So forth to make sure that whatever we ask for in this ordinance that we will be able to accomplish it. The other thing that was asked for amendment was the issue of whether or not the mayors appointment should go through to board confirmation process, and originally when i had put it in there i thought it was a good idea just to bring more bring just highlight the office more, highlight the cac and so forth in a very public way, but after further discussion about this issue and also realizing that that generally speaking for cacs the mayors appointments really doesnt go through the rules committee and after talking to people from there i said okay maybe we could forgo this process and still highlight our efforts. I think maybe it was important for me because this issue is really important for me, so i am always taking trying to find any opportunity to talk about this issue because i dont feel we talk about it enough in this city, so one of the amendments that is not in the package wou
Addbacks and allows to us modify grants by 1. 5 that carries forward into the future. This process were in the process now, we have notified the contracts. They have to go in and allocate 1. 5 throughout the existing budgets. So the total amount this year is 393,993 in an aggregate amount spread between probably 150 different daas grants. I heard 50. There abouts. Our general policy of how we allocate the cost of doing business adjustments an salaries, benefits, et cetera, hard costs we generally only apply these to county general fundss and we never allow the cost of doing business to apply to a brandnew program that were starting up or something that was a result of an rfp or even an addback funding because the contractors gets an opportunity to negotiate the firstyear budget and will forward costs that they anticipate. So it kicks in during the second year of operation. Any questions that i can answer . I was wondering how Many Organizations that you distributed and you said approxi
Good afternoon. Welcome to our special rules Committee Meeting for wednesday december 3, 2014. I am supervisor norman yee and chairing this meeting. I am joined by supervisor tang and supervisor campos. The clerk today is alyssa samara. The committee would like to acknowledge the staff of sfg tv. Who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online, so happy post thanksgiving. Madam clerk are there any announcements . Yes, please make sure to silent cell phones and Electronic Devices and speaker cards to be part of the file somebody committed to thed clerk and will be on the december 9 board of supervisors agenda innocence otherwise stated. Okay. Can we have item number one. Item number one is an amendment to amend the administrative code to establish the duties of the office of early care and education and create the office of early care and education Citizens Advisory Committee. Thank you. So let me speak a little bit on this item. Our city establis
My b. A. In Child Development and im currently at the university of San Francisco pursuing a degree in organization and leadership and education. My vision for this new office which im really anointed about, the 9 seats that will be represented are critical in sort of creating a system or strengthening the system to continue to work on the strengths and successes that weve had over the years, leverage our resources, San Francisco is rich with resources so we have to continue to find out how to leverage those so obacker our families can benefit, increased access, particularly for children with special needs, nrs a focus on continuity of care, a lot of the children that are in my program that have special needs, we figure out by leveraging other resources and funding to continue to provide those services to our children so they can benefit from the continuity of care who we know its important for these people. Breaking the silos among city departments and aligning our vision, we can str
Im honored to be considered as a mayoral appointee to the new citizens advise have i Committee Seat 4 representing philanthropy, currently serve as Program Director [inaudible] our sole mission at the foundation is to increase access to high quality Early Education for San Francisco lowincome children and families. Since our inception in the 80s, the foundation sought to work in partnership with providers, with families, with the School District and with the city to create high quality system of care for children and families. Just briefly, my work at the foundations fathers a decade of public service. I had the challenge of serving as the director of policy and planning and being one of their early Human Service coordinators for them mayor newsoms initiative. [inaudible]. I would say its notable for this convening that hoover the most exciting and flourishing parts of my career, i founded the child care facilitys fund during welfare reform and under my tenure, we created 12 new state