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Feel from the development on 16th i think we should not only be speaking on the development or fire we need to be talking more about what is going on and solutions how to make San Francisco a lot more better. Thank you. Thank you sir. Next speaker. Hi again i will be doing translation. Okay. His name is. [inaudible] speak into the mic. [speaking foreign language] he sees the importance in having educators come out to sros to educate on Fire Prevention and how to [speaking foreign language] on Fire Prevention and how to escape in the event of a fire. [speaking foreign language] he hopes that ev...

To know what is going on and the landlords too that may not speak english especially in chinatown. A few things were supportive of i know Building Inspections talked about the idea of high risk fire zones. For instance in areas where there is high density such as chinatown, large population, very small units and People Living at niems over crowded unitings to be able to really have more education, more workshops and more really outreach and engagement with the community to empower tenants to be proactive in the event of an emergency to be ready in the event of a fire and we support in terms of...

Under public law challenges with making improvements to private property using public funds. We found a way around that by creating this Grant Program which would allow residents to go out and purchase the water gates and we would reimburse them and put in the back flow preventers and we would reimburse them. The sand bags we provide to the residents during the storms. The Flood Insurance i talked about and operationally during the storms were doing what we can. Midterm actions were looking at are were evaluating the expansion of the Grant Program. We want to see more people take advantage of ...

Projections by 2100 we anticipate the bay will rise 36inches and some Scientists Say that could be doubled and these are the challenges were looking at and where to invest the money. We have started the Grant Program. Again we have under public law challenges with making improvements to private property using public funds. We found a way around that by creating this Grant Program which would allow residents to go out and purchase the water gates and we would reimburse them and put in the back flow preventers and we would reimburse them. The sand bags we provide to the residents during the stor...

Education workshops so that way everyone can be educated about the Fire Prevention safety. [speaking foreign language] and also to develop new legislations on Fire Prevention safety tools such as fire sprinklers and also fire alarms. [speaking foreign language] and he also he says the importance of keeping flammable items away from things that can cause fires. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker please. Im the next speaker and i am jerry and from Chinatown Development center. I am a Community Organizer and counselor and i lead the prevention workshops anded bidding coordinator academy. Two of t...