of the city and community college, including his mentor, professors, classmates, law caucus, and the asian-pacific american community. the community has called, emailed, and written over 500 letters to senator feinstein and speaker policy asking a speak out against deportation. unless the dream act is passed by congress, all deportation of immigrant children should be stopped. unless the dream act is passed, steve li should be released from beo remain in the u.s. until the deferred action plan. and that senator boxer offer a bill. i did want to read the entire resolution because i am not sure if everyone is familiar with the story. at this time, we are calling for public speakers. please line up. >> i will go. i am sorry, i forgot to actually do public comment for the superintendent's proposal. my apologies for that. we will the that after this reading. we have three public speakers. >> i am a faculty member at city college of san francisco. steve, as you have heard, was a graduate of the san francisco unified school district. an energetic, bright, and promising young man. he was on his way to tra

the construction work force is about 1/3 caucasian, a little less than 1/3 asian/pacific island, and 5% african american. only about 3% are when then -- are women. found 51% reported annual earnings of less than $30,000 a year, and it was revealed 2/3 of these workers actually appear to received low wages. in other words, they receive low earnings due to being paid relatively low wages as compared to the third but was under employed or work less than 30 hours a week. >> they you have any idea how the work force is aged in other -- do you have any idea how the work force is aids in other regions in california? are they under -- work force in other regions in california? are they under 35? >> that is not uncommon. >> i always thought this work force made better wages. >> the was something that was -- how did we do that? that is something that is very interesting when we look into this group. this includes people who are on the employed when we look at the data, so we figured -- as you know, there are large numbers of workers in construction that do not make prevailing wage. they do all

there descriptor covers the true one which should be the manhattan is asian of parker said. greedy maniacal developers should not destroy this beautiful city. thank you. >> thank you. >> it has been a tough night waiting for this. i am very happy to be here to talk to you about park merced. my family has lived there since 1966. we were there before pro ever got developed. as it stands now, the organization is an organization that you have to pay dues in order to be a member us. they have about 10 or 15 members. the majority of the people live in park merced are not members and do not share their ideas. they are against the teardown of their homes. yes, they are renters. they are little people but they felt like they had homes. these beautiful town homes make you feel like you have a home, like real people. yes, we are under the gun all of the time and under the auspices of a landlord who is going to tell us if we will be able to lay our heads down and go to sleep and there is nothing that we are allowed to keep. they have stripped my family of their garden twice. they say th

more than 45% come from the communities in chinatown, north beach, and not hill. 98% are asian. 88% are over the age of 60. we serve a unique nation of residence in san francisco. -- we serve a unique niche of restidents in san francisco. overtly -- over 90% of them speak chinese. originally, we were concerned that the language in the available public document would impact our ability in the pipeline to meet and go forward with our plans to build a new hospital. we thank you for that amendment. that allows the date to be changed. we look forward to working with you on the health care plan for san francisco. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> my name is wayne hu. chinese hospital is the institution -- an independent institution owned by the community. it responds to the community in the services it provides. it is a pipeline project. it is an important pipeline project. i have been working on this project since 2003. we have submitted our documents for approvals to the office of statewide health and planning. that was submitted in 2007. we anticipate that we

aside from that, i know there are many constituencies in the city, whether african-american, latino, asian, pacific islander -- communities that may not feel they have a representation in a public policy forum. my background as a community organizer and someone who has believed in having that access and bringing people together is going to be something i will bring to this commission, and hopefully, they will keep me accountable and also allow me to listen to all types of issues to be able to come up with the most sound policy decisions that impact their community. supervisor campos: any other questions? just a final question, if i may. is there a specific goal or objective or objectives that you would like to focus on if you were appointed? >> no, i think coming from the background that i have, my goal is to be able to be that unique sounding board for the commission. because of my background as a former city employee he, i do understand the bureaucracy and the need to be able to make decisions in a public forum, but i also come from a background as a community organizer, and i think that

vacant commercial tenant space into a full-service restaurant, the fusion art cafe, specializing on asian fusion cuisine. it is on the ground floor of a two-story residential and commercial building within the inner clement street neighborhood in commercial zoning district and a 40-x-book district. -- 40-x bulk district. it wants to modify it be ordinance that permits restaurants or bars at the ground level in the inner clement mcd. this is the first restaurant to apply under the legislation adopted. the previous space was occupied by a retail clothing store. the proposed restaurant will involve interior grown for commercial space with no extension of the existing building envelope. the department has received correspondence and a petition with approximately 25 signatures in opposition to the project, primarily for concerned tenants and owners of adjacent apartment buildings at 269 and 271 third avenue out of concern the restaurant will produce noise, odors, traffic, and parking congestion in the neighborhood. there exists a large concentration of full-service restaurants and other eating

there is tremendous diversity with asian-pacific islanders, latino, african-american, and labour representation with the team proposed to us. i appreciate that. i think the mayor's office has assured us that residents will be appointed as quickly as possible after november 15. i am taking that commitment from their word that it will happen as soon as humanly possible. i wanted to say that some of the applicants i know personally and have had tremendous experience, decades of experience, in communities of color. i give props and respect to community organizing from the district larry del carlo represents. there has been a shake up in housing of the last few years. i close friends -- the agency has turned more toward a developer of housing for more middle-class people and away from one that looks out for the interest of renters in low and -- low-income and immigrant communities. mr. del carlo has lots of experience in the school district and would bring tremendous experience on to the board. for mr. mazzola jr., i think labor should choose from among their leadership for bodies like tida or other

they looked at asians. >> good evening. i am a resident of san francisco. i am concerned that with the planning commission approving this, a lot of the assurances that were made earlier about 21 years and older, nobody else would be allowed in there, the limited hours of operation, i don't know if any of those restrictions and conditions of use are really in there. i hope you will correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't feel the assurances that were made to address the community's concerns are included in the permit approval. i am asking you to reconsider that and send it back. and my other question is the notice of violation of those restrictions and the intent of the law. it was completist -- who is policing that? i don't think there is enough to allow it to continue. thank you for your time. president peterson: 90. next speaker, please? >> hello. i am a 45-year resident of san francisco and also a pastor, but not of this chinese gospel church. president peterson: are you a pastor now? >> not of the chinese gospel church. i want to ask that this board revoke

she has a strong relationship with the black community and asian community. she is a community activist. she has had an incredible amount of experience in working with the housing development, transportation, homelessness, education, and other issues that are important to the community. she is a very efficient and effective person. she can help move a project forward. i think she would be a great addition to the treasure island board of directors. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker. commissioner, welcome back to the rules committee. >> feels like just yesterday i was before you on my appointment. i'm vice chair on the commission on the status of women. i wanted to briefly speak that i support the reappointment of the incumbents. treasure island has a near and dear place in my heart. i'm a fourth generation san franciscan. my mother was one of six children where they regularly visited treasure island. supervisor alioto-, your family might have spoken about that. my father was an immigrant from china. he was invited by the governmen

i have seen a lot of asians moving into our community. they reach out to us. we're trying to reach out to them to bring us closer to gather. what happened the other night when this permit got approved, it tore us apart. as a merchant and president of our association, i'm trying to keep us together. they came out and reached out to us. it to a certain extent, i really felt we let them down. if you go out on chinese new year's, it is a ghost town. athe still mean a lot to the ciy and a lot to me. pinky. -- thank you. president peterson: thank you. next speaker? >> i work at the beacon center, and i want to tell you a little about my job function. that is to implement the taraval community action plan. we get a lot of committee input from that committee and merchants. basically the strategy is to define taraval as a family destination to support businesses and create foot traffic on taraval street by promoting the neighborhood is a family friendly destination. there is a rare opportunity for taraval street to be known as a premier destination for families. i beli

she has a strong relationship with the black community and asian community. she is a community activist. she has had an incredible amount of experience in working with the housing development, transportation, homelessness, education, and other issues that are important to the community. she is a very efficient and effective person. she can help move a project forward. i think she would be a great addition to the treasure island board of directors. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker. commissioner, welcome back to the rules committee. >> feels like just yesterday i was before you on my appointment. i'm vice chair on the commission on the status of women. i wanted to briefly speak that i support the reappointment of the incumbents. treasure island has a near and dear place in my heart. i'm a fourth generatian

she has a strong relationship with the black community and asian community. she is a community activist. she has had an incredible amount of experience in working with the housing development, transportation, homelessness, education, and other issues that are important to the community. she is a very efficient and effective person. she can help move a project forward. i think she would be a great addition to the treasure island board of directors. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker. commissioner, welcome back to the rules committee. >> feels like just yesterday i was before you on my appointment. i'm vice chair on the commission on the status of women. i wanted to briefly speak that i support the reappointment of the incumbents. treasure island has a near and dear place in my heart. i'm a fourth generation san franciscan. my mother was one of six children where they regularly visited treasure island. supervisor alioto-, your family might have spoken about that. my father was an

they depict native, latino, asian american, and african- american heritage and culture. >> that artist was talking about the history coming alive. that is what we want for the students here. i also think they might share that with past alumni and the community, so they could no the treasure that we have here in the schools. many people have the same experience i did when i first walked into this building three years ago, being the new principal. the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're

media, but the chinese newspaper and the latino, because a lot of the restaurant owners are chinese, asian, or -- >> absolutely, that is a great idea, and we went to the chinese chamber, and they had that same idea. local neighborhoods, merchants' associations, we hope to get the word out that way, as well. dbi is here, and i just wanted to make sure i did not erupt -- misrepresent his code. we hope to make everything really clear for everybody and make it a pretty smooth transition. president yee riley: i met with the opportunity fund, as well, and they are very willing to work with us. >> we think that is going to be a great addition, because they're used to working with the multicultural community here, so we're very excited about that, as well. president yee riley: thank you. any more questions for the commissioners? we open it up for public comment. >> at this time, the commission will be taking limited to two minutes and if you could state your name clearly? >> i'm steve pinellie, chief plumbing inspector for san francisco. communication is very important and some of the problems we

then we attended the association dinner in this friday night for asian officers. that was well attended. it was a lot of fun. it is good to see the good work that both of these officers' associations are doing and how they are supporting the community and giving money and time back. commissioner chan: both were awarding scholarships to high- school students, which is wonderful. it was good to see the chief there. i also want to thank you for inviting us to your table. >> i just wanted to say that was a great weekend. it was very fall. -- full. vice president mazzucco: on thursday, i attended with the chief of presentation at city hall about crime statistics. i think the chief for his hard work and the mayor for having the foresight to bring in a chief that could try new things. the report is an excellent report. it was an excellent presentation. i attended on thursday the medal of valor awards committee at the hall of justice, where we reviewed the great efforts of many of our police officers and there was a voting process that took place. that was excellent. i wa

one thing i like about asian government -- the execute and put politicians away when they do that. i was thinking maybe some of this is a joy to come to us here in the bay area. so i am looking forward to embrace all of my culture. [speaking multiple languages] president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i am a person who firmly believes that we should have america for the people, by the people. and i feel that we need to bring spirituality to san francisco, the values of america that have been lost. we have this law and order that can kidnap a person like me and take us off to -- gestapo, you know? where does this police syndicate, which i have asked you to shut down the hall houses -- where does this end? we have this chaos about to maybe take off. it is an important feature and factor that we bring in and put some iq on the problem, that we expand the envelope, as the dollar llamas said. maybe the answer to happiness is outside the box -- as the dalai lama said. the proof is in the pudding and people are being treated like garbage. and they are not garbage. they have not had edu

of the city and community college, including his mentor, professors, classmates, law caucus, and the asian-pacific american community. the community has called, emailed, and written over 500 letters to senator feinstein and speaker policy asking a speak out against deportation. unless the dream act is passed by