hearing in the summer, we will work with you. i know we have a number of big items through june but we will try to do our best. i appreciate the outreach meetings being broad and that is appreciated. the survey results should be fascinating. i'm wondering if you might be able to share those with us as the draft come out and we will do our best to schedule that. thank you. >> thank you, supervisors. supervisor mar: let's open this up for public comment. hi>> i listened very attentively to the presentation. from time to time, i go to the comptroller's office and there's a lot of information there for the public's which i take and i read.

in all of our deliberations in the presentation given, some of the underlying factors we need to steady like the housing element. the housing element is very important because it guides us through a 10-year timeframe. in the past, there were some differences with the housing element and was taken to court. when we are talking about housing, i was a proponent of part -- of proposition f and we suggested 50% market value and 50% direct, including no income and low income. when the markets fell in 2008, that is what happened automatically and that has been repealed in various reports.

mr. chairman, i think it is despicable that when a constituent writes something, that's totally different. but when he is here to bring up that in this type of forum and not give that person a chance to respond. whoever made those statements has left the room and i'm going to respond to that. sopwhat i am saying is if you wt to play by the rules, let's play by the rules. i'm not a punt. thank you very much. supervisor mar: i'm not sure what you are referring to. >> because i'm an advocate and i cannot attend all meetings, but i listen to it at home, i will

write in some of my blog that i'm going to watch the deliberations like a hawk. which means a hawk it's a bird's-eye view and i try that. i go to the planning department when i have the time. i go to the land use when i get the time and i go to the board of supervisors when i get the time which gives me an idea for how -- supervisor mar: there was a comment made by one of our committee members eiffel was targeted at you? >> yes. -- you felt was targeted at you? >> yes. i have admired you for many years because of what you do and admire you because of how you address certain issues in the social network. you know i interact sometimes.

that tells me you are an educated person. you have certain standards. but you also take the time to reach out to constituents and i admire that. what i do not admire is people say there is a supervisor or representative and they don't do that. people come to me and tell me everything. they come to me from your constituency and other constituencies and i have to refrain -- as an advocate, i will say anything harmful but i can say when i write. supervisor mar: i will do my best to talk to about that. i think he said he would file an ethics complaint about a comment made by a commission request for -- by commissioner?

>> yes. under the brown act, no conversation normally should be conducted. supervisor mar: that makes me -- that helps me understand which you're referring to. i will follow-up on that. is there anyone else from the public to with like to speak? public comment is closed. i would like to thank the public for speaking on the number of issues and i hope we would have had a larger group of residents. i appreciate the great presentation. thank you to our chief economist and thanks to the office of economic work force development. i this information is critical for everyone from business small and big to labour and neighbor of organizations to understand how critical job development is and how we need to address the barriers to creating more jobs

and jobs that allow people who are educated and those who don't have four-year degrees that are stuck in the service sector or the so-called entertainment or creative sector and how jobs and housing are linked and housing, being a huge barrier as well with the costs and san francisco being so out of lack with the rest of the bay area and the barriers to business to creating jobs in the different sectors. the question the supervisor cohen was raising about these industries and how we could jump-start them and pull back the local industries to be as successful in improving the top two segments are critical and i look forward to in gauging with

the stakeholder groups in the future. would you like to follow up with any comments? supervisor cohen: he answered all my questions. supervisor mar: we look for getting more information from you. thank you very much. is there any of the business before us? >> there is not. what action would like to take on this item? supervisor mar: we will continue to the call of the chair. meeting adjourned. thank you, everyone.

>> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place

here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for a day, or chatting with friends.

there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful. >> the culmination of the animals. >> it is very impressive. we do not have this at home. >> tell us a little about some of the spider's we see here on display. >> at the california academy of sciences, there is a very large collection of preserved and live specimens, which are the evidence about evolution. we have the assassin spiders, which are spiders that exclusively kill and eat other spiders. they are under the microscope here. research done and the california academy's i rhinology lab suggests that the assassin spiders have been doing this for over 150 million years. this glassed in room is a real

scientific laboratory, and the people in that room are preparing specimens of vertebrate, that is mammals and birds. the way they do this is to remove the skin, sew it together in a relatively lifelike pose, and ensure that it does not decompose. >> i am a really big class actress fan, so i am here to see them, and beer week. >> i wanted to learn something and have fun. >> i always enjoy it. i am not all is well -- always working as i am tonight. sometimes i come to enjoy the music and to dance. ♪ >> culturewire covers the arts in san francisco, and one of my favorite culture artists is here tonight. jason, thank you for being on culturewire.

tell us about some of your posters that we have here today. >> most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours. i am hired by the bands or the venue. >> what is the inspiration behind these posters? >> no, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. music -- it is related to the band, of course the musical content or isn't related to the bed. album covers can come from anywhere. ♪ ♪

>> class actress was great. we have been having so much fun. i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here? >> we do corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv. >> san francisco recreation and

parks department offers classes for the whole family. rec and parks has a class for everyone. discover what is available now and get ready to get out and play. henri matisse. frida kahlo. andy warhol. discover the next great artist. get out and play and get inspired with toddler classes. experience art where making a mess is part of the process. classes and the size the artistic process rather than the product. children have the freedom to explore materials at their own pace and in their own way. talks love art, especially when

they died into the creative process -- dive into the creative process. at the end of the classes, they have cleaned and washup. of.com great way to get out and play. for more information, visit sfrecpark.org. that out and play and get into the groove. rec and parks offers dance classes for seniors. first-time beginners or lifetime enthusiasts -- all are welcome. enjoy all types of music. latins also, country and western.

it is a great way to exercise while having lots of fun. seniors learn basic moves and practice a variety of routines. improve your posture, balance, and flexibility. it is easy. get up on your feet and step to the beat. senior dance class is from sf rec and park. a great way to get out and play. >> for more information, supervisor chu: good morning and welcome to the budget and

finance subcommittee meeting. we have jennifer and my act sfgtv. >> please silence also phones and electronic devices. in the documents to be included as part of file should be submitted to the court. -- to the clerk. supervisor chu: we had an item that was previously scheduled for this meeting or was noticed for this meeting, file number -- the approval of public trust exchange for the portion of the sea wall lot in exchange for another -- approval of lace --

approval of lease and maintenance agreement. we have rescheduled that item to appear on the june 6 the agenda. i just wanted to make that clear to members of the public to may be here for that item. that item is not on the calendar today but will be on the calendar for june the sixth period with that, why we call item no. 1. >> hearing on the creation of the office of early to provocation, consolidating ece fund. supervisor chu: this item was heard at the budget and finance committee before and was brought to us by supervisor avalos and others. supervisor avalos: thank you for your cosponsor ship. this is done to streamline functions round early troweled

education. there has been an effort over many years to establish and offered of early childhood education that would involve major departments of this city, including the human services agency, the department of children, youth and families, first five and the san francisco unified school district and other departments. we had a hearing a couple of weeks ago. there has been high level discussions between all of these departments. and the mayor's office. it is our hope that we can have the creation of an office of early trouble digitation within the next fiscal year. there has been a lot of great work the office has done to make that happen and i want to think miss mendoza for her leading this effort and as well as

others in the mail -- in the mayor's office. we are here to get a report back on how the discussions are going on a crate -- on creating an office of early childhood education. there has been a lot of great ideas and a good exchange of how these different apartment and work together. the major issue i'm interested in hearing about and probably the most complex one is the government and how these entities will relate to one another. i'm not -- i'm not necessarily wedded to that office.

miss mendoza is here to give us a report back and i would welcome you to vote for it. thank you. >> good morning supervisors, and thank you for allowing us to give an update on where we are. i'm excited to be able to report back on the work that has been done. we have been working quite diligently, meeting quite a bit over the last few weeks to share with you some of the progress we have made and i am happy to say we have moved along a lot further than we have in the past. this is a positive report and i think we're going in the right direction. in the discussions we have had, we have focused on some really

clear vision in and systems change to make this office a reality. we are happy to say all three departments were able to come up with a vision that encompasses all the children in san francisco and different areas of support provided to all of our youth. the vision of this office will work toward providing high quality care and education so all of our children are prepared and ready to succeed in school while providing all family safe, affordable, high-quality care for their children. it seems like an all encompassing, logical model to work on and so that is the business office will bring forward. we were also able to work on policy statements. there are various priorities in each of the departments but as we started to unfold these policies, there were some that

were combined it and it some good priorities we felt this office needed to satisfy. we came up with seven policy statements we would like chiapas to focus on. as a disclaimer, these are all going to be recommendations. these have not been written in stone. this is about setting the structure within the leadership of each of these departments and wanting to put more meat on the bone as we reach out to the larger community. within these policy statements, we have that all children have access to all -- to high- quality education with a focus on equity. all children are prepared to succeed in school. all children are cared for by stable, well educated, highly trained, competent and well compensated early care and educated work force.

all providers are given the necessary support to deliver high-quality early care and education. all families are engaged and provide the necessary support to access and receive high-quality early care and education and are able to actively participate in their child's school success. early care and education systems will be aligned with the k through 12 system and decisions are performance-based and data- driven. these are policy statements agreed upon by all three department heads. in thinking about the actual work of the office, there were two things we looked at. one is the joint rfp the focus on 10 areas where the joint dollars will be allocated. in addition to that, there is work of the office will have to focus on to improve systems and make sure we are being more efficient and friendly and all of our kids are getting served.

we have identified three particular areas we think energy should be placed. one is access. this includes subsidies and vouchers, the waiting list, state and local contracts, title 5, tuition-based scholarships and -- tuition base and scholarships. the secondary is workforce. this includes compensation, training, technical assistance, coaching, retention, recruitment, and professional development. the last area is capacity building. this is the ancillary services necessary for kids to thrive which would include health and mental health, early literacy, capital, assessment, quality improvement, data, standards including cultural competency, business support, special needs, pre k to third grade and provider ease. we also agreed on target

populations. as you know, there are various populations each of the department's focus on. it was very easy to agree on what needs to happen through this office. we have identified three different areas. one is the city-wide and the universal need. all san francisco children, 025 and their families. the concentrated need will be the areas where the need is concentrated, particularly the low income groups in these disproportionate areas of need. we have identified risk factors. this includes poverty, low income, undocumented, english learners, special needs, homeless, including sro's and couch surfing members. exposure to violence and foster care and chronic absenteeism.

those are priority areas. the next step was to identify work plan. we are focusing on a 325 your work plan. -- on a three to five year work plan. this has been done in regard to the joint rfp that went out. as well as the current subsidy issues. as you have heard in the past, there are some real challenges that the state level with regard to potential restructuring and the potential $29 million budget deficit in this area. we are absolutely taking those considerations in mind as we work toward the goal of creating this office. but our main goal is to create an infrastructure that can handle these issues as they come into the office instead of creating the office to accommodate these issues.

we have agreement that it is absolutely a priority to take into consideration the challenges the governor has put on to early care and education. those will all be priorities for us to consider with in the work plan. the new office logistical details was the next that we took. we asked the department to join us in a meeting yesterday and we had some conversations about what the new office would look like. the important components for us are about the back-office functions at what department has the capacity and capability of providing support services such as human resources, and the budget office as well as some of the other in the structure with a net. based on the conversations we

have been having on the structure of this office, the priorities of this office and the work that needs to get done, we have landed on the idea that the human services agency could provide those back office supports for this independent office. i want to be clear this is not an office within a department. this is an independent office that needs support from a department for the back room pieces of it. we are really clear with that. this is what i think has been helping us to move forward -- really understanding what the needs are going to be for this office. we are in conversations arawn what staffing would look like, what budget transfers and changes the to happen -- are browned what