Remarks by Lily Wong
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Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“What you've told us is that she ran in, and the action of running in and being restrained, or the action of running in, is the reason that you think that she was going to do something.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, and that I understand. I'm not trying to re-litigate his situation. I'm just trying to figure out, because he said that he also ran towards the incident, that the reason that I heard that Jie Yin was given a penalty is because she also tried to run in, but she was restrained.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“So I'm just trying to figure out what's the difference of him successfully running in and just holding out his arms to prevent something happening versus her attempt to run in.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“I think I'm in the same boat as my fellow commissioners. I don't see clarity in this situation. And when I asked my question, it really felt like there was arbitrary application of the rules in the same situation.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“And as I was reading the briefs, the only new thing that I saw was that they were being heard again at the Arts Commission. So as I was reading the brief, the only new evidence that I saw was from the Arts Commission's own investigation. the process of the investigation.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you. Just some question. I looked through what was submitted to us. And on the appellate side, they talked about how they got to the two years being the decision. Can you talk about two years being the penalty? Can you speak on the behalf of your department of how Sorry, do you mean the street artists the committee's decision for this one? Okay, how they got to two years Yeah, why why two years because what I saw of what was submitted the staff gave a whole host of options”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“that. Am I reading it wrong? That's not what I read in what was submitted. Yeah. It was a revocation?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“action in terms of because we know that this is people's livelihood and this is the one of the best sites for the artist to sell okay okay so then what i'm reading of what the appellant submitted was after they decided not to go with the full verification they were in discussion of how long the suspension is right they got it discussed other possibilities okay got it thank you”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, first time. So the altercation was over. So she didn't actually see anybody hitting anybody? She saw the injuries.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“Commissioner Wong. Thank you. So I think I'm still stuck on whether or not there was anything new brought up. We've heard this case before. We heard it again tonight. I think folks have just shared variations of a story that I don't know what the truth is. It's probably somewhere in between. But you're right, Commissioner Lopez, that there was clearly something that happened. I like that President Trasvina and Vice President Sororan brought up alternative solutions that are a little bit outside of this. I think culturally giving face to both sides is important. And I think that there's…”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“Just to clarify, so on the presentation, you had the reasons for the three-month suspension, right? So the top part was if I have a problem, I definitely come to you. Can you pull that up again, that one slide? Can we have the slides?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“Maybe not. Thank you. OK. So the supporting evidence, the top one is the, if I have a problem, I'll definitely come to you. At the bottom, I also noticed that she was intending to ask Jen Fu Wei why he didn't stop an action. Is that also considered part of the three-month suspension? This second bullet? Yeah. How does the second bullet apply in this situation?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“I'm just trying to figure out what, because you put it up as in the second bullet, said that in an interview when asked about the video, I was speaking to I wanted to find to ask him if he saw us hitting them. And then I asked why he didn't stop them from hitting me. Just can you provide the context of why you're showing this to us?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“OK. All right. That's helpful. Thank you.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“Commissioner Wong? To the best of your knowledge, do you know, did it at all come up how her son appeared an hour later? Like, was he given a call? Was he, sorry, happened to be around? Yeah.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“Was that in here at all or no? Say that again? Was that submitted to us at all? Yeah.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“There's just a million pages. I know. There's a lot of pages to read. So I appreciate that. Thank you.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“So same question that I asked the department. Can you talk to me about how your son knew to come to this space?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“And then one other question. In the video that we saw, I think maybe your daughter-in-law, the girl with the purple hair, was also recording. Is there any reason you didn't submit that video?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“In the video, yeah. 她說從那個視頻, 映資格的視頻裡面看到了, 你的女士也出現在現場, 為什麼她會現場呢?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“I'm asking, so can you just translate what I asked?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026