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and representing croft , ron lowe, ron? [applause] we have mcdonalds and their representative did not make it and the last one on the list, ross bargo who has been with us for many years, tracy tran, tracy? [applause] tracy has not made it yet. so really, thank you very much. and for joining us and hope to see you again next year. and its so special that our new police chief is with us. and would you like to say a few words? [applause] >> i dont think that that was actually a question....

[applause] >> cue the drums. we are ready to go here. please give a warm welcome tuesday korean-american musical group for tonights opening program. were in a wonderful? founded 18 years ago, the music and art culture centers mission is to raise across cultural awareness, inspired artistic expression, has and from the arts education and preservation of cultural values on long korean-americans and thier youth. since coming to the u.s. in the early 1990s, she has been a pioneer in ed...

lowe, ron? [applause] we have mcdonalds and their representative did not make it and the last one on the list, ross bargo who has been with us for many years, tracy tran, tracy? [applause] tracy has not made it yet. so really, thank you very much. and for joining us and hope to see you again next year. and its so special that our new police chief is with us. and would you like to say a few words? [applause] >> i dont think that that was actually a question. [laughter] im just really pl...

anti-communist purge of the asian-american communities here in san francisco in the 1950s. moving along to 1977 and the fall of the international hotel. our friends, we have come a long way. [applause] i have to tell you the most amazing moment of the year of 2011 was the first meeting of the board of supervisors this year on january 8, leading to the vote that we first cast for the first asian-american mayor in the city and county of san francisco. this was a vote that came about beca...

supervisors, and immediately after he was sworn in, history was made again as he was sworn in as the board president. please welcome supervisor david to come here on behalf of the sentences go board of supervisors -- david chiu. >> aloha. it is an incredible honor to be here with you tonight. after 163 years, this is a glorious sight. i have spoken with mayor lee about the history of our community and we talk about what happened in 1870s with the first anti-asian exclusion acts. we tal...

impactful in our community we will be honoring as part of apa heritage month. in district 1 -- in district two, alexander ong, district three, mr. byung, district four, the store manager of the sunset district good will, martin lamb, in district 5, rodney chen, district 6, steven lee, the leader of aspire, district 7, a longtime democratic activist, district 8, the founding executive director of the chinatown community development center gordon chen, strychnine shirley chen, district 1...

i have to tell you the most amazing moment of the year of 2011 was the first meeting of the board of supervisors this year on january 8, leading to the vote that we first cast for the first asian-american mayor in the city and county of san francisco. this was a vote that came about because you, the people of san francisco, elected four asian- american to the board of supervisors. and not just three chinese representatives, but the first korean-american representative, and i am so hono...

about the history of our community and we talk about what happened in 1870s with the first anti-asian exclusion acts. we talk about what happens after the 1906 earthquake when chinese residents were fighting not to be moved to a different part of the city. we talk about the japanese- american internment in the 1940s and we talk about the anti-communist purge of the asian-american communities here in san francisco in the 1950s. moving along to 1977 and the fall of the international hote...

mayor lee: thank you. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> the mayor wants to know if he can keep his hat? [laughter] [unintelligible] thank you very very much. next, someone who represents another first in our citys history. three years ago, district 3 elected the first chinese- american to the board of supervisors, and immediately after he was sworn in, history was made again as he was sworn in as the board president. please welcome supervisor david to come here on behalf of the senten...

glorious sight. i have spoken with mayor lee about the history of our community and we talk about what happened in 1870s with the first anti-asian exclusion acts. we talk about what happens after the 1906 earthquake when chinese residents were fighting not to be moved to a different part of the city. we talk about the japanese- american internment in the 1940s and we talk about the anti-communist purge of the asian-american communities here in san francisco in the 1950s. moving along t...