with residents when they reached three months prior to leaving clancy street. they start looking jobs looking for jobs and housing. i try to help them out. it is important to get yourself situated and feel supported. as an out gay male who did not have a big support system, i think it is important to build that foundation. thank you very much for listening. supervisor kim: thank you. and i also see that you have served in south beach. yes, we have a very active leadership council. supervisor kim: thank you. next, we have ronnie muniz. after that, robert kane. good afternoon. my name is ronnie muniz, and my qualifications are i have done to terms in four different prisons. what i was incarcerated, i took my ged so i could get out and go to college and amount to something. i try the drug and alcohol certificate class s, then i got a passion for doing faith-based work. i created a faith-based organization. i help people get housing, drug programs, education. we have three
we have eliminated hundreds of classes already and we re looking at eliminating any more. our students are more than half of the students are on financial aid. our students are students who can only succeed at city college. they go on to four-year colleges. they go on to get a graduate degrees. we start with people who are having real problems in their lives. some of them have not finished high school. what we are now looking looking last fall, we have 15,000 students who could not get into a class. absorb that. 15,000 students. they are more at risk to drop out when they cannot get into classes. we re asking for a one-year only amnesty of the fees that city college pays to the city and county of san francisco. it is $2 million from several departments. i have 1600 signatures here from students that i would like to give to you. we have finals going on right now, so students were not able to come here. we are going to have some students later this afternoon visit some of y
started was solar. it is here. the development is getting better. it s becoming cheaper and you want to nip it in the bud. just to show you where you are on this, go up to the top of twin peaks and look down. see if you can find those 2400 installations. they re lost in a sea of empty rooms. you have to be visionary and you have to think like this. where there is a will, there is a way. all the numbers mr. harrington was throwing at you they do not mean a thing. you can find the numbers. you can find the money. where there s a political will, there s a way. i hope you are on board. thank you. [applause] my name is john risso, president of the board of trustees at city college. i m here on behalf of the board of trustees. city college is the largest educational institution in city and county of san francisco sa. it s one of the largest employers. we have almost 3000 employees. we have 100,000 students. 70,000 of them are san francisco resident. city college has suffered th
i needed to get into something and i needed to do it quick in order to save my relationship with my family and be able to progress and make a difference in. my. in my life. in turn, i ve also seen things from different perspectives professionally. i ve seen families be able to install solar on their homes that would never in a million years be able to do that if it was not for this program. they are able to make a difference in their community and teach their children how to respect our planet and move forward in a positive direction. also, many nonprofits have benefited from the program. i have been able to help with some volunteer installations and i have been able to see people in communities be able to walk a couple blocks from their home and volunteer. if it was not for programs training people and helping them learn something they can take to society in a positive way, we will not be able to do thank you thank. good morning. my name is angelo. i m a 40-year resident
my name is john risso, president of the board of trustees at city college. i m here on behalf of the board of trustees. city college is the largest educational institution in city and county of san francisco sa. it s one of the largest employers. we have almost 3000 employees. we have 100,000 students. 70,000 of them are san francisco resident. city college has suffered through several years of cutbacks from the state. this year, we are facing our most dramatic cutback effort. we have our own budget committee meeting tonight and i m very much not looking forward to it. we have eliminated hundreds of classes already and we re looking at eliminating any more. our students are more than half of the students are on financial aid. our students are students who can only succeed at city college. they go on to four-year colleges. they go on to get a graduate degrees. we start with people who are having real problems in their lives. some of them have not finished high school. what