Child Care Planning and advisory council. I am here to speak in favor of the child care facilities because there is a huge requirement in the city. We have currently just on the citys low income list 3,000 children who we have no space for. We have no facilities for. It is one of the Biggest Challenges that the city is facing in terms of being able to provide adequate child care. One of the things that is especially desirable about this facility that it is on the ground floor. That means we would be our people would be able to serve infants and young toddlers who would be about three months probably to 18 months. Currently in two of our facilities and we are opening up another one in the fall, but we cannot serve infants and toddlers because they are not on the ground floor. There is a very big need just within our program. We have 110 children on the wait list for infants and young toddlers. You can see that there is a great need and kind of one of my mottos we can never do enough for
Meeting minutes . Thank you. Do i have a second. Second. Any discussion . All in favor. Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Now i would like to introduce our newest commissioner, nelson lum, wholl tell us about his background. Thank you. Mr. Chair, fellow commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, good morning, my name is nelson lum, and im the newly appointed member of this commission. Ive been a resident since 1961, and i went to school here. Upon graduation from George Washington high school, in 1966, i was soon notified by uncle sam that he had a special interest in me. I was inducted in the army where i volunteers to be a member of the paratrooper unit, and after training, i was assigned to kentucky with 101st airborne division. In 1967, my division was deployed to vietnam. Luckily, i returned in november 1968, with all my fingers and my toes. I took advantage of the gi bill and completed a degree in criminology. I then joined the San Francisco Police Department where i served
Able to get folks downtown quickly on the t, then the need for parking wouldnt be there. We understand that the lots there are full. Like many San Francisco neighborhoods to get a parking spot in this area you need to drive around. I have that situation. I had a car until three years ago when i said it is a pain in the butt. Finding parking is hard. I was fortunate to be in a situation to get rid of the car. A lot of folks dont have that. We are also looking at a situation that goes what do we want to prioritize . Parking spots are homes for people. At the end of the day it does frankly suck that is a tradeoff we have to figure out because parking does take up space. When trying to figure out these crazy priorities in the city, there is a lot of give and take. We absolutely understand that the desire for more parking at the site, but when looking at everything and looking at the big picture, we would argue building more homes should take priority over those requests. We ask that you do
[gavel]. Clerk president hirsch. We are back in open session. You still have a quorum. President hirsch okay. Thank you. Next item. Clerk line item 10, vote to disclose any or all items in closed session. San francisco code 67. 12 a. President hirsch is there a motion not to disclose . Motion. Second. President hirsch all in favor . Opposed . Public comment. Okay. Next item. Clerk line item 11, adjournment. President hirsch okay. Do i have a motion . So moved. President hirsch do i have a second . Second. President hirsch thank you all. I view San Francisco almost as a sibling or a parent or something. I just love the city. I love everything about it. When im away from it, i miss it like a person. I grew up in San Francisco kind of all over the city. We had pretty much the run of the city cause we lived pretty close to polk street, and so we would in the summer, wed all all the way down to aquatic park, and wed walk down to the library, to the kids center. In those days, the city was s
Chair mar good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday, february 20 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. I am supervisor gordon mar, the chair of this committee, and im joined by Committee Member supervisor matt haney and supervisor raphael mandelman, who is substituting for supervisor peskin, who are unable to be here. Id like to thank john carroll, our clerk, and sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes, thank you, mr. Chair. Please make sure you silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Copies of documents and completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors february 26 agenda. Chair mar thank you. Mr. Clerk, please call item 1. [agenda item read]. Chair mar this item was continued from the last g. A. O. Meeting on february 6 and is sponsored by supervisor matt haney. Supervisor haney, the floor is yours. Supervisor haney thank you