two terms on this advisory board. i am president of the united cemetery in mission, and i support svetlana kaff. first of all, she is a member of my organization, and second, i read in t

. >> the chinatown chamber of commerce set up a command post at the neighborhood police substation armed with two way radios flashlights and cameras, volunteers will be looking for signs of trouble. >> we'll be patrolling chinatown with one two, cars and then, we'll do something to working with the opd. >> this afternoon, university of california told some 800 workers to go home. employee was relieved to be with her kids. >> i'd rather be out of the building and picking them up being mom than being trapped downtown, frankly. >> and there is another space in oakland tonight. and there is plenty of food booth. the case having an impact we're told. a lot f a lot of regulars just aren't coming here tonight. >> and that is a shame. thank you. >> and there is mehserle sentenced to two years in prison he'll do less time than that. two years is 730 day buzz under double credit he'll only have to serve half that, 356 days. and plus, credit for time served another 146 days, meaning that he will be out in a little over seven month autos joining us now is dean johnson. let's start first with your le

council, the advisory council to the department of aging, and i work 13 years in self-help for the elderly in chinatown and 13 years in the tenderloin, and that is where my experience with immigrants was initiated. i'm still active with many groups, and language access, which is part of immigrants' rights, is a very important issue to seniors as well as other immigrants, and i have been pleased that the language access ordinance was revised and extended and, hopefully, we will have some additional languages this year after census data gets in. seniors often have difficulty learning english, and even those who learn it sometimes prefer to speak their original language, and not continue to speak english, so i think it is very important that we keep doing that. i began to discover the extent of immigrants during the fast pass their increase, and i was one of the people who went around the senior mills said, and i go to senior mills said its regularly, and if they are not just one group regularly -- i was one of the people who went around the senior meal sites. you can see many immigrant issues come up. no

the park. there are little or no back yards for housing in north beach/chinatown neighborhood. is one of the projects where we can start to make north beach and chinatown better for open space, so there are many advantages of this plan, which the general manager will list in a couple of minutes. thank you. >> upon completing the master planning process, the department's initiated with the department a major environmental analysis division

the same people. we don't have as tourists. we are coming up to street to chinatown. e are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go . >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. .

the great wall of chinatown. s rookie put on another show recording his first triple-double. 13 assists. now has 61 assists in his first 6 games, a new nba record. he is what am i looking for? good. >> the great players become usual, triple-double. >> -- it was interesting to see. >> caps home to the lightning. tom cody listed as probable. missed the lastle games with a groin. >>> if you're going to the game tonight, you may want to consider buying one of these the cap. it has the logo on the side. 100% of the proceeds go to the gruesome. our military kids provide grants to the children around the world to bridge the gap while the parents are overseas. >> very good. all doing our part from the game to the gear, trying to get people to donate baskets. number in case you need it, 402- 43-9045. don't worry a bit. we have professionals here, getting through a sports cast, the weather cast with phones ringing. >> spectacular tomorrow. and the weekend will feel more like october. near 70. >>> keep it going through the 7

the park. there are little or no back yards for housing in north beach/chinatown neighborhood. this is one of the projects where we can start to make north beach and chinatown better for open space, so there are many advantages of this plan, which the general manager will list in a couple of minutes. thank you. >> upon completing the master planning process, the department's initiated with the department a major environmental analysis division in full environmental impact review process late in 2008, and that is our fifth reason for opposing the landmark recommendation for north beach. this is the eir. the draft library and parks plan is being studied in an exhaustive process that looks at the existing impacts to traffic, chatelin, architectural resources, and the historic resources of the existing building as well as other considerations. these are weighed against the benefits of the project, which are many in terms of a large, functional library, accessible 21st century, stated that our library, a beautifully restored park, a safe, accessible playground, and a tremendous incre

>> the choreographer and dancer actually was a student of mine and residency in cameron house and chinatown. i developed a friendship with her over many years, and also with the spoken word artists. i met him at a benefit at one of the benefits in chinatown. it is part of that ongoing really rich relationship building that happens in our arts community. >> i got a chance to hear a little bit of your performance, and i am a big fan of john coltrane, and you play a phenomenal sax. can you tell me a little about your musical influences. >> a particular piece about john coltrane was he reached out to asia and his global vision. as an asian american growing up and coming up in this country seeking some recognition, that was a very meaningful, making that kind of contribution. i really owe a debt to john coltrane for recognizing my culture and uplifting it as part of the music as well. >> i know that your family history is really rich and complex in terms of illustrating how the chinese has occurred over the last two centuries. it could talk about that? >> it began in the 1870's, when my great gr

the night. this full moon cast a glow in chinatown. the streets could talk, they'd tell stories of wealth, love, greed, and racism. >> chinese believe in evil spirits. these rooms are theirs to trick them. the spirit coming down in the roof, shooting back up. >> the maze of alley ways provides a perfect place to tell ghost story autos there is a family of cats that live in this alley way. no one knows who takes care of them. no one knows why they're here. and elders of the community say that these cats represent the reincarnation of the ladies of the evening killed here in early 1900s. >> every friday and saturday night, cynthia shares ghost stories she heard as a child growing up here in chinatown. some are haunted stories. bordering on super natural. others are haunting tales of lost love. >> ladies of the evening used to be behind gates and used to solicit their business and behind a red door were their actual brothels. one lady named anna wong, a lovely lady, fortunate enough to meet a shoe maker. they got married and became mr. and

the attack took place near chinatown on the powell mason line while the system was shut down for repairs. there were no tourists on board and police describe a vicious attack. >> how many times attacked? >> multiple time to the body and arms. life threatening injuries. there was a lot of blood at the scene. somehow he got the blood on him or on his shoes. >> a witness led police where they followed a trail of blood to the suspect's apartment. police arrested 32-year-old george wong for the attempted murder. three of the suspect's relatives were also arrested. police say they were trying to interfere with officers. >> it's 5:03. newark police are looking for the man who held up a chuck e. cheese restaurant packed with customers, including children. jenelle wang live at the scene with the story. >> newark police have no suspects in custody. they don't even have a description because the three gunmen had their faces covered. this whole thing unfolded saturday night around 10:00 at this check e. cheese on mowery school in new washing. about closing time when they stormed into the restaurant

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early days of the city, the city grows up in what is the financial district on the edge of chinatown. everything they rely on for existence is the golden gate. it's of massive importance to the people what comes in and out of san francisco bay. they can't see it where they are. they get the idea to build a giant wooden structure. the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the beginning. and a group of 20 businessmen decided that it would be better if the top of the hill remained for the public. so they put their money down and they bought four lots at the top of the hill and they gave them to the city. lily

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