Sara. Okay. Let me get started as everybody is coming in to sit down and make sure first we need to really thank david and carrie have put together a Wonderful Program and theyve been good at nudging people to do what they should on time. I want to just start out with some general comments and then turn to specifics. So first off, education is an excellent investment, both for individuals and for society. I think we can i want to make this case in terms of an efficiency argument. Failure to close the gaps, which are really big and growing in Educational Attainment is likely to both hinder Economic Growth and also increase the burden on tax payers over the long term. I think there are just two big takeaways from this first. Money matters enormously in education, but thats a necessary, not a sufficient condition. Secondly funding really needs to be matched to a commitment to accountability and in the education space innovation. The federal government has a big role here. Okay. That said,
[gavel] good morning. Good morning ladies and gentlemen, i would like to welcome you to the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. I am supervisor malia cohen, chairperson of this committee. To my right is the vice chair supervisor norman yee and to his right is supervisor tangand i would like to thank our friends up at sfgtv that are assisting us in broadcasting this meeting. Mme. Clerk, do you have any announcements . I think we have Catherine Mcguire from sfpd. Mme. Chair would you like me to call item number one. Yes yescall item number one. [calling item 1] ms. Mcguire welcome the floor is yours. Good morning Catherine Mcguire with sf pd. I do not have a formal presentation but this is item to one your agenda and this is that we have received or been offered a donation of a large amount of furniture and we would like to receive it. We have an immense need to replace furniture that is over 25 years old in some cases and this would be an inexpensive opportunity to do t
This meeting. Mme. Clerk, do you have any announcements . I think we have Catherine Mcguire from sfpd. Mme. Chair would you like me to call item number one. Yes yescall item number one. [calling item 1] ms. Mcguire welcome the floor is yours. Good morning Catherine Mcguire with sf pd. I do not have a formal presentation but this is item to one your agenda and this is that we have received or been offered a donation of a large amount of furniture and we would like to receive it. We have an immense need to replace furniture that is over 25 years old in some cases and this would be an inexpensive opportunity to do that. Great, thank you. All right lets go ahead and are there any questions . S is a pretty straight forward matter theres no legislative analyst to speak up so we will go ahead and open Public Comment. So i open Public Comment, does anyone from the public have a comment on this item . I do not see any so i will close Public Comment [gavel] mme. City clerk can you please call it
Cases and this would be an inexpensive opportunity to do that. Great, thank you. All right lets go ahead and are there any questions . S is a pretty straight forward matter theres no legislative analyst to speak up so we will go ahead and open Public Comment. So i open Public Comment, does anyone from the public have a comment on this item . I do not see any so i will close Public Comment [gavel] mme. City clerk can you please call item number two. [calling item number two] ms. Mcguire did you want to speak one item number two . No thank you. Colleagues and you have no questions i will in Public Comment at this time. There any members of the public to have a comment at this time . Seeing none i will close Public Comment [gavel] mme. City clerk please call item number three [item number 3] thank you we have mark corso from the San Francisco Fire Department to speak on this today. Good morning supervisors my name is mark corsa and this is a item that is up on the agenda this will allow a
This meeting. Mme. Clerk, do you have any announcements . I think we have Catherine Mcguire from sfpd. Mme. Chair would you like me to call item number one. Yes yescall item number one. [calling item 1] ms. Mcguire welcome the floor is yours. Good morning Catherine Mcguire with sf pd. I do not have a formal presentation but this is item to one your agenda and this is that we have received or been offered a donation of a large amount of furniture and we would like to receive it. We have an immense need to replace furniture that is over 25 years old in some cases and this would be an inexpensive opportunity to do that. Great, thank you. All right lets go ahead and are there any questions . S is a pretty straight forward matter theres no legislative analyst to speak up so we will go ahead and open Public Comment. So i open Public Comment, does anyone from the public have a comment on this item . I do not see any so i will close Public Comment [gavel] mme. City clerk can you please call it