i would like to say please consider the economic climate in chinatown. if you close another restaurant, another one at another one, what is going to happen? i am the founder of an organization called a better chinatown tomorrow. which has nothing to do with restaurants but hopefully, by promoting traditions and art, culture to bring in visitors to visit chinatown. i had an idea of how to really promote this culture through the eatery outfit. anyway, everyone has said so much about it and i plead you, please. give him a chance. i am willing to help and city college, the faculty also is going to help, too. we feel very guilty about this campus and dragging him for the last four years. thank you very much. president hwang: thank you. is there any other public comment? >> hello, commissioners. i with the san francisco small business development center. -- i am with the san francisco small business development center. i was his client and i am still his client. now he is my client, too. my work is to help small business in chinatown. i am the only bilingual c

unfortunately this is chinatown. chinese beating up another chinese just because of believes and the prackstiesers has always been -- in other countries and before the chinese in 1999. because the consulates defeat the citizens in chinatown and that's why the hate crime is happening. if you note -- i'm going to pass the flyers here and the two ladies want to use their time to show a video. president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker? sfgov tv. >> were holding signs on the street corner of washington and grant in san francisco's chinatown, telling onlookers the truth about the persecution in main laverpbled chin these past 13 years, including the horrific practice of harvesting organs from live victims. at the time a chinese man stood by the street slandering him in a high voice. another man of chinese descent appeared and began to verbally abuse the practitioners that were there. when this new man began to show an inclination toward physical violence, the practitioners began to record the scene with their cell

they also use brainwashing to chinatown chinese. chinatown has become a place for anti-american sentiments. for example, that was -- there was that man in the red shirt in chinatown. he's been standing there for 23 years, defaming and cursing all the chinese groups of people that the chinese government doesn't like, including falun gong practitioners. that man in the red jacket, it's hatred, behavior and speech has caused violence toward falun gong practitioners and it's a hate crime. if we don't stop that it's going to continue to happen. president chiu: thank you very much. thank you very much. next speaker. >> hello, my name is james bosworth. i would like to talk about the latest thing that muni is embarking on, again reducing the number of bus stops thinking that's going to speed service. the only way that will speed service is if you chase a lot of riders away. if you don't there's going to be bigger crowds at the existing stops and one of the things that slows muni down are the huge crowds at the bus stops. it takes too long

he has become a cause celebre in the chinatown papers. this strikes a note of fear. they're watching to see what is happening. president hwang: thank you. next speaker. >> i am in labor union in chinatown. i am often at louie's restaurant. i am here to ask you to consider granting a red-herring. there is a lot -- i am here to ask you to consider granting a rehearing. he did call to inspector tong, come for the inspection. mr. tong, he did come down to inspect. please consider and grant a rehearing for louie's restaurant. thank you for your consideration. president hwang: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i teach at the university of california, berkeley. my connection with this restaurant has come mostly from my connection with a construction of the city college campus. for more than 30 years, i have advocated for the campus to be built in chinatown for a 6000 or 7000 immigrants and working class people, most of whom are taking esl classes and citizenship classes. finally, we have that. i have taken an active role in this. this turned out to be a complete finan

like this picture of lee poe in chinatown. is this a bar. >> so me it's similar to a theater entrance where there is a big box with no other ornament and the entrance is the entire focus. the show begins in the streets and in order to get people in, you have to present them with something exciting so they would be attracted to it and this is a perfect example to that. >> i like the fact it's so mysterious inside and dark and very come in here and it's almost opening its giant mouth. >> and in a sense it's the opposite of what you would do in most restaurant entrances, where the way to encourage people to come in is to show what is going on inside, or even to let what is going on inside, the activities spill out on to the sidewalk as you see in north beach. and here, in fact, it is a mystery inside on purpose and exactly what you are looking for in some bars. >> lee poe, how much more mysterious could you get? and also on grant avenue. san francisco >> say similar example. >> the buddha bar, buddha lounge, once again dark insid

they hardly venture outside chinatown, but they took a risk to come to you today to city hall, and it might be the first trip to city hall for many of them, so i hope that you will restore funding to our organization for simply one message -- you cannot send the wrong message to chinatown, that you are abandoning the chinese community, that you are abandoning the chinese modeling will population in chinatown. i hope you will continue to fund our organization and allow us to provide such vital services to our population. thank you very much. [applause] supervisor chu: thank you. can i ask folks to hold their applause? thank you. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. i am the executive director of chinese newcomer service center. thank you guys very much for listening to our needs as well as the community needs. i certainly hope you guys have funding for all these great organizations. i just want to make that point. the second point i want to make is very simple. we have zero funding recommended for chinese newcomers next fiscal year. what does that mean? the impact is that this fisc

park and rec in chinatown. i urge you to move forward the bond ordinance. we are very excited in our district three. the jody imagineo playground and those are included in this bond. it is the most crowded area in the city. i'd love to talk about trees but unfortunately ill be happy if we get a piece of open space. the playground in the heart of chinatown is often overused. but improving, renovating joe dimaggio and chinese playground will be of great benefit to the chinatown community and i also want to acknowledge the bond and recon park statue and are leading a very con ten shouse but interesting and productive bond process, both in the community and also throughout those meetings. it is not easy getting to where we're at at this point. we have something that should be a legacy project, if it will be before the voters in november and get passed. i think in five years' time, as we have seen now, looking back from the 2008 bond, we have a lot of legacy that we've created because of the trails and bond. so than

unfortunately this is chinatown. chinese beating up another chinese just because of believes and the prackstiesers has always been -- in other countries and before the chinese in 1999. because the consulates defeat the citizens in chinatown and that's why the hate crime is happening. if you note -- i'm going to pass the flyers here and the two ladies want to use their time to show a video. president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker?

chinatown, north beach. chinatown in the upper right. this has tremendous significance f p services, because poverty interact with each quite a bit. this is california health information survey that is done periodically. it is a phone survey and asks san franciscans of them abou those that are lower income are much more likely to have health issues than older persons. i will speak briefly about there are 54,000 seniors with disabilities, and 34,000 young for adults withisabils. i want to point out the wrote showing african americans are much re disproportionate in terms of having disabilities. either as younger adults or seniors. almost half of older african- americans have some form of disability. this is where ssi recipients of the blind and disabled category lived in san francisco. tenderloin is the highest concentration. that is where there is affordable housing for persons living on ssi and accessible transportation. the nes assessment discuss a number of different populations, including veterans, homeless seniors, seniors and publi

. >> unearthing a lost chinatown. you can see the city, beneath a city. abc 7 news at 5:00 continues in just a moment. you can see >>> fish and game confiscated a pair of bear cubs from a man accused of trying to sell them. they are now being held inside of a wildlife care center. witnesses called fish and game when they saw the cubs. he claims he was trying to find them a good home not to sell them. and he says he shot the mother bear in self dpeens a new exhibit in san jess yeah's institute of contemp rarey art is showcasing pieces of a forgot again chinatown. there is the story. >> this is like stepping into a traditional chinese home this, is made up of fragments of materials and lives. >> and this is sort of whispered to you. that is part of the community. >> relics from the city beneath the city. these were found during an excavation at this site in downtown san jose. and into 1860s this is the site outside of san francisco. >> this holds a key to understanding downtown san jose's early development autos students are sifting through thousands of pie

. >> terry: new exhibit in san jose's institute is showcasing 6 a forgotten chinatown. don sanchez has the story. >> reporter: it's like stepping into a traditional chinese home. this ex big is made up of fragments of materials and lives. >> it's about the personal lives that were a part of this chinatown community. >> relics from chinatown, san jose, a city beneath the city. >> the artifacts were found at this site where the fairmont hotel stands in san jose. but back then, this was the largest chinese community in america outside of san francisco. >> it really holds the key to understand downtown san jose's early development. >> students and professors are sifting through thousands of pieces cataloging them. more than half is still in storage. value comes in the history of chinese pioneers. opening draws to discovery. >> what was it like for an average person in chinatown to larger questions how did the community play in the urban development. >> and the community that lived here. >> they were transient workers, they worked the fields and they came back to cline that

to harmonize with the scale of the existing buildings and amend the chinatown area plan to reference a height limit. the request today -- the chinese hospital replacement project is driven by two factors. the strict size and standards for hospitals and the chinese hospital need to respond to health needs of the community. the existing hospital facilities do not comply with state law as far as seismic liability and must be replaced. the facilities need to be updated to comply with contemporary standards. finally, it will allow chinese hospitals to expand services to include 20 to bed skilled nursing facilities and the hospital. the average age is 76. the new nursing beds will improve service to these patients. the department has received eight letters in support of the project and no letters and opposition. the board of supervisors has adopted a resolution urging the planning commission to initiate and consider these amendments and that resolution is in your packet. the department recommends initiation of the general plan amendments as the amendments are necessary for the chinese hosp

>> i spent 30 years working in chinatown, in the tenderloin. we had called them residential hotels. there were many people, not just seniors. i want to make some points about your goals. your recommendations seem very good and easy to do, but i am concerned about the effects on the people that live there in terms of their rent. will it be raised for any of these? will they be relocated? i think you need something where landlords have to provide comparable cost for housing. i am not sure that the rent board is set up to handle this kind of situation in terms of increasing their rent. those are two problems that occur when they start building in sections of building in chinatown, especially with the code is different

chinatown, north beach. chinatown in the upper right. this has tremendous significance for public services, because poverty interact with each quite a bit. this is california health information survey that is done periodically. it is a phone survey and asks san franciscans of them about their health services. those that are lower income are much more likely to have health issues than older persons. i will speak briefly about adults with disabilities. there are 54,000 seniors with disabilities, and 34,000 young for adults with disabilities. i want to point out the wrote showing african americans are much more disproportionate in terms of having disabilities. either as younger adults or seniors. almost half of older african- americans have some form of disability. this is where ssi recipients of the blind and disabled category lived in san francisco. tenderloin is the highest concentration. that is where there is affordable housing for persons living on ssi and accessible transportation. the needs assessment discuss a number of different p

reporting live from chinatown, darcy spencer. news4. >>> new details on the man who drove his suv right into a downtown d.c. office building. police have charged 32-year-old charles ball with three felonies including arson. authorities say his jeep had been doused with gasoline when he drove it into a lobby on connecticut avenue last night. the building was in the process of being repaired. today ball is a registered sex offender. he is currently at the hospital and they're still trying to figure out exactly why he drove his suv into the building. >>> police are for this man in connection with a suspicious death in reston. it all began around 12:45 this morning. someone called police about a fight. but officers didn't find anything when they arrived. with an hour later, police say someone reported a missing person. that investigation led them back to and they found the body of bharat patel in the bushes. he had trauma to his upper body but they're waiting for an autopsy to determine how he died. >>> neighbors of a man who died in

another is in the mission district, and the third is at the cameron house in chinatown. my goal is in the next few years to have this citywide. i have to also point out that there was no extra funding. this was just a reallocation of movement within the office, and you will hear later on when we get into the policy recommendations that we have suffered some cuts, victims' services, but we're hoping to make holes for a general fund. and and supervisor chu: -- supervisor chu: thank you for that story. often, we find these victims. >> unquestionably. another item that i would like to point out, too, often, we provide services to victims in cases where we may not even be able to prosecute the case because the offender may not have been arrested, or we may not have sufficient evidence to prosecute, so our victims' services exceeds the prosecutorial side. the next area that i would like to talk about is the continuing investment in our backlog reduction. if you recall, last year, there was a request for having the funding for an additional prosecutor work for the homicide unit

recognizing it is commonly understood to be an institution that is part of chinatown. >> let's take this first one. recognizing that is the potential, the next move is to the lake street corridor. >> can i ask what the percentages of district 1 are currently? >> the deviation? district 1 is under populated by 4.96%. >> folks were thinking about this move. let's go >> 4.96% 3 district to come out -4.91%. district 3, -4.01%. district 4, -0.98%. district 5, 2.73%. -- -2.37%. district 6, 0.87%. district 7, -0.83% pettitte -- . district 9, -- district 8, 3.58%. >> district 9, 4.84%. district 10, -0.91%. district 11, 4.94%. chairman mcdonnell: thank you. >> could you repeat district for? >> -4.90. chairman mcdonnell: going back up to russian hill. can you give us the population of that highlighted area and deviation? >> that is a population of 202 people, bringing the deviation for district 3 to -3.70% and the deviation for destitute to - 0.519%. commissioner alonso: no. commissioner melara: come back to me. yes. commissioner melara: could you tell me what the boundaries are? >> lombard, green

now it is my great honor to introduce an activist who i met in a chinatown 20 years ago. as a civil-rights leader. now i am very proud to say he is the mayor of san francisco, california. this is our major, edwin lee. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor. thank you to supervisor mar and supervisor olague and of course supervisor chu. it is very important that we have this input from all of you tonight. tonight, those of you who have used your precious time to come out, we're here to listen to you. we made a promise that we would be a much more open government, that we would make sure in our decision making that it reflected important input from all of our communities. as you go, i've been trying very hard, and i think we have been relatively successful in making sure that our budget process really is reflective of a neighborhood priorities. tonight, i am not here alone. i am here not only with members of the board of supervisors, we're also here with a hole that the of representatives and department heads from various city departments and have dedicated their pr

we are coming up to street to chinatown. since 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go >> million can hear me. i want to welcome everyone to one of the newest parts of district 5, the famous county fair building. yay. [laughs] [applause] thank you all for coming in participating in this meeting today. i am excited to have all of you here today in my district to speak about issues that concern you. san francisco is a world-class city because we had citizens like yourselves who are vocal and willing to put in the work in the hours to make the community better. i want to thank you all for being here and giving us your input. i want to thank mayor lee and his staff for helping to put this together with dominica and chris of my staff did not like to introdu

impact category are - 4c the power, the community youth center of san francisco, formerly known as the chinatown youth center, and the japanese community youth council, jcyc. it is now my pleasure to announce the recipient of the 2012 heritage award and the community impact category. it is foresee the power. it is a non-profit organization from sacramento, my home town, created to help youth with their culture and creativity and build confidence. specifically, they have workshops for a youth in the area of dance, hip-hop music, singing composition, music, photography, comedy, and skits. the idea came from a need in the sacramento asian-american community. diahann's de job was an educator before becoming the executive director of 4c the power. she has been a decatur 28 years. she has been a principal, and numerous positions at the district level. she saw a disconnect between the vietnamese and cambodian students graduating high school. to work to fill that need. congratulations, diahann, and congratulations to 4c the power. >> wow. to be recognized for something that we are so passionate about, a

complete in seven years it will be from chinatown. north beach residents are quite it upset to. >>> they're upset to because they want it to come all the way up from chinatown to them. >>> yes they would like a stop in north beach in the traffic is going to affect them. >>> san francisco police are asking for help in finding a killer who was apparently in the bay to breakers race. the 31 year-old was taken off life-support, he has been on it since he was punched at the race, a bay to breakers. >>> anything that anyone has that they think might be useful, we will take it. >>> they say the argument was over a cell phone. >>> the program targets 300 city blocks. there are urban strategy council say only 20 percent of those crimes happened in the most violent 100 block. the 43 year-old woman from three months was injured yesterday morning. she apparently came done is the line and had a bad landing on top of the tower. and ramos was sentenced to life in prison without parole. he claims that heat drove the suspect's car that was not the sho

>> i spent 30 years working in chinatown, in the tenderloin. we had called them residential hotels. there were many people, not just seniors. i want to make some points about your goals. your recommendations seem very good and easy to do, but i am concerned about the effects on the people that live there in terms of their rent. will it be raised for any of these? will they be relocated? i think you need something where landlords have to provide comparable cost for housing. i am not sure that the rent board is set up to handle this kind of situation in terms of increasing their rent. those are two problems that occur when they start building in sections of building in chinatown, especially with the code is different for residential hotels. one bathroom -- this is hard to live with. i am not certain how the stills with kitchens. there are more like 10 or 12 rooms to the kitchen. i just want to make sure that you include those. -- >> thank you for being here, supervisor. >> good afternoon. you have a great set of guidelines before you, but there is something that we need to be visual a

it provides mental health counseling and treatment to the chinatown community. it includes portions of the ground floor, the basement, and the entirety of the second and third floors. 9200 square feet of leased space. the police -- it was approved by the board on april 17, 1996. the most recent adjustment was on july 1, at 2007, taking a lease rate to $24.24 per square foot. or $18,645 per month. this item before you is simply a one-year extension of the lease, which has been negotiated. we have kept the rate exactly the same as it has been for the last five years. there is no future fiscal impact for the next year. we believe that is no greater than the fair market rental values for the location, given the building location and its use. funding is still subject to certification funds and budget adoption. i am joined -- supervisor mar: let's open this up for public comment. public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this item forward without objection? to be considered as a committee report on june 26, 2012? thank you. our next item -- items 5-17. i am wo

you can see the start as you go up fourth street into chinatown. that will be a great connector to the light rail we have are the established. we are great supporters of high- speed rail just a few blocks away from here. we will have a transbay terminal hopefully with a high- speed terminus. we are working hard with the mayors of the state of california, the governor, because that is linked to our international economy. one-third of our traffic at the airport is the los angeles to sfo commute. we're not going to be able to enlarge our airport physically any further because of environmental issues. out of respect, we will not do that. the only way we could come -- create the international flights we need is to move that one- third of all work commute traffic -- of our commute traffic is to move it on to a high-speed rail. we have transportation grid some of you are concerned about the affordability of housing, is it there for you when you want to be in the city and start a family? to make sure your kids can go to local public schools. i am working o