case. knock on wood, we haven t had a case in a while. this most recent one where we learned a woman had been scammed had actually been scammed earlier in july. and had a bag of her belongings under her bed and had to wait eight weeks before she could open it. we think we ve identified some of the main players, we ve seen a marked decrease in what s going on with these scams and hopefully we don t have any more victims in the near future. i hope i ve been able to answer some of these answers. party buses are a problem. we re going to do everything we can to ensure that the broadway corridor is as safe as it can be. unfortunately it s a whole thing with the venues out there attracting a group of people. we have to be aware and i ll work with captain tom on what kind of is coming up in advance so we know what type of entertainment they ll be having because it attracts a different type of crowdment we ll put our resources there when they need to be there. ok, hopefully that answ
have them vet through these things and let them have input before you put something here to be voted on very quickly. there is not much time for us to basically say we want to change this or change that. the board is going to do what is going to do. give us an opportunity to realistically look at changes whether it is wholesale changes for rules or regulations before the body looks at it. be informed and have the industry give their input. in this case here i support this legislation and i asked you in the future let the industry have forward. i think that is the biggest concern this industry has which is this lack of feeling of inclusion. thank you. chairman nolan: next speakers. good afternoon. i am a taxicab driver. i saw lot of demand and changes good. we are the servant to the public. it is not the copany. company. we the problem is we do not have medallions. i need a permit or licence. some people want my right eye can give them a ride. nowñy the direction is a g
we need somebody who shares my vision of reform and some who will make the tough choices ahead. today i am proud to appoint rodrigo santos as the new trustee of the san francisco city college. [applause] not only to make good good decisions, correct ones, but also to complete the term of trusty marks. rodrigo is an individual that brings a wealth of knowledge and fiscal and managerial expertise, but he is committed and passionate about education and educating all of our youth, just as he has done with his incredible twins and with the help of jenny. rodrigo has been and is based on business owner. he has had a history of community service. he has volunteered on a number of different conditions, including the san francisco building inspection commission, the former president of that commission, but i think most importantly he has been an incredible part of our workforce development commission because that is exactly what our kids are looking for when they graduate and complete
we will not let that fail. [applause] it is, i think, california s finest example of a true, urban community college. it serves 90,000 students, it has nine major maker of campuses, and more than 100 institutional instruction sites throughout the city of san francisco. and it has that because it wants to make itself available to every resident of san francisco and make it accessible by transportation, by bike or by foot, but also and most importantly, it becomes accessible because it is affordable and it is high quality. it has 815 full-time staff over 1035 part-time staff, and over 900 classified employees. offers affordable opportunities for san franciscans to earn associate degrees, to prepare for a transfer to hire institutions, or to pursue a career in technical education, over 50 academic programs, 100 occupational disciplines. city college also offers distance learning and free non- credit courses in many fields. and for us in san francisco, for what i have been doing
be sentenced to county jail but will be sentenced in community service or whatever. and for those individuals who do need some measure of control and supervision to deal about deal with their conviction problems, it s not going to happen at the misdemeanor level. let me go to a couple of the questions from the audience. i ve shared them with our district attorney. george, two questions there, one related to whether or not drug possession should be treated differently for adults than from juveniles. and then a question about back on track, whether or not that program would be positively or adversely affected by senator leno s proposal. yes, let me start with the first question concerning juveniles. i think juveniles definitely need to be treated differently, and certainly here in san francisco, we do. we very seldom in fact, i know for a fact we ve not criminalized simple possession drugs. there s a lot of other vehicles we use to deal with juveniles before it ever get