In a time of very difficult transition and challenges for our country, we cannot afford as a society or\ economy or an economy to leave any of our young people behind. As many as 5 million young 24 in theween 16 and United States are currently not enrolled in an Educational Program or in the workforce. I believe we have a responsibility to do everything we can to reach these youth and provide them with avenues of opportunity and on ramps to fulfilling careers. In a lot of cases, there are many barriers to making that happen for these young people, anduding economic mobility providing them with the opportunity for their futures. Some of the barriers include homelessness, poor health outcomes, violence, and of course the criminal Justice System. Inorgan, we are tackling oregon, we are tackling these barriers one by one. I signed a bill this week that changes the way we try and sentence youth, shifting the focus to prevention and rehabilitation. As we all know, youth who spent time in adu
To hangout or come in from outside to get the tools they need to begin to resolve their homelessness. We have lots of programs and lots of educational and Behavioral Health supports that are here throughout the city. We are excited to be here with our partners to launch or to be a small part of the effort to address child trafficking. Larkin street started years ago with huckleberry to fight youth trafficking. We know without intervention on the streets, children are at high risk for trafficking if we dont get to them soon. I think the most wonderful thing about this partnership is the prevention and the Early Intervention and the collaboration and us bringing together so many partners to work on this issue in a very profound way. Were excited to be here and excited to be a small part of it. And i am always honored and delighted to get to introduce our our mayor. Mayor breed has been in office for just about a year now, right tomorrow . Wow. [applause] she has been an active supporter
People who really put down significant mark er s and donatn s and pledges to this campaign and invite other people who have really lifted for me so long to come up and thank people who have participated, thats russ flin and hjose allen. [ applause ]. Thank you, ashley. Good morning, everyone. I am hjose allen. Im a member of the board of meals on wheels frisk San Francisco, and along with russ flin, i co chachaired the 50th s anniversary capital campaign. Us russ and i are proud to be part of this vital project and to be able to thank each of you for your support of meals on wheels. Clearly to be successful in r e raising almost 41, dlr 42 needed for this project require s extensive jen rgenerosity for, many support er s. Luckily we have been successful in raising the funds necessary to move forward and have secured 80 of our goal. We have 20 left to go. Now, it gives me great pleasure to thank the individuals. I call them our First Responder s p who helped jumpstart this campaign. Fir
And more. Next, we have partnered with disney, a. Z. A. , and the Discovery Networks part of the pride. Since disneys lion king was first released in theaters 25 years ago, we have lost half of africas lions. In conjunction with the open of disneys lion king, the zoo is hosting a special lion king weekend. This weekend, july 20 and 21, therell be prizes, a special roaring contest, and more. Next week, we have march of the penguins on july 27. Penguin chicks are learning to swim, walk, eat whole fish and learning how to interact with their caretakers. The public is invited to walk as they waddle and walk to their permanent home on penguin island. In addition to watching the penguin chicks, guests can participate in activities such as cookie decorating, paper crafts, and more. And now until july 26, guests visiting the zoo can actually name a penguin chick by attending a penguin feeding and donating. Next week, we are celebrating 90 fest, and through this weekend only, we are featuring a
On vacation today. So we bring to you the West Portal Playground renovation possible action to award a contract treaty construction in the amount not to exceed 2,095,000. This project supports the Strategic Plan strategy number one, to inspire public space, and objective 1. 2, to strengthen the existing parks and facilities and objective 2, to strengthen play, and 2. 2, to strengthen and promote the health, safety, and wellbeing of San Franciscos youth and seniors. The West Portal Playground is in the West Portal Playground and in district 7, at west ulloa road and lennox way. The port westal renovation project is part of two clean and safe neighbor parks bond programs. The Communities Opportunities Fund and the lets play s. F. Initiative. The Community Outreach process was mainly conducted during the Community Opportunity fund Program Application between january and march 2014. On november 20, 2014, this Commission Adopted the resolution authorizing r. P. D. To produce with design dev