Read next speaker please. My name is ivy, im also parent to two Young Children here, and i am also a member of the specialist team. During the election last round along with my team we went to schools to read, speak to immigrant parents, and their schools and reach over 1000 chinese speaking parents to listen to their opinions about the school. As you know, San Francisco is a city made of many immigrants. Its not that parents do not want to participate in voting, there are one too many barriers that exist for them like language and cultural barriers. In this atmosphere today, there are many reasons impacting their decision. Our outreach effort is not just on educating and informing people of their rights to participate for election, but also recognize that there are many ways to participate in the community and encouraging them to do so. I would like to urge the board of supervisors to continue supporting immigrant families in our community, by restoring full funding for us to continue
Meeting to the budget and finances committee. Our clerk is mr. John carroll, and id like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this event. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please be sure you silence any cell phones or electronic devices. Any documents you need to present should be given to me, your clerk. Chair fewer thank you. Mr. Clerk, will you please read items 1 and 2 together. [agenda item read] [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much, mr. Clerk. I would just like to start this meeting by saying thank you all for coming today to come and give us public testimony about where you think your public dollars should be spent, and your priorities to where the public dollars has been spent. For the last two weeks, weve been hearing from city departments on their plans to spend public dollars, and now it is your turn to tell us where you think we should appropriate these moneys. I want to thank you for your time. I know that many of you will have to wait a whi
This effort. I would like to urge the board of secure supervisors to continue supporting immigrant parents voting collaborative with full funding so we continue to do this work. Thank you. Thank you, next acre please read next speaker please. My name is ivy, im also parent to two Young Children here, and i am also a member of the specialist team. During the election last round along with my team we went to schools to read, speak to immigrant parents, and their schools and reach over 1000 chinese speaking parents to listen to their opinions about the school. As you know, San Francisco is a city made of many immigrants. Its not that parents do not want to participate in voting, there are one too many barriers that exist for them like language and cultural barriers. In this atmosphere today, there are many reasons impacting their decision. Our outreach effort is not just on educating and informing people of their rights to participate for election, but also recognize that there are many w
We have a partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District to train or staff to become teachers while mentoring the opportunity for all kids. There is a path for them. They see themselves in the older kids who are becoming teachers of color, bilingual teachers in the school district. That wouldnt have happened if it werent for opportunities for all. Thank you, mayor breed, for the opportunities and great difference that this project is making on the lives of our community. Thank you so much. [applause. ] thank you for sharing your story and god bless you in jamestown. We have a lot of young people excited to start internships and some have begun, is that right . Or maybe not. You are excited, yes, that is the point i am trying to make. One of these young people is nicholas lay from california state sacramento who worked every summer with our very only San Francisco public works. Come up to say a few words, young man. [applause. ] thank you. I am nicholas lay. Born and raised
Million Pilot Program to provide longterm assistance to seniors shut out of Senior Housing. The Senior Housing thats being built and Senior Housing that will be built under the ballot measure for the housing bonds the Affordable Housing bonds, the alternative to president yees Senior Housing program is more and more housing seniors. I refer you to the justreleased Community Housing Engagement Survey of the Mayors Office of housing with the office of economic and Workforce Development and the planning department. That survey that just came out confirmed the number one request of Community Members all throughout San Francisco is Affordable Housing and city assistance to reduce the cost of housing. Thank you. Clerk thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. That luckily are available in the city but not enforced. I recognize as the root of this issue the government, both city, state, and federals failure to side with the workers, and this generational degradation of Worker Rights and our abi