>> they also included the valley community as well, we were able to facilitate some of those conversations with folks. providers from the traditional age youth. and get them the employment program. >> thank you. report from augmented ad hoc. we did that already. >> i wanted to report that we're not having a meeting in july. we had scheduled that. >> the report from the augmented growth policy and legislative committee. >> the item was a legislative overview. they did not take any positions under that action item. we discussed the request for proposal requirements for state

advocacy for the coming school year. we talked about the scale and scope of the country. this item is subject to a major budget cuts. so it means that we will not be able to do as much as we had previously asked the advocate to do. i know that nancy has asked board members if we intend to introduce legislation, that will be difficult given the size. the size of that budget. i do think we could leave the door open for legislation like if we decide to do legislation, we would need to find additional money to do that. finally, i want to thank susan wong, she was in the audience earlier. she retires at the end of this month and she worked hard in support of the rules committee and i want to wish her best wishes. >> [gavel] >> president chiu: good afternoon, welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting fthe stuff would conduc.

>> the chair o will sit in on the interview process. >> the report from the augmented budget. there was an information item. can you give us a quick update? >> there is not much to tell on that. >> thank you. the report from the buildings and grounds. the only thing is the development of 1950. in 30 days there will be prepared within rfp. and so the next 30 or 60 days will come away after it ihas ben reviewed. i want to thank the chair for being so open to hearing on going continuous board input into the conversation. i know you have heard many

generations of commissioners over the years. i want to appreciate you in being open to having that. thank you. >> thank you. the report of close session actions. -- close session actions. >-- closed session actions. i wanted to thank them for their it and on saturday and sunday, our region to the chinese language committee on educational opportunities. mcdonald's was the sponsor for that and i would like to include the district who participated in that event. that is the fourth year they have had it were they bring hundreds of folks to one of our high schools to brief them on scholarship opportunities, their educational opportunities. it is a great opportunity for us to outrage. secondly, there will be an

international grain schoolyard conference in the san francisco bay area in september 16 through 18. many of our schools will be featured in that important event. that information is available at greenschoolyard.org. this is the last school board meeting for the year and want to thank my colleagues for training made to getting me up to speed as a member of the school board. i have to say one of the best events i attended this past year was the african-american honor roll celebration during black history month. and that the event was amazing. 1200 african-american students with a 3.0 gpa or better, including two dozen 4.0 students. that event needs funding so i'm hoping that colleagues or listeners, people who are interested in supporting the

honor roll event will get in touch with myself or the va marshall. i would like to see that continue strongly. >> thank you. >> i just came back from memphis and i wanted to highlight two sessions that are germane to the sessions we're doing. it is important information for us to have. i have the background information. the first was a great presentation on labor law development in wisconsin and in new jersey, which was very interesting to me. i think that it was really great information. second was a wonderful session that was called, diversity, dead or different? about student responses in seattle and louisville and other member districts and that was

really good. so in our ongoing discussions and interest in educating ourselves about this which is on our plate every minute, i hope that others will be interested in the information and materials are brought back. thank you. >> thank you. i want to make two announcements. congratulations to the students who participated in pride. there was a strong focus around bullying to the lgbt community. they came out in force and marched with the mayor so that was a wonderful sight to see. i wanted to announce that we received a foreign language grant from united way bay area. to start a filipino language program at balboa high school which is being developed and will be adopted at balboa working over the summer. and so we're going to offer filipino i and ii and we are

working with city college to do filipino iii and iv. so thank you, united way. we have -- thank you for during that period any more announcements? the report on a closed session actions. this is the closed session from june 28, 2011. the board vote dd and maufas approved. item -- other items in the agend a are the following staff reports. acceptance of gifts for the month of may, 2011. our adjournment is in memory of a couple of folks that have been part of san francisco unified

high school district. in memory of korea gonzales -- gloria gonzales. she was buried at sea. she was a mother, grandmother, and friend. working 26 years in various roles. as a homebound teacher with a special ed services department. the principal at the center. she was born during the depression as one of 12 children to mexican laborers and farmers. she spent her life working toward achieving a better education and educating the next generation. she was a graduate of pomona college and the university of california, berkeley. she valued for work and education and had a special passion for helping disadvantaged children pursuing an education regardless of their

race, gender, or religion. she dedicated herself to education and the benefit of society. also we're closing in memory of david westin. >> thank you. what i have here is not an official memorial. i wanted to share a few thoughts from some teachers and students of mr. david westin's. he went into teaching later in life and that is an interesting perspective when someone starts teaching after 35. they have done a lot of living and decided they want to teach now and that is david westin's road and he spent 12 years as a teacher at their good marshall perfecting -- thurgood marshall in mathematics and science. in my time in 2000 through

2004, he rode his bike through the city before was fashionable. this is an example that grownups can ride their bike to school and not guzzle gas as adults and i get a lot of disinformation also in here from a former thurgood marshall teacher. he lost his quiet battle to leukemia. he was meeting with alumni students about the reunion and even the students about -- could not believe it. they had met with him weeks before. he was adamant about remaining in the classroom. one student says, i had mr. weston for geometry and he was the first teacher to show me the

importance of perfection in mathematics. and what it meant. and how it affects my life and other lives. he never hesitated to give up his time to explain questions. he was truly dedicated in making math an important factor in a student's life and just so you understand, even the most difficult students, he helped them get mouth. one student had trouble and all the teachers assumed he would be a truant troublemaker for life came to mr. weston's math class and came to his class and got it. upon returning to treatment, he asked today how his doing and let him know i am thinking about him. our supervisors noted, and he is a good teacher. the teachers and kids loved him. i want to talk about how incredible he was about making young people understand mouth.

a student that i know said that every friday, they would have private time to work on their own mouth projects. she would continuously move her chair out of the road into the sunlight in the classroom. mr. weston asked her, why would she do that? she said sunlight made her think better. when he gave awards to students, he created the photosynthesis mathematics award for her. because if she appreciated the sunlight and it helped her think, he believed that yes, he wanted to support her in that way. his memorial was just on the 23rd and many former teachers, it was good to see sam butcher, all these folks come together to appreciate this man, mr. weston and former students and i was able to share in that celebration. he is celebrated and leaves behind many family and friends but his partner brian fulfilled

the end of his life with a wonderful travel around the world. i want to personally appreciate him and know he was a great teacher who took up teaching later in life. thank you. >> thank you. the board of education express their condolences to the families. meeting adjourned. have a great summer, everyone.

>> good morning and welcome to the dedication of westbrook plaza. this is an unusually beautiful day for which i'm sure we are all very grateful. i am the interim president of mercy housing. this event, which celebrates the creation of 49 units of affordable housing and the state of an art community health care center is the result of a strong partnership between mercy housing and the south of market health center. more than 12 years have worked -- of work. the dedication and commitment of numerous, talented, hard-working people. participation of a lot of public and private partners and a lot of money. it does not take just a village to create a community facility

such as this. it takes an entire metropolis. we will take the opportunity today to thank many of the people and institutions who have contributed to this stunning facility and because there are so many to thank, i will be brief now so that we can move the program along. at this time, i am particularly pleased to enter is the director -- the executive director of the south of market health center, an extraordinary community leader, fabulous partner, and a great person to share the podium with. [applause] >> thank you. i really appreciate everyone being here today. let me first of all give you a little history. some of you may know mrs. westbrook and some of you may not know mrs. west work. but she is a dynamic leader in

san francisco. her history is outstanding. it is so outstanding that we did not hesitate in naming this the westbrook plaza. she has done a lot for health services, not only in san francisco, but throughout the nation, and she has done a lot for housing. she served on a lot of commissions in san francisco. so because she has spent her whole life looking out for those who we sometimes must reach out to give a helping hand, she always did that and made sure and reminded all the politicians, all the directors and exactly what our responsibility is in taking care of the needy. with that philosophy, that is the reason i came to this organization. and because of her, that is why

we push -- we really started this project almost 20 years ago. i came in 1990 to this organization and in 1991, the board and this community wanted a new medical facility. so out of that, it took years. how many mayors? one, two, three, maybe four. it was four. and it was under willie brown who put the first amount of money in the redevelopment budget to deal with side acquisition or at least to look for sites. it was not enough to buy the site, but at least we were looking for it. so we found this site. i appreciate everyone being here. this beautiful two buildings out of half an acre of land. it is amazing what can be done

in san francisco with creativity. i want to thank everyone, including all the people here that have been involved. there have been so many. i could never named everyone, and i appreciate that. i would like to invite our first speaker up. it is our mayor, mayor edwin lee. it is nice to have a mayor that comes out to the community. this is a community facility for residents of san francisco, and being the mayor of san francisco, i'm sure his heart is as big as mine in terms of what this means to the residents of san francisco, so i want to introduce the mayor to everyone. [applause] >> thank you very much.

i want to also continue the very important attribute that we have for eloise westbrook. when i was just a young workers never trying to cause trouble in the city on behalf of low-income residents, i have already heard of ms. westbrook. she was already helping lead the effort to improve housing conditions for all of our public housing tenants. my today, it is just really appropriate to make sure that our city honors mr. westbrook, her family, who is here today, i know. thank you very much for being here. this is very appropriate that this new project be in the name and westbrook loss of the another great place for people to understand and know about the history of the city. i am so happy to be part of this great city when it names and after people in the community who have done great work.

i recognize that, and i know doris, our supervisor, was there as well. she recognizes that. thank you very much for being here, too. i want to also continue to congratulate mercy housing. the south of market health center, for working so collaborative we with our redevelopment agency. this $47 million project -- over 1/3 of it is the contribution of our redevelopment agency. thank you, redevelopment, for putting this together. [applause] it just shows again not only the fantastic collaboration with very reputable housing builders like mercy housing and they're wonderful financial participants -- i know wells fargo is here and u.s. bank and others, who are just a key to so much of our great housing we're doing -- but we are also combining it with some fantastic health provisions, which i know miss

westbrook would be extremely crowded here. that combination coming together in the middle of our city and once again exemplifying how redevelopment works in our city and how it becomes yet another example for the rest of this state to understand the role of redevelopment. [applause] wonderful contribution. with that contribution, you can make a successful project but also fulfil such an important objective of this city, affordable housing with the support that the tenants and residents here will need. again, i want to thank all of the collaboration that this represents. the communication to the rest of the state that even in the hardest of economic times, when we pull the right entities together, when they are focused, and we rebuild community around the objectives we have, we have

the winning combination, and we have a redevelopment agency and mercy housing and south of market health center to prove it. i want the governor to even come here to see what we have done. i want all the other officials to come, to recognize how we do it here in san francisco and how we can do it elsewhere throughout the state if we have a focused and do not give up on the old promises that this city has always made, that we will take care of the most needy and do it the right way, we will do it together. thank you very much for this wonderful opportunity. >> well said. well presented. also in this project, not only in terms of the redevelopment agency, mercy housing, all the

bankers south of market and all of our founders -- and we had a lot of people do in private donations for this project -- we also reached out to washington, d.c. to bring some of our money back to our community. it is a nice feeling when that happens. so both of our representatives have significant involvement in the success of this project. i would like to bring to the podium represented nicole rivera from nancy pelosi's office -- representative nicole rivera. she called me and said she may year by -- she may be here by the time was that the program. ok, well, we will go on to our renowned senator, who also had a significant contribution. i appreciate what they have done in terms of making sure that money that we pay taxes comes

back to san francisco in some form or fashion. we have jim here to represent dianne feinstein. [applause] >> thanks. mayor, nice to see you. doris, always a pleasure to be with you. thank you so much. this is a longstanding relationship. the mayor said 35 years for him. more than 50 for the senator. we are grateful that her family is here to celebrate this. i was talking with sister lillian before we got started, and talking about the old hospital. the first mercy housing project that was done here a long time ago. diane was then the -- the senator then was there to pick the lottery. this time, you did not have to do a lottery. this time, you had a great partnership with the south of market health center. really an important piece of

work and just a beautiful facility, so we like to thank you for all the good work you did and congratulate you on just a tremendous project. charlie, good job, buddy. [applause] >> the next person i would like to bring up to the podium is an individual that i am glad he is here. because he is with the federal government, and the south of market health center is funded by the federal government, and we want to continue that relationship. i would like to bring up to the podium dr. john meroini. -- meroni. he is a regional administrator. [applause] >> good morning, everyone.

i am with the health resources and services administration, the agency that provides some support to the south of market health center in addition to many other health centers throughout california. region 9, which includes arizona and nevada, hawaii, specific jurisdictions, and throughout the united states. i had the opportunity -- actually, i work just a few blocks away at the modern federal building towards market street. i must confess that my first visit to the south of market health center was in december when the administrator was in san francisco, and we had the opportunity to visit the old space or the current space, and the new space as it was being billed out. i must say, we were all just so impressed. i had a little bit of envy. reconsidering where i should seek my primary care. such a beautiful, impressive

space. and though the recovery act has been helpful in making these expansions possible, and the affordable care act as well, throughout the united states, is contributing to expansion of the health center program, such that by 2015, the program which serve nearly 20 million people in 2010 will serve as many as 40 million persons by 2015. i am just so excited and pleased to be here. congratulations. thank you. [applause] >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> the next person i would like to bring to the podium -- i think my first eie