i think she would be able to balance and work collaborative lee with the mta, the city, the board, and the community. >> we're glad to see you are still here in san francisco. next speaker, please. if i called your name, could you please line up? >> good afternoon, supervisors, counsel. it is with great pleasure that i speak here in support of the nomination to the sf mta. as the officers and directors of our organizations lined the south beach got clubbed and the bay area association of disabled sailors, which is a non-profit, we have collaborated on a number of projects and committees in

the face of constrained resources. these products include greater community access and use access to water through a combination of south beach yacht club assets and programs, the development of management to bring and hold national and world access regatta's to san francisco bay, and various projects and events pertaining to the america's cup. heard leadership and the recruitment of still resources has brought to bear a more energetic and effective board to bear on these projects. her commitment to south beach yacht club has brought that members opposed to the family. today, the members enjoy greater involvement in the south beach shout club program and committees and more personal one-on-one relationships with the members and their board.

much of this can be credited to her pursuit of self-sufficiency as the foundation for any service of programs the disabled -- programs developed for the disabled. she brings consensus around the issues in difficult situations and her commitment to development and growth of any organization in which she becomes involved. it is because of these qualities it is a much more vibrant organization today. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i am delighted to be here in support. i have had the opportunity to work with christina for a number

of years. i came here right after law school. i needed plenty of guidance and she was always there to offer me her advice and support. if i had to describe promote saving characteristics, i would identify her willingness to take on any task and her desire to see everyone succeed. she has been an invaluable mentor to me. i'm not only here to talk about her skills as a lawyer or what a perfect mentor she has been. you can see her dedication to service reflected in the number of committees and boards she serves on. what i think she will bring to this board is her understanding of how public transportation and

inaccessibility keep all of this city's constituencies involved. everywhere you go, she sees people she knows from groups she belongs to or people that she speaks to as a member of the community. she talks to people, she listens to people. she really cares about people. she has brought public participation no better help and accomplish. i cannot imagine a more outstanding candidate. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm here on this item to speak as a private citizen. i have added chance to read the application and her qualifications are perfect for this. i also applaud you infighting and continuing legacy as having a person with the disability on the board.

being someone who has a sister with a disability and as a person with aging parents, i think it is well worth it in dealing with the issues. we are really getting there. we are really getting there. i would urge you to seek her appointment and and move the recommendation to the board. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i would like to support the appointment. and i'm definitely impressed with your insight. i want to commend her on her

approach. we invited her to bike to work day last week and she took the time to come out to city hall with all of you and learn more about what biking is in san francisco. she got to hear what community members think and with business leaders think about biking in san francisco. really, as an organization of the coalition, we work often with the staff. it is that kind of approach. people that are interested in learning other perspectives it is what is most appreciated by us. this improved transportation the most when you have that kind of approach. i support her. thank you. >> if there is any other public comment, please step up. >> [singing]

time to add christina to the mta that is what i have to say call in everyone to ride along to another short we can ride the bus again, you will be free once more right, christine, ride you are the border directors, making it better every day for everyone ride, city, ride, with christina on the board she will make it better than it has ever been before ride, city, ride >> thank you, mr. paulson. >> good afternoon, supervisors.

i would like to speak in favor of this appointment. the appointee mentioned that she would be asking relevant questions and i think that this board really needs someone who will examine it inside and out. she mentioned she was going to be independent. i would suggest that if she was really independent, she should look into lowering some of the administrative salaries at the mta, which in my opinion, our way overpaid. also, since she will be dealing with touchy subjects, she might as well deal with the problems of running the parking lots and the garages and also the taxi industry. also, i hope she is going to have a fair opinion the central

subway and with a fair consideration of cancelling this project. since she is being appointed by the mayor, i hope she will be a watchdog and not a lapdog. on the subject of pedestrian safety, i would like to mention that we need to say for bikers because especially at night, i see too many bikers biking without adequate light. thank you. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> i would like to say, thank you for coming forward and thank you for all of the people that came to speak on her behalf. i think the mayor has made a great pick here and a look forward to working with you in

the upcoming years and i'm happy to forward her to the full board. >> >> thank you. i'm happy to support the motion. one of the things that i enjoyed about our conversation prior to the hearing was that i thought that you were very thoughtful and insightful and i recognize that this is an individual who does not necessarily have professional expertise in the area of transportation but the reality is that what we want is someone who has firsthand experience of what it means to be a writer of public transportation.

i think the transportation experience in terms of knowledge and some of the issues is something that can be acquired and i think that in many respects the fact that you don't necessarily come from the transportation world can actually be a positive thing. sometimes a fresh perspective in making sure that this agency looks to different ways of approaching issues is a good thing. i also believe that your someone who is taking this very seriously and who will get up to speed on a number of issues that will be before the commission pretty quickly. i was especially pleased to hear of your commitment to doing outreach to different committees, certainly within the disability community, but also others in san francisco.

i think that is one of the most important roles that the mta director serves because you can hear different things in city hall but at the end of the day, you don't know what is happening. especially from people who often do not get an opportunity to speak or they don't even know how to navigate the system to convey their concerns so, in that sense, i think that that is something that will serve you well. other than that, i look forward to working with you. thank you very much. happy to support the motion.

>> thank you. i also want to say few words. are a number of pedestrian safety issues that i would love to partner with you on as we increase making our city safer for our pedestrians, which all of us are. you can probably interface with some of the individuals in the room today. i highly recommend attending a meeting to learn more about the we are engaging in and the priorities that the pedestrians would like to see. but another priority for my office is cigarette out how we can work with the mta around tokens and with a clientele that come into our centers. this is so that people can go to shelters, their house and appointments, job interviews. that is initiative that we would

like to work with you and the mta on and as we discussed, many of our homeless clients are disabled and that is a huge barrier for them and for a variety of different issues entering into the housing and unemployment every now. i'm happy to see you here. i think that you are incredibly thoughtful. you will engage with many of our meetings -- many of our members and attend meetings. we appreciate your willingness to spend this time because it is a huge commitment. this is of importance to so many people here in this city. i'm here to support this motion. we do have a motion to move forward with a cost of recommendation and we can do that without opposition. thank you very much. l madam clerk, can you call

item number 3? >> item number3, hearing to consider appointing four members terms ending march 19th, 2015, for the child care planning advisory cancel. >> and for july, that the candidates were able to make it. for the sake of the public, they were nominated by their district supervisor >> district 3, 4, 5, and the president of the board. they are all reappointment to their seat, so they currently sit on that child care plan, and budget council. >> i am happy to make recommendation to forward all through to the board. >> if it had been district two,

six, nine, they would have been here. >> [laughter] normally i would like to see the applicants to any of our advisory body. in this case, they are all reappointment and they are recommended by their distance supervisor. at this time, we will open it up for public comment. these are of what is to our child care, planning, advisory council. >> [singing] want you bring them back for another term they will do real good there oh, don't let them go. we want them back >> is it any other public

comment on this item? -- is there any other public comment on this item? >> i have a problem with this. they are not showing up in front of you to be reappointed, who says they will show up in their meeting like they're supposed to? it just seems like we have a major attendance problem with some of these bodies. they get appointed and they show up once every three months. we should look at the attendance record of these people before we push them on. are they even showing up at the other meetings? i have to question it. it is is really annoying. are they really even invested in the city and county of san francisco? >> thank you. is any other public comment on this item? seeing none, this is closed.

i do share the concerns that if these were not nominated by the district supervisor, i would not have removed these forward. >> i would not put a name for the loss of look at that issues. >> we do have a motion to move forward 3 upon -- 3 appointments to the child care planning and advisory council. we can do that without opposition. please call item number four and five together. >> item number 4, hearing to consider appointing one member to the local homeless coordinating board. item number five, reappointment

-- resolution reappointing christine ma term ending october 21st, 2015, to the local homeless courtney the board. >> i will call each of you as you appear in the agenda. we will call laura guzman. >> i have been serving the board since 2005. i have been the co-chair and for the last seven years, the co- chair of the finding committee. i certainly want to say that this has become a very important powerful source in terms of gathering the stakeholders around the homeless policies. one of our main tasks is the event of funds.

this is many many ways the work we have done. we have done some amazing work. i have been doing work with homeless committees in the city for 17 years. we still have a lot of need for shelter. we really need to finance the housing lines of people get into housing. we have the housing to work together. i am seeking reelection to that we continue to do this. we would like to help the homeless of one of the wealthiest city in the country. >> my one question would be, are

there areas that you want to prioritize and your next term? >> well, we will be working closely with you and the mayor's office around shelter access, which we consider to be a tremendous challenge. my second one is that we figure out a way in looking at the housing pipeline and see how we will truly start the financing. those are my two main ones. i continue to be an advocate for the homeless. i have been trying to really bring the voice of thomas immigrants to the table for the past seven years. >> thank you. -- i have been trying to bring the voice of the homeless

immigrants to the table for the past seven years. >> thank you. i'm very sad to be losing you to district 9. >> me too. >> our office will continue to work with you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i was born in new york city and i have spent the last 50 years living in maryland and washington, d.c. area. i am new to san francisco. i have been here for seven months. you would see that i have done a lot of work with governors, senators, congressmen, and with the national association of counties, and many different human service organizations. i would very much like to be involved in the life and breadth of san francisco and your community. i have done 40 years of work in the disability community,

primarily in the mental-health community. i have worked extensively with the homeless. i was the director of mental health for a large county, 800,000 people. in the area of housing, for homeless housing programs, i have been very successful in grant writing. one of the skills that i bring to you and that i offered is my experience in bringing in money from the federal government and through many other different, pd public organizations. i volunteer with the red cross and have been very active in the last, i would say, 20 years. i have worked at the pentagon

on 9/11. i also have volunteered with the san francisco suicide prevention, and through that, we to also get calls from people who are homeless and in need of housing. i have a lot of experience in working with coalitions and with diverse people. in answer to what i think i can bring, homelessness is a very complex issue. i see where it affects people from all walks of life. the newest population that is being affected now our veterans. who are returning with ptsd and other disabilities, who call themselves homeless. i would like to do anything i

can, making sure that there are sororities, fraternities, different volunteers that get involved. we have a very beautiful city here. i would like to work on the homeless issue and see what i can do, bear some fronts to some of my labor. i am delighted to have this opportunity. >> thank you. are there any questions from committee members? i do have two? can you tell me your reaction to the care plan? >> i don't know the san francisco one. that -- i have worked at six

counties in maryland. i have been an independent consultant. upon retirement, i went into be the ghost writer for a lot of other counties. supervisor kim: have you attended a local homeless coordinating board meeting? >> no, i have not. i have looked at the website to see where my talents will fit in. supervisor kim: we appreciate that. thank you. supervisor kim: next, i am going

to call up christine ma, and this is for the seat appointed by our controller's office. >> thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak with you. i have been a member of the board since it was reinstated in 2005. i have been a co-chair with ms. guzman. i have worked very hard with the rest of the board members. we have been working very hard on a number of issues around policy. i am a pediatrician. i am focused on homeless

families for my whole career. that is it. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you, dr. ma. can you speak more about your priorities, particularly to do with homeless children? >> i started out working -- very specifically when i was in metal will school -- medical school, a long time ago, a couple decades ago, we looked at the issues for health care access for children in shelters. i started to get to know the services. currently, i run two programs. i work in a program that runs a homeless clinic. all my patients to that clinic are homeless families. there in a transitional housing, things like that.

i also provide a nonprofit homeless health clinic. i provide health care for underserved, on insured, homeless. supervisor kim: i was hoping you could actually talk about what you see as priorities for the city to address are around children who are homeless? >> sure. one of the things i have been very excited to see in the last two years is the issues are around homeless children really taking more and more up front seat, not only locally, but also nationally. we need to start to understand children are homeless and there will be held issues, mental health issues -- health issues, mental health issues associated with becoming homeless. we have always been at the forefront of the country for reiz