Good evening and welcome to San Francisco 20th annual aapi celebration. My brother from another mother al perez and thomas. [applause] im also help over see theso just want to put a plug in. How about a round of applause for the dancers from the legacy of the pacific and Polynesian Group for opening for tonight program and dancing. Big applause. [applause] the Pacific Islanders are made up of diverse ethnicities and the dance we saw celebrates the spirit of the tribe. What a treat and thank you. Thank you grace. Good evening. My name is al perez from the filipino parade and festival. Excited about this years celebration because it is the 20th anniversary. Im proud to be a Filipino American and working toorgt with all my aapi brothers and sisters able to put together a Community Celebration year after year for the aapi family. Tonight we are going to honor two amazing organizations for their milestone achievements and two Exceptional Individuals for their impact in our city. It is just
Attendance to make sure to silent all Electronic Device prevent interpretations. Should you have documents to be included submitted to myself the clerk. Public comment will be taken on each item. When your item come up and Public Comment is called lineup to the west side to your right my left. And while not necessary to provide comment we invite to you fill out a comment card and leave them by the doors if you wish to be recorded for the minutes. You may submit comment in writing e mail them to myself the clerk at brent. Jalipa sfgov. Org. If you submit comment via e mail tell be forwarded and included part of the fortunately file. You may also send written comments u. S. Postal service to 1 dr. Carlton b. Goodlett place room 244, San Francisco, california 94102. Items acted upon today will appear on the board of proirzs agenda of may 14th unless otherwise stated. Thank you. And before we call item one i want to reminds everyone that for those item this is have budget and legislate itc
Apa heritage month this is coming up next wednesday force us to this year is the 20th anniversary of celebration in San Francisco um, but that is also the 40 are 45 year of celebration in the United States um, in the 1979 the president signed the proposition for the may for the Asian American Pacific Islanders especially heritage and the month of may was chosen because of the could commemorate the transcommon council railroad and the arrive of the first immigrant in japan so we have been celebrating the weekly by the week every year until the year of 1990 was extend because of the work of a lot of organizations and advocating for them in 1992 the celebration of apa month in the country was again signed into law to tap in perpetuity this is the third vehicle because it is our 20year the month of may is very special and we celebrate coming together of our very diversity Apa Community and take this opportunity to celebrate our uniqueness and our togetherness it has to be both. Um, you kno
Good evening and welcome to San Francisco 20th annual aapi celebration. My brother from another mother al perez and thomas. [applause] im also help over see theso just want to put a plug in. How about a round of applause for the dancers from the legacy of the pacific and Polynesian Group for opening for tonight program and dancing. Big applause. [applause] the Pacific Islanders are made up of diverse ethnicities and the dance we saw celebrates the spirit of the tribe. What a treat and thank you. Thank you grace. Good evening. My name is al perez from the filipino parade and festival. Excited about this years celebration because it is the 20th anniversary. Im proud to be a Filipino American and working toorgt with all my aapi brothers and sisters able to put together a Community Celebration year after year for the aapi family. Tonight we are going to honor two amazing organizations for their milestone achievements and two Exceptional Individuals for their impact in our city. It is just
Us to this year is the 20th anniversary of celebration in San Francisco um, but that is also the 40 are 45 year of celebration in the United States um, in the 1979 the president signed the proposition for the may for the Asian American Pacific Islanders especially heritage and the month of may was chosen because of the could commemorate the transcommon council railroad and the arrive of the first immigrant in japan so we have been celebrating the weekly by the week every year until the year of 1990 was extend because of the work of a lot of organizations and advocating for them in 1992 the celebration of apa month in the country was again signed into law to tap in perpetuity this is the third vehicle because it is our 20year the month of may is very special and we celebrate coming together of our very diversity Apa Community and take this opportunity to celebrate our uniqueness and our togetherness it has to be both. Um, you know, i think the City Attorney david chiu always talked abou