The committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing on hong kongs summer of discontent. The commission heard compelling testimony from pro democracy advocates including martin lee who expressed concerns about the extradition bill moving towards becoming law at that it time. That would have put anyone in hong kong including u. S. Citizens at risk of extradition to Mainland China. Over the last 16 weeks, millions of people from all waux waus of life in hong kong have taken to the streets from an unprecedented and sustained show of unity. The protesters have inspired the world and risks their lives, health, jobs and education to fight for the future of hoc congress. Thank you for your courage and bravery. We stand with yo stand with you. They used unnecessary force to target those using dem Trump Administrations. The commissioner has called for an investigation. The uk has suspended export licenses for the sale of tear gas gas and crowd control equipment. And the
The Management Entity will manage the following concession opportunities, two restaurants, four retail kiosk and one rental kiosk, estimated to be 7,000 square feet in space. As you know, programming and activation is a key been provided through this parks plan. Its envisioned this plan will occur at china basin park and mission rock square. This slide shows examples of what small, medium and large events would include, such as salsa in the park, yoga in the park or childrens reading programme. Media events may include large concerts or seasonal activation. On pages 2122 of your staff report, a detailed matrix outlines the number of events that can occur within the park. It should be noted that medium to large events cannot exceed more than 100 event days in each of the spaces. Of those, 24 can be ticketed and 18 can be private additionally, the total number of paid ticketed events and private events cannot exceed the number of prePublic Events in the same fiscal year. This provides th
Good afternoon, president and commissioners. Im the manager on the real estate and development division. This informational item before you is the proposed park Fundraising Campaign. As you all know, crane cove park has been an active project of the port since 2005 and david boprey who lead the planning the park and erica crane are both here to answer Historical Context questions. Drew betchr of the San Francisco Parks Alliance is here today and will be speaking later on in our presentation. Just as an overview of what youll be covering, we will go over the project background and status, the Strategic Plan alignment, parks aligned history and experience, our next steps. Shoreline ro reconstruction, bot irrigation. And it is anticipated that the 19th street, georgia street and building 49 are delivered by the calendar year 2020. The date has spent 16 millions of the 36 million budget. With that said, there were components of the project of the original scope that were moved due to cost
The patience and teamwork that went into this and youve heard me say this many times, i think the giants have shown the city what a good Corporate Citizen can be an engage in the community and you have brought the community along with you, right . And you can feel the investment that youre putting back. I want to go back to what commission wohoo said about your commitment and it shows by what youre doing. Like the Affordable Housing and things like that. And i know its been going back and forth and i like it. And also the different mayors. Mayors that have seen this, whether gavin, the late ed lee. Its a transition about people and i like the fact that the people in sanfrancisco, we never use the word i and me but use the word we and us and woke through it. And then the back and forth. Im just moved by this project and want to see it get done right. This project, for future generations, you know,lyin in the city, the average age is 27 years old. The Younger Generation and generations t
Look at the protests taking place in hong kong. The unrest began as a movement against a law allowing hong kongers to be deported to china. Since june millions of protesters have marched through the streets demanding greater democracy. Set to start in just a moment here. Live coverage on cspan 3. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to todays hearing on hong kongs summer of discontent and u. S. Policy responses. This is the second China Commission hearing this year on the situation in hong kong. During our may hearing, the commission heard compelling testimony from Hong Kong Pro Democracy advocates, including martin lee and nathan law who expressed concerns about the extradition bill that was quickly moving towards becoming law at that time. That legislation would have put anyone in hong kong, including u. S. Citizens, at risk of extradition to Mainland China. A lack of due process and custodial abuse have been welldocumented. Over the last 16 weeks, millions of people from all walk