. >> my name is tony robles with senior action network in district 6. i have worked with the filipino community as part of the heritage foundation. the tenderloin area has been a starting point for many filipino immigrants and their families historically. they have gone through a lot, the community, with three development, the high cost of living, removal, displacement. a lot of our folks are elders who have been forced to relocate to other parts of the city and bay area. at the same time, we have many community centers that our elders and youth frequent and use. we have the country's only filipino bilingual school. we have health centers, parks, churches with filipino residents and their families. we still have a concern about the recent move to push the border north to 13th street. is higher than the previously proposed 15th street northern border, which was in the map as recently as april 4. it is higher than the community unity map version with the district 9 border at 16th street. it is important to filipino community stays unified and has a voice

. >> my name is tony robles and on the board of heritage foundation. think we would be remiss if we didn't frame this discussion in terms of class and economics. you talk about safety, you know? and harm being done to our community. let's not forget the banks. let's not forget the elders that end up in vehicles or who end up nowhere. who have been incredibly damaged by our financial institutions, who are ending up in situations that nobody should end up. and nobody talks about the damage that they are doing. at least nobody in the media. you know, it's always those people in the cars. those people. the homeless people as if they were a tribe of people from outer-space. people who work, people who have jobs, they end up in vehicles. often times it happens. you know, you lose your place of residence. i know people that are employed that end up in their rv or end up in their car. and it's not a choice. you know, it's a result of extreme poverty. i mean, the housing, trying to get on waiting lists. trying to navigate those systems can be an extremely long

we'd call you all the time, me, tony robles and others. and just want to thank you for all of your wisdom and your openness, because you never turned away a call, and you always did everything you could to help the residents, especially the ones we were working with, particularly, very low income residents. so thank you. i know -- is here, but we're glad to have lupe, but we'll miss you a lot. >> thank you, supervisor. >> president chiu: supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: i just wanted to dhie chime in and also thank you for all of your work. as a college student i remember watching the fall of the "i" hotel and learning about you and the story of al robles. it was inspiring to me as a student to be committed and dedicated to working on behalf of our communities, and also just learning about the history of our activism, and of asian-americans who stood up on behalf of our neighborhoods and our most vulnerable members for a population. your work is inspiring. when we were finally able to rebuild the "i" hotel 30 years later it was amazing t