protections have been on the books for decades, and we were one of the first cities to adopt them. however, there are thousands of units who are not granted the same protections simply because they are buildings built after 1979. for these tenants, their landlords are not required to state a reason for evicting them. their protections are arbitrary and leave them without protection. according to a housing report in 2015, 15% of renters report being threatened for eviction in the last five years, roughly half for cause and half for no account. just last month, governor newsom assigned our david

chiu's ab 42, capping rents statewide. it expands the protections that san francisco has in place by extending just cause protections to buildings built between 1979 and 2004. the bill exempts buildings constructed within the last 15 years, so what i'm introducing today is a proposal that is very simple. expand just cause protections to all buildings in the private market, regardless of when it was built. no one should have to live in fa fear of an arbitrary eviction. it is a critical component necessary to keep san francisco residents housed. the history, culture and residents of our city suffer when they are evicted, forcing them to move from home to home. i look forward to working with all of you to expand these protections for renters, and i want to thank the tenants union

and assembly member chiu for paving the way. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. supervisor mandelman? thank you. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i'm introducing two items today. first, i've made strengthening our democracy and addressing political corruption an early priority because the past to our future is through a stronger democracy. that's why i put measure f, shine a light on dark money on the ballot, and that's why i'm glad to join with the aclu of california to join in the fair elections charter amendment. this is the next step forward in making our democracy stronger and fairer in putting power in the hands of the people who represent them. it's based on a simple idea,

that the choice of who should represent us in elected office belongs to the public, not in approximate back room deals. we deserve free, fair, and open elections, not political favoritism. the fair elections charter amendment addresses these issues simply and directly. it will prevent candidates from elected office from being appointed to the office they're running for within 90 days of their election. it will also prohibit those elected to offices within 90 days of election. i want to thank my cosponsors, hillary ronen, sandra lee fewer, mat haney, and aaron peskin for your support. we who represent t-- secondly,

i'm introducing an ordinance requiring the planning department to prepare an annual jobs housing fit report that analyzes the alignment or misalignment between job growth and housing level by affordable level in our city. this is a new analytical tool that will help us better manage growth in our city. according to the b.l.a. report i commissioned on jobs housing fit, our housing production is out of alignment for job growth for low and moderate income workers, and we are failing miserably at meeting the housing requirements for low and middle class income

households. planning commissioners have been asking for this data for years, and we need jobs housing fit data every time the planning commission and the board of supervisors consider a major development projector area plan. jobs housing fit data will allow us to make better economic policy and land use decisions. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: submit. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. sorry. colleagues, today, i'm introducing a resolution urging the state of california to rescind or amend new department of health care service medi-cal policy regarding fee-for-service covering medical prescriptions.

a new drug policy now reimburses pharmacies at a much lower rate than what they pay for the specialty drugs that treat complicated conditions, including psychiatric conditions, hiv and hepatitis. honest and hard working pharmacies are being completely bankrupted by these changes. it has become financially infeasible for their to continue providing services to vulnerable patient populations who depend on them to access life saving medications and care. according to the california pharmacists association, a pharmacist providing a medi-cal patient with a certain skrits (i can't drug will loose $533.38 per patient per year. a pharmacist providing another drug will lose over $600 per

year. it is also demanding that pharmacies payback the higher reimbursement rates that they received over the two-year period. they policies are mis -- these policies are misguiding, they're wrong, and they make it more difficult for patients to access the help they desperately need. these are patients who are living with hiv and aids, who are dealing with mental health on the streets, and they need our help. colleagues, through this resolution, we will urge the governor of california and the state department of health care services to rescind or amend this damaging policy on fee- r

fee-for-service pharmacy benefits. and i want to thank supervisors mandelman, haney, and brown for cosponsoring this resolution. secondly, colleagues, i wanted to talk about a request that i made to the city attorney's office to draft legislation addressing, you know, a small response to our air quality emergency. i should have talked to our bay area air quality management district appointees before, as well, but i will ask supervisors mar and walton to update you about this. it kind of came together at the last month. a year ago, san francisco suffered the worst air quality ever. so far, this year hasn't been as bad as last year for us, but the fires are still raging.

my heart goes out to the neighbors in the north and the east, and i'm proud that san francisco has stepped up to provide aid that president yee just spoke about. and as we wait for our heroic firefighters to get control of the situation -- and you're like me, you're obsessively checking now air.gov, to see if you'll see more healthy conditions, we unfortunately have to recognize that this is going to be our new normal and we have to get ready. the report by the department of emergency management task force assembled over last year's wildfire hasn't yet been shared publicly, but the advance preview disclosed that medical professionals have found -- and this is what we've heard -- that masks and even the n-95 ones that so many people are using, to not only be

inadequate, but potentially dangerous, especially for children, and misleading for adults that more likely than not are using them incorrectly. instead, they're advising people that the best option is to stay indoors with the windows and doors closed, and preferably in a room with a hepa filter. but the reality is for many families, this advice will not work. we cannot close schools for every single bad air day. many families and seniors cannot afford to purchase individual air purefiers. while we propose more long-range solutions and improve ventilation systems more over time, we should not

wait to implement strategies. we must find ways to slow and reverse climate change impacts. let's make sure that we are taking proactive actions to keep children and seniors as safe as we can. i've asked the board of supervisors to provide legislation to buy and provide portable hepa filters for all schools in san francisco and for all senior centers. they are easy to use, they will minimize the health impacts affecting children and seniors. additionally because we've

learned that heat is of greater danger to children and seniors, we will learn the feasibility of installing air conditioning in senior centers. additionally, i'm requesting the budget and legislative analysts to provide the costs of air conditioning and particular ventilation in shelters and city centers so we can determine the best ways to keep our unhoused neighbors safe. we must continue to look for long range solutions, but this is a practical, feasible and quickly implementable step that we can take to be ready for the next emergency. unfortunately, as we know, our school district is struggling to even pay their teachers a living wage, so getting these filters in every single classroom is not something that

the school district can afford. that's where i'm asking us as a city to step up and pay for these air filters in every single public school classroom. what we also learned from the health center is if we create cooling centers at places that people don't regularly go to, they won't use them. so it's incredibly expensive, and people won't use them. whereas we know that kids are spending close to seven hours a day in every single classroom throughout san francisco, and we know that seniors use senior centers on a daily basis. that's such an easy way to provide them clean air for the seven to eight hours they're

there. it's a harm reduction strategy, and we should use it. and the rest, i will submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. supervisor safai. thank you. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, ilast week, during or public safety and neighborhood services committee, we heard from the san francisco police department to hire civilian staff in order to employ more officers to important duties. last year we budgeted 25 duties for police civilianization with the expectation they would be hired by april 2019. during last week's hearing, we learned of the 25 positions, only 13 were filled. the others were held up in the lengthy hiring and classification process. i know that the police

department is not the only department to face these kinds of issues. between now and the hearing, i will be working with all our first responder departments including police, fire, the department of emergency management, and the department of public health to understand which positions most urgently need to be filled because of the public health and safety position they provide. i want to learn what obstacles the department face in doing so. as a former department head, i know that we have many rules that we need to follow when it comes to hiring, but i also know that positions that relate to public safety and health need to be filled as expeditiously as possible. performance standards aren't met when critical positions aren't filled and the public expectations aren't being met. the residents of this city can feel it when they leave these positions open too long. we all need to feel the same sense of urgency around these

positions as our constituents feel. specifically, i want to know how long it takes to create a new classification for these positions, and what restrictions or obstacles that are in place that prevent hiring in these positions. i want to compare our position to other cities and to understand how we can improve. the purpose of this hearing will be to try and find ways to prioritize those positions we know are necessary to ensure the public health and safety of our city. i'd like to thank president yee and supervisor mandelman for cosponsoring this hearing with me. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. and mr. president, that concludes the introduction of new business. >> president yee: thank you, madam clerk, before we move to the next item, could i have a motion to excuse supervisor

brown? made by supervisor ronen and seconded by supervisor peskin? without any objection, then, she is excused. madam clerk, let's go to public comment. >> clerk: it's now time for the public to address the entire board of supervisors. you'll each have up to two minutes. you can comment on the minutes, you can comment on the item, item 34 on the adoption without reference to committee, and other items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board but that are not scheduled on today's agenda. if you'll direct your remarks to the board as a whole and not to individual members. if you would like to display a document on the overhead projector, just place the document under the projector and remove it when you'd like to resume life coverage -- live coverage of the meeting. >> president yee: okay. let's get started.

>> hi. i'm a second year pharmacy student at university of california san francisco and i wanted to thank supervisor ronen for the resolution that she had addressed regarding reimburse policies? a lot of pharmacies are suffering right now and losing a lot of money to provide essential drugs? in addition, there's a lot of loopholes that we must go through to provide patients with the correct drugs, especially with medi-cal? many patients that i've seen have to get prior authorizations every year or twice a year where they must go sometimes about four to six weeks without getting their drugs due to waiting for the insurance to approve it? and these insurance and drug manufacturers make billions of dollars on these drugs but pharmacies who help medicare patients can't stay open, okay? thank you. >> president yee: thank you.

next speaker. >> hi. my name's kathrin. i'm also a second-year pharmacy stu student. since i'm at ucsf, one of our mission values is to care and heel for our patients -- heal for our patients and it's difficult to do this when the pharmacies are not equipped to payback, like, for these medications, and it's hard for them to provide these medications to vulnerable populations such as people with hiv and mental illness, so thank you for that. >> president yee: thank you very much. next speaker. >> hello. my name is marina gabriel. i'm a transgender. i wa -- transgender woman living

here in san francisco. i want to thank all of you. we have a real crisis in hate crimes against sex and gender minorities in the state of california and within the city and county. reported hate crimes are up 30% in the state of california from 2018. that's a significant and dangerous increase that targets vulnerable communities like the lgbtqia community. i am forming a nascent coalition, and we would like to advance legislation to have an ordinance passed that will protect women as well as migrant workers from human trafficking, hate speech, intimidation, harassment and provocation under city and county law. i would ask the board of

supervisors to consider individually per office and district whether or not they would be willing to sponsor such a bill, which is under development. again, my name is emma gabriel. i will return next time with representatives from the coalition, and i want to thank you very much. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker? >> linda chapman from nob hill. the subject that i need to address to you is the special victims of the police department whose only function seems to be to create special victims. but first, with respect, i want to say when i've tried in the past six months to contact supervisors' offices, whether it's my own or sponsors for the short-term rental thing, i'm astonished. it used to be possible to communicate with supervisors.

all i hear is send us an e-mail, which when i -- it reminds me of when women would talk about their first date, and the guy would say i'll call you, you know? that's the impression i get, and it certainly has been happening elsewhere. all right. so i'll have to come back to talk to you about this, but the police commission actually gave directions to the police chief and his others there to do something, to respond, to reopen the investigation of the jewish home where a danger to life is occurring. i bring this to you now because of your interest in laguna honda because it is a worse situation there. the people at jewish home are equally helpless, equally unable to complain, but i was there for physical therapy, and the nurse was so compulsive that it didn't even occur to her that she should be

concerned about the stranger. so i will be back to talk with you because the police has done less than nothing. the d.a.s office is trying to figure out what to do because they couldn't get a police investigation railroaeport. all in all, this is a danger -- >> president yee: thank you. next speaker? >> my name is -- my name is sarah greenwald, and i am a san francisco resident representing the san francisco emergency climate coalition. we urged the inclusion in the 2020 reach code of a requirement that all new construction be electric ready. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker.

>> good afternoon. how does it feel when the mayor's office does not help with the mental illness in pushing forward to building hospitals? how does it feel when you don't get support for something that you're doing that's right that really is the basis of what we're all about? we come in here over and over, and it's amazing, the similitude between us. we are all fighting for the same thing, but the people of san francisco just don't see enough action. we do not want to talk with the sfmta because they are the ones that have got us in this mess, and we did turn down an appointment with kay turand this week, which we are meeting with her next friday.

we don't want crumbs. we want what we deserve. i paid almost $10,000 in interest last year. not only did i pay enough money, but i would have come up for my free medallion by now. we are not asking for the world, guys. i personally do not want to deal with sfmta. they're the ones that are getting us in this mess. i wish you guys would look from the outside and feel our pain, and i'll switch it up. let's not settle banks, let's settle the people of san francisco that are picking this up. we might not be here to bail out san francisco and pick up people if you guys do not support us now. we cannot wait. what happens if all the tech falls apart and the market drops? then you guys are going to want

cabs, then you're going to want us to pick up you guys? >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i've been driving a taxi for almost 30 years. my question is i purchased the medallion for almost $250,000. am i allowed to run it and operate it by myself without the company affiliation? i barely make enough money for myself. i pay my bills, and i do not take any profit, and the companies every month are taking $700, $800, $900 profit.

i beg you, buy back. if you cannot buy back, at least give us an option to operate without the company so we can serve the people of san francisco like we were before. can you do that? i am requesting you all, and we are keep coming back and forth. i know it's a long road to purchase the medallions back, but as long, you are not coming to any specific program to buy back, at least you should give us the relief to take these cab companies from our back. in april, a yellow cab company kicks me out. so where should i go if there is no other cab company is willing to accept me?

we want to save that $700 or $800 for our own family. why should we give it to somebody else? and the same thing is happening with the insurance. the sfmta is playing very tricky and very fine stuff -- >> president yee: thank you. next speaker? >> good afternoon. yesterday, someone from sfmta called me and told me that i had no color scheme. i was stunned. i said yellow cab, and they told me, i'm not affiliated with yellow cab. we paid color scheme. it includes insurance money. they're supposed to provide us insurance. if not, it's a violation. it's not my fault.

sfmta said someone called them yesterday and said you are no longer affiliated with yellow cab and no one notified me from yellow cab notified me until friday. yesterday, someone gave me one day short notice to change color scheme. unbelievable. i did my paperwork yesterday at 3:00 p.m. and -- [inaudible] >> i am paying payments and for me to allow me to drive my own taxi cab. it cost me $1700 to change paint and color scheme to go to the other company to upgrade my taxi cab. i am trying to pay my medallion

payments every month. [inaudible] >> sfmta had developed the conen us consensus with uber and lyft and never developed a consensus with us. we paid money for medallions. >> president yee: thank you. >> clerk: speaker's time is concluded. [inaudible] >> president yee: thank you. [inaudible] >> president yee: next speaker. >> thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. i was born and raised in san francisco, former veteran, and

i'm talking to the support of this resolution for november as veteran's month. i think it's time that we honehonor our vets. i think it's time we nominate november as veteran's month. i didn't -- this was, like, mast minute. i didn't know this resolution was on. i would have packed the whole house with veterans if i can, but i'm in support, and please pass that resolution for november as veteran's month. thank you. >> president yee: next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm george cicada, president of the veteran's commission, i'm here to ask for your support and consideration declaring november veteran's month. most of the issues that you deal with on a daily basis impact the citizenry of san francisco, but they have an

increased impact on our veterans in the city. when we think about vets, we think about the problems that exist, and rightly so. 80% of the vets leave the military without a job, 83% make less than $60,000 a year. 50% have mental or physical issues that they're not seeking health for. 50% of 9-11 vets have ptsd. 60% have depression. in addition, we have a large population of veterans in san francisco that have not only sacrificed to protect our country and our city and our way of life and have not only sacrificed so much, but they're a significant portion of the silent majority of the community. there are 27,000 veterans in san francisco. their family, friends, and co-workers bring that number up

to over 100,000. two thirds of these veterans feel the public doesn't understand the sacrifice they made and 80% feel the public doesn't understand the problems that they face. so we ask for your support of veterans being our neighbors, the services that are available to these veterans, and greater awareness that the city is there to help fill the gap for the services that our federal government either can't or won't provide. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. steve martin pinto, veteran affairs commissioner. i'm also a 16-year member of the marine corps. i am a veteran of iraq and afghanistan. also native san franciscan.

born and raised here, and i work for fire department chinatown. speaking for my job, the fire department, veterans represent about 7% of the fire department workforce, and many of them are still reservists who in actuality balance two careers. their fire department career and the service career. we're a diverse cross section of society, we represent all races, religions, genders, and we serve because of love of our country, our community, and our city. after service, many of us return to our hometowns a little bit more confident, a little bit more reserved. but some of them never have. one of them was as young as 19. i'll never forget him. i hope you create a resolution to create a veteran's month

because of the ultimate sacrifice these veterans have made to enjoy life in our united states. there's a lot of different right now, but i hope we look past that and realize that we have the freedom to disagree and debate because of the freedoms that veterans have afforded us. >> i'm here to speak on behalf of line item 34. i was asked to speak on behalf of mr. christopher sparling, on behalf of end power. end power is a nonprofit under the department of labor. it's an apprenticeship that serves veterans and young americans through check training and job placement.

i'm giving, i guess, a brief view of my background and what the empower, which is the nonprofit has done for me. i'm a navy disabled vet. i got discharged from the navy. i went home to georgia, and i got my associate's and bachelors in i.t. i moved here to the bay area, kind of expecting the doors to be open, but that wasn't the case. i learned at empower -- i was actually at the homeless shelter in san jose. a friend told me about empower. maybe a month after me putting in applications, opportunities started raining in from

lockheed martin and general dynamics. i'm now employed at general dynamics, and if you can push it through empower, greater all the way. i hope you look out for the veteran. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> tom gilberti. last week, chief scott was in the chamber. one of the main reasons why chief scott is chief scott is because public comment during those meetings, you get more reforms if you hire somebody

outside the department. to tony chaplain, i remember him saying after 25 years, he would love to leave his mark on the department. three months ago, i said trump would morally and economically bankrupt our country on the moral charges. let's ask the kurds what they think of him. 3.5 years ago, i mentioned something about piranhas devouring their prey in reference to the taxi companies being devoured by uber and lyft. the taxi companies were basically hanging out at alamo, and they were looking for some help. i would love to challenge mayor breed to settle this score. make it right for the taxis and the taxi drivers. i challenge her to come through

and be more than what was before. republicans do whatever they have to take to win. north carolina, south carolina, georgia. right here in san francisco, we got disruption in the mayor's office. i don't know if you can see this. it's pretty black. where do they pick up and decide who's going to be our incumbent before an election starts? it's unhealthily fy for democr. we have it here at home. >> president yee: thank you. any other speakers? seeing none, then public comment is now closed. come on up quickly, please. this will be the last speaker. >> my name's chris mcdonald. i'm a retired military veteran from the army. i'm here to support the veteran

resolution for the november as being the month for veterans. i just wanted to add, in addition, there's many veterans that are out there in san francisco that are opening up businesses, bringing economy in and stuff like that to support. i had the percentages written down before i came. it's a small portion, but it's growing to help out san francisco, as well, and i just wanted to add that to my fellow colleagues as a commissioner of the veterans affairs for the city and county of san francisco. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. okay. that concludes our public comment for now. [gavel]. >> president yee: so madam clerk, let's go to what many of the speakers were talking about, item 34. >> clerk: item 34 was

introduced without adoption to reference to committee. alternatively, a supervisor may require it to go to committee. it is a resolution to recognize every november as veterans month in the city and urging all citizens to recognize veterans in their community with acts of kindness. >> president yee: supervisor ste stefani? >> supervisor stefani: i'd like to sever this -- well, without taking a vote, i'd like to speak on it, but i see that supervisor mar is on the roster, as well. i'll go ahead. first of all, i want to thank all the veterans that came out and spoke at public comment, and thank you, of course, for your service to our country. and i want to ask my colleagues for your support in recognizing november as veterans month. being the daughter of a viet nam veteran, i'm absolutely honored to bring this

resolution before you today. before we begin, i have a minor amendment to reflect the most accurate date. the change is reflected on page 1, line eight, and it just reflects there are about 25,000 veterans living in the city and county of san francisco. during the month, we honor every man and woman who have worn the uniform. as we know, serving in the military is not easy. it requires sacrifice, courage, and commitment. it requires men and women going to the distant lands to as the korean war memorial says going to foreign countries and defending people that we've

never met. i have a special place in hi -- my heart for veterans. when i was sworn in as supervisor, i told the story of him being sworn in the military and going to a foreign country. his experience is the reason so many veterans experience men ha -- mental health and homelessness. we owe them more than just gratitude, we owe them an opportunity to thrive. it's why i'm so honored to have organizations in the city like swords to plow shares that provide assistance to veterans.

the spirit of the mission statement should underpin the policies adopted by the city and county of san francisco on veterans day, during the month of november, and all year-long. i visited swords to plow shares earlier this year and saw the dramatic difference their services provide, and it's in my district. more importantly, i saw how important it is for veterans to be given the tools to create an opportunity and a community for themselves. we remember that honoring those who have served isn't just about what we say here today, it's about how we honor our veterans every day of the year. it's about remaining committed to supporting them and their families in every way that we possibly can. it's about serving them as well as they've served and continue

to serve our nation. thank you, colleagues. i urge your support. >> president yee: supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you, president yee. i also wanted to thank the veterans that spoke during public comment for your service to our country and and also for your service to our city. i know that many of you are being ati acti active leaders, not just with the veterans affairs commission, but with other organizations like jrotc. i want to thank supervisor stefani for putting this forward. i would like to be added as a cosponsor. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. >> president yee: so supervisor stefani, do you have amendments? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, president yee. i do. so i would ask for -- i'd like

to move the amendments. so on page 1, line eight, it's only changing a number from over 60,000 to approximately 25,000, and everyone should have a copy of that. >> president yee: all righty. thank you. is there a second? seconded by supervisor walton. without any objection, then, the amendments pass. [gavel]. >> president yee: motion -- so colleagues, can we take this -- do we need to do roll call vote? >> clerk: roll call, mr. president. >> president yee: okay. roll call vote. >> clerk: on item 34 -- [roll call]

>> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president yee: okay. then this resolution is adopted as amended unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, can you go to imperative item agenda? >> clerk: yes. offered by president yee, we have a motion concurring in the october 29 by mayor london n. breed declaring a local emergency and in the emergence of the actions taken to meet an emergency in the kinkaid fire and the city shelter evacuees of the kinkaid fire. >> president yee: colleagues,

let's take the sunshine ordinance finding first. is there a motion that finds that this resolution imperative as to threaten serious injury to the public interest and thus making the standards of the sunshine ordinance. there a motion? made by supervisor peskin, seconded by supervisor safai. without objection, this is accepted. [gavel]. >> president yee: now with regard to the brown act, the need to take action came after the agenda was posted and thus, the motion meets the standard of the brown act. >> supervisor peskin: so moved. >> president yee: motion by supervisor peskin, and seconded by supervisor safai. now on the imperative motion itself, a roll call vote, madam clerk. >> clerk: public comment, mr. president. >> president yee: is there any public comment on this item?

seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gave [gavel]. >> president yee: roll call, please. >> clerk: on the imperative item -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president yee: okay. so the motion is approved. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please read the memoriams. >> clerk: on behalf of the entire board, mr. president, you should make a motion. >> supervisor peskin: so moved. >> president yee: okay. moved and seconded, no objection.

[gavel]. >> president yee: colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> president yee: thank you. we are adjourned. .

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the ups building. for me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. when i was seven-years-old and i'm in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. i have to make sure that we do our homework. it's a lot of responsibility for a kid. the weekends were always for family. we used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new mission theater and then afterwards going to kentucky fried chicken. that was big for us. we get kentucky fried chicken on sunday. whoa! go crazy! so for me, home is having something where you are all together. whether it's just together for dinner or whether it's together for breakfast or sharing a special moment at the holidays. whether it's thanksgiving or christmas or birthdays. that is home. being so close to berkley and

oakland and san francisco, there's a line. here you don't see a line. even though you see someone that's different from you, they're equal. you've always seen that. a rainbow of colors, a ryan bow of personalities. when you think about it you are supposed to be protecting the kids. they have dreams. they have aspirations. they have goals. and you are take that away from them. right now, the price is a hard fight. they're determined. i mean, these kids, you have to applaud them. their heart is in the right place. there's hope. i mean, out here with the things changing everyday, you just hope the next administration makes a change that makes things right. right now there's a lot of changes on a lot of different levels. the only thing you hope for is for the future of these young kids and young folks that are getting into politics to make

the right move and for the folks who can't speak. >> dy mind motion. >> even though we have a lot of fighters, there's a lot of voice less folks and their voiceless because they're scared.streets. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i wanted to wish you a best wishes and congratulations the community has shifted a lot of when i was growing up in the 60s and 50's a good portion of chicano-american chinese-american lived in north

beach a nob hill community. >> as part the immigrant family is some of the recreation centers are making people have the ability to get together and meet 0 other people if communities in the 60s a 70s and 80s and 90s saw a move to the richmond the sunset district and more recently out to the excelsior the avenue community as well as the ensuring u bayview so chinese family living all over the city and when he grape it was in this area. >> we're united. >> and growing up in the area that was a big part of the my leave you know playing basketball and mycy took band lessons and grew up.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> allergies welcome to the community fair it kicks off three weeks of celebrations for the year and let's keep everybody safe and celebrate the biggest parade outside of china on february 11th go best wishes and congratulations and 3, 2, 1 happy enough is