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one of three japan towns in the united states, little saigon, the filipino cultural heritage district and so many communities that reflect the diaspora of r ap community it's because of all of you. all of you who represent this amazing diversity who are leading in so many ways, and i just want to thank you for that. we have so much to celebrate this year, and i'm not just talking about academy awards. i'm talking about the progress that we re making after very challenging. several years as we are bringing our community back after covid in the wake of anti asian hate, as we move things forward, and each of you again has been a part of that. i also want to say that san francisco this year there's so much that we are doing to continue to anchor our status as the asian american capital. and that includes the fact that this fall in november san francisco is going to be the host city to apec, which is the asian pacific

economic cooperation leadership summit where we will be hosting literally heads of states from countries to our east, representing where our communities came from, and it's going to be an incredible moment to showcase who we are. um. i know today we're going to be acknowledging a lot of folks and shortly we're going to be hearing from our great mayor. we're going to be hearing from our city administrator. i want to take a moment and acknowledge our asian american sheriff. i want to acknowledge are the head of our asian arts museum and i'm looking for other department heads. i know the head of our library is here, michael lambert, and i'm sure i'm missing others, but i'm sure the mayor will catch up with me. once i once i complete my comments, but let me also say this. this event this month would not happen, but for tremendous community partners, and they are listed on the boards we have here, but we have many, many amazing community partners. i know we're going to acknowledge several of them for their decades of leadership. we

have many amazing community sponsors. um but we only have one woman who has been at the heart of this event for the better part of 19 years since she was, i think eight years old. ah! this is an event that came about because the then head of national organization of chinese americans approach then mayor gavin newsom and said it is high time for san francisco to put ourselves on the map and acknowledging a p i heritage month and claudine cheng, you've been at the heart of this. you have worked so hard for almost 20 years of doing this. thank you so much on behalf of the city for everything you do, and without further ado claudine cheng. time time does fried 19th years how to believe, but but really, this is a labor of love for everybody who is involved every year to, um put together this celebration is amazing 19 years we really do not have people ask me that some of the

sponsors about what is your operating budget this and that we really do not have an office. we really do not have stopped. all we have a volunteers and our committee and i really cannot thank you enough out committees and especially at this time, i'd like to introduce our three celebration coaches, and fortunately, thomas lee is out of town for work. but l. perez entertainment commissioner l press one of our celebration coaches. and amazing grace grace. hurry, keary. celebration co chairs. and a special shout out to tennessee who is heading up our awards committee. dennis thank you so much for everything. so our city attorneys talk about the rough and tough times that aapi community has gone through in the last few years, so we feel that when we think about our theme, we just feel that we really need to take the opportunity to continue to strengthen ourselves, and that's so to make it very simple. our

theme this year is strengthening the fabric of our community. looking around, we might all be coming from different places. we have very different may have different culture history heritage, but you know, we are one api community and we hope that throughout, uh the month of may. that's what all the program is going to tell this story of our community. um thanks to again to co chair thomas lee was very, very creative this year. this is the hour event. this is our commemorative poster, and it's really a very intricate design of different parts of the fabrics as you can see, putting the different parts of the fabrics together how the community is going to connect. and be one whenever we can, um, on our website now, which is just updated again by thomas is the celebration guide the celebration guiding quote, a list of all the art and cultural events as a happening. the key events that we are aware of that is happening in san francisco

during the whole month of may want to really appreciate our celebration partners, the asian art museum campus. san francisco public library. i mean, throughout the month of may this amazing so many events. um therefore for everybody for all generations to enjoy. we are not just celebrating our month. we are also, i think in, maybe also sell celebrating small business week. so we are also this year having a joint celebration of small business week. i think l perez have taken leadership of that we are going to have this fun event called child fund. uh in district in his district. 11 is it? yeah and to collaborate and bring up the smart, bring out help help our small business in that area with small business week and all the restaurants so there are many ways throughout the city that we are every year. we are trying to think about new ideas. how do we expand this collaboration? how we can spread the community loved around, so they're really plenty going on, and we look forward to seeing

many of you next wednesday at our aapi heritage awards and, uh and reception. um. but without but we really cannot do all of this without you know your substance cities support and since 2005 we were so happy to have all the mayors, strong support and presence every year when we celebrate, and it is a very important message that we are supported. both in the bottom by our communities and all the way you know the whole spectrum. so um, i'd like to welcome mayor lee mayor breed to our out. i think mayor lee wanted to know wanted us all to know that he's still with us in some capacity or another. i take that as a sign and a good one. for really the spirit of the asian community in the city and county of san francisco, one of resilience and one of excitement

in these times after dealing with some very challenging times . what i appreciate most about this opportunity to celebrate the month of may as asian american and pacific islander heritage month is. we have an opportunity to really talk about not only the accomplishments and the things that we have achieved in the arts and in philanthropy and community, but we have an opportunity to really reflect on the past and also look back at what this community has gone through and emerged even stronger than it has ever been as a united front against those challenges, and so this is really an opportunity to reflect because last year i don't know if there were a lot of smiles on people's faces. in light of all the anti asian hate and the attacks on many of our asian

seniors. in particular, there was a lot of sadness and a lot of frustration and coming together and working together and making investments and changes to policies and with our new d, a accountability has really change what is happening in these communities all over san francisco? no we are not where we need to be. but we have come a long way and we are seeing those numbers. decline thanks to really an emergence of our public safety officials, including our own paul miyamoto , who has really been at the forefront of working with chief bill scott and working with district attorney brooke jenkins to make sure that accountability is at the forefront of the work that we do because san francisco as a compassionate and second chance city, we believe in reforms. we believe in second chances, and we believe in the importance of the work, too. to deal with the challenges that exist, but we also truly believe

that when those lines are crossed, people need to be held accountable, and that is also a part of a safe community. i also want to take the opportunity to really recognize that amazing organizations who really stepped up the, um uh c y c with their various ambassador programs and also self help for the elderly with the work that they've done for the senior escort program, and so many people in volunteers really came together in our city, and it has been a really beautiful thing. i was just out in chinatown last week. uh really celebrating community coming together in the festivities and all the kids and the excitement for the spring and the year of the rabbit and i was on clement street celebrating their and the cherry blossom festival the past couple of weeks, and i thought to myself, nothing makes san francisco come alive. more than these activities and festivals and celebrations and many of our commercial corridors and the asian community as a whole is at

the heart of all of those activities. so i want to just really reflect on that and how far we've come as a city and the excitement that will spring out as a result of a p, a heritage month in san francisco. thanks to the great leadership of claudine and thomas and al perez , and so many people who spend a lot of time volunteering to help make this really an incredible opportunity for people to explore different parts of the city, including our folks from visitation valley are pacific islander community who really. has been at the forefront of helping to make sure that part of san francisco is not forgotten. so today we are grateful to our asian art museum . thank you. j for being here are partners with the san francisco public library, and you have a fierce advocate in michael lambert and also camp fast. we know it's gonna be a big thing, but they also aren't

a partner. for asian pacific and asian and asian american and pacific islander heritage, mom, so mouthful um, but today we also take a moment to really honor a number of organizations , the 30 40 and 50 years of existence, and i don't know if you did that on purpose, claudine. but um, the asian pacific fund for supporting community through philanthropy and making sure those investments get made in asian organizations. the asian island . i mean, the angel island immigration station foundation for 40 years of protecting the stories and the history and the heritage of the asian community in the bay area, the japanese cultural and community center of northern california one that is absolutely my favorite because of the work that they have done with me and partnership over the years even before i was a supervisor on the board of supervisors collaboration that took place between this center

and the african american art and culture complex. those cross cultural relationship building opportunities were always central in my life in the western addition community and so they are celebrating 50 years , so a wide spectrum of organizations doing extraordinary things along with events, activities, films, you name it. it's all a part of what's happening during the asian american and pacific islander heritage month for the month of may and san francisco and i am so grateful and excited. i want to really thank and acknowledge all of our sponsors for investing in our asian community. i know u. s bank and amazon and wells fargo or some of the top sponsors here , making sure that the resources are available so that community can have support and i see valley brown. from grants for the arts. thank you for making sure that we continue to invest in our arts organizations are parades are festivals in our exciting events of san francisco

, and i'm going to just, um, leave you with this. um apec is going to be extraordinary in san francisco. and what is so amazing about what it represents ? david shoe touched upon it a little bit, but this is going to be an international event. of. a magnitude proportion and when i say that no other event on an international scale has existed in san francisco since 1945 when the united nations was created right here in our city. and so we will have heads of states. we will have ceo s and folks and companies. this will be an opportunity to showcase san francisco like never before, and the asian community will be on full display. we know that there are so many people who come from asia in different parts of asia and we know that there is a very

close knit relationship. for community but also for business and so that will be on full display during november, when apec will descend upon san francisco like never before, we will be on center stage and this community will be at the forefront of so many events and activities that we will do. to make it clear what is great about san francisco to make it clear all the wonderful things that are happening in our city. no one is going to define the narrative of our city. we are the writers of what happens in this city and our history and also our awesomeness as it relates to the work that we do to bring community together. so what we're gonna do in our celebration. we're going to show them what san francisco is all about. during the month of may during a pack and year round as we continue to build relationships and change san francisco for the better working with each and every one of you,

thank you all so much for being here to kick off asian american and pacific islander. heritage month in the city and county of san francisco. thank you. mayor. london breed. um. uh so our next speaker will city administrator come and chill comments one of one of our honorees in earlier years and obviously haven't you illustrious public service career through city home. so many positions as part of supervisors assessor we call the and our city administrator, so thank you for being here coming. hello well, you really can't follow the mayor. so i'm not sure why i got this wonderful responsibility, but i really wanted to be here to celebrate

with you. and to tell you how excited i am to celebrate with my daughter, she's finally vaccinated. she's four years old. we're going to get out there and want her to see what our city is all about. and to be able to experience all the wonderful, um, parts of our city , but i really want to take a minute to acknowledge the mayor and her championship. of all of the wonderful things that happen in our city. there are so many things that happen. the things that you see might be the headlines that grace to our news . it might be the information that is kind of top of mind when it comes to conversations in the public sphere, but by and large, sometimes the support that you get from leadership comes in ways that are small and quiet but effective. i don't know if you know, i know. she just mentioned valiant and the grants for the arts program. but this mayor understood just how important it was to not only revitalize our economy and make sure that we're activating our spaces in our city. but the fact that every time we have these parades, these festivals, these cultural events, there are an

opportunity to uplift the communities that we value so much in our city. i don't know if you know, but in our last budget, she doubled the amount of investment that we made in parades and festivals. these are not things that ever get covered impressed because maybe people don't pay attention to those small things, but they are the things that make a difference, and i just really want to acknowledge her support if anybody saw her at the cherry blossom festival, you know, just recently i was on that float with her. oh, my goodness. she is no better champion. she was dancing, enjoying it, and i'm like, how am i going to dance next to the mayor? that is not. that is not something that that , um is definitely in my forte. but she really is a champion. i want to thank the mayor for all of her support for these events because it truly is important. but i have the wonderful opportunity today to be able to acknowledge the 30 40 and 50 year old contributions of these organizations. so it's not only about getting the voice of our api community out there, but it's also about recognition recognition of the people and the organizations who have been

steadfast in our community, supporting our community and helping less weather all of the storms. so this time i want to be able to recognize that people and ask you to stand so we can get give you a big round of applause. for their contributions. representing the asian pacific fund, caroline wang colin, who is the president and executive director. asian pacific fund is celebrating their 30th anniversary. they have been doing so much to not only be a community foundation that helps to support our organizations across the bay area, but really has been focused on making sure that they were continuing to make the investments in our api community funds all across the board. i want to thank you for being here representing the organization, and we look forward to recognizing your contributions. the agent, angel island immigration station foundation, represented by darlene shoe, bryant. celebrating their 40th year. as you know, the angel island immigration station

foundation is devoted to preserving the former u. s immigration station at angel island and promote the history of the exclusion, detention, hope and determination of all immigrants who arrived there. so i want to thank you, darlene for all of your great work and continue to keep our history alive. thank you. and finally the japanese cultural and community center of northern california. scott okamoto, are you there? there you are. and laurie matoba as well. the deputy director is celebrating 50 years in our city. the center preserves and promotes japanese american culture and historical heritage enhances understanding and appreciation among people, the united states and japan and promotes a multiservice community space to serve the community. so for those organizations who have had an immense impact on san francisco , thank you so much, and we look forward to continue to celebrate with you throughout the month. thank you. thank you, carmen. i see that. seven point, miyamoto

is also here. would you like to see if it was. thank you. i just want to say one thing that, um the theme this year is strengthening the fabric of our community, and if i could draw your attention to my pants i just happened to be wearing denim today. today is world denim day in recognition of the support that we in public safety and in and all the different positions in our community we give to women victims of sexual assault victims who have to suffer sometimes through biases and prejudices on, uh, being victims, and we want to show that support for them. by wearing denim jeans and i don't want to go into too much detail other than to say something happened in italy. where someone was blamed for being assaulted because of the clothing that she wore, and that's why legislatures in that country the next day war denim in support of

the victim, and we do we do that now and recognition of that, so i think it's very timely because we're strengthening the fabric of our community. denim is a very strong fabric. and it also represents how we how we support each other worldwide. on things , and that just brings us all together. over one issue. we're coming together now and celebration, but i also want to make sure we always remember community is there to support each other through good times and bad. and as we've all gone through the experiences of a p i hate as we've all gone through the experiences of the challenges that we have in public safety right now. i just want to remind everyone we rely on you to make sure that we're in this together to keep people safe. so please keep that in mind. you mentioned apec. more than a few people have mentioned apec. and every time i hear that as a public safety member were challenged with keeping everyone safe and we'll need your help to do that. so let's start with the celebration and roll up our sleeves. really good work to

come. thank you. thank you, paul. um as the mayor have mentioned, and on previous speakers, we this we are so fortunate that this, uh, celebration every year was really support well supported by many organizations that our community sponsors or the non profits, you know to our business sponsors. um, three, uh, so we are very thankful. and today we want to specifically acknowledge our heritage champion, um, sponsors because they really have been amazing to want to support how we strengthen the fabric of our community. um i want to first knowledge, fargo because in 2005 when we started in 2005 when we never have done any celebration before wells fargo was there to support us and through the years and now returning we are so

excited, so i want to in spite lorenzo cordovan from. marco he's the vice president of philanthropy and community impact, say if it was. good morning, everyone. i'm lorenzo cordova on the philanthropy and community impact team at wells fargo, and we're thrilled to be here this morning to kick off and celebrate the start of aapi heritage month here in san francisco. there's no denying that the same. francisco is the great city. it is today because of the contributions of our api community past and present. whilst fargo like claudine mentioned has been a steadfast partner of our api community. in fact, it was one of the first california companies to service our chinese customers in their native language. just last year through a partnership with the chinese cultural center of san francisco, we unveiled a community mural where we depicted 12 ap i community

heroes, so as you engage in a p i related activities. i invite you to visit the corner of jackson and grant avenue to view this mural. this year. one of the many ways that we're celebrating aapi heritage month is through the sponsorship of the heritage awards at which we will be celebrating these three organizations that work day in and day out to equip our api community with the resources and tools that are api community needs to succeed. i want to take claudine claudine chang. for her stent, fat, steadfast leadership and dedication to execute this event to our mayor, mayor london breed for her commitment to celebrating and amplifying the voices of all the communities that make this city a special place to call home. thank you. thank you, lorenzo. and next i'd like to invite our friend from us bank send you william, who is the senior vice president and baby area? market leader? thank

you for your support. send it. good morning, everyone. my name is sandy wall. yeah, and i'm the bay area market leader for us bank where we believe every day that we invest our hearts and our minds to help power. human potential, um, in alignment, actually, with the theme for aapi heritage month, which is strengthening the fabric of our community. us bank has recently committed to $100 billion investment back into our communities with 60% of that right here in california. over the next five years to really help make community possible through inclusive and equitable growth, so very excited about that commitment back to our communities we are passionate about and committed to creating more access as well as more opportunities to help all of our minority owned businesses succeed, as well as helping to close the racial gap. racial wealth gap in this country through our dedicated program that we've launched, which is called access commitment. we

really believe in putting our people first, um and drawing all of that strength through the diversity, which we can see in this room today and really be on behalf of all of us that u s bank. we look forward to our continued partnership to serve san francisco and help make the area a wonderful place. thank you. thank you. u. s bank and also appreciate amazon's multi year support. unfortunately sally k cannot be here today. so um, we are almost at the closing of press conference. i want to acknowledge i see a couple of commissioners here, commissioner irene e. riley from the human rights commission is here. um commissioner ian lou from the us commission is here. anybody i'm missing? and, um, we, um as we're going to may i already mentioned preschool to our website a psf dot org for the celebration guide that has a good listing of everything that's happening in the city. i want a specific and not what is

not on the website is our to kick off events this saturday. it's very exciting. we are kicking off this saturday, april 29th first at noontime in japantown. great sorry, curious there and then in her team, we are going to have a 23 hours of celebration. japantown after which we are going to samoan community parliament center in precipitation fairly. thank you very much. restituto and your team. they are also going to have the aapi month kick off. so you know, everywhere in the city . we want to have action. we want to engage, you know, met people in the different neighborhoods so that you know we are all part of it. so, um and i look forward to seeing of your next wednesday. we will have a full house if you have not registered. please do so, and, uh, as many of you have been to our events, the first hour is at the herbst theater where we do the piece was presentation and some cultural performances. but then everybody comes to city hall, where we will transform it to be our

party space. so i hope that all of you will stay and come and enjoy yourselves. so thank you very much for being here. and please take a poster with you if you can put it in your organization office space and what not help spread the word that would be great.

>> good afternoon and welcome to the april 25, 2023 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> thank you mr. president. supervisor chan. chan present. supervisor dorsey. dorsey present. supervisor engardio. engardio present. supervisor mandelman. mandelman present. supervisor melgar. melgar