come to san francisco, prioritizing youth could be an aspect of the deal. when companies come, they could provide some internships are jobs for our young people. or they could donate to our internship programs and we wrote the resolution asking for this and we're excited when the board of supervisors passed it on march 27. we would love your continued support to that. we could see this through and turned the u.s. involvement plans when companies come into action. one goes to owed. -- o.eewd. thanks for helping include young people in our city. supervisor chu: thank you. >> i am a mayoral appointee and

also the chair of youth city services. our priority, no. 7, is implementing 2007 pay recommendations. san francisco, there are approximately 5700 homeless and most are used between the ages of 20 and 24. 6000 lack a high school diploma. 5000 neither work or go to school. not only does the population represents the future adults but also the current generation of voters. then-mayor gavin nissen -- newsome proposed [unintelligible] the youth task force issued a

report containing 16 recommendations. they include involving disconnected youth in municipal decision making and expanding operations for tay, creating individualized plans for disconnected youth. transitioning to adulthood, providing safe and stable housing and more. some departments have responded remarkably such as the mayor's office of housing which convened the working -- housing workgroup. the city needs to improve its relationship with tay. san francisco is falling short of the regionally assigned goals particularly for low and moderate income housing. the city meets 67% of its housing goals and at the current rate of production it will only achieve 16% of its goals for

low-income housing and 25% of moderate income housing by 2014. the commission recommends considering the status and development of recommendations. the transitional use task force -- [unintelligible] and the future but also san francisco. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. president chiu: i know mayor lee had issued a policy directive and there are specific individuals within city government that were asked to form on this and i am wondering if we have represented some -- representatives of any department that can talk about any department in regard to tay services? >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm here for the department of

children, youth, and families. dcyf was given a grant to supervise the coordination of tay services. i think the transition is happening as different departments identify who their deputy directors are that are going to lead the efforts within those departments. i wish i could speak to it at length. all that is in process. we're bringing in the young adult advisory board that the tay initiative has within our department including an adult advocate. the overall accord made -- coordination is happening. they have data and reporting about the progress made with each of these goals within the report. that is the best i can say for now from our department. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am from the mayor's office of

housing and i would like to report from our initiatives that had been set up to address the goal. in the report, we were identified as having 400 units of the goal for tay housing. at the moment we have 153 of the 400 units targeted. 79 of those units are in active pre-development at this point. we also have prioritized the transitional age youth as a priority and the cdbg funding -- in the cdbg funding. we allocated $685,000 to support services for transitional age youth which include case management, bed -- ged prep and services. president chiu: there is one

agency that is point on this even though there are three staff leads in each department has a deputy director. who is -- is maria su -director? >> i think the best person is glen eagleston. essentially, he reports to iran and iraq can speak to that. president chiu: your report to him? >> i am just as colleague. he had another meeting to go to. president chiu: what we often find is to have disconnected services across a number of agencies and it is difficult to find who is setting the goals. do you have a sense of when is a

good check and to understand if there is a task force, if there is some body that will be achieving some goals, when is the next milestone? >> there is a tay executive committee that will be meeting on their own. that is all the executive directors of cbo providers that work with tay. i wish i could speak to the plans they have. glen will have -- be their point of contact and he will know the benchmarks and the time lines on -- that you are requesting. i do not know that today. supervisor chu: we also have kay te howard. >> i think that the director will be able to describe more of the work in june and that will be a good initial check-in point. she is the point person for the

mayor on all things related to tay. president chiu: kc ok. supervisor chu: thank you. back to the youth commission? >> hello, supervisors. i was appointed by jane kim. i represent district 6. i am also be a public-relations officer. during the day, i worked at a career youth center in the caster. through my work i found lgbt youth are affected disproportionately to a lot of other services. they're more likely to be bullied, to be assaulted at school, to also end up homeless. we talked of 5700 homeless youth. 700 are lgbt identified. which is important in talking about this. lgbt youth need the services

most. it is important we have the service providers educated on the needs of lgbt youth and relate to them in an educated way. there was a law passed 13 years ago to ensure that providers are trained. there are not any city departments that are in compliance with this. and that is why it is our priority to praise the department of public health for taking a lead on this project and coming up with a training model that we can use to roll out to other city departments but currently, as supervisor chiu was talking about, when you have departments working on a product -- project, it is hard to negotiate a lead. that is why the commission is

urging the board and the mayor to work with the department of public health to create a plan to implement 12 men across the board to departments and city funded projects and to come up with a tracking mechanism to ensure that they are in compliance as well as tracking whether or not it is effective or not. supervisor chu: thank you. >> i was appointed by supervisor wiener. i am the youth commission's community average officer. i want to express my gratitude for your time and attention as well as we do with some final thoughts about the priorities we have talked about today. the priorities are the culmination of a year's work in the commission as well as tremendous dedication from use commissioners in identifying and

addressing the city's youth's and it needs. it is our obligation as commissioners to do so, but it is more than that. it is our passion as individuals. we would love nothing more than for you today coming out of this hearing to immediately ends with the address these priorities. in a perfect world, we would ask you to make our top priorities your top priorities. but this is not a perfect world. as our chairman mentioned and i am sure you have heard many times before, san francisco. general fund is facing a $170 million deficit. we know and you know in the future you have to make some tough decisions. what we ask of you today is simply to help the youth commission as we continue working on these priorities and keep working on them as you move forward. some are easily solved fiscally, free muni which can have an

immediate fiscal impact. some require a more indirect approach. we recognize that and we want to work with you on implementing the best approach possible. we appreciate the opportunity to come before you today and i know i speak for my colleagues when i say we look forward to working more with you in the future. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you for pulling this report together and sharing with us your budget priorities for the upcoming years. i know many members here will be interested to continue working with you on some of your priorities and taking a look at our budget. we do have a big challenge ahead of us not just for one year but multiple years. we appreciate your comments to our budget. colleagues, given all the comments we have heard so far, i want to open this item up for public comment. are there members of the public who wish to speak on this item?

if there are none, public comment is closed. president chiu: i want to thank the the commission for your work and over the next week as we go through the budget process, i hope to see you continue to engage with the board on this and with us through the course of the year. i know these budget priorities will change over time and will look forward to getting that feedback and also understanding after each budget cycle whether we as a city were able to meet the priorities that you set up. thank you for being here. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor kim: i want to also thank the youth commission. this body plays an incredibly important role in the city and i am impressed by the policy and budget priorities for this year. it is a diverse array of issues. some of which i was not aware of, despite my time as a youth organization -- organizer.

highlighting access to recreation facilities at juvenile hall and how we provide jobs for our transfer -- transitional and undocumented youth. we have been struggling for years on a mou, that is important to highlight. i appreciate all your work that you have done thus far on seeing muni for low-income youth and all use. you have made a lot of headway. we do not have enough voice for young people in city government process so you play a vital role in educating city officials and leaders on what we can do better to improve the city for young people. there is not enough for young people today in san francisco and we all agree to that.

it is helpful in giving us direction on areas we can improve on. i appreciate that and i want to appreciate mario from the youth commission. infrastructure is also very important as well. the youth commission has downsized and it is great to see that there is still input at this level. glad to see that you are still able to achieve these types of reports. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: i would like to echo the comments of my colleague. i have been working with the youth commission since 1996 and i can think of many commissions that have stood out but i think this one stands out in so many ways. the policy recommendations that come from the commission have been insightful and understanding -- in terms of moving policy and with the board of supervisors.

and our partnership with community-based organizations has been excited -- exciting. the youth commission might have one or two main leaders and spokespeople. we have many members of the commission who are active and involved in so many different ways in providing their experience to a dancing policy issues within the commission and outside the commission with policymakers like ourselves here on the committee. i want to say congratulations and great work. these are issues that we want to be able to work on that are key to our constituents. these are very valid recommendations because they come from your experiences and we will do our best to fill these. i want to say thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. and from me, thank you for coming today and i am impressed by all the youth who presented today. you are very poised and articulate.

all of us have been where you are. congratulations again and thank you for coming. we have this item before us and we have heard public comment. can we entertain a motion to file the item? we will do that without objection. thank you. do we have any other items before us today? thank you. we are adjourned. >> good afternoon. and welcome.

welcome to san francisco. my name is lisa villareal, and i am here during this lunch representing not only the coalition for community schools, but also president and ceo of these and francisco foundation. she could not join us to introduce the mayor of san francisco. let me tell you a bit about our mayor and let me tell you about the passion he has for community schools. rarely do we find an elected official, and mayor that comes with so many vital skills and experiences that relate directly to powerful community engagement. from his early days as managing attorney for the asian law caucus, to key positions

including the director of employment relations, director of the human rights commission, the director of city purchasing, director for public works department, and finally, city and administrator prior to his election. mayor edwin lee has experienced every civic perspective. his dedication and a passion for children and youth are evident by his extraordinary support for the san francisco department of children, youth, and families. one of the first national city based initiatives to support children and youth. to be matched only by his outstanding partnership with the san francisco unified school district that is one that many districts across the united states within the -- would envy. they have forged a partnership to deepen schools and embrace the full-service community

schools initiative across the city of san francisco. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the forty third mayor, and the first asian-american mayor of the city and county of san francisco, mayor edwin m. lee. [applause] >> thank yo, lisaou, lisa, for t introduction. welcome to san francisco, how do you like the weather? first of all, i want to thank her and marty from the san francisco foundation and sam hernandez that is not with us today. they are doing a good job with our educators to make sure that the school district is never isolated. i knolerned that -- learned that a long time ago.

the best cities are the ones that place education at the very center of what we are trying to do as mayors. i want to welcome the mayors of lincoln, nebraska and hartford, connecticut. thank you for being here. i want to welcome the various school board members and administrators that are here today on this important topic of community schools, thank you for coming to san francisco. thank you for taking this opportunity to learn from each other how we can do better. i was talking with my education adviser, hydra mendoza. it doesn't go a week that we don't talk to each other about the value of education. whether it is hurt, carlos garcia, or the incoming superintendent, we will always

place education at the center of our agendas. that is what we have to do. i can't conceive of any city in the country who would not place education the highest part of their agenda. it just doesn't seem like you are a city if you don't do that. in san francisco, we value that because we are knowledgeable. we know how important it is not only for our kids, but the role of education and everything that we do. and the fact that our community school concept is alive and well and our city -- in our city. we have had those years where we look at the school district and we say, wait a minute, we don't have to work with them. they are a state agency. and the state gave it up and they keep giving it up. we keep having to respond.

for me, i am sick and tired of responding to what the state is not going to do that we have to anticipate the bad news and we have to embrace these school districts and to make sure that they are always part of our city. that is why we have been working on ideas and programs to make sure the health department is engaged. to make sure our public safety agencies are engaged with the school district. our mayor's office, the budget office, the board of supervisors. all the other elected officials have to find some way to engage our school district, the administrators. that is why i have been talking all morning about how to get a meeting with the ceos. yes, our principles of our school district. they are like the ceos. we have to engage everybody to make sure that we are doing the right things to balancing all the things that they need to run

a successful school property and a school program. i benefited from public education many years ago. now that i am 60, those years are being recollected slower. as a recipient of public education, i have known for some many years that i was and passion that -- i was passionate about succeeding as an individual. there are more barriers to success these days. financial barriers. every time we turn around, there is another barrier presented to successful education. that is why the cities must be involved and the community schools have to be a concept that everybody embraces. i want to thank you for holding this important meeting here because we have been trying to champion the whole community schools concept.

we know that the success of our kids have to do with everybody being involved. from army dunton to carlos garcia -- arne duncan to carlos garcia and everyone involved with this movement, we have to involve everybody at the early stage. we can't let our schools fail by allowing them to be isolated. with your help, with your ideas, with the programs that are the foundations that we are coordinating and implementing, the greater idea is to involve everyone else in the community with our schools, that is going to be, i think, the way out. the only thing -- the other thing that i would like you to know, the other efforts are to involve more of our businesses with our schools. in san francisco, we are leading the effort to make sure that the technology companies in of a --

innovate and find success as part of our city. i would like that success of innovation that many technology companies are bringing to their businesses to also happen with our school district. i know that if we can innovate our way to better taxi dispatch is like we are doing with technology companies were better ways to service delivery, we can also innovate ways in which education can be a greater part of every kids' lives and all parents. and making sure that we can use technology and the business community to do that. we will be introducing these ideas, working with our principles, working with the school boards and the superintendent to make sure that we can also link the businesses that are doing great things and discovering fantastic ideas of businesses. we can also link them to the

school districts and make them an innovative part. thank you for being here, thank you for sharing, and thank you for being part of our great movement of community schools in our city and our country. thank you very much. [applause] >> enjoy your lunch, we will resume the program and about 10 minutes. -- in about ten minutes. >> kids with special needs have access to a venture on may 5. over 25 businesses and nonprofit organizations build the music concourse with free refreshments, games, and bluegrass. access to a venture is part of sf rec and park's year-round

activities in partnership with activities in partnership with families. >> there are kids and families ever were. it is really an extraordinary playground. it has got a little something for everyone. it is aesthetically billion. it is completely accessible. you can see how excited people are for this playground. it is very special. >> on opening day in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children can be seen swinging, gliding, swinging, exploring, digging, hanging, jumping, and even making drumming sounds. this major renovation was possible with the generous donation of more than $1.5

million from the mercer fund in honor of san francisco bay area philanthropist helen diller. together with the clean and safe neighborhood parks fund and the city's general fund. >> 4. 3. 2. 1. [applause] >> the playground is broken into three general areas. one for the preschool set, another for older children, and a sand area designed for kids of all ages. unlike the old playground, the new one is accessible to people with disabilities. this brand-new playground has several unique and exciting features. two slides, including one 45- foot super slide with an elevation change of nearly 30 feet. climbing ropes and walls, including one made of granite. 88 suspension bridge. recycling, traditional swing, plus a therapeutics win