My background is in engineering. I am a Civil Engineer by training. My career has really been around government service. When the opportunity came up to serve the city of San Francisco, that was just an opportunity i really needed to explore. [ ] [ ] i think it was in junior high and really started to do well in math but i faced some really interesting challenges. Many young ladies were not in math and i was the only one in some of these classes. It was tough, it was difficult to succeed when a teacher didnt have confidence in you, but i was determined and i realized that engineering really is what i was interested in. As i moved into college and took engineering, preengineering classes, once again i hit some of those same stereotypes that women are not in this field. That just challenged me more. Because i was enjoying it, i was determined to be successful. Now i took that drive that i have and a couple it with public service. Often we are the Unsung Heroes of technology in the city w
Appear on the january 28 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you very much. Madam clergyman, can you call item 1 and 2. Clerk resolution approving the issuance of up to an additional 3,000,000,000 aggregate Principal Amount of San Francisco International Airport second series Revenue Bonds to finance and refinance airport capital plan projects; and item 2 ordinance appropriating 3,888,069,311 of proceeds from the sale of Revenue Bonds or commercial paper for Capital Improvement projects to the Airport Commission for fy20192020; and placing 3,888,069,311 on controllers reserve. Thank you, madam clerk. I think we have Cathy Widener from the airport joining us today. There has been a request to continue this item for one week, but i think well have the presentation for today. So if you wouldnt mind, ms. Widener, and we will hear from the b. L. A. Good morning. Cathy widener with the San Francisco International Airport. The two bond items for consideration before you
[gavel]. Chair haney all right. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the january 10 meeting of the joint city, School District, and college select committee. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence all phone and electronic devices. Documents to be submitted should be submitted to the clerk. Chair haney thank you. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, chair haney. On the call of the roll [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, you have a quorum. Chair haney thank you. Madam clerk, will you call the first item. Clerk item one is a hearing on how 300 classes impact students of lowincome and people of color. Hearing High School Students who take city college of San Francisco classes to meet College Entry requirements, and any proposed cuts need to be hearing heard. Chair haney president cook, and thank you for calling this hearing. President coo what we also did was make sure that there was opportunity for city college trusties to be a part o
To talk aboutnt some of the very impo sues facing our country. But before i get to some of them, i want to take a moment to address the events in iraq and the escalating crisis in the middle east. Yesterday, President Trump ordered the assassination of a top iranian general. In iraq along with the leader of an iraqi militia. This is a dangerous escalation that brings us closer to another disastrous war in the middle east which could cost countless lives and trillions more dollars and lead to even more deaths, more conflict, more displacement in that already highly volatile region of the world. When i voted against the war in iraq in 2002, i feared that it would result in greater destabilization in that country and in the entire region. Has unfortunately turned out to be a truth. The United States have lost some 4500 brave men and women fighting in iraq. Tens of thousands have been wounded. Hundreds of thousands of iraqis have been killed. And trillions of dollars have been spent on tha
Happy new year. Of aofi have a few things to highlight. Very exciting news with regard to medy cal expanding coverage to undocumented immigrants up to age 26. This is an expansion that Governor Newsom authorized as part of the states 2019 to 20 budget, including full scope medical to eligible adults ages 19 to 25 regardless of immigration status. Statewide this is expected to have a wide impact, covering 90,000 people, and enrollment started the first of the year. We have to make that expansion will apply to about 1,000 to 2,000 individuals in San Francisco. And we have been working with the Human Services agency to notify eligible san franciscans, including transitioning those who qualify from healthy San Francisco to medical. This is also an important opportunity to remind residents about the available of medical, that immigrants are not pen liesed when they apply for a green card, and there are no changes to the public charge rule as the courts issued an injunction and the federal g