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To have some real positive changes for the mission. Shortly after i took Office Supervisor kim and i started tag teaming on one off exemptions to the mission alcohol special use district because while this isnt just my view that this special use district served an important purpose when it was first enacted 20 years ago in terms of combating alcohol blight in the mission. Over time in my view out lived its usefulness, and we saw a few years ago at the Bowling Alley that went on at 17th and south...

Over due, and i think im going to have some real positive changes for the mission. Shortly after i took Office Supervisor kim and i started tag teaming on one off exemptions to the mission alcohol special use district because while this isnt just my view that this special use district served an important purpose when it was first enacted 20 years ago in terms of combating alcohol blight in the mission. Over time in my view out lived its usefulness, and we saw a few years ago at the Bowling Alley...

Werent going to be able to serve beer so did did a one off exemption for movie theaters. When the roxy theater which is a treasure of Community Institution wanted to serve wine and beer to help survive such a unique San Francisco Mission Institution they were prohibited and we did another exemption for that and each time i gave the standard speech while its great to do the one off exemptions its not good policy and we need to fundamentally address of the problems that were caused and that valenc...

Filing out the forms. The process are state mandated the files have to be in english but then those that dont require that requirement we do have a city id we have other forms in chinese and others as well. For in person we have a staff our department is small but our staff is basically bilingual and their fluent a in spanish and mandrin and that make ups more than half of our staff. We utilizes the Language Services and in person and over the phone. And if required we also offer a s l with adva...

Proficient and 8 periods of time spoke spanish and 8 percent were chinese services. The office of Small Business provides over 25 forms etc. , translated in chinese and spanish and the materials are around especially the disability the ada compliance packet have been translated in spanish and vietnamese and russian and others i know youre a small office but 40 percent of your staff are bilingual especially in chinese dialogues or spanish but your 12 percent is a much smaller number than the exci...

[sound of gavel] good afternoon welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting of the tuesday january 29, 2013 of the board of supervisors for the city and county of San Francisco home of the superbowl heading San Francisco 49ers. Madame clerk please call the role. Supervisor avalos, avalos present. Breed present. Supervisor campus poes present. President chiu, chiu present. Chu present, supervisor cohen, yes, im here. Cohen present. Supervisor farrell. Farrell present. Kim present. S...

Percent is a much smaller number than the exciting percentages by limited proficient owners what do i attribute to that low English Speaking clients . Some of it is that i mean, we have emphasized more on the chinese because were able to provide those services and as i said well bring in interpreters. We also find that many Business Owners they may have limited english capabilities they know they have to be communicating with freshen in english so they also while the conversation may happen in o...

Bipartisan policy center poll, we want to hear your thoughts. We split our lines up i age this morning. Those 1829 can call in at you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social pages, on twitter and facebook, or e mail us. A very good monday morning to you. We want to take you to the front page of the usa today, the headline to show you a bit of the results come the percentage who say participating in the political process in the most important or very or very important things in thei...

Church and had one child. She received her appointments to the social and Cultural Program at the Humanities Department at Dominican University and a doctorate in multicultural education and spruesed to meditation practices in the 70s and it greatly influenced her work she was a passionate and tire elsesless activist and Spirit Rock Meditation Center where she founded the popular people of color week and day long retreats which i have participated in and actually our actually office participated...

Hows the situation there . All morning long we have been dealing with all different kinds of conditions. Rain, freezing rain, sleet early on. I want to show you what we are dealing with now. If you look at the sidewalk it looks wet. When i kick it you can see the ice coming up. Thats what people have been dealing with all morning long. Putting salt down to keep people safe so nobody falls. Try to stay ahead of it. It was an Early Morning jump on the weather putting down salt before end up here i...