next five speakers. alma robinson. jackie flin. delores mcgee. eddie zane. erin yen. al alma robinson [repeating] this is erin yen. thank you very much. good evening supervisors, mr. mayor. i really appreciate you coming to my neighborhood, district 10. and listening to so many committed citizens who have turned out tonight. i am here to speak on behalf of a couple programs, first of all a thank you. my name is alma robinson. i am director of california lawyers for the arts. we very much appreciate the funding from the department of children, youth and families, that has been a part of our effort for a number of years. this is our 20th year to provide internships for high school students, many from bayview with art programs and we look to expand that program to include for-profit businesses. including old navy and start-up design companies, and as well as non-profit art organizations. we provide training and communication skills, the so-called soft skills that are importa
harassment is not too far from racial profiling. i have witnessed students and come out in front of their peers and sometimes in front of their entire school body. i have seen families who have never had that is worth linguistically and culturally relevant, to give them the tools to expand their knowledge on these topics but also facilitate how they can raise their own children to be fierce allies. these are some of the stories that i have humbly witnessed. i m asking you city supervisors andmayor lee to make sure the initiative does not go away despite dcyf decision not to fund this; this work saves lives. i want to give you to who is one of our students and was able to partake in that school-based initiative. my name is rexi amaral, (sounds like) 16 years old, a current student at mission high school, and a former student in the lyric initiative at horace mend middle school. throughout my time in this initiative i got to see the change of my school within my. before
hands of youth. and promoting engineering and education in our programs. we really need to fund this program. it was terrible without this program in the beginning of the year. and we really need it. thank you. good evening, i am here and before the speakers, before the people, the speakers. i don t know why now not call my name yet. we are not quiet. our english is not very good. but we need to speak, and let everyone know that we have a problem. okay, i am a newcomer. i know (inaudible) but opportunity please give everyone to speak, please. i have something to speak, but i don t know why you don t call my name. i don t want to (inaudible) group that can say, they can do everything. why if we are quiet i need to speak too. please. okay. [speaking foreign language] translator: the chinese community has so many problems but have no way to express it because of the language barrier. we only stay in our home and with our family and can t find a solution. only because our lan
[speaking foreign language] translator: she s a home care and single mom, she s takes care of her daughter and the cuts will impact her. and she is going to lose some hours. and it will ympact her and her child. she wants the support from the mayor and everyone on the panel so there won t be any cuts in the ish home care. thank you. [applause] linda. good evening, i am linda lighthouser, i will like to thank mayor lee and supervisor avalos for the wonderful opportunity to apply for the community action grants. and one group i belong to is a recipient of that grantee. and tonight i am here to talk about another community project. it regards greater activation of mcclair park, the city s second largest park, and encompasses district 9, 10 and 11. but usually on the low end of funding with the city. i have been working with the rec and park division and many divisions within rec and park, to bring more activities to mcclarin park, and one is to activate the community theat
the program in san francisco. i want to thank you supervisors for something and thank you for your service to the city. but i am here to ask for your continued support in three major areas. one is in employment services. and i would like to thank you, rhonda simmons for supporting the randolph institute and for the contract around construction services. to make sure that we can recruit experienced construction workers and not only experienced workers but young folks to enter in the construction trade. a lot of training and education comes through our office. and so far we have worked with over 400 clients that have signed up with city build to get employment throughout the city. but i would like to see continued support in that effort, and maybe see a broader spectrum of employment opportunities other than just construction. youth services is another area that we would like it see your continued support. there are great internships around this summer that we recruited for thr