one such beautiful american was wong kim ark. wong kim arc -- ark, was in the united states and born here and in 1894 he decided that he would travel to china. upon returning from china in 1895 he was denied entrance into the united states. wong kim ark. he was denied interest into the once because of the chinese exclusion act. this act was one that was passed to prevent chinese americans from having ingress and egress into this country. if you are not a citizen of

my name is con wong and senior program manager for grants the arts. i would like to acknowledge a few of my colleagues here. [inaudible] pointing them out because should a question be posed i don't know the answer to one of them may step up and answer it. thank you very much for your time and attention to this matter. we are going keep this as brief as possible. i'll give you a brief overview of the programs and then review responses to the budget analyst report and then look at strategies moving forward. so, as you see on the slide we existed since 1961 under the charter to promote city through economic investment in the arts. our program is consistent and full ilfilling the expectation set in the charter by the codes and we have then a national and international model of arts funding over the years. this is a a overview of our program. all the grants programs. we would like to note the budget analyst report focused only on our general operating support funds, which is the largest chunk, however we do have 1.2 million dollars in our other grant progr

legallen wong who we honor today. mr. wong was born and raised in san francisco dhinea town and a graduate of san francisco state university. studied at the acaed amof part [inaudible] art institute. mr. wongs work includes painting photographering textiles print making and ort media. he painted the wonderful coy that graces the chineees historical society of american museum he did in 2013 and 14 and those that have not visit the chine ease hiss torical society is one of my favorite spots in district 3. mr. wong also create thd i grow up in saf san francisco china town. throw those posting they aim to celebrate and be proud of the experiences of growing up in china town. many of us share mr. wongs love of the special neighborhoods cht i hold its protection ooze important task. we are lucky to be able to see china town through the eyes of mr. legalland wong. congratulations. >> just my simple academy award speech. thank you supervisor christensen and boardf supervisors whom [inaudible] i am going to take this opportunity t

i have councilmember roland wong. >> hi. -- events posted on a website. and let us know the link. >> yeah. all of our events. can be found on the one by one library website. which is www.sfpl.org. you can go to our call ender. and search by cat toir "bridge at main", alphabetically alphabetically. it's under t. >> thank you. >> councilmember harriet wong. >> hi. good afternoon. i want to know the name of the author. of the autism book again. >> it's michael burnik. and richard holden. >> okay. thank you. >> do we have questions or comments from staff? >> yes. thank you chair. and thank you councilmember wong for the author's name of the autism job club. one of the council members. michael burnik. has appeared before the council talking specifically about unemployment issues. and some of the challenges. autism face meeting employment. he's a father of an intern we had last year. ana. before he came to presentation. also. we're using our ada 25 bay area website to promote these types of events. so that people can also look at our website to see what kind of

next item is item 12 appeal no. 15-047 susan wong, versus the department of building inspection property at 8222 geary boulevard, protesting the issuance on march 9, 2015 to evan housel of an alteration permit for new rear deck and stairs. >> commissioners i have 3-d rendering and wonder if i can present it to you. >> i don't think that is necessary right now thank you. >> okay. president lazarus and members of the board, i am sussan wong i live at 482 west avenue this is my daughter and we appeal the rear deck and stairs of my neighbor. i want the board to understand that i am here not representing just myself but 94 people that signed a petition opposing the permit. we are putting a picture on the overhead. this is the picture of the existing permit on my backyard and the white house in the foreground. one reason that i purchased my house 28 years ago, because i was captivated by the tranquillity of the open space in the rear yard. on march 9, i sought a permit and it was not mentioned the size or level. and later it was mentioned for the deck to be built on the second floor and would

harriet wong? >> present. roland wong? >> yes. >> thank you, we'll now proceed with the agenda items. >> agenda item no. 1. roll call. agenda item 2. reading and approval of the agenda. item no. 3. public comment. items not on the agenda for today, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to 3 minutes. agenda item no. 4. information item. report from cochair supanich. agenda item no. 5. overview of the mayor's office on housing opportunity, partnerships and engagement, hope, presentation on the role of hope, it's services, programs, projects and including the new navigation center. presentation by bev an duftey. director. public comment is welcome. agenda item no. 6. ceremonial item. kathy zarda, in honor of former mayor's disability council cochair, derek zarda, kathy zarda, derek's mother, will provide the council with information regarding a community memorial to be held in derek's honor on saturday, april 18, 2015, at independent living resource center, san francisco. from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

thank you very much. >> thank you, council member wong. any other comments from the council? if not, i think i will chime in. let me put in a request to speak. all the sentiment that have been said by roland wong so articulately what derek brought to the council and what an amazing man he was. and i was honored to know him, to be a friend to work with him on the council. he taught me a lot of things. we had many conversations about the council, the future of the council and the leadership and the direction and of course the dynamic duo with cochair supanich. they were amazing together. you raised an incredible man. what an advocate. i think what i will remember most about him is he saw the ability in everyone no matter what type of disability you had. i'm very grateful that he taught me to be a better advocate and better leader. i will never forget him. thank you. thank you very much. >> cochair supanich would like to speak next. >> ms. zarda, it was a joy working with your son. we work a lot together and spent a lot of time on the phone. but whatever he was doing, what he wo

wong the permit holder has stated he's tried to make contact with you. is that true? >> he called me after i submitted appeal. so he was saying -- and when we were at the meeting, in his yard. he was saying i am willing to cut back four feet and that's being a good neighbor. i had a right to go all the way and i didn't. this is just being a good neighbor. but four feet is still 14 feet out of my 25 foot lot that is still 56%. >> is there a reason why you didn't want to have communication or dialogue with him? >> i was very upset and so was his west-side neighbor chung, and both of us upset. and he expressed he would not reduce more than four feet. i said i have my right and i will have the full thing. >> thank you very much. >> we can take rebuttal from the permit holder. >> commissioners, sanchez, the structural engineer let me first address an issue brought up by joe duffy from the department of building inspection. he said that in some locations the deck will cast a shadow on the lower level. we have a garage on the lower level, so no impact at all. privacy, privac

.) >> i always want to appreciate chairman johnson wong of the swinging skirts foundation because he is also been a very supportive of arts and sports and business that's why the artist women's group is here for the actor in the city. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i am a golf authenticity so if you know what happened then in the ladies professional government turnout that was is he very exciting to see a ball go over the ward 3 hundred and 50 times into the hole for a win. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> art and golf go along when you see me play golf it is which i am cool as well (laughter) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> let's continue to use the art of medium as good communication make sure we invest and support our artist and have beautiful cities like san francisco continue to appreciate the role of art in our international as well as our local lives. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you, again to the national university of artist the gallery and swinging skirts foundation and all the people that came together to produce this incredible art display and let's k

i have councilmember roland wong. >> hi. -- events posted on a website. and let us know the link. >> yeah. all of our events. can be found on the one by one library website. which is www.sfpl.org. you can go to our call ender. and search by cat toir "bridge at main", alphabetically alphabetically. it's under t. >> thank you. >> councilmember harriet wong. >> hi. good afternoon. i want to know the name of the author. of the autism book again. >> it's michael burnik. and

but wong knew about the first consumer rights protection law, established in 1993.d consumers to sue companies for the same price as what they paid for the fake goods. damages have since risen to three times the price of the product. wang actively looked for fakes and ended up filing several lawsuits. the chinese media covered his efforts, sparking discussions on the crackdown of counterfeits. soon, many others began following wang's lead, and became so-called counterfeit hunters themselves. they now reportedly total around 100,000. [ speaking foreign language ] >> wang now works with around 30 counterfeit hunters with the cooperation of multiple lawyers. the team has so far dealt with more than 3,000 counterfeits. recently, a man called seeking wang's help. he used to run a shop that sold residential equipment, and put a lot of effort into selling a $12,000 personal sauna. his family and friends all supported him by buying one, and he recommended the item to many people. but now, he wants to sue the personal sauna's manufacturer. [ speaking foreign language ] >> be

it's more of an observation. >> thank you, council member wong. cochair supanich has a question? >> just a few. first of all, i'm so happy to see muni making improvements because i would imagine there is a long exit line of muni users turning to new forms of transportation to get around our streets and it only leads to increase congestion especially when they are allowed to use muni bus stops. so i question the decision making on that from muni but anyway, i'm really happy to see these changes. the first thing i wanted to ask about is the transit signal priority, will that only be on the rapid lines? >> no. we are in the process of creating 600 traffic signals in the city that will allow transit signal priority. we are, i guess you would say focusing on the rapid lines first but we are also focusing downtown soma area, for the 10, 12, they get stuck in traffic lines. it not just rapid, it's where we are noticing a lot of issues related to heavy traffic and where we can help. >> will it be on market? >> you know what, yeah, portions of market are already done and yeah, the rest is

it's monday, may 25th i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. >> good morning, claudine wong i'm dave clark. steve is off but the incomparable rosemary orozco is right there. >> thank you very much. good morning, to you. happy memorial day. >> happy memorial day to you too. >> we have patchy drizzle, a little bit of mist, and temperatures are running cool. the on shore breeze is with us as well. sort of the same old, same sold. we have been running for the most part cool for the most of may and today will be no exception. we will continue with the unseasonably cool weather. 52 san francisco. 56 livermore. and 57 degrees for san jose. these numbers very similar to yesterday morning. the on shore breeze through the delta gusting to 30 so we know that cool air is moving through. for the morning hours whether have wide spread low clouds once again and again some of us waking up rather damp. and then into the central valley they are waking up with partly cloudy to mostly clear skies. 61 degreed down -- degrees expected downtown san francisco. but some of our warmer locations getting to about 74,

i'm wendy wong i was here 5 years ago i'm years later you see the hundreds of thousands of people speaking loutd they don't want not out of the woods in their areas i see the 1 on ocean avenue every time he see the cars were parking at hydrant and double parking next to the restaurant and i opposition e oppose to have the mcd in our area thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i strongly oppose mcd shop open around school area thank you. >> i happy and save area for my family and kids so no more mcd thank you hi, i'm wendy the marijuana has a strong smell every time he smell it and my momma's cancer before so if she smells anything that has a strong smell she'll keep coughing so we don't want all the smell in around our house so i'm strongly against the mcd open in our neighborhood thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> can the translator please translate. >> i object having another mcd if so is medicine if it is medicinal it should be dispensed in the hospital. >> ladies and gentlemen, i'm keri i live in the sunset district i come here and say no mcd i

longer running it and want to gisk a shout out to the oakland asian cultural director [inaudible] wong for doing work to keep the festival going. i was in japan town 11 years ago as many in the school district supported school baisd effort to bring different asian communities together t. was use today rotate around different neighborhood jz found its home in the civic center little saigon. i look forward to the leadership of [inaudible] wong and the new organizations that sponsor and support it. it is only one day this year, saturday may 16 from 11-6. if you want information about all the great activities going on go to asian fair sf.com. i'll put on my bike helmet and pumping up by bike tire s to ride bike to work day on thursday may 14 in the ruch-mind district. there is a pretty good luvly crew that will gather at 745:00 called cumica. we'll join up with many other crews and people ride toog work and we encourage you to join us in the richmond district. it is a important i think that we get out of our cars and do more biking to school, biking to work. it is a healthy and fun and goo

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claudine wong, ktvu fox 2 news. >> i got to say, i lived in oakland for 15 years i can't think of any other place where i would love to live. >> the weather now, i love this weather. >> oakland has come a long way. >> oakland's weather is better than san francisco's weather -- [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ] >> after the earthquake a lot of folks left san francisco and came over here. and started the farming. beautiful town. we have seen a change. this place -- the water front -- [ indiscernible ] >> highs tomorrow. warmer than these. 55 san francisco. what is up with that? that was the high. that was an over night low a week ago. santa rosa, sun, 68. hot spots, fairfield and antioch, sunshine, this system, that is what is creating the cooler weather. if this was winter or december this would mean rain for us but at this time of year it doesn't have enough moisture to trigger anything. what it triggers is a cool down. ton of fog and strong winds. gusty, windy conditions inland. 33 in fairfield. southwest winds 15 in novato. san francisco international airport strong winds, r

claudine wong, ktvu. >>> a big cleanup underway in san jose. a huge fire this morning in a building with hazardous chemicals in stein -- inside and it up contaminating the water in a business park. new video of the fire that led to this environmental mess.>> reporter: the cell phone video shows the big orange cloud of smoke and flames raging in this concrete building. firefighters came on scene at 12 duck 30 and started -- 12:30 and started hosing it down. >> i did realize how big it was until i actually looked at it and saw the crumbled buildings.>> reporter: the business did in medical -- metal finishing work.>> we tested the water and found it to be highly corrosive, very strong base, this kind of stuff can eat through your clothing. we established it as a hazardous materials incident. >> reporter: there were large pools of contaminated runoff water in the business part firefighters were worried about it going into drains. there was also concern for the fire fighters stepping in it.>> anyone in the water could've suffered chemical burns. >>

it's monday, may 25th i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. >> good morning, claudine wong i'm dave clark. steve is off but the incomparable rosemary orozco is right there. >> thank you very much. good morning, to you. happy memorial day. >> happy memorial day to you too. >> we have patchy drizzle, a little bit of mist, and temperatures are running cool. the on shore

it is monday, may 25th i'm claudine wong pam cook has the day off today. >> good morning, everybody i'm brian flores. let's get your day started with a check on your weather. rosemary is here as well. it's a little bit of mist or drizzle. whatever you want to call it. >> it's a little bit of both. t sunday with mark he was quizzing us on the size of the rain drops. i knew wham i was talking about because rosemary had already educated us. >> wonderful. we have a lot of mist and drizzle. these clouds will stick around at least along the coastline. inside the bay it never really broke apart yesterday. we'll have inland sunshine. if you like the nice mild top warm weather i suggest you go inland because that is where it will be. so this is going to be the case for today as we get into the afternoon. little change in store for your forecast on this memorial day. see we have clear skies out for our inland areas. but the rest of us under that wide spread gray. the on shore winds are blowing through fairfield. 23 miles an hour and gusting to 36. concord the on shore breeze or southerly wind at

thank you. >> councilmember harriet wong. >> hi. i was just wondering. is this going to replace live interpretation. of asl interpreters? >> that say good question. i'm glad you brought it up and asked. it doesn't replace live interpreters. it's meant to supplement that experience. so oftentimes. someone in the community may need an asl interpreter. and they are either like a walk in or the situation is unexpected. to an on site interpreter. could not be prescheduled to attend. this service is meant to fill that gap. to give on demand. or instant access. to an asl interpreter. if that is going to last a period of time. to bring an on site interpreter. one would be called. the service would just be used in the inter rum until the on site interpreters can arrive. >> and people that request the service. they would pay for it. right? >> no. actually another great question. the city and county of san francisco pays for this service. >> also. is there any way they can actually teach as l.? >> that's a good question. not at this time. we don't do any teaching o

ktvu's claudine wong tells us they don't think the changes will have an impact. >> mind resistance platform vehicle. >> reporter: this is south san francisco. now it is considered a -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: why do you need this? >> it is critical piece of equipment. we use to keep officers safe as well as citizens. used involving firearms, homicide suspect, armed robbery suspect. >> [ inaudible question ] >> we would have looked at acquiring -- paying for a similar type vehicle. >> reporter: they got it for free from the military. >> this cost $750,000. $20,000 of -- [ indiscernible ] >> we were able to get it up and running. >> the president says the program will get stricter. it is about improving police and community relations but it renewed the debate on whether military equipment should find a home in police agencies. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> in today's society with the amount of weapons that we are faced with on a daily basis it is important that we keep our officers and the citizens safe in order to do that we need a vehicle such as this. >> reporter: do you th

claudine wong, ktvu fox 2 news. >> tinkering is paying off. >> i love that passion. fun to see. >> 22 hours of fun. >>> the weather now. we haven't seen the sunshine in a wile. the gray -- while. the gray cool weather. >> towards the weekend, holiday weather things get better. the numbers from today. beautiful around here even when it is cloudy but it is gloomy. cloudy with drizzle. that is how it continues into tomorrow. your bay area thursday. bay area friday is the same deal. gloomy and cloudy and cool. highs tomorrow. tomorrow looks like this. that looks good right there. cloudy most of the day. that rotation continues to stay the same. we had thundershowers for a number of straight days around the clear lake area. that continues. we are out of the mix here. this is stopping up here in the higher terrain. down south we are seeing cool temperatures or lower temperatures. 65 fairfield. 63 concord. that is right now. 60s in sacramento right now. there is the low. another low kicks in. the parent low. tomorrow an impulse comes through and it will bring us a chance fo

. >> councilmember harriet wong. >> present. >> councilmember roland wong. who is running late and will join us in about 20 minutes. thank you. >> thank you. now the reading of the agenda. >> agenda item number one. welcome introduction and roll call. agenda item number three. action item. reading an approval of the agenda. agenda item number three. public comment. items not on today's agenda. but within the jurisdiction of the m d.c. each speaker is limited to three minutes. agenda item number four. information i team. report from co-chair senhaux. agenda item number five. information item. aging and disability resource centers. adrc. of san francisco. a presentation on the services and locations of the aging and disability resource center of san francisco and the success story by an adrc information and assistance specialist. presentation by rowena fontanos, community outreach supervisor and vilma i. molina, information and assistance specialist. public comment is welcome. agenda item number six information item. the bridge at main. the san francisco publi

good morning, everybody friday, may 22nd i'm brian flores. [ laughter ] >> and i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. let's start you off with weather and traffic. steve, i have to tell you. check out that tie. let me see it. i want to see the whole thing. look at that bling this morning. >> that is stylish. >> not messing around. >> and it's notsore cone yum in there. >>> our good friend john said not to repeat myself go ahead and repeat yourself but 55 and overcast. mr. pete have a great weekend. love this weather. i get a lot of people saying they love this weather. some shower activity coming in off the sierra. that could play in east bay and south by later on. lows continue to rotate in. this looks like the last in the current series. the next one will be coming down over land. couple people ask me if steve if these are coming in at jan and february we will be getting more rain and snow, the answer is yes. cool air which is why our temps are down. the breeze has picked up. look for a possibility of showers. it's cool to mild though. alongs coast. isolated showers possible. 60s and 70s.

wong can i ask do you think there is preferential treatment based on the big 6 organizations? >> no i do not. i can see that point, but i don't believe it is preferential >> in looking at race, gender, ethnicity and national origin preferential treatment to me might not mean if you change the funding formula to make sure that large size versus smaller and medium organizations get a fair shake and i'm trying to ask you to think out of the box and not use prop 209 every time different dissempowered communities try to raise a question of justice, but that is just my urging to you to think out of the box and not hide behind 209 >> i take that point. >> mr. chair, through the chair i wanted to add to that because it really bothers when this issue comes up consistently as it relates to these grants, but this wasn't a issue when we talked about lgbt housing and how we be creative and provide housing to seniors at 55 laguna street. we make accommodation when we want, but hide behind 209 when we have the hard conversations about race and equity and other things. this is a thing that up

next item is item 12 appeal no. 15-047 susan wong, versus the department of building inspection property at 8222 geary boulevard, protesting the issuance on march 9, 2015 to evan housel of an alteration permit for new rear deck and stairs. >> commissioners i have 3-d rendering and wonder if i can present it to you. >> i don't think that is necessary right now thank you. >> okay. president lazarus and members of the board, i am sussan wong i live at 482 west avenue this is my daughter and we appeal the rear deck and

as ktvu fox 2's claudine wong explains, investigators now believe the killing of a married couple, theiryear- old son and a housekeeper was not a random act of violence. >> reporter: the arrest of 34- year-old daron dylon wint came overnight in northeast washington, d.c. he was arrested by a fugitive task force after a manhunt that spanned several states. >> our entire task force worked it for the last 48 hours. a lot of people haven't had a lot of sleep, we tracked him up to new york city and we barely missed him last night. >> reporter: police finally caught up with him in maryland and then 20 task force vehicles and a helicopter trailed him for several miles into d.c. before surrounding him. now that he's behind bars, the search for a motive in the may 14th killings continues. police believe wint killed 46- year-old savvas savopoulos, his 47-year-old wife amy, their 10- year-old son phillip and their a 7-year-old housekeeper -- 57- year-old housekeeper. police say it appears they were kept hostage for hours and may have been tortured before they were kill requested ed and the house wa

friday, may 22nd i'm dave clark. >> good morning, to you i'm claudine wong. in disney land so i'm hanging out with these boys. it is 5:30. let's head over to steve. it is a smidge too cold for me so thank you very much. >> he's doing the best he can. >> as always. [ laughter ] >> it will be little warmer on the weekend. we do have some breaks in the clouds. high clouds coming off the sierra and isolated afternoon showers are not out of the realm of a possibility for us. they will increase into the sierra. what an active weather we can spend up there. just big boomers. again some of this you can see coming off toward sacramento valley. some of this looks like it will stay out of our area but it is close. lows continue to rotate in but this looks like the last in a series coming off the pacific. 50s on the temps to 58. ly cloudsly will see -- on the mild side by the coast it's not cold. 60s still there. all right sal friday light and you are doing your jams and the prom theme. you have a lot going on. >>> we have a lot going on. we don't have a lot going on whe

claudine wong. all right. >> last one is, astronomy.er is a. aeronautics. >> claudine -- >> is as smart as a fifth grader. >> slightly. >> i'm in 606th -- i'm in 6th grade. >> mason is on the show. you can watch him. he's a network tv star. >> i will watch it for him. >> all right. >> all about me. >> back to you. >> all right. >> nice job. a little bit of a relief. you never he know how you are gonna do on those tests. >> claudine did very well and so did mason. >>> we want to check on the weather. >> a little warmup coming our way. not for today but we'll begin to see the transition as early as tomorrow. outside the doors, mostly cloudy skies. that drizzle continuing to fall. 57 degrees right now in oakland. 53 san francisco. sfo, 56. if by chance, you know somebody flying into sfo because of the low clouds, you can expect some delays, at least about an hour for some of those arriving flights. afternoon highs for today. upper 50s at the coast with mostly cloudy skies. partly cloudy around the bay. low to mid-60s for areas like oakland

supervisor mar and supervisor yee and thank you to the members of the sfgovtv and the clerk linda wong madam clerk any announcements