some examples are airbnb, uber, dropbox, square, thumbtack, u.s.f., i don't want to mention anymore, but those are some of the key ones that are probably the most applicable to this circumstance. i understand the frustrations of dedicated restaurant owners in the supervisor's district, and i get that it's competitive. i do think that it's an overreach and a slippery slope, though, if the city starts getting involved with telling people where they can eat. i'm a big believer in the competitive spirit. in fact, the supervisor said that people in his district own restaurants can't compete with free. while i was at cpnc hospital, my wife was giving birth to our twin girls a couple months ago,

we had a huge event between u.s.f., m.l.k. foundation around ethics and climate justice. we were able to get dr. bob bollard to speak, which is a lot of us -- our personal hero, right. these are a lot of wonky stuff. i want to quote leonard bernstein. the thinkers that will save us that articulate, educate, defy, sing and shout the big dreams. the artists of the world can turn the not net into reality. and so, i was so excited. i mean like 500 500 events. that is how you grab people. we can be charlie brown's teacher all daylong but you grab people through the arts. and so, even our san francisco symphony performing copeland's coal mine remove is huge. when our symphony is involved, it's all over. our symphony is involved. if you are not involved you are the only person who isn't involved in this. i think our symphony is probably the first symphony to say you know, we're going to take on this issue. so, that was totally exciting. our cultural centers, you know, we've got five around this city. the chinese cultural center was featuring seven artists with photography. our a

some examples are airbnb, uber, dropbox, square, thumbtack, u.s.f., i don't want to mention anymore, but those are some of the key ones that are probably the most applicable to this circumstance. i understand the frustrations of dedicated restaurant owners in the supervisor's district, and i get that it's competitive. i do think that it's an overreach and a slippery slope, though, if the city starts getting involved with telling people where they can eat. i'm a big believer in the competitive spirit. in fact, the supervisor said that people in his district own restaurants can't compete with free. while i was at cpnc hospital, my wife was giving birth to our twin girls a couple months ago, they offered us free meals four days in a row. i had none. i walked two blocks away to get the kind of food, coffee, and tea that you wanted. you can actually compete, and i do think the competitive spirit is the way to ultimately offer the best product and service. the feedback we get from a lot of these employees is that the city still has a ways to go cleaning up the homeless issue, some sanitati

i have -- the seat i was in previously was filled by bill hang, who is a u.s.f. law professor. traditionally the police commission has had an asian representative on it. that has been a -- for the last three at least that i know have been chinese. i will say this, there isn't one right now but i was familiar with one in the mayor's outreach and looking for candidates. i will say they did interview a number of chinese candidates and they spent a lot of time in a very long complicated process before selecting the new commissioners that are seated tonight. mr. taylor and mr. brooketer but i know it's very much on the mayor's mind. it's on the board of supervisors' mind as well. i have, in my role as a commissioner, tried to be a bridge to the broader asian community. that includes the chinese community. i have been involved in a number of events in the chinese community including chinatown, at some of the events that have been involved i've attended. like the a.p.i. council. which is a organization that is made up of different asian-american organizations. i think you have a legit