Between the union and the school board and the School District, it feels like from those those other entities, and i want to say that the purpose of this meeting was to figure out how the city can best support families and the School District and educators. Because i agree with the comments of Susan Sullivan that the caste that the educators have in front of them is so monumental. And it is difficult to roll out distance teaching and learning, which is what you are doing, and also at the same time to simultaneously provide for the needs of families to do what needs to be done in households to make that education work and meaningful. So what i see the role of the city is and i want to take my at off to maria sue and her staff and the mayor who stepped up and are trying to play a useful role in in the in one area of where families need help. And it is the area that is most complicated because how to provide safe child care so that theres an adult, you know, helping the teachers to teach
Empathy, to realize where somebody is coming from or to realize that body language means that. At its core, autism is a social disorder, its a neurological disorder that people are born with, and its a big big spectrum. It wasnt until i was a teenager that i heard autism in relation to myself, and i rejected it. I was very loud, i took up a lot of space, and it was because mostly taking up space let everybody else know where i existed in the world. I didnt like to talk to people really, and then, when i did i overshared. I was very difficult to be around. But the friends that i have are very close. I click with our atypical kiddos than other people do. In experience i remember when i was five years old and not wanting people to touch me because it hurt. I remember throwing chairs because i could not regulate my own emotions and it did not mean that i was a bad kid it meant that i couldnt cope. I grew up in a family of behavioral psychologists and i got development cal developmental psy
Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. We know that the China Town Community center is here today speaking in support for imperi imperial. It represents everything we need on the Planning Commission. Her background, intelligence, thoughtfulness. You know, her fight for a long history of fighting for communities. Im very excited to see the conversation today centered around Racial Equity and how we make that real. As you can see were very excited. Today i wanted to strongly encourage you to support the appointment to the Planning Commission. Thank you, very much. Can we have the next speaker, please. Supervisors, let me bring to your attention that thisthe questions you ask should be very permanent and relevant. Now i hope you know the difference between a resolution and ordinance. Anyone can write a resolution. It cannot be enforced, its useful at three candidates. It cannot be enforced. Having said that, if you walk over San Francisco you see too many camps and homelessness. None
Seeing none. Thats the presentation. This is not an action item. Thank you. Commissioner, item 11 and other business. Any other business from commissioners . Seeing none. All right. Item 12 is closed session. Do we have a motion to move into closed session . So moved. Second. All right. I will take roll call vote. [ roll call vote ] can everyone who is not in the closed session leave the room. We thank you so much for your coping with covid19 with chris manning. Hi. Im chris manners, and youre watching coping with covid19. My guest today is tanya peterson. Shes the director of the San Francisco zoo on sloat boulevard, and shes here today to talk about how the zoos managing during the pandemic and how theyre reopening. Tanya, thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. Im really pleased to hear that the zoo has reopened again. Thats great news. Can you tell us what changes youve made to make visitors to the zoo feel comfortable and safe when theyre there. I understand now you hav
Natoli for waiting so patiently for us to hear your nomination. Were going to conduct the hearing from ms. Natoli, if there are any questions, and then ms. Lai, and questions, and each Public Commenter will have two minutes to speak on either or both no, maam niece. We would love to hear your reason for serving in this capacity and experience, etc. Whatever you would like to share with us. Thank you. Really appreciate the opportunity today and appreciate the consideration and i know its been a while and appreciate all the hard work you are doing. I come to the advocacy for safe streets and that is how i got into this as a volunteer and organizer for infrastructure and better improvements to keep san franciscans safe and i served on the Bicycle Coalition and was an elected member there. Unfortunately as we see 30 people were hit and killed each year on the streets and over 500 are seriously injured and we all want that number to go to zero, though, so that is far too many. I have been h