Supervisor Chan 10252021 Newsletter

In The News

Chung Yeung Ceremony

Members of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association held a traditional ceremony to observe Chung Yeung, a ritual to pay respects to deceased ancestors, at the Kong Chow Funerary Chapel in Lincoln Park. I was honored to join and pay respects with Assemblymember Phil Ting, District Attorney Chesa Boudin, and CCBA President Ju Chan Chu. Lincoln Park, formerly City Cemetery, was the only municipal burial place for fraternal, veteran, Chinese, Japanese, French, Greek, Scandinavian, Italian, and Jewish associations.

Although transformed into a park and golf course in the early twentieth century, an estimated twenty thousand bodies still rest beneath the turf, out of which half were Chinese immigrants, and two prominent cemetery monuments still stand in two fairways.

The Kong Chow Funerary Chapel stands tall to this day as a symbolic intersection of past Chinese and San Francisco culture and history worthy of landmark designation. As an elected leader and a Chinese immigrant, this is a deeply personal moment for me to have the privilege of honoring the history and sacrifice of generations of Chinese immigrants and immigrants from all over the world before my own arrival as a first-generation immigrant.

Non-Citizen Voting

Last month, Supervisor Myrna Melgar and I introduced the Immigrant Parent Voting Ordinance to make noncitizen voting in San Francisco Board of Education elections permanent. The ordinance would also allow noncitizen parents, guardians and caretakers of San Francisco children under 19 years old vote in the recall election slated for next February.

In November of 2016, San Francisco voters approved Proposition N, a Charter amendment that allowed noncitizen residents of San Francisco with children in the public school system to vote in Board of Education elections. Placed on the ballot by then-Supervisor Eric Mar, this measure made San Francisco the largest city in the United States to allow immigrant parent voting.

COVID-19 Updates + Response

With Halloween, Día de los Muertos, and other seasonal gatherings around the corner it is important to promote safe gatherings and celebrations, especially as we head into the flu and holiday season.

San Francisco has made tremendous progress with at least 83% of those eligible fully vaccinated. We are looking forward to celebrating and encourage safe activities, including trick-or-treating, and ask the public to follow all public health recommendations we know work to stop the spread of COVID-19 including getting vaccinated, requesting or providing proof of vaccination in indoor places such as bars, restaurants, and large indoor events, getting tested and staying home when sick, and wearing a mask in the required indoor public settings.

Starting October 15, indoor mask requirements are lifted for fully vaccinated people in certain settings to include offices, gyms and fitness centers, and indoor classes, lectures, or similar regular gatherings with less than 100 people.

With influenza season beginning in November, San Franciscans should add a flu vaccine on top of their COVID-19 vaccine or booster, if eligible.

DPH and our health system partners are now administering Pfizer boosters to eligible individuals who received the Pfizer two-dose primary series. Guidance is expected soon on boosters for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson recipients.

For information on how to access a Pfizer booster dose, visit SF.gov/booster. This booster guidance only applies to people who previously received two doses of Pfizer vaccine.

Around the City

The Museum at The Cliff

Congratulations to the Western Neighborhoods Project on opening a temporary museum in the former Cliff House Gift Shop! I’m so proud of your efforts to preserve many of the historical artifacts and create this wonderful museum while the National Park Service searches for a new vendor for the Cliff House.

The museum will be open to the general public starting Saturday, October 23 and remain until mid-April 2022. This pop up-museum is in partnership with ACT Art Conservation and The Great Highway gallery with support from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area’s Park Archives and Records Center (PARC) and the Global Museum at SF State.

The Museum opens to the general public on Saturday, October 23, 2021 and will welcome visitors to the western edge of San Francisco until mid-April 2022.

Closure of Walgreens

Richmond Station Captain Caltagirone and I meeting with the management the Walgreens at 745 Clement, April 2021
Earlier this month, Walgreens announced the closure of 5 store locations, including the location at 745 Clement Street. The store will transfer files to 3601 California Street. As noted in a recent SF Business Times article, Walgreens announced in 2019 it would close 200 stores as a cost-cutting measure. Although the company cites crime, the cost-cutting policies could be a factor in these closures as well.

To address the rise in retail crime, I am supporting Mayor London Breed’s efforts to curb retail crime, which includes a plan to expand and reallocate police resources, strategic restructuring of publicly and privately funded deployments, and public-private partnerships aimed at reporting, investigating, and solving cases.

Legislative Updates

October is Children's Environmental Health Month

To raise awareness for Children’s Environmental Health Month, I introduced a resolution at the Board of Supervisors. Environmental hazards in the surroundings of our neighborhoods such as lead exposure, air quality, water, food, and the chemicals in our everyday products can affect a child’s development, growth and their developmental milestones. All too often health vulnerabilities and disparities stemming from environmental hazards have most disproportionately impacted children/ families in communities of color, and we owe it to our communities to tackle racial equity in health outcomes, including and especially environmental health.

Community Events

Outside Lands is Returning

Outside Lands is returning to Golden Gate Park next weekend, on October 29 - 31. The Recreation and Park Department has been working closely with Another Planet Entertainment and other city agencies to address traffic flow, road closures, safe passage for trick-or-treaters, and so forth. If you have any inquiries before the festival weekend begins related to road closures, site restrictions in Golden Gate Park, or other general concerns, please send an email to community@sfoutsidelands.com.

As Outside Lands has done in years past, the event will have a Community Hotline to respond to any issues that may affect you during the festival. The hotline number is (415) 965-8001 and will be available:

Thursday, October 28
10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Friday, October 29 - Sunday, October 31
10:00 am - 11:00 pm

For the most up-to-date information on Outside Lands, please go to: www.SFOutsideLands.com/311

Student Assignment Policy Community Workshops

San Francisco Unified School District is partnering with community organizations and parent advisory groups to host at least 12 virtual workshops this October and November so that we can gather input that will help us draft elementary schools zones. Please click here to see the list of workshops, and use this form to register for a workshop.

The workshops are one of the many strategies currently underway to support the implementation of the new zone-based elementary school assignment policy approved by the San Francisco Board of Education in December 2020. For more information please visit www.sfusd.edu/studentassignment and www.sfusd.edu/adhoccommittee.

SFPD Richmond Station Virtual Community Meeting

Save the date to join Captain Caltagirone and SF SAFE at SFPD Richmond’s Virtual Community Meeting October 26 at 5 pm on Zoom. Register at /bit.ly/RichmondCommMtgOctober2021.

Redistricting Taskforce

The San Francisco Redistricting Task Force is holding public meetings, and you can participate! Every 10 years, the district boundaries of San Francisco's Supervisorial districts are redrawn to ensure each district maintains equal numbers of residents. Redrawing of the district lines follow the decennial Census.

You can participate in the process by submitting public comment via phone, email, or hand delivery. For more information visit sfelections.org/rdtf.

Wine on the Westside

The Richmond District Neighborhood Center is celebrating 40 years of service in the district! Join the Neighborhood Center for wine, appetizers, and live music on November 4 from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Park Chalet.

To purchase tickets, visit richmondsf.org/tickets.

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Reusables Win in San Francisco

The Golden Gate Restaurant Association, in Partnership with Upstream and the San Francisco Department of the Environment, is hosting a free, interactive livestream event on Thursday, October 28 at 2:30 p.m. to demonstrate why Reusables Win in San Francisco!

Help spread the word! If you know any food service operators in the Bay Area, send them this link and encourage them to join us (if you are one, please sign up!). You can also visit Upstream or GGRA’s Instagram pages to tag a favorite Bay Area restaurant in their Reusables Win posts. Not only will it inform them of the event, but it will also help them understand that customers are eager to see business owners take the lead on environmental change.

Okaeri Conference

Okaeri is an opportunity to connect with LGBTQ Japanese Americans and allies. Find support, resources and information and learn how Nikkei (Japanese emigrants and their descendants) have embraced their LGBTQ family members. The conference will take place November 12 - 14.

Go Solar

Save money and stay prepared for natural disasters by going solar. Whether you rent or own, you can save money and make your home more resilient to wildfires and other climate-related natural disasters with Bay Area SunShares. Sign up for Bay Area SunShares before November 30 to access a limited-time discount on solar and battery storage installation.

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