Rfj, but i want to say how much we appreciate your commitment to Police Reform, your commitment to social justice. It has been reflective these last years, and i want to say the last quarter of 2017 has been the most exciting times for officers of color and also i think for our communities because we really truly feel that you have embraced wholeheartedly the whole idea of Police Reform and what the doj has been speaking about. And now it is my pleasure to turnover the leadership of the officers for justice to monday g Montgomery Singleton and trent williams. I will be as supportive of everyone as i possibly can, and i am sure you will continue to move in the right directions and be successful. And thank you chief for your commitment to the members of the San Francisco Police Department. Thank you, lieutenant will coms for your service to the officers for justice and for the wonderful job that youve done as your long tenure as their president. Further Public Comment . I was listening t
Come february 16th and join with us new year day. Thank you. Next, another ally in building strong connections across San Francisco cultures. Someone i have been grateful to collaborate with in my career in San Francisco. I want to welcome chinese Newcomer Service director george chan. Hello everyone. Im george chan, the executive director of Newcomer Service center. Thank you for letting us join this event. speaking chinese applause okay. Our next speaker is someone i have had the pleasure of working with, we have worked together on crosscultur crosscultural collaborations, please welcome sarah wong. I want to shout out to all the Community Based organizations, helping out and walking along in chinatown to talk to merchants about safety during new year. I want to shout out to all the special volunteers. Thank you for their work. I wish everyone well, health and happiness in the year of the dog. Thank you. applause now i want to Welcome Assembly member choy, representing chinatown. Goo
I love teaching. It is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. This really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. This is very enriching as an artist. A lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. There are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. That is a really big draw. This is a signature piece. This is the bill largest darkroom in the u. S. There are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. I think it is the heart of this place. You feel it when you come in. The people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. We get to build the community here. This is different. First of all, this is a great location. It is in a lessp
And increase Public Safety in chinatown. We work hard to continue to build on their successes and legacy. They built great relationships and friendships in the Chinatown Community and our city family. Chinatown has been known as an underserved community. I want to personally thank officials, the mayor, commissioner peskin for their continued support and dedication to Public Safety and resources to chinatown. Thanks to you, we have more officers dedicated to you can wassing we have more officers working in chinatown. We have improved Traffic Safety and safety on muni we will continue to work on. Thank you. applause thank you very much. Thank you. You have to protect the hair. Youre absolutely right. Hello everyone. Im the new executive director and happy to be back in San Francisco. Were looking forward to making it another celebration of a crimefree Lunar New Year. When the event was started 21 years ago it was a time when San Francisco was often fearful because of the extortion and pi
The barking i do at the station but i was born in the year of the monkey. I had the fortune of taking over the station. I worked at Central Station for retired deputy chief tom, the captain for the years of the dragon, the snake and the horse. During the dynasties, they worked vigorously to end extortion, reduce overall crimes and increase Public Safety in chinatown. We work hard to continue to build on their successes and legacy. They built great relationships and friendships in the Chinatown Community and our city family. Chinatown has been known as an underserved community. I want to personally thank officials, the mayor, commissioner peskin for their continued support and dedication to Public Safety and resources to chinatown. Thanks to you, we have more officers dedicated to you can wassing we have more officers working in chinatown. We have improved Traffic Safety and safety on muni we will continue to work on. Thank you. applause thank you very much. Thank you. You have to prote