And that ultimately was, in 1999, as the result of a Charter Amendment, proposition e, became its own independent, what we call the sfmta. And certain powers and authorities that the board of supervisors had relative to Budgetary Authority when i first became a member of the board in 2001, the board of supervisors would literally approve each and every yellow, red, white, blue curb, and i dont know if you remember, but the land use and Transportation Committee used to have pages of red zone 25 feet west of, you know, stockton and what have you. And in 2007, there was a wyatt spread sense of creating the sfmta had not realized all of its promise. And we were at a juncture, and the juncture was should the board of superviso board of supervisors reinsert itself as it existed prior to 1999, or should it hand virtually all legislative authority over to the mta, and i became the author in 2007 of proposition a, which folks in the taxi Community Still dont believe i did not realize would nega
Without any teachers or even paraprofessionals in place. Cambodian were bussed out to bayview point, etcetera, etcetera. I can vouch for marlene trans qualifications as a Kindergarten Teacher at cec. I think we are ten years behind the curve. If im not mistaken, new york and los angeles did this a decade ago, so if you look at the nature of the population in sfusd, trace it back to the history of chinese children being excluded from the Public Schools and the case of mamie tape versus hurley. Trace it back before that to the 1 882 exclusion act. There are many reasons that immigrants have been discriminated against. I thank aaron for mentioning the Central American wars in the 80s. These kids and their parents deserve full empowerment, so we have three meetings a month in chinese, spanish, and english, and we had the first parent grant from the San Francisco Education Fund when gladdie thatcher was alive. And those parents and their kids i think have come through the system and are in
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Electronic devices are prohibited. Any person responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. Cellphone cause microphone interference and the board requests they be placed in the off position. Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting. Do i have any Public Comment . No, madam chair. Do i have a motion to approve . Second. All in favor. Aye. Aye. Any opposed . Hearing none, minutes are approved. Item 5 communications i have none for you for this meeting. Item 6, introduction of new or Unfinished Business by board members. Thank you. I would like to im sure you are all aware we lost a fellow commissioner, i believe it was last week. Shirley brier black passed away. And malcolm vicechair heinicke was the only one that served on this board with ms. Black. She was an inaugural member of the San Francisco m. T. A. Board. She was appointed by mayor brown in 2000. She served as a member of the board for 10 years retiring in 2010. The native San Francisco, she always used pub
Interference and the board requests they be placed in the off position. Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting. Do i have any Public Comment . No, madam chair. Do i have a motion to approve . Second. All in favor. Aye. Aye. Any opposed . Hearing none, minutes are approved. Item 5 communications i have none for you for this meeting. Item 6, introduction of new or Unfinished Business by board members. Thank you. I would like to im sure you are all aware we lost a fellow commissioner, i believe it was last week. Shirley brier black passed away. And malcolm vicechair heinicke was the only one that served on this board with ms. Black. She was an inaugural member of the San Francisco m. T. A. Board. She was appointed by mayor brown in 2000. She served as a member of the board for 10 years retiring in 2010. The native San Francisco, she always used public transportation. She worked for sieu1021 for many years and president from 1988 to 1991. Having reached her centennial just last mon