they were the pioneers of our chinatown community and start the china town community association years ago i remember coming back with my mom when the freeway was torn down and she wanted to make sure it stayed up because she knew it was the lifeline to chinatown. i remember the spirit of my mom and how strong she was and she was here in these chambers with over 20,000 signatures to put onto the ballot but unfortunately we did not prevail and the freeway was torn down. in any event, we got to take the highroad and we started the moon festival street fair. i remember they said this was a new project. you have to help us get it off the ground. there was no e-mail. we started communication through a fax machine and we got through radio and announcement and was the first ever street fair in chinatown on grant avenue. it began with the hard work of my parents. it started with three blocks and now up to nine blocks. thanks to all of my friends back here. i'm almost teary eyed because they have all been here from the beginning. i want to thank them all. >> [ applause ] so i hope that you will

i've learned a lot about the chinatown community. in the adopt an alleyway when we bring seniors to different places we help. we did alleyway clean up and put things to work better. i helped planned events. this is really important to me i learned a lot of new skills. even though i'm graduating this year i hope the funds will continue. i have grown so much in the program. thank you >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm with the china development center. for over 20 years we've been developing leaders. our goal is to foster the social responsibility of our youth that the youth helped design. our youth leadership program began with 8 youth who saw a better need for the alleyways. sing then argue i did not recollect program has grown under the adopt an ailing program and you just heard from our leaders. and we're extremely proud of them and the work we do to build our youth leader. we support lots of folks in chinatown into 0 programs for kids living there and a oergs. we provided intensive support to build the leadership sk

charity cultural services center in the heart of chinatown since july, 2010. we have seen thousands of job seekers. thank you for the opportunity to speak today on behalf of those workers who are not able to speak today about their needs and lack of access to vital, critical job training and services. this year we have had more than 25% cut, 200,000 cut it work for services at the chinatown one-stop center and hundreds of people will not have access to the vital work for services that are critical to the family economic success but only of residents of district 2 and 3, but citywide also. today i urge you to continue to invest in the workforce needs of san francisco which not only includes job seekers looking for skills of great, occasional english as a second-language training but also those workers currently working looking to upgrade their skills. thank you again for your time and for your energy and your consideration. (applause) >> hi, mr. mayor, supervisors, budget director, kate howard and other city departments. my name is pam denenberg. i am a member o

we call the richmond district the new chinatown in the 1980's at that time. just being around the tremendous unique neighborhood, and discovering san francisco in the 1980's as i grew up, but i also have been very active as a community organizer. i worked in chinatown, and some first jobs also at the mental health center in the richmond area multi services in the 1980's, and i was also a staff are at the chinatown youth center -- i was also a staffer. a lot of my work has been supporting community empowerment, especially in an immigrant and people of color communities. most recently, i have been teaching at san francisco state. i ran the immigrant rights coalition in the city in the 1990's for several years. i'm also an immigration attorney, and a lot of my passion is supporting in power met for immigrant communities in the city as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? supervisor mar: a lot of people bring this up, but is one of the most exciting, culturally diverse places in the world. learning about new cultures and people from different par

the tunnel machines should be left in the ground in chinatown just like with ninety over the world. this common sense solution isn't being considered. probably want to change the height restrictions to 6 story cookie cutter condos with million dollar views. clearly the only option is the chinatown option leave in the ground and please leave north beach alone thank you. >> next speaker please? >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. dr. jackson. i would like to say that i've been a resident of san francisco for 70 years i've lived in bay view hunter's pot since 1948 i would like to say i'd like to think that my vote counts when i ve in 1970 when proposition b was ballot the ci voted that we would get better bus services in bay view hunter er's point. i would like to say at this time when the t train stops at 23 rd street i live at ingles and jamestown i'm a senior citizen and i am 80 years of age i shouldn't have to walk from 23 rd up to jamestown. it is a diss grace how the people of bay view hunter's point have been treated we the taxpayers i would like to say that we had thought we

we recently opened the renovated chinatown rec center and mascony playground, after 14 years of struggle, we will soon renovate the joe dimaggio playground next to the brand-new neighborhood library and we don't have a gardener to take care of it. district 3 needs additional rpd and dpw resources, more staff or quake tower, transportation. we've got heavy needs for transportation. the t line is underway but the t line will not be finished until he continues to north beach and fishermen swarf. we need to look at how the t line can be connected to them. drug and alcohol abuse. the effects of homeless and substance abusers is great. we need more b cops, and beginning to hear from both the officers and homeless advocates the same story; the officers call it the drug tank. the homeless calls it the detox center. more and more i hear call for a place where people can be taken especially during the day, cared for and given access to city services and not endangering the families and the children and the tourists who come to north beach. polk street, and broadway, are old, hallowed traditional c

the government forced 27 chinatown bus companies to close. but that study that senator schumer requested turned out to be bogu the democrats' main gold the data and also counted greyhound and made other mistakes and it turns out they were about as safe as others but the truth came too late to help the entrepreneur is unhappy customers today most chinatown buses are out of business. one more example. intrade a prediction market people could bet on anything political elections, american idol vendors, year after year intrade predicted oscar winners it correctly. and the odds are great predictors of election results. the last presidential election karl rove was still saying this. >> data know what the outcome will be but intrade had dlared obama the clear winner as a 99 percent chance and a half hour later we said we have called the race for president obama. for years at intrade was more accurate than all pundits all networks and markets e accurate because they represent the wisdom of lots of people and people seriously enough to bet their own mon

like the chinatown bus system. >> these companies are packed every hour with bargain hunting writers civic it is the most convenient way and it only cost $1. john: the independent bus companies figured out i they pick people up right off the streets without a bus terminal they can save money to offer very cheap fares. >> passengers are pleased but the american bus associion is rried that it fears the future of the motor coach industri could be threatened by low-priced chinatown bus that are dangerous operating illegally. >> companies that operate at a substantially reduced costs, one-fourth of what it would cost most operators have to be cutting corners somewhere. >> government quickly cited with thenion bus company sandoz chinatown buses must have cut corners and quickly the u.s. duty announced they had a study that showed chinatown buses were a safety risk. >> seven times greater chance of fatality tat is unacceptable and it wil stop. john: seven times? the government forced 27 chinatown bus companies to close. but that study that senator schumer requested turned out to be bogus the

like the chinatown bus system. >> these companies are packed every hour with bargain hunting writers s the most convenient way and it only cost $1. john: the independent bus companies figured out if they pick people up right off the streets without a bus terminal they can save money to offer very cheap fares. >> passengers are pleased but the american bus association is worried that it fears the future of the motor coach industries could be threatened by low-priced chinatown buses that are dangerous operating illegally. >> companies that operate at a substantially reduced costs, one-fourth of what it would cost most operators have to be cutting coers somewhere. >> government quicy cited withhe union bus company sandoz chinatown buses must have cut corners and quickly the u.s. duty announced they had a study that showed chinatown busess were a saty risk. >> seven timess greater chance of fatality that is unacceptable and it will stop. john: seven times? the government forced 27 chinatown bus companies to close. but that study that senator schumer requested turned out to be bogus the de

as an aside, she supported her late husband mark li, after whom the chinatown branch library is named. laura's name also adorns the heart of research and learning. i wonder -- i want to thank laura for generously donating time money and materials, to the chinese historical society, seven cisco public library, and so many other organizations. i happen to hold in my hands a chapter of an anthology called chinese-american history and perspective called born lucky. we are lucky to have benefit from your civil rights advocacy documentation of chinese-american history for serving as an advisor to the friends of roots program, program every year that sends another generation of future chinese-american leaders to find your roots. the saturday laura is going to be honored this incredible network of chinese-american leaders on the occasion of the gala. and because of that i want to present a proclamation that hopefully we will adopt later his program today to declare april 27th, 2013, as laura li day in san francisco. on behalf of the constituents that ever-present in chinatown, you have been a

one of the needs that we brought up particularly for chinatown residents, those struggling with language access, when the language access is a good way to opportunities. if you're an accountant and have a professional background cannot speak a language you do not have an opportunity. your door is a low-wage job in a restaurant or grocery store and you don't have time because you are taking care of your children to be able to learn the language. our motto here right now with city college because it is a challenge, classroom-based, six years to become proficient to enter one of our academies. we are asking for an innovative way to lower the learning time to maybe two years or shorter. maybe with your office of innovation between tec and volunteers, and good academic understanding of what it means to do line with acquisition for our residents, it would make a difference in the lives of the families and the children. so those are our requests sts and thank you always for your support. apl (applause)>> thank you. before we get the public comment we have one more presentation but i want to tak

heard about concerns about that about wanting more bilingual officers especially where it is for the chinatown. so is there any plans, what is the way to get more cantonese officers if possible? >> i think that's a function of the hiring process. we go out to speak to young people and talk about careers in law enforcement. we tell them we want the department to reflect the community it service so the best is to higher from the community. we go out and do the cadet program that gets high school students thinking about a career in law enforcement and we have the southeast corner in the city and we focus down here trying to get folks from the ingleside and with the working group we put out an application with the county residents trying to give the youth an opportunity. as far as the language, i would like the city to give the language test, i'm sure there are a lot of people who speak but are not certified. we have to create a test. it's really a function of hiring people. i know the department does a lot of recruiting in the city of san francisco and that's the key in the long-term. >> do you k

years, it drum up some business for the chinatown shopping, and then he have -- benny yee have a very high reputation among our chinese all over san francisco, and when they come into the city matters, you know, planning, streets, other activities, he would give his advice, his wife, we respect it and most of the times, it is very useful, and i'm a retired postal worker, but i do not represent the post office. i have lots of guys working in the postal station on 22nd avenue and, you know, the postal worker always have to bring that, you know, mail, that delayed package, so i hope you will place whatever it is from the at&t elsewhere, do not block the people going in and out of the post office. thank you. >> thank you. >> is there any other public comment? please step forward. >> good evening. my name is thai ho, i'm the donut owner and i'm [inaudible] almost every day, and it's very hard to open the side door because the big box over there and i see it as a lot of -- you know across the street, that's an opening and i don't know why they don't put it over there, i just hope at&t can m

but it is really an amazing place many of us when we fought for the chinatown campus over the years it was about creating access and opportunities, to create nurses, teachers, mechanics, the professions that keep our city running an economically viable. the 85,000 students are a great testament. the college focus on real strategic approach to social justice is also been a model nationwide in higher education and pulling up economies, a great model for many other immunity cause distress throughout the country. ,but the college is facing a significant crisis perhaps the greatest crisis in is near 80 year history since 2007 the college has been forced to cut 53 million dollars because of the lack of funding at the state level in most recently the schools accreditation has come under threat by the state accreditation committee and gynecologists at city college is way too important to idly stand by. the resolution comes out of the spirit of being supportive of that institution in this time of dire need. the resolution is driven by the , , very constituents with the most at stake at city col

the market. >> eventually chinatown will be empty. so it is very serious. >> why these bay area protestors say congress could set off the biggest attack on asian-americans in decades. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, explore the san francisco mm of modern art.. before it >>> you still have a few more days to explore the san francisco museum of modern art before it undergoes a major transformation. today city leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction. the 225,000-square-foot expansion project will offer more free to the public space and enhanced education programs for schoolchildren. it will open june 2 and will reopen in 2016. >>> just in time for our hot weather that's coming and the barbecue, wild salmon will hit the market and from what we saw today, there's going to be plenty of it. there's an old saying when the fish aren't biting it goes, that's why they call it fishing, not catching. well, today, they are catching. >> it's still young yet but looking good. certainly looking to be one of the best we've seen i

we focus mainly on the tenderloin, chinatown, bayview, visitation. we do a lot of expansion. people start small through the credit union and then want to go to the bank. we know we are limited. we cannot afford to give out a big loan. starting from the credit union, we educate them about filing taxes properly and then moving on to the bank, a small one, expansion, and we work with the bank. the bank and credit union are similar. we do allow tax returns, projections. credit unions do not charge an additional loan or processing fee. processing time, on a small loan, -- consumer loans probably a few days. because we require a business plan, sometimes it takes longer. business plans take a while. especially bank statements. we need to see consistent income coming in. so far, a credit union delinquent rate is quite low because we are working with a client. we want to keep that low and as part of our mission. there is no application fee. if you are interested in an application or information, i have brochures, or you can give us a call. >> thank you. next is marked with wells fargo.

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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