San Francisco City college. I never knew that i would one day grow up and oversee the Free City College program at the department of children, youth, and their families, increasing access to Educational Opportunities for our Community Every day. In this role, i also monitoring the entire budget for the program. My passion for education started at a young age. I grew up in a lowincome household and have experienced firsthand the transformative nature of education both as a student and teacher. But over time, i realized how Education Systems failed our most vulnerable students. As a former legislative aide, i worked on legislation to ban the box on private college applications, making San Francisco the first city in the nation to do so. During this time of a Global Pandemic and a social movement to dismantle systemic racism, city College Needs a new voice and a proven leader in education. My lifes mission has been to ensure institutions are accountable to the people they are built to ser
Rights, victims. It is really rewarding to work to to further the goals of our office and the commitment we have as City Employees and advocates for people who dont have a voice. I dont know of anyone surprised to see me in this role. Maybe people have an impression what the director of the office of cannabis should be like, what their beliefs should be. I smash all of that. You grew up in the inner city of San Francisco. My career path is not traditional. I dont think a person should limit themselves to reach full potential. I say that to young women and girls. That is important. You want to see leadership that looks diverse because your path is not predetermined. I didnt wake up thinking i was going to be a prosecutor in my life. The city administrator reached out and wanted to have a conversation and gave me interest in the new role. I thought you must not know what i do for a living. It was the opposite. She had foresight in realizing it would be helpful for somebody not only a for
You may watch live at www. Sftv. Gov. To participate by phone you can callin and use the access code 148 9208779. Someone is making background noise. Members of the public will have an opportunity to participate during Public Comment. The public is asked to wait for an agenda item before making a comment on that item. Comments will be addressed in the order received. When taking public commit members can press star 3 and you will be queued. Callers will hear silence. They will have the standard 3 minutes to provide Public Comment. Make sure you are in a quiet location speak clearly, and turn off any tvs or read yos around you. Item one, roll call. [clerk reads names of senators in attendance] [clerk reads names of members in attendance] general comment. Members may address the members for three minutes. Speaker shall address the remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual personnel. They cannot enter into debate with the speaker. The lack of response doesnt constitute ag
Chair where are you . I see myself but not on the screen. Thats a background in san pablo bay. Chair i thought your office was getting better. I didnt realize that was my background. Im not speaking from there, but my home office. Im very grateful. The issues raised are important and fair. We cannot supervisor peskin, you brought this up in the very first hearing that is critical for our society. I feel like the department of building inspection and all the other city Agency Agencies willn this. I am committed to working with everyone and excited to get going. Thank you for this opportunity. Chair thank you, ms. Rafael. Do you do that in conjunction with the office of economic and Workforce Development or do you have that function within your department . We work very closely with joaquin tores and the office of development. We will be working with them to get developers ready to comply with this ordinance and to understand the legalities of their compliance, what those issues are. And
Hernandez for broadcasting this meeting. Do we have any announcements . To protect our commissioners, city employees, and the public, city hall is closed. Lafco members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This is pursuant to the various state and local orders and directives. Commissioners will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda via telephone. Both channel 26 and sfgov. Org are streaming the number across the screen. You can call 4156550001, meetimee meeting id is 146 3547117, then pound and pound again. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you will be muted and in listening mode only. Press star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, and speak slowly and clearly and turn down your television or video. You can submit Public Comments by emails me, the lafco clerk or by u. S. Mail. It will be forwarded to