chanta runs the workshop.er fleeing from combodia during the civil war, chanta lived for 20 years in vietnamese and thai refugee camps. she returned after the conflict settled down in the early 1990s. she was shocked to find women living in extremely harsh conditions. some had no choice but to turn to prostitution. many contracted aids and perished. [ speaking foreign language ] >> chanta decided to start a project to educate local women, while teaching them traditional cambodian silk weaving skills. products created in the workshop are sold at home and overseas, providing the women with cash income. [ speaking foreign language ] >> in this episode of "asia insight," we take a look at how cambodian women involved in the weaving of silk are expanding their horizons. ♪ stueng treng province in the north of cam bodio stretches across both sides of the river. the population is around 100,000, and most people work in farming and fishing. it's one of the country's poorest regions, with 1 in 3 people living on less t

these all specialize in those issues within residential hotels and they have been doing those workshops within those hotels to provide information to the occupants about fire sai. they have been doing those in conjunction and assistance of the fire department. we are expanding that into the apartment buildings as well because we want to make sure if an individual within a building sees something suspicious they call and let us know. we are very much aware that the conditions within a building can change very drastically a moment an inspector may leave the building so we want people to be comfortable call you go us or the outreach. >> >> vendors and with i will introduce latisha [inaudible] from [inaudible] >> good afternoon. my name is latisha and a counselor and organizer at [inaudible]. we're a regional bay area grass-roots for tenants and san francisco and oakland. we have [inaudible] city and something over 1,000 cases each here. [inaudible] collaborative have been working for quite some time now to support thousands of tenants to improve basic living conditions by, wog in partnersh

. >> the workshop i want to do a workshop within the next two months where anybody interested many loren about certificates who have a certificate of preference can come and maybe we can do a partnership with like consumer credit services of san francisco to get people in the pipeline on how to rebuild their credit to get people ready to fill some of the units that are going to be coming up going book it is going to be a great thing to share with people we care and want to do the right thing and it gets people prepared it may not be next month or a year but show people those are the units coming up on is market address you have a certificate of preference you may not be ready for the financier coming up but we'll try to help get you ready a number of great nonprofits that do k0u7b8 services we can partner with in one room hold one type of workshop but show how we can be he helpful to folks for a lot of folks this is 40 years in the making so you know maybe a good touch point and maybe teach us 80 how to do outreach; right? maybe talking about thinking outside the box and maybe a differen

so commissioners were we pleased to present to you today, the first of two workshops that did you say discuss our power proposed business plan i'm sure you're aware of it as a century long track record of reserves for low cost power and on the important services to the family, however the power system is aging we're facing rising costs and increasing capital needs at the same time our revenues have not kept pace we're facing the long term agreement critical to our operations since i've become general manager it and a half years ago i've briefed you on the financial and funding concerns you have authorized raising rates for gentle fund customers as well as long term bonds for our upcoming capital needs first for the power enterprise awhile our financial plan is in balance by those rate increases and debt finances we can't continue on financial fixes we need a long term operating solution so in workshop one we'll describe our current business model and the fundamental changes in the operating environment and the opportunity to grow revenue and contain costs today one of the biggest obst

of preference and would it be possible some point maybe in the next few months hold or sponsor a workshop for the public about certificates of preference where we could talk about how you know how to do better outreach to them but also if we're looking at workshops have to do around kuwait credit let's let people know we didn't forget about them but two get people prepared to be on is look out that things are happening and maybe we can get a pipeline of folks to be able to do that if we hosted somewhere i think it would be great impeople will see we didn't forget and we can probably do a lot more outreach especially right now it is a heated thing people will appreciate that chair if we can host. >> we have on our forward looking at calendar i think is mayor's office of housing i believe a report on is housing - >> we do through the chair on is forward calendar a look back on is 13, 14 our production and part of housing production to contributed to ocii through 2020 will attribute 40 thousand affordable units 21 hundred are through ocii projects and related to t n d c block 8 contribute bu

we did many before the open houses and workshops. also in addition the marketing requirement required specific outreach to our occupancy which i will go over more in terms of what the four occupancy were. as mentioned the bayview hunters point the cac being other groups such as the bayview library. the marketing period kicked off august of 2014, august 15th, to be exact and that ran through october 15th. traditionally over the marketing requirements it's a 4-day marketing period but lanar did the requirements and we were able to keep the interest going and give people a little extra time. it's worth noting in addition to the open houses to the welcome center downtown had a presence open monday through friday and the shipyard was open saturday and sunday. outside of the open houses people were able to walk in the office during weekdays or take a tour of property. our lottery preference. certificate of preference was the highest preference with most priority with certificates from the hunters point areas and western edition the ticket

this is the location of the workshop. the patios are interconnected, and focus on the main patio and the house of the noble. the noble is the head of the compound. he is the patron of everyone living here. david webster is the archaeologist who excavated much of the noble's house. this man probably had about 200 to 300 people who were dependent on him in some way, including his wives, his brothers his political retainers, his economic specialists living in this patio group and the other patio groups. they're buried here. there are about 250 or 300 burials here. which are the people who were his dependents. and essentially what this is is an elaborate household. keach: the maya noble could support his household because he controlled the rich farmland surrounding the compound. the land was so fertile it could produce a surplus which fed the noble's dependents including specialists like the artisan who were not themselves farmers. this was the basis of the economic system of the elites in ancient copan. for the noble, the sy

together at another date and had have that a workshop session. >> we can definitely do that. >> well, we'll talk about that all right. could you please read the items for closed session and item 18 public appointment hiring arrest position to be filled it is assist general manager for the public utilities commission and item 19 for the gas and electrical company vs. the city and county of san francisco and versus gas and electrical and city and county of san francisco 22 pacific gas and trek vs. the city and county of san francisco 23 exciting rehabilitation for the city and county of san francisco versus pacific gas and electric 24th pacific and gas and electrical and 25 existing rehabilitation for pacific gas and electrical and 28th existing litigation for pacific gas and electrical 26 will not be heard any public comment on closed session. >> mia any motion to assert. >> all in favor, say i.. >> move no did inform disclose. >> all in favor, say i. opposed? the motion carries. >> other new business for the commission. >> seeing none this meeting is adjourned at. >> dpjdz to the reg

in addition to the standard workshop we offer bilingual workshops in english with spanish, cantonese and mandarin so i read the thousands of evaluations that we get from the workshops and in the early years what i read over and over and over again from our students at city college was go to the high schools. okay. it took some time. we went to the community based organizations which are the heart of this program and we said we need to work together. we need to serve all of the high schools. to answer the question respect respect is in all of the schools and the peer educators and michelle will talk about that and go two days and one of these groups do a third follow up day. i want to spend -- i want to give the -- [inaudible] most of the time because what they do there is phenomenal. how can you help? make sure programs at city college aren't cut. that was a freudian slip wasn't it. keep city college up and accredited and here is michelle. >> okay. so basically educator of respect respect and [inaudible] of four years now and i want to bring the perspective of our students, their voi

. >> i'm lynn workshop one of the owners occupants we've lived next door to the building similar to what we're proposing we've gone through the planning commission meeting for that building and tried to address the concerns the neighbors had when we that designed our building so we've built or proposed a building we hope you'll approve it thank you. >> just one more word about the philanthropist structure this purchase it is des moinesly not affordable not in great shape requires the foundation replacement this is extensive and doesn't make sense given the state of the building out of placement with the neighborhood lastly i'd like to tell you about the neighborhood supported we have 14 letters of support i'll read one of them dear commissioner president fong and commissioners, i wish to support the project the 2012 commercial district is one of the most vibrant in the city this will enhance the neighborhood small ground floor retail space will provide an opportunity for people to opens businesses near their home is it will improve the local economy and help to affiliate the housing cris

so, the purpose of this workshop is precisely to eliminate that fear.amian: what are the advantages of having it there at the microsoft facility? jorge: well, the idea is to also empower them into the high tech industry, and microsoft has programs for the small and business community, so the idea is also to learn about the programs that they have there and also to gather strength into the programs that they want to do, especially if they want to get into the high tech industry. damian: no, you're right. i mean, and it benefits microsoft because you go down story and king, or the mission district, everybody is on their smartphone, and it doesn't matter where they're at, where they are, the smartphones are going. jorge: no, no, of course, you're completely right, damian. damian: and you have these workshops throughout, verdad. the idea is, again, to get them started. what's the biggest obstacle in starting your own business? is it maybe the fear, me voy a lanzar, this is going to be a little difficult? jorge: yeah, i guess it's lack of information because

i am a community organizer and counselor and i lead the prevention workshops anded bidding coordinator academy. two of the speakers i did translation for are building coordinators and they go through training and recruited from the fire prevention workshops that we do yearly and do 13 work shops within one fiscal year and focus on different areas. we do a lot of education how to witness -- how to identify fire prevention tools such as to notice that a fire extinguisher is going out and things to look for if they have the custom that is cultural of burning incense make sure it's out before leaving their units, so in connection with everything we actually do see the importance of having this legislation and actually pushing fortmore education workshops so more folks can know how to prevent fires and how to take care of each other in an emergency. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am tina chung from the development center as well. we are here today with other organizations part of the code enforcement outreach program funded by department of building inspection and i think

as i understand last week and training you charge people for coming to the workshop. since you get the money from the state why are you charging the people if. >> one of the fees listed on the program application is we really want people to have the commitment. when they're trained they can bring the skill back to the center back to the community to implement the class so in lieu of that if they provide the classes at the sites and the fee will be waived. actually there is a few waiver process and yes, and if they are unable to fulfill that commitment those fees we're asking the grantees to be able to put into the stipend pool so we can extend this program to provide more and more this type of programming in our community. >> you mean the money you collected for the fees will go back to the agency? >> will go to the project in house. >> if i may to add some clarification. as sara mentioned there is a fee waiver for the participants to sign up for the workshop. we know from experience that the workshop is free oftentimes you don't get committed trainers to come back an

construction of future chinatown station and the remaining parcel requires programming from those workshopse received an overwhelming support for public open space over the station and on the plazas adjacent to it what you're seeing here is the top view of the actual plaza in open space as i mentioned it was a collaborative effort of 4 community workshops and it received most of its well, all it's conditional approval and tuesday with the help of commissioner moore we received design 23 that further moved it was done in part with a number of both community organizations and city staff staff departments primarily the chinatown community development center and the community for better parks and recreation in chinatown the mayor's office the planning department, rec and park department staff all have contributed and joined at the hip for this as we present this project to you some of the current elements that stand out on the roof and plaza of the future chinatown station is in sculptured metal the roof the bamboo planter and fixed and flexible seat for the use of the plaza itself and also par

region's transportation plan and sustainable strategy and so we invite the public to join the first workshop in san francisco which they will hold on may, 13th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the hotel and we will be l tabling along with the system agencis in san francisco and the transit operators to share with the public how regional planning effects our city and our ability to meet the housing and transportation challenges of growth as well as to help address the existing challenges in every part of staoet and we will talk about the link to the san francisco transportation plan, which the body adopted to the main input and we will be kicking that effort off in the coming weeks and months with the other city agencies and the chair talked about the walk to workday, and i just wanted to highlight and thank commissioner yee for being at the converse rally for the week and my kids are happy that they hosted them this year and really the activities expand all 90 schools throughout the school districts and 90 of the schools and importantly, the sf unified school district board member sandra lee was th

i love this workshop. it's a workshop actually to help you identify certain areas in your life that you most want to improve in. and also with this workshop it's going to be on april 29. you actually are able to put your vision out on a poster board so you can see it manual fest. -- see it manifest. >> you can see looking at her face, she has a big smile on her face. joan was able to get through this and she's ready to help you do it as well. >> yes. >> thank you very much for being here with us. good luck. >> you're welcome. thank you. >>> let's go to howard. >> andrea and joan, we're looking at showers coming our way the next couple of hours. it's nice out here in d.c. but things will change quickly. this stuff will pass us by 4:00 or so you see a little snow mixing in places in garrett county, toward davidson and wisp and somerset and seven springs. ski season is over so this is just conversational snow. north and west, not just rain and heavier downpours but picking up lightning just north of wincheste

at our workshop in september we had one participant and in january 15th and 20. and it's great to see people in the know about the opportunities out there. our workshop in april and september were coordinated and i will go over that with the next slide and these are a couple of examples of events as a home ownership presence. and then those are the two open houses that we had at the welcome center and those are part of the more targeted bmr targeting. so this is our more targeted bmr targeting an i think it's great, this is a project of some great magnitude and been really great to work with moh and oci eshs and their marketing that they do. so we ended up doing hybrid program that does more of the ddda and together combined the work they do really well in being able to target the information and the lead time which is what the dd a really stressed. we did a hundred for the lottery outlined and the second mailer to answer this moh inclusionary housing manual which stresses this and we were able to do that. this is more general outreach. we have a great partnershi

we came up with the idea of looking to initiate programs and trainings and workshops on implicit bias and associations explaining what they are to city leaders and department heads and looking for ways to address those biases and understand how to make decisions that are free of bias, and i spoke to the mayor about this proposal and he recommended that i speak with mickey callahan who directs the department of human resources and get them on board and i did that and resulted in a program between the human rights commission and the mayor's office and others and presented proposals and chose kimberly tappian who is a well respected and experienced presenter on this topic. yesterday we held our first of three trainings, three workshops we're going to be holding, and i believe that all of the participants found it to be useful. they were department heads selected by the mayor to engage in this training and the training was on how unconscious reactions and thoughts affect management and leadership style, how to recognize implicitly associations with gender and socio-economic status and fea

but to maintain it, we need to do more of the same. >> and so, we did these workshops, where basically we presented some of the information to the stake holders, and we had many representatives from other modes and we had transit, and taxis and the large vehicles, and we had the police involved as well, and just to get an understanding and the disability community, what will it take and what does it look like to improve the cycling and get the people to cycle? and this helped the people share their experiences, and ideas to help prioritize investments by area and by treatment time. >> and so, the retrofit, like i said was focusing on the basics and the safety and comfort and we are under the vision zero lens for all of our project and this is a great, affirmation from the stake holders that the vision zero really is the core of our lens and how we see things and focus on things that are low cost, and use the data driven approach and have the scattered approach and i want this and that and there is no real methodology and having the data driven within the accepted methodology is how we

i am vice president of delores association and work with the workshop in 2011. as you know rec and park plans to open up the renovated part very soon and what you don't know and should concern you as much as it does us it has no maintenance plan and reviewses apparently to develop one and submit one to the public. in your packet which i hope has been distributed are two letter and supporting documents i emailed to you last friday regarding this and related delores park issues. i ask that you please read them and take the appropriate action. in august 2011 the renovation workshop approved a resolution requesting that the commission direct staff to immediately develop a maintenance plan for delores park, a resolution signed by me and andrew solo and certified by the workshop facilitator as well as a later request to staff were simply ignored and now we hear from staff there is no maintenance plans, no maintenance schedule for delores park or the north field. rec and park is spending over $20 million in delores park's first real makeover since the founding in 1905.

the school district and citizens bank kicked off a series of workshops yesterday.this is part of national financial literacy month. the workshop will focus on checking and savings accounts how to obtain credit and knowing your rights as a consumer. >> as you start to learn young, you start to develop behaviors necessary to be successful. and now once you have families and what you teach your children really helps you to build and grow a very strong life. >> more than 50 workshops will be available for students throughout the month of april. >>> when you go through security at the airport, there's something that you and many americans may forget about. and it's adding up fast. the tsa says people remove loose change from their pockets at airport screening checkpoints and forget to claim it when they are done. that money is documented and turned into the tsa financial office and then the agency gets to spend it on security operations. last year that pocket change added up to nearly $675,000 just at philadelphia international airport alone. we left behind almost $7,00

to work with the applicants interested in applying this year and also scheduling a miles actress workshop in the dog patch lower and we'll keep you posted we also last week presented the draft survey for the central selma plan survey finding were presented by the survey team and our office there is a google map that's posted online as well as the contract statement new buildings on the landmark designation and number of buildings to list on reclarify under the article 11 of the planning code those will be incorporated into the plan and the survey and contact statement will reach you sometime late this year or early next week that is available online and happy to forward it to you. >> and lastly as a followup to our last hearing the cultural assets hearing the staff went to the small business commission to represent the hpc and the department and their discussions about the legacy business register they were - they have agendized discussing criteria and administration around the registry and another item open their calendar that took quite a bit of time and didn't have enough time we reite

we have ongoing workshops. we have packets, everything you can think of and how to ask for more or less work so i think we have those students. now the other students that i am talking about and we're excited to expand out for the project labor internship they have the same services in the summer, but they don't have the follow through during the school year, so it's episodic for the pla kids that come out of the different high schools but we have the same services so they have that orientation. they have those workshops. we make sure that they fill out time sheets and those employers are supported just as well. we spend a lot of time developing the work, the work base learning rotation for the summer so muni and darlene they sit down and work out what the opportunities are doing when they visit two days a week and it's based on curriculum and a plan. we don't wing it. >> if i can follow up for a minute when you say the students -- it's because we don't have a academy. >> right. >> and other students are going

we had difficulty finding space to host the conference where we can have ten workshops happening at four different times throughout the day for each of those sessions and so in the past we had used city sf state downtown campus. they closed one of they are floors. so city college campus was able to accommodate us on a friday. this will be a change for us to do it on a friday but i think very important. i will send you out the finalized list of conferences and we have some very exciting new things for the conference this year. we are also kind of targeting to have our conference to have a little bit more direction towards existing businesses and not just start up businesses. so that's exciting. then after that we will have a small business conference happy hour in the lobby and ending the week again with sidewalk sales. so, that is the big thing for the office. i do want to announce that carol chung that has officially started her position as the business counselor prince george's -- prince -- working in the office, her first day was march 30th. so, i will have her come to the next commis

included in the legislation so maybe not contemplating but this is useful to have a face to face workshop people can ask questions and you can answer issues we he may not have gotten the daily. >> okay. any other questions? >> commissioners, if i may it maybe helpful for those who don't have to go 0 through the i didn't if you can you walk me through it the common scenarios moving forward we understand the nuances of how the dpw permit applies to planning and the overlay of would be greatly appreciated. >> sfgovtv show the projector. >> those slides have not changed but to go over it for the sole partitioned if they're providing massages at a fixed location or not a house that is shared up to 4 partitioned they'll be exempt from the conditional use progress and each practitioner gets a permit that's going forward for establishment practitioner establishment. >> for a massage establishment with more than one employee - now again this is for new establishments but for the already operating establishment they'll not have to get the cu approval if they're already having a permit or they're qu