money. so we spend a lot of time in san i don't work there no more, but they are still there for you francisco talking about how to even though you are not a part balance the budget. of the area. they are a lot of help. and we tend to focus that they give you great advice. i can go to them when i need balancing conversation on what we call the general fund. them. i really love it there. and we really like it because we those are the funds that the city has discretion over. need more money to help us go to in terms of making policy choices on what to spend money trips. like to go to nevada and travel and see the world. you know, that's about it. on and what to cut. where do we get our money? [applause] the biggest resource for san francisco and property taxes, >> hello. it's over $1 billion a year. my name is candace peerson, i and we receive significant started off in girls 2000 a few revenues from the business taxes and sales tax and hotel tax as years ago, i am not going to well as other local sources. tell you how many, because then you know my age. also important to know that i am here to talk about the cut. about one out of every five last friday we received e-mail dollars that san francisco spends comes from the state and that we got like cut bad. federal government. when the federal government does things like implement a federal and i am basically here to sequester. propose when i go out on that has an impact here on san maternity leave and come back,

franciscans. that all of this is situated and if the state budget changes, that has an effect here on us. it's important to know that we it's really hurtful because this is a program that i started out have control over some of our when i was a youth and to see revenue but not all of them. that they may not have that when the mayor shared with you our they get older like started five-year budget outlook. working in that garden. and mentioned the first two and now i am a bookkeeper. years. this is the fourth chart over i was able to go to san with the red and black. the red bars show you how much francisco state university our expenditures are projected because of the workers at girls 2000. to grow in the next five years now my mom wouldn't let college not an option but i have people and the black bars. on my back. and these girls have that now, we project over the five years but if they don't have the we will have 13% more revenue, money, what are they going to it's a strong economy. do? and at the same time our and (inaudible) is telling me it's going to be okay, and deep expenditures are expected to down i don't know if we will be able to come back and have a grow by 25%. so the gap between the growth in program after april 31. and that's sad because school expenditures and revenue is what starts. like what are these girls going creates our budget short falls. to do? a significant part of that some of them don't have money pressure is related to pressure

for school supplies or related to labor costs. backpacks. they can't even go home and get including the cost of our health a meal. and i am not being funny and not benefits, and retiree benefits. crying because i am pregnant, finally i wanted to share, we saying that pregnant people are will hear from you about your experiences, your priorities and emotional. this is real, and it hurts me to information that you think is be at that office and not important for these policy makers to hear. one of the ways we have to hear knowing if these girls can come information directly from the and we may have to close our community is through 3-1-1. doors. i hope you guys take that into we pulled together a chart that consideration. >> mike brown. [applause] shows the most prominent calls from 3-1-1 from districts 10 and 11. we hear significant calls related to street and sidewalk >> excuse me, shamon, could you cleaning. followed by graffiti and ask girls 2000 how much was cut? requests related to the housing >> she told me 110,000. authority. >> okay. for district 10 the calls thank you. related to the housing authority were more significant. and for district 11 the calls >> mike brown, founder of inner related to abandoned vehicles

city youth. i been working with the youth were more significant. and it would be helpful to hear from you if those are consistent from bay-view, lakeview, and with your experience. and i want to let you know who just about every community in else is up here today. we have -- i will name the san francisco. these young men you know the departments, office of economic mayor is talking about rolling and workforce development. out his violence prevention we have public library. city administrator's office. plan. if he knew the work i do in this fire department. community, he would be calling department of ageing and adult me in. services. i been here since i retired in the human services agency. muny from 2005. the department of child support services and adult probation we have been funded since 97. department and controller's office. and we have elected officials and i wouldn't accept pay for three years. that introduced them. now my pay is minimum, i do it the public utility commission because people think a guy is and rec and park department, getting funded. mta, department of building you assume what my salary is. inspection, the health department. and san francisco public housing and i hire people that get paid more than me. authority. department of emergency but enough for me, i am fighting management. department of public works. office of small business and for the kids. and we done lost so many kids

mayor's office of disability. we have a number of officials out here it's just sad. and for us to get cut on the from the san francisco police department who are here as well. that's all i have. we look forward to hear from resurgence program and i hope you. >> okay. if you have comment cards and they come to the studio and we they are ready, can you just help them get their cds and hold them up. we have our team that will grab their whole program to be able to go out in the community and your cards. please hold them up. give people their dvd's and cd's at this time we will have representatives from two district 10 organizations, so they can run their own record label. we want to get on a positive daphne mcnowel and stacy bartnet note and not talk about this negative rap. if the mayor is going to be serious about violence prevention. we have kids from every and the asian community center, community sitting in your inner city youth. and you can come there and see david chan. if you could come to the for yourself. microphone. i hope that they will give us the money for the multi-media project and tommy, say something. >> my name is tommy, basically

>> hi-- okay. what icy what it does from good evening, my name ir daphne mcnowle, and this is stacy tuesday to saturday they do like studio time. show you how to do your videos, barltlet. we are parents at daniel webster and make beats. and on saturday is a clean-up day. and petrillo hill. and everyone gets paid (inaudible) that's basically it. we are here to talk to you about >> lisa. supporting efforts to keep families in san francisco. >> hello, my name is lisa scola, it's well documented that one of the san francisco's greatest challenges is retaining i live in district 10 on middle-class families. wisconsin street. the two reasons for family i am very happy that the budget flight is affordable housing and is being balanced. public schools. i would like start by telling thank you very much and i am you the story of our school. happy about our supervisor cohen. i am an artist and i have been back in 2005 the san francisco writing opera in district 10 for school district slated daniel 20 years. webster for closure. and bringing people in from the community to perform in the at the time it was underenrolled

and in the dire ed of repair operas. classical music and orchestras. and of being isolated. a group of parents, their kids and wonderful things happen and just babies, rallied the these are our resources. neighborhood and convinced the i want to ask if they will board of education to keep the continue and increase the school open. today it's a magnet for families cultural equity grants and the san francisco art commission is reviewing these things. and the benefit of doing this, of our attendance area. it started with incredible it's a small amount of money. capable parents, now daniel it ties in with the daniel webster has a pre-school onsite, webster concept of keeping the parents happy of the tech boom and emersion program and who will find this a culturally requests on the rise. it's integrated portraya al of vivid and challenging and beautiful hill. where they can see international opera and classical music. because this stuff does happen here really high-quality arts. thank you. petrillo hill. what a san francisco family success story, we have demonstrated how a high quality, integrated public school can

overcome family flight. >> good evening, i am lance there are a couple of articles in the chronicle that document burton. i will read this, i am happy our success. we are here to tell you that the that you have chosen to share successful model is in jeopardy. your budget plans. this is a community that needs daniel webster doesn't have a more than just jobs, we are viable middle school and we don't have enough seats to advancing the momentum towards follow us. the way to continue our success careers. the industrial age has passed. is to make daniel webster a the waterfront that sustained our community in the 40s and 50s is gone. pre-k to 8 school but we need your help. construction is merely a hopeful opportunity. in this building we are a year-and-a-half ago we made a request to expand daniel preparing competent and reliable and productive citizens to run webster. and it's been two years since we their own businesses and skills and launch their creative raised this decision and a talents on to the global stage. decision still has not been our mission is to build on our made. innate work ethic. we see the work-based knowledge and opportunities that are here. but we refuse to

the district should be able to accommodate for growth. with mayor lee's support the city is experiencing a tech boom. we need family-friendly housing and schools nearby. the housing is coming online, more than 10,000 residential units are developed over the next five years. what we don't have is enough school seats for the right configuration. we are asking for the weight and the influence of the city and its leaders to urge sfusb to adopt our pre-k to 8 proposal. we all have a stake in this, it aligns with san francisco's racial and cultural mission and keeps families here. >> please forgive me for not

keeping track of time. but we want to be equitable and everything we have to say is important, but working together is to be mindful of that moving forward. >> mr. chen. >> how time flies. i am david chen and i am representing the asian-american community city. we are a small community center, but we are here for the last 12 years. we see other cbo's come and go. but we stay. we are serving the underprivileged asian community immigrant communities. they don't have the means or language skills to do better in their life. so we are helping them in many other ways.

and also have small business owners to enhance. and how to strive in a bad economic time. i am telling you that district 10 and bay-view hunter's point is the future. so i ask seeking your attention to come to this area and look for the future. here we are, we are not doing very good economically, but we are rich in spirit and we are rich in talent. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chen. and now district 11 community representative, rachel ebora and

nicole agbiyone. and then we have omar community collaborative, gwen brown. >> good afternoon, i am the executive director of burnle heights. >> good evening, our organization works through the vitalized commission street in excelior planning collaboratives. 57% are foreign born. 74% of the households are considered family households. 18% of the residents live in linguistic isolation. 27% of the hispanic and 27% of

the asian-speaking homes lack community services. there are few public plazas or places for all ages and ethnicities together. we have a lack of venues and clubs for all ages. and the poverty is 7.54%. >> with nicole i participate in the excelsior that is in the heart of the mission. in the collaborative one thing that we accomplished is putting together the process of strategic planning and envisioning for the community. and with various community

meetings that involve over 15 organizations. and we put together with the help of supervisor avalos' office and the values of the community. and these are values that community members came to put together. i am going to continue for 15 more seconds. these were community engagement and empowerment, and neighborhood diversity and economic justice and healthy equality for all. all in all we got 23 proposals from committee members and we provided funding for 14 of those projects and we look forward to work together to keep the neighborhood vibrant. thank you. >> good evening, i am the executive director of inner city youth in district 11 and i

represent the lake view (inaudible). the young people that we serve is 14-24. and are victims and perpetrates -- perpetrators of violence. they want us to bring up the focus in district 11 on jobs, and after-school programming for high school and middle school students. senior services. and revitalization of the broad randolph street and mission street corridor. district 11 is unique, we have been an under-resourced district and we need more from the city. we are committed and organized and have capacity. we are willing to work with the city to improve our district. and are asking for a meeting with the mayor, and workforce development and other city departments to set a plan of

action in place. we want to make district 11 equally inviting and welcoming part of san francisco as other districts are. so i don't want to take up too much time. that's briefly what we are here -- the omic would like to present to the panel today. thank you. rrn fors fo they told me to stand in one place, i am use this mic. before i bring up eric mcdonald from the united way. raise your hands if you have comment cards, we will give you one more opportunity get those collected. now we will hear from eric mcdonald from united way and the summer job plus success in 2012. >> good evening, mayor and supervisors and department heads, eric mcdonald.

summer jobs plus, briefly, a partnership between the mayor's office and work development and school district as well as department of children, youth and family. last summer the mayor stepped up to provide jobs for young people. success for over 5200 jobs. 39% started at summer jobs and became permanent jobs. our long-time vision is to create a pipeline for young people and to have jobs for school academies, and college and ultimately higher education. we have a growing workforce ready for the job as the economy continues to grow. this summer the goal is 6,000. we will be launching on april 30, launching at city hall at 11 a.m. may 11, for the young people,

musconnie center west, we will have a youth resource fair for all jobs and resources working with you on soft skills around interview skills. we will have folks reviewing resumes and mock interviews. we want the young people to join us and we hit the ground running. let me end by saying thank you to the mayor and raising your hand. he continues to be the envy of many in the country. and secondly to the department heads that raised their hand to say we would step up. thank you to all department heads who stepped up to provide these wonderful opportunities of the young people. with that, let me call on a young person last summer that went from a summer job to a permanent job, welcome kae.

>> thank you, my name is tomas, and last year i participated in the summer job program, and i got to learn about property management and accounts receivable and accounts payable. at the end of the six weeks i was asked from my supervisor to be a permanent hire. i immediately said yes, because i get to work in the financial district, get to suit up. and i get to learn about all types of real estate management stuff. i highly encourage all youth to continue with match bridge and go on in life. and i want to say that i want to emphasize on the youth for mayor ed lee. the youth is our future, and if

we don't make our youth strong. how is our future going to be strong? and i would like to say thank you to mayor lee and department heads, and have a great day. >> now we are going to the fun part. and we will do public comment. a couple of things before we move forward. i want everyone to be mindful, i am just the moderator. i don't put the cards in order or pick them. i am just the moderator and making sure we stay on schedule. with that said, we will call up the first group of speakers. you have a maximum of two minutes. be mindful we want everyone the opportunity to speak. i will call up the names of the first group. we have a timekeeper here, he will let you know when you have one minute left, when you have 30 seconds left and when it's time to stop. first we have candace pierceson,

district 10, and represent girls 2,000 and their group. mike brown representing district 10 and 11. lisa prosak, direct 10. lance hill district 10 and charlie walker district 10. >> i am blandy mack, the program director of girls 2,000. we are a hunter's point family. we have been in the community over for 13 years, and we are here to address the cut in funding for girls 2,000. we offer more than after-school programs as i heard earlier. we do year-round programming, all summer programming, and

green education and life-skill building and we are extended family. more than just a program, the new name for case managers is care managers. because we take care of our girls in the community. they are not a case, they are humans, they are spirit and energy and clearly the future. we come to you today and i brought a couple of my girls with me. and what we do in girls 2,000. and in the gardens my girls showed up their skills something that every black woman. and i will introduce dejenae and why she comes to girls 2,000. >> my name is janeja, i come to 2,000 because after school i usually go home and be bored. when i go to 2000 i have fun

with my friends. >> my name is talae, i go to girls 2000 and they help me with me homework and i know some of my math now. >> a small comment, i have an older girl, i am proud of her, she's giving me a look. she's not graduated from the garden and working with the tree service, planting trees in the community. more than just district 10. we are moving them up and out and creating real sustainability within our community. >> i am karylna, i have gone to girl's 2000 and i learned they are there when you need them. say your parents are not here, and you can call them and they are there for you any time.

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