are not connected. i think that is one of the problems. we build housing, and that brings on work. construction work, but one thing we have not seen is the actual offer care. after the construction goes away. the restaurants are not hiring from our communities. one of the things i provide is job creation. i am currently working with usf to build the culinary institute that will be a certified training program for the state of california. folks will get a certificate of training and be able to tap into the hospitality of san francisco. that is the backbone of san francisco. the hotels, restaurants. i know what is going on in san francisco as far as business. as far as the media, yahoo! and

those groups coming to town. we're also supplying the job training for janitorial services also. that is who i am. i am still living and working. i have been office space, i am the cca -- a ceo. what i bring to the board is job creation. we spend a lot of time trying to find jobs, but i am bringing the job creation. sustainable trend that will enhance jobs. hospitality is definitely the area. supervisor kim: something that comes up often in conversations with our tech companies, partnering with culinary and

janitorial services. what are some of the barriers in getting folks into the culinary industry? that is doing a quite well in san francisco. what do you see as some of the challenges and ways to overcome those? >> the end result has to lead into not just training, but it'some type of end result. not only are we doing a job training in the training field, we want to do it catering that will give people income. give you some experience, you know, you describe twitter from college and that is a big thing, but where is your expert -- you just graduated from college and that is a big thing, but where is your experience? supervisor kim: thank you.

thank you very much. next we have monique allen. >> thank you for considering my application. i am one of the board of directors. our foundation started a program called the get hired tour. we return to get a million people back to work a number of years ago. one of the things we have been seeing is that like many of the other applicants have indicated, people are not being hired. they're having a difficult time finding a job. reason why i have decided to apply to this committee is because i that a paradigm shift in how we may be able to fight this issue. one of the things i am looking at and what has become a passion

for me is looking at our veterans and also just some folks who are on unemployment right now. what i would like to do is start a program where they can partner with a company that our nonprofit is working with right now and hire themselves. instead of it being get hired, you are creating your own job. the program will allow them to partner with developers and experience the other side of the technical innovators themselves, where they can work with a team of developers. we would partnered them with a whole bunch of folks who already have the technical background to get them to the point of four they need to develop their own application. i think this is a wonderful program because a lot of times, what we have been seeing, situations where folks are looking for venture capitalists to invest in their ideas. instead of having to go out into the world and seeking funding,

you can invest in yourself and work with this particular program that my nonprofit has been working with to get the ball rolling. at this point, we are in a situation where there are so many different populations affected by unemployment. it is hard to wrap our arms around how we will get people back to work. san francisco would be a great city to launch an initiative and help the folks who are out here, like our veterans coming home, or the ones that are already home and cannot begin to turn their lives around because they did not have access to jobs. one of the other reasons why i wanted to apply for this position on the committee, i have experience as a federal employee. i never worked at the department of veterans affairs.

my background as a federal employees, as a nonprofit board director, would help the committee in terms of steering the direction towards programs that would help these folks get back to work. i am looking into how we can apply for grants that would help programs out here in san francisco. and also help people in general. the population i would like to start with and i'll have become very passionate about is the veterans. the second population is the folks who are currently on unemployment. then you have the other groups, youth and things like that. supervisor kim: you are our only applicant that neither lives or works here in san francisco. could you respond to the kind of --

>> i figured that would come up as an issue. i was actually born and raised here in san francisco. i ended up leaving the area to go to school at uc-davis. since then, i settled -- san francisco has been and always be home for me. i know the city quite well. i know what some of the issues are. i still follow san francisco. my love for the area has driven me to want to do something and be a part of the committee that will take action. supervisor kim: ok, thank you. next we have sheryl davis. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for this opportunity. i thought i could give some insight into how i ended up here and what i hope to gain by

being a part of the committee. i came to san francisco as a student of san francisco state. i became a part of a program called the multicultural allowance. it worked to put teachers of color in independent schools. i was very fortunate that the school had a commitment to social justice. i was able to create a program called heart to heart. sharing resources, leveraging opportunities, opening the school doors and exposing kids to the same opportunities that the families in pacific heights had. after -- while still doing work, i was able to be a part of creating a program that focuses on building collaboration and bringing service providers together with community members.

from that, last year, we were able to merge some of the efforts with opportunity impact to create another program. last fall, working with dcyf created a transitional program. it was supposed to be transitional age years, we ended up with over 50 participants and more than half of them were above the age of 25. it stressed to us the importance of not focusing only on transitional age youth. we have to understand that most of the families are being headed by people over that age. one of the things we have been doing since that time is working with usf to come up with a way to empower the residents to do

job creation and get some on the ground training. we have been working with them to do community mapping, assets mapping. they ought to look at what the gaps are in terms of economic development and jobs so that they use that to say, -- we need street cleaning, we need to create our own street cleaning program. another one is looking at the idea of two or guides. -- tour guides. creating that as a job opportunity. one of the things that i hope to see happen is doing more, creating a data base around internship opportunities that actually exist in the city. one of the things that private schools do very well is prepare their students through

internship opportunities. they do not always have to be paid. this idea that if it is not paid, it is not an official, is not always the way things have to go. i understand that students cannot of college or high school and they in turn in somebody's office. by the time they're ready for that job, there is a job opening and they get to move into that quickly. we need to create more of those opportunities within our low- income neighborhoods. critics are making sure that -- making sure that the program is developing relevant programs. it is really important. we just started to create an newsletter so that we have a way to share the information that has been discussed and get that information out to others. i would like to see a little bit more of a tie-in between some of the work that the local business

enterprise does and what their recruitment looks like and how they share information. supervisor kim: thank you. you answered the questions i wanted to ask. i appreciate that. kai wilson forsley. >> i have worked on workforce development for a while. i just have not necessarily worked on it, but i have had outcomes with it. i've cultivated training programs for age 14 to 18. i have also worked with adult populations. i've also worked to help document people's interactions when they are attempting to will join the workforce. a lot of times people forget that to discrimination in the workforce is a large barrier to

workforce development. i think a lot of people do not give that aspect as much credence. i moved here from chicago. when i moved here it was kind of easy to see the work force challenges. it really has to do with the small business aspect of san francisco. it really hinders the black work force population. we do not own any small businesses here. part of my strategic planning for this committee would be to figure out where some of the small business tax dollars are going in terms of the office of workforce development. i actually went to their office and got information about where their business dollars are going. under 5% were actually given to black americans. that is something that should be looked into, considering our state and san francisco.

as far as my qualifications, i am sure you have reviewed my resume. i serve on the board for the france of the independent -- friends of the independent living skills program. we run programs for foster youth. we give them grants. we also work to ease them into what people take for granted when they go to college to adulthood. i have also worked on summer youth employment programs. the one thing i noticed is that the allotted time -- a lot of times, the youth come and the leaders said, what do you what to do today?

they should be filtered into leadership roles. as far as the adult population, i worked with chinatown as the service coordinator. that aspect has to do with workforce growth development because we provided services to connect our residents to all types of different things, including job creation. as someone said earlier, there needs to be a connection between job training and job creation. we can have all the job training we want, but if it does not lead to any jobs, it is not going to do anything. another aspect is equal representation in networking. that is how the majority of people fall into the workforce, through networking. low-income black people and generally do not have that, you

know, connection. as far as more strategic planning, i believe the library should be a focal point of this work force training. the library is a neutral meeting place and it has a wealth of information, not just books and materials, but it has items that a lot of people could benefit from. since the committee benefits districts are under the guard of the economic workforce development, they receive a lot of fun from that entity. who was holding them accountable? i am still attempting to work through that, but they also need to be a part of this workforce development because they receive a lot of funds for our beautification of neighborhoods. that could be tied into workforce development as well. it could be more than moving homeless people along. i would also say that just looking back at some of the minutes i viewed for this

committee, one thing that interested me was that there was a voting seat on the disf committee. because of some issue, there has not been. i am still interested in this position. i hope the board of supervisors does take this committee's recommendation seriously for people who actually want to have outcomes, as opposed to a lot of credentials. supervisor kim: next we have jamie brewster. he said he would be here, but i do not see him. ok. we will open this up for public comment. if you like to speak on this item in favor of a candidate, please come up.

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skyrockets and jets in flight afternoon workforce delight ♪ ♪ >> i am not going to sing today. i am here in support of -- i will not mention him, but they but they all look to be reputable candidates, and to drill the the two from my community. i have known them for a number of years if that means anything. there are others also, by i am

here specifically in support of, for my community, commissioner davis and hastert harris because i know from my work as a community activist in documenting evens in different organizations, those two in my mind from my community as well as others are people that i think should be on this board, but i am also here to talk about the accountability, responsibility, and the conflicts in which the agency -- which they will be overseeing. the mayor's office of economic development work force. in my opinion, they need to be monitored. there needs to be a public hearing to find out exactly what they are doing. they are in my community at the one-stop, and i will tell you one thing, in my opinion, other than saying corruption, there is no accountability there. good will is there without any

accountability, and my opinion is the mayor's office of economic development work force -- i really do not know who they are. you have give we will different divisions. in our community, there were four divisions up and down the street, so i think they need to be monitored, but i am here supporting two candidates. my name is ace, and i am on the case. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is daniel landrieu, and i am at 43-year resident of the fillmore western addition -- my name is daniel landry. i am here to clearly support candidate erris edgerly. i have worked with him for years. he is a direct connect. remember when newsom was here, we kept talking about disconnect. and we need someone who is a

direct connect to the community, that they will be advising to the supervisors and other parts of government, and so i think, you know, clearly, the word in this committee is community advisory -- is the clear word we need to look at. one of the things that is troubling to me by my years in the western addition, a lot of times, people work in the community, but they do not work with the community. our people may have addresses in the community, nonprofits, whatever, but still, that connect is not there. i think erris -- and there are other fascinating candidates today, so i do not want to knock anyone else, but i think he brings exactly what we're looking for because you have big projects in our area like the fillmore center where you had a group come in who wanted to play -- hate the place of nice, but no one knew they were and they did not know we were. from the jump, there was a

problem that had to be worked out. also, it is clear that in neighborhoods that need representation, you have got to have an understanding about the redevelopment area in our district. nafta have an understanding about what does not happen so we can move forward. you have to know about community policing and something about how government works within the district so we can all be on the same page. i just want to submit that comment, and i thank you for your time. supervisor kim: thank you. if you would like to speak for public comment, please do step up now. >> my name is henry howard. i am here to represent pastor parrish. we have accomplished a lot in the time i have been here. we go up to the youth program

and talk to the kids there. i am also the director of the art program, which we will launch june 1. i think he will be a good candidate on getting something is done in the reentry world and helping the elderly people, not just the use -- but you have to target the people that is over 25 because they need help, too, and he is the right man for the job. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. >> how do you do, folks? my name is robert smith. i am a native san franciscan, born and raised here in the fillmore, haight-ashbury, western addition, sun said. i have seen a lot of change. i am a baby boomers age-wise, so i have seen a lot of coming and going in san francisco. i have seen a lot of the

generation that erris edgerly represents desires to leave our city, for numerous reasons, including my own children, who are now in marin and in alameda county, but i want to say that i really do ierris' initiative in founding the brothers a change and the various other programs. he deserves an opportunity to expand his expertise that he has developed in approaching our community. he actually walks the streets and approaches people with job opportunities and programs, and i think that this is the type of leadership that we are going to need to maintain some real representation from the community that is of the

community. right now, we have people coming and going so quickly -- [bell rings] supervisor kim: thank you. is there any more public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. i forgot to recognize christina from the mayor's office of public housing. did you want to speak? >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the oewd liaison, and i presented all of the members at hackett this week about the wicac. we are investing in our commitment to our cb a work force providers and want to ensure that their voice is heard throughout our work force system. we work very closely with each member, so we are definitely trying to instill new ways of addressing, you know, barriers to employment for the job

seekers that come through and utilize any and all of our services. supervisor kim: thank you so much for being here. colleagues, at this time, we can open up for discussion. i do want to first of all thank all of our 10 applicants who applied for the four seats that we have available for the workforce investment community advisory committee. i read all of your applications, and i know you have also spoken to our office, and was truly impressed by the breadth of experience and also the passion in serving and getting our young people and our adults employed and working here in san francisco. it is one of our mayor's priorities, and i know it is a priority of many of us on the board of supervisors, so thank you. unfortunately, we only have four seats, and we clearly have 10 very qualified candidates. just to speak really briefly about some of the applicants, the two candidates that i definitely would like to see on

this committee are liz jackson- simpson and winnie yu. i have been truly impressed by the outcomes of the work that you have done in getting our young people both engaged and into the job force, and i think that experience is really important, particularly given our priority in getting young people employed. winnie yu is an applicant who works in chinatown and also speaks cantonese, mandarin, and another dialect of chinese, and i think it is important to have representation from that community as well, and given your experience working at the one-stop the last two years, i certainly would like that perspective. originally, i was going to speak on behalf of jamie brewster, who works for asian work and design

and does an amazing job of working with our young adults, particularly the ones coming out of our criminal justice system into the construction work force, but he was not able to make it today, and you know, did not have a chance to present before the committee, so for the remaining two seats, i was really impressed, of course, with sheryl davis, whose work i'm also very familiar with in the western addition, and i appreciated some clear ideas you like to prioritize on the wicac for your term, and thank you so much for your service. erris edgerly clearly brought a lot of folks from the community support you, but i think your work in janitorial and culinary and in the western position is an important perspective to have. i also appreciated having doug parrish here today. your work around green jobs was very interesting. again, we had a number of qualifiedca