Supervisor Chan 112123 Newsletter

November 21, 2023

Dear Neighbors,

Last week San Francisco hosted world leaders during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference. Many Richmond District residents were inconvenienced by the world leaders dinner held at the Legion of Honor last Thursday night and I am grateful for your patience and hope it wasn’t too much of a disruption. If you had any issues, please contact us ChanStaff@sfgov.org and we'll connect you to the appropriate city department.

While I spent the majority of the week in my regular board meetings, pushing forward the legislative session, I was also asked to attend events to bring together the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.

I started off the week in Japantown with the United Nations Association of San Francisco, the Japan Society of Northern California, and the Japantown Cultural District, for a special screening of the documentary “Paper Lanterns”. This beautiful and heartbreaking film tell the story of atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori and his lifelong mission to track down the families of the 12 American prisoners of war who were incarcerated in Hiroshima the day the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb, killing roughly 140,000 people, including the American soldiers.

I was honored to speak at this event, to highlight the importance of understanding the impact and cost of war. And that, even in the darkest of times, peace is possible through our shared humanity, and the kindness we show one another, even to strangers of different cultures and across oceans like in Paper Lanterns.

On Wednesday, in Chinatown, I met and welcomed Boston Mayor, Michelle Wu, who gave compelling remarks about how AAPI communities still face much racism and hate, but together we stand stronger. As a Chinese woman, and the only Asian American member of the Board of Supervisors, her message resonated deeply for me.

On Friday morning I was honored to be invited to the Congressional Breakfast hosted by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. Speaker Pelosi gathered world leaders, other members of Congress, and local leaders at the Asian Art Museum for a breakfast. House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member, Congressman Gregory Meeks, spoke about the need to support our labor partners to bring jobs and investments back to the United States. It was one of the reasons he advocated for APEC to be hosted in the United States.

I closed the week out at the National API Elected Officials Summit where I was given the honor of welcoming AAPI elected leaders and community advocates to San Francisco. I reminded everyone to celebrate our diversity but stand strong on our commonalities, our drive to make San Francisco the best city, California the great state, and United States as a leading nation, for all of us, unites us.

APEC is now over, but I hope to see the Administration continue to focus and with the all-hands on deck approach to tackle the public health crisis on our streets that many of our residents, myself included, have been demanding as we are recovering from the pandemic. We deserve clean and safe streets citywide, not just downtown, and not just for one APEC week. We must do better, because clearly we can. So let's keep up the work.

Sincerely,

Connie

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