Good morning. Everyone. Welcome to the october 25th meeting of the San Francisco county Transportation Authority board. Im ra fell mandelman. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Commissioner [indiscernible] 37 present. Commissioner dorsey, dorsey excused. Chair mandelman. Present. Commissioner mar. Mar present. Commissioner mel guard. Present. Commissioner present. Present. Commissioner Preston Preston present. Ronen present. Commissioner safai. Safai present. Commissioner stephanie. Stefy absent. Commissioner walton. Walton present. Thank you, mr. Clerk. Im going to be excusing commissioner stephanie and dorsey who reached out to me and asked to be excused and i believe you have a Public Comment announcement. I do. For members of the public interested in participating, we welcome nor presence inperson or you may watch channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider or stream this live. For those wishing to make Public Comment remotely, dial 415 6550001 and when prompted put in the access code and then press pound and pound again. You will be ainl to listen to the meeting in realtime. When Public Comment is called for the item, press 3 to be added to the queue. When the line is unmuted you will be allowed to speak. When your two minutes are up, well move on to the next caller. Best practices are to speak slowly, clearly and turn down distractions around you. ,. Speakers will be taken from inperson first and then on line. As chair, i am invoking the rules to limit Public Comments to 30 minutes. Please call our next item. Item 2, this is an information item. Colleagues, im pleased to announce that the Transportation Authority received an wards for excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government FinanceOffices Association gfoa of the u. S. And kand. The certificate for achievement has been awarded to our agency for the fifth Consecutive Year for 9 comprehensive annual Financial Report your fear 2020 and 2021. This is the highest form of recognition in governmental accounting and Financial Reporting representing the significant accomplishments mi bygovernment and management. Theurchg the finance Division Staff and thank you, of course to the gfoa for this award which highlights our on going commitment to transparency and accountability. Next its finally happening, the longawaited central subway project will be opened on november 19th. Celebrations have begun and i want to convey our congratulations including the board, director of transportation and, but we want to congratulate the Chinatown Community that advocatedder in project for so long, especially the late rose pack for whom the New Chinatown station was named. There were many who advocated for this, the engineers and countless others deserve our thank approximates for their work on this complex project. And finally, i want to thank and congratulate members of this board and staff past and present for their leadership especially our vice chair aaron peskin and our former and current executive directors and the agencys funding staff. The Transportation Authority provided 173 million for central subway and this along with 175 million in sales tax contributions to phase 1, the third streetlight rail project comprised the bulk of local match provided by the federal transportation new starts program. And this week, the metropolitan Transportation Commission will take endorsement actions for Capital Projects around the region including on the transbay downtown rail extension project which is currently in the process of seeking a multibillion dollars federal new starts grant. This grant requires local matching funds included in the proposition expenditure plan that voters are considering even as we speak. Were corking to expeur mtcs endorsement of dtx for state funds through a multiyear commitment to enable the authority to match funds for next year. Thank you to mayor broo breed who joined me in sending a letter to seek this action and thank you to commissioner ronan for your advocacy and with that, i will conclude my remarks and is there anyone in the chamber who would like to make Public Comment on the chairs report . Is there any other comment on item 2 . If there is Public Comment on item 2. No Public Comment for item 2. Public comment for item 2 is closed. Clerk item 3, executive directors report. This is an information item. Tilly chang. Good morning, chair and commissioner. Pleased to give you this months report. First at the federal level, we were pleased to join with commissioner prestons office to apply for a Department Transportation reconnecting communitys grant. The 2021 law established a new reconnecting communitys pilot Discretionary Program funded with 1 billion over the next five years. This is the first ever federal program dedicated to reconnecting communities that were previously harmed in the past. Again, we were pleased to submit a two and a half Million DollarsGrant Application for the Community Planning study. This onemile stretch of geary treen goff and to divi kdero widened geary boulevard and displaced jewish and black communities and created a division between the neighborhoods. The study would we imagine how this space would be redesigned to reconnect the communities through transportation improvements and potentially urban design and land use changes. This was based on public uninput that we received to identify this potential project. Were excited to potentially win this grant. We wont know until next year, but if we are successful well clab wait with a host of Community Groups and the sfmta and planning department. And then next, i wanted to mention that sfmta has been recommended to receive a 12. 325 million grant for the bayview multicorridor to for access to destinations on andon immediately east of third street. Et. This stems from a planning process in wherepr the Community Identified and prioritizing improvements to bring safety an accessibility to a community in the area. Specifically the projectar includes traffic calming as well as enhancements to the africanamerican arts and cultural district with pedestrianfriendly spaces for gathering. And it includes owed keationz programs to support Education Programs for the community to take advantage of the project ad features. F th this large grant was possible in part f based on the unprecedentd amount of funds the state was able to direct to the programon from the state budget surplus. Howard street was submitted but missed by a small margin. That project continues to be on our radar. The mtc is recommended to share the recommendations for its 55 million regional atp round in january of 2023. Next ocean avenue, we have the mobility action plan that t continues to meet and gather input from the community. It was requested by commissioner mel guard and submission safai. Now theyre prioritizing a slew of concepts that emerged from the [indiscernible] including pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, improfits on and around ocean avenue. The project team were seeking input from the public to prioritize the importance ever concepts that were identified it the previous round. D folks can take a survey at sfeta. Org through october 28th then the task force will review and consider how to prioritize these into two larger projects and three larger projects to be featured in the final report. There are i many more projects than that, but those five willht get more detail and implementation strategy. So were excited to continue working on that. Next were privileged to join at the request of commissioner o chan, the San Francisco board of supervisors government audit and Oversight Committee how the hearing on the mtas taxi up front fare program. The hearing did focus on the the hearing did focus on the which taxis would be able to be held through the youtubeer app and the questions related to potential impacts including data transparency, prop d revenues that we collect. We congestion mitigation taxiga assessed on each trip that originates within San Francisco. Whether the taxi trips quob connected to that. Ta Deputy Director mentioned there would be a need to have data for evaluation of these questions as well as to assess the changes in a number of taxi trips and benefits to riders as far as the level of service for taxi users as well as driver fare income which is one of thes stated goals of the pilots o program. Ultimately the committee voted to continue the resolution. To continue the resolution. Posted on these ride hail issues at the state level. Next, ill note there has been some progress in terms ever quick build projects in the day oo view and so manya mta on erchs avenue for a lane reduction, Pedestrian Crossing improvements, daylighting and transit stop enhancements thisod transit stop enhancements thisod this will benefit a lot of the folks 2349 area. They just celebrated the communityco center. Sfmta also expects or has been working on the Samsung Battery project. This will have a twoway bikeway and daylighting and continental projects. Walk that project is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. Finally, under management updates, i am very delighted to updates, i am very delighted to new deputy directer for Capital Projects and he is carl holmes. Hes joining us from bart where he was an assistant general manager for planning, design and construction for the past seven years. He was all of the projects that weve within collaborating with over the last several years he was on them and he hanged over 100 employees in his role across several departments including project management planning, bart extensions, Property Development and energy and sustainability. Prior to joining bart, carl worked for a contractor in a startup Construction Management firm including here in San Francisco if the mission bay area. Hes an active member of the Management Association of expherk chair of the Owners Committee ff the Northern California chapter of that organization. Carl is president elect of the california maritime academy. Welcome aboard, carl. With that, i am pleased to take any questions. Commissioner peskin. Thank you chair. I wanted to thank the ta for all the Work Together on the Geary Fillmore underpass proposal that was cited. I think we turned that around by government standards re quickly. All racing to get that in by the deadline. As director chang pointed out, the history on it, i think until my district, it is one of the most visible and extreme legacies urban renewal and redevelopment era disis displact and bad urban planning. Were tbam it either were familiar with it either being on a bus or washingtoning across the overpass. Its like a daily reminder for the community of when government goesy communities through infrastructure. How that plays out. I hope the federal government views it the way we do as worthy of this planning process. And i want to thank ask recognize a lot of the Community Groups in japantown who indicated their interests in our Office Supporting this effort. And i want to say for the folks hearing about this for the first time, its been talked about for many, many years by many predecessors in hearings and presentations. Im excited to move this to the place of actually having a planning process and doing a study which is what this wouldto fund. But also, want for those who havent been part of those scugs to date to know there is not some grand plan for this. That ask exists the purpose of this grant is to fund a communitybased planning process. Pr no decisions have been made on where that leads or how any changes would be funded. This is the first step and im hopeful and excited about it and appreciate all the t. A. s work in getting this together. N thank you. Geth thank you director chang. And lets open this up to Public Comment. I dont see anyone in the chamber. Is there any remote public we comment . Checking for Public Commentc on item 3. There is one caller for item 3. 3. Caller, your to minutes begins now. Good morning commissioner. [indiscernible] i would like to join chang in welcoming mr. Holmes to the [indiscernible] inl that history will remember mr. Holmes as director of Capital Projects as a Pivotal Moment in the integration. Thank you. Thank you, caller. There is no more Public Comment for item 3. For item 3. Words, well close Public Comment and look forward to mr. R holmes Transformative Impact in San Francisco. And the bay area. Mr. Clerk, could you call item 4. Clerk approve the minutes of the october 18th 2022 meeting. This is action item. Moved by peskin and seconded by walton. I dont see anyone in the chamber for Public Comment. Any remote Public Comment . Checking for Public Comment on item 4. No Public Comment for item 4. Public comment on item 4 is closed. Clerk commissioner chen. Chen aye. Chair mendelman aye commissioner mel guard. Aye. Commissioner peskin pl aye. Commissioner preston aye. Can ronen aye. Mmis safai. Aye. Safai aye. Commissioner walton aye. Item is a proo proved. Call the Consent Agenda items 5 through 7. Staff is not presenting on these items but is available for questions. Is there a motion to approve the Consent Agenda . N moved by peskin, is there a second . Seconded by melgar. Mr. Clerk, call the roll. Commissioner chen. Aye. An. Chen aye mend theman. Aye. Air. Aye dd commissioner melgar. Aye commissioner preston aye. Commissioner ronen aye commissioner safai . Commissioner safai. Safai absent. Commissioner walton. Aye. There are eight ayes. The Consent Agenda is approved. Aye. Look there are nine ayes, th Consent Agenda is approved. Did you get me . We got you. I kept saying, i dont know what happened. Thank you. With that, mr. Saunders, please call item 8. 8. Sf School Access plan update. This is informational. We have david long presenting. We do. All right. Im sharing my slides. Thank you chair and good morning im david long transportation planner presenting on School Access plan. Next slide. So, here is our agenda today. The School Access plan supported by a Planning Grant and funds from commissioner mars district 4 office. I will start with study goals and out reach for discussions findings from the first round of engagement. The findings inform the development of draft strategies. These are 3 study goals the first to improve the quality and availability of transportation to school and after School Activities especially for vulnerable care givers and students. Second to ensure haschool related options are safe and finally hope to reduce Green House Gas e missions and localize congestion and air pollution. We are focusing on k5 students in schools need to take medium and Long Distance trips. Electric to compliment the work our city safe root to school identifying strategies to improve the School Community for care givers and students that live far from school. Partner with children youth and familyos early out reach to youth in the pandemic in 2021, Community Hub initiative established learning for student who is needed them. We designed an art based activity to visit the hubs around San Francisco and ask young people 6 and 12 how they would like to get around. A few key themes e merge from answeril touch on throughout the presentation. The drawings you will see were also created by students at these events. San francisco schools returns to in Person Learning out reach to care givers with focus groups we gathered information about the challenges of the commute. Findings informed the development of straj there is were workshops, survey and pop up events to gather feedback as we work toward recommendations. We are recrewing out reach from a wide range of groups and paraphernalia council focus on english language learners. We supplementd that with direct out reach and Community Based organizations which serve groups voice we wanted included. We distributed our survey through similar channels and using city lists sfusd news letter who goes out to all families i included the url on this slide anyone with Young Children watching can provide your perspective. Anybody listening sf cpa schoolsurvey team is working with commissioner mars office for a Community Meeting on october 27th this thursday. We will share information about draft strategies and register you can go to sfcta. Org slash schoolaccessmeeting. Why over all the groups confirmed the previous knowledge. Add emphasis to a few place looking at points the piece care givers share muched lack of personal safety riding the public bumps care givers noted having children the multiple schools created coordination issues and result in idling time for students at school or care gifrgs doing pick up care givers are frustrated with long project time lines and poor communication. Rebuilding trust could be important for the strategies and the other side of the coin other successful low implementing strategies is a way to rebuild trust. Why care givers reaffirm known challenges to riding the bus including long trips and transfers and cited traffic as a challenge. Cost did in the feature in focus Group Conversations but some did mention expensive fares a barrier to taking muni. Team feel we need to gather more to understands the role that cost plays for care givers in the School Commute and doing that throughout roundabout reach. Turn on ideas for solutions. Perhaps unsurprisingly care givers were interested in Yellow School bus service. Care givers solutions they want flexibility is important. This could mean flexibility in pick up or drop off locations. When asked they shared that after care options could ease time constraints allowing more flexibility around pick up in the child transportation survey half care givers said they would car pool there is openness to car Pool Solutions now they are considering covid a reason the car Pool Solutions might not work. They have less to do with concerns about virus transmission and more the fact that care givers have less strong reps with other parents e merging from the pandemic. We divide our strategy in seck categories they are focused on improving Transportation Options and personal safety, product safety, communication and information, reducing costs for care givers and strategies for not and homeless youth. First the strategies focused on new or improved Transportation Options. Starting traditional Yellow School bus. The school plan focused on strategies the city could pursue other than yellow buses they are a part of the Transportation System and working with the Transportation Department to develop high level scenario and cost estimates for service expansion. Microtransit shuttles explored in the 2016 work. They could be provided boy a Patriot Company or a model bayview moves organizations pool resources to provide shared transportation. Next, the city could car pool coordination promoting existing Third Party Service or heavier touch model staff taen take a role in cordinating rides. Next strategy the city could pursue to establish a Lending Library for electric bikes. The 2016 child transportation survey found bike had a High Satisfaction rate with the School Community. Care givers expressed hesitation about biking some concerns including steep hills, children who are too young to operate a bicycle and Long Distance could be solved with electric likes. Care givers shared e bikes could be helpful. Jeopardy finally the idea i mentioned earlier expanding before and after care programs to increase flexibility for care givers. Next we have strategies focused on personal safety. The strategies were developed in response to the finding that personal safety is a point of emphasis to care givers and the paraphernalia who spoke. Implement transit trainings or education. Transit field trips the purpose is it teach about transit safety and help everyone feel comfortablement city promote by stander trainings giving care gives situations that could feel unsafe. Make a slight adjustment to the existing m tap. Muni Transit System program. The next category of strategies focused on infrastructure safety. We are working with sfmta safe routs to school and groups to develop recommendations how to keep students safe from drivers. Supporting the stay stay School Engineering programs the city could offer best practice guidance for school add administrators about transportation infrastructure which they manage. Color curbos question base and is pick up and drop off norms are left to school cites. The next set of strategics focused on communication between care givers, city and School Officials. Options include hiring or designate nazing transportation coordinators to provide information about Transportation Options and program and liaisons between care givers, schools and transportation operators. Another option to create a standing advisory or forum allowing care givers to give feedback to city and School Officials about transportation issues. The next category of strategies costs for care givers recommending any of these will be predicated on the team developing a better understanding of how cost precious our experienced by care givers. However, good to understand whether there are opportunity to increase the reach of discounted fare programs. Another idea out of the peer city review stipends for families with transportation. Final category of strategies are specific to not and homeless youth. The team is working with the Foster Youth Service coordinating office to develop recommendations specific to these populations. First strategy focus on allowing employees to provide school of or gin transportation. The second would be to break down bureaucratic hurdles cards for foster and homeless youth. We are considering a recommendation forum of coordination with neighboring districts and Child Welfare departments many trips are made across county lines. Looking forward to next steps we are collecting information through out reach. Use this information that we gather to refine and upon evaluate strategies and develop funding and implementation plans for promising strategies a final report in the spring of 23 we will bring back for you for consideration. That concludes my presentation. Thank you for listening staff is available to answer questionless im done shareings slides. Thank you for your presentation. Commissioner chan would you mind if commissioner mar goes ahead thank you daved long, director chan and the staff for all your work on this important project. I just colleagues i wanted to say that im thrill third degree we are foiblely at the point where the ta staff can share an update on this initiative. It is midway in the project and i felt this was a time to get a brief update for the ta and the public. On this work. And it is not done yet the school plan has been a long time in the works. And it is started when supervisor tang began looking at School Transportation after a reduction in Yellow School bus following the 2008 recession. An effort supervisor kim carried on and then my office took it on begin nothing 2019. When we commissioned this city wide plan amidst a pandemic extending the skwoep through state grant supportful transportation models and new props to the assign am prop policies this plan has been years in the making. I did want to say im excited about the breadth of solutions under consideration and the equity focus out reach and collaborateeration between our office, state, sfcta and sfmta and Public School families that brought us here today. Providing convenient transportation for students and care giver its is critical addressing a host of challenged whiching our Climate Action targets. Transit first policies and commit to do right by kids and parents. Getting to school should not be a barrier to getting to school. As a Public School child myself and know our families face challenges here, challenges that are proven by the data showing the vast majority of school kids driven to school. It does not have to be this way. Problems we must solve to ship this are role and solvable. I initiated this plan in an effort at solving them. I look forward to00 autosecond round of out reach and the work to come ahead of the final report that the issue presented next spring, which am kickoff work to turn the plan into action. And if any members of the press are interested in discussion about this, we will be hosting a press briefing in room 278 at 12. 30 p. M. I wanted to reminds the public and commissioners as well that we will working with the ta and sfusd to host a virtual Community Meeting on the School Access plan this thursday 6 to 7 p. M. And the Online Survey for pirnts and care givers seek input through the month through monday. If you push that information out we will appreciate it. I want to say this plan is built on the input of the public. And we really sincerely want and need your voices to be heard. Again, thanks for the town to share an update on this work. Thank you, commissioner mar and thank you commissioner chan for allowing him to go ahead and commissioner chan. Why thank you, chair mandelman. I would like to see as you conduct out reach and proceed with this plan and study you will add out reach to parents with disabilities or guardians with disabilities the yoths feedback is critical but at time its is also the guardians and parents with disabilities may limit their options. I love to see that. I would love to see in terms of strategies when you thinking about and studying the transportationings ones that i would love to see a reference to 2 Critical Data points one the sfmta equity strategy. The left time they updated was 2018 when we consider Transportation Options and limitations of transportation that the parents and families have to transport their students around town what we really need to look at sfmta as a whole and what our the lack of transportation option currently exist. So that we are bridge the gap. I think the third data point i like to see we make reference of is mapping of School Assignments from sfusd and understanding of the did thea provided by sfusd we understand you know the break down of how many parents living just mapping out how far away from within a mile or 5 mile range of the school and multiple children if than i have kids you know 2 Different Schools. Like to see a bit more data driven. With your Transportation Options and strategies. I personal low think that with that also is to look forward to seeing your plan break down and i think you already talked about this in goals with Long Distance and versus short distance. I think they are different transportation strategies family lives walking distance 15 minutes how do we encourage them to walk, bus, bikes and the e bike library makes sense. Family lives Long Distance means way beyond one mile of the distance that what is it that we do for them in terms of Transportation Options . Thank you for the study and thank you, commissioner mar for initiating this. It is very critical. Commissioner melgar. Thank you. Chair mandelman and commissioner mar for this. Thank you for the presentation and the good ideas. You know im a proponent in expanding had works already. What i have been seeing is this during the pandemic, we have seen lack of service just basic service. That families relied on. And in 1983, the sfusd enter in the know agreement with department of education to help its segregation desegregation efforts. And muni was part of that along with bussing. And i am worried and i know that supervisor or commissioner ronen is as well. That we are seeing just real lack ever the school Trip Services this muni had. Peculiarly east west the mission issue bayview to lincoln and the high schools that are on the west side that are good Public Schools. I believe this will is a role we are risking that agreement that we have with the department of education. And so i am wondering how we put this in here what we know works. We hear a lot of kids get lost the bus is too full there are not enough bus during the school trip are hours now the sfusd changed the time it start it is competing with commuters going to work. This is a really fundamental thing we are we need to do more upon of. The other thing i hope we would touch upon is the after School Transportation. And again. We did have something this worked again in commissioner ronens district. Used to be a van collaborative that dcyf used to fund and different after School Providers would share that transportation and was funded by the city to take kids from after school had than i lived further out like in as they went to school at lincoln and lived in the bayview and wanted do sports or after School Activities tlldz be transportation. I did not see this in the presentation whether we were exploring those interagent collaborations. That would be helpful. Thank you, commissioner melgar watch this lets open this up to Public Comment. See if we have remote Public Comment. Public comment for item 8. One Public Comment. Your 2 minutes begins now. Sorry, how are you. Good morning chair mandelman and commissioners. Im vernon haney and i work for San Francisco and School Partnership the Community Engagement team member the past 4 years and safe route to School Program we like walking, biking and car pool. Im here to express how important it is for school in San Francisco have the kayest infrastructure possible. Focus grouped gathered in the field i hear from families and schools the biggest barrier is they dont feel safe. As a city we need to do better. Safe streets infrastructure encouraging walk pregnant biking to school. I feel most of my schools in the bay vow neighborhood and 2019, the sfmta Martin Luther kin middle school. Out of this assessment there was a need for highly visibility crosswalks, stop sign and bacon and russell street 3 years and the school got a painted crosswalk. Than i are waiting for stop signs and day lighting the School Community is concerned for the health and safety of the students [inaudible] and frustrated by the time it takes to make the improvements. This is not the only school this is happened sfmta School Engineering program is in the enough to meet the demand. Upon and the Program Needs additional resource. Safety and well being of students getting to and from school should be a top priority and hopeful the School Access plan identified not only funding for the recommendations in the plan but also solutions beginning safety improvements for schools. Thank you. Thank you. Caller. There is in additional Public Comment. For item 8 great. Public comment on item 8 is closed. Thanks again to david long. And commissioner mar and mr. Clerk, call the snks item. 9, introduction of new items an informational item. Im not seeing anything. Lets call item 10. Public comment. Is there Public Comment in the chamber. Nope. See if we have remote comment. Im checking for Public Comment. For item 10. We have one Public Comment for item 10. Thank you, caller, 2 minutes begins now. Hello commissioners rolfe around, san jose. I like to offer a couple of comments to inform the discussion of mtcs major policy tomorrow morning. The first [inaudible] is that Everybody Needs to remember that the push for caltrain and electrification was initiated in San Francisco over 10 years ago. Especially agreed to enable access to the safe schools Transit Center [inaudible] the second point the dtx project is critical to the survival of caltrain well is currently no other plan. Capable of reversing caltrains disaster [inaudible] in ridership. Having said this and there is a slide on page 9 of the report. That shows the new for the dtx6 opinion 5 billion dollars. With funding gap of for you. 2 million. In closing. I help this mr. Jones will bring sanity become to the table and go the dtx for helpful of the [inaudible] thank you. Thank you, caller. Do we have other comment . There is in more Public Comment for item 10. Why Public Comment is closed item 11 . We did receive a Public Comment posted to the website. Adjournment. We are adjourned. The tenderloin is home to families, immigrants, seniors, merchants, workers and the housed and unhoused who all deserve a thriving neighborhood to call home. The tenderloin initiative was launched to improve safety, reduce crime, connect people to services and increase investments in the neighborhood. As city and communitybased partners, we work daily to make these changes a reality. We invite you to the tenderloin history, inclusivity make this neighborhood special. Were all citizens of San Francisco and we deserve food, water, shelter, all of those things that any system would. What i find the most fulfilling about being in the tenderloin is that its really basically a big family here and i love working and living here. [speaking foreign language] my hopes and dreams for the tenderloin are what any other Community Organizer would want for their community, safe, clean streets for everyone and good operating conditions for small businesses. Everything in the tenderloin is very good. The food is very good. If you go to any restaurant in San Francisco, you will feel like oh, wow, the food is great. The people are nice. It is a place where it embraces all walks of life and different cultures. So this is the soul of the tenderloin. Its really welcoming. The. The tenderloin is so full of color and so full of people. So with all of us being together and making it feel very safe is challenging, but we are working on it and we are getting there. Lwv board of education. The League Women Voters were a Nonprofit Organization and if you would like to support our work, please become a member or donate on our website. Today im pleased to introduce maxine anderson. Born and raised, and the california criminal justice reform. Respond for travel and readers im really pleased and welcome maxine our moderator for this evening. [applause] thank you allison. And welcome to the candidates for San Francisco board of education. And welcome to all of you who have come out this evening, either via electronic or here in person to hear what they have to say. The candidates will have a chance to present their views on issues affecting the city and to answer questions about those issues that were submitted in advance for tonights forum. First, i would like to remind you of our ground rules. Response to see questions should be on the issues and policies related. Candidates are expected to be respectful of other candidates and ask to not make personal attacks on other individuals. Here are the procedures for the forum. The candidates will have the opportunity to make 90second opening and closing statement. Opening statements will be in alphabetical order by first name. Closing statements will be in reversal fa bet cal order by first name. Each candidate will have 75 seconds to answer questions. The order of answering each question, will be rotated among the candidates. Each candidate will have the opportunity to answer the same number of questions. Any rebuttal may be included in the candidates closing statements which will be 90 seconds. A countdown timer will be displayed with a visual indication of remaining time for response. Theyll be right there in the front. Every aspect of the forum will be equally fair to all candidates. Thank you to our attendees tonight, for those attending online, youre in listen, those who are online, you are in listen only mode. The q and a and the chat features are not attribute i have. Justactive just so you know. This forum will be recorded and made available on our website, our Youtube Channel and sfgov tv cable channels. You have many important decision to see make november 8th. Tonights forum will give you an opportunity to learn before you vote. The questions for tonights forum were submitted by San Francisco residents and organizations. Now lets begin. As i mentioned, we will start off with 70second Opening Statement in alphabetical order and therefore we welcome our candidates and thank you for participation in this forum. Please introduce yourself, tell us which neighborhood you live in and why youre running for San Francisco board of education. And well start with aleta fisher. Thank you, is this on . Yes. Hi, my name is aleta fisher i live in the lmi neighborhood district 11 and im running for the district because of my children. I have im a foster parent, now adoptive parent. All of former mechanical engineer turned school advocate. I served on all of pt a, pts a, i served on district level Advisory Committees for ten years and its my experience going to not only my childrens iep meetings but Meetings School after school where we have the same conversation over and over again. We need more services. We need more parent educators. We need more School Social workers, psychologist, more nurses more everything. And what we found when we provide more services in our schools, everyone benefits from it. And so im running to make sure that we bring more support and services into our schools and that we make sure that when were talking about our billion dollars budget, we are prioritizing our student first and for most over Central Office over anything else. And that our budget is aligned with our values of inclusion, equity, diversity and love for all of our students. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Anne shu, did i get your name right . Fantastic. Good evening, im anne shu, i am the only immigrant and business person on the Current School board right now. And im running for election this november. I have been a professional working in the hightech industry for 25 years, running my own company for 18 of those years. And i only got involved with the school board and School District during the pandemic when i saw that my twin sons who are now 16, in two Different Schools, were not engaged with school at all. And i looked at the school board then and found them renaming schools, murals doing a lot of politics and not focusing on our students. So i and thousands of other parents worked together to recall three School Members and i was appointed as a replacement by maryland on in march of this year. And im running for election because i want us to focus not on politics, but on Student Outcome. So my First Priority is student achievement and academic excellence. Second is safe schools, both physically and emotionally for our students. And last but not least physical discipline and operational discipline. Im here to reform sf u. S. D to get the politics out and to focus on educating our students. Thank you. Thank you very much. Gabriela lopez. Good evening, im Gabriela Lopez im running for the board of education tone sure that there is the educateive perspective. My background is rooted and dates back over 13 years. I started off as a parent educators which helped build an affective bilingual educators in Public Schools. I then went on to, i learned the importance of union work and became the union rep at my school. I was an arts coordinator for our site and also participated in the district wide mentoring for success program. I was formerly he electricked becoming the youngest women every elected. And once i was on the board, educators and families. During the pandemic, i made sure that our School District protected teachers, students and families. I was on the ground every single day. Providing tech support for families and Getting School supplies in students hands. Im working at the university of San Francisco with future educators in sf schools. Thank you. Thank you, very much. Karen . Good evening, thank you so much maxine, allison and league of women voters for all of your leadership and putting this forum together. Im proud to be a league member. Im karen, i use she her her pronouns. And im running for sf for the board of education to unify San Francisco for San Francisco unified. Im a sfu parent of two students who have been here since kindergarten. And daughter of retired educators and graduate of schools. The early part of my ska reer was in the immigrant movement. I shift today Youth Development and have 20 years of experience preparing young adults for success in college and careers that i will bring to this position. I currently work as a diversity, inclusion educator, shifting work place to be safe and positive for everyone. My priorities are to invest in students and educators social, emotional and well being and academic to promote collaborative Decision Making and provide transparency and accountability with the specific emphasis on appropriating our graduates to graduate from with the career of their dreams. With help from 9th grade to 12th grade. Homidi. Hi oim im homidy, im wholely focused on fulfilling our obligation, because San Francisco deserves to have an excellent Education System and essential part of a thriving and vibrant city. Im a parent with over a decade of engagement, ptas, School Site Council and volunteers in classrooms, tutoring, yard duty extra. My parents are Public School educators and i know how hard they worked. And when i joined the district, i knew i was going to pitch in how i could. I start today serve a fouryear term on a committee that oversees about 80 Million Dollars. And it was there that i discovered the real disconnect between leadership, essential office Decision Making and what our schools and students and educators need. In that role, i advocated for accountability, transparency and really aligning funding with our students priorities. I have over 20 years of professional experience in state government, clean energy education, business and nonprofit for us here in San Francisco. Its a pleasure to be here and i really, my focus is again Student Success fiscal, responsibility and resulting trust. Thank you very much. And lisa . Thank you, good evening. Thank you to the league of women voters for having this and for us to be here and thank you for those participating online. Im lisa wisemonday ward. Im the product of Public Education all the way from elementary, through high school and college and law school. Im a daughter of educate acre. I myself am an educator. I teach; in that space i wear two hats, one as a immigration attorney, trying to keep our families together. The second hat is as an educator, i teach, and i supervise law students and spend my days to understand the systems were working within and trying to fight and dismantle and also the importance of building and negotiation and meeting each other where we are. But most relevant is because im a mother of two, usf children. And i have come about larning how many amazing the district has but also how many things were missing. My focus is threefold, close opportunity gaps, we need to restore our trust and create transparent systems and ensure fiscal accountability. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, lisa. And now the fun part. Were going to start the questions that you submitted before they vent began. Were going to try to get in as many as possible to think about the issues that we brought up. Dont forget to stop. Question 1, were going to start with anne. If i may, i may call you all by your first name. Okay. What experience if any, you do have in education and what qualifications do you bring to the table to make critical decisions impacting childrens education . Thank you. As i introduced earlier, im not an education professional, so my experience with education is my personal experience which is in all Public Schools in the united states, i emigrated when i was age 11. So middle school, high school and graduate school all in public institutions. And my twin sons who also have just been to public intuition all of their life. And my qualifications is that i have run companies. I do know what it takes to run a business, including fiscal responsibility and Operational Excellence but most importantly setting goals so that the company and all the employees of the company can move in the same direction. And i think thats something that is lacking for the past many years is no clear goals and priorities. That is something that the board is working on right now. And im supportive and once we get everything going in the same direction, i think that we can turn this serviceship around. Thank you very much. Gabriela. I appreciate this question because i can elaborate more often my education. As i mentioned my work and heart is rooted in education. I have bachelors in liberal students to become a elementary teacher. I received in masters in education from ucla where i gained a teaching credential in california where i can teach in spanish in sf schools or Public Schools. I take all of that experience and bring that at the Decision Making level because its level because its lacking and well see in boards of education, you dont have thed on the ground experience from the people that are doing the work. One of my, what i believe my qualifications is the stability to to connect that expertise and the experience with the community and the people who are impacted by our decision. Now i work with future educators and instealing these believes and understanding in what theyre bringing into the classroom for the students. And the last thing is im currently getting a ph. D at stanford. Thank you. My first job was out of college as an english as a second language and i was fortunate to work for a organization that taught us how to be teachers. My career in Youth Development and College Access and i worked for some of the leading organizations in the space for europe, for sco scholars. Through my Work Experience, i became a mentor to many young adults and i maintained those relationships even though im no longer working for the organizations. So ive literally seen them buy houses, get married and have kids and all of that. And because ive been an affective mentor to them, they refer additional people to me. So i have a lot of mentees. And it was them that inspired me. Were being bombarded by racism, non stop and thats when i decided to shift focus when preparing young place. So im constantly facilitating Adult Learning experiences. Unified School Teacher and my dad is a professor and i grew up where i was able to prepare classrooms for kids. So when i joined, i ended up doing similar kinds of work with teachers. In the classroom and helping kids learn to read and understanding the curriculum and introduction that was instructed to them. And third grade intervention and 5th grade intervention. So really understanding what the curriculum is and how it is being delivered and the resources that are teachers are being given or not being given. And as part of the Budget Advisory committee that i was part of, we reviewed programs and program ethicacy here in the district. And as i was talking about the disconnect before, i, i realize what the district was saying was happening, wasnt happening. So what i bring is that, asking the question and being able to draw the connect the dots between the design and the statement of what the program is and what is actually happening in the classroom or not happening in the classroom. Thank you very much. Lisa . Yes, so ive been an educator. Ive been an immigration attorney for over 16 years and educator for the last nearly 10. And one of the things that ive learned in myspace as an educator is the value of curriculum and the value of implementing the curriculum. You cannot have one without the other. If you have a great curriculum but dont know how to implement it, our folks are not going to learn. If you have a lousy curriculum, you cant implement it. We need to have both. After each session, i think how can i do better . Something else that ive been focused on is understanding the value of patience and that each of my stud epts come to me with an individual skills and understanding how to approach my work with the strength and space mind set, really leaning into meeting folks where they are. Using cultural humidity lens and really making sure that all of the work and all the education is transparent and accessible so that students can harp and do learning with one another. Thank you very much, arleta . Thank you for this question. So ive been as a mentioned, 17 years as a parent in the district. I served on various district level committees. Im the daughter and granddaughter of teachers and spend summers in classrooms. I used to come after school and play school with my stuffed animals. I loved school. But it was really my experience with my experience that made me realize schools were not set up for everyone. Thats why i became an special education advocate and now im the director of nonprofit in the city. And in the world of special education, the way an vijd eyesed program works, for each child you do assessment, you get all the information you need to figure out what the childs strength and weakness is. And then you, take that and you provide support and services to meet that childs needs. Thats what we do meeting after meeting which is a micro cause um in the district right now. So i bring that and want to take it toll education level. Thank you very much. Now for the second questions, great answers. How do you plan to reduce food insecurities in our Public Schools. Gabriela you get to go first. I ive been thinking about this given the work that ive done on the board, given my own experience as a child in Public Schools. To ensure that kids had food when schools were closed. In sf u. S. D, we have implemented so many innovative way to see get healthy food that kids want to eat as a teacher. I see food that theyre not interested in eating and hearing from, from our student population to make sure that they have access to something that they enjoy eating and that they build a healthy relationship with food. At the kitchen and how we can implement it district wide. I would say as a parent, i was excited when we went with revolution foods, but my kids dont like it. There is a lot of food that is going to waste. I live next to a school and it a tracks, vermin, that there is so much food that is being composted. We need to study how can we make the food so that the student want to eat it. That healthy food that is available all the time with fresh food and vegetables. I would like to see Something Like that. There is a lot of nut allergy focus but there is a lot of soy allergies. Making sure that were providing it is going to be a tough priority. Thank you very much. Liny. Ive been in a lot of lunch rooms and ive seen the waste. This year were doing free lunch last year, we did free lunch. Thats great but one of the benefits of it, there used to be aline that kids had to get into if you were getting the school lunch that was really really slow and kids didnt have access to the time to eat. They were being singled out and waiting to eat just because they were Getting School lunch. My daughters. School has been a recipient and it was a switch list. We need to continue the partnership during winter breaks and summer breaks so that families have access for food and know where to get food for their meals and their children and their families as well. Thank you very much. Lisa . I, would agree with what everyone said thus far. Food insecurity in our Public Schools is a very big deal. If our students are not fed, or feeling hungry or have the water to drink, theyre not going to focus on the learning. We need to make sure that the core, that the core needs are going to be taken care of. We heard in the district and our role in the board, that students are being impacted by the fact that they dont have access to snacks which came from federal funds that were cut. But that has been impacting our students. Yes, revolution foods, folks were really excite beside. But any of us with kids in the district, know it did not go well. I want to lean into what lane mentioned, the programs that are spanning with refresh, we have seen, students excited to eat and the idea that we took kitchens out of schools and now were in a situation, we did not have good foresight back then, so we need to be changing that. Thank you very much and anne . You want me to go first . Aleta. I appreciate that lisa teached on the subject of hierarchy needs, that is the base like the foundation of house. If a student basic needs are not met, theyre not open to learning. And food is a huge part. So i appreciate the work that weve been doing with Community Partnership, we have community thats rebring resources into our schools such as food pantry. My son goes to deniman and we have a foodbank once a week. And im happy to see that we have additional funding, thanks california, for those additional grants. We need more partnership. Today i was at hub in south here, where families on, wednesdays can stop by and get food free food. But op tuesday and thursday, theyre also offering housing assistant, helping people apply for benefits and things like that. And so much more than just food. Also in the past weve involved students in the work, we actually had our students as part of the tasting committee. So the more we can bring our students in to have ownership, the better off well be. Thank you very much. Anne. Thank you. I think all the other candidates have said everything that i want today say. So really my First Encounter and im very fortunate, my First Encounter was a driver for the foodbank during the pandemic. For about ten months, i brought my High School Age kids and we drove around and delivered food to the household mostly in the east and southeast neighborhoods. Sxifs also a volunteer at the voes relate middle school handing out School Lunches when kids were not in school. I was out on that day when it was orange, pollution that day i was out there handing out food. I think laney mentioned that were expanding kitchens and i was on the part of that. And i actually one thing that i do want to mention that we actually give the same amount of food to High School Students as well as elementary and that does not make sense. Because two high school sons will have to bring home food from home. Thank you very much. Our third question, can you share your thoughts on the new board of education governoring model and how it may impact the board of education . Karen . You get to answer this first. On the one hand im supportive of the Student Outcome having worked for the organizations that were outcome focused and discipline in that way and really pushing the Decision Making to the educator level, it would be good. On the other hand, i feel were rushing way too fast and community does not know what is going on. Last night there were 50 items at the board of educators meeting. It went until 1 1 00 oclock at night. And these were important items, food contracts and many many different items. And on saturday, the board is needing to decide on the goal vision and outcome. To focus on the specific outcome. Im concerned that not as many San Franciscoians know what is going on and how fast all of these decisions are being made. Thank you very much. Lany. I wish it was that fast. Im excite beside our new governorance model, one of our goals is 50 of our meeting time will be spent on students and the outcome of decision on students. The other change and the goal is to start in december is our agendas will be posted 12 days in advance. Part of why our meetings are so long is, this will change so people have the tupt to see the agenda andopportunity to reach out. There will be a documented q a that is part of the final agenda that is posted within 72 hours of the notice. But that will allow, to make sure that were making good decision sxz that public input is embedded in a way that is much more authentic. Im also, very convinced that the way that the board and our governorance structure has been working has failed. We see that and how our literalcy numbers are. Its time for a change. Thank you very much. Lisa . Thank you, weve been thinking about this since june and it may feel fast. When we look about what were not doing for our kids with the underscore, were not moving fast enough. We do not have time to lose when it comes to centering our children and making sure that we are meeting their needs and their goals and making sure that everyone has access to an excellent education. In terms of the work that weve done over the last month and a half, weve done over 20 visits at schools on the evening and weekends with two Board Members usually, in community throughout the city. And how were engaging so people do not have to come to 55 franklin in order to get their needs met. Thank you, thank you very much. Aleta. Well actually engaging with the community has been done multiple times. And thats part of the problem that we have with trust in the community. Is fact that ive done it a number of times. Weve gone out. Great, the devil is going in the details. Do we have the metrics to get to the part that we want to get with everything in values . We dont. And we dont have an authentic Engagement Process other than coming to the board of ed right now. Im very cautiously optimistic, but there is a lot of work and a lot of things that we need to do behind the scenes to make this work appropriately, implementation is key. Thank you. Anne . As a newcomer to the field of education, i was very glad to get some Government Training along with this board starting in march april of this year. And what ive learned is that school boards, actually work kind of boards where we do not meddle in the business or the jobs of superintendent. We are suppose to set the goals for the School Districts overall. And the professional comprise of supervisor and his whole team to figure out a way for us to achieve the goals some guard rails. And thats been helpful to know what my lane is. What im suppose to do and what im not suppose to do. So im not, none of us are suppose to, higher or fire principals. The only person that we can hire and fire is superintendent. So this training has been good for me and it should continue with all the Board Members. Thank you very much. Gabriela . As a former board member, i was working with the community and i would come to the areas of the city to engage with different organizations and groups. As bilingual i was for accessible. But it was true that i was not implemented for a former way for a board member to be engaged on the ground in that way. Im looking at the new structure and i do appreciate the attempt to be more affective. But i want to ensure that we dont limit anyway for the public to engage however they can. So continuing to operate in a way where people can access the board and have recorded their issues so that we can access it later on, i believe thats really important while simultaneous redoing the structure that makes it more accessible. Overall, people need to understand what the board of education does and its really important that as a board, we educate the public on that. What are we voting on . How can they tribute to the decisions as were here to represent the public . Thank you very much. Our next, our next question, let me put my mouth up here. Weve seen dropping enrollment in sf u. S. D, how do you feel about the investment in the schools . And were going to start with lany . I missed the last. Weve seen dropping enrollment in sf u. S. D, how do you feel about enrollment in new schools . I think weve seen dropping enrollment as in sf u. S. D because weve seen a real lack of trust in families about what we offer and what the students are going to experience when they attend our schools. One of the things that ive focused about what it is that the district offers academically, enrichment support for all students at all sites. At a base line and then what do we do when there are students that need Additional Support over committing to additional pathways or other opportunities at our school site. There is little documentation available about any of our schools and what they offer in consistent way that does not require families or students to actively seek that information. We have not published a category for our high school since 2014 and our enrollment reflects that. Im an advocate about being clear about what our commitments are so that every school, we want every school to have a unique school and to be warm and welcoming but but to have consistent offering. Thank you very much. Lisa. Yes, so weve seen dropping enrollment and i agree that its because our family do not feel theyre getting access to equitable education opportunities. They may think that the opportunities are sufficient. It may mean that the students are not getting supported emotionally or educationally. Were not paying our teachers, we have an Educator Shortage because our teachers are losing trust. We have seen a mass exodus hemorrhaging of students and teachers. I think investments in schools is really really important. Whether its a new school or existing school with the community and a family of love, i think our investments in our educators and our communities is key to ensure that we can get folks excited. I want to get our district back up in a way that people are excited to be part of. Thank you very much. Aleta . I think our enrollment went up by about 1,000 this year after based on most resent data, so that was encouraging to see. Binge that there is a lot, as everyone else mentioned, we do have a huge discrepancy on what is available at the school. When the new system was proposed back in 2018, all of us wrote a letter to the board. Adjusting an enrollment system is great, but until you address the discrepancy, the facility is different. The school that have the bond renovations, others have been passed over. Until we fix all of this, you know, it does not matter what system, we put in place. We have parents that are going to gain the system. We need more language pathways. We need more stem programs. We got these programs that attract families, build more of those. Thank you very much. Anne. I emigrated from a developing country and developing countries when developing fast, they build a lot of communities in just barren land. And when you plan on the communities, have you to put in schools, grocery stores, Community Centers, so i think for us, we are a developed country but portions of our city that are developing which is great. For example, mission bay is a Brand New Community so it makes sense that you build in schools, commercial corridors, and Community Centers and libraries so that you can provide the services for the newly built community. So im for that. And in addition, we do need to somebody else mentioned look at our overall portfolio. Were doing that for the schools to see what schools we have and what programs we have in the schools. And i would like to see that done for middle schools and Elementary Schools as well. Okay, thank you very much. Gabriel a. I believe we, we need to know why our families are choosing to leave sfusd. And i feel the pandemic was a factor. Students feeling safe at the school site that is also important for us recognize. But i dont believe we have that information. So that we can improve in those areas. Again as a former teach in the district, i was able to see the wonderful work happening in our school sites. Our School District needs to highlight that. We can share the good work na is happening in our school laws versus, a lot of messaging that often tends to be the office for Public Schools. Thank you very much and karen . Yes, i agree with what gabriela said. 56 of students have add least one immigrant parents were a very divert district. But only 50 of our graduates are graduating college and ska reer ready. Among our black 1 in had, among our latinx 1 in 3 is graduating college and career ready. This is a city, that assures that usfusd is a giant gentrification force. I want to see from 9th grade all the way through high school graduation, an individualized learning plan that helps a young person discover. What am i good at . What am i curious about . And has a paid summer job in leading San Francisco employers every summer where they if get to experience what it is like to be in the workforce field. Enhance, career and Technical Education and Community Partnership so that we can get our students to and through college, those who want to go. Thank you very much. And now on to the next question. During the pandemic, an issue that came to light, was the lack of universal high Speed Internet for all students. How will you work to address this issue in the coming term . And well start with lisa. Thats correct. So i think, im going to answer the question about high Speed Internet. But i want to say its not just high Speed Internet its other things that we now understand our critical to learning. That relates to what we talked about food security, so many other things outside of what we think of when were in the bubble of a classroom that impacts and i am preliminariation an individuals ability to learn and engage. Im really excited about state money that is coming into the district to support community schools, should proposition g pass, that would be 56 million a year coming into the schools for the long term. A lot of times weve had programs that are short in duration. So im really looking forward to these wrap around services that can include other things from well being to making sure that our families have access to internet so they can engage and do the work that our educators are asking them. Thank you very much, aleta. I love these forums because we all build on each other. Anyway. Even if we hand it out, the verizon hotspot. Stepped up and offered computer lab in common room in our Public Housing site and we had our Community Learning hub that stepped up and provided safe spaces for students to learn and be in community. San francisco unified is one of the social net. Strong community and strong schools but it also donate so much else. So being able to collaborate and being able to key components. Thank you very much. Anne . Coming from the hightech industry for over two decades, there is no shortage of technology or even money. We are very rich city as well as a rich bay area. I think what we need to do is engage, the the School District needs to engage more partners to be actual partners. I remember during my sons middle school, was a trial school for middle School Redesign and every student got a ipad or chrome book with a verizon hotspot. So when the pandemic hit, they still had that. The resource right side there, the monies are there and there is something called corporate social responsibilities that many Many Companies are very willing to support the community that they operate in. So we need to tap into that. Thank you very much. Gabriela. One of the decisions was recording the technology for students to learn at homes because its irresponsible to ask a family to log on to skaogle classrooms and understand zoom without having or providing the materials needed to do that learning. After that, as somebody who was on the board and as a teacher, i was providing workshop for families in different languages to help them understand how to navigate the tools. Its one thing to supplement our communities with the materials they need but its another to walk them through how to use them. We were learning that as parents were now teachers. And they were supporting students in ways that they hadnt before. So it was providing workshops through my work at the latino platforms that helped them how to navigate and translate so it was accessible on their end. Thank you very much. Karen. Building on what my one of my fellow candidates said, is partnering with organization and think systematically. Last week, we heard from a parent, why are there so many programs, shouldnt all schools have after School Programs, the same requirements . So the higher superintendent had a standing monthly meeting with the Youth Serving Community organizations that is no longer happening according tovaness a, the head of parents for Public Schools. I really want to make sure that theyre meeting on a regular basis with our Community Base organizations and thinking system wide. How can we make sure that there are Community Base organizations supporting all the students providing access to wifi, to computer et cetera and that, its not a huge discrepancy between what is happening at one school and what is happening at another. And that all students who need access to the internet have it. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Lany. Were still providing chrome books to students. The rate has skyrocketed. Where my focus is, how do we get our students excited about being at school . How do we make it so they feel supported at school . And interested in services. In language communication, even through our, the 20some odd out reach that we had in language offering were by far the most attended. Which indicates to me that a lot of who is not at the table, who is is not connecting at the school site and habits, are families that dont are not getting the information because its not how theyre xaoun indicating with us. Thank you very much. And our next question, sfusd, has had deficit spending since 2017 and failed to address its deficit. Now do you plan to address this issue Going Forward . And were going to start with aleta. We need a holistic review of all plans that they have. One of the plan that ive been working is our Reading Instruction Program in San Francisco unified. We just did an addity, our curriculum instruction and we found that we dont have the foundational skills, were not reaching the Building Blocks of reading in over 90 of the schools. So we wonder why we have less than 50 of students that are pro efficiently readers. If you dont learn to read in, you get referred to speciald. If you learn in fourth grade, it takes four times longer. If you get rifrd to special education, it cost three times as much. We know that the work that were doing, is costing a whole lot of money, so thats one example of what we need to do, what are we doing to be done efficiently. Thank you very much. Anne. Ever since i joined the board i started to talk to a lot of people and i hear a lot that we need funding, funding from federal, local and philanthrophic organizations. We always need more resources. While i dont disagree, i want to look at our expense site. We have a one billion dollars budget, that is not small money. What are we doing with that money . What are we spending money on . And what are we getting for it . A paeshtly not much. What i would like to do for all the money that we spend on program, i would like to see the metrics of success for that program. If a program is working, then we get more money expanded. If the program is not working, what does that mean, that we stop spending one. Its that we switch a program, try a different way to help that community. Thank you. Gabriela. I do agree with what has been said and its one of those things, where weve dreamed of what our classrooms can look like. The resources, should be provided, the materials, the learning experience thats we want our students to have and we have not actually invested in that because of outcomes that weve seen. What were needing to do is monitor the effectiveness of the programs and if theyre not working, then we cannot continue. Sfusd, does not directly invest in classrooms. If we start with what that looks like and think about the resources needed for a teacher to effectively do their job, then we can, we can focus on other areas. But there is a lot of money going to administrators who dont focus or work with children. And a lot of people on the board who dont know what they do. So it really does take investing in the classrooms first, and ensuring from educators who know what is best. Thank you very much. And karen . We do have a structural budget deficit, because the cost of our retirees and our expenses keep going up. We have to figure out how we can address thish. We have a structure deficit because we have proposition 13, we capitalize property tax sxz Start Building all of these prisons and the amount of money we spent on prison went up and money we spent on universities went down. This is what we have chosen as a state to invest in young people. So we need to reform prop 13 and ensure that we have the adequate resources for education. Its reactive, if you dont assess students early and start intervening early, that saves money. If you wait until problems develop, it costs more later on. Same thing, we have a tremendous amount of litigation, what are we learning from the lawsuit to see prevent a further lawsuit. Thank you. Lany. So were a governorance force, were not a legislative force. We have fiduciary responsibilities. Le i was there as cochair of the committee, Advisory Committee that i was on. And i said during this, we need to stop the spending resolutions that the board keeps putting forward and we need to review our spending. That does not happen. That is happening now. So we are hiring a new auditor for years. I think the laziness, thankfully as stressful as having the department of education working for us. And understanding what are the normal, what is normal spending and what we should be expecting as far as budget reporting. We need to move the curio budgeting so we understand what were spending and we also have to review our curriculum introduction. Thank you, and lisa. Thank you. Im also, going to get into the weeds now. Having sat on the board for 7 months, we joined the board when the district was facing a deficit with protected 125 Million Dollar shortfall. And i think there is a number of action decision that created that access. With 10,000 being assigned per student. Its been a loss of 25 million. Additionally, we were not and have not been strategic when it comes to spending money, one time versus on going funding. And there has not been a thoughtful analysis of how were spending money. I believe that our budget reflects our values and we need to be intentional on how were spending the money. Im proud that one of the early things we did was talk about a short budget. And the general fund was nearly 22 million. A revised budget brought that shortfall to one and a half million. With an additional on our una shined balance. And our budget showed us surplus. So were going to see changes to that. We just approved a 6 increase for our teachers but we need to be findful of the funding. Thank you very much. And our next question, how do you plan to recruit and retain top educators and administrator for sfusd . And well start with anne. Like i said, we approved the 6 Salary Increase for our teachers. I actually had proposed to our superintendent that we may want to make some adjustments to benefit salaries or have shift some of the benefit to the salaries because salaries matter more to younger teacher so we can attract more of them to come. I remember when i was 20yearold, i didnt care about retirement and any need my help with benefits. But those are the things that we need to think about for way to see recruit and retain teachers. And one of the ways for me being in the citizen bond Oversight Committee, we have a lot of properties in the School District. 165 pieces of property to be exact. Some of them can be turned into teacher housing. One we just broke ground on shirley village, teacher housing that took 13 years to come to fruition. We need to speed that up. And one of the proposition is to speed that up so we can build housing for our teachers. Thank you very much. Gabriela. So this is something that really personal for me given ive lived through a lot of it. I think there is a culture of respect that is lacking across the city, across the country when if comes to educators. But one thing that we need to remember is our teachers are human, and theyre holding so much during a time when nair being forced to take on so many more. There is a lot of suffering that has been happening because of some of the issues. So starting there is a priority. As work that i do at the university of San Francisco with future teachers, is really implementing the various ways that at the state level, are making it easier for people to become educators and for them to be in sfusd schools. Soy get work with teachers who are clearing their credential who are paying for the exams and take advantage of state that is providing future teachers so we can focus on the learning and caring that they need to better support our students. And not have to jump through the many barriers in order for everyone to come. Thank you very much. Karen . We need to pay our teachers and provide benefits and not only our teachers but also our sciu members who support our schools, our administrators. I spoke this morning with one of the star trin als in the district and likely to leave because she has not had a raise for four years. Even though she has been knocking it out of the park. I also think we need to develop from within. We use today have a partnership between usf to help parents become educators gave them an off to study. And ive spoken with many educate of color about what kind of support they would need. In the city of new york, they have a special anyoner tiff within the Mayors Office to develop more educators of color. And i would like to see that here, that provide spiritual, financial and academic support to our educators and develop them from within. I want sfusd to be the best place to teach. Were the safe place for lgbtq and all of these make us stand out and its about housing. Thank you very much, lany. I guess the way i think about it, our student place is our educators work place. So if were going to focus on students, we need to support our educators so they can focus on our students to be successful in supporting our students. Two big things, biggest one, is pay roll debacle, we inherited three of us coming in, the ramifications of it insufficient contract and scope of work, that was coupled with cutting of i. T. And pay roll staff. Were now working really really hard. Our former superintendent was very uninterested. We have a new superintendent who has been from day one and brought in i. T. Crisis management who is meeting with us regularly. The other thing is work place condition. I hear loud and clear, we need to do pay benefits no doubt. But we absolutely have to improve the supports that were giving around literacy, behavioral intervention, math intervention, the things that support our teachers work in the classroom. Thank you very much. And lisa . Thank you. I would say, i would focus on i would agree on all of that. One is attract city. And in the area, and you need to come pen tate. Compensate cut or not be sure whether benefits are still in tact. I think that salary is a thing of respect and increasing salary. It is not only, where we live in the bay area. The building of more affordable housing, teacher focus housing. We start today break ground on the first site that anne mentioned which is really exciting. And low morale, we need to make sure that they feel respected and welcomed and values. Thank you very much. Arleta. Yes, everything everyone has said. There is a saying that all you have to do is drive ten miles in any direction and you can make more money. Coplanning time with their fellow educators. Like i said earlier, more social workers, more School Psychologists and i know this question is geared towards teachers. But i have to say, our parent educators are the backbone of our school. And our parent educators only are given 6 hours a day. And in high schools and middle schools where the school day is longer, thats a big problem. Thats a big problem, thats part of the reason why we have 100 open positions. We are doing some work, weve got our pathway programs that are amazing that were trying to recruit more bilingual special education teachers. Its really hard to make your way through. When youre in class and youre teaching at the same time, we should do more to support our teachers in our programs as well. Thank you very much. Our next question, if we continue to see a decline in enrollment do you support closing some schools in San Francisco . If you do, how would you decide which schools to close . And gabriela, you get that question first. I dont support closing schools thats where im going to start. I dont trust that the School District has enough information and trusted people to gather the information need today make that decision. And we have seen who, what areas in the city are targeted when were talking about closing schools. I believe that would be the Southeast Side of San Francisco and we want to ensure that schools are protected across the city, so thats not an initiative that i would, pursue and i would learn other ways to go about fixing the issue but not closing schools. Thank you very much, karen . I agree with gabriela i would with not pursue closing schools as a revenue. I would pursue making our schools more attractive to attract more students and give parents and families confidence that they willthat their students will succeed in our school. Thank you very much. Lany. Closing schools is not on the table, that is not what were focused on. Were very very much focused on getting the district in better shape so it will attract students back to the district. There is plenty of kids to fill our schools. So the work is to recruit them back by rebuilding trust. By showing that were teaching kids to read, that theyll be successful in math. So the emphasis is attending to the differed maintenance that has occured in our district for far too long. And also modernizing the building. Were recognizing also that our facilities need attention. Thank you very much. And lisa . Thank you. The answer is a yes or no question, i say no. I agree with a number of comments made, including where our focus is making sure that theyre filled and space thats are clean and lovely to be in with educators that are excited and supported and feeling valued there. Weve seen the harm that it has, the disproportion impact that it has on our marginized communities. Im also very concerns and weary about a pact that looks at school closures. Thank you. Arleta. Well like i said, enrollment increased. But closing schools needs to be off the table. We just hired a new auditor as lany mentioned. Were in the process of hiring a new auditor who will will take a closer look. We need to look at programs that we have. We need to add to the stem programs that attract the families. And we need to address the disparities in our schools. Talks about a lot of educational confusion, making sure that weve got the same programs available from school to school to school. Were not going to have language in special education in every schools but we need to have academic rig or that is going to attract and going to make sure that we have the program in place to close our opportunity gap. And that we are doing everything we can to make sure that all of our families sees that when theyre students comes, theyre outcome are going to be better than theirs were. Thank you very much and anne . Closinging schools, we would not sustain ourselves because of too many schools. But if we do, and as arleta audit and i am fellow Board Members will look at the expense and what programs are working and which one right side not. If we can get our house in order without closing schools, that is the way to do. We do want to benchmark across other School Districts across the state as well as the across the country to see how theyre doing with the number of students enrolled and teachers. We do want to take a look at that so we can learn from them and improve our own practices. If we can balance our budget, without closing schools, certainly, that is what we should do. Thank you very much. And heres our next question. At present, one of the highest performing high schools for low income black and latino students in San Francisco is the kip system of Charter Schools. Are there lessons to be learned from them to support our most under served communities . Thank you i knew i would get that out. Karen you get to start. So i worked for youre up, which is predominantly black, latinx students. And the lesson that i learned there is when you provide High Expectations and high support and when you have a staff that is very culturally competent and competent is rewarded and you create a learning community that students feel very safe in, where they are valued, seen, respected, where when theyre not present, somebody calls them and notices. And there are incentives like going to a summer job. That is very highly motivating for them. Its also when learning is relevant. When a young person feels connected to what theyre learning and when they see that as a result of learning this, im going to do, im going to be able to do something that ive always wanted to do. That is going to keep them coming to school. And i think all of those things can be applied to sfusd. Thank you very much, and lany . I have this very curiosity. So i sat down with kip to understand what you do, how is it your schools are pulled. More demand than seats. And it was fascinate iting, the work that theyre doing was, i, i was. Data on a daily basis, backwards math assessment. For english, High School Students come in, they map curriculum from the 11 a p exam in order to get all students prepared. And just the level of much coordination among staff content level is what ive been talking about as of sfusd. Right now, there is very little level to have educators talk about cohear enter and grade level coherent. Ive taken a lot from that conversation and there is a lot to learn from successful charters such as kip. Thank you. Lisa. So im a big proponents of not work ining silos and learning from others and replicating from where ever it can be, if things are working lets see why. Can those things be incorporated into this district . That would be great to know. I think there is other right spots that we can highlight. We saw with the pilot of a new program among africanamerican students at john mirror and thanks to dcsf in the city, its now being expand today sanchez and flynn and malcolm x. We need to stop working with the silo in our own districts and replicate what is working really really well. Thank you. Arleta. As a member of the chart committee, we do a lot of work. Its great to hear about the high outcomes of kip. But its not fair to compare this apples to apples. Kip does not have special day classes. They have a very low percentage of students who are in foster care or experiencing homelessness. There are antidotal reports of former board commissioners, cook used to talk all the time about family members who have been pushed out of kip because, because of behaviors or not meeting academic expectations. So about four years ago, i wrote an oped about the labron james i Promise School which he had just opened in akron ohio or he dumped a basillion dollars. And the premise of that was, oh my gosh if folks would bring this money that theyre putting into Charter Schools and put back in the Public Schools, how successful can we be together. Thank you, anne . Ive already heard very good things about the kip review Charter Schools. And i talked to a number of people including the Community Members who send their communities. Kip has higher expectation, High Expectations for their students and for their parents. So that is its engaging the whole family. Both academically and behavior. Charter schools whether its kip or lisa mentioned earlier, other Public Schools, that are successful in whatever programs that we have, we definitely need to treat them like start ups in the business world. Because they try new things and sometimes it works, and if it works, some Larger Company comes and buys them. In our case, we should implement and scale them up for the rest of the School District. Thank you very much. Gabriela . So i do want to thank you arleta for bringing up points, Charter Schools are infamous for pushing students out. Im curious as an educator who observed data, what are we analyzing to get these results . What are tests that people are looking at . And as a standardize, what do we know and have understanding around them that shares a lot on how were examining students. I believe Charter School exist to provide innovative ways for students to learn that other schools dont do. One example of Treasure Island academy they provide housing. Thats something that we cannot tap into but thats why Charter Schools should exist. We have come to a place where theyre now taking students from Public Schools or school grounds, having a lot of negative impacts that dont support negative learning. But what is working within our Public Schools and Different School communities since were serving the same students. Thank you very much. Our next question. What is the specific changes will you make to e pc. Since i didnt know what it meant, it was the Educational Center to parents that they will not get their first choice school. So were going to start with lany. Dear lord, 75 seconds, does not even. I mean. So s i mean like i said, ive been a parent in the district. I have spent, im going to say at least six hours at epc in battle maybe. We need have a much simpler system of communication. Every year it changes, when the applications are due, how many rounds . , how many schools you should put down. How you tour sites . Is it inperson, is it this . Is it the other thing. I have been told that i need to prioritize my feedback for epc. And also recognize that there is a review around our enrollment system. But im going to say this. There is a different enrollment system for Elementary Schools. There is a different enrollment system for our middle school. There is a different enrollment for our high school. There is a different enrollment for Early Education centers. We have to come correct and put our students and Families First if we want them to musle through our system or prek through 12. Thank you. Lisa. Were going to come quick. As a parent that has lived through the lottery, and freaked out when i saw friends and their excel spreadsheets, i honestly dont know where to begin. I appreciate that the lottery system that epc is attempting to implement for years is to create create integrated schools with choice. The reality is theyre not integrated. People dont feel that there is choice and the process is is not transparent or acceptable. So i think that one of the changed is around, what do our enrollment systems look like. Were the prior board and now were looking at changes to the enrollment with Elementary Schools. I think that will if its done right, will allow for schools with meaningful choice and choice to attend schools and there is parity within the choices that folks have. But right now, its not accessible and i think thats one of the reasons why we heard that folks are leaving the district. Thank you. Aleta . So its important to recognize that we have about 120 schools in our portfolio schools, about 60 are Elementary Schools. And if you go to any of the message board, the k file you hear about the same, probably dozen schools over and over again, right . So, one of the things that i mentioned earlier, education cohetion, god love them but theyre a system of a larger program. If youve ever been to epc the week before enrollment, you probably get through dmv faster without appointment. So there is a lot of work that we have to do in customer service. But i think we also really need to be focusing on the programming at our school and making sure that all of our schools, have the programs, the academic rig or, the everything that is attracts families in and makes them willing to attend whatever school they get into instead of fighting or gaming the system or whatever to get into maybe building those top sibs or dozen schools that they heard about. We have a lot of Great Schools out there. Thank you. Anne . The two most important factors that i hear from families, one is quality of schools whatever that means in each parents mind. And the other one, for a lot of immigrant is the language pathways. So a lost chinese parents, they want their children, Elementary School children to learn chinese and they will willingly drive across town from where ever they live to put their children in those schools. Does not even the quality factor, they just want the language. So as we, exam our portfolio of schools and as we move to a new assignment system, i think its now postponed to 2026, or so. Before we institute a new zone base, we need to balance out the quote unquote quality along with the language pathways. So that when a family is limited to a zone, then there are, all the schools should be high quality and there should be Language Options in every job. Thank you, agreeabla. Thank you, so the first place is the first center that our families remember and an experience that they remember as negative. I have hope now that we have a new head of enrollment, their approach is building with the people that were serving, ensuring that they feel theyre part of the process and they have the information they need and we can connect with nem on a human to human level. It should not be this really negative experience when this be is beginning with the School District as theyre trying to get their child to a Safe Learning environment. Bed programs should be available for families and can they get to the school . Is transportation provided and if its not, what are these factors. Thank you. Karen. Yes, i agree with whats been shared. Im an attorney and i was so confused with the education, i really feel for people who are not native speakers and never even navigated a bureaucracy before. Ive been thinking about this, that we need to have om bisman office so parents have a place to go to help them navigate these things. I think that would help tremendously. And im very concerned that our schools, i think you saw in the chronicle recently. That 60 of our schools are segregated. Its not only sfusd seth policy, it is also about families taking accountability for their choices. We know that integrated schools benefit everybody. I want to Work Together to create that experience for young people. I think it would be fantastic for everyone. Thank you very much. And our next question which may also be the last question, arent you all excited . Do you have a longer term Strategic Plan to refurbish older schools and enrollment was boosted to build new schools . And were going to start with lisa. You said longer plans. To refurbish older schools and if enrollment was boosted to build new schools . Thank you. Its a very timely question part of our sixplushour Board Meeting last night was provided detailed list of the state of our schools and the amount of money that it would take to refurbish slash build new ones. So there are questions, were going to need a generous. Its important that in order to be thinking about how this infrastructure, this money comes in to make sure our school sites, our sites our kids want to be in. If were going to sit in to support a bond, we need to be building trust. We need to be that were accountable. I think the plan needs to take into account where we need to focus our energy . Thank you, lisa. Aleta. Oh yes. So first of all, like i said before, we have a lot of squaolz that have been passed over for bond money. We need to get our schools retrofitted. We have kitchens that are not functioning and were in the food mecca of the world. Having great food programs. I like focus and career ready. The beauty of new Mission Bay School and that whole, one of the early designs included not just in Elementary School but also a tech hub, a partnership with ucsf where High School Students can come in and earn credits and work at ucsf and work that Work Experience . Why arent we doing that with a lot of our Tech Partners . There have been talked about moving soda downtown near all of the performing arts building. So our students have access to professional artist. The world is our oyster. Count me in. Thank you, anne. I was the chair of the citizens bond Oversight Committee which is a mandated committee that watches overall the Bond Committee and for the past two bonds, total 2 billion dollars. And were looking at a new bond but before that can happen, we need to be more accountable to the spending. And i think the district has a lot of work to do to provide more transparency to the public so that we can be confident enough to vote for another bond. And something i want to mention, there is a lot of Office Building empty, lets think outside of box. Can we have a partnership to use those buildings for our schools . I think were the innovation capitol of the world, lets think about other options than spending money and building a new building. Thank you, gabriela. So some of the facilities in sfusd, are worrisome and families have been advocating for improvement of them for what seems like decades. So is ensuring when were investing in schools, how are we making sure that families get clear information about that process. Im still hearing that does not happen. We should be taking advantage of programs that could be implemented at the local level. And learn from that will better support our district. Our families have made clear, they want and could be a priority to rise and help them have access to resources that are outside of the School District per view. And last is building the connection with to help students as of with college credit. Thank you. Karen. So improving the school physical infrastructure is imperative as has been discussed. Some of our schools are in very poor condition. There is a list on the william list which is the schools with the worse test scores, 35 schools on the williams list. And sfusd has contract with ain respect or that reviews the school and marks on the review, this school is in good review but we know that the schools are not in good repair. The lighting is broeng, functioning of toilets are not good, broken windows. And all of these problems, inhibit issues. My son used to hold it so he would not go to the bathroom and hold it until he came home because the bathroom is in bad condition. I want to make sure that were renovating. Thank you, lany . Before we went out, we did not have facilities inventory. We had looked at a facility and had a state of repair plan that informed a Decision Making. You may imagine that politics became infused in the Decision Making of different types of politics. There was also a self imposed limit without recognizing that our high schools are larger than our Elementary Schools. So one of the things that were talking about is when we go out for another bond, fingers crossed and we have to instill confidence that the district is capable of managing money well first is have a plan that is color coded and complains why were prioritizing some programs over others. But we have Nutrition Services and the facelift of a lot of schools since many of them were built long long ago. And i was pushing to ensure that the difficult products dont get delayed because theyre difficult. Thank you very much. And now we come to the candidates closing statements. We said it all. There is no more. Well dot closing statements in resource alphabetical order. You have 90 seconds. Well start with lisa. Thank you again. I spent over 16 years challenging an awful inhumane immigration system. Ive had stamina to work alongside of community to improve the lives of others. Over the last nearly 10 years, of teaching law students, i say be careful, when youre holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Some of the most affective change is listening and talking. And after having many many conversations with parents, it is clear that at the core what we want is what is best for our kids. And im committed to what i want for my own kid. This is a shift what we want, we have to be willing to want for each others children thats the place where we start our conversation. We start our conversations from a place of common ality, not a place of difference. Im really excited about the unique position and the positionality that i bring to this board as a mayoral appointee, i have the backing and support from the democratic party. I have over two dozen democratic clubs and union supporting and endorsing me because they understand im engaged in students and not politics. And i look forward to put our students first. Thank you very much. And lany. Thank you for your time and i hope the last couple hours, you heard my commitment and competency. I was appointed in march as one of the mayorals appointees and i came to do the work. Im focused on the Student Success and fund to go prioritize our students needs as educators. Again, the primary focus, priorities of our students success, fiscal responsibilities and rebuilding trust. And delivering trust, to provide quality education to all of our students at all of our sites. Our budget needs to follow our student priority. And i just want to outline that in the last 7 months, we hired a new superintendent that i have great confidence in. We balanced the budget, rescinded teacher layoff. Help to shore up financial resources, committed to focusing on Student Success. Weve commit today governorance training, were now reviewing the facilities, were look at curriculum and instruction. Were doing things that have not been done in the district for 15 years, 20 years and sometimes no one remembers ever doing Something Like this. So im committed to be part of a board that comes together to do a work for all students and families. And students will not benefit until our adult behaviors change and i believe my experience and commitment has shown that im willing to serve and im going to serve for all of our students. Thank you very much. And karen . The theme of my campaign is, unifying San Francisco for San Francisco unified. All of us in San Francisco have eye stake of the success of our public Education System a safe and prosperous, begins the same high quality public eming occasion for every young person. I know from my 20 years of Youth Development experience that all young people love learning, all families love learning. It is a responsibility of the board of education to provide learning environments where all students can thrive. Ill use my experience work withing immigrants, preparing young adult for success and college and careers and healing divides to bring our School System together and to get our communities working together in service for all of our students, really emphasizing how we can prepare and connect all of our High School Graduates to college or careers. My priorities are to invest in social, emotional well being and academics to provide Budget Transparency and accountability and to provide collaborative Decision Making. Thank you so much for listening to us. And i forgot to mention at the beginning, i live in d5 in the fillmoore. Thank you. Gabriela. Thank you, everyone, for hearing us and for being here tonight. Im here to hear the people that are often left out. Im an educator, i have vast experience and a level of expertise that has not been involved at the board of education level and that extends from prison education, to bilingual education. My priority includes increasing School Funding and resources, expanding math reading and science opportunities and investing in College Preparation across the School District. Im an advocate for education in my current roles and will continue to be as im able to connect with the community with the work being done in education and Decision Making. Were in a critical moment in education. Im passionate about this work. I learn from previously serve ising, ive grown from it and im ready to continue advocating for all of us to better serve our students. Thank you very much. Anne . Im the only immigrant on the board. There is a significant population of immigrant students and families in our School District. And i understand ho they feel and what they need. And im prepared to help them get that support from the district. And im also a business person, i think that unique perspective could very well help us move in the right direction with some fiscal discipline and operation. I have qualified background to run organizations, my prior pits on the school board are students achievement and academic excellence, safe schools emotionally and physically for students. Im here to reform and to get the politics and for to us focus on educating students. Thank you very much and aleta. So its been a really tough couple of years in San Francisco between the pandemic and recalls and everything. So first of all to former president lopez, thank you for your current service, to our three commissioners, thank you for your service and to ourenvironment, thank you all. Im running because of my experience Advisory Committee, im running because of a day job. As a special education advocate, nobody hires an advocate to come into a meet when a student has what they need. They hire an advocate when they need it. And when you bring in more Supportive Services for one student, the entire classroom benefits. Thats the universal design for learning. We have to do it from a student way, and we have to do it from a place of collaboration and respect. And thats what i want to bring back to our schools. My dad always jokes that he votes to cancel my mom out because hes a republican and shes a democrat and theyve been married for many years. We can do this, and we can build great outcome for all of our students. Thank you. Thank you very much. And ladies, i want to you know, i applaud you all forever taking time of our lives to run for office. Sometimes not, people are not out there say yay, but youre doing, we appreciate it on behalf of our children in the city of San Francisco. So now, i shall close. On behalf of myself and the league of women voters of San Francisco, our thanks to the candidates for participating and thanks to each of you for taking the time to to yourselves about your choices on the november 8 ballot. Please remember to register to vote. If you are not already registered, and arent already registered and urge others to register also. If you changed your name or you moved, you need to register again at your new address. And if youll be voting my mail this year, and i believe every resident of california has the opportunity to do so please be sure that your vote will count by ensuring that your ballot is mailed or dropped off at a ballot place or Voting Center early. Again, thank you, good evening, take care, stay safe. Thank you very much. [applause] flyshaker pool was a public pool located on sloat boulevard near great highway. It operated from 1925 to 1971 and was one of the largest pools in the world. After decades of use, less people visited. The pool deteriorated and was demolished in 2000. Built by herbert flyshaker, pumps from the Pacific Ocean that were filtered and heated filled the pool. Aside from the recreational activities, many schools held swim meets there. The delia flyshaker Memorial Building was on the west side of the pool. It had locker rooms with a sun room and mini hospital. In 1995, a storm damaged one of the pipes that flowed to the ocean. Maintenance was not met, and the pool had to close. In 1999, the pool was filled with sand and gravel. In 2000, the space became a spot for the San Francisco zoo. These are some memories that many families remember swimming at flyshaker pool. Good afternoon and welcome to the october 25, 20 dwoo regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, call the roll. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor chan. Present. Why dorsey. Present. Supervisor mandelman. Not present. Superviso