This hearing will come to order. I would like to welcome general kelly. It should come as no surprise that the security of our border has been a top priority of this committee. A top priority of this committee. In november 2015 after about 13 hearings and three round tables we published a report if state of americas border security. Weve got a bunch of copies, so any new members or old members that didnt get a copy, id be happy to give you one. Weve learned an awful lot. I would ask that my Opening Statement be entering into the record. Ask for consent for that. No objection. Ill the take silence as conse consent. Thanks. But id like to read some of the findings out of that Opening Statement as well as just some other things weve learned. Just kind of bullet points. First and fore most what weve learned between now this is going to be our 23rd hearing on various aspects of border security. Our borders are not secure, number one. Number two, americas insatiable demand for drugs is one c
Entities in the state broadly satisfied with that because we know ours middle schools are not good enough. Were going to get the good were going to get to parental engagement in our middle schools. Thats where the downfall that the two lindsay is at. We will help them to exceed. We will deliver even more resources and tax. In fact, this year the city of San Francisco will help with over 100 million of resources to our San Francisco school district. Were not going to let them be isolated anyone. This is the future markets and Public Education is at the heart of it. We will help them succeed. Were also making sure that this very expensive city is more affordable to more people. I know theres a lot of concern about that and we need to work on it. [applause] thats why i push hard on the Housing Trust fund that was passed last year creating one and half billion dollars, not million, one and half billion dollars to build more Affordable Housing in the next 30 years in San Francisco. Not stop
Life skills, met so many great people that have provided me a job in working parttime doing work for a spanish broadcast. So what city college does is enumerable and great. I know some people have said about city college that it truly is the harvard on the hill in San Francisco. Thank you. Next speaker. Anyone else who would like to speak. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Public comment at this time, members of the public may address the board on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the board will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting with one exception. When the agenda item has already been reviewed in a public hearing at which members of the public were allowed to testify and the board has closed the public hearing, your opportunity to address the board must be exercised during the Public Comment portion of the calendar. Each membe
That happen any longer. Weve got to build mixed Income Housing and keep our promise to the residence. Theyre going to save Housing Housing networks, maintained for generations to come. Not only is a promise we were doing that. We are doing that as we speak. [applause] yes, while were taking care of our residents we are also once again being a model to the nation by welcoming immigrants and empowering new citizens by launching an initiative called, pathways to citizenship, to ensure 100,000 san franciscans who are eligible for citizenship and pursue their new opportunities and be part of building our citys economy. When president obama conference of Immigration Reform is good for the country we begin by saying, here in San Francisco and it begins with citizenship. Thats the goal that we have. Everybody must fully participate in our economy. [applause] we continue to be one of the most diverse cities in the country. That diversity helps us maintain our strength, our voices to be heard an
County, supervisor, and the chair of the san transand the board of directors, and our county, transportation authority, we believe that the Bike Share Program encourages people to take transit, and cut their Carbon Footprint and make a healthy alternative for all of us and as the Council Member said i want to extend a personal invitation when to come to the city when we launch our own Bike Share Program thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you, so much, jeff, although that San Francisco and san jose get a lot of the attention, it would not be successful without the regional partners up and down. They play a Critical Role in the success of this program. I now have the pleasure of introducing bicycle enthusiast jared bloomen field. He happens to be the administrator for the Pacific South West region nine. He has spent two decades on the front lines of environmental production at home and internationally. He is an avid biker and has led bike tours in los angeles and hey hawaii and wash