We take on tough jobs, challenging jobs. Im impressed with you and impressed with the folks that are grateful for your services. Many times i have been down to the bothered, sometimes with other members of the committee. I look forward to being there with you in the not too distant future. It is important to me. I think everybody in this room. Most people in this country want stronger borders. Weve got a real problem. We all want to keep terrorists out of this country. We also need to remain clear about some of the other real risks and real solutions. We have to focus on the root causes and how to address the root causes. During this past campaign season, which thankfully is over, immigrants were attacked as a grave threat where theyre not. We heard about walls and deportations and not the underlying causes of real immigration challenges that we face. As a result, too many immigrants that come to the u. S. That no one will be able to care for the families to our great country. This inc
Currently because of a family matter, hopefully just temporarily retired and however, i am still an officer, and i am first vice chair of the San Francisco Mayors Committee on the employment with persons with disability and i also have a special connection with San Francisco and with your rule 115 program. And in 1981 or 82, i was working for the Human Resources designing and implementing a grant funded special hiring program for people with disabilities and we had gotten a grant from the state Personnel Board to do that and i got a call from my former colleagues at the former at the time, colleagues, at the San Francisco Mayors Committee, and saying that they were having a very, very hard time getting rule 34, passed and getting the attention and getting the consideration of the board of supervisors. They asked me, since i had had the experience, doing it, and a similar program, and then they knew who i was, they asked if i would please come up and go to a subcommittee meeting. The da
Came out of those conversations. Like changes in the calendar, and the changes in how the city College Counselors come on site to the public schools, and to then talk to kids. And but i dare say that is not enough, when you are talking about young people who have the special needs and disabilities, you would need more targeted and strategic strategies, and to reach out to them, for both whether there are physical needs or Mental Health needs, and or other needs, or combination of needs, and you need to have partnerships with the nonprofit agencis that really understand how to provide those services in a very sensitive way. And i also acknowledge that working with the youth people, you also have to work with the parents. And so it is about, reaching the young people and it is about working to understand that everyone in that Young Persons support system understands the strategy and the plan so that young person will be successful as they move forward. And i dont know anything, and i don
And but i dare say that is not enough, when you are talking about young people who have the special needs and disabilities, you would need more targeted and strategic strategies, and to reach out to them, for both whether there are physical needs or Mental Health needs, and or other needs, or combination of needs, and you need to have partnerships with the nonprofit agencis that really understand how to provide those services in a very sensitive way. And i also acknowledge that working with the youth people, you also have to work with the parents. And so it is about, reaching the young people and it is about working to understand that everyone in that Young Persons support system understands the strategy and the plan so that young person will be successful as they move forward. And i dont know anything, and i dont know what else to say, except we are working closely with the city college and we want to be sure that the city college is successful, because it is a very, you know, it is a
Again, four bodies found here. Tomorrow, the search for evidence and more bodies will resume. Reporting live, Stephen Tschida abc 7 news. All right. Thank you, heartbreaking story. So sad. All right. Moving on now today metro is promising some changes aimed at improving safety after last weeks deadly incident on the yellow line. And that revelation comes even before an official cause is determined for what failed filled the tunnel near Lenfant Plaza with smoke killing one and injuring dozens of others. Joce sterman is live outside of metro headquarters with what eats been changed and the big back tracking of by metro. Joce . They are back tracking on something that we heard from leaders earlier this week thats important in this investigation. Fans that are supposed to clear smoke out of those trains and tunnels, were now hearing something new about that as metro releases this new list of the 10 things theyre working to change. As the ntsb moves forward with its investigation, were hitt