Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk , do we
Visit by the executive director of first 5 of california, jacky wong. Thank you so much for joining us. [applause] she wanted a piece of the action too, so she came all the way down from sacramento, because im really proud of everything we have been doing in San Francisco. It goes back to 2018 when the voters of San Francisco passed proposition c to invest more resources into Early Childhood education and i want to acknowledge someone who isnt here but a leader in the effort and thats former supervisor norman yee, who did a really great job of focusing on child care and making sure we have support and resources. As a result, San Francisco has been able to do some transformative work and im really proud of it. We knew that there was a need to recruit and retain Early Childhooded educators and we have been able to provide increase in salaries with subsidies that lead to over 1600 early educators receiving raises of 12 thousand, which helps us with not only recruitment, it helps with rete
And other devices while on the phone. Public comment each person will have two minutes for Public Comment for each item. For each item, the commission will take Public Comment from people inperson and then remotely. For those who would like to join the meeting remotely, using the link provide at the top of the agenda. You may provide Public Comment via phone by calling 4156550001 using todays access code, which is my apologies, everybody. Todays access 26638055032 and webinar password is 0720 when you hear the agenda that you would to comment on, press star3 to be placed in the queue. The system will tell you where in line youre waiting. Everyone must account for the time delay and speaking discrepancies between live comment and streaming. In order to allow equal time for all, neither the commission nor staff will reply to questions. If there is an item of interest to you that is not on the agenda and under the jurisdiction of the commission, you may speak under general Public Comment.
The 130 recruit Academy Class 21 week training program. In preparation to take on one of the most challenging and rewarding professions in the world. To become a firefighter in the San Francisco Fire Department. [whistle] i oknow there is going to be a lot of shoveling and it will not come easy. I know it will not be given to me. Am i going to be able to keep up and do all the physical a pects of what the academy will request of me . On the hand you have been given a opportunity you worked so hard to get to, but on the other hand you dont have the job yet and have so much work you have to do to get in the field so it is double edge sword. I need it but this is just the beginning. [music] we are entrusted with people. Our job is indiscernible we want people to be firefighters. The chief picked the people. Our job is train them. We make sure that we are challenging them, but at the same time supporting them and that is a fine line, because we want to see how these people react. It is imp
Cable channel 26. Please stand to recite the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Would you please call the roll . [roll call] we have a quorum. Would you please call the first agenda item . Line item 1, general Public Comment. The public is welcome to address the board that do not appear on the agenda. Comments are opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available for members of the public who are present in person by approaching the podium, or those joining remotely by calling the number shown across your screen, 4156550001 and entering access code 25973005252. When Public Comment is announced for the line item or general comment, follow the prompts will be added to the queue. When you hear the moderator say good afternoon caller, you have two minutes, this is your opportunity to comment. You have two min