tv BOS Public Safety Neighborhood Services Committee SFGTV October 27, 2022 11:00pm-2:01am PDT
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students delegate group they will work with our office to create our next policy there is an avenue for studentses and we encouraged all to apply and anticipate that's our version of the legislative process. board policies are policies that guide our work and revving ligzs how we do them. the 2 documents and in addition to bull and he harassment policy is when we will be working on overnights next few months. i encourage all students interested in that work and framing our policies and framing how we move forward in this work as we comply with the luto reach out to our office. there is on sud suds website is information about the student group. we will be hopeful low through our student group purke out information to the different schools and getting feedback this way. that in the spring we have an
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idea where policies will be once the regulations are release exclude make sure our policy complies with that and as we push this out tell be another lift to get everyone trained to get everyone the support so they understand the now way of doing things. we also have a variety of curriculum the district uses. i am not responsible for the curriculum that is a different department. when issues come up we do lone on our school partners to make sure are we investigating coming to a conclusion and educating students we are school districts and students have a right to be at our schools. really purke out the education. what i am hope to get to with this extra investigator and sfaf member is starting to shift the folk you to react to get working to prevention the delegates mentioned that it is a focus now that we have afternoon
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additional person in the next year and in religion to the new title 9 regulations i hope as a district with different departments we continue to talk about robust and starting young are, too. i'm that he want to answer questions. >> thank you very much, if is okay i have a couple of questions that -- thank you for your presentation and for your work. and i of course this you know especially if the elections go the way we want them in november there will be more resources for student wellness and curriculum development and things we need for prevention. you know title 9 is you know a requirement of receiving federal funding the bear minimum we do. and it seems the students are asking for accountability that goes beyond title 9 that is something i did not hear in your
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presentation. so, you know aside from comply with title 9 you an employer sfusd is an employ and has a system where than i are in charge of minors and so -- what are the policies and procedures beyond title 9 investigation when you also mandated reporters. if well is a teacher who notices an athletic director checking a student out of class repeated low for no reason that is not a tiling 9 issue. there is an over lap but a mandated reporter duty to rescue noise that something is amiss and account act mechanism for this staff person. i'm not sure is your jurisdiction it is under hr and they are not here. how does that go? it does. i wir a hat of over seeing
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employee relations. a few things i appreciate this question. one thing every staff member is strained year low on reports. we through our boundaries i can't speak to your the case you are talking about the situation. that's in litigation we had not speak about it it happened often enough. >> things like this we are training our staff member when is they see something concerning they report to the add administrator and add administrator holder of that information receives information if a variety of different things. we have done many trainingos recognizing abuse in schools for our administrators to hold and push out to staff members. this is something we are bringing back all high school staff will be trained on ecrecognizing abuse in school when is that is brought to our
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team we dot investigation ourselves or support school throughout investigation depending the level misconduct reported. should report to child protective service or sfpd if we some child abuse that's our duty. everyone of us. and then we also have a responsibility to investigate to determine if our own policies are being violated or child abuse is happening that is a focus. san francisco had the of first policies on the books of anyone we hand transistor today to recognize i think about 5 years it has been in accomplice. and pushing out this information gwen to our school sites to over 130 school buildings with staff and different agents is something we focus adult to student side. >> what happens when it is students and students involved
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in a sexual assault. >> if it riseed a sexual assault, which tiling 9 we have to do a long title 9 investigation at the district level. it ends uptaking our office 60 to 90 days on top of the investigation, we have to do a 10 day report evidence review period, write a report and another 10 days for question and answer and a different person from the investigator has to issue a written determination. it would made intentionally long i think people who know who wrote it put it in place for. and so when a variety of different complaints come in we figure out at the district level with 2-3 people had does this investigation. testimony does take awhile it is difficult for students and something i'm looking forward to not be a requirement moving forward. >> during that time the investigation is taking place it is possible for the victim and
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the person who is accused of aggression to be sitting side by side in the class. should impelement supportive measures particular be a class change if this is promote. we can't do before the conclusion of the investigation is do anything punitive. anything that can be done during that time period should ch is tough for students and schools to manage is to figure out how we provide supports for both opportunities not punitive and making a predetermination before we get to the end. before the revvings went in accomplice we moved through investigations within days and weeks. the revvings they put in ing tensionally slow third degree down. some concerns we heard from students predate the revvings that is not the only concern i'm hearing i'm not going to blame this all on that. pushing out curriculum, training of adulls and transparency i heard cal talk about poster we
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have posters are they great, no they are of created by again an office of 2 or 3 am. we are trying to be wellness center with resource hub so people go in. one thing we ask is how do studentsment to receive this information. is it on social modia, in person, posters? and so if it is all of them we are work to try to push out that information. and that is when i'm thankful to the group about is being per ins in that. jury room thank you. miss williams. thank you. >> so next up we will hear from mariah sue. director of the d. children, youth and families. and i think we have jazmin dawson dpept director of community per inship you minot
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know this but miss sue is a child psychologist and has for a long time been a champion of children and an expert on everything to do with youth and trauma. thank you. director sue for being here with us today. >> thank you supervisor melgar, mar and stefani for call thanksgiving important hearing and before i story i want to thank the stounts who are here today. it is clearly a demonstration not only the commitment and advocacy you have but clear this is an important issue. not only for yourself and peers, school and your communities thank you for coming out and representing and speaking your truths is hard. it is heard for adults to do this let alone young people. my purpose today is it talk about the way the city wants to
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and ask supporting school district. and i have with me also -- alison from the d. public health. so i doment to just emphasize that this is a very complicated issue. however. it is it is know issue that needs to be addressed. i appreciate the words that our students delegates shared as well as the reformed strengthning of the system our am school district partner system enengaging is which is important. our student delegates made irrelevant amazing and very intentional and thoughtful recommendations. that dcyf and department of public healing are willing to support the district in building out. so just really quickly to mention i fully support
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enhajjesed trainings. i agree we should start trainings about consent and about what is appropriate and not appropriate touching and upon engagement in start nothing elementary school the recommendation of our young people temperature is important for whoefrn participate in any program regardless of sports or other programs to understand the importance of these big issues. and dcyf is working with the district as we develop a curriculum for trainings. is look for the everforward working with the wellness center services that is as important. having a safe place for young people to go and talk to anyone what they are experiencing as
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they try to figure out happened. we will figure out how we can increase the services and that capacity and at all the high schools. i will take it a step further i will also commit to figuring out how to expand service at our middle schools as well. this is -- an issue that impacts all of our grade levels. so wellness centerses are found in all of the public high schools. and in our middle schools we have beacon centers. so we are look nothing expanding the mental health compoint at the beacon centers so young people experiencing the issues will have a safe accomplice to go and talk to an adult. i have a brief presentation. that highlights all of the other service that young people can go to to receive support in the community. these are programs that are both
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found in schools at important school sites and out in the community. so for some young -- for some young people who don'ts feel comfortable at their school for whatever reason, there are other accomplices within the community within our san francisco that young people can go to to seek support and help and both counciling and add voice. and you can see here on the list a number of nonprofits this dcyf fund of ranging from mentorship and case management to active prospects that are gender based. supports young women and programs to support young men as well and support nonbinary young people we fop make sure it is
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not just a girl or boy tissue is issue around safety and people who make others not feel safe. we have a number of different programs within our city that -- provides this time service and support for young people. >> >> in terms of. partnerships the first one with the school district wellness centers. i shared i am committed to expanding figuring out to expand the wellness center capacity but using the wellness center to support the trainings and roll out of information to young people throughout their school. we also have a partnership called expect respect sf at san francisco city college. run through there and works with a lot of our nonprofits to provide supports to young
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people. >> and then with that, i'm ending my part of the presentation and i will hand it over to our d ph clothe hol share the resources they offer. thank you, director sue >> can i ask you before you leave, with more resources which you may get, would it be possible to expand the license and resources for students? >> absolutely. i will say that we don't need to it wait for the resources to come this is such an important issue that i shared earlier i'm committed to w with you and supervisorster neil to figure out how we can make this help as soon as possible. >> thank you. >> hello supervisor i'm going to talk today about the treatment options d ph offers to those who
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have been victims of sexual harassment, abuse and traumaticasm i will start with the program our go to flag ishmael program. we call it case ait is san francisco gender under the trauma recovery service this is is an if you mean spectrum program delivers mental health service, therapy, medication if indicated. case management. that's one arm the other arm is a forensic arm. if the youth and the family decide they want to involve law enforcement, case provides forensic service through mdand that team consists social worker, nurse and someone from the da's office and a victim's advocate and they gather the
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evidence and also support the family and the youth through the court process. the third thing they do is if a youth and family is already in services with someone, when you have a trauma it is difficult to have to keep telling your story. if you already have a therapist or someone you work with that you have a good relationship with, you don't want to change that at this point. offer help to that therapist to help them work with the client on the issues that may come up ordinarily the abuse. those are the 3 things than i offer t. is comprehensive around since the late 70s. in addition, we have our comprehensive crisis service where if a youth is responsiblesing an acute mental health crisis they foal they want to hurt themselves or someone else, reach out to our child crisis. they are also the designated agency within our city to initial a hospitalization.
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if you are also in crisis or feeling overwhelmed it is in the acute you don't feel you need a hospital, reach oust to our mobile response team. they are available. they have a very good rep in all of the schools that's where they have been working and they can help to stabilize and stay with us and w with you and your fell to get you throughout crisis. in closing i want to say that trauma does in the always materialize in the way you think it is going to. some things are very hard to talk b. thereupon is probably nothing harder to talk about than sexual trauma. if you see someone you know i say this to everyone in the room if you see smun and not notice their behavior changed in i way, either they are isolating, grades are dropping, partying more. reach out to them and ask them what is going on. check in on them. because some things are
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irrelevant hard to talk about. and if we electric out for each other this makes a better community. i close with that. i thank you, thank our colleagues from dcyf and the students who came you are very brave and making a difference. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> if you have questions. >> i don't. colleagues. >> thank you. >> thank you. so -- our last presenter is i'm sorry. du -- jazmin did you have manage? no. our last presenter is i'm sorry. divorce enthusiasm a policy director for office of the sexual harassment and sexual assault response and prevention. to present on the office's complaint process, data insights, best practices and work on gender based violence
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prevention programs. thank you so much for being here >> thank you. we have slides we can get those up, please. thank you supervisor melgar and mar and stefani for having me. prior to my role at the office of sharp i was at san francisco [inaudible] 7 years as community education consult analysis. i was providing work shop on what is sexual assault and rape. violence intervention and supporting survirus at high schools throughout san francisco. i want to thank the youth here. thank you for elevating your store and hes voice we are proud of and you we are here to support you. at the office of sharp, we are the gender based violence prevention division of the san francisco human right's commission. we work to ensure that survivors are believed issue responded and treated with dignity by city gentlemans when voicing their
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responsibles of sexual vinyls. advocate in city government for survivors and work to transform and create new system approaching and address end sexual vinyls. office of sharp envisions a san francisco with no as a result or sexual assault. and should envision san francisco with options so a survivor can choose to address the harm and heeling process. each. working to end the violence as well as condition in which able to occur. the sharp office has 3 focus. . we do advocacy, policy and prevention. through advocacy we receive complaints from survirusil talk in the next slide. we have 3 complaint form this is survirus can fill out. am complaint forms inform the policy work that we focus and
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build survivor lead community coalitions. our office was -- created by survirus of sexual violence with the support of supervisor ronen. focus on prevention. we collaborate with partners and organizations to teach in public education. and education -- to shift the culture of sexual violence to credit a san francisco without sexual violence. . through our office we have 3 complaint forms on the website this survivors can fill out. this includes students who may have complaints of city government agency such as sfusd. we have 3 complaint force 2 are similar. meaning that the unanimous and advocacy requests forms other am same the difference that one is
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unanimous and one selects constack information. all the complacements help us inform the policy work we do and helps us collect data and our last is called, we honor your decision to not report tell us merchandise these forms and these forms can be filled out boy survivors themselves, teachers, counselors, youth organizations who are offering services to students who are going through this process. >> as part of our prevention efforts we have agenda prevention collective. for us we continue is in the about sexual harassment and visual, verbal or visual ways or
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sexual assaulto rape. some is gender based violence. some students face a specific violence because of their lived experience. more identities that a student holds that are marginalized the more likely they are to experience violence early in their life and more often and the more they are marginalized. if you have recent rivals the violence that transgender nonbinary students were facing. and so it is important it address but violence is compelled billsos student identities the gender based violence collective, our mission is we are a group of organizations and advocates from across san francisco focussed on
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clan rit to end the cycle of sixual violence and trauma in the city. we stands up to those affects offering solutions as change makers. we do this prioritizing heeling [inaudible]. showing best practices and using transformtive justice model. weave have received a formal complaint the asked for support and system changes are high school aged students facing sexual violence in schools and communities. >> one way we uplift the voice of youth is this past april sexual assault awareness we hosted our future our voices. a conversation with san francisco youth on the impact it is of gender based violence. through this panel, we
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collaborated with chinese progressive association, mission high school public health were path way and collaborative. and we invite to you watch this an hour town hall. on my facebook can you watch it. i put the quotes the students shared during the panel, students should not have to pick between an education or feeling safe at school. the nonbinary transgender youth at a greater risk from verbal harassment to physical and psychological harm. studentsment to be at the front of making policies that address these issues. >> we are also very luck tow have a partnership with mission high school public health path way program. we are able to hold high school interrence throughout the semester and the projects this
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they have created here we have an example of a [inaudible] that students created where they created with peers lighting defy nigsz. signs unhealthy relationships. pod casts about peers can use as a resource. as well as education videos on consent. identify sexual harassment and more. >> woo collaborated with project survive. we have been able to host 8 students entering the wellness studied by the course names and sexual violence at city college. most useful resources the city intern created was the creation of trance formative justice resource bank. we know that expect upon is the many solutions that exist. and it is position to offer
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abuse prevention and peer for young family of color we want to highlight the course exist buzz they are a resource and build enrollment to foster leadership among students. i emalso. to say how give -- special limitations to the youth and the students that are here. we are office at insure is hope to host a town hall this fall as well as a youth summit. a heeling youth summit in the spring and invite to you be part of our planning committee to cater to your needs and address the issues you bring and up also create a heeling for you as well. that is a part of the process. thank you for having me. >> fantastic.
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thank you. colleagues, i misspoke we have one more pair of presenters this is the folks that [inaudible] just talked about project survive. city college of san francisco. . women and gender studies that is adel carpenter and shellis [inaudible]. joy want it apologize for not acknowledging kelly [inaudible]. thank you, kelly. >> good afternoon supervisors, i'm adel carpenter on women and gender studies the city college i coordinate project survive and respect san francisco which are peer lead prevention and programs i'm here with my
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colleague. hello i'm the dual enroll am prosecute if he was or at mission high school. teaching of the project survive courses there. we have slides. thank you very much. so a del gave us an introduction. next one, please. okay. project surviv is a 28 year old peer lead healthy relation and sexual approximate domestic violence prevention program in women studies at city college. it has been run by instructors like a del special coordinated. what do we offer? we have wonderful upon expect respect we offered presentations to 2006 that idea was brought to our founder by a frequent survive peer educator and came to fruition in 2006.
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have 2 in house class rooms an institutional part of be real and be ready curriculum this sfusd uses. coordinate a collaborative of community based organizations provides abuse prevention and sfusd and we provide resources with students, teachers wellness centers staff and like basically what i do the dual enrollment at mission high school leadership develop and want job opportunity are available for sfusd students and alumni. next slide. so our city college of san francisco students upon gain paid experience at peer edindicators the model of expect respect is peers youth listen to people who look like them with the same energy and it is amazing. . this model brings students in
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the class with focus trinning and hiring of sfusd students. and graduates dpo often returning at peer educators. expect respect san francisco is a part of sfusd health classes. so now all of sfusd high schools now offer healing education classes in ninth great. expect respect is the preferred provider healthy relationship lessons curriculum in the be really and be ready curriculum. next slide. a bit more about the curriculum that our city college students lead in the high schools. twofl day lesson. again in the ninth grade health class first day healthy relationship questions of lawings issue healthy bound
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easier and understanding power and oshg preparation how this shows up in relationships and we explore gender roles with the students. on the second day oir our educators on the cycle violence, recognizing signs of abuse and practicing verbalizing consent and understanding how to negotiate consent on a date thinking about risk reduction strategies. next slide. so, we then and there time education as part of a comprehensive sexuality education like sfusd has with be real be ready does help prevent violence when there is a skills based focus with students until college. >> so the student who is go through the curriculum report you know learning new
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information, feeling empowder. these are quotes from students who completed the curriculum. one city council said i learned rip does in the occur because of unkrellable sex driveway it made me feel knowledgeable the way different ways rape is not okay. happy to share more about when we hear from students but that is an example the feedback our peer educators receive. so, like shelly said we have been in the school since 2006. our 2 day curriculum has been institutionalized since 2010. before the pan emic ed indicators were in 16 high school and over 230 present anticipations in sfusd every year temperature is important to say this does in the meet the full need for prevention education in the high schools. we are talking to freshman who
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are less likely to begin intmate partner relationships and we than a lot of calls for prevention sxejz further support are coming from our lefrn and 12th graders we want to address that and anchored with niejth grade and ares inspect 230 of the classrooms a year. during the pandemic we pulled back to offering a one day curriculum in 9 high schools and as of spring our peer educators return in the person and building back our lead are ishmael pipeline and theme say our students will be in 80 classrooms this semester. >> we also work with the community collaborative and other community based organizations doing work against gender based violence. also to coordinate out reach to schools and address the needs the schools very much we have a group ever partners that offer a
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third day on additional topics of interest to classes like sexual harassment, cyber bully and women against rapeful young asian women against violence. we work can the lgbt speaker bureau. and lacosta madres. we are beginning cord in this case with huckleberry youth and black women revol geans and we have members of collaborative that consult on out reach to high schools and the curriculum includes sharp, welch inc. and the reilly center. etch force force so i will talk about the leadership development we are offering sfusd. we are lucky and able to offer
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courses that [inaudible] mission high school and balboa. since 2020, we have done our project survive training course at mission high school. as a part of the course volunteer with sexual assault the presentationless and education advocacy at school and actually get appropriated for jobs and expect respect and public health programs. that they choose. . >> i'm the proud professor of 2 [inaudible] of students leaders at mission high school i adore. 20 students in each cohort. they have actually learned and practiced fasilltation skill in other class rooms at mission high. done public service announcements on healthy relationships this they recorded and debunk myths and stereotypes
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on sexual violence. present anticipations they created and practice in the other health classes and involvement in voicing needs and occurrence of these things at school. >> thank you. so -- we are prevention education provider but we also imagine ourselves and tends to be part of a leadership development framework for training educators to work in this field it is difficult to hire and retain nonprofit workers that can lead this work combating gender based violence and want city college to be an engine for training and people go in the work and be supportd and have a network of people they can rely on once theyir in that work. we have a 16 unit sexual health edcarrollton certificate that educators are completing.
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the upon training classes to be a peer educator. and this aims to train students in safe and healthy sexuality and the promotion of healthy relationships. and during that training they receive both paid experience of project survive and volunteer experience with agencies doing do met and i can sexual violence prevention. connect with mentors for careers special human service. the certificates say this paid experience in the high school class is what prepares our graduates to work in the field of do met and i can sexual violence prevention and intervention. we are froud have our educator graduates working in sfusd and in the wellness centerses with the district and directly in the abuse prevention community based
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providers. we want to bea i partner and engine for developing that leadership that is happen happening where alumni carry this in the schools and neighborhoods and communities. we can skip ahead. i will say it is not the scope of today's hearing we also intend for classes to be available to the staff and teachers at sfusd as well as any students that want to enroll am. the pact ways we offer our 2 project survive training course after school during fall and spring so partners and students can join. we also offer a free self defense class available to high school students and evening masculinity study's class it is an important part of this universe of upon gender based violence prevention. so you know we have really been
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looking how we responded to the calls come from student who is have inaugurated this conversation and one challenges is we are focussed on the community side and prevention side and the demands in the student letters focusedod need for intervention and support in the district. woeful have been think burglar when can we do as we expect respect collaborative in terms of the requests from schools in the aftermath of the student walk outs, there have been requests for support with school wide assembly and training with staff training on title 9. on by stander intervention and understanding sexual harassment. for support for fasilltation of girl's groups or discussions about gender based violence and requests for in person work when not all the collaborative partners were ready to go back
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though i'm glad to say search back to offering in person or hybrid options. challenges this we are facing as we come out of the pan dem and i can try to the not only rep establish but grow this work and meet the demand is city college has lower enrollment. due to class cuts in 2019 that impacted our leadership pipeline. and so we want to. have more students that are employed at the college treed go in high school and do this work and work to buildum this leadership pipeline. that was reduction to student work upper wages during the pandemic we are q.ed this our chancellor has committed to restoring. on the community partner side we seen that people have difficulty hiring and retaining staff because of the cost of living that was worse during the pandemic and this it is another reason we are really look to
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build enrollment and project survive in college. certificate program is to continue to have a group of folks that can fill the role and wills build up the work on the community side as frontline staff. and then in terms of per inship with the school district we worked closely with the teachers on special assignment in school health to create the linkages to classroom and book in classrooms because of teach are shortages we seen the teachers on special assignment pulled in the classroom which especially with teach are turn over can impact how quickly rereestablish the relationships with classroom teachers. bottom line the demand for this work is up we hear it from students and schools. but in terms ofy meeting that demands the deep are issue around how we resource the school district, support service and how we very well source and
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stabilize city college and stabilize and raise rages for nonprofit workers to retain them in the field the issues you hear about impact this w we are doing the best we can to be in as many class rooms at possible and hopeful with shellis and students at mission high school now able to go in the left-hand laneth and 12th grade class to meet more requests we are hearing from the student leaders who lead walk outs last spring. thank you for your time and thank you to the student who is raise this issue. >> thank you for this thorough presentation. why do we have questions for any of you are presenters? supervisor stefani. thank you to the students the presenters. i have a 13 year old daughter
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and 17 year old son and just sad you have to advocate for yourself there is this and gun violence i remember when students walked out and came to city hall to prosecute test gun violence i admire and you think this generation will save a lot of us from a lot of social ails. i do admire you and i just was not clear on what the status of the student demands are. i would like to get clear on that. there were presentations but i don't know if it concludeod where we are with the demands. >> cal, do you to which sarns this question? upon now the only student demand that has been philadelphiaed from tulths 9 is to official lohmanidate init wroog investigations must take place under tiling 9 and sfusd bully
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policy. >> what has not been met? that one yet where was implementod october 11 with the board bull and he harassment policy changes. there is a bunch that have not i was asking if you would restate. a couple ones not met are the manualed torrey orientation and company wifr for student athletes auditing health curriculum consent elementary schools. ensuring walk on coaches and athletic directors are put through same training for sensitivity and professional development courses and ensuring more easy access it tiling 9 resources through posters in schools and digital means like the synergy app that students check their grades on. why and follow up, do you know are you still advocating. are they telling you, no on
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them? or is it more open to discussion? where are they with all of that? sdwroo hymn guess become to the issue i touchod last which is the governors change they did pass sort of a slate of reforms with the consultings group helping us with the practices which include not allowing 4 residence loulgzs to be passed. i mentioned resolutions sponsored by board members have been the student advisory council and delegates only way to propose policy changes now we are at the mercy of the board to implement when we have been asking for and as far as that is going there is some discussion but fairly paused not a lot of move and want it is important to mention that the title 9 reforms the previously mentioned about ensuring all incidents are investigated under title 9 and buildings harassment was not
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approved not guilty week before the date for this hear exterioring we had not seen much movement up to this point. >> thank you were >> thanks again. to the presenters. and -- appreciate hearing the update and to all the young people here. who are purke and demanding real action to address these stloojding and growing occurrence. around sexual harassment and violence. go to public comment i know there are a lot and possible low on line thatment to speak as well. >> thank you, member of the public who would like to make comment for item two lineup along the wall to the right. remote call in members press sar3 to be add to the queue. for those on holds wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. prop the podium if you would
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like to speak. >> there is a timer. you have 2 minutes and the light will influential on the podium. >> thank you. hello i'm am [inaudible] i'm a journal in mission high school. i lead the [inaudible] students against sexual harassment at my school [inaudible] i'm he were students at school don't feel safe not able to or feel comfortable with seeking help from schools. apparently with -- sorry. many sfusd schools don't have resource in accomplice to support survivors groups and systems and therapists that specialize in supporting survirus i'm not a survivor this worries mow and otherers runts
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risening being harmed by going to school. sexual harassment affects every student and unacceptable how this is an issue for years and before prosecute tests at mission high the wellness center staff said to me exteriorings carefulful of when we said scientist information we gave out. for the safkt attackers. hoe worried how the attackers were treated do you to the prosecute test instead of survivors who had to go through the trauma. the support system in schools are flawed and the trusted adults more harmful than good to which help with issues i ask fudding prosecute voiding therapists at school who is can support survivors. be seconding programs in thes topic surrounding sexual assault with schools and creation of
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transparent responsive system this separates survirfrom attacker moved thick out of shared classes and hold the attackers accountable boy money of proper pun i shallment if proven guilty. >> thank you. >> i'm dylan i'm a journal at mission high school. i'm the coleader of the students against sexual harassment and violence club with miami friend tyler. the issues we are talking about sexual harassment and sexual assault are close to me and seen many students affected by them in the place we are supposed to be protected. city councils don't feel safe coming forward with stories our administration does in the take them seriously we write store necessary bedroom stalls they are treated with more respect there then and there boy teach and ares faculty.
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too many aboous buzers run free. i have a thouz dmansdz but story boy changing the title 9 legislation. ful this process sub easily stream lined. so this survivors can have representatives ding designate nited tell store and he protect survivors. will second low survivors deserve a place in jol they talk to tr all and hole we need proper violence counselor in schools and don'ts have them now. third, abusers need to be taken out of program s and classes that if victims are in such as. sports and clubs immediately. the survirus heeling process should be held in high regard
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than abuser rehab. we can't allow sfusd to put the future of abusers first it is heard to heel when you see your abuser every where and sfusd has been bad at separating victims from predators. title 9 defends students suksualy harassment on school grounds. i'm a woman who experienced sexual harm first hand. each student deserves a voice. many i know were silenced they felt a lack of support and safety in the sfusd.
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is it is important we make school a safe place. i never felt confident in sfusd to report hrm i experienced because friends of motorbike have reported and nothing was done i felt it would do more harm than good. i anyhow it would bring drama and shame i would be blamed. if we had more funds and support systems less experience will share the response of mow and otherless we want our schools safe and this would be bring us steps closer. some ways is by using fund to improve public health pregnant ways and better support for students. thank you.nant ways and better support for students. thank you.ways and better support for students. thank you. >> i'm a junior at balboa high school. i experienced and witnessed sexual violence in sfusd since
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fifth grid and little to no action on the issues. i have been compared to porn stars on campus since i was 12. my sons were sexual harassment the differ thing the dean said is they should cover up. i'm in an investigation myself and i had no idea what was happening i middled hours of school and my graded because of this. this it is not okay. sfusd needs to take immediate against against abuse are remove them from classes when allegations are brought up and community every step of the title 9 process with the victim. survivors in sfusd deserve better they deserve respect and communication and not have to sit in classing with their rapists. consent used to be talked about throughout their education with sfusd. and sfusd needs to do better.
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>> thank you. i'm sean gomez i'm a junior from balboa high school. on september 30 i was choked out by another student. add min was not there to support me not guilty following monday and he was suspended without me knows and i heard this from another friends they did not let mow know when he was returning until i see him walking around. . sorry. another case i filed against a separate student i was asked to change classes not him i should not be affectd and his should.
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no case has been time exclude have not heard anything from sfusd or title 9 case sorry. take your time. i have been verbally assaults pinned against lookers sexual harassed this cannot happen to sfusd students moving forward i would like to see all staff trained on sexual harassment and school wide assemblies about preventing sexual vinyls. elementary school students should be taught by sexual harassment and violence. thank you. >> i'm [inaudible] valdez a 12 grader at mission high school i live in the south of market i'm a youth out reach worker a student educator and i'm taking
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the student enrollment classes i'm here to support students and one of the voices for upon many students that were in the able to come in this hearing. when i go to school i expect it to be safe like any student in the country t. it is a space to learn with no worries and escape the dangers of the outside world. in reality there is no staif place for students if i walk through halls where there are people that have hungry wolfish eyes where they are spearing cat calling is normal when i break that expectation my friends tell mow i'm too extra. there are situations that are way worse in mission and especially other schools. this is why i asked shall ask for a request for the city to run changes and sfusd schools when it come to sexual assault
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and sexual harassment prevention and response. this monies it give more machine tow public health programs it train student educators like me, improve the title 9 process and mental support for students by trained professionals with emphasis on the assault. and final low to the other points that other people have said in this hearing. thank you. thank you for this hearing i'm karen i'm a mother of 2 sfusd students. i'm a canned difor the board of education. professional low i'm a diversity inclusion educator and if silltate sexual harassment in work accomplices and survivor of sexual assault when i was a sophomore in high school by a popular athlete. and it it is facted me my entire
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life and iment to thank all the survivors who are here and all the supporters for being a part of this hearing. what i heard throughout the campaign is students, educators, staff and add administrators don't feel safe at sfusd schools. the culture this sfusd must change and that will require every adult connected to sfusd to unite to have clear behavior expectation and to uphold them. to offer school wide training to teach people to. believe survivors to teach people to be up standers. hold people who cause hatorment account and conduct investigations quick low and fairly and begin in k to talk about consent and pleasure. sex is an important permit of life we want to teach about it
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in a sex positive way. >> hi. everyone i'm emleap nguyen i'm a high school student and the chair of on the san francisco youth commission. today i want to talk about the issues ever bureaucracy in the da's office and police department. between 2003 and 2013, 753 rape kits despite legislation mandate all rape kits must be tested. additional low, in 2016 the department of justice audits sfpd and offered recommendations 91 addressed the conscience in the special victim's unit. we urge the da office and sfpd to test all rape kit and begin
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an investigation in fret hours of receiving them. we urge sfpd to virize youth voices on sexual assault and sexual harassment. lastly we urge the sfpd to properly assist survivor in filing a police department in getting medical care and holding perpetrators acountsability and maintaining survivor's legal rights in a timely manner. thank you for your time and calling this hearing. >> thank you. . i'm [inaudible] will plummer i serve commissioner on the san francisco youth commission representing young people across our city. i want to thank you for taking time for this important issue. and to urge this to be the beginning of a thorough press ensuring student safety and well innocence san francisco schools. in 2005 the youth commission
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published i report on sexual assault and sexual harassment in our schools show the the factor in preventing students receiving support disconnection with services and students in schools. other recommendations from the report offer a public information come pain to be created for services teachers trained on sexual assault and sexual harassment and levels of funding for counseling service in schools to be maintaind and increased. orth report. created in 2017. . by the safe school task force created this report. it ecode the same recommendations of initial report showing how little had been done. here we are again years later asking for more. we are asking for the same things. we urge the sfusd and all school
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in san francisco to impelement mandatory trin anding information campaigns on definitions of sexual assault and sexual harassment reporting prefer and how to support students and how to prevents the crimes from taking accomplice newscast first accomplice. the board of supervisors we ask you restart the safer schools task force. this time with youth voices represented on it. young people deserve safe and welcoming learning environments. it is something we should be able to pride ourselves on. we can't yet. we need leaders like to you protect and support students. thank you. >> hello. a.m. district 5 youth commissioner and a journal at
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local high school. we take half a year any year you can go through off the high school and take your last semester. and the classes don't focus on healthy relationships can send and dealing with trauma and getting meantsal health support or retruckive health services and our curriculum is up to parwhen i took healing last year my teacher used an out dated curriculum telling us the hearsay of alcohol approximate american but spent a few dayos healthy reps, concents and all of those important topics. and there is, legality of resources available through the community organizations that we heard from today. snients are just not aware of the resources and the school fails to promote them
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temperature is also hard to acswhesz there is in the resources at the school site where students reach them during the day. with wellness, you students will hesitate to go to service as they foal they will fall behind in class work when they take time out of their day to take care of themselves. we want to urge that dcyf and sfusd prosecute void more fund to promote access to resources and improving the health education curriculum. thank you. we see abuse ask to be open and receptive to learning how can than i learn not safe or being
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seen or heard i work as an educator and have been in awe with the positive impact on the youth we serve. reading the religions i feel educate and learned do relationships better and pooh hope it shifts how we learn to do life respectful low. i share third degree with adults living across california. and repeated low they ask where was this when i was younger. overnight past 3 years the world watches the political system bleeds out beauty it highlights yours that need attentionful i have livid here for a year and in the middle being a strange and embracing the city but wander will you be a part of the heel and listen and person from the past to credit a better future. i ask to help us butt reality is we can't retory what we have not achieved.
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will you help us get close to modeling when safeties, trust and healthy reps looks like for generations and those to come by supporting it is programs it is in longer of replacing mandates we are move to complete transparency you will see with us and the lead and catalyst of change for the city of san francisco but the state of california. thank you. we'll now go to the remote line. forward of the first caller. >> hello can you hear me? yes. >> hi. i'm dale smith from san
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francisco i grew up here. i went to charter school in san francisco and worked with project survive. i want to highlight the fact that this was a problem i was in high school was have the exclusive to go to high school when is i was attending them and that's i want to underline the fact this hen a problem this is not new. this it is something this needs to be taught young to all student in san francisco public, chart and private. regardless of sfusd has oversight over their facilities. it is seen as a secondary education rather than something required. the things during the presentations upset me and it got worse due to peoples way of socializing being with others through social mead naacpia it is mandz torrey learn nothing all schools at all levels.
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sfusd has to provide better trarnz lagz services. many are forced sit in classes with no translations or a teacher that speaks their language these are vulnerable. it is heard to believe that many folks are learning anything in the school fist learning basic english of the same time and needs to be a trans layer in all class and support to the teachers to learn the language and the students they serve. thank you. >> thank you. forward the next caller. forward the next caller in >> oh. hello can you hear me >> we can. i was moued.
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hello this is a lita fisher. parent newscast district of 2 mission high school graduates a concern mission high school students, go bears and eighth grader. first of all thank you very much to the sproirss for holds thanksgiving hearing. sxf more important low thank you to all of you there sharing your store and hes being brave and doing the work. will telling us all what we should be listen to and should have been hearing for years. thank you for highlighting this and you should in the have to which this work should have been done decades ago. thank you all for being here and talking about safer schools sexual assault task force needs to be restarted. thank you for sharing your raw stories and experiences. . our district has a history of focussing on compliance rather
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than commitment. and hopefully we move past that and listen to our students. and their needs and putting their safety first and foremost. and we hope this the city will stand and up help nus that endeavour. thank you all. and i hope this is the first of many partnerships and collaborate rigz and hearing on this subject. thank you. >> thank you for your comments we are checking the lines. there are zero callers. >> thank you. public comment is closed. and i just want today thank all of the young people whom spoke out passionate low during public comment today. and sharing your stories and your demand and ideas on when really needs to help to address these issues you have been demanding more real action on.
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you know for a language time. thank you, everyone. i wanted to say that -- i really appreciated all of the comment this is happened today. i took detailed notes and appreciate all the specific proposals for change. a lot of it does seem focusod the district and sfusd and the school cites need to take the issues more serious and to take more bolder and impactful actions. and but some of them i think connected to the city and the board of supervisors calls for more funding for support for survivors in schools. they're poe and other services and you know and -- resources to support really great programs the public health pregnant way and the city college -- project
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survive. yea. so -- you know hopeful low boll ballot measures will help and also we as a board and city need to look at these issues and how we prioritize the budget process this year looking ahead. so and i appreciate the comment from bark are plumber the need to look at reverifying of the safer schools. sexual assault task force so there is an on going oversight and conversations and actual solutions across the city and the school district and city college and the students centered this is simultaneous i supportful supervisor melgar feb.ing thank you for calling for this hearing >> thank you so much for the time and accommodating the
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hearing later so the young people could come and participateful i wanted say, thank you so much for your advocacy and showing up and for you know speak truth of power and your fierceness and courage in coming forward and speak burglar these issues. i want to thank sfusd staff, thank you for being here and listening to the students. andvilleidating boy your presence that when they are saying. we structured the hear nothing this way to center the voice of students and also to provide an over view of behalf is available through the city and community to make sure we all know that the school districts are in the alone in doing all this. per of the reason bypass supervisor robe sxen eye are around the community school model the things that are
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happening in terms of the are projects survive and mission high school can be replicate in the all high schools. it can be adopted middle school. the community resources are there if we provide funding. and upon support to expand a robust network for prevention and crim patrol development on consent and motor vehicle listenity. femininity and all of the things that folks struggle with there are resources. great models that be rebelicated and brought to the school. you are not in it alone. i want it highlight there is a role for young people in all of this. there are were great peer resourgs models program this is are happening in our city nacenter the voice of young people and the agents of change and educating their pierce can
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prosecute voiding that energy toward cullure change that needs to happen in our schools. and i am i have also like supervisor mar, have a long list of to do's out of this hearing there will being support for the safer school sexual assault task sdpoers including youth voice system something we now know that earlier was not taken as seriously. but also i will be documenting the things that happen and presented during this hear and for it a formal correspondence it is an important first step with the city, board of supervisor and it is school board in making sure that things are resourced and that the needs of students are met and centersd
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and your voices are heard. thank you so much for coming and ficould ask chair mar we continue this to the call of the chair. this wave we can keep track of the progress made and condition to work with students so that you know -- next we're or wherever we can evidence an update as to progress on this area we come back together and taught successes. thank you. >> thank you supervisor melgar for calling and organize thanksgiving is so important. madam clerk call role >> item to the call the chair vice schafer stefani >> aye >> member melgar. >> aye >> chair mar. >> aye. >> there are 3 aye's. >> great >> this will be continued. madam clerk is there further business. >> no additional business.
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to call home. the tenderloin initiative was launched to improve safety, reduce crime, connect people to services and increase investments in the neighborhood. as city and community-based partners, we work daily to make these changes a reality. we invite you to the tenderloin history, inclusivity make this neighborhood special. >> we're all citizens of san francisco and we deserve food, water, shelter, all of those things that any system would. >> what i find the most fulfilling about being in the tenderloin is that it's really basically a big family here and i love working and living here. >> [speaking foreign language]
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>> my hopes and dreams for the tenderloin are what any other community organizer would want for their community, safe, clean streets for everyone and good operating conditions for small businesses. >> everything in the tenderloin is very good. the food is very good. if you go to any restaurant in san francisco, you will feel like oh, wow, the food is great. the people are nice. >> it is a place where it embraces all walks of life and different cultures. so this is the soul of the tenderloin. it's really welcoming. the. >> the tenderloin is so full of color and so full of people. so with all of us being together and making it feel very safe is challenging, but we are working on it and we are getting there.. >> shop and dine the 49 promotes
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loophole businesses and changes residents to do thirds shopping and diane within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services we help san francisco remain unique and successful where will you shop and dine shop and dine the 49. >> my name is neil the general manager for the book shop here on west portal avenue if san francisco this is a neighborhood bookstore and it is a wonderful neighborhood but it is an interesting community because the residents the neighborhood muni loves the neighborhood it is community and we as a book sincerely we see the same people here the shop all the time and you know to a certain degree this is part of their this is created the neighborhood a place where
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people come and subcontract it is in recent years we see a drop off of a lot of bookstores both national chains and neighborhoods by the neighborhood stores where coming you don't want to - one of the great things of san francisco it is neighborhood neighborhood have dentist corrosive are coffeehouses but 2, 3, 4 coffeehouses in month neighborhoods that are on their own- that's
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>> i am iris long. we are a family business that started in san francisco chinatown by my parents who started the business in the mid 1980s. today we follow the same footsteps of my parents. we source the teas by the harvest season and style of crafting and the specific variety. we specialize in premium tea. today i still visit many of the farms we work with multigenerational farms that produce premium teas with its own natural flavors. it is very much like grapes for wine. what we do is more specialized, but it is more natural. growing up in san francisco i used to come and help my parents after school whether in middle school or high school and throughout college.
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i went to san francisco state university. i did stay home and i helped my parents work throughout the summers to learn what it is that makes our community so special. after graduating i worked for an investment bank in hong kong for a few years before returning when my dad said he was retiring. he passed away a few years ago. after taking over the business we made this a little more accessible for visitors as well as residents of san francisco to visit. many of our teas were traditionally labeled only in chinese for the older generation. today of our tea drinkkers are quite young. it is easy to look on the website to view all of our
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products and fun to come in and look at the different varieties. they are able to explore what we source, premium teas from the providence and the delicious flavors. san francisco is a beautiful city to me as well as many of the residents and businesses here in chinatown. it is great for tourists to visit apsee how our community thrived through the years. this retail location is open daily. we have minimal hours because of our small team during covid. we do welcome visitors to come in and browse through our products. also, visit us online. we have minimal hours. it is nice to set up viewings of these products here.
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>> the timma tkpheuty. mr. clerk, will you please call the role. >> chair dorisy. >> here. >> dorisy present. >> commissioner mandel man. >> here. >> commissioner ronen. ronen absent. >> thank you, mr. saunders. before calling the next item as chair i would like to invoke rule 3.26 to limit total public tkphepbt to 30 minutes for today's meeting. each speaker has two minutes to speak on a given item. mr. clerk, will you please call the next item. >> before i call the next item i
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>> thank you that moves us into item two. (reading item two) this is an action item. >> thank you, mr. saunders. any questions or comments from colleagues on item number two? okay. anyone in the chamber who wishes to comment on item number two? seeing none. operator, any remote public commenters on item two? >> chair there is no public comment. >> okay. thank you. public comment on this item is now closed. a motion on item number two. supervisor -- commissioner ronen. mr. clerk, roll call please. >> tkhaeur dorisy. >> i. >> dorisy i.
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commissioner mandel man. >> i. >> mandel man i. commissioner ronen. ronen, i. >> call the next item. >> approve the minutes of the jan 25th, 2022 meeting. action item. >> any questions or comments from colleagues on the minutes. seeing none. any comments from people in the chamber who wish to comment on the minutes? seeing none. operator any remote public comments on the minutes? >> there is no public comment. >> okay. public comment is now closed. a motion on the minutes. commissioner mandel man. mr. clerk, please call the role. >> chair doris.y. >> i. >> commissioner mandel man. >> i. >> commissioner ronen. three is.
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approved. >> please call the next item. >> item 4. (reading item 4) this is an action item. >> good morning. my name is . i'm the assistant did utility director for planning at the transportation authority. i'm here to provide information on item 4. we recommend award on a two and a half award operating agreement to beep. authorising the executive director to negotiate the operating agreement. the final approval will be taken from the board later this month upon recommendation of this committee. next slide. we're pleased to bring this project to the committee today. we have been working on this project for some years now. the opportunity deads back to 2014 when the federal dot issued
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a call for projects to showcase transportation, innovation and technology. we received that grant for atcmtd to demonstrate an autonomous vehicle shuttle. thought treasure island would be a good location. especially now we are seeing a lot of av deployments in private settings. we think it's important to test av in a shared application. the av shuttle as a pilot has several goals. first how an a v shuttle operates in a mixed use environment. the pilot will allow us to gather technical data and information on perceptions of avs and operation from passengers and other road users. we will be able to share the pilot and less ops learned with
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interested agencies. we will work through community partnerships to explore ways to promote work force development, educational programs and economic development. next slide. the av shuttle pilot is ray temporary nine month demonstration on treasure island with free rides. the shuttle will operate and connect the ferry terminal and other destinations around the island. it will be the first test of avs on public roads with passengers in california. the phapbl here is the vehicle proposed to be used for the project. the electric vehicle can carry ten penningers and the attend ept or eighth passengers and a wheel chair it has been used in multiple cities and pilots by beep and other av firms.
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this project is funded by two grants of federal funds: the grant mentiond in 2015 and an innovative deployment to enhance ar tier kwralz shared automated vehicles, grant awarded earlier this year from mtc. the funding plan includes an appropriation proved by the transportation authority. we're coordinating of course closely on this project. next slide. give the board's prior direction and interest i will go into more detail about the community partnership tasks. our plan is to explore partnerships with various groups and organizations for learning opportunities and exposures to avs and maximize opportunities by this shuttle pie hot. working with labor and workforce is particular interest to the board when we presented this as
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a informational item in 2020. we have met to that end with leaders from the teamsters and twus to describe the project and will continue to not gauge with them through the pie hot. we will work with the office of economic and workforce development and the provider to identify job training opportunities and encourage them to hire locally tore the onboard position. we will connect the provider to one treasure island for the oti job assistance program. we are also exploring educational opportunities with city college. for example to identify learning opportunities and automotive technologies. we have seen examples for vehicle maintenance serving as models for a curriculum development here. we're also reaching out to san francisco unified school district to identify learning opportunities at the high school level. we look forward to promotional
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opportunities. this is our outreach plan. we're in the planning phase. we will hold a town hall next week to address the pie hot to the treasure island community and get input to shape the pilot service. the on-line multi lingual survey is available on the website. it's shown at the bottom here. the next big outreach effort will be prior to beginning vehicle testing. this will be an opportunity for the public to see the shuttle vehicle and meet many provider. public engagement will continue throughout the pilot to collect feedback to guide pilot adjustment if necessary. after it concludes to understand tkphaoupbt perception to feed into the pilot evaluation. next slide.
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this is a preliminary route for the pilot. connecting the ferry terminal residential areas and island destinations. it's based on the 25 route. the stops will be separate from unis. the current uni service runs 15-35 minutes a day. this shuttle will supplement the service on the island. we're working closely to avoid areas in construction over the had ex year. final stops, service, routes will be determined based in part also on public input and in consultation with the provider. next slide. in terms of procurement this is a summary of the process. we issued an rfp in may. received three pro poets alz evaluated by the selection panel. the pam had representatives fro.
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we invited two teams to interview. the panel recommends beep. beep has a number of av deployments across the u.s. with a contract with contra cost. some a to test there. >> this is a summary of the provider scope of work. i won't go into it in great detail. a complete version is attached to the staff memo. finally here is the schedule for the pilot. next slide, please. assuming approval of the provider we will negotiate this fall. beep will obtain regulatory approvals and deliver plans for oma safety, etcetera, we plan to test without passengers and operate shuttle for 9 months
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checking data through the period. the evaluation and time report we expect to be depleted in spring of 2024. next slide. this is the action item before you today. the con racket and authorising the executive director. next slide. thank you, that completes my presentation. staff is available for questions and we're joined virtually by represent tis from beep. representatives from beep. >> thank you. your presentation answered my question go potential route and stops. whether there is opportunities to change that based on public input. my understanding is there would be.
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colleagues, any questions or comments? >> -- working when i request to speak. i will just raise my hand. thank you. just, thank you for the presentation. a couple of of questions. will -- be free? >> yes with. >> and how will this impact uni ridership as we're trying to get you know restore uni to it's former. i wonder how this service will impact that on treasure island. >> he with don't expect this to impact uni ridership. it will just circle around the island. anyone getting off treasure island will need to take uni. we are not seeing this as a lot of primarily to provide additional service. it's primarily to demonstrate
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the technology and checked data and zoo how it works. >> but presumably it's going to be a permanent fixture, if it works on the island. >> the long-term program has a shuttle. so, that shuttle will circulate around treasure island and buena island. at that point uni serves would terminate at the inter hub. uni service will be more rehraoeupbl since it doesn't have to circulate around the island. the shuttle will provide service around the islands. >> i see. thank you. >> thanks. seeing no further comment from colleagues. anyone in the chamber wishing to comment on item four? seeing none. operator, any remote public
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comment on item four? >> public comment, i see no hands raised. no public comment. >> okay. >> so public comment on this item is now closed. can he with have a motion on item number four. commissioner mandel man. mr. clerk, call the role. >> chair dorisy. >> i. >> i. commissioner mandel man. i. ronen. i. thee is. motion is approved. >> thank you, mr. clerk. mr. clerk, please call the next item. >> item number five. (reading item five) this is an action item. >> okay. thank you. any questions or comments from colleagues? >> okay. anyone in the chamber wishing to comment on item five? seeing none. operator is will a remote public
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comment on item five? >> to public comment. >> okay. so public comment on this item is now closed. can we have a motion on item number five. commissioner mandelman. in check, roll call, please. >> chair dorisy. >> i. >> dorisy, i. commissioner mandelman. i. commissioner ronen. i. motion is approved. >> thank you, mr. clerk. mr. clerk, will you please call the next item. >> item six. this is a information item. >> commissioners. i'm rachel high et the deputy director of planning. i'm co precepting some of the
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slides today with nala gonzalez the deputy director for one treasure island and partner on this study. the supplemental transportation study was a request coming from -- board because it's part of the neighborhood planning program. the end tip program. the goals of this study were to focus on treasure island and specifically in he could lab ration with one treasure island. identify near terms, very near terms transportation improvement to be brought to the residents of the island and workers on the island ahead of the trapts poor station service that's will come with the development agreement. all of those new services are anticipated to start in 2025 when the rest of the program begins. the idea here is to identify things to be done as soon as possible. so, the outreach has been lead by one treasure island.
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has a few comments to it. i will invite nela who is joining us remotely to describe the outreach approach. nela, if you're able to get on the line. maybe nela is -- >> good morning. i'm here. i'm sorry. my dog has decided to have a bark fest this morning. i apologize if you hear him. i'm ready to go, rachel. alright. so, i would like to talk a little bit about the work that we did in the supplemental transportation study. one treasure island conducted outreach to the treasure island community to form a supplemental transportation study work group. one treasure 0 island outreach to a cross seg section of island
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residents to have a diverse representation on the work group. 13 residents joined, representing parents, families, singles, seniors, youth and disabled individuals. one treasure island contacted with consulting to work on the study to facilitate the work group meeting, design the study survey, and lead the community focus groups. the work group has met a total of seven times to date. focusing on feedback of the survey design and distribution. and feedback on actual survey results and focus group results. outreach for the survey began in march of 2022. the supplemental transportation study was tkweus tributed beginning may first to
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june 10th. we extended it continue more days in hopes of reaching our goal to get 200 responses and we got very close. we got 196 survey responses. outreach for the focus group began in july. total of four focus groups conductd in august of 2022. focus groups held in english, spanish, chinese. one focus group was in english focused on youth. there were a total of eleven individuals attending the focus groups. next slide, please, rachel. alright. so the first phase of the study included a needs assessment survey, co developed by the working group and administered by one treasure island. the survey asked about current travel patterns, various of travel, and supplemental transportation strategies.
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ten percent of residents responded and responding included workers and sreuters to the island. next slide, please. survey responses indicated residents and workers have different travel patterns. most workers drive and often travel from the east bay and residents have a 50/50 split between driving, transit and other options as you see in the chart. next slide, please. the survey asks respondents about traveling on and off the island. the most common barrier is the expense. the difficulty of car ownership, operation, and the cost of ride hailing. bus services are a fact for residents taking fewer trips then they would like to do so. next slide. so the survey also asked
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respondents to attitudes towards supplemental transportation services. many wanted to see uni expanded and improved, and better access to private ride hail. specifically a majority of responses asked for 53% asked for more services on holidays. 52% asked to expand services outside of the current service area, and 50% wanted to address the affordability of services. okay. next slide. so about half of the respondents indicated interest in bike and school sharing. a service currently not available on the item. fewer than half respond epts are interested in carpooling and car sharing. we described the focus group to learn more about the options. next slide. many respondents expressed
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concerns with personal security. one treasure island is interested in developing a transportation alert system to work by text to notify community members and workers of any safety, service or scheduling changes on public transportation. we hope to work with uni and any other service provider. turn it back over to you, rachel. >> thank you, nela. so it's been a great partnership with one treasure island on the outreach. now we're at the point of responding to what we heard in the outreach with a list of potential services to respond. again trying to prioritize things to do in the near term. so the residents will see benefits quickly. we did bring these object tis if we can bring the slides back. the objectives were co created
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with the working group that nela jibed and one treasure island ran. so the safety component actually was added and emphasized by the working group, as was the action objective. the working group has identified these five strategies as some of the things that they, you know, feel rise to the top and they also, these strategies would rise to the top when scored against the objectives that were just shown on the previous slide. the community ambassador program is something i will ask nela to describe in just a moment. this is something intended to, let me describe each. the community ambassador program would respond to the safety and security concerns that folk you see had which was very much the
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top issue that residents wanted addressed. nela, i know this is a little out of order from what we planned. do you want to say something now about the ambassador program from one treasure island? >> sure, absolutely. so, one treasure island. we're excited we had the opportunity to work with the c. fellow to describe a community ambassador program that i will refer to as a cap. this will consist of the following components. a welcome packet and orientation to treasure island. a community safety component. community engagement and leadership training. specifically the component focused on safety will provide information and updates on public transportation and report any safety issues and follow-up
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with those transportation authorities to insure that issues are addressed and resolved in a timely manner. >> thank you, nela. again that was the top issue that we heard throughout the outreach to be addressed. the next strategy that is rising to the top is the idea of supplemental on/off island services. particularly services that would go to additional destinations in san francisco beyond sales force. which is the current, the one destination from uni right now. what we could do here is in anticipation of the future timma provided on a land shuttle and east bay transit, think about an on demand or community pwaeugsed, partnership with one treasure island and non profits on the island, pool resources
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into shuttle service to accomplish that and sort of bridge that gap between now and when we will be able to provide additional stops and destinations on and off treasure island and to the east bay. expanded uni service is something that an outreach continues to be calderon for. the working group is a continued theme of this for a desired improvement. i will say though that uni service expansion is calderon for in the development agreement and will come as thehndqs first expansion of uni is calderon for in the development agreement at the 2000 unit, new unit milestone. improving bus shelt sertz next strategy that is rising to the top through outreach and against the objectives. what folks are looking for there
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is additional safety and security features while they're waiting for the bus and going to and from the bus. lighting maintenance, real time information. lastly the working group and outreach would like to see more marketing and communications about the services that are available as well as the new services coming such as ferry. a lot of ideas for how to better promote that ferry service, for example, among workers and residents and visitors. also we have learned that this is just not awareness of some of the exiting programs that the city has. and that can service treasure island. but for lack of awareness among the upon profits, for instance, that could take advantage of them. i'm talk ing about things like
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the shop around shuttle that serve treasure island. we need to make sure those who can been fit from it know about it. the next steps here, the study is continuing. there will be additional meetings of the working group as we look to marrow down to a set of recommendations. the working group very much also wants to emphasize the action component of the objective and make sure the strategies are paired with who will be the lead agency. what are the ideas for funding tease. they would like to make sure they're follow will youd on. ed through on.that will be parte recommendations we bring back. ultimately the fstca board will take action. the governing board of the program. we will bring it back to this
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body as well. thank you. >> thanks so much. before ily it out to questions or comments from colleagues i wanted to thank you for the presentation. i'm actually really encourage amed by the strong response by bike and scooter, interest in that. i didn't see anything about that being a strategy. i wanted to, if you -- i would invite you to sort of expand. i poe, if i understand correctly bike share is planned for 2025. is there any plans for prioritizing that is it. >> sure. happy to discuss that. so we did include and bring forward bike share and scooter sharing as potential strategy. however it wasn't the ones that rose to the top five. it is a strategy that is in the top ten.
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okay. from the working group and outreach. now timma is responsible for bringing bike share to treasure island as part of the overall mobility management program. correct, 2025 is the date when all of the components of the program are meant to law much. bicycle share is calderon for in the transportation plan as a cone the to be introduced and brought to treasure island. >> great, thank you. colleagues, any questions or comments? okay. seeing none is. there anyone in the chamber wishing to comment on item number six? seeing none. operator, any remote public comment on item six? >> chair, there is no public comment. >> thank you. public comment on this item is now closed. mr. clerk, would you please call the next item. >> item seven.
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introduction of new items an information item. >> okay. okay. i'm not seeing any college on the roster with new items. any member of the public like to speak on item seven, new items. not seeing any. operator, any public comment on item seven? >> no, chair, there is not. >> okay. mr. clerk call the next item. >> item eight, public comment. >> anyone in the chamber, general comment. seeing none. operator, any members of the public who would like to speak? >> there are no members of the public for general comment. >> thank you. public comment is now closed. mr. clerk, call the next item. >> item nine, adjourn hadn't. >> thanks. committee members please stay with us for transportation
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>> everything we do in the tenderloin, we urban outfit. here, this gives us an opportunity to collaborate with other agencies and we become familiar with how other agencies operate and allow us to be more flexible and get better at what we depo in the line of work in this task. >> sometimes you go down and it's hard to get up. so we see ourselves as providing an opportunity for the unhoused to get up. and so i really believe that when they come here and they've said it, this right here is absolutely needed. you can't ask for nothing better. >> the tenderloin is the stuff that ain't on the list of remedies, liked the spiritual connection to recovery and why would i? why would i recover? what have i got to live for? things like that. and sharing the stories. like i was homeless and just the team. and some people need that extra connection on why they can change their life or how they could. >> we have a lot of guests that will come in and say i would
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like -- you know, i need help with shelter, food, and primary care doctor. and so here, that's three rooms down the hall. so if you book them, they get all of their needs taken care of in one go. this is an opportunity for us here in the tenderloin to come together, try out these ideas to see if we can put -- get -- connect people to services in a >> hello san francisco. i'm brian adam and running to be district 10 supervisor. i was born and raise in the san jose and worked as an engineer. now i learned a lot working for city government. i'm run to give san front a voice. voter turn out and 3 and 30%
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speak a language other than english i want it easy to get involved i'm running on a simple plat furthermore of more housing, safer streets and better public transit. for the i want it clear the obtackles to more housing and support the programs helping renter become home ordinance. stable ouz housing helps us all live our best lives. next i don'ts think that more police officers other only way to a safer city. alternative policies brought smrter policing and better results more i will focus on what works rather that than stick to one idea. public transit already moves thousands around the city all the the time. getting to work, doctor's appointments or a time at the beach muni helps people do it. i will make sure well is funding and the dlrdz are used right. ut category out a stop to make the system move faster i don't
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buy temperature i run half marathons i don't mind walking a stop or 2 more. make our system run better does not mean making less accessible we pay because it is good for all of us to use. a good accessible transit system will keep san francisco connected in the future. not only that, it is co to making the city safe, liveable and sustainable. and with that, i hope you will foind me online and vote brian sam adams district 10 supervisor this november. thank you. this is walton president of san
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francisco board of supervisors. representing district 10. i am running for reelection i can serve the residents of san francisco and make sure or isolated communities have representation. i will fight for fordable housing, make sure that we address the needs of people had are experiencing homelessness and do everything we can to get people off the street. we are a vibrant city and need someone who will fight to recover from this pandemic and our small businesses that are hospitality industry does in the continue to suffer. as the current president of the board of supervisors, i have been able to work with other members of the board of supervisors other leadership not only to tackle the issues of people sprngs homelessness, affordability in san francisco and making sure that we recover from the pandemic but also doing
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everything to keep our communities safe. being the only proirz to have a district safety plan that coordinates and brings everyone to together responsible for addressing safety and community violence. making sure resources in accomplice for am dallas dovers on street. officers for sfmta and making sure everyone working fort worth for safety come together to do their job. i'm excited run for reelection and hope to see you all on november eighth at the ballot. walton for district 10 supervisor.
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>> hi. i'm alita fisher running for san francisco board of education buzz i'm a former foster paraphernalia now adoptive parent and in the past 17 years 4 children attended 8 sudden fran schools. i have been an active partner at each one. mom and grand mother were teachers i loved school. i was that kid who came home and played school with my toys it was nile journey identifying my children's disabilities that trance formed me to parent activist and school was nots set up for everyone to succeed. now i'm a special education advocate by profession. daily, meeting after meeting i fived fight with families to get passport to help children succeed in school. i see how society marginalizes people who think and learn
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different low i can proviedz educationar all students and help everyone succeed. i'm a policy [inaudible] a data nerd and more then and there 10 years serving on district level committees. i served on work fwroup and task force. i have been a collaborative partner and coalition builder. work with teachers, districts and city leaders and more to increase funding for schools and improve out come for all students. now more than every we need commissioners with a proven track record of collaboration on behalf of most marginalized. endorsed by teacher's union. labor council, democratic party, many democratic club and elected officials and hope you will join me in voting them in voting for me on november eighth. thank you very much.
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hello i'm karen fleshmachine i'm running for board of education unified sudden fran for know fran unified. as a mom to 2 students daughter of retired edindicatored. public school graduate and voltory in my kid's school. i demly value public education and community service. i'm not a politician. i'm a paraphernalia and community development practical tigzer committed to rolling up slows and vesting in our public school silence. if elected, i will priorize investing in educators and students social emotional well being and academics. providing budget trans paraphernalias and accountable and prosecute meeting collaborative decision make.
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il use my 20 years of experience wing for local gentleman and nonprofits to help young people succeed in college, careers and life. and 10 years of experience helping immigrants become u.s. citizen. shifting w accomplice and school community culture to be safer and positive for everyone. i will bring all this experience to support curriculum and programs and strengthen per inship this is prepares stounts for college and liveable wage careers. on november 8 vote karen fleshmachine for cool board. >> hi i'm ann sheur the
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immigrant and business person on the san francisco school board and running this november. i spent 25 year work nothing high-tech as a professional and entrepreneur running my own companies. i don't got involved in school approximately ticks during the pandemic had nightmy sons enroll in the public schools disengage friday learning doing zoom school. they were playing video gameless. watching net flex and talking with friends 15 hours a day every day. i also found a school board playing politics inside of addressing issues. this got me angry and worked with parents cross san francisco to successful low recall 3 school board members. after mayor breed a pointed mow to the school board in march i worked with clothes to accomplish a few person tasks. first we hired a students focused superintendent. we passed a balanced budget and
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rescinded all layoff notices. then restored criteria admission policies to lower high school and dropped the wish wash lawsuit pel that would have cost half million dollars. and we restored jrotc to high schools. there is more work to do and that is why i'm running for election in november. i will prioritize students achievement and academic excellence for all students. safe schools physically and e megzal for all students. and develop and operational excellence for our district. time to reform sfusd and stop the politics. time to focus educating students i'm counting on your preponder in november.
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>> hello i'm gabriela lopez running for the board of education. my background is rot in the education. dating back over 13 years. starting off as a pair educator builted fundation to become a bilingual teach upper. work nothing schools, i learned the importance of union work and became the union building representative and i member of the school counsels. i was the art's coordinator and participated in districted with ment for for success program. become the youngest woman elected to the board of education a was feature advocate and elevate voices, concern and priorities of the people often
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left out of the spaces. during the pandemic, i med sure our district protected teachers, students and families. on the ground every day helping communities knight providing educational materialings. supplies and workshops that helped parents learn to navigate. i continued to be advocate for sxejz working at university of san francisco appropriating edindicatoreds for this role many in sf schools i'm dedicated to this critical work and when it is like to work for our city serving on the board of education. i learn friday this, grown and red to continue advocating for all of us to better serve our students.
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>> i'm lainie and i was ash pointed in march of this year on the bell on the this november. i would love your support. i'm focused on ensuring student success and building trusted. last 6 months i hoired a new intrnlts. billionsed the budget and focussed on had students need. whether you have kids in public education or not a well functioning public education system is necessary for a community to retain young people and felless in the city and public school graduates prep exclude red for futures. i have been a parent in the district for a decade. both my mom and step dad are retired teachers. had i join third degree district i pitch in how i can. involved in pta. school councils andvilletory nothing schools in ways i could be of most help.
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4 years ago appointed to budget committee devices on millions begin to the district from the city. the service gave mow insight in district funneling and student priors and awe a need for more transparency and honest conversations about what is working for our city councils, what is not and what our educators and schools need to serve students. no matter what school they attends. draw on experience from state gentleman in regulation and policy. business experience in tech untiling and program management and my nonprofit board experience i novemberigate added vocating needs of students and our district. i'm running as a parent and language time advocate for quality education because i love our city. i'm running because i want sfusd to be a world class public education system all families have a great option for
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children. let's do this together i'm lainie and i love your support in november. >> i'm lisa worried i was ash pointed the board of education in much of this year. i'm product of public schools if circumstance-law scoop i understand and benefitted from quality public education. i'm sociality director ofim grant [inaudible] the job i have 2 rolls royce attorney hat i representative individuals facing deportation. wearing the educator hatted i teach and mentor law students. teach about growth minds set and
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critical discourse, consensus building and talk to others using a trauma informed lens. because of my worky appreciate the value of starting conversations from a point of community rather than a point of difference. but i'm a mom a paraphernalia to 2 children. an honest torto be appoint third degree spring i accept today i know and experience first handled as a paraphernalia how body low the trust is broken with the school board and public i focus to rebuild the trust sxf equity for all. in 6 months we have been busy. passed a balanced budget. staff layoff notices. hired a new intrvenlt bring new revenue. created a community driven framework to improve high schools and enengage intensive w to improve our presses to focus
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on improving student out come in closing the opportunity gap. i have the skill this is will move us forward for the quality education this all students deserve i want my kids and yours and niches to have the best education possible. thank you. >> i'm joel, i believe san francisco best days are ahead. i know it hen frustrating living had things are in the wrong direction i'm in the giving up i'm offering a change.
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time to replace the status quo. we deserve to live in a city this works. first, step is getting the basics right. safer streets. better schools. more housing and small businesses. i moved here 20 year ago to tick i job as a journallingist employmented advocate for people. i was raise boy a single misdemeanor. she cleaned houses for a living did not have much money but taught mow to get things done with resources we have my husband grew up in poverty still a software engineer we lived the san francisco dream. i know our city is worth fixing. san francisco can realize the full potential. if we listen to when residence denials sill they need. nots why i lead the school board recall. they needed school it is reopened not named.
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i lead the group's crime sf support criminal justice reform. people must feel safe and victims couldn't be ignored my inlaws are afrid it visit san francisco. there is a lot to fix and can feel daunting i see a lot of joy in our city and natural beauty people and amazing food. >> the joy i'm a forward thinking dem credit that means i embrace ino vague. focussed on result and common sense solutions i'm sdwroel i will be humanored. create our best sudden fran. san francisco.
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it is has been a privilege representatives district 4 i'm running as a second term. i fought for wing people over big koepgzs. if you for nishgd over downtown interest. fought for fair share in services and i want it keep fighting for you. i'm proud of had i prished working with the sunset district community on top issues of concern. we worked keep our neighborhood safe creating the sunset 5 point safety plan. we worked to support our schools. securing 8 million dollars in new fund for example college and career ready think program for hik and science tech untiling and math guarantee its district 4 schools. worked on the housing afford housing and wed preserve and enhance our quality of life creating the ouster sunset
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farmer's market. i republican for supervisor because i want my daughter to ford to live in the city and the neighborhood show is growing up inspect with clean and safe streets and good quality of life. i'm rung gwen on condition that work the character of our neighborhood a place where wing class people can bee a home and raise a family can be protected. sunset deserved a supervisor uncomp moiz nothing fighting for our neighborhood. in the sunset deserves a voice in city hall that lives in the sunset. has are thes and referred of accomplishments for our neighborhood. i'm proud to be that voice and all we accomplished together.
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>> my name is rebecca fong young and i appreciate your interest in the public defend are race. the first race for public defelony in 20ier issue with your support i would be the first woman and chinese american to hold public defend in san francisco's history. this is in the why i'm rung. since the losses of form are public defender the on whiches is off course. the safety, quality and respect for all workers at the office and for women is under threat. attorneys are struggling you should case loads, junior larceny prosecute moted over vet residence and result nothing bitter division the function of
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