initial application dates was grandfathered to a lower transportation fund, and they're paying the full transportation sustainable fee equivalent, and we at mta with our city partners have agreed with these revenues along with the pier 70 development which has already been approved will be reinvested in this area as opposed to distributed citywide, and the reason we feel really comfortable doing this is this neighborhood and southern of this area are really aware where the majority of this effort is happening and do deserve concentrated investment. the kind of investments that you'll see is building along that network that i described earlier, so really looking at the t third line. exposing and concealing gaps in our bicycling networks, and funding improvements for bus transit in the area. so with that, i'm going to turn it back over to phil, from the port. >> supervisors, that actually concludes our presentation today. we are available to answer any questions that you may have. thank you. >> great. thank you so much. 1k3 and so i want to call up members of the public who wish to speak. >> -- people flock to these different neighborhoods in saech search of something novel and different. yet where i live, people drive through on their way to a different destination. those that live in the area leave to go to other neighborhoods. mission rock will create an inviting, inclusive, vibrant neighborhood drawing on the residents of mission bay, mission rock and south beach. mission rock will bring about new friendships and relationships, the very essence of community. neighbors supporting new small businesses. it will friday more affordable housing, presently in short supply, and with eight acres of open space, it addresses a desperately needed facet of urban living. it is important to recognize then in the undertaking of this project, the giants held numerous workshops and open houses. it was commendable the hard work and dedication exhibited by local groups such as south beach rincon hill mission bay neighborhood association and the mission bay citizen advisory committee whose voices helped shape this project. with their input and commitment to a better san francisco along with civic leaders, social interest groups, and other political leaders citywide, the mission project is a model development. it is a win-win for all. the reverend arnold townsend said something at the port commission hearing january -- >> thank you. and as the timer comes up, you're welcome to finish your sentence, so if we can allow people to do that, thank you. thank you. >> hi. my name is stephanie mueller. i'm here to represent delancey street neighborhood. i agree we've been friends and partners of the giants with at&t park and the entire building of the community, and we are so looking forward to the possibility of jobs, the possibility of some affordable housing. just as an aside, you know, as you know better than anyone here, delancey street's dedicated to helping people change their lives, and they spent two, three, four years in this neighborhood. when they graduate, looking for jobs or housing in san francisco, it's impossible, so we are so supportive and so excited about this project. and i just wanted to come here to be able to say that, so thank you. >> thank you, and we love delancey street. >> good afternoon, chair tang, supervisors kim, safai. my name is bruce, and i'm speaking in support of the items associated with the mission rock development. i'm involved in the community, serving on the board and transportation rep of the south beach, rin son hill neighborhood association, however, my public comment today is being provided specifically as a native san franciscan and a nine year resident of mission bay. over the past six years, i've had the opportunity, along with my neighbors, some for up to ten years being involved in the process fof the planning of the mission rock development. this included providing feedback on a variety of public documents and had numerous community outreach meetings and wosh shops. nod to current residents and local businesses, the developers of mission bay were also involved in the process. this is good for us as neighbors, our community and ci city. as i mentioned, this helped shape the project we see today, striking a delicate balance on the amount of parks, waterfront access, housing, neighborhood serving retail and restaurants, preparation for sea level rise and office space. i'm not an expert in the financial aspects of development, but this project brought together an amazing and diverse group of stakeholders and experts to find the optimum mix of land uses while providing some flexiblity to ensure success of the project. there were some land minute discussions, thank you, supervisor kim to agree that this project could raise its affordable housing from 33 to 40%. with that, we have the parking along the waterfront, and please provide the necessary approvals to allow the mission bay waterfront to move forward. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisor kim and supervisors. my name is vanessa, and i'm here to show my support for the mission rock. i'm a proud san franciscan and living in dogpatch for over 14 years, and this community is my family. i lived in various neighborhoods, but this dogpatch is my really connect -- close hearted people. that being said, as board of -- member of the dogpatch association, i've seen amazing changes all around dogpatch community, the bayview district, mission bay, and mission rock. this is exciting. we are living in exciting i am times because our city is growing for the best. here's why i ask you to support the mission rock project: mission project will address the need of affordable housing which is desperately needed. as we all know our population is increasing, and having affordable housing now is key. mission rock project will support area median income which will support low to middle income households, include public servants such as nurses and teachers. mission rock will have units for transitional age youth, and i'd like to share with the last 30 seconds i have here how important transitional age youth is because i used to live in a group home. ward of court of san francisco. i did not have those services after i left the group home, and i think what the giants and mission rock are doing is great to support transitional age youth from foster and group homes. i ask that you please approve the mission rock project and let's keep the communication going. thank you and have a great evening. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is karen alschuler. i'm a resident of san francisco. i can't stay away from the excitement of the edge of a city -- of a great city or working to find the best role for that edge in the city or reaping the benefits of the investments we and private people -- city and the private people make in those areas, and taking leadership because it's so visible. it tells the story about a city. in that experience, i think mission rock stands out for me. i've been engaged since day one, jack, on the project, and i think it's really stayed true to its values, open arms and focus on the public first. i'd like to emphasize the way in which the community has played a significant rollover ten years, and in ten years i have to stay engaged, nimble, and inventive. we have made partners, partners from the local community, partners around key issues, environment and energy, and focusing then, inviting them to be our partners and making decisions are what this committee looks at, land use and transportation. we invited them to be our partners in order to get down to specifics. the neighborhoods and particularly the local neighborhoods where people have grown to create a mission bay community in those years have been invited to the table to make choices about what is needed, what fills the gaps, what needs to be programmed, so that it will be rewarding for all. there's no back door to mission bay, mission rock project. it's open to all of its neighbors, and i invite you all to come to the table to discuss, live in, and enjoy it. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name's corrine woods. i've been involved in this project for more than ten years and in mission bay for much longer. i'm also a close neighbor to the mission rock project and at&t park. i wanted to thank the giants for the collaborative way they approached this process. we've had many, many meetings, many, many workshops over the last ten years, and the giants listened to the community. i get my park up front, which is really important. i want to thank all of the other city agencies who have cooperated on this. this has been a tremendous interagency cooperative effort: oewd, mta, planning, public works. everybody has worked together on this to get to a project that i hope will be better than mission bay, and i urge your support. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. good afternoon, madam chair and members of the public. my name is maya aguilar, and i serve as the manager for the san francisco parks alliance. we are over 200 community groups leveraging -- every year, we try to raise millions for or parks, playgrounds and open spaces. i'm here representing the parks alliance in support of the mission rock project. i served in the parks alliance for two years and ever since completion of the big trail has been a huge priority for us. we believe that opening the waterfront and making connections to reconnect the waterfront to the population, it's a really important piece of this project, and we applaud the mission rock's efforts on planning eight acres of new open spaces and revitalizing th the mission for san francisco residents. the parka lines believes that giants have been extremely in addressing the city needs for more active recreation opportunities. we are truly thrilled to see the san francisco giants commitment on prioritization of parks by the first phase of their plan. we're particularly pleased with the considerations that have been made to address sea level rise, the creation of open waterfront and investments towards the use of alternative methods of transportation such as bike connections and bike share stations. on a personal note, on the parks alliance, we have been trying to inform and engage community members from all the waterfront to the big front projects that are happening on those areas. it doesn't matter in f we had groups of five or 50 people, the mission rock project was always open to receive people who were here on those projects. >> thank you so much. >> i'm here today -- okay. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm alice rogers, and i'd like to comment through three different lenses. first as a neighbor, i'm going on a quarter century here in san francisco. here from the sausalito waterfront and now on this waterfront. as a neighbor, i did participate in the many workshops and hearings on this project, and i can't say highly enough how extensive the outreach was and how engaging all of the visuals so that neighbors could really engage in a thoughtful way. i'd also like to mention i'm a director or an officer of the south beach rincon neighborhood association and mission bay. we do engage in policy levels, and this development team was very generous in meeting with us on the retail and public realm component, and they, over the course of their development, shared the information that they were cultivating, and they really are a beacon for us in terms of retail and public realm. we have a failed retail and public realm at the moment, so we are very looking forward to this. and lastly, i'm a director on -- of block san francisco, and i would like to commend this project in terms of its pedestrian safety. it again is a standard bearer on that level. it addresses our values of diversity, inclusion, and equity, and after that, we hope that you won't see mission bay on the map as a data point because they've instituted so many of the better streets and safe streets standards. thank you. >> thank you, miss rogers. >> good afternoon, madam chair, supervisors. my name is ken tray. i'm a retired 25 year social studies teacher in san francisco, and i'm here representing the united educators of san francisco. we're the 6,000 plus folks who keep our public schools running day in and day out. so the first thing that uesf wants to note here is that we are in full support of this project and in fact, if i was wearing my hat, i'd tip it to the giants, to supervisor kim, to the neighbors, to our labor partners, local 2, the hotel workers and others, who reached the 40% affordable rate of housing, 40% affordable rate of housing in the city of san francisco. so i have been involved in many negotiations over too many years, and this out come is superlative. it represents san francisco values. one thing i want to note, and i'm sure the follow through will be there is that in the plan, there is the space to make sure that san francisco educators find their homes in the mission bay project. and so i know that in a few years there'll be a number of teachers and other school staff with the other thousands of neighbors who will be enjoying the incredible open space, the livable breadth of the roads and the retail shops will be enjoying that space and also will have a number of teachers and school staff who will be able to walk to teacher night at the ballpark. >> thank you, mr. tray. >> thank you, madam chair, members of the committee. my name is amy lemley, and i'm the executive director of john burton advocates for youth. we work on behalf of homeless children and youth and children in california yaez juvenile justice and foster systems. the good news is california's system has improved considerably in the last ten years. the majority of young people will be safely reunified with their family or to adoption, however, there's a significant number of young people who don't progress to that, who actually remain in our foster care system until this's no longer age eligible. within 24 hours, one in three will experience homelessness. long-term, it's even worse. if we really care about long-term, public homelessness, this is the opportunity to intervene, and i'm very happy to report, that's exactly what this project does. it has set aside these beautiful units for san francisco's former foster youth and integrated those units into the mainstream housing, which is just spectacular. so we know that with this foundation, former foster youth in san francisco will have the opportunity not just to stay in their community but also to get a leg up in higher education as well as have economic security. so i urge your support, and thank you very much. >> good afternoon, madam chair tang, supervisors kim, safai, and peskin. my name is henry kanilowicz. i'm the president of the san francisco district of mer kmants associations. i got your names right, right? thank you, supervisor. it is a really fabulous thing that the giants are doing. not just building a place for housing, for shopping, but scm village, and a vehicle tack lar project it is. here they are, and as she just said a second ago, 40% affordable housing, however do we get that? i commend the giants for what they do for this city, and what they're doing for this part of town. i look forward when they're finished of going into the shops, be it a grocery shop or a cafe or barber or whoever is going to be there. the open land, fabulous project. it's great. go giants. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm todd elberling of toddco. this project does not provide enough housing for all of its future workforce that will be in the offices on that site. it does not achieve 100% jobs-housing balance. it's clear tho everybody in this ro -- to everybody in this room of the expansion of the technology jobs in our area. it's no fair to promise other housing that's going to be built on treasure island to meet the deficit that this project will cause. from now on, these large projects like pier 70, india basin, this project, the power plant site and maybe others, need to be completely self-sufficient with a 100% jobs-housing balance. this is a great housing site. it's a great site. there's no problem with the economic feasiblity to build the housing here. there is a way to not solve the problem but do a lot to lessen the deficit. this project includes flex sites that could be either housing or office development in the future. what should be done is this agreement should be modified so that those sites will have to be housing sites. that'll bring it pretty close to full jobs-housing balance, just like pier 70 achieved. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is kristin hall. i'm a san francisco resident, and i work in the neighborhood of mission rock, but i'm here to discuss my experience working on this project over the past five years and share that it's such a model for development in this city. it's especially a model for how to collaborate with many city agencies, make them partners for development, really working collaboratively with the city. it's also a model for a walkable urban environment to create a really wonderful exciting waterfront experience with many paths to the quarter front. it's also a model for how to commit and create a retail environment that is supportive of small businesses, and a lot of that information we learned by working with the mission bay rincon hill association. it's also a model for how to move bikes through the neighborhood along the waterfront. it's a model for designing for sea level rise and adapting to changing conditions, and as an example of that, we started by looking at 55 inches of sea level rise, and over the ten years that we've been working on this project, the projections increased, and we adapted our responses to make sure that we were still at the highest level of 66 inches of sea level rise. it's also a great example of how you can use ongoing conversations with neighborhood groups and city partners to really continually make sure that it will be a model for development in the city moving forward. thank you. >> thank you. supervisors, very quickly, i support this project wholeheartedly. it is outstanding. very early on when i first read about the project, before i had even spoken with anyone on the development team or with the giants organization, i expressed with mayor lee, that all things being equal on large projects, we should never accept anything less. not only struck by how much affordable housing is, but the deep affordablity. as most of you know, the constituency that we serve out of our church and the fillmore district cannot really afford what we call affordable housing. this has deep affordablity, and we can perhaps quit losing our members to churches in antioch and pit burg atsburg and many who can't live in san francisco. also, the amount of work it will provide, but there's something else that hasn't been talked about. in talking about the commercial units, looking at them, and with the giants willingness to create new commercial units, so people who own businesses, people who are hopeful of becoming entrepreneurs, can come here and open up. in our community, the lack of african american businesses, disgraceful in this city, and we usually just can't afford the spaces that are available. this has an opportunity to change some of that. you need to support this 100%. thank you so much. >> thank you so much, reverend townsend, and seeing no further public comment, i'll ask the chair if we can close public comment. all right. public comment's closed. i want to thank all of the members of the public for coming out today, and also as we talked about vacancy storefront in our previous hearing, i know the giants have spent a lot of time talking about how we can bring the amenities and services that i was talking about, and i appreciate the smaller footprint for the commercial area so we can have more businesses that are truly san francisco small businesses. i have several amendments that i'd like to make and put into the record, and i've made copies for all the members of the committee on item number five, on-line 19 through 25. i'm making the amendment, which i had talked about earlier, which would move the hotel potential use to the commercial parcels and out of the residential parcels. on page 11, in section 4, striking hotel uses up to 300 rooms are permitted in any location in which residential uses are permitted, we are striking that, also, in spirit with what i'd spoken in my opening remarks. on items number 6, to the ceqa findings on page 3, line 20, adding a new whereas clause, just that the board has reviewed and considered the information on those following dates, and also that the final iar considered constructing a 300 room hotel, and we a considers moving it to the residential but are moving it to the commercial. and then on page 13, further resolve that the board of supervisors find that the modifications incorporated into the project including without limitation the change in the hotel variant, and the planning memorandum. so all of these amendments were put into place through agreements with the project sponsor, to again move the hotel out of the residential parcels so that we can build as much housing as possible. i do want to appreciate john elberling who came to speak. i can appreciate the housing in this project. we do need to build for office space. there is a need for that, but we aren't meeting for housing need, so i appreciate the aggressive advocacy that we have at every meeting that we've got to have our housing needs met. it is unfortunate how slow going these major projects can be with the infrastructure investment that's involved in them. but i think that we have to continue that conversation beyond this project, and i look forward to continuing that conversation with planning and office of economic development. so colleagues, i have made any motion to amend to these items. >> all right. so colleagues, for items, again, just to repeat, 5, page 9 and 11, and then, item 6, page 3 and 4, so if we could do that without objection, we'll adopt the amendments for those two items. and then on the balance of all the items. colleagues, i just make a motion to move this forward with a recommendation to the following board meeting next tuesday. >> okay. and that would be for items four through six. we'll do that without objection. congratulations. >> congratulations. >> all right. mr. clerk, can we please call item 7, and we are now joined kbi supervis ed by supervisor pes ken. >> to allow recovery of costs by third party experted and other related experts in making appropriate findings. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. >> thank you, madam chair, supervisor safai, supervisor kim. this is a very basic change to the building code which mr. strom here can speak to, but basically legislation would allow the department to engage third party experts for evaluating permits for complex projects. this grows out of discussions and hearings that we've had around the millennium tower issue. and bill, if you want to make a -- or mr. tom, if you want to make a quick presentation. i know my colleagues have been in this committee for hours and hours, the floor is yours if the chairs so like. >> thank you very much, supervisor and thank you for sponsoring this. i think you framed it very well. we're in the process, as i believe you know, of setting up through an rfq process, a pool of third party future tall building peer review experts, and that process actually is going to conclude at the end of this month. so having this cost recovery fee mechanism in place is very important for the department because it will then enable us to make sure we can issue the contracts and we will change the old way of doing business and we'll have what we think is a much better way of doing business, so thank you very much. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. >> and that is it for the presentation? okay. and we have this other sheet here, so colleagues, if you have any other questions, you can refer to that. so shall we open it up to public comment? okay. any member of the public wishing to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: if you're willing, i'd like to send this to the full board without objection. >> okay. and supervisor peskin is now a voting member. item 8. >> update provisions on street encroachment permits, establishing peal procedures -- fee payment for certain promgs, modifying the street encroachment permit process, and creating a temporary street encroachment permit for a maximum period of 30 months. >> thank you, and supervisor peskin, would you like to start this item? >> supervisor peskin: sure. as you recall, this legislation came to committee back in june and was the subject of some amendments at the board back in july, and we heard some concern about those amendments, and on second reading sent the legislation back to committee and over the last several months, we have had a working group, and i want to thank andres howard from the mayor's office and public works, and robin havens and ken rich also from the mayor's office and my staff, and most particularly, the person who's had to grapple with the drafting, john. i also want to acknowledge my interns who did some extensive research that i don't think anybody had ever done before going back to 1975 at the dawn of major encroachment permit granting by the city. and they really helped us with data that informed what is before you today. let me just start out by saying that really what this does is bring our major encroachment permitting scheme into the 21st century. it's 40 years old. it had no due process appeal rights, and i think what we've crafted in front of you is the subject of a lot of collaborative work and agreement. i also want to thank mohamed nuru who sent me a text message earlier today supporting the legislation. again, i know you guys have been in here for hours and hours. i adopted something in here from a piece of legislation i actually passed almost exactly 17 -- or introduced almost exactly 17 years ago. i just want back on legistar. on february 1st of 2001, i actually proposed a change to the conditional use process that allows five members of the board to bring appeals of conditional ulses to the board itself, and we have copied this in virtually the same way. it allows neighbors and neighborhood groups to get a hearing in front of the director of public works on encroachment permits; allows applicants to get hearing in front of the director of public works. i think it is well thought out. i'm happy to answer any questions. i do have a number of questions which deputy city attorney malamut can speak to, i am happy to answer questions from my colleagues, and the clerk has a copy. supervisor safai has asked me to read them in the record. the first in summary is to require that major encroachment permits include detailed obligations of the permity and required them to keep maintenance records as a further incentive to -- keep such improvements in a good state of repair. the next -- that's on page 3, the red language there. the second one is -- requires board of supervisors findings for the basis of revocation, including costs of revocation and restoration; also, changes the previous legislation that says if the board of supervisors fails to act, the director's underlying decision stands. the next one, on page 6 is the community appeal for administrative hearing provision and builds in time frames for an opportunity for the permity to cure any defects. the next one on page 6 also is -- director can approve the petition to revoke community appeals -- that three community appeals are grounds for revocation which include failure to cure. next one, on page 7 limits the grounds for revocation and narrowly tailors them and indicates that demonstrative evidence must be included. and then, if the board requires the posting of a bond or other security, the permitee shall provide security to the bond that that's approved to an annual basis. if the board allows a transfer assignment of the permit, that will be subject to a maintenan maintenanc maintenance endowment. that is all of the amendments. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. any other questions or comments? no? okay. so let's open up item 8 to public comment then. any members of the public? seeing none, item 8, public comment is closed. do we have a motion? >> supervisor peskin: i would like to move the amendments and then send the item to a full board with recommendation. >> all right. we'll do that without objection. and thank you, madam clerk, is th that -- is there any other business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes the calendar. >> thank you. we are adjourned. >> so, actually i think it's officially good afternoon, i've been saying good morning all day, but it's afternoon. welcome. i'm the director of the department of children, youth and their families. [applause] the only time i get applause is for saying that. at press conferences! [laughter] it is so exciting for me to be here with you all. this is a labor of love that has taken over two years to come to. and i am so happy to be here with young people, in community, and with our key partners. we have the police department, the chief of police is here, adult probation, we have rec and park partners and school district partners. so i'm so proud to be here with everyone and with our mayor. first, want to thank our host, our school district, james denman middle school. particularly principal lisa, thank you so much. [applause] we had an opportunity just a few minutes ago to tour one of the classrooms that i have to say, it is amazing. it's wonderful to see people curious and excited about what they're learning. it makes me want to go back to school. maybe, maybe. i want to recognize and thank century -- i thought i saw him around here. yay! applause >> been helping to make -- really helpful for us. san francisco has made this very powerful commitment over the many, many years within the city, but more importantly in the last two years, to ensure equitable access to opportunities and services for all of our children. so that they can lead lives full of opportunity and happiness. dcyf is one of those departments trying to envision that dream and goal set out by mayor ed lee. we're not the only department that can move toward the goal of having access for all. we're one of many departments. we're a city of community and city of leaders who want to work together. and with that, i would like to bring up to the podium, a person who needs no introduction. our mayor, mayor mark farrell. [applause] >> mayor farrell: first of all, any deacons in the house? come on, we can cheer! all right. listen, i want to thank maria for all of your hard work on behalf of the city's families and children. i want to acknowledge a number of people here today. first of all, supervisor safai is here. district attorney gascon next to him and our school board members. we have our president. as well as commissioner walton. and as well as our vice president of our school, please give him a hand as well. and i know commissioner haney was coming as well. today is a chance to celebrate the bright future of our city's children here in san francisco. while we do honor the legacy of our late mayor, edwin lee. mayor lee was a longtime champion of children here in san francisco and today, we also will celebrate that. you know, it is our responsibility as a city to uphold the values of san francisco. of inclusiveness and hope that we ensure san francisco remains affordable for families. and that we invest in the health and success of all of san francisco's children. as a father of three young children, i understand that, mayor lee was a devoted father of his two daughters and there are so many fathers and mothers today with us. with that, we need to make sure our children receive quality education, they live in safe homes in communities and with that, they can achieve amazing things in life. as city, we are committed and will always be committed to serving those most vulnerable and most needy here in san francisco. we know that our families are face ago crisis of affordability. of childcare. after school programs. and we need to make sure that parents know that their children are safe at school, after school, and on the weekends. and we want a city that provides programs to support our families and our children. whether it's the transitional aged youth here in the city, families with single mothers or working class families. that is who we are going to support as a city of san francisco. that is who we are as a city of san francisco. and today, it's so amazing. i am most excited about the fact that the beacon school community strategy that is currently in nine middle schools is now available on all 27 middle schools across the entire city of san francisco. [applause] it's going to mean such an amazing change for cities and families. it's going to allow us to serve over 8,000 more children than we're serving today. we're investing through high school partnership programs and $16 million for the youth here in san francisco. when we fund these programs, we're not only investing in our residents, we're investing in the future of san francisco. and we know that those are investments that i am proud of as a mayor of san francisco and that i know mayor lee was proud of when he was mayor as well. it's something that we all should be proud of together and something we should all celebrate. today is a day of celebration. i want to say a special thanks to our principal here. we got to know each other last year when we opened the middle school as a shared schoolyard projects. for the weekends here that our children can play here. if we're not doing everything we can in our city government to support our families and children, i don't know what our government is all about. so i am so proud to be here today, so proud to stand with the people behind me who do all the hard work to make this happen and so proud to support our families. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> thank you, mayor farrell. so in order to deliver the best result for san francisco's children, youth and families, we have to work in deep collaboration with our city's partners and stakeholders to ensure the most effective and efficient use of resources. one of our proud and key partnerships is with the san francisco unified school district. with that, we have dr. vincent matthews. [applause] >> thank you. one of the things i'm most proud of is when the partnerships come together to make things happen for our children. it is said that you can judge the true character of a community by how they treat their children. and so when we come together like this, this is exactly what it's all about and this is what makes me most proud to be a san franciscan. in order for us to do our work, we're guided by the work of our board. i'm going to introduce him one more time, the president, vice president cook and commissioner walton and one of the supervisors in the audience, she's shy now, but you should hear her in meetings. we thank you for your hard work. we are fortunate to live in a city that is so deeply committed to the health, wellness, emotional development and academic success of our students and families. i want to thank the mayor for supporting the commitment of mayor lee and to maria for her efforts in continuing to strengthen our partnership. let's give them a big round of applause. [applause] we at the school district benefit from the generous support of the city through the rfp process. the school district works with over 150 community based programs that provide a wide range of support for our students. and the majority of the funding from dcyf. this allows us to work with partners to enrich and enhance our after school programs, student leadership programs, social emotional development and much more, which directly contribute to building prosocial, positive learning environments in all of our schools. i want to take just a couple of minutes to mention two areas in particular that we are especially thankful for. for many families providing after school programming is essential, especially for working families, who without them, would have to pay for childcare. over 20,000 san francisco unified school district students are enrolled in after-school programs and they not only provide a safe place for students to be, but through the partnership with dcyf, we have collaborated to provide to assess and strengthen the quality of the programs. another area we are particularly excited about is the beacon expansion. they and the school district have partnered to provide beacon programs at nine of our schools. it's helped the district to better understand the community school strategy we see as a successful model in our own city and is showing success in cities all across the country. the district has been wanting to expand on this model and we wanted to for some time now and dcyf heard our call and will increase funding and support from 9 schools to 27 schools. [applause] tripling the number of schools will begin in july 2018. these 27 schools represent all of our comprehensive middle schools and identified high-need elementary schools. we're very excited to see the beacon programs soar by aligning the needs of the school communities with the rich resources offered by our community partners and we welcome them into our schools. i want to thank dcyf and the san francisco community for all that you do. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. so before i continue, i want to acknowledge that we have a lot of the dcyf staff in the audience here. without our staff, we would not be able to do this work. so, staff, could you just raise your hands so people here know who you are? thank you, thank you. [applause] having amazing staff really makes my life much easier and makes all of us look amazing and good. right? mr. mayor? i know, i know. on top of that, we're also guided by an oversight and advisory body and today, we're fortunate to have the chair, eddie zhang here with us, the vice chair, linda jordan martin. and one of our oversight members, dr. gibson. [applause] so in 2014, the voters of san francisco overwhelmingly passed proposition c, the children and youth initiative. which increased the children and youth fund from three cents to four cents for every $100 of property tax revenue. adjusted the age limit to allow us to serve transitional age youth. extended the fund up to 25 years. and then most importantly created a coordinating council, called the our children, our families council. as the official steward of the children and youth fund, we administer the funds to community based organizations and public partners, public agencies to provide services for children, youth, transitional age youth and their families. today, dcyf is extremely proud and honored to share that we will be funding 294 programs throughout the city administered by 151 different nonprofit agencies, for a total -- get ready -- for a total of $377 million over the next five years. [applause] [cheers and applause] that is a true demonstration of deep commitment that the people of san francisco is making for our children, youth and families here. over the next five years, nonprofit agencies will be receiving $75 million to provide services for our children, youth and families in over 300 schools and community-based agencies and sites throughout the entire city. in every single district, in all 11 districts. in this commitment, in strategic funding, powered by equity, quality services, community engagement and collaborative partnerships, this investment, by the city of san francisco and its residents, is more than just money. it is a demonstration of love and dedication for our future. we are committed to ensuring equitable access to the services and opportunities that all of our children, youth and families need to lead lives full of opportunity and happiness, with a deep focus ensuring access for san francisco's children who need it the most. we have reached the culmination of this exciting multiyear planning cycle. and i am extremely proud of the new grant portfolio resulting from this process. we welcome all 151 agencies into the dcyf family. our funding decisions were guided by the population level data that we track regularly. and by intentionally listening to our community, to our young people, to stakeholders, about what our children and families need to live in san francisco and to thrive. dcyf new investments and programs ranging from academic support to emotional well-being, from arts and music to literacy. and everything in between. this includes a commitment in our -- i'm sorry -- this includes an investment in our commitment to building the capacity of our agencies that we fund. the programs we're funding will support and strengthen san francisco's children, youth, transitional aged youth and families with greatest needs and people who serve them. we believe that the continuum of services that our grantees will provide, will make san francisco an even greater place to grow up. the power of san francisco to be committed in our youth and families, this is what makes san francisco strong. it is now my pleasure to introdu introduce dante callaway. a san francisco native. you're not from denman, are you? >> i am from denman. >> a denman alumni, a beacon center alumni, who came back and worked at the beacon center. and now is a school district employee. >> yes. [cheers and applause] >> let's hear his story. >> thank you, i appreciate that. raise this up a little bit. first, i give glory and honor to god for this opportunity and everybody else in their rightful places. much like what she was saying, i was a former participant here, i am a native san franciscan and worked for the beacon program. i am here and proud of it. i did receive my diploma, but i am still here. now, i never would have thought i would return to this place or be back in the positions -- the opportunities that i was given. while working for the beacon, i climbed the ladder. i started off as support and ended as site coordinator. and it was a wonderful opportunity. the beacon has given me so many opportunities and i want to give them thanks for where i am in my life. i grew into the young man i am today. and james denman middle school,ive to give them credit. it's wonderful to hear they opened up the school during the weekend, because as a young person, i used to jump the fence to play basketball here with siblings and by myself. thank you, i appreciate that. no students have to jump over the fences anymore. growing up here in san francisco, it's not always the easiest place to grow up. especially, you know, when you're growing up with a struggling family, struggling mother here to take care of 4-8 children. and everything she's instilled in me, i give her credit for had who i am. i am grateful for the many opportunities i have here and that i'm even able to give back. i truly believe what you sow, you shall reap. the times i was

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