Grateful to have your support for four more years on the b. A. R. T. Board. Thank you so much. Hi. I am alia, and i am running for San Francisco city college. I never knew that i would one day grow up and oversee the Free City College program at the department of children, youth, and their families, increasing access to Educational Opportunities for our Community Every day. In this role, i also monitoring the entire budget for the program. My passion for education started at a young age. I grew up in a lowincome household and have experienced firsthand the transformative nature of education both as a student and teacher. But over time, i realized how Education Systems failed our most vulnerable students. As a former legislative aide, i worked on legislation to ban the box on private college applications, making San Francisco the first city in the nation to do so. During this time of a Global Pandemic and a social movement to dismantle systemic racism, city College Needs a new voice and
That we need to address and adding more service. Or whether we can bring back a new route. Those are the things that we have. Two other factors are geographic distribution. From the beginning we only had 17 routes. We made sure that every single neighborhood was within a mile of a transit. We are now getting closer to half a mile i. In normal times we have a standard of quarter mile. The last factor is essential destination. Making sure each neighborhood, especially neighborhoods where people are less likely to have other options are connected to hospitals, Grocery Stores and other essential business. Thank you, i will open up now for questions. Just to remind participants who are listening, the council has chance to ask questions. We will open it up to people who are in this meeting. I will start off. Sandra, when you were talking about how you approached your decisionmaking for where the routes are going, was that a decisionmaking base on traffic prior to covid or during covid . I wo
It is captioned and sign language interpreted. Mayors Disability Council i did not hear. Generally held on the third friday of every month. Please call the Mayors Office for disability for further information or to request accommodates at 4155546789, for voice mail or email at mod sfgov. Org. The next meeting will be held on friday, november 20th from 1 00 to 4 00. [inaudible] also for our Council Members, we hope that members of the public will take advantage of this calling opportunity to participate remotely. [inaudibl [inaudible] if email, its at mdc sfgov. Org. You can also watch the cable cast on your television by going to channel 26. When youre ready for your public testimony, please turn your television down so you can follow the prompts on your telephone. You can listen to the meeting and be in sync with the live meeting when you make your comments. To provide your comments, the telephone number is 4156550001. When you hear the prompts, please enter the meeting id number. Tha
Well come back. Supervisor preston okay, we see you, but there is sound difficulty. Ill let operations know that. We see that you did say aye present. Supervisor peskin madame clerk, supervisor peskin is present. Supervisor ronen present. Supervisor safai present. Supervisor stefani present. Supervisor walton present. President yee present. Clerk all members are present. President yee okay. Supervisor preston, are you able to get on . Clerk we see him, but we dont hear sound. President yee maybe he can get help from somebody. Clerk yes, ill work on it. President yee thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Would you 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, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. Who records the meetings and makes the transcript available to the public onl
Miss major, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. In accordance with Governor Newsom executive order declaring a state of emergency starting the covid19 outbreak and mayor london n. Breeds proclamation declaring a local emergency issued on february 25, 2020, including the guidance for gatherings issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health center, members of t officer, aggressive directives were issued to reduce the spread of covid19. On march 17, 2020, the board of supervisors authorized their bhoord and Committee Meetings to convene remotely and will allow remote Public Comment via teleconference. Watch the sfgovtv website at www. Sfgovtv. Org to stream the live meeting or to watch meetings on demand. Members of the public are encouraged to participate remotely via detailed instructions on participating via teleconference. Members of the public may participate by phone or may submit their comments by email to ericamajor sfgov. Org. All comments received will be made a