Good afternoon, im jefferson fellow, speaking on behalf of larken street services. Even though its a Larger Organization that helps youth across this city, im speaking from my very humble perspective from the corner of the city in the haight. Item im from a tiny space. Each day i would serve about 75 youth. Im speaking on behalf of the disconnected transitional age youth and the need for Additional Services and funds directed for those individuals. Around Buena Vista Park and Golden Gate Park we are ready to make bold steps and looking to employment and which as you have already discussed which imen encouraged to hear conversation around the hot team that a lot of those issues that are important to the work that im doing i have already discussed that we are ready to meet people who are ready to take that step. Right now there is a dearth in terms of Mental Health services. Everyone knows with my staff, for everyone that comes there is a waiting time for maybe to get into a Treatment Fa
Educator at lyric. Before that i was a very shy and quiet kid and by becoming interning and lyric i became to learn to advocate for myself and my family. Now the internships that we have at lyric are for high school students. I want to make it more accessible for youth 1824 because i am a leader in my community and i want to be able to expand that and give those other resources to you that comment on there that get kicked out of homes because they dont conform with their identity or sexual orientation. Thank you for your time. Thank you, next speaker, please. Hello, my name is oscar cortes and an educator at lyric. I want to say how it impacted me. I started as an intern appoint lyric in 2013. At first i didnt know what i wanted to do with my future, but thanks to lyric in opening up its doors and educating us on these social issues going on in our community i realized that i wanted to get into politics and maybe sit up there with you and make these decisions. I think there are a lot o
Becoming homeless in this city that is gorgeous, but its not really children friendly. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon supervisors, any other name issel ga. We have a 35yearold organization in the city providing programs and recreation and Leadership Development programs to low income children and their families. Mostly in the mission district. I am also a mother of there e girls in San Francisco schools. The oldest of which is graduating from the high school. Im here to support the recommends of the children Funding Community coalition and wanted to zero in on 3 specifically that are important for jamestown. No. 1 is to increase the fund. The increase is fairly small and im speaking as a homeowner in district 7 and you will hear repeatedlly about evidence and investment in the enrichment in childrens lives and providing services around them will provide all sorts of savings not to mention we are investing in the lives of human beings and how wonderful is that. No. 2 is to supp
Condemnation. The president in the meantime is digging in, maintaining his stance that people who hate the u. S. Should leave. We have fox team coverage, Mark Meredith is on capitol hill with an upset on that condemnation resolution. We begin with chief White House Correspondent john roberts on the north lawn tonight. Good evening, john. Good evening to you. Under fire from even members of his own party, President Trump appeared eager today to move past the offending feet from to to my tweet from sunday and put the focus not on personality, but on policy. In an attempt to maintain solidarity among republicans ahead of the houseboat to condemn his sunday tweet, President Trump insisted those tweets were not racist. I dont have a racist bone in my body. In an interview, his secretary of state, mike pompeo, backed him up. Race has nothing to do with this. Not once. Meeting with the cabinet today, the president s of the issue is not about him, its about what congresswoman alexandria ocasio