it was really wonderful to see the kids and their families. i want to announce national read allowed day at sunset elementary this friday, i hope that folks can participate. and the japanese bilingual and by cultural program. celebrating the 40th anniversary on march 9th. and congratulations to cyc on its 43rd annual festival of youth on march 13th. >> thank you. >> commissioner maufas? ? i just want to follow along with commissioner murase indicated with the alliance of black school educators thank you for being there and i know that you were under the weather but it was nice to have you give a welcome and it was very much appreciated. and thank you commissioner murase and haney for coming and i know that other board members were trying to make it there as well. my one announcement this

weekend although there are many events, i am happy to represent the board of education at the black cuisine judging contest saturday since none of you will make it because you will be at the summit or the conference on saturday march second, it is the 33rd annual black cuisine cook off. there will be many, many food vendors as well so if you are not judging in the contest, there will be a wonderful compliment of all kinds of food, there available and it is really supporting the bay view hunter's point, dr. david george senior center. and cathy davis was really leading the charge this year. so, i will represent you all well. just so you know. >> all right, commissioner mendoza. >> thank you. >> so on the report so

buildings and grounds met on monday and we had a really good conversation about local hire policy and we put forward a positive recommendation which will be coming to the full board directing the staff to develop a policy. and there is a city school district select committee meeting tomorrow and there are a couple of agenda items and one includes the presentation of the shared school yards and the other is i am sorry, thursday. yes. what did i say? >> tomorrow. i still, thank you. and then, a discussion on middle school on the middle school or the middle school development. and actually i don't know if i framed that properly. >> good enough. >> more or less. >> we are not really fully clear. >> and then i want to just make

a couple of announcements, there is the 6th annual crab fest for san francisco rec and park fund at the irish cultural center tomorrow evening. and why i wanted to note this is because this was set up actually by supervisor elsbern and he created this event to support the local charities in the bay area and it has been a huge success over the years, but last year the rec and park scholarship allocated $160,000 and many of the students have benefited from the scholarship fund and i wanted to thank them for their efforts in continuing to do that and announce that the mlc academic middle school and their students of promise and the pta is having a family night dinner and town hall meeting and that is going to be

tomorrow evening, i am sorry, thursday. thursday is really hard for me. thursday from 5:00 to 7:00 at mlk. i know i want it all to go away and there is also, on friday, is the finals for the poetry slam. that youth speaks hosts every year and this is going to be for their annual slam competitions and competition and there are 6 finalists, i am actually going to be judging this on friday evening and just wanted to note that the 6 finalists are from the schools that they are from are raw talent and school of the arts and okay land and mission high and burton high and so i am looking forward as not being biased on who should win that

competition. and i want to congratulate ellis and that is going to be honoring all of the accomplishments this year with their multiple acknowledgments, both state and federal, and local accomplishments, and congratulations to principal esito for all that she has done to work closely with the staff to make all of that happen and the parents. congratulations to everyone on that. and i know there is, i am sorry. >> my schedule looks a little bit different. there is one other thing that imented to share, so on saturday, at city hall, college track is going to be hosting college track san francisco day and it is an opportunity to expose our students to mentor and career fields that low

income first generation students that are under represented in including technology and junior engineering science and sales. and so there will be folks from multiple organizations in those arenas that will be mentoring 200 youth that are part of college track to help them think about careers and stem and to connect them with internship opportunities down the road. so that is going to be on saturday from 11 to 3. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner wynns? >> thank you. >> i want to announce that the budget committee will meet on march 6, at 6:00. and then, second i just wanted to say that the school of the arts, spring musical, 42nd street will open on thursday night and i am not at liberty to announce the surprise guest in the pit that night.

because they have not announced it yet. >> it was in the chronicle today. >> okay. >> having said that, i understand there to be two, but one of them as left. so the superintendent, i have tickets for friday night because i got them before this thursday night opening night. treat was announced so i may have to sneak in the back. but any way superintendent carranza will be in the pit and run out there and get your tickets and always the musical is extraordinary there and it will be wonderful and congratulations to on you musicians. >> vice president fewer. >> yes, thank you, so i just wanted to mention that we have a couple of read aloud.

alamo is tomorrow and the schools is friday and the 8th is sherman and so if anyone is interested. and then, really? >> okay. lock is friday, too. so if you want to road. but i also just want to remind our listening public that financial aid applications are due march second. so it is important to get those in and this year, you can apply for a grant if you are an ab 540 student which is a new development. so i want to make sure that all of our students and parents know that every single one of our counselors have been trained to assist you with these horrible daunting forms. so, i advise everyone to start early, because in case you are missing one or two items it will eliminate your applications so you want to make sure that you have time to be reviewed and if you are missing something you can edit your application to make the

march second deadlines, so everybody it is the second half of our promise to or for a greater opportunity and to enter college, and we are graduating all students, ready for college, eligible, and are living wage job and this is the second half of the promise that there is money for you to go to. so i applied for my three children to go to college, and all of the grants and fasfa forms and i advise everybody to do so. >> superintendent you had an announcement? >> i want to echo what vice president fewer just said. i just completed my fsafa form and you may think, well, why? i am finishing my doctorate and i have one semester left and i applied and i did the fasfa so if i can do it, you can do it. okay? it is superintendent-proof.

so, my quick announcement, i want to thank the board for moving through this meeting quickly. i need to get home and practice. but i do want to announce for the public that this saturday the march second from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. we will be having our school planning summit at everet middle school that is 450 church street and you can log on to the district's website and you can register for the school planning summit. and you don't have to be a member of the school site council although if you are a member that would be wonderful for you to come. you will have an opportunity to have some very interactive sessions. all of our schools will be there and all of the leadership from the schools and the district will be there as well and we will talk budget and strategic planning, you need to sign up in advance if you would like child care. www.sfusd.edu, come on to the

website and you can sign up and we look forward to seeing all of you there. >> thank you. >> translation is available. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner? >> i have a quick announcement in the spirit of letting sacramento know that we are not in the clear yet, this weekend, i will be chairing what is our eleventh annual uc student association lobby conference that is a 3-day conference and we prepare in the lobby and clinics and workshops and it culminate.. s on monday where the students and as well as staff and high school students and uc, and csc students come together and march on the capitol and have a rally, last year we had 10,000 and we are hoping for that number this year, no matter the number, we are going to make a

statement to sacramento that we need more support and public education and stow so we will be there and the public is welcome and we will be starting at 10 a.m. in sacramento and so please join us. >> thank you. >> one last before we move on, commissioner mendoza reminds me one last item. tomorrow is the media day for the youth arts festival which will be opening i believe next week the 7th of march. and at the asian art museum this year, this is a new venue for it, it is the youth art festival and a lot of performance and visual art displays. >> it is young at heart. >> no it is youth festival now. >> yeah. >> so, i will be participating the superintendent will be participating. and i believe that the mayor as well will be there. he is hosting the media event

tomorrow on the steps, yes. and so you may will get some coverage and maybe you will check out the arts festival and it is going to be great. >> we are going to move on now to item t and report of closed section actions. from the closed section of february 19, 2013, the board of education approved by a vote of five ayes and two absent, mendoza and maufas the expulsion of one student. and five ayes and one nay the executive director. >> there are no informational items and item v is the adjournment and we are going to adjourn in the memory of fansworth he joined in 1959 and served in many positions he was a principal, and assistance principal, and assistance principal, and head teacher at

ben franklin middle cool and member of the district's personnel task force in 1968 and assistant superintendent and area four superintendent in 78 and 79. director of curriculum and human resources even in retirement he stayed busy and worked as a military communication instruct and her taught at foothill college. there are many employees that remember him with fondness, the board of education and the superintendent of schools express our sincere condolences to the family. meeting adjourned.

>> look, thanks everybody for being here. i've been, as indicated, i've been looking for a good

announcement ever since sunday night. we definitely found one. but i want to thank the board of supervisors. i know you're proud of your colleague for all of her accomplishments. also with our other official city family, dennis herrera is here, phil tate, of course, took a time away from sacramento to be down here. thank you, phil, for being here. i know we have a representative from betty yee office, board of equalization that has oversight on assessor's office across the state. jose cisneros, treasurer of state. you sent david augustine. ben rosenfield, our controller, [speaker not understood], our budget director, of course. and then harvey, thank you for being here as well. and just all the members of the board that are here today. i think nadia is trying to get

down here as soon as she finishes the final ratings on other companies. but i first of all -- it really is a necessity to have someone at the helm of the assessor's office. i personally want to thank zoom wynn who has been in that transition for us. she's a real delight to have work with in this time period. she's held the office together and i want to thank her permly for being here today. (applause) >> a great job. you know, it comes as no surprise probably for all of us that i've chosen carmen. carmen has been willing to step up to be the assessor. if you look at what she's done and has been at the helm of our budget committee and working with my office and all the

financial entities, of course, truly representing the board at the budget office last couple years. we've done a tremendous amount of good work together and she's made that connection that i have often spoke about in working with the board together on the budgets and making sure we cover all the interests and needs. but also being very fiscally smart and brilliant in her efforts to help me do the first of two-year budgeting for the city, which is incredibly important. and i'll say later on why it means so much to rating agencies and others that we do even better fiscally. but at the same time we had in my first year 385 million dollar deficit. we were able to cover that through her leadership at the board. of course, all the board's cooperation. she also did it similar to the ways that i've been wanting to do it with the board, that is

work with everybody, labor, our advocates, our nonprofits have all been recognized in the strong effort while we as people who are fiscally responsible for the health of our city balanced everything, and that is why i think we talk a lot about our success today. and i want to point to the fact that i think one of the reasons why moody's perhaps made their move to upgrade our ratings was because they heard the rumor mill already about who we're about to appoint. [laughter] >> they wanted to reinforce that. but it's an incredible thing. i amoeba, -- mean, i think other cities are challenged by their ratings and we in the city working together, all of us sacrificing what we've done and having good discussions, are turning it around not only for us, but for future generations. and, so, i am pleased to

announce carmen as the new assessor and that she will lead the effort there to do what phil ting did and so many others before them, is help us generate and get the revenues that we need, do it in an efficient, an expert professional way, and enhance the staff's hope and belief that not only do we have a good manager at the helm, but a good partner with the rest of the fiscal leads in the city that are doing all the right thing and conversing in the right tone. this is so important these days to register a whole city family of professionals to talk with, not only rating agencies, but with our counterparts in the federal government and the state government who sometimes are challenged themselves about what they should be doing so that we don't get hurt by them. and i know carmen is going to

be a great leader and a great partner. she's demonstrated that for quite sometime as being a very effective supervisor over district 4 as well as heading up the budget committee. so, with that i know she's going to get it all done and let me just take this opportunity right now to introduce carmen chiu, our new assessor, and then we'll talk about the process. (applause) >> first off, i want to thank you all here for being here. for me, i've been an elected official for a little bit of time, but it never ceases to

amaze me how nervous you get when you have all these cameras and people watching you. but i do want to thank you all for being here. i want it really thank all of my colleagues on the board who have taken the time under such short notice to be here with me today. of course, for all the electeds who are here city-wide, dennis, phil of course for being here and taking time out of sacramento for being here, our city administrator for being he, kate howard from the budget office and doing such a wonderful job and stepping in and being here, too. i want to thank you all. and harvey, now i have to turn roles and be a little bit afraid of you. [laughter] >> but i do want to thank everybody for being here and being so supportive. it really humbles me that you are here, you've taken the time to be here to have the confidence to support me in this new adventure. to the mayor, i want to thank you. it's been really my honor, it's been my privilege to serve the people of district 4, to serve san francisco residents. and i take a look at this new opportunity and this new

responsibility and really feel honored and privileged to be able to lead this new department as well. to all the finance folks who are here, my heart, my heart beat, of course to the controller's office, to the mayor's budget office, to harvey rose, to all the folks who are -- and the treasurer who i know couldn't be here today, but is sending his greetings from d.c., i really look forward to working with you. i think that we are only stronger working together and that the financial health of the city, being able to build a solid foundation, the unique role each of us plays in making sure that happens is really something we can all work towards. all the things that we care about, being able to fund public services, being able to fund police services, children services, health services, these are all things that can only be accomplished when we have a very firm financial footing. so, i really look forward to that real responsibility and making sure that we're doing this together. i think with the solid foundation that assemblyman

phil ting has set and the final work zoon has done stepping up in the leadership organization in the transition, i take the responsibility with humbleness. i really look forward to working in the department to getting myself right into it, to taking a look at the nuts and bolts of that organization. of course, to ensure to folks that our assessments are fair, that we have transparent processes within the assessor's office, to make sure that our office continues to operate in the highest ethical manner, that is something i think we all expect of all our offices and all our operations. of course i vow to work tirelessly to continue to make improvements. every step that we take to improve our process for the residents is really a public service. and, so, i just want to keep my comments short. i want to thank you all so much for your support. i look forward to this new challenge and take on the responsibility with a lot of humility, humbleness, and with a lot of respect for everything that people have done here. so, thank you again. (applause)

>> i almost did this twice. i almost forgot to thank scott, my husband. [laughter] >> when i was first sworn in the first time around, i forgot to mention and thank him. [laughter] >> but i want to thank scott. he's been a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful partner. the strength behind everything, so, i just want to thank him. and of course thanks to my staff, thank you so much for everything. (applause) >> okay. so, of course, we wanted this announcement to stand on its own, but clearly carmen has been a great supervisor for the city. and now that we've made this

announcement, i next have to make a decision on her replacement for district 4 and be prepared to do that through a process that will include stakeholders getting certainly carmen's input, community input. and we're setting our target for at least by no later than march 4th. so, be about 30 days from now, and that will give time for the various staffs to adjust. and carmen would like to immediately take helm of the agency and start, because these are really good times for the fiscal responsibility of that office to take heed. but we do want to do as thorough a job to find her replacement and that's why we want to just suggest that let's celebrate today and we'll give ourselves 30 days to do the right process and meet with as many people as we can and get a good representative for district 4 and honor what all

of these supervisors do every single day, and that is serve their constituents well and work with the city and do everything from compromising to advocating,ing to representing the whole city well as we've all done together. so, with that, we'll take a few questions. not too political, please. [laughter] >> and we'll start with, we'll start with -- we were just five yards away. [laughter] >> [speaker not understood]. you were interested in a job because you were [speaker not understood]. can you just tell us other than that factor, what is it about the assessor's job that you find appealing? [speaker not understood]. [laughter] >> i think phil and z might

disagree with that, and, of course, the fine people in the assessor's office would disagree with that. i think before my role i came in the board of supervisors, i worked in the mayor's office and nuts and bolts with regard to the budget and focusing on the long term couldn't point for the city. for me, all the things we want to accomplish, really when it is trying it make our neighborhoods safer, whether it is trying to provide those after school services for kids, whether it's the health department and the emergency services that we have for the city, all of that really takes having a firm financial footing. if we continue to move down the cycle of having lots of cuts in the budget and not being able to to have sort of a solid foundation and move forward with, it makes things -- makes the provision of services and what people rely on so much harder. so, for me i've always been interested in that. that's why with david chiu's support and my colleagues' support, i've been at the board of supervisors budget committee four out of the five years i was there, r two years as a

budget chair simply because i think some of those fundamental maybe boring topics really need to be focused on. and, so, for the assessor's office, i don't think at all it is boring. i think it's necessary to make sure that we focus on it and do it well and do it fairly. again, it brings in about $800 million worth of revenues for the city and that is not a small amount. so, we want to make sure that we continue to be strong in that department, that we continue to do what we can to make sure we support the city's operations. so, i think it's a fundamental piece of our city's operations. >> let me add, too, i don't know if any of you certainly think harvey rose knows and others, if you've been in the room -- this is why i made the link to moody's. i was in the room with kate and all the fiscal people in the city, controller's office when we were getting reviewed by mood yes's and standard & poor's and other ratings, they throw questions at you. it is literally much more than an interview. it is kind of like a deposition.