We can have someone else speak while you work on the machine. Yeah, thats fine. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is lee lee min yao. Just like today, and what the Chinese Chamber of commerce did shaping supervisor people here to hold an event, younger people collected senior peoples ballots. And supervisor peskin knows that very well. [recording] my opinion was it was created by a powerful San Francisco power broker, rose pak, and i believe they are spending tens of thousands of dollars that are not subject to the Campaign Finance laws of San Francisco and that that is a violation of the law. That may be a criminal violation of the law. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good evening, honorable board of supervisors. I do object naming the chinatown subway station after rose pak. We know that rose pak went to guangjou. We all know that the western doctors are all the best in the medicine. Im a chinese. I know that very well the Chinese Culture and readings. For thousands of years, we believe we would keep our whole body, even after we die. That was why seldom we would donate our own organs. So china could not collect many organs. Rose pak went to San Francisco. Why she went to San Francisco, had her kidney transplanted, not in the advanced most u. S. A. . Where did rose pak transplanted kidney come from . So i do think the status of her transplanted kidney is very suspicious. Two years ago, i have a friend more than 40 years old friend. He is doctor in china, and both of his siblings [inaudible] thats the hospital that rose pak went, had her kidney transplanted. I asked [inaudible] he say yes. Three years ago, the house of representatives pass 343 resolution to stop the harvesting of organs in china, so i really hope you consider clerk thank you for your comments, thank you. My name is ethan lau. Thank you for the opportunity. I was sad when i heard the supervisor peskin want to name the subway station after rose pak because several years ago, he wants to investigate her. And why now theres so much difference . The most Biggest Issue for the rose pak is was she was helpin bring the Chinese Communist party to the u. S. And San Francisco. [inaudible] in 2016, u. S. House passed House Resolution 343 that all condemns chinas communist party. They kill people for their organs. Right now, more and more people in u. S. Know the persecution of those people. Here in San Francisco, i hope our supervisors can make the right decision asking how the people in not only San Francisco but all over the world. No rose pak. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hello, supervisors. My name is robert. I just heard this news. Today, there are three board of supervisors together with a group of people in red shirts, and they were announcing at an event that this rose pak resolution has already passed. I remember supervisor peskin promised he would give us a chance for the hearing. But according to the World Journal reporter you guys already announced at the event here at noontime that the board has already passed this resolution with 10 versus 1 against. That the communist party cannot represent china, and rose pak cannot represent chinatown. We are here to awaken your conscience. We hope you can listen to our voices and make the right decisions for yourself and for the world for the future. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker. I dont want to start just yet. Is this general comment . Clerk yes, it is. This is just general comment, so im just speaking out because of all the asians here are are our heros. I used to have a tape thing in my window until it disintegrated. I was lucky enough to be at jeff adachis memorial. I thank all these people, ed lee, and rose pak, theyre heros. They know whats going on, and all these things that i speak here today, you know, when that statue was erected, i go visit that statue over in chinatown, and i wish that you might put it out there in alcatraz and put a big one, so we can welcome all these people to our country. When we try to cover up whats going on with rose pak and ed lee lying, you know, i feel sorry for them, because, you know, theyll fall on their own swords. We name this tunnel after them, itll be a good thing because well always hear of what went on with clerk sir, direct your i practice this stuff, and it really makes me a man today, you know, spiritually, and everything else. And i thank you. And i hope that you all will recognize this day and thank jeff adachi. He would be here today. Thank ed lee, because you know, its china, and we should be recognizing you know, when i was on polk street, i was tour. But right before this information booth was going to be available to the public, rose pak had her gang to stow it the night before, and the chinese Neighborhood Association sued the rose pak to the california supreme court. And the court had ordered the rose pak to pay 5,000 in fines. And 1,000 of the fine is for rose paks contempt of the court. And 4,000 was for the legal fee. Even though the information booth was returned to the Neighborhood Association, but the exact spot became a parking lot. And that resolution to change the spot to the parking lot was also raised by supervisor peskin at the time. I think the information booth was helping the tourists and helping the residents in chinatown. Because of rose paks interference, theres no information booth in chinatown now. Would you call this her contribution to chinatown . Also, theres another incident that happened in 2002, and the former mayor gavin newsom named the former pius lee the president , and lee noticed there was 500,000 missing, and there was no paper trail, and it was moved to an association under rose paks management. And pius lee had worked on it quite a few months for this fund to be returned. I would like to ask each of the supervisors for such a person clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Good evening, supervisors. My names lee. Im here to strongly oppose the naming of the chinatown central subway station after rose pak. As you know, she represented the interests of the Chinese Communist party, not the Chinese Americans living in the chinatown area. The c. C. P. Lied to the world and used their lies as justification to suppress information around the world, and especially the brutal persecution of practitioners in china. Rose pak was deceived by the lies from the c. C. P. If you support rose pak and the naming of the subway station after here, you are indirectly supporting the lies of the c. C. P. As you know, 30 years ago, the Chinese Government opened fire on tienanmen square, and they killed thousands of people. And even after 30 years ago today, they are still denying their behavior. So we have to keep in mind, they lie to the world all the time. Lying is their strategy. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker. I can easily imagine that many among the tens of millions of tourists visiting San Franciscos historic chinatown over the coming years from nations all over the world could easily find themselves confused over rose pak station, particularly given that the name is stricken with similar and sound to that of the similar historic figure, rosa parks, for example. So there are places where the streets carry several names. Google maps may state one thing, a physical map another, and street signage and signage on buildings another. I dont wish to see controversial figures on historical places. Keep it simple, please. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors. I wasnt planning on speaking here today, but i attended a meeting upstairs at the m. T. A. Meeting, and i feel like i have to say a few words. At the meeting upstairs, they theyre supporting the station being named after here. I felt the logic it doesnt make any sense to me because when we honor someone, you have to look at this person overall. And just because he did something i dont know the details, but maybe contributed to the financial backing of the subway station, that doesnt mean that he deserves to name to have a name for the station. Just like the articles i read a few years ago, theres a person being sentenced, you know, for the crime he committed, but their argument is he did all these things, the kind act on his part. And just because somebody did some contribution, maybe did something positive for the community doesnt mean that he we couldnt hold her or he responsible for the bad things he did which has some greater grave consequences. To me, to name a station after rose pak represents the our acceptance of the infiltration and the corruption from the Chinese Government and as extended persecution and human rights violation into the american soil, so that could be wrong. I amy strongly against naming the train station after rose pak. Thank you. Clerk thank you. Next speaker. Can we use this . He wanted to show something on here. Clerk just place the document on there, and it should come on to sfgtv. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is mu ying, and i just arrived in the United States recently. I was imprisoned in china for total together 12 years. During in my imprisonment, i wastortured using different methods. For example, using 30,000 watts to shock me. I was bound on the desk, and i was put on the iron chair for three months without moving. I also secretly videoed some practitioners being tortured in the prison. I provided that to the International Media and to the international society. I also talked at the u. S. Congress and the California Assembly about my experience being tortured in china for religious beliefs. This is for the first time, we have seen some complete inside scenes of the persecution. Fox news reported in depth news on me and another practitioner on may 25. I find out that the rose pak, this human rights violators, cooperated with the peoples republic of china to persecution practitioners here. She even went to china to get a kidney transplant. And a lot of these organ transplant come from the live pharmaco transplant organs. This is a humanitarian crime committed against this planet. How can you use her name to name the subway station after her . How can you to represent to show the democracy and freedom and and the in the u. S. . On some of the her allies and her associates are continuing her are continuing her effort. And this person these kind of this persons name is evil. Using her name to name the public station will only make people think of evil and terror. If you use her name to name the subway station, that means that you agree with her evil act. [inaudibl [inaudible] clerk thank you. Next speaker, please. Hes going to show a video thats can you turn the screen on that . These are the video showing the clerk pardon me, maam, are you translating for him or can he speak . You can speak. No sound, right . [inaudible] clerk okay. This is a one of the evidence of transplant forced transplant thats done in china. Good evening, board of supervisors. I would like to give you missing part of story if youre not aware of that. Why is the subway big deal today . Because it connected chinatown to the outside world. That wasnt the case before. S. R. 480 connected chinatown with the outside world with 70,000 cars going by every day. 1989, earthquake damaged 480. There was a debate whether or not to keep 480. The entire Chinatown Community rallied behind keeping the 480. However, halfway through, rose pak changed her position and pushed against the highway. With her help, 480 was demolished with then just a onevote margin at the board of supervisors. Today, chinatown has gone downhill until today. To sum it up, rose pak abandoned chinatown at the most crucial moment. We dont know what caused that crucial position, but we always know as a power broker, she always gave something by taking something. We dont know what she took, because chinatown gave nothing. Could the subway riders replace 70,000 cars . Common sense tells us not possible. If someone takes everything you have, and returns one quarter, would you honor her as your hero . That doesnt make sense. For many years, the board of supervisors and politicians gave rose pak for recognition and we dont know why. Rose pak does not have the credit nor that honor. Clerk thank you. [inaudible] clerk thank you for your comments. Greetings. My name is huang, and this is the fourth time ive come here. Im one of the volunteers participating in the petition in chinatown. I know so many people telling you about the persecution and the story behind rose pak, but mr. Peskin cannot, does not care about anything. He thinks by getting the votes, by supporting rose paks people, he can gain. He miscalculated. You ignore people of the belief and then trust people who close to you. Besides the 400 businesses, most chinatown residents rally against this naming. We are determined that the chinatown and that landmark of San Francisco chinatown cannot be named after such a person. If you handle this in the black box, try to push through this resolution, we will take legal action. We will make a referendum of this, and other things. If supervisor peskin rescinds his pak resolution, all people in chinatown will thank you. Otherwise, you wait for next years election. We know mayor breed, she declared she would stay neutral on this matter. You work close with people with money, and you think you can get the votes and you can get the heart of chinatown people . I wish supervisor peskin will make the right choice. Thank you, everyone. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good evening, everyone. My name is maggie. I strongly urge the board to oppose the resolution to name the New Chinatown spral subway station after rose pak. I would also talk about rose paks track record of defaming politicians not in line with her. Back in 2006 when the board of supervisors were debating over a resolution to condemn fallen chinese, rose pak heckled and threatened them, supervisor fiona mar, their advertising in the San Francisco chronicle. She threatened she would end supervisor mars political career. Supervisor mar, the only Asian American on the board at the time chose to uphold the u. S. And the california constitution to protect rel juigious freedo. She stood up to what the chinese consulate threatened. She is now actually having Great Success in her political career. We strongly urge supervisor peskin and the entire board to uphold your promise of protecting the rights and the freedoms of your constituents. Thank you. Clerk thank you. Next speaker. Hi. My name is shalina fung. I came across this fairly recently, and i decided to attend parts of the square put together events put together by the 400 Business Owners yesterday, and i was really shocked with the overwhelming concerns that different people have expressed. There was a lot of people reviewed the the hate crime that, you know, rose pak committed. People coerced, violently attacked, so theres all sorts of controversy with this person. I really believe in the u. S. System. Its not going to be operated like the chinese system. This person that has a lot of connections with the former chinese president , who launched persecution against these people and all these horrific crimes that have been going on for 20 years. Theres no doubt that this person is very controversial. And you know for people who are coming to chinatown, whether theyre immigrants or worldwide tourists, whether people ask, well, whos rose pak, all these Business Owners cannot control themselves to vent how unjust how this whole process has been to them if this really truly happened. I know that the m. T. A. Policy doesnt ask people to name a station under concern peoples name. Okay. If we have a station thats going into fishermans wharf, if you name this obama or trump, people are going to get mad either way. So why do we do this to the people in chinatown . Clerk thank you. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Ill translate for him. Clerk okay. My name is michael ng. I think its not difficult to name chinatown station come up with a name for the station. It should be a very natural and easy process, and it should be a very simple matter. To name it chinatown station is a very natural process. Why do we have to make this matter like this to become such a serious matter that everyone has to jump in and be divisive or be very serious about it . What is the persons purpose behind this . The goal is to divide the Chinese Community. If you name it chinatown station, American People would know what it is, Chinese People would know what it is. Why do we have to stir this pot, like, unnecessarily . Theres only one purpose to it. Because rose pak has been serving the Chinese Communist party, everything she does has ties to communist. When china persecutes people, she persecutes people here. He repeated the same sentence. I think its setting an example to the free land of United States how United States would bend down or serve the communist party. It just breeds people habit to bring the fresh air here, drink the fresh water here, but do brings people here to breathe the fresh air here, drink the fresh water here, but do everything against the United States. I oppose everything against rose pak station. That will really crack the purpose of communist china. [applause] good evening, everyone. Well, this is a total improvised speech. After hearing all this, i have to stop and say something. Mr. Aaron peskin clerk direct your comments to the board as a whole, not to an individual. Okay. Why name subway station after someone so controversial . I did a google search, what i found is in 200 i forget the year. Basically, rose pak had a contract with the former mayor, ed lee. So earlier nominate julie to be the member of the board of supervisors, and so rose pak supported aaron peskin to be a member of the board of supervisors. So is that the reason why you supported rose pak . Because theres no reason to name a great station after so notorious people. I can show you, this is what i found on wikipedia. So after you name the station after rose pak, somebody on wikipedia said aaron peskin support chinatown station being named after rose pak. Is that what you want to be recorded on history . Okay. Many years later, people would say this is a politician playing political games, or do you want people to say this is a great politician who served the community. Come on, give the people a break. They already suffered a break. Before they came here, they were doctors, lawyers, have offices like you. And because of the future, they have to come here. Clerk thank you. Okay. Thank you very much. Clerk thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, everyone, Board Members and people sitting here. My name is june, and weve lived in chinatown for 30 years. We bought a howuse there and raised our kids there. We live on grant avenue, so we enjoy it so much. And concerning rose pak, i have a very personal story. So when i was, you know, a staff, you know, for a company, i actually encounter rose pak in portsmouth square. And she have, like a really big cigarette and a lot of big, black smoke. I didnt like that. Chinese have a rich history of the heaven, earth, and people in harmony. Just seeing her organize events like this, i would just suggest other organizers to try to have Community Events there that is going to be more beautiful and use money more wisely, so that is my suggestion. And, yeah, about it. And i heard so many people speak about a really beautiful meditation. You should check it out. It teaches compassion and tolerance, and yeah, thank you. Clerk thank you 23for you comments. Next speaker, please. [please stand by]. You will see that those people from chinatown that dont know this, they dont agree with it. So not only for the vote. Thank you so much. Clerk thank you for your comments. And next speaker, please. Hi, hello. Hello, everyone that are officials here. I come from main land china. I love america because america gives me the freedom of belief. I dont need to be in prison here. And also, my practice of my religion makes me a healthy person. Im a driver. Many people ask me what is my belief. I have a i believe in buddha. Indian people say oh, the buddha comes from india, and i tell them truthfulness, compassion and tolerance is boundless, without boundary. Many chinese may want to risk to come here, is here for the freedom and the society of this freedom. I dont think many main land Chinese People will come here and tour here. And if other people from other countries hear about our subway station, they wouldnt want to come here, so i speak sincerely from my heart, please dont name the subway station after rose pak. Thank you, every official here. Clerk next speaker, please. Hello, board of supervisors. My name is susanna, and i live near chinatown. I strongly oppose naming the station after rose pak. Chinatown is a name that represents the Chinese People and the Chinese People who have settled down in america. Chinatown represents the past, the present, and the future. I hope everyone can support this name chinatown station. Thank you. [clerk speaking foreign language] yeah. So good evening, board of supervisors. My names cathy zhang. I live in district 9, near chinatown, and we just came from the m. T. A. Board meeting, and what i show you is the overflow room. You see thats early in the day, so there are a lot of red tshirts, but they are gone just after maybe 30 minutes or one hour. You know why . Let me tell you. So the board of directors told me, you know, they will never just bring a determined mind to hear an issue, they always have an open mind because thats what our representatives are supposed to do. So lets step back and to think about it. Who would be hurt if we dont name the subway station after rose pak . Nobody, really, seriously, right . But who would be hurt if its named after rose pak . Many people, as you have heard all afternoon. So its a very simple equation to solve, actually, right . But why its become such a big issue, such a big deal . Why some supervisors so determined, you know, really . We dont have the real answer, but what we think is it is because some people is trying to benefit politically with a known agenda. So if the supervisor or official thinks by naming this, hes going to get more votes from chinatown, hes miscalculating because its not a popular thing in chinatown, Chinese Community at large, actually. If he or she think can benefit from the power of Chinese Communist party, just like rose pak did, f. B. I. Is waiting there, okay . So if the board of supervisors would really wanted to commemorrate the Chinese Community clerk thank you. Next speaker. Hello. My name is kylie. I want to ask who is rose pak . Based on all evidence, she just is a Chinese Communist party spy. And what she did was just persecuted a lot of kind americans and a lot of kind chinese in america. They all include many in San Francisco. So she totally did things if go against americans freedoms. But i wanted to ask mr. Peskin, i wanted to ask you why your support clerk please direct your comments to the board as a whole. Dont single anyone out. Okay. Why just support a person who goes against american spirit . So i think you all are making history. So i dont want you to become a history [inaudible] clerk thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening, supervisor. My name is andrea. I want to say something. On may 14, during the board of supervisors meeting, supervisor peskin admitted that rose pak was a complex person, but then, he stated that rose pak contributed to the chinese subway station and should be commemorated. I think thats overstated. Hitler built railroads and fridays in germany, including the worlds first highway system, the autobahn. If you want to name the subway station after rose pak, it would be like naming a Jewish Community center after hitler or his first official. Im here to oppose the naming of the chinese subway station for rose pak because she undermined the fundamental values of america. Im opposed because she will bring permanent shame to the city. [please stand by] good evening. I want to share one thing. We come here. We express our feelings to protect americas value, freedom, really, because we think america is a great country. Everyone here, you are working very hard. Lead Work Together for our community. Were making our community beautiful. Thank you so much. Thank you for your comments. Public comment is now closed seeing no other public comments. Lead movlets move on to, madam, items 2733. These items were introduced without reference to committee, a unanimous vote is required for resolutions on First Reading today. Any supervisor may require a reading go to committee. Item 31, please. I would like to sever item 28, this is supervisor walton and any other items . Supervisor ronan. 27. Motion passes for all these items. Budgets in using excess education, revenue, augmentation. Supervisor ronan. At a previous meeting, i introduced cooperative living opportunities for people with Mental Illness. This model, which is a noninsubstitutional communal based households with Case Management has been effective for longterm stability for people with severe Mental Illness and substance abuse. As we come together for Mental Health crisis, im hopeful you will join me in supporting this legislation. Along with the ordinance, i introduced this resolution to jump start this programme without delay but now that the mayor has presented our budget, its no longer timely and i will make a motion to table it, but i am looking forward to continuing to work with colleagues on the Budget Committee and all of you to include funding for the fiscal years 20192020 to this endeavor. With that, i make a motion to table item 27. Motion made, seconded by supervisor peskin. Can we take that same house, same call . Then item is tabled. Supervisor walton, i believe with 28. Item 28 is a resolution to support California State Senate bill 38 authored by jerry hill to restrict sales of ecigarettes and all flavoured tobacco use by youth. Supervisor walton. Thank you. Actually i want to table this item as well as 37 and the bill is now considered dead and state senator jerry hill announced he had it withdrawn because of a variety of amendments that were tacked on at the last minutes