to be able to provide education and services that fall under the category of noncredit classes. and i'm very concerned that our ability to be able to communicate, the richness and importance of these kinds of courses will be denied us and we will lose them. the second party want to as a community representative to speak of is of the access, affordable access and access of students to be able to go to city college. i see that there's been legislation which making it very hard for students to be able to get their waivers. and these things, we need to be able to have a voice to stop the continued limiting of the access and finally, city college made a difference in my life. and i want to be able to maintain that and to be able to have access for everybody to the kind of courses that changed my life in areas of humanity, et cetera.

thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is james tracy. i'm a city college alumni, proud, went there for many years. city college allowed me to work full time while i put myself through college and allowed know figure out the course of my education because in the early 20s should be no surprise, i like many other people didn't know exactly what i wanted to do. and it gave me high quality top notch education in every single way. every single last program that is shaved from city college is picked up -- will be eventually picked up by the private sector. the only difference, the private sector is going to produce education with a profit note i have in mind, meaning that people like myself, young people -- young people that are taking advantage of these different programs will leave

with much, much more debt and that is something that everybody left, right and center on this board in the state of california should oppose. we should [speaker not understood] agenda. i have no idea why there is a conspiracy of all these poor profit collegeses getting together and saying, let's influence the state of california to downsize. i have no idea. i'm not a conspiracy theorist, but it's very clear who profits when city college loses. >> next speaker. hello, my name is john rizzo, i'm a member of the board of trustees city college. i'm here to speak in favor of supervisor campos' resolution. it is time to bring democracy back to city college, to bring the college back into the control of the people and residents of san francisco. what is going on at city college right now is very similar to what is happening in michigan. in michigan, there is a state

law called emergency manager law and they are -- the governor can take over a school district or even a city council or a county for whatever reason he wants and it's being done. this is what's being done here. we have a single person running a district in a back room. and what we've seen in michigan is that the emergency manager does not do a better job than the elected representatives that the people put in place, the people who put -- people who are accountable and who report back to the voters. in michigan we are seeing that these problem cities and school districts, in some cases are being made worse with the emergency manager. without the public, without the public input and without the public accountability. here at city college, we're seeing some disturbing things, headlines in the news recently about secret promotions. this kind of thing used to

happen 10 years ago and we put a stop to it. the elected members of the board of trustees put a stop to it and now we see other things being done in the back room. it's happening again. we the board left the district with a large surplus, plus a $6 million reserve fund and the people in the back room took that and they are in a situation now where the college needs millions and millions more in funding and so we can see that as in michigan, the people here have not solved the problem. thank you. >> next speaker. good afternoon and thank you to the supervisors and supervisor campos and co-sponsoring wiener, yee, and avalos for presenting this resolution today. my name is alisa messer, i'm president of aft 21 is 21 which

represents the faculty at city college of san francisco. and i wanted to say, first of all, that we have had tremendous support among the board of supervisors for city college of san francisco. i'm not standing before you here today to tell you about how important the college is or to tell you that thing that the college are not complicated. things at the college are complicated. however, there are some thing that everyone i hope on the board of supervisors and in san francisco should be able to agree on. one of them is funding, increased funding for state college of san francisco and another is that we should be looking to restore that the time is right and the time is now and we should be working to restore our democratically elected board of trustees. there are many things at city college that have gotten better of late, but there are many more that have gotten worse. and, so, this idea that somehow we need someone from outside to do the work of our board of

trustees is simply unacceptable. we should have democracy in san francisco. it's something that we all value and there are many things that we must do to move city college forward over the next months and years and this is one piece of that. we need our board back and we need all of san francisco able to see what is happening at city college of san francisco and able to weigh in on the important decisions that will shape this college's future. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. good afternoon, board of supervisors. this is neil malloch. i want to read a statement. san francisco bay bridge, [speaker not understood], governor of california, tireless leader of the city of this state, [speaker not understood]. this is all on a plaque, official plaque, an official state property at the entrance

to the bay bridge rededicated by the citizens of california on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the bridge. we have seen outrageous event take place today that tramples over all of this statement. now, who was sony jim rolph? just to refresh your memory, there is a photograph outside the door of this chamber, large group of chamber ~. in the center of the podium is james rolph, mary of san francisco. on his right is james phelan, a predecessor mayor who laid the plans for modern civic center and modern city. the two of them are responsible for all this. rolph himself took particular pride in city hall. he used to like to brag that it was higher than the capital dome in washington.

and he also had his name overlooking the rotunda, if you look at the rotunda in city hall his name is in bold letters. just a reminder. >> thank you. next speaker. and if there are any other members of the public that wish to speak, please step up. good afternoon. my name is roger scott. i've been a teacher at city college since 1972 and i've been on the executive board of local 2121 for more than 35 years. i'm assuming i'm speaking to the [speaker not understood] and that's good because as a unionist and social activist i don't get that opportunity too many times. but i can't imagine your not supporting this enlightened democratic motion. city college, like community colleges, is a very democratic institution. community colleges lead the way in changing the lives of people who don't have that many opportunities.

i love the institution. i've been there, as i said, many, many years. i also finished the -- i got a certificate in parallelism in city college the same semester i got a ph.d. and the parallelism certificate has been much more useful to me in life. i could -- i think -- in fact, i've been critical of the board. i think when we were besieged by the vandals on the accreditation commission, the board was traumatized by that and at one time i said our board has shown almost as much integrity and authority as the vishi government under nazi occupied france. i have been critical of the board but the board is a democratic institution and we need -- we need that institution. one simple example where the college didn't function very well under one [speaker not understood] when we were negotiating this year, we ran into problems. and in the past whenever that's

been the case we've gotten together with our labor and community allies and had a session -- had sessions with the board and we moved forward very quickly and the process worked. this time it didn't. another example, if the board were functioning we wouldn't have had the college spending $500,000 on advertisement to increase enrollment at the same time the administration was drastically cutting classes. >> thank you. next speaker. [speaker not understood]. hello, mark farrell else

legislation i'm definitely in favor of t. i do want to apologize about what i said about the high team several years ago. i think sometimes people just need help ~ and we don't really want to hear excuses, you know, somebody who is really active trying to put their lives together. they need -- they need help. they don't need excuses. but i approve of mark farrell's legislation. i think it might need a few tweaks in that they might need more freedom on how and where they spend their funding because the high team had several programs for the people to give them new ideas and new points of references and they helped them get out. i think the other thing i need to consider with the high team is we need to give them a little bit more freedom as to how and where they spend their money regarding what type of

s-r-os to get because it's another -- it's another major issue where we have housing that is just not up to any decent or reputable standard. working elevators, i mean, the sd card has working elevators. they started to use the lsa [speaker not understood] for vacuum cleaners and miscellaneous goods, insulin needles, bathroom, just basic nuts and bolts, filth inside the s-r-os that need -- that hopefully we're starting to clamp down on. i think this is a step forward and hopefully that we can bend the loop and interact because we need -- we need the voice of the homeless to help the homeless as well as these people with these statistics. >> thank you very much.

let me ask if there are any members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment, please step up. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is jackie [speaker not understood] and i want to wish everybody a happy black history month first and foremost. i also needed to bring to your attention again the need to develop protocols, procedures, et cetera, to protect the most vulnerable group of people in the city, and that would be the people who are for all intents and purposes hostages in so-called supportive housing. so, there needs to be a zero eviction policy for supportive

housing. it doesn't make any sense to take a formerly homeless person and make that person homeless again. it just absolutely makes no sense. there are a number of nonprofits which are unscrupulous landlords who are taking advantage of the fact that there isn't even a loophole to prevent them from evicting formerly homeless people. now, since it appears to me that the board of supervisors need to have a counter prop to get things done, i have filed placed against the city and county of san francisco, the department of human services which is now the human services agency, the department of public health in regards to their failing to provide effective oversight where 12 l is concerned. and given the fact that the

series of filingseses took place on december -- i'm sorry, that was january 29, 30, and 31, these have all been consolidated into one case no.. so, maybe now you'll get something done. thank you. >> thank you very much. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? seeing none, general public comment is now closed. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you read our adoption calendar. >> items 16 through 24 are being considered for immediate adoption without committee reference. a single roll call vote may enact these item. if a member objects a matter can be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to remove any of these items. supervisor cohen? >> thank you very much , mr. president ~. i'd like to remove item 16 and send to committee. >> okay. supervisor kim. >> thank you. >> i would like to add my name as a co-sponsor to 18 and 20. >> supervisor avalos. >> [inaudible]. >> okay. so, first of all, item 16 will

be sent so committee, madam clerk. >> mr. president, after i read that item, item 16 is a resolution expressing support for senate bill 837, the kindergarten readiness act. >> okay. and why don't we sever item 18 on, the remainder of the adoption calendar. madam clerk, if you could please call the roll. >> on items 19, 20 2, 1, 22, 23 and 24, supervisor tang. >> aye. >> tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor dado? >> aye. >> supervisor cohen? >> aye. >> supervisor cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? >> aye. >> mar aye. there are 11 ayes. >> resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> and if you could call item 18.

>> item 18 is a resolution urging the secretary of state and the united states department of homeland security to grant temporary protected status to the philippines in order to support the recovery effort in the aftermath of super typhoon haiyan. >> supervisor avalos. >> thank you, president chiu, and thank you for your co-sponsorship of this resolution as well as supervisor kim for your co-sponsorship as well. i brought this resolution forward because it is a critical issue that is before the filipino immigrants who are here in the united states. many of them are undocumented. it is actually in the capacity of the department of homeland security to grant temporary protective status to people who [speaker not understood] with other victims or communities impacted by disasters like in haiti as well as i believe syria, another place syrian residents, immigrants are a group of people gaining protective -- granted temporary protective status.

the typhoon haiyan in the philippines was three months ago. we all knew the devastation was great. but it continues to this day. there are 4 million people who are homeless. there are 16 million people overall in the philippines who have been impacted by this. and what temporary protective status would do would make sure that people who are living and working, filipino immigrants who are living, working in the united states would not be deported. and we're able to actually able to remain here in the united states to work if they're working and often work as they do [speaker not understood] ~ they send back to help with the rebuilding effort. people who are homeless, and intern refugees in the philippines, it makes sense that we actually safeguard people here rather than deport them to a place where they would probably not find, in many parts of the country, a place to call home. so, colleagues, i hope you can

support this urgent resolution. and just to let you know, members of the community are meeting with senator boxer and feinstein. they met yesterday enter offices and will meet tomorrow in in los angeles. congressman pelosi as well has been urging this type of ~ granting of temporary protected status as well. thank you. >> thank you, colleague. can we take this item same house same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> and for item 17, which we may have skipped over, if we can take this item same house same call? without objection this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> and, madam clerk, can you read the in memoriams? >> mr. president, today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of all individuals who have been called, but there have been no memoriams introduced for today, mr. president. >> thank you. and is there any more business in front of the board?

>> that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [adjourned] [gavel] when a resident of san francisco is looking for health care, you look in your neighborhood first. what is closest to you? if you come to a neighborhood health center or a clinic, you then have access it a system of care in the community health network. we are a system of care that

was probably based on the family practice model, but it was really clear that there are special populations with special needs. the cole street clinic is a youth clinic in the heart of the haight ashbury and they target youth. tom woodell takes care of many of the central city residents and they have great expertise in providing services for many of the homeless. potrero hill and southeast health centers are health centers in those particular communities that are family health centers, so they provide health care to patients across the age span. . >> many of our clients are working poor. they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about

14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we initially will see them for their full physical to determine their base line health, and then enroll them in prenatal care which occurs over the next 9 months. group prenatal care is designed to give women the opportunity to bond during their pregnancy with other women that have similar due dates. our doctors here are family doctors. they are able to help these women deliver their babies at the hospital, at general hospital. we also have the wic program, which is a program that provides food vouchers for our families after they have their children, up to age 5 they are

able to receive food vouchers to get milk and cereal for their children. >> it's for the city, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to get to our clinic. 85 percent of our staff is bilingual because we are

serving many monolingual chinese patients. they can be child care providers so our clients can go out and work. >> we found more and more women of child bearing age come down with cancer and they have kids and the kids were having a horrible time and parents were having a horrible time. how do parents tell their kids they may not be here? what we do is provide a place and the material and support and then they figure out their own truth, what it means to them. i see the behavior change in front of my eyes. maybe they have never been able to go out of boundaries, their lives have been so rigid to sort of expressing that makes tremendous changes. because we did what we did, it is now sort of a nationwide model. >> i think you would be surprised if you come to these clinics. many of them i think would be your neighbors if you knew that. often times we just don't discuss that.

we treat husband and wife and they bring in their kids or we treat the grandparents and then the next generation. there are people who come in who need treatment for their heart disease or for their diabetes or their high blood pressure or their cholesterol or their hepatitis b. we actually provide group medical visits and group education classes and meeting people who have similar chronic illnesses as you do really helps you understand that you are not alone in dealing with this. and it validates the experiences that you have and so you learn from each other. >> i think it's very important to try to be in tune with the needs of the community and a lot of our patients have -- a lot of our patients are actually immigrants who have a lot of competing priorities, family issues, child care issues, maybe not being able to

find work or finding work and not being insured and health care sometimes isn't the top priority for them. we need to understand that so that we can help them take care of themselves physically and emotionally to deal with all these other things. they also have to be working through with people living longer and living with more chronic conditions i think we're going to see more patients coming through. >> starting next year, every day 10,000 people will hit the age of 60 until 2020. . >> the needs of the patients that we see at kerr senior center often have to do with the consequences of long standing substance abuse and mental illness, linked to their chronic diseases. heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, stroke, those kinds of chronic illnesses.

when you get them in your 30's and 40's and you have them into your aging process, you are not going to have a comfortable old age. you are also seeing in terms of epidemics, an increase in alzheimer's and it is going to increase as the population increases. there are quite a few seniors who have mental health problems but they are also, the majority of seniors, who are hard-working, who had minimum wage jobs their whole lives, who paid social security. think about living on $889 a month in the city of san francisco needing to buy medication, one meal a day, hopefully, and health care. if we could provide health care early on we might prevent (inaudible) and people would be less likely to end up in the

emergency room with a drastic outcome. we could actually provide prevention and health care to people who had no other way of getting health care, those without insurance, it might be more cost effectivehub. >> hi, i'm jean yes my name is jean and sometimes, people call me sir, girl. san francisco has served our sewer system and it's no square feet it's a matter of time. that's why we're planning major upgrades public health depends on it that. see how this important work is

done. i was fascinated by it. we're going to creek. i would recycle you to come up and see the sewer system in minnesota that's why we see this through the plant. a lot of people don't realize how much work sgo goes into

cleaning the water were. we offer free service to san the meeting is now called to order, roll call? >> mr. haney? >> here. >> miss maufas, mendoza. murase. >> wynns. here. >> and fewer. >> here. >> logan. >> here. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> now we are voting on the regular meeting