disabled veterans. >> it's where the percentages are you're looking at it right under where minority workers and women workers we have put veteran workers as stated goals. >> we can if you like to add it to veteran owned businesses is that your suggestion. >> yeah. and a okay. well my amendment is veteran workers so if you want to add an amendment after we vote telephone number on the veteran

workers to include the veteran business owners for veterans then i think commissioner suggested that. my suggestion is >> we'll discuss that when he makes the amendment. >> so your amendment is 10 percent. you understand that? >> i have one final question about the veterans. does that also include veterans who served overseas and conveniences of foreign military >> i would say the united states. >> yes. so just to the clear with the wording we're going to insert veteran workers at least 10 percent >> that's correct superintendant. >> can i amend the amendment to

say veteran workers? >> i don't know if i have to formerly propose that. so she's accepted the addition of the u.s. >> can i ask about the population of veterans in san francisco. i'm serious because i want to know how many veterans we do have. i want to see how many women who own businesses it's a small percentage but i just don't know if there's a lot of veterans. so commissioner it's a stated goal which would mean we would expend our anti reach. those goals are not requirements

but those are stated goals that it is our intention that we will make every effort to meet those goals; is that correct as written in here mr. golden? >> yes. >> okay. any further questions. okay roll call on the amendment (calling names) that's unanimous. okay. did you want to propose another amendment? >> yeah. although i don't know what percent. i think the overall is to make sure we're doing veterans

tracking the workers. i think it's important to put them in the construction and non-construction supply piece that will give us assurance we're making sure we're prioritizing and supporting them for contract work. so i could say 10 percent first year. i don't know if the staff understands how this is reasonable. there's a 3 percent state goal maybe we want to say disabled veterans we may want to list them so we're actually making a priority to work with the veterans in bid >> commissioner i certainly don't have a problem doing that and i'm a little bit with commissioner men and women dos

dozen that i don't know. i'm certainly willing to outreach to all those. >> what i would do is perhaps maximize workers add veterans and down below to add, you know, d b e goals so we're also working to provide intents them in that category also not just workers. it's hard to set a goal but we could say 57 percent so we're actually prioritizing if the state goal is 3 percent. anyone have imply thoughts. i have nothing against in theory at all in putting this in i worry about we're adding a lot

of outreach categories. is this something we can do when wey visit those. now we've had a chance to think about who those people would be that's my inclination just a suggestion. i'll withdraw the amendment i think that mentioning the veteran workers we'll add to the title here that it's also you veteran participation that pits it in there in terms of outreach to certainty communities that we will consider veterans as well and not put a specific goal for that >> i want to acknowledge supervisor kim. >> so you've withdrawn the suggestion. are there any other proposed

amendments? >> seeing none. are there any i hesitate to ask are there any final comments? >> okay seeing none. >> i see some. yes commissioner mendoza >> i want to thank the two commissioners for your encourage in putting this forward this didn't an easy discussions. those are one of those many movements actually recently when we as a board a stepping up to talk about our ask the and talk about the opportunities our students can have and we do that through voter approved dollars to improve our schools. yes our schools are a beautiful environment for our kids.

but your resolution also speaks to what we can do for our kids kids in the building. and i'm just really glad you guys latched onto this and took it down and for that you'll have my full support in passing this local policy which is critical for our youth >> i want to thank everyone staff and labor partners bright line everybody who helped us as a proposal bringing this up. i urge my fellow colleague i think that is a -- california day when the people of san francisco vote for a 5 hundred and thirty million bond it's

only right we get a share of those jobs. san francisco is one of the highest cost of living cities in the bay area and probably in this nation. it's expenditure to live here and raise families. we know when we put local people to work it's argue graduates we put to work. i urge board members to vote for this. i also want to say this has been a fight to get this through so vote only if you believe in that. if you only vote for it because you find it hard not to vote for it don't. if you think it's going to open the doors for the unified school district kids and families vote because it's the right thing to

do to put the mother and fathers to work. we'll have to carry this and see it through. be brave enough to do that. la has been doing this for years. i think it's the right thing to do for the residents of san francisco. (clapping) and a thank you. i'll let you finish up >> i should know not to try to follow the commissioner. i want to thank all the folks who worked for this. i want to thank the superintendent and for commissioner yee for letting me help out with this and all the

folks in the community and bright line and building trades and give us feedback and helped us 80 get to the point we'll have a successful vote. really what this is about is making sure that in everything we do we're the elected officials who make things happen. if we say we're about equity it has to be part of our classrooms. i'm exist and though much has been done to get us here this is the beginning.

we're putting ourselves on record this is a priority for us. modern anything it's about holding ourselves accountable. there's a lot of conversations and the hope process whether there has to be detailed worked out but we said we hold those jobs and those skills and experiences with a lot of respect and we want a pipeline to make sure those students get those jobs. sometimes their trade offices and sometimes to build a carpenter shop at the school we may have to revisit our priorities. i'm happy about the work but this is begin for us to

prioritize that. thank you (clapping) >> thank you. well said >> with that we'll call for roll call. >> as amended (calling names) unanimous. >> okay. as you exit the room we're going to go on with our meeting so if you can exist quietly we would appreciate that. we are going to leave that i

believe that was item h. and we're going to item i board members proposals held for speaker cards and actions there are none toenl tonight. and we're going to request to speak regarding general matters. we're going to hang out for a minute (laughter) we're going to just recess for a

minute. >> okay. we're going to resume our meeting. i have mr. erick mcdonald as the - >> good evening ladies and gentlemen. president norton. i am honored and tliefld to be here i'm erick mcdonald the unified in the bay area. it's really my honor to be here first of all, to say thank you. the district it's current leadership board lisp has been phenomenal in its commitment to our children and it's commitment

to equity and opportunity for all so i wanted to say thank you. and actually, i'm here because i'm in love. yeah. (clapping) and, you know, so superintendant you are in love and you're kind of giddy and a silly and you do crazy things when you're in love. and see i walk around skipping all the time and singing all the time. because i'm in love. with an amazing amazing amazing woman. and see no matter what the weather is like outside i've got sunshine on a cloudy day when

it's cold outside i've got the month of may. well, i guess you say what can make me feel this way. my girl >> my girl. >> my girl. >> talking about my girl. >> my girl. i want you

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>> one more (laughter) >> oh, so long. >> you know your two minutes is so long. >> for this night i prayed that a star would guide you my way. to show with me this special day. as a rib on in the sky for our love. there's a rib on in the sky rib on in the sky for our love. and see (laughter) . what's important to us is our community. and see i invited our community

to come here and community stand up because i love you and we love you and so i've asked them to join me in this final song which is one of our farther songs in the whole wide world. r you are my sunshine you make me happy when skies are gray. you'll never know know dear how much i love you please don't take my sunshine away. and see you'll be pleased to know i spoke with mendoza and he give me his blessing and i spoke

with my lady before she went to europe. wow. (laughter) >> yeah. (clapping)

woe. (clapping) thank you, thank you so much for being here for this moment. i want to spend the rest of my life with her arrest our president and our superintendant has given us permission to leave >> get on out of here. >> don't wait until local higher was done but take her away. mrs. meet us at sugar lounge for those who have to stay we'll

so we're going to recess for 5 minutes while he clear the

>> okay. everybody. okay. everybody thank you, mr. mcdonald go to sugar don't drink get out of here.

okay. we would like to resume the meeting

[ applause ] >> we are back, i think that the mayor will speak to this, but we are back coming back, very strong from a deep recession that the country experienced the last few years, san francisco has come back strong. we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, you can see it by all the cranes represented in the sky these days. and the out look is bright and sunny for anybody in the construction industry. the contractors are the employers, the web corps the turners, the kay hills, and without them, we could not employ our students, so with that strong support, that is how we have 23 students already placed. so a strong shout out for them as well. [ applause ]