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we are home to the oldest china town in the united states. one of 3 japan towns. little saigon. asian americans we built the railroad and wine country. created fortune cookies and technologies and established farm worker rights and the constitutional right to birth right citizenship. we have dhn despite chinese eccollusion, japanese intern am. quake, fire, covid and antiasian hate we are arab ran america and the diverse communities that represent san francisco and i want to say to our vietnamese community, to our korean community -- and our [inaudible] community and our mandarin community. and with that i'm going to introduce our sheriff miomoto who will say welcome in every other dialect! >> thank you. city attorney. i don't know how i always have to follow him when we have these celebrations i will try. let me try indonesian. and this is for my wife. i am honored be here representing our community not just representing our diverse a ap i community but also san francisco. and this opportunity to celebrate together and as carmen mentioned there are so many here it is wonderful t

to the, the russian army takes control of the town of chad is in a, a form of strong hold for you. crazy and full says it was done yet. republic pads were full. it's come in of low cost and being killed despite the fees for the u. s president suggests to relocate, sing them to nearby arab countries. palestinian say they will resist any forced the space for the best and the not agree with the come the but the whole the will not agree or with the anyone who is trying to force them out to be at home then they have the exist on the subject lands on it's a carrot and stick strategy from donald trump. he rounds all the sections on an air rod, encouraging against a crucial foot. india is trade in the region for that also floats the idea of a new you to deal with iraq. however, iran is skeptical about proposition because what it is important for him to both ruin the runs relationship with its allies and enter another round so that it will intensify iran problems. the united states is known as a country that is on faithful lies and is coming and can ruin the negotiations the palo to very well wel

we are home to the oldest china town in the united states. one of 3 japan towns. little saigon.mericans we built the railroad and wine country. created fortune cookies and technologies and established farm worker rights and the constitutional right to birth right citizenship. we have dhn despite chinese eccollusion, japanese intern am. quake, fire, covid and antiasian hate we are arab ran america and the diverse communities that represent san francisco and i want to say to our vietnamese community, to our korean community -- and our [inaudible] community and our mandarin community. and with that i'm going to introduce our sheriff miomoto who will say welcome in every other dialect! >> thank you. city attorney. i don't know how i always have to follow him when we have these celebrations i will try. let me try indonesian. and this is for my wife. i am honored be here representing our community not just representing our diverse a ap i community but also san francisco. and this opportunity to celebrate together and as carmen mentioned there are so many here it is wonderful to feel a

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[000:00:00;00] the russian army takes control of the town of tourists, cannot form us from old fort ukrainian forces and they didn't get public records come in off more guidelines being killed. this part, the c 5, the us president suggests relocating them to nearby our country even policy and say that that will resist any 4th displacement for the best and knows when they're not agreed with the trump. uh, they will not agree or with the anyone who is trying to force them out to be at home and, and the with this whole such a man. so it's a college and stick strategy. it's on donald trump here bounce up functions on the rod, including against the port, fruitful for india is trade in the region. but then the also felt the idea of a new nuclear deal with the rod the but we're continuing our coverage of the latest strategies shaping the world right now. this is all ready to national. i a michael, what about we start the breaking news from the russian defends ministry. moscow's forces have taken control of the town to get against, also known as to ask in the next good public key of a set to have los

[000:00:00;00] the the, the russian army takes the control of the town of church citizens escaped appointments from hold for you. praying in full says in fun. yes. as of all, it's come in over mall gardens being killed despite the seas for us private and suggest to relocate seeing that to nearby our country's protestant news. they say they will resist any post participation for the best. and that was when the agreed with the time to deal with the equity or with anyone who is trying to force them out to be at home dad. and the way it is for the subject man and his a power to break strategy from donald trump. p roundtop sanctions on their ra, named cruising against the crucial, into his trade in the region, but then also floats. they are to all a new you cannot deal with carol the kind of points out the whole team here at ortiz h q of are welcome to the program. it's good to help you with what we're going to start with. breaking news from the russian defense ministry must goes full, says have taken control of the town of jefferson, also known as periods. this isn't needs done yet. public. he of

but now that the town of different, you can already see the next town of constantine of go, which is just uh, maybe over 10 or 12 kilometers is away from just sions. can constantine of crazy, crucial logistical help for the ukranian guys in here into the, in the dump. 4 because it supplies into kind of ties together several parts of the front. it ties together. basically it provides logistical support to view creating defenses in the town of joseph yacht. it provides a logistical to logistical support to the printing defenses of the town of barcroft . so that particular notes, it's very, very crucial. it's a hub where all sorts of all sorts of logistical operations are held together with . so again, the russians that would end between the russians and that hub, just to empty fields and some scars, 3 lines where the ukrainians right now are trying to build up the defenses. so right now they have intensify the strikes against the parents as well against civilian population and apparent. i just show of, of revenge and an act to revenge. this is what they're doing according to the russia

for mid town.ever they don't have the funding necessary to implement the recommendation in this study. and so -- its -- likely that unfund mandate like this one if they were to under take it could not be completely done by them as a department without action from the board. but -- the consultants will detail that and the costs at our next meeting i don't want to give the wrong information. thank you executive officer samerrae. one more time for my colleagues. okay. i will open this up for public comment. speakers will have two minutes. >> thank you. seeing no one here we will move to the remote line. pause to see if we have callers. there are no speakers. >> seeing no public speakers comment is closed. is there a motion this be continued to the call the chair >> moved. >> second. >> moved by commissioner chan and seconded by commissioner sevier. call roll. >> on the motion to continue item 4 to the call of the chair, commissioner chan. >> aye. >> commissioner sevier. >> aye. >> commissioner william

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but prices remain higher than they were, and that can have a big impact on a small town when that townght's "eye on america" from connell, washington. >> reporter: for half a century, connell, washington's economy depended on french fries. up until september, this plant processed 300 million pounds of potatoes into fries every year. adam kunkel moved his family here to the town about 3,000 in 2013 so he could work at the factory. his wife katrina opened a coffee shop. >> we finally bought a house like two years ago. being first-time home buyers, we were so excited. and we thought "this is going to be great." >> reporter: great until the fall when the factory laid off all of its workers. the parent company pointed to a national decrease in fast food visits, which drove down french fry sales. they say caused by inflation. this fall, one of their customers, mcdonald's, reported sales were down 1.5% enough to help devastate this local economy. >> i think french fries will be around forever. your livelihoods will be stable. >> i've worked there for over 11 years. i was just, like, what am i

and face more force displacement and ethnic cleansing the the rush said all me take control of the town of scrape homeless stronghold for you . creating a full says in the yes could with complex as of old. come in of mo, gallstones being killed despite the fee for the u. s. president suggests to relocate some them to nearby or other countries kind of thing and say they will resist any. just makes the agree with the whole they will not agree or with anyone who is trying to force that out to be at home then the or is this all the thoughts of lance carrot and stick structure jean from donald trump. the rest of the section is on a rod and creating games for so for india's trade in the region, that also floats the idea of a new new to deal with the loan. a very welcome from optimization q is to go not 6 pm here. most good, thanks for joining the sol. as we take a look at what's happening around the well, i'm going to sort of some breaking news from the russian defense ministry. most goes full, says have taken control of the town over instead of since, cuz also known as of yet, this is what i

a long time ago, they still could target the civilians in the town of go to of go. now, given that the russians have pushed the ukrainians out of the town of a titles petty, it's now probably go to list of will be able to breed. uh, $22.00 oh $2.00 to just basically to enjoy more peace. but of course, there's still a little work to be done and the russians will have to push the ukrainians further towards constantino, towards chess of yada, to become a completely safe city. now a law has been signed in ukraine, the prohibiting organ extraction from sutton, social groups, including soldiers killed on the battlefields or the media reports had claimed to the organ how the stigma was blooming in the country with body parts taken from killed and even wounded soldiers. russian officials claimed the bodies showing evidence of harvesting, had been found on the following. ukrainian military retreats that moscow says the demonte bas field by a growing demand. the broad foxes got the cd to. they were facts that show that in ukraine, in particular, in places and locations where

of periods, which very soon will be and is likely to be renamed back to its former name, the town of the citizens. now strategically, it is a dominating heights in the region, and it is a big, strong mold because back in 2022. it was own officially to some 31000 people. so it is not a tiny village or anything of the sort. so it is, it is a quite big guy, i'd say there's a quite big sacrament, little so given that it is a dominating heights, it opens the for the russians, the operational ground towards the town of constantino, which is even bigger. also, the russians could develop and starts in advance from another direction on to the town of chess of yacht evey, who also move in another direction just to, to just to expand the foothold and the control that they have outside of the town of dynette. so really things can do it. there's plenty of ways that things can go into it. the directions in which this russian advance can develop in. now, this is the official, the official statements marks this milestone. but in reality, the russians have been in control of the town of the day at sc

we operational ground towards the town of constantino, which is even bigger. also, the russians could develop and starts in advance from another direction on to the town of chess of yacht. they who also move in another direction just to, to just to expand the foothold and the control that they have outside of the town of dynette. so there's plenty of ways that things can go into it, directions in which this russian advance can develop in. now, this is the official, the official statements marks this milestone. but in reality, the russians have been in control of the town of that school will soon to be defense for quite a while. and in fact, the only stronghold that the ukrainian forces had had before about a week or so that was just the territory of a former mining operation and the russian come on and the russian defense minutes. you only waited for the operation to clear out to clean up that particular the the, the territory of that particular facility. also there will be a humanitarian impact too because this is the, it's still very close to them. that's ki

so all the clouds from yesterday have moved on out of town.nd right now we do have clear to partly cloudy skies across the region. here is our live camera looking out toward the bay bridge. it looks like traffic is really stacked up heading toward the city for tonight, so no raindrops to worry about tonight, but some cold numbers. so definitely want to bundle up right now. it's 49 degrees in santa rosa. concord is 51, san jose right now 50 degrees. and overnight the frost advisory. we're talking so much about freeze warnings and frost advisories for the month of february, and another one issued up in the north bay valleys and the santa clara county hills tomorrow morning. so that means temperatures obviously starting out today, the cold spots in the 30s. so definitely want to bundle up. we have that chilly start out there. but here's the forecast model. as you can see. we'll put it into motion for you. and we will bring in some cloud cover. so we'll have some fog tomorrow morning in addition to the frost and also some high clouds drifting in f

bring up our forever mayor of china town.s family association the brown family association. and we want to bring up one of his nemesis now friend our longest standing supervisor. give a big round for willie brown and our former supervisor for 27-60 years aaron peskin. >> ts is obviously not the first time we have been together here to commence the new years. over the las 17 years we have done this together. weeen done it beyond that when we done other things including the chinese hospitals famous golf tournament for some 25 or more years. all of that is per of what make this is a special occasi specia collection of special people of so, happy new year to each and every one of you! now peskin. [laughter] so on behalf of the legacy read old elected officials let me translate for mayor brown. what he wants to say is --year, legacy elected officials >> thank you, mayor brown and president peskin we have to welcome you back every year from here on out. >> thank you, mr. mayor and thank you mr. peskin we did not want to let this ch

as we have said in this town hall, this is about us being as transparent as possible. when these types of events happen. so thank you again. please stay safe and enjoy the rest of your evening - >> we are doing is filipino and mexican cuzeen. the main component the filipino style meat originated. we grew up on that. the most popular items are burritos. we have really something for everybody. we have a salad, we have tacos, we are natcho s and-trying to create something quick and casual, something you can get anything any time. for me i love food and didn't want to be a chef. i was in the business side of it and bring something special to san francisco so why i reached out to my business partner gil and he wanted to partner for food and we share a passion for food that comes from our parents cht it was a honor for us to be able to do this for ourselves and also for our parents and you know, our families. for us to have a business as thriving here in san francisco, such a honor and makes me feel proud of myself and of my city as well. just to be able to add to this city

down to town. what's this all about? what festival so excited. where? no wonder they didn't stop in town. no. one of those young kids excited. it's a visit to big brother who's a cadet with a 1992 squadron. this is something. all right. well, maybe they'll even be a chance to watch him fly. some of. them.

as we have said in this town hall, this is about us being as transparent as possible. when these types of events happen. so thank you again. please stay safe and enjoy the rest of your eveninghe place i'm supposed to be at. i feel it in my heart. >> never in a million years thought i was going to be a police officer. >> [indiscernible] >> in san francisco you are dealing with a lot of mental health, narcotic use, and i'm glad i experienced it home personal, because then i take it to realize situations where i just understand it better. especially when kids are in the family home. growing up i wish i had somebody to talk to and i'm just glad i'm there to help people sit down and talk. >> when distany was 3 months old, i started baby-sitting destiny and destiny mom and dad were working and doing pretty well for being they were so young, and then later on while her siblings were born, then they got a little too much for both of them. they were not getting along well, and they both went their separate ways. and i stood with the children. i pretty much took care of them. >>

however, i am hearing the plan at town hall i heard left night and from the town hall from other people a lot of details begin about the mayor and the da and the board, et cetera, things they are excited about for the plan. left night i was given this swag sticker from our da's team. i'm not going to take it with me i will leave it there. our d acompared hrm reduction about how you can't get a straw in star bucks but from the city to do drugs on the street that is like a what the f analogy you want us to get mad they can't get straws but people suffering can get straws. heartlessness attitude. i would also like to say i'm concerned about destableation stations staffed by police to walk people up for treatment whatever excuse they are giving for them not behaving. it was the da said that condition servitorship takes too long the people not going to jail this is a new perktory to put them in. thank you for your comments. next speaker, please, welcome. i'm aaron wilon board of supervisors the president. i long with the lady here a little emotional. the bayview triage center d 10 with super

look at the numbers they're getting at these town halls. congressman jimmy gomez from california says nearly 10,000 people, more than 9800 people called in from his district for his telephone town hall. he called a town hall on the phone. and 9812 people from his district called in. wow. congressman brendan boyle from pennsylvania. he just convened what he called an emergency town hall for his district in pennsylvania. it had more than 10,000 people calling in. congressman greg stanton, democrat of arizona. he says he had more than 13,000 people call in to his town hall in arizona. kim schrier is a washington state congresswoman. her office says 14,000 people, 14,000 people in her district called in to her town hall. congresswoman terri sewell is from alabama. alabama not exactly a bleeding heart blue state, right. congresswoman sewell says that when she convened a town hall last night, they had more than 20,000 people on the line from her district. more than 20,000 people in alabama in one congressional district in alabama. alabama voted f

the town of constantino provides its like a hub where major lifelines will be great. in ami, where they connect and wherever they are you into twine because this town of constantine of k provides logistical supports and services to view creating and guys and in the town of chest of yacht and across a huge chunk of the front line here, outside of the city of the nets, and now the russians can actually see with the naked eye and it's, well, it's quite, it seems to be the last is, again, it's quite painful for the ukrainians that now the russians are saying that basically they are they are just the lashing out and they're carrying out the revenge against civilians against the civilian population over the past week or so, they have intensified their showings and their attacks against the town of gulf. and as sad as it may be likely, it is from ukraine's last strike against you. know civilian population and civilian infrastructure here on the don't boss and elsewhere along the front line. why there is no laptop and the revelations emerging about us. the id, a former state

then in the come guns, the one bow did i hear this town of stuck a have serious fighting? it was the sensor of all the fight thing that happened. and there was ordinance left behind and they are a danger to us, knowing that there is no rule for it to hit to do a clean up. makes us more fearful. one o 5 feet down to those who are fights in columbia. we have citizens of suffering so much under we don't know why they are fighting, but we are the ones bearing the brunt. and i think it because we don't know what this fight is about, but we don't have issues with any want to go know. we can only charge them control and resolve. it's jim penny and presidents have you. a malay is being investigated for fraud and some of the cooling for his impeachment. he appeared to endorse a crypt or currency which spikes and then crashed. today's the bug reports from bonus holidays. reactions on social media overview to a coined, known as libra. as the president of argentina just wants to check coin, it was briefly promoted on social media by origin. tina's precedent have you had me day, and in

she's been working remotely from cape town for up to 6 months at a time. there's lots of money that's coming in for tourism, but also in lots of countries with as a high digital name and presence, the locals are getting very frustrated by the impact that it's having particularly on accommodation. so i think that it's about looking at it in a holistic perspective and making sure that the government is putting in the right steps to manage the influx while move in a 1000000 work is your benefit from the tourism. the all those who say the growing demand for accommodation is making housing for locals more expensive. how many that jacobs is a 3rd generation and a family living in this home and woke up? she says the demand for housing and a prime location means higher property values, but with it comes on affordable rates and taxes. some people cannot afford to stay in the bulk of any of the houses and local civic association degrees. the cost of living and central air is like this has increased, and of course the distance that's coming in to book up. we can see

it goes down of the ukraine has carried out an attack against the very central parts of the town of my case, which is a sub for the city of denette square. oh, we are right now. it all happened in the afternoon on a saturday. so a day off for most people. and so that was a busy area, especially given that very particular sports that was hits, it was a bus station. so it is pretty much always busy with people waiting for the long distance service bus or just waiting for their relatives or friends, you know, meeting and greeting them. and the russian foreign ministry has already stepped forward saying that was because basically an act of barbarism and a bloody crime. the key of shown to has, once again demonstrated it's any human nazi nature by committing yet another cynical, bloody crime. the ukrainian armed forces deliberately attacked a densely populated area in the city of mac, a ask a, in the genetic peoples republic of the russian federation. we strongly condemn this criminal act of terrorism. the key of resumes, western patrons who regularly insight ukraine's current authorities t

they haven't intensify their showings and their attacks against the town of gulf. and as sad as it may be likely, it is far from ukraine's last strike against, you know, civilian population and civilian infrastructure here in the dumbass and elsewhere along the front line. now there is no laptop in the revelations emerging about the us, the id for my state department official has now come for the detailing the agencies efforts to gain influence and even couple of governments around the world. make sure there was a conflict around around the constructive us military base in the region which a very common conflict that we have often times foreign countries don't like having a big fat us military base installed, you know, on they don't want for jobs on there. so let's just say it really is vital to us national interest to build that military base in bangladesh to counter chinese influence. and the banquet actually prime minister doesn't want to do it. and so our foreign policy planners decide we need to do resume, change a predict space of allegations coming out and o

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it forces have taken control of the town off. i just in the don't. yes, go public at a claims, a key of has lost tens of thousands of troops in the last 5 months trying to hold onto the key logistics hub or to use egos. donald sent this report. this is a quite significant milestone for the russian troops to retake the town of periods, which very soon will be and is likely to be renamed back to its former name, the town of citizens. now strategically, it is a dominating heights in the region, and it is a big, strong old because back in 2022, it was own officially to some 31000 people. so it is not a tiny village where anything of the sort. so it is, it is a quite big guy, i think it is a quite big sacrament. also given that it is a dominating heights, it opens the for the russians, the operational ground towards the town of constantino, which is even bigger. also, the russians could develop and starts in advance from another direction on to the town of chess of yacht. they who also move in another direction just to, to just to expand the foothold and

well, now key town over suits your, in the course region that is still being held by the brain ends. and it is the major logistical and operational hub in the course region, as they approach suture they have recently liberated the village over. it was good, but h, them. and as the russian troops were in the middle of a standard cleanup operation, which means they're basically going basement to the basement. and the folks holton folks hole in search of the ukrainian troops who could be disguising and civilians intrigues who failed to flee, who failed to retreat. in time, they made a discovery that they themselves did not expect. now i have to warn our view is that really viewed expression as advice to you while we have blood, some of the most graphic details. but still you can make, make out a pretty good idea and see what the russian troops found in the roots kept. but each now the session, it's centrally in one of the basements, they discovered bodies of civilians who were in just killed. they weren't just randomly, they didn't just get into supplies zone of a motor shell or any thi

down to town. what's this all about? what festival so excited. where? no wonder they didn't stop in town. no. one of those young kids excited. it's a visit to big brother who's a cadet with a 1992 squadron. this is something. all right. well, maybe they'll even be a chance to watch him fly. some of. them. i'm a brown way from mighty powers. listen. and so we. but we're also part of the problem. brown power. because he's doing his job. an important raising more lives saving his land and growing more of the things we need and proud of him just for being an american that we can count on at a time. every american has an important job. do.

bring up our forever mayor of china town.ly association the brown family association. and we want to bring up one of his nemesis now friend our longest standing supervisor. give a big round for willie brown and our former supervisor for 27-60 years aaron peskin. >> this is obviously not the first time we have been together here to commence the chinese new years. over the 17 years we have done this together. een de it beyond that when we done other things including the chinese hospitals famous golf tournament for some 25 or more years. all of that is per of what make this is a very special occasion and a special city with the collection of special people of so, happy new year to each and every one of you! now mr. peskin. [laughter] so on behalf of the lega read oldlected officials let me translate for mayor brown. what wants to say is -- happy new year, everybody from your legacy elected officials >> thank you, mayor brown and president peskin we have to welcome you back every year from here on out. >> thank you, mr. mayor and

this was a town hall. oregon, to come talk to and hear from their u.s. senator, senator ron wyden, and that announcer who was saying she was going to have to call capacity. she did end up calling capacity. they had to close the doors and not let anybody else in. so many people showed up at this town hall. people were standing out in the hallways outside the gym, listening in on loudspeakers. senator wyden participated in two separate town halls this weekend for his constituents in oregon. the local abc affiliate reported that between the two events, thousands of people showed up. quote, it is rare for thousands of people to join these town halls, and it might be rare, but it is not just oregon and it is not just middle school gyms. one of the things we've been trying to keep an eye on recently is telephone town halls that members of congress have been holding, members of congress who have to be in washington because congress is in session. but they want to connect with their constituents back home. they wa