We know those businesses need reopen soon. This will assist businesses comply to comply with socialdistancing and other guidelines set by the state and city but doing so will restrict traffic in some areas and sacrifice some Street Parking Business Owners will have to apply to get approved and certain permit fees will be waived the Small Businesses can get going. These people are already facing financial struggles. We spoke to the owner of henrys world famous my life where im like a live right now in little italy who is in favor of this plan and how it will help local economies to get back on track. Its going to help a lot because you know were struggling with the present situation. Yes were very excited. I think is a middle road there where we can open up the area for everyone to get out, but also allow restaurants and businesses even like us a lot or something to move into the open air for business, you know. Anything right now is to help and the more we can get. Going back to north
Will you please call the roll call . [roll call] we have a quorum. Thank you. Please call the first item. Item one is a hearing on how the cuts of over 300 classes will affect low income in communities of color and to take in High School Students who take city college of San Francisco classes to meet college and requirements, and any proposed cuts need to be heard by the students in communities most impacted. Thank you, mr. Clerk. This is a hearing that was called by supervisor walton. I will turn it over to you to make an introductory remarks. You can feel free to run the hearing. Thank you. First i want to thank all of my colleagues on the board of education and also city College Trustees, as well as faculty from city college for coming out to have this important conversation. There is a rally going on outside to talk about some of the concerns about the college, so im pretty sure we will have a bigger crowd joining us in a minute, but i do want to open up with a statement. On decemb
They are also coming from distant countries where they have experienced hardships. They are older adult students. Many of my Child Development students work fulltime and full time and they also have spent years to get their degree so they can provide my name is janet. I teach ceramics. I think its time we took a magnifying glass to the way this administration spends money because we share your concerns about the money. We had and i think we need to go to the highest levels to look at this. So we are told students of color will be helped by these cuts, but we have been hearing that is not the case. When i look across my classroom, which is always full, i have 25 students in a small ceramics studio, and i turned away at least that many that wanted to take the class. I see a lot of black hair. I mostly see black hair when i look out across my classroom, and some grey hair. We are an ethnically Diverse College and we know it. Nobody needs to even prove that. We know that is true, and yet t
All members are present. I. I would like to acknowledge the staff of sf gtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. Before we do that, i would like to ask everybody to join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Welcome back, colleagues. I hope you all had a great break because im hopeful that this year, 2020, will be as fruitful as last year, 2019. And i would like to welcome our new city Deputy Director who is over there. Shes already busy, ann pearson, welcome to chambers. And i promise that at least, my colleagues promise not to pick on you for the first week, anyway. I also like to make an announcement that in december, at the end of december, there were three positions on the department of public inspect
All members are present. I. I would like to acknowledge the staff of sf gtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. Before we do that, i would like to ask everybody to join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Welcome back, colleagues. I hope you all had a great break because im hopeful that this year, 2020, will be as fruitful as last year, 2019. And i would like to welcome our new city Deputy Director who is over there. Shes already busy, ann pearson, welcome to chambers. And i promise that at least, my colleagues promise not to pick on you for the first week, anyway. I also like to make an announcement that in december, at the end of december, there were three positions on the department of public inspect