applause . applause . Thank you guys so much for that beautiful performance can we give them another round of applause . applause . All the this time if i can ask mr. Joaquin torrez to join us again on stage, joaquin will be introducing the mayor and if i can ask my fellow Committee Members to also join us on stage. Joaquin. Thank you very much i have to say as director the mayors oches of Neighborhood Services its refreshing to have a mayor so dedicated to couldnt and it makes my job easier when our people in the Community Want to feel our elected efficients make our needs and its in physical presence and i have had the great pleasure of serving under our mayor lee who i would like to make a invite to make a few remarks in honor or of arab heritage month here in San Francisco. Thank you, thank you joaquin, thank you, welcome to our orange city hall. I want to welcome everybody here this fourthth animal america arab month of separation and its my pleasure to join us here and many of us
Should take this moment in time and thank in person for their contributions to the city. And i think we have this years winner epitomizes the kind of person that we should take the time to acknowledge and to go further into that id like to actually take a moment and invite now our supervisor district 8 malia cohen who would like to share her opening thoughts on this award. applause can i just tell you how good it feels to be up here, to look out to see all the people that make everything possible, that really makes San Francisco wonderful . And i just have got to give a special shout out. You knew i grew up in the portola for those that dont know. [cheering and applauding] right there at the intersection of silly man and colby, my parents still live there. Thats where it started for me. But tonight is a night that we have abopportunity to up lift and support and say thank you to all the people that certainly provide me support and provide me the motivation to get up and come to work ev
Back. I really believe that when you are blessed with the opportunities that this country gives you, that you have an obligation to give back. I really believe in public service. I could be in the private sector and make a lot of money, but i believe i have a duty to try to make things better for other people and to pay back the country that has given me so much. Looking back to your campaign for supervisor, what lesson did you walk away with after that experience . Did anything surprise you . Supervisor campos the first lesson is how lucky we are to live in San Francisco how lucky i am to represent district 9. As you indicated, it includes Bernal Heights, and it also includes the portola. It is such a rich district. Getting to know people of the district through the campaign, doing the job of a supervisor has been the most rewarding super rigid experience. The most rewarding experience. It is amazing how the people are. It has been a great experience. I do not know that i fully unders
Hi, im jean yes my name is jean and sometimes, people call me sir, girl. San francisco has served our sewer system and its no square feet its a matter of time. Thats why were planning major upgrades Public Health depends on it that. See how this important work is done. I was fascinated by it. Were going to creek. I would recycle you to come up and see the sewer system in minnesota thats why we see this through the plant. A lot of people dont realize how much work sgo goes into cleaning the water were. We offer free service to san when a resident of San Francisco is looking for health care, you look in your neighborhood first. What is closest to you . If you come to a Neighborhood Health center or a clinic, you then have access it a system of care in the Community Health network. We are a system of care that was probably based on the Family Practice model, but it was really clear that there are special populations with special needs. The cole street clinic is a youth clinic in the heart
Actually responding to what you asked about, the zero tolerance and different proposallity. One of my colleague and looked at this across the last 15 years and noticed a trend what we called net widening and net deepening and more behaviors that fall under expulsion and suspending and when talking to administrators and their policies he found it helpful to speak of these terms in termses of behaviors and rather than saying were criminalizing you and the think language is also important and i want to thank you for bringing up that point. Its something that i really advocate for and our caution to use zero tolerance and exclusionary discipline policies and also i teach teachers at san jose state and hundred students who are future teachers. Can they do a projector . No. My teacher did, but again using social media, integrating all of the areas is so important for the prevention. Thank you for that focus too and i think that gentleman has comments. I was going to follow up in the conversa