Loudly to go to the bathroom if youll please join me in the pledge oerage nobody is loudly to go to the bathroom if youll please join me in the pledge ra to go to the bathroom if youll please join me in the pledge ag to go to the bathroom if youll please join me in the pledge geo go to the bathroom if youll please join me in the pledge e go to the bathroom if youll please join me in the pledge of go to the bathroom if youll please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Mr. Superintendent you, you have an announcement about the agenda we are withdrawing the resolution in support felt inclusion of the history of the comfort women into the statewide curriculum considered at a future meeting. Thank you mr. Superintendent we have approval of board minutes of march 8 and october 27, 2015, can i have a motion and a second . Any corrections roll call please. Thank you mr. Chin mr. Totiano ms. Fewer ms. Mendozamcdonnell dr. Murase ms. Norton mr. Walton ms. Wynns and mr. Haney thats 4ize. But want to welcome the members if r members of the public if anyone wants to address the board of education fill out a card in the hallway and please give it to ms. Casco before the item is heard mr. Superintendent. Thank you mraeptd and good evening and everyone it is listening to us on the radio and tv waves a couple of thoughts each april the addition fund honors a few honorees for the Public Schools this includes rirtsdz bankers and formally teachers engineers and some neighbors every week nearly 5 hundred volunteers are in the sfusd classroom and another nine hundred help out monthly or at superficial events 9 thousands Public School students get support from the divorcing in the term of math and others since 1963 weve partnered what sfusd to organize the volunteers for the Public Schools a hearty thank you to the folks that support our students and for the partnership over the many years there is no greater gift than the gift of time thank you for volunteering in our schools secondly, i want to invite our community to join us thursday evening april 4th at 6 00 p. M. In the board room to hear the report of finding from the Community Engagement on sfusd local control and other plan loving known as the el cap the sfusd receives fund from the state through the el cap that gives us student furnished that supplemental funding from electing families this is will be an Interactive Forum from Community Conversations over three hundred families and educators and others over the last two months in 26 locates the forum will include Small Group Discussions for everyone to share their authenticities only the finding that is part of the shaping of the sfusd ems and to the budgeting process the most important part dinner and caregiver and Interpretation Services will be provided so again, this is thursday evening at ts april 14, 555 franklin street public is welcome to be here and i invite you to come mr. President. Thank you mr. Superintendent we have oh. Ask a question is that what you are talking about announcement about the el cap meanwhile on thursday night i wonder in the folks have expressed interest theyve gotten an invitation. Just short of engraved. Thank you very much commissioner. It felt like that was preplanned. Recognize and resolution there is one tonight mr. Superintendent. Thank you commissioner president haney every year the administrators are rocketed in region 5 with the association of California School administers were very, very proud since sfusd is not the only school in the School District but proud of high administers and this is an informational item is no different we want to recognize the administrator if our School District that are honored this year and in order to do that id like to invite our u a sf president jean robison the president of u sf officers come forward and recognize our students not our students but administers your young enough to be students. Good evening linda the supervisor for the action region 5 want ill be doing the announcements id like to introduce you are past president for charter president carolyn chapter Vice President clapping. our charter vice chair was not able to attend assess the association of california administrators is the Largest Organization for School Leaders serving 17 thousand you educators as a to the top priority for the advocating for the students 2014 k through 12 many leadership are Exceptional Leadership through the annual wards we would like to recognize our region 5, 2016 first carlene clapping. middle School Principal nominated by jeanie pawn clapping. and next susan ryan high School Principal nominated by bill. clapping. next to be recognized is lisa Miller Special education nominated by rachel and then clapping next is gentle bright central administer nomad by one of the folks clapping. and finally elementary principal nominee by joey parker. clapping. argue our 2016 recipient will be honored in a dinner we offer our sincerity congratulations to the recipients representing the excellence and commitment of the educators please join me in welcoming in welcoming them. clapping. thank you. Thank you linda. Congratulations to the allstar team there where student delegate report. Thank you commissioner president haney and superintendant the student report the council participated at the chief Administrative Officer conference and we were pretty much the facilitators at the conference at the hotel other than that we pretty much just served as ambassadors provided support and it was an awesome experience in other news for the engagement of students to caliber theyre voting right our team is happy to be part of encouraging our peers to exercise their right to vote on behalf of the computes we thank you for partnering up with the students of sfusd as for other student delegate business we kickoff offline the Student Voice for 2016 the vote will be online or also on paper it will i will post the link on our website paper phones will be circulated to all high schools i want to give a couple of thank yous who incorporated the Student Engagement piece involving the el cap and also give a special thank you to our it Department Many helped us with the Student Voice online for every students to take thank you, mr. Kelly for reducing the thank you clapping. our next regularly scheduled meeting is monday at 5 00 p. M. It is a Public Council as an incentive to come dinner is provided. If you would like to attend and make a presentation or would like a copy and guess who will be attends we have pizza if you havent tried that pizza combined if you live in San Francisco i highly recommend if you would like to attend and make a presentation or would like a copy contact mr. Salvador lopez. You thank you, mr. President. I think they owe us free pizza thank you so i have one question so students with vote online for the student student delegate; is that correct. Only log in their student id theyll vote for one student delegate and also be operating in the esl survey. Wow. This is the first year it was done on line or done online in the past fanatic fantastic and where have a report from the parented Advisory Committee ms. Brat. Good evening commissioner president haney and commissioner and superintendant Carranza Joann will present this earning report she had a family emergency im the coordinator for the Advisory Committee and will have a brief presentation were share about our collaborative work with the department recently we were invited to participate on navigating special services and advocating for students with disability one way or another one of our member will be sharing her navigation for the support as a Spanish Speaking parents and this is part of a larger workshop for practitioners and providers to learn about the experiences of families naefrt outside support this is workshop is sponsored by the san fraisco support network and will think facilitated by the special education depended and support for families of children of families with skablts disabilities that will take place on friday april 15th from the 9 and in this board room and work with the special education staff around the Family Survey around the i p process tools to provide for families to provide feedback for school sites so far improvement and being designed to highlight policies and procedures and identifying areas for premed and foster communication between families and schools the survey we hope to be ready for the new school year. As our stunt shared with the community and members into the audience everybody is invited it this thursday for on behalf of the esl Task Force Im happy to say well be sharing the finding with the conversations and highlighting some of the major themes across the communication as well as sharing should specific consideration from various communities about support and services that need to be increased and improved for the foster youth and spanish learners and africanamerican students and students with i p we want to encourage the families for learning more control it will be entering active and there will be Small Group Discussions and an opportunity for families to interact and oversee Many Services so this is just part of one step of the process of Engagement Campaign while share the finding and hoping be finding in consideration with an impact with the integrated into the esl for next year and we will be sharing the district that will be sharing the el cap on may 18th just well see that at the Everett Middle School on may 18th a meeting posted by the elax and the parents siding so we want to encourage you to participate and finally recruiting for new pack members for next year and ask the families the deadline is this friday april 15th go to pack pa c sfgovtv. Org. Thank you, ms. Brat any questions or comments. Mr. Bratty was wondering are the applications on line on the website. It theyre on the pack website yes. Thank you we appreciate it. All right. Public comment on consent items, there is none tonight. Nobody signed up the consent calendar can i have a motion and a second . On the consent calendar any items withdrawn or corrected yes parapet like to ask mr. Steel to read those. Yes. One item withdrawn from the calendar 164 on page 49 of your your understanding agenda any items removed by the board any items severed for discussion and vote ms. Wynns. Id like to receive 32. Roll call will take place under section o. Superintendent proposal. 0 sorry. I wanted to discuss one of 4 dash 12 k3. All right. Board members proposals we have one encouraging students to exercise theyre Voting Rights there is a motion and a second on february if a reading by ms. Fewer with the student delegates. Id be honored so e to have the student delegate read into the record thank you whereas the rights to vote is it mentions 4 times in the constitution more than freedom of speech or arisen or right to bear arms the Voting Rights was a landmark piece of legislation to stop the procedures and whereas the subcontract in 2013 valet key parts in 1965 and encompassed the rules for Voter Register in the future and whereas voter turnout in the wants elections will be more voter many any Election Year and the whereas the United States is a unusual democracy for voters according to a 2009 report by the center for justice of the negotiation University Center and whereas the california secretary of state in order to be a elective the United States citizen residents of 18 years of age and by a court of law and not currently ibm prisoned for a conviction and whereas young people of color and low income people are likely at least likely to voted on voter turnout and whereas the voting behavior is found voting is a habitual he or she will continue to vote reserving and a study by doctor mcdonald under the Registration Program found that fewer registration combined with the education has long term effects of folks behavior and whereas the california Election Code also allows young to vote and whereas the pending Charter Amendment proposed by supervisor campos is to lower the voting age to 16 and whereas every student in the 12 in the stuth enrolled in an democracy courts and those of color and historically under represented in Student Input to encourage the resolution in encourage the Voting Rights in Student Engagement and the youth to exercise their civic duty and their school site elections and whereas the student Advisory Committee encourages the San Francisco unified School District promote diversity and promote staff to have the Voting Rights and exercise and whereas the student Advisory Committee encourages the board of education of the San Francisco unified School District to pursue the goals to promote diversity for the leadership to the youth historically without a Student Voice in the city hall by supporting the appointment of student leaders for the Civic Engagement process at the school and encouraging the preservation and for the democratic procedure when exercising their Voting Rights to vote and whereas by kufrment will to identify the student opportunities the board of education can assure diversity in the student bill of health body and whereas future student leaders to have Voting Rights but are on the ongoing individual school dlobd the board of education of the San Francisco unified School District that encouraging the students are a stream to increase the Voter Education and turnout and therefore, be it resolved that the board of education of the San Francisco unified School District will encourage and support the staff and appointment opportunity to collaborative with ms. Fewer and moreno by facility the share proposition information for the democracy classes in the forest of educating students for the process and experiencing the traditions of paramount procedure with their right to vote for Student Leadership be it therefore resolved the San Francisco unified School District will support the staff to promote diversity by the appointment of student leaders to facilitate the site encouragement and by providing the students and peers updated and further be it resolved, this the board of education of the San Francisco unified School District requests that the american democracy courses are offered for registering to vote that includes the preregistration of students as young as 15yearold and is necessary for Voter Registration or preregistration with information on where to return the forms and be it therefore resolved the superintendant carranza will partner with the voters to develop the information sheet outlining the legals requirements for Voter Registration and free registration in partnering with organized that can offer Voter Registration drives at least ones yearly and be it therefore resolved that it have the platforms of 5 percent in the city of San Francisco and information how to be an involved voter and be it therefore resolved that Voter Registration activities should be structured so that students that dont meet the Student Eligibility criteria in the California Law any participate in class work without disclose or not disclosing their eligibility status all right. We have thank you we have a number of public speakers signed up calling names . 2 minutes each. Oh, my name is dei cant think a junior at the high school i support this that teaches 16 and 17 yearold to vote if youre american democracy classes explored will like teaching the topics to 16 and 17 yearold then most likely after when their 18 and their you know theyre going to be worried about college and not worried about voting by until they finish up and after that you know theyll have the skills to be able to get out and register. Thank you. Hi, im iris a sophomores and im also in charge in favor of that im on a Student Advisory Council and giving the students to be involved in the political process by appoint more leaders for the electoral system to have diversity in the student leaders and hearing from more students it is important thing furthermore, i think this is important to give the students the opportunity to register and i think that with low voter turnout it is important and teaching the students in the american democracy classes well be encouraging the students to have a trickle effect students that are 17 or 18 the parents will be encouraged to vote and like voting in San Francisco it is important and help us with the issues so because of the student leaders and encourages better voter turnout i encourage this resolution hi, im anna im an independent high school as you may know the two schools are polar oppose for we dont have im the first representative and clapping. so lots of people like me that choose to be in government like independents dont have the opportunities some are members of colors and will be so great to see them have a voice in City Government to be part of progress i support this and happy to support this as well thank you. Hello, everyone good evening. Im janet a sophomore at Academy High School first of all, thank you to the board of education in the voter resolution this resolution goes hand in hand with voter 16 many of the opponents know this will benefit the youth and Student Leadership like us however, this resolution will change that with this high School Students will be given formally specialized education two, create and make them informed voters it is essential knowledge for all youth to be part of society through the workforce we cant be involved citizens without our knowledge of our natural rights of citizens and because of our support back in february were asking you to help to support this and spread the voting education through sfusd thank you. Hello im julian a current district one youth the current youth commissioner and id like to share high support for the resolution thank you, again, for the board unanimous support of vote 16 initiate initiative and especially for the support of giving the youth 16 and 17 yearold a voice in encouraging the turnout how for this resolution is and what it means four high School Students especially those who dont have family members or Community Members that vote and he how important to learn what this process is and how they themselves can start to vote increase voter turnout for their parents and peers the trickle effect that iris mention especially for the students surveys that asked 5 thousand students if they will vote if given the ability and 80 percent seven hundred they would this gives them the support they need and ask for as they are 18 and start to be voting citizens thank you. Hi my name is a carr shell shall i go to Leadership High School and currently a senior im supportive of the resolution because i think that would be benefit further administers im going on 18 and be that if a couple of weeks i dont know the voter process i think that will help many people like me and future generations and like the diversity because this is not much black people not a lot of people of color we need more leaders of color so, yeah. Thank you for all the supervises and especially the speeches Board Members questions or comments. Commissioner welcome. Oh, that one is on tuesday everybody for coming out, i am glad ive heard the testimony and thank you for those who speak in favor were unanimously supportive of voter 16 we thought we could do more today to encourage for young people to get involved in the process and understand their right to vote and get educated about that we know from all of the studies in voting behavior that voting the earlier, you start the more likely to vote throughout your life so i was pleased to cosponsor that with commissioner fewer and excited to see us implement this in our democracy classes this year to have young people to understand they have a voice and power thank you. Commissioner fewer. I want to say thank you to the student delegates for according and thank you for commissioner norton for taking the lead on this resolution im proud to put my name on the resolution the average voting age is 18 we need to get younger people involved quite frankly and to register 5 thousand new voters every year api ive been a voter for 40 years since 19yearold i know yeah. And i think that ive never forgotten the importance of having a vote we need to always remember how people lost their lives for the right to vote for all ages and eligible to vote what better way to start when theyre in high school i hope that my colleagues will support this tonight thank you very much they came out and spoke commissioner mendozamcdonnell. Great, thank you i appreciate the students coming out as well ill be supporting this resolution when we did the resolution to lower the voting age any biggest concern doing that without the counter peas to support the young people to understand the value of voting so, you know, ill say as suggested when we did that vote which was such an important resolution for so many of you and us we hope you exercise that right to vote once you get it privilege i cant emphasis that enough i hope it will be a model and outreach will have a generation of voter to say come thank you very much for coming out and brought to your attention and getting it into policy in our School District. Id like to piggyback on the last speaker i apologize. I didnt catch everyones name carr shawl. So id like to piggyback open her comments she was saying shes 18years old what no information about Voter Registration and a totally good totally the main focus why the student citizens Advisory Committee is in support the cycle to acknowledge the people of color and have a chance to exercise theyre Voting Rights as well be informed as young adults and as well as educating them especially in challenged backyard in those district they have low voting turnout we want to create momentum since they follow the majority of youth follow the popularity for instance, a good somewhere a he or she is totally popular and he or she may not have the adequate traits for a good leader we want to be encourage and send out that strong momentum message that eve youre not popular youre probably an amazing leader as well. Commissioner wynns im very supportive i wanted to say thank you to all the students for coming out we have this important part of crime i wanted to point out the speaker that came out we should recognize this policy is a Charter School we need to have not our responsibility but accident youth leaders in the city needs to work with Charter Schools to make sure they do this kind of work but they dont do it so well you know i do know weve had some interesting Media Coverage we had a number of Charter Schools that is a off well do that isnt that great weve doing innovation so im glad were able to be a beacon to privatize schools but just for the record to clarify that. We hear any other questions or comments no all right. I also want to say this a wonderful thing im supportive thank you, commissioner fewer and commissioner norton roll call thank you, commissioners ms. Chin mr. Totiano ms. Fewer ms. Mendozamcdonnell dr. Murase ms. Norton mr. Walton ms. Wynns and mr. Haney 5 is. All right. Public comment on general matters i have two cards joan and calling names 2 minutes. Oh, good evening superintendant carranza and superintendant guerrero and mr. Haney and members of the board im here as a parent of a child with a disadvantage and i wanted to brought to your attention to the board and members of the community regarding parking situation at School Locations recently and i have pictures to share my husband was picking up my daughter from school she didnt have a placards, however, other students and buses need to pick up students with people with disabilities need to pull into spaces to pick up the students, however, there are cars parked illegally in handicap space or spaces retired for a handicap and including a private vehicle my husband addressed the driveway his response well, i dont pay the ticket no way i think it should be brought to the attention of the Staff Members as well as those that work on behalf of the district to consider the impact and what their conveying to people when their inhibiting people approaching Parking Spaces that are meant for these with handicaps in the recently rains there were cars parked in the bus pickup zones that one, the buses that was picking up a child many a wheelchair couldnt pull up to the situation the child sat in the rain couldnt be pulled into the street to access the bus the bus had to wait so if we can educate those on behalf of district not just those to be considerate of how theyre impacting the community i think that will help everyone involved and the persons responsible i dont pay for the district or ticket the district does we we all do because were taxpayers id like to share those pictures with you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Good evening my name is a marie im a parent of a student another carver Elementary Schools and Lincoln High School im here to represent the africanamerican siding as long as the pack we support the students at Washington High School were proud of the success and voice your concerns to the safety due to the classrooms ear proud of the traffic they pay for themselves and charles we would like to thank the district for this swift action and the remodel project to excuse me to gain clarification and hold the district account we at a pack with a timeline that includes the estimated completion we at a pack meet with the facilities to have a clear understanding how the remodel will work and also they have a voice in the historical abstractions we thank you for your time and encourage and invite you and other students to the next awe pack on april 21st thank you. Thank you. Good evening superintendant carranza and members of the board of education im a member of the africanamerican parents Advisory Committee a pack and tonight we have excited to share our a a pack in supports of the lowells high school whereas an february 1st on the campus of lowell high there was a interrogatory poster depicting the black History Month and whereas black students and lowell high and all students at the San Francisco unified School District are rightfully entitled to a high quality education without racial harassment and discretion whereas the Lowell High Black Student Union has responded with the following 7 demands these are the demands made by the lowell black Student Union difference Phil Ginsberg the staff and be as represents present during the hiring process and change the curriculum and education on other cultures perhaps a manager ethic class or like european history and 3 demands that all teachers take sensitive training or supervisor training and a fulltime africanamerican officer or person trusts or designated number of hours and number 5 Africanamerican Community discharge added Lowell High School or space and number 6 was zero tolerance for administrators and ethnic heritage month whereas a pack supports all students in San Francisco unified School District to pursue a high quality education without the fear of racial harassment and discretion and therefore, be it resolved that a pack solomon supports the 7 demands by the issue and further be it resolved, the pack wholeheartedly commends and statutes the actions to have reduced Sexual Harassment and a pack will hold the meeting onto the high with the following agenda and speakers and the 7 demand Progress Report update for two letters for the february 5th and the admissions and graduation of lowell madam chair students and speakers and black teachers and the a little that includes the sfusd superintendent and others thank you clapping. mr. Superintendent. Thank you planet to personally the africanamerican Advisory Council for their resolution and just to notify the community ill be meeting perching with Lowell High School bs u oneonone for next week were in the final stages and wed like to substantially be meeting with the lowell d s c as well as the Community Partners and stakeholder including a pack i want to commend our leadership as i shared with them toy they came to city hall it is empowering the students and parents so thank you all for your voices and reassure you, your voices have been heard and look forward to the subsequent conversations but how plans and changing of the status quo thank you. Amelia guzman. Commissioner president haney fellow Board Members as well as superintendent my name is a Amelia Guzman and a communities person who was here last year to try to congratulate the board for passing the fulltime tsa by the bilingual and pathway and that was a joyful momentum the problem were not sure it has gone far what we know there is only a partTime Community instead of a fulltime person not spending a lot of time on the program were reilly concerned and conveyed this to assistant superintendent Brent Stevens and were kind of worried that were not by the time we get to the fall not going to be a flurments tsa who is going to deal with this so were brought to your attention to move forward and that their greater concern over that but i would like the br to really seriously look at it i want to point out one thing according to you know as far as filipino students according to the california assessment of students performance and process one high school where english Language Arts 2014 to 2015 filipinos didnt meet the standards 52 percent in math not meeting the standards in 89 percent i said to it shocks us that one particular high school according to this agency that were not doing well, we saying the whole issue about the bilingual passage is a bigger problem that exists and the district has to pay attention. Thank you. Another set of speakers ill call up to speak on an item weve pulled but speak in general Public Comment if you want to come up calling names . Which maybe their thank you. My name is he todays agenda about the study i think the education is important since the future of the continue so programs should be thought of the parents not waste away and support no bias this issue to remain is disputed between japan with the english in nature and not the evidence of city studies in this issue and one of the document is a report issued by desire Agency Working group for 1998 the japanese column closure in october of 2000 that was issued its final report to congress in 2007 after seven years under spending 13 government report to the reported of nazi and japanese involved crimes they concurred evidence of a forced comfort women in the nature who officers were japanese offers this was prosecuted and executed due to the report can be found in further government the iou d report in korean during the world war didnt show the picture of comfort women one thing between the english to comfort women by she was born and educated in korea and now San Francisco university they described. Thank you, sir, your time is up. One second. Sorry. One important to mention in textbook that the decision not the particular in japanese same thing is happened in u. S. Arm a system in japan at the war and in korea during the korea war and same thing in the system in vietnam with the war so to educate the next generation. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening i strongly oppose adding fabricated woman into the textbook the comfort women issue is very politely socially sensitive many facts have been become distorted and exaggerated two korean professors and the counties interviewed Korean Comfort Women and wrote a book after years of research proved that the comfort women were not sex slaves they were included by koreans by their own families to pay their families debt theyre not kidded by the japanese arm there are reports such as the i w d federal reports to the u. S. Congress on the war crimes japanese government records and the po w reports number 49 stating theyre a a lack of evidence that supports the japanese of a woman it is record that the comfort women issue has been a cause of brewing for children of japanese and american decency or it is imperative the textbook contains Accurate Information we ask you to investigate this history and found out the clues for yourselves before adding inaccurate history as educators you role is crucial for this for the future of our children and students thank you. Thank you. May start thank you hi i oppose the teaching of comfort women the comfort women stores is impactful today, i wrote a primary force of evidence the park is a professor in this seoul with any koreans comfort women and published that book entitled comfort women of the empire in the book she writes inform evidence that the japanese history involved in forcing koreans comfort women into Sexual Service and that is korean and private people that forced the comfort women into the system and she writes that comfort women was positioned who fought together with soldiers against the enemy there were cases that were protected comfort women by violence if soldier and extradition theyre by the japan activities and a south korean has ordered her to redictate the 4 seconds from her book by the reason of deif i may comfort women. However, park is going do fight in the prior in my understanding of a book written by seoul San Francisco stated universities has the similar finding before the rosa parks i hope you read the book and make a long study of people that are making saviors decision for education thank you for your time. Thank you thank you. Hi good evening the history of comfort women is highly disputed between japan and south contra many facts were destroyed and exaggerated by japanese activists for theyre political purpose no no longer an issue between contra and japan many chinese activists from their custom notify government have using this against the Asian Countries the San Francisco unified School District entrusted comfort women and concluded most were recruited by civilians and paid many of these were korean men the majority of comfort women have been sent we japan in exchange for advanced payment or joined on their own and returned home after the services and according to the japanese prisoner of war with the war information attached to u. S. Army forces in 1944 the anchorage Korean Comfort Women was 25 years old they were well paid so they could buy clothes and shoes and enjoyed participating in events i have copies of the documents for everyone here so, please read al the Research Indicates the comfort women in korea were not systematically ab directed by yap army and force sex slavery didnt exist this is the fact i strongly request that the educators investigate the facts before teaching wrong and extremely bias history in Public Schools the education of the children is so important for a positive future thank you very much. Thank you. Good evening my case this are you able to the proposal of adding comfort women to various schools the idea that the comfort women were forced to prostitution is a first narrative is a geopolitical tool we china and north korea foreclosure the alliance to gain control over strategic areas like the South China Sea due do the masking of the civil rights issue i urge the moratorium on that and however the permit sources to prove my cases a comfort women book by the professor anthropology Charley Sarah the other is comfort women written by professor Parks University of south korea in 2001 professor so had involved the women in their language during the research and 9 korean women were talked to 7906 in her book saying they were sold by their family and interviewed by the unrepresentative kidded by japanese soldier with rifles one was taken away in a jeep and christmas was a very busy time japan doesnt have jeopardize let alone celebrated in japan territories in warriors they were hired by professionals and some professional prostitutes that were ruffled referred to mill broths he lives they can refuse other sdieshldz thank you. Continue, please our people indicate our Children Future is very important so, please listen to our story continue prisoners of war the 49 detail the military and in brazil absolutely wednesday off political exempt prices charged the womens earns that interpersonal with an ass electronic to visit shopping detail it is to our point that professor parks books about south korea it is a true story and their against the government stands up on the issue their valuable you outside of south korea in the books and professor souls in the chinatown for future reading i urge you to read and in the o w with young a journalist and an Army Special Force veteran explained the geopolitical for the carefully prepared campaign to isolate in japan as evidenced by multiply reports in the newspaper articles there is a clear agenda by china north korea and south korea for the Japan Alliance and to have japan with their own political gain therefore i recommend that the Council Project abandon the truce the terrors is implemented embarrassment and will be for our future thank you. Hello id like to announce about the recording and pronunciation i try my name is he blair and my im 87 years old it is age of the grandmother in San Francisco to that university and hearing to to the established factor and the statute after year and i arrived in the usa america in june 1962 thats a long time and become in the united in the columbia in 1967 i love this country i love this my i ask for my friend for help so, please. Ill be speaking or reading from her so she continues at the end of the world war ii i was a hostile student in clearly remember my surrounding at a point we lacked everyone no clothes or informed many died from starvation and many korean prostitutes that volunteered to come to japan in seeking a better life i register they shouted soldier we love you give us money and showed up material to us poor and hunger those women were materialism eir ethic he considered themselves happy they are that no shame today those women claimed they were sex slaveries against there will seeking sympathy and money and protection now the statutes satiated here in San Francisco my beloved city in addition they wanted to be having their lives in School Textbook if allowed our Young Children will ground believing lives and force people that live in can be awarded thats what well teach the children and ideal listed the trajectory in life living our lives luxurious life for not working for a nation they love the truth of comfort women must be explained and imploded for the world peace to fax im absolutely against spreading e praefd lies of comfort women in textbooks thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you thank you thank you members were ending the agenda to your agenda we were sdufrnld it was at an out im glad we have at opportunity to tell me tell our stories when i initially heard about comfort women i was shocked and couldnt believe that but the world can bring the worst out in people you thought that was true many people dont know japanese have guilt ridden consciousness during the world war ii our system is teaches us to be guilty not show us the true history that is happened in japan by the way, comfort women were putting in the textbook were not the fact that exists they did exist they exist but not sex slaves more abducted 200 thousand young women in korea was taken by force it cant be true some of the military people identify if you ask in any general when a man wants to woman more guns and powers they kidded 200 thousand women tof. Found their loved one and protect them and make them not run away and on top of they were saying that 5 eight witnesses the 200 thousand women were kidnapped so you would think more 4 eight witnesses to this further during that time the research they were advisements to have comfort women if you on that the comfort women in this Human Trafficking is a sin were seeing in the newspaper go Human Traffickinger hire for young women that point to be sex slaves this is for the true i w g integrated the report after 30 million for a study in seven years cant include evidence and nazi criminals everywhere thank you. Good evening i strongly oppose to the comfort women in the textbooks as you may know anyway u now the u. S. Government study by the interAgency Working group and office of war information finds that there were no evidence of the japanese arms costing asian to have sex slaves to the commissioners of board not the conclusion by the u. S. Government study about the comfort women issue School Curriculum should be fair and obviously and not politically motivated Human Trafficking is happening now it directed by regional and or province in the current social environmentalist from the educators truly want students so learn the kind of Human Trafficking issue in conjunction with history the history should be based on the truth and there should be meaningful connections to the Current Issue please could not yield to prop enhanced into this dishonor the country it is kaertdz responsibility to teach truth backed by hard facts please does not involve innocent children in political markets in the school in the city of San Francisco and the state of california the students in the freedom city San Francisco thank you. Hi good evening and i strongly oppose to this issue about the comfort women including the textbooks the facts should are taught in history that comfort women issue it highly disputed topic between japan and south korea and some historians deny this comfort women issue it is not Japanese Imperial army for example, the south korean born professor park and so far the university of california, San Francisco concluded those comfort women were well paid this is not sex slaves also as you may know when south korean President Park visited the United States on october 15, 2015, the haitians made a press conference in washington and they said President Parks should apologize for thousands of vietnamese women raised by south korean arm in the world war so those south korean soldiers are lie die hands i want to say no issues like this like die hands or the children of the raised women regarding the comfort women issue for japanese japan so the fact should be taught in history and i dont want to have a bias education for our children and i dont want to have certain propaganda from a certain countries in our childrens education and learning history is to create a Bright Future for this country and the world lets create peace if we want to know the importance of human right this comfort women issue is not suitable if history proved this sorry this comfort women issue is proof indication from certain prop enhanced it would be a shame for us to include this in our textbooks please think about the comfort women issue including in our textbooks thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you to all the speakers a special order of business, there is none tonight. And other educational issues none and consent calendar resolution, there is none tonight. And a vote on the consent calendar which is moved and seconded and ms. Chin mr. Totiano ms. Fewer ms. Mendozamcdonnell under consent calendar. With the exception of the items removed. Severed excuse me so, yeah except. Yeah. For one item that was removed sorry. K3. Its still on. That was withdrawn i thought that was 5. No k. 3 are case 5 were removed. K3 withdrawn. So k3 sorry. Dr. Murase ms. Norton mr. Walton ms. Wynns and mr. Haney 4 is. We had calendar resolution for board discussion and immediate action there was one it is k. 32. On page 148 ms. Wynns. So im not exactly sure first of all, explain why the mainstreamed to reserve the k amendment for of one i have no idea it didnt seem like an adequate explanations i guess i can look at it wait a minute plateau not clear what it is doing. This is one do you want me to so this was a counting sort of mishap h. R. Was working with a Different Number than the accounting officer we were working with different members had to reduce the amount we amendment is couple months ago so budget stopped us were putting that 5 hundred back. This is about a mistake in a previous resolution about the money only nothing else. Okay. Thank you there are some explanations here i am not in the description of what the this contract will do things that surprise me i didnt know were in there i reviewed completely my fault honestly, i didnt going back to look at the original resolution which we passed what i so im asking you can tell me now if you could send me documentation about what is in the original resolution. Im double check theyre changing the words. multiple voices . Discuss the content but things that are extremely disturbing to me for instance, that we have agreed for our home sharing to recruit the alumni from other district youve been working on stanford and further we i know number 3 we did objectives to some of us and talked about how that will work i want updated information professional thought. So ms. Wynns well prepare a memo and clarify the changes well clarify those points from the first resolution just so their clear as well. Roll call ms. Chin are piloting. Ms. Fewer ms. Mendozamcdonnell dr. Murase ms. Wynns no and mr. Haney. 4 is. Item p introduction of proposals to the committee there are 3 proposals for First Reading im going to read all 3 and take a motion and second first board policy 1312 dot 3 uniform complaint Community Relations and second sp two board policy dot 7 Sexual Harassment and 31 dot two bullying students, the tirdz is in support of safety for all introduced by commissioner mendozamcdonnell can i have a motion and a second . On all 3 resolution. Those resolutions will be referred to the rules committee and introduction for immediate action and notices of suspension of board rules examining to have a first First Reading for the Access Program to assess. Move to suspend the rules. Roll call vote. Ms. Chin mr. Totiano ms. Fewer ms. Mendozamcdonnell dr. Murase ms. Norton mr. Waltons ms. Wynns mr. Haney 4 is. Can we have the rules report. You have to haveules report. You have to hales report. You have to havees report. You have to havereport. You have to havevreport. You have to haoreport. You have to hatreport. You have to have votesreport. You have to havevoteseport. You have to haveport. You have to have 5. No Board Members can go get her. We might need you for one more. Whats that. Okay a motion and second for the formally introduction of resolution. So moved. Mr. Superintendent. Thank you commissioner president haney so we have present this evening supervisor of court nicole and we have bill sandy son for the name change for the academy well go with the lady first and mr. Sandy son next. Excuse me i need to clarify didnt we vote on suspending the rules for the first resolution. Great so mr. The gentleman first. Ready good evening superintendant carranza im unlike a special administer i support as one of the role for the transmission and the staff and students and coming today to talk about a permanent name change for one of the programs currently called community assess and transition often shoulder to cat to the program name of access with me i did bring a few of the transition students to speak on this and supported by their teachers a question if you like for me to read the resolution or some of the main points. Lets do whereas. Whereas so whereas there was a deserve amongst the current assess and contributions to be mower proirpt combrarnd branded and our San Francisco communities whereas our Counter Program name which was often shortened to cat is confusing the students and families and staff and didnt represent the mission whereas feedback has been gathered in district professional Community Meetings and other meetings foyer students and teacher of a cat Program Leads to lengthy explanation and theres a desire a desire been voiced so far a practice brand for the program and sfusd wheres our Transition Programs offer assess to the communities access to work experience, and access to transportation, realization and art and learning and other plans for plans for the future rename and rebranding all the cat programs to assess would better capture the mission and activist the programs whereas as contributions programs move off to High School Campuses to help the adults for the Access Programs will focus on specific neighborhood assess in the mission, access to use of force responding and soma and, etc. That will allow the students to feel theyve officially existed or exited the access logo was created in 2012 as the city classroom vision for the educators the logo is used by the largest offsite Transition Program as the arc and reenvision this is an image for the whole program it this 0 logo was created and can be used freely and whereas the educators the Young Students and stakeholder in our prirgs transition communities are in favor of that that will give the identity for all transition students in stanford and who better to let you know why access is a great flame the students themselves so they can introduce themselves and give you comments what it means to them. Hi im sorry benefiting the four of us are the students of access the arc program a Nutrition Program for people that are 18 to 22 specifically to gain definition our mode is the clamor currently a lot of the programs like ours are called cat programs the name is a good idea people named cat might think were talking about something were a class a school i enjoy being a student and assess it gives me a chance to learn the skills the changing of the name means a lot. Im tony it is awesome but it is helping new people getting work i enjoy being a student at assess and we have fun access is a good name. Thank you. laughter. being called assess makes that easier for transition schools we have will have more assess to the communities being a part of access makes me feel appreciat appreciated. Hello, im jessie is student in the sfusd between 18 and it 2 that are able to assess jobs and job training we assessed traveling and muni we assessed the community and we assessed bring more importance independent the name makes that a lot simple thank you. Thank you. Thank you. clapping. thank you for coming out especially to those commissioners. Commissioner norton. Im really pleased to support in name change im always happy to see the student assess 42 thank you guys for coming out this program when it opened at the arc one of the students testified at the opening that it was so great to actually feel theyre not in high school anymore they were High School Graduates and moved on to a more adult type of program instead of eating in a cafe they didnt have bells to go to class and really made them much more theyre treated as grown ups and i think im so thrilled and happy the name change is extremely important symbolic to show respect thought students theyre about adults not high School Students im pleased to support the resolution. All right. They have the support roll call. Ms. Chin mr. Totiano ms. Fewer ms. Mendozamcdonnell dr. Murase ms. Norton mr. Walton ms. Wynns especially mr. Haney 4 is. Oh, clapping. so the next resolution is in supportive of name change for the art and sciences for the making tier we cant take a vote for the suspension of the rules it takes 5 votes in order to do that so well just going to do introduce the resolution normally can i have a motion and second. Move the resolution. All right. So im going to refer the resolution to the Curriculum Committee and come back here. Board members reports reports from Standing Committee does someone want to step in for mr. Walton for the Curriculum Committee. Who would do that. Ms. Wynns. Ms. Wynns you want to give it a shot. It it would be nice to know but there are 3 items on the agenda i we had a short not in this order first a short update on the School Quality improvements index which is been standing item on the agendas of the committee and so we were able to pretty much know monthly what is happening with the development of the social Emotional Learning component were interested in and also what the interaction with the state and approvals so this is all going well, im sure that is made available a report on all the Summer Learning options plenty ever thing things aligned with the School District which was very impressive that report ms. Casco is that available to every member of the board i combhernd were all feeling like doing a much better job of providing for students opportunities to advance their education in the summer as well as the retailers have activities and things to do and academic focus and the last item was about the map sequence we were presented with 7 options anonymously of not all recommended by the staff but a little bit of testimony but Public Comment ill say from my point of view i thought that the staff is done an strooeldz amount of work im not sure all the members of the committee, of course, cant speak for the members of the board well all be as open to all the recommended options i felt the staff was bend over backwards to provide a lot of option for the parents and students way more than i thought well be capable of offering and interested in the bill people are continuing of all the ideas that people have i do think the good news the staff has done a very, very good job of addressing the concerns raise by parents of the transition to the new mathematics sequence i think ms. Norton do you want to add to that. Thank you. Just winging it. So multiple voices . Exciting when i was chair too report from the committee as a whole very two informational items the first an overview the Stanford University at the partnering we leader about the ways use of force is collaboratively with the university and the efforts are moving forward as our goals as a district the other item the general Holiday International merger of xhaeveng were happy and excited to see the credible forevers of community and schools coming together for the public to know that the two schools merging and will be all part of john oconnor beginning negotiation and just an incredibly successful share of vision and purpose and a lot of positive energy and optimism about the future of john oconnor in our view representative of vision 2025 and its future of Public Education in San Francisco unidentified is happening if youre lucky to attend there were really excited about what is happening at o colonel and only defamates Budget Services ms. Norton. The budget and Services Committee met last wednesday one action item that was the physical ed pending before the board because the staff analysis went deep into the go t c resolution and didnt cover some of the budgeted potential budget impacts of the other exceptions and proposals in related to physical ed in the proposal we decided not to hear that and bring that back to the Budget Committee for the may 4th meeting with a flushed out analysis of the entire resolution so well be at this point hearing that again on may 34 in addition, we had the Department Budget review for the special Ed Department an informational item it is very interesting i commend the staff for the presentation i felt like even though i pride myself on knowing that department i learned thing that are helpful think as come as a surprise to noun of us we have challenges with the special ed budget were not funded to do proirpt for students have issues with turnover and recruiting teachers because this is a high need area currently one and 68 vacancies in the department that is very, very challenging it is a parental recruitment challenge in addition to the budgets is up to one and 35 million with a 7 is Million Dollars contribution in the general fund we have unmay be seated budget needs not identified totally over 13 million so this is a very, very a required set of services for our students we think we have a great report that i think the staff is working hard in doing a lot of great stuff but it is just a budget challenge we went over the budget timeline i think you heard probably before i got to the meeting tonight that we will be the esl task force is reporting i think their findings this week on thursday and the pack will be reporting theyre the issues ever their esl work on may 18th as Budget Department thats it that was the budget our next regularly scheduled meeting will be my figuring out. Reports from other Board Members. If i may i want to make a point specifically of telling people the rules committee will meet an april 21st not a regular meeting so, please everybody come to that meeting that will be 6 clock here i dont know if youre lobbyists will be here this is going to be one of the things we take positions on a number of legislative proposals so hopefully, youll have gotten the bill list previously from the last meeting are the one previously before that did they all get it well make sure you get another copy ask mr. Davis tells us what positions your interesting in and please come to the meeting and the public as well. This is the 21st. Superintendent carranza and yes, thank you commissioner president haney just one addition to the conversation around mask and is mask frequently we have two national kwefrjz one in oakland today a National Counselor of supervisors of maebtd mathematics and the National Council of teachers both of the conferences San Francisco unified is strongly represented i have to tell you i had the honor ever sitting in a presentation presentation and being part of presentation on math subsequence and the mathematics and have to say this sounds like were blowing our horns but people are blown away by the presentation and mr. Ryan and ms. Barns are inundated with the sharing of our resources the board policies we have and the implementation and people were extremely impressed with over three hundred teachers holdings that krirment kudos to the department by our leaders dr. Stevens and it is gaining National Attendance and sometimes, we may find ourselves imborrowed in the day to day discussions and all the details i want you to know at the National Level people are rejecting e reilly looking for us to lead including kudos to all the staff. Commissioner mendozamcdonnell. I wanted to thank over at uc berkley they hosted the 31st empowering women of color and it was a great showing of young women throughout the bay area and our students were there and it was a presentation that was done very combref by one of the teachers from katie was really proud and exist to see everyone there. And i wanted to remind everyone the grand slam fruits and vegetables for the 21st key poetry is this saturday at 6 oclock and the Symphony Hall join them an amazing events and the winners go to the finals i think if chicago this year i cant remember thats all other reports. Wanted to make an announcement of our a hock on Student Assignment will be meeting next monday april 18th and no other informational items there is no memorial adjournment tonight we have a closed session report of closed session action items from the special meeting of april 5th the board by a vote dr. Murase and approved the principles by a boards of 6 with absent dr. Murase with the principle the board by a vote of 6 no dr. Murase and one agreement with one teacher and the manner of b q with the sfusd for the cases the board by a vet of 6 is one absent grumbling u dr. Murase gives the authority to the board to pay up to the suspected amount and the next the board by a vote of 6 is one observe brooming upcoming dr. Murase to pay up to the suspected amount this meeting is adjournedhere. Good morning, everyone good morning isnt this a Beautiful Day yes. Im adrian the executive director of the office of Civic Engagement and immigrant affairs and were here today to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Community Ambassadors program and all the people that made it happen so were very fortunate to have a number of vips well announce them as we go along the Program First of all, were fortunate is mayor ed lee is here to open todays event the fact Community Ambassadors was the mayors vision in 2010 to rational tense it was a that time program in 2011 and today, were so lucky to be celebrating our fifth anniversary would you please join me in welcoming without the fact Leadership Vision and support of our dear mayor a police welcome mayor ed lee clapping. thank you adrian. Thank you to the was office of civic gave me and Affairs Thank you. I want to say thank you to the various agencies that have been working with the fact Mayors Office with the live and free program that has been instrumental in being a Funding Sources and a conduit we have organs lifework selfhelp for the fact elderly addresses the Neighborhood Services our administrator is here working with the fact Community Ambassadors and welcome supervisor peskin as well come on up supervisor hell be you are newest recruits for the fact Ambassadors Program you you know as you may recall i wanted that makes sure we have been knows the fact history that the fact Community Ambassadors program was born out of a lot of conflict that occur began in the bayview we knew that has roots about peopleism safe in theyre afraid community and at this point we had a number of seniors and some them taking muni and doing the work or visiting theyre afraid families that suddenly became victims of street violence selfinterest the interviews and the aftermath and the interviews with our Police Department that were trying to prevent this from happening and with any Community Leaderships we felt in cooperation with the fact organizations lifework chinese affirmative action and selfhelp for the fact elderly a number of communitybased organizations like the awe alive and free program we felt if we can have additional eyes and areas working with the fact seniors, working with people going to work particularly on muni stops we can have the fact kind of assistance that people needs and the additional eyes and ears to prevent the fact violence if happening we had a number of Community Ambassadors that lived and worked and raised the bayview to come and work with us vufrl over a period of time they knew everyone on the street and say high to folks and they were coming to tourists and they couldnt get to a police or get just basic information how to assess 911 or p. I. And basic information and the best routes to get to home or work those ambassadors became very big connectors to ordinary people everyday to what was going on and basic information theyve become invaluable to people that havent been in community before and so valuable that the crime rates around those areas became lower people that walked to work and saw the ambassadors saw them on the streets Walking Around became a lot more comfortable with theyre afraid experience on the streets we rolled this out beginning in the bayview now successful we brought it to Mission Street and Visitacion Valley and ambassadors to the tenderloin and to the mission and every one of overseeing areas not only has the fact street crime been reduced by r by people that walk the fact streets remain that much more comfortable and secure and having a friendly face in the what i call the buzzing bee colors the fact yellow and black being bright and recognized we identify as ambassadors working things with youre walking practicals and Police Officers but doing the fact extra services that go well beyond Public Safety just information sharing has been valuable to everyone who uses our streets so its been so successful that literally every supervisor and every community has been asking for more of the ambassadors and wear glad to do them when we have a Strong Economy and have strong members of the community philosophically funding a number of the programs for a number of years so popular that today, we are happy to say were launching this Community Ambassadors program with the support of your local supervisor the chinatown and that is a great clapping. great addition they are bio cultural and bilingual be theyre afraid incentive tied toe people that use the streets, in fact, those ambassadors have been so good they recognize people going to work and coming from work by their first names and theyre recognized by theyre first names i wanted to say that is another example of the Community Engagement that the office of immigrant rights does thats why we place the fact Ambassadors Program under the tool because theyre a lot of people that come to the city that simply dont know how to assess the services so from understanding the municipal id card and getting information whether the events are happening, have access about the ever changing route asia time that muni might have, to where are things happening and how can i get access to the fact Senior Services and that wear using our communitybased organizations from which to recruit residents of the neighborhood they serve i cant think of a better job to be in your neighborhood speaking languages that rehabilitate the fact culture of our district and doing to Great Service of not only safety but information and everyone feeling that once you have that Yellow Jacket all of a sudden the community is there and feel pretty special as an individual residential or visitor this is two can that combined engagement backed up with our Law Enforcement personnel is engaged and in fact, each of the ambassadors do glow several days training with the Police Department so they can help if anything maples theyll be there theyll be the fact first with ans to assess the emergency calls saying i need respond on the street and if you dont speak english the ambassadors will be that bridge theyre true ambassadors to for what that name means and theyll work to make sure that everyone feels safe so i want to say congratulations to the fifth year of the Community Ambassadors program thank you for expanding it to chinatown where a lot of tourists and local residents a lot of seniors and everyone else needs to have that assess and needs to have a Quick Response but hopefully nothing ever happens but people having fun and American People caliber allergic time in the streets 24 will improve every single corridor and alleyway for people to know how to assess the information and get the fact information so congratulations adrian and congratulations to everyone that is associated with the fact Community Ambassadors program clapping. thank you, mr. Mayor we want to take 80 a moment to thank so many people that made 24 possible from the fact early days dr. Supervisor yee marshall and susan for Ethics Commission and eddy and Sharon Hewitt and most importantly someone that is our champion supported us if you wonder why the fact ambassadors are the bright iefrmz suggested it hes your hero police chief greg suhr clapping. so next up is somebody who is were pleased to welcome back to district 3 it is exciting a have aaron peskin for all the residents the district 3. Supervisor peskin as you may know was reelected to the sgrvrz and his leadership definitely been a positive diversities in enfuss spirit and energy into our procedures thank you very much and please welcome supervisor aaron peskin clapping . speaking foreign language. good morning and thank you adrian and mayor ed lee city administrator naomi kelly and chief suhr is a pleasure to associate meaningful with the mayor with the first decade im delighted it the Community Ambassador program is coming to chinatown to augment our already rich our integrate web of Neighborhood Services provided through incredible nonprofits like selfhelp for the fact elderly thank you, andy chang autopsy and thank you for the fact work you do the fact fact all my colleagues want Community Ambassador programs speaks to the success of mayor ed lee and Adrian Program ether the last half decade chinatown needs those resources this is the densest community in an dense city and, yes we have elevated crime and, yes we have unfortunately terrible Pedestrian Safety within death in and around this community a Community Ambassador program will help with all of those things in conjunction with our San FranciscoPolice Department and in conjunction with our rich web of neighborhood certifies providers im delighted thank you, mr. Mayor and administrator kelly for bringing this to chinatown. speaking foreign language. clapping. thank you supervisor is good so have you back when we start the fact Community Ambassadors we had a small Team Ambassadors out in the the fact bayview and now 5 years later a team as the mayor said all over the city one of the reasons we grow the program is a steady support and leadership of our city administrator naomi kelly shes broken new ground a great role model were fortunate to have her please help me welcome naomi kelly clapping. and. Thank you adrian. What a Beautiful Day to have this to celebrate the fact 50 anniversary i want to personally take the men and women in the Yellow Jackets theyve done a wonderful job and deserve a round of applause i know many of ive visited with you and done great work the tightened and the bayview and the valley theyre from our community theyre afraid residents and what everyone said earlier they know everyone by tare first name and vice versa he love the fact jacket theyre afraid bright and yellow and they have the city feel on the jackets notice that you know theyre the ones working for how and the community and the Fact CommunityAmbassador Program has so many contacts with the community about 33 thousand more or three hundred thousand contact over the life of the Program Three hundred and thirty thousand over the life of the communicated sgraug with the Fact Community and whats nice they know all the city agencies and working closely is 311 and the department of public works and the clerk will take the roll with the county Clerks OfficeMany Services within the City Government i want to thank commissioner president suzy loftus, andy chang and commissioner marshall for the great work in training our Community Ambassadors so they know how to deescalate situation they run into and know what Great Services are thank you to everyone clapping. thank you, kelly now a nationally renowned invention preservation expert we wouldnt exist watt United States boys and girls club headed by dr. Joseph marshall that serves on the Police Commission hes also an awful radio host a lot of fun so dr. Marshall has been key in teaching our ambassadors and community for nonviolation is the fact way dr. Marshall clapping. check. Okay. My radio voice is back so this is great 5 years 5 years you know i dont want to underscore the seriousness of which the Ambassador Program was created you know you heard the mayor talk about it was serious at that time, there was i remember particular asian elderly that was i think attacked and other woman was thrown off the fact train it was tough it was really tough that he i remember the fact rallies at city hall we were concerned and we knew we had to do something that was creative and hoped well do Small Business week that worked sometimes you get a lot of people together maybe you cant come up with something but with a few of us in my offers and the bayview i was concerned the fact Police Commissioner and we met in my office i remember about you know several meetings and one dwayne jones and vincents should be here affirmative action this guy was in the city administrator we sat down and what can we do what can we do we went through a few things the light popped on maybe we can create an urban peace corp urban peace corp for the fact Community Ambassadors and really the ambassadors go out interest and everyone everything from walmart walking people out of the houses from the fact train and question didnt know if it would work but it did it worked very, very well San Francisco has a lot of programs and not a lot of them are love but this is this one universally loved program the city everyone loves the fact ambassadors clapping. i am proud that is one of the things im proud of i go around the fact country and talk about the fact ambassadors im surprised is the cities dont want to grab adrian and the mayor how could be in our city thats why the fact folks the jackets im close to them supporting them on the streets they have to go through me theyre great i want to make sure theyre prepared to deal with the challenges they face and passed the fact test very, very well, so 5 years later chinatown who knows pretty soon maybe oakland will time Community Ambassadors so great adrian and mr. Mayor and supervisors and everyone that is part of this thank you and the reason we want to commend say youre part of this lets celebrate and celebrate celebrate 5 years of Community Ambassadors keep is going clapping. ill introduce this guy chief suhr shes great this helps him in his job let me i turn this over to the chief. Thanks deputy chief joe i want to tell you i was probably other than the fact Bayview Community the fact biggest beneficiary of the 3456r9d i love them i see them i cant help but hug them those jackets are getting more yellow i have to calling your attention to barbara she runs the fact bayview opera houses remembers how difficult 4 years ago, it was not going well when the fact ambassadors were born and coming in we talked about with them it got better overnight a completely different place the way that people get along and mergers the communities and doing no so moved small part to the ambassadors it made since the mayor traubd i talked about growing the program yes, yes, yes now coming to chinatown that is awful and the fact job theyre talking about is that that you see them thank them theyre really to put themselves in situations they make a safely and i have to tell you 5 years ago there were sort of restored a sense of calm immediately and thats the way it is god bless you please be savvy hope it continues to grow clapping. thank you, dr. Marshall and joe Affordable Housing and chief suhr sorry. laughter im the queen bee so the fact next speaker is such a special leader and an inspiration to all of us trooerd the fact epitome of compassion and selfless and caring it was her vision to bring this to chinatown they working hard with the fact council to make sure that happened please help me welcome any dear friend and known as the Mother Teresa is a annie chang ceo of the selfhelp for the fact elderly clapping. thank you adrian and good morning, mayor supervisor peskin and naomi and chief suhr, dr. Marshall and richard and my friend sarah on behalf of the apa council i council that sarah and i represent we went to the mayor two years ago and said mayor, we know you run a very, very successful Community Ambassador program but i think that is time; right . To bring it to chinatown because the fact problems we were seeing so i said to report back to you during the fact lounge of the Ambassador Program sarah and i walked the fact chinatown all over and later when i go to the house to see the fact reception we asked supervisor peskin to help us and the captain lazarus for this district because of the heels right outside of shop house smoking and gambling we couldnt run the fact programs inside i dont know with the fact china team does now now they were able to convince people to move ant farther so our students inside and the fact elderly will not bracket the fact smoke we want to commend thank mayor ed lee and the chinatown team to do their utmost best he loved you clapping. and as you walk around my staff will, having a selfhelp die theyll stop by the one Time Community center to make sure the fact building is safe and go up to the houselights clubhouse ape walk to the alleys i drive around schpt theyll be helping seniors crossing the fact centerpieces an stockton street and represent the fact best of the city hall and so mayor ed lee thank you for bringing this program to us and congratulations ambassadors 5 years clapping. and adrian and richard thank you. This program thank you, ann i didnt and members of the apa and want to recognize a few people from the Fact Community that helped to have the program in mission and the bayview and Silicon Valley thats it barbara from the fact bayview American People are house and laura from the fact Mission Center and marie from Visitacion Valley thank you so much. clapping. so the Community Ambassadors are out there the most vibrant and dangerous areas he helping residents and workings sea visitor and Community Groups and merchant they report crimes and inform of the people of the serves and volunteer the community and live in the community and they care about people they serve the city they live and work for so it is my pleasure to introduce the fact Ambassadors Team the fact team is led we want to commend redistribution two individuals that Exceptional Individuals that helped me building the houses of engagement to what is today wouldnt have been possible i need theyre afraid help please give me it up for deputy direction richard clapping. and your cap immigrant rights commissioner clapping. and now to introduce the San FranciscoCommunity Ambassadors the ambassadors are led by 4 team leaders raise your hand t. Who is a little bit hard to spot in public junior clapping. eddy clapping. miss cha have on clapping. and alton clapping. speaking on behalf of all the fact ambassadors this morning is our chinatown team led mr. Alton moore clapping clapping. speaking foreign language. laughter all right. Good morning. Im alton a chinatown i member born and raised in general and went to woodland been born and raised in San Francisco you get an understanding of Diverse Community and he at this time that was all everywhere in america until i joined. The United States navy so it is an honor to have been born and raised in San Francisco having served my country on National Level it is beautiful to be able to serve the Fact Community i live in which is now chinatown i want to thank mayor ed lee, supervisor peskin, sxhaush and definitely the mothers teresa of chinatown annie the fact ceo and selfhelp for the fact elder thank you on behalf of all the ambassadors you made it only to us to serve our community and make a desists not only this community i want to thank you on behalf of all the fact ambassadors to give us the opportunity to change lives and thank you tore listening now speaking foreign language. and if you have any questions, well be happy to answer them afterwards thank you clapping. thank you so much everyone so this ends our Anniversary Event and press conference blood cell foul the ambassadors to the clubhouse. Thank you, everyone and thank you, mayor ed cents and ciscos buses and trains serve many writers San Francisco buses and trains serve many riders. The need to be sure they can get off at their intended stop. The digital voice announcement system, which announces upcoming stops, can help these low vision riders know where they are, but only if set properly. It is a wonderful piece of technology, but in practice, it is a little bit more tricky. Oftentimes, i find that the automatic announcement system is turned off or turned down so low that im unable to hear it, or it is turned up so high that the sound is distorted. Most of the time, it does not ever seemed to be on. Or is it is, it is a really quiet. Occasionally, it is so loud that it is distorted. Driver, may i have california st. , please . No problem. Whenever the announcement system does not work properly and a driver does not call out the stops, and im totally lost as to where i am. The announcement system calls out the stops, but to help the customer, i caught the destination, transfer points, and requested stops. And it is the law. I use the p a system to make sure everyone on the bus here is my announcements. I have had both experiences with the loudness and the to stop for the announcements. You are never going to have it exactly balanced for every trip because your level of noise changes. The announcement system ranges from 1 to 10. 10 would be too loud, a little distorted. Eight is a good number. Not too loud, but loud enough for everyone to hear and understand what is going on. I think bus drivers might not be aware of the fact that if you let a visually impaired person off at the wrong stop, number one, they may be absolutely unfamiliar with the area they are in. The driver overshot the stock that i wanted. I decided to get off and find my way back, but it was very disorienting, not exactly understanding how far i was. Number 2, it might be a potentially dangerous situation if they do not know the area and are attempting to make crossings that they are unfamiliar with. They let me off somewhere else. I had no idea where i was. I missed the stop, and the bus was gone. Then, i look around. I tried to find someone to help me, and i cannot find anybody. I would have no way of knowing where i am at. [inaudible] i asked why he did not stop when i asked. We did not panic. We do not know where we are. We do not know what is going on. I get over there, and right away, i almost got killed. 3, its the person in question is trying to get somewhere, it is going to make them late for whatever they are doing. I had to find my way to a corner and ask someone where i was going to and how to get there. I eventually made it to my appointment, which was with social security, but i was very late, and they almost did not see me. I was very late former doctors appointment, and there was concern about whether or not i could be fit in. When i get off i stock that is unfamiliar to me, because i have no sight, i cannot just automatically orient myself off to a new environment. It takes a lot of training, a lot of work. There are a lot of skill sets involved when i am first introduced to a new area. To get off at an unfamiliar bus stop for the first time and to do it unintentionally it can be a really disorienting experience. I think there is a sense that it is ok, that person is going to find their way, and did they do not know where they are, you are potentially putting them in a seriously dangerous situation. I always appreciate when the drivers are proactive in asking questions like, where do you want to get off . I appreciate when they help find a seat for me. I also appreciate when everything is working properly as far as the voice announcement system. They make sure that it is turned on, that it is loud enough for everyone to hear, not turned down so low that it helps no one. Excuse me, driver, what stocks are we at . Can you remind me when we get to venice and broadway . Thanks. What were talking about here is full participation and inclusion. I want to be able to lead a full life. The only way that im able to get from place to place this by using a fully accessible Public Transit system like meany muni. The americans with disabilities act of 1990 is a wideranging federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities. Title two of the ada addresses access to public services, including Public Transportation for persons with disabilities. It requires transit operators to call out stops at transfer points, major intersections, and major destinations, and to announce particular stocks requested by customers with disabilities. Stop announcements are especially important for passengers who are blind or have low vision. These individuals cannot travel independently if they are not assured of getting off at their intended destination point. We all know a major earthquake will eventually hit San Francisco are reproerl presented San Francisco is making sure we are with the Public Safety buildings. This consists of 4 consultants the Police Headquarters with the from 850 with a brand new fire station number 4 to serve mission bay swimming pools at office of Economic Workforce Development in the fire station thirty. Is the the hall of justice on bryant the new home for 2 hundred and 50 uniform and voiven compresses we all it was opened in 19 so sociothat is a 50year improvement as far as structure and Work Environment had that will be a great place to work. When construction began in 2011 this was with an clear goal to make sure with the big one heights the resident will will have a function Police Department those are the highly seismic standards it is up to operate up to 96 hours from the Police Department perspective that building is selfsufficient for a main made arrest in all disastrous zake ever after we will run our operational from here no matter what happens this building and the people that serve the businesses will continue to function building is designed to meet lead goal certification and also to art installations on the campus that was designed and constructed to better sense of ability so for example, were using solar water heaters were also urging gray water for reuse inform flush water and rainwater for the cooling and irrigation locked on third street and mission rock is it serves the motorbike neighborhood and motorbike i moiks is a growing neighborhood and the intent of the bond to have please and fire serves to serve the community. Hemming helping to keep the building and the stay safe was the not the only opportunity it creates many jobs with 82 bleb businesses overall san franciscans contributed one hundred and 87 thousand hours to help to complete the project it shows the city of San Francisco the elected officials and Police Officers and more importantly the voters that paid for the building this is what we can do with when we wrorpt this is a beacon when we need to build new extra we can trust them with the money and the plan they did a good job the San Francisco public is a reminder of the importance of being presented and will continue to serve the residents for decades to come good afternoon and well call our meeting to order and the commissioner clerk will call the roll