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francisco it really helps the economy of san francisco grow so its not only a benefit to the project but to the city. the contractors center is 5 thomas melon circle in the bayview area open 8:30 to 5 welcom
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>> hi i'm a assembly member ting i'm running for re-election representing districts 19th street which includes the western neighborhoods of san francisco and daily and part of south san francisco thank the league of women voters and the voters of districts 19th street by electing me.
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upon my swearing in john appoint me the caucus chair i'm pursuing proud to put san francisco business owner back on track when democratic's one the two hours the legislation working with governor jerry brown we've spent our tax dollars wisely by paying off our debts and the results speak for themselves. our states economic is approved our unemployment is going down and revenues are up my priorities are vesting in public education and jobs and building a clean and green economy and giving the money to state governments to insure the equal rights and opportunities for every californian. in any first year in the
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motional 8 of my bills were signed by governor jerry brown my bills created a tax center for the upper center in yerba buena gardens and the health benefits for the same sex couples and made our streets safer for pedestrians for sign and saved accident tourism business and in my roll on the budget subcommittee own finance i'm fooirthd for more money because our categorically system is the key to our strong economy i lead the fight to reallocate sources to non-english is it so. starting in of all the local control that about empower student population and they're fighting to keep city college
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open. city college has touched the lives of almost every san franciscan to help people it must stay open. as the chair of the committee on asian promotion i'm continued to work in china sf bringing people here we go to create jobs. additionally my office we're proud to be part of the history to enroll people in california. the states program to offer quality equality of affordable housing. i'm working to make it better for the bicycling structure by allowing them to install bike lanes that are safe. oakland i'mic to increase the use of working vehicles and
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increase health care and streamline financial add for high school students. and lastly we must do everything to make sure that housing is assessable and affordable i'm working with the landlord to assist protecting citizens and tenants during the changing times. my background in finance making multiple government work for citizens has allowed me to hit the ground running in my first term it's being a privilege to serve as your representative i'm looking forward to work together in my second term if you give him the honor of realecky me i hope you join the nursing and firefighters and public safety officers support my re-election. invest wwwphillip ting.org and
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follow me on facebook and twitter in the 189 district. thank you very much so much for your9 district. thank you very much so much for your role call please. >> mr. haney. >> here. >> miss mendoza-mcdonnell. miss wynns. miss few few. fewer. >> here. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. er.
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>> here. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> thank you, approval of board minutes. the regular board minutes meets of april 8, 2014, may i have a motion and second please. >> i move the adoption of the minutes . >> second. >> role call vote please. >> mr. han main. haney. >> yes. >> miss norton. >> yes. >> miss wynns. >> i. >> miss fewer. >> yes. >> miss [inaudible]. >> mr. logan. >> yes. >> thank you, that's six is. >> item b. superintendent carranza. >> the time and clock is ticking and the school year is winding down and i'd like to take this opportunity to
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recognize our many outstanding teachers and principals. and although they've been advertised in the newspapers, i'd like to remention their names because of the excellent work they do so i'd like to read the names of the mayor's teacher of the year awardees. we're going to point you to our website, www.sfg we're very proud of marissa miller who's a prek special education teacher at paul revere elementary school; judy ratele, kelly clark, a fifth grade teacher at
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harvey milk academy; and michael feraro, a tenth grade geometry and ap computer science teacher at balboa high school. may i ask for a round of applause for our teachers of the year. [applause] >> mayor lee also honored or principals of the year, who like wise have very illustrious careers in san francisco unified school district. ivy ing, at stockton early education schools; rosina tong; michael rimer, and erik, principal of mission high school.
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how about a round of applause for our principals of the year. [applause] >> again, i'd like to draw your attention to our website where we will have pictures of our educators, as well as a short bio so you can read all about them. we also have a number of community organizations whose staff and volunteers make our schools that much more vibrant and nurturing and they help us recruit, train and support school volunteers in our school system. they celebrated a few standout volunteers and i'd like to thank them as well. if you'd like to read about them go to www.sf examiner.com where you can see my may 6 column where i spoke about these wonderful volunteers.
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i'd like to thank them for their service as well. thank you. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, as you all know out there in the community, summer is coming and that means it's not time to sit around and watch tv, it's time to get out and enjoy the city we live in, it's time to eat healthy and be active. and trying to lead by example, i had the incredible honor on april 30 to participate in a 5k run in our first annual fourth grade. and this is the first annual because it's our intent that this will become a yearly event where we will all run a 5k in the fourth grade setting the example that good health starts early. they let me an old guy like me
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jog along with them. i was very happy to do that, and i'd like to thank gloria and michelle for putting that together. you've recently heard me mention [inaudible] not just the sixth grade, not just the seventh grade, but the entire middle school will run their annual restoration run for roosevelt midding school. dle school. we'll be starting at chrissy field and will be running a 5k this friday. better me than you. [laughter] so the point in my comments where i've been waiting and i'm just so excited to introduce the individuals that we have with us. this afternoon commissioner norton and i had the
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extraordinary honor at being at san francisco the arch, the graduation, and we have a wonderful partnership we have with them for or transitional age students after the age of 22. the arc does a phenomenal job, but we have a few teachers that also work there and just love those students, but train them and help them be prepared to be successful. they also had a video that they put together, which is a remake of the song brave and we're going to show you that video tonight, but before we do that, i'd like to honor this evening, if they would honor us, the students from access the arc and again, their wonderful teacher, their head mistress of
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korography. we're going to feel good starting our meeting tonight. heidi, could you come forward please. [applause] >> hi, thank you guys so much for having us today. in the spirit of our transition program for young adults, being about self determination, i'm going to hand it over to the guys behind me. >> hello. we are so proud to be here representing all the students in our program at the arc. access -- before access i'm doing so much arc, i never really liked school. act cess is the community based
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program for students between ages 18 and 22 with disabilities. it helps us increase our independence and become self advocates. access is so awesome. i feel like a real adult since we are not stuck at a high school it really is cool. >> hello, i'm daniel. we don't just do stuff in the classroom. san francisco is our campus. and with the advisory [inaudible] writers with disabilities.
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>> we get to try out new things like making projects, learning claymation and music videos like the one you're going to see tonight. >> i really -- i really like seeing videos of myself on youtube. i think it's pretty good. i like it. all right, at access i have the opportunity to discover all sorts of things i never even knew i liked. never before did i learn to use a camera or specialized computer system to make music.
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it is so awesome. having a disability and communicating and expressing my feelings is not always easy. it is not. the arts gives us an opportunity to express ourselves, communicate and communicate what makes us special and unique. this sxhunty inspires us to step outside our from everybody? lights, camera, action. [applause]
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[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, these are our students and we're so proud of them. i think you would agree this is the definition of what joyful learning looks like. if i can ask heidi to come to the microphone just one last time. would you mind sharing with us what happened once this video hit youtub