it and the opportunities to be at their best. we also, the children are a priority. san francisco really, really needs to make a long-term sustained and very thoughtful investment. today tonight i really want to emphasize the infants and toddlers, the most stressful period for young families, working families is when they're raising their infants and todd letters. infants and their moms and dad's are not in important budget meetings. neither are they child care providers ~ most of the times. but what happens to them when they experience this every day has a profound and permanent impact not only on them, their family, but on the rest of us. and i wish to be a family to another family child care. i care for all ages and i soon learned that i was having the most impact for the program was having the most impact in the youngest children from birth to

2. and, so, i just want to make sure that you remember them [speaker not understood] and peef going forward. i also strongly support the child care planning council's recommendation. and thank you so much. hi, my name is nancy [speaker not understood], i'm a child care provider at omi where john avalos, his neighborhood. and i'm currently -- i have different hats. you could say i'm also omi leader. as well and i'm also a member of the family shelter association and i'm currently a teacher at psa and i'm really thankful for the supervisors supporting and i hope november 6 they could help us pass the bill for psa because i think it's really important for preschool. they are going to be our future

for tomorrow. we don't know what they're going to be. however, not least forgetting the infants and toddlers as well. pretty much that's t. justify want today say how thankful i am and for the support we have now in the community and hope that we continue to have this support. thank you. good afternoon, supervisors. thank you. my name is judith [speaker not understood]. i'm on the board of the child care providers association. i'm also the director of montessori children's center. you had many words spoken this afternoon. i want to go along with all of those. i would like to say that i would like to see the inclusion of three-year olds if it's a possibility. and if you can go any lower than three because life does

begin at birth and that's a lot of the development begins to take place. also, i support the re-authorization. i support peef. i'm sure you already are aware of that. but the development of the committee i feel would be a good idea for the oversight. thank you very much and i look forward to working with all of you in the future. >> donna, before you speak, i want to call some more names. andrew padillas. marisa lewis -- louise. [speaker not understood]. cody rodriguez or caddy rodriguez. stephanie [speaker not understood]. and william rivas. hi, my name is donna cahill.

i'm the executive director of holy family day hill, earliest education center founded in 1900. i'm also a member of the board of the child care provider association. and i think i speak on behalf of probably everybody in this room and city when i say [speaker not understood] when i say how moving it was to hear supervisors yee, avalos and kim emphasize the expansion of early childhood education. those words have been long awaited by all of us and it's heart warming to see all of you try to coalesce around a consensus. i've been in my position a little over 17 years. i do not want to go back to the

days of pre-peef. and in order to be able to serve the children and the behaviors that are manifested by them, we need these dollars and we need the expansion. as it has already been said, we need the expansion to support the unmet needs. and we also ask for a fair, equitable and transparent distribution of these funds. thank you. hello, my name is [speaker not understood] and i'm the provider of [speaker not understood]. after teaching in preschool for ten years, i'm here to advocate for providers as well as children 0 do 5. it's hard and sad to think there are children on the waiting list. when i was a young mother i was a student in city college and i was pretty fortunate that i was able to send my children to an affordable preschool sponsored

by city college so that i could continue staying in school and to become a teacher. if my children had been put on a waiting list, i might not be here today. also, my children are not junior and senior in high school and they both benefited from attending public schools where they were also supported by the peef program. the creative arts charter school which was a school started by many educators, musicians, artists striving to survive in san francisco. it was fortunate they had the funds available to support those programs. and, so, i would just like to ask for an increase in the benefits for children 0 to 5. thank you. hello, supervisors.

my name is angie gutierrez. i'm a [speaker not understood] as well as college graduate, former intern of norman yee. so, i'm glad to be here. i'm actually going to speak in support of the children youth fund. i want to tell you a little about lyric and how it has been a safe space for queer youth of color, one of the most vulnerable communities here in san francisco. lyric has been able to build valuable skills that have made it necessary for us to survive here and one of the most expensive as well as harshest economies in the nation. after graduating from s.f. state, i've experienced personally the devastating realities of trying to find a good paying job here in this economy in san francisco so that i can remain here as well as build a life in this city. this city that not only includes us, but also celebrates my identity as an lgbt youth. through the children's fund, lyric has invested in my leadership development and now

today i have become inspired to work with other youth leaders through the sequoia leadership institute that focuses on developing future lgbt youth to make a positive change within our community. through the children's fund lyric has been able to mentor, train and develop hundreds of youth leaders because some of us as we see here today are youth leader. for us this is very important because we believe that not only for children as well as the [speaker not understood] are the foundation of san francisco's future. so, i thank you very much. hi, [speaker not understood] thank you for letting me share my story today. it means a lot today. i'm 17, and it hurts my heart to know i won't be able to [speaker not understood]. all these things weigh very heavily on me. a long time i thought suicide

was my only option and [speaker not understood] that plagued my soul. [speaker not understood] offered me a safe place to express myself. it gave me hope and helped me to be prideful. i learned so much about gender identity and queer issues and i utilized this knowledge to educate my peers. [speaker not understood] break barriers. it gazev me the tools i need to change society for the better. i'm scared of rejection. i'm scared of being judged. i'm scared of [speaker not understood] and [speaker not understood] all these skills when i turn 18. i need opportunities [speaker not understood] to support me through my transition to adulthood. [speaker not understood] we need opportunities to help them succeed. if we don't find programs today we'll be throwing away so much untapped potential. we'll be leaving these kids out on the curb without any guidance. [speaker not understood]. i want to change the world.

[speaker not understood]. thank you. [cheering and applauding] hi, my name is marisa and next year i'm going to be a junior at lowell high school and i'm also here to speak about lyric. i went to lyric earlier this year and i was feeling like really isolated at school. like i have friends but i was one of the only lesbians i knew. i didn't have strong acceptance. i was worried about how my family would take me coming out. at lyric [speaker not understood] its was like a family that was able to help me and support me in my goals. i've just learned so much from doing intern and [speaker not understood] here at lyric. i would not be able to speak here right now. i've grown so much confidence. lyric, it teacheses us more than anything as queer youth,

as people who are not really listened to that much, we live in san francisco and it's a lot better than most other places in the country. [speaker not understood]. lyric teaches us that [speaker not understood]. we just really need this program to continue and use it to serve more people. like right now we have about 15 interns who are planning [speaker not understood]. we are all gaining so much out of this program. we're learning so many things. we're really building a family here with our fellow interns. this really needs to be able to spread and be able to support more people and have more community groups because there's not that many places for us and really it's one of the places we can feel safe and supported. and there's also a lot of people that i know from the past interested that we have now graduated high school and

are now 18 and are adults that have no idea what that means and lack the resources and opportunities to really succeed and thrive and included in the community [speaker not understood]. thank you. (applause) hello. so, i'm [speaker not understood] and i'm also an intern at lyric. i am an incoming sophomore. lyric has really provided me a safe place to be in. every day we go through hardships and struggles in the lgbt community. as myself [speaker not understood], everybody primarily could judge you in any type of way. here at lyric i was really proud of who i am. they showed me that i shouldn't be ashamed of who i am and i should continue to strive as a person. they provided me with so much help and they really contributed a lot to my working abilities. i don't know what i'd be doing

right now if lyric wasn't there. and here, everybody here is a [speaker not understood]. everybody loves each other for what they are. that's why i like coming here. i feel so comfortable around them. i can feel myself around them. they know how to treat me and who i am. they don't discriminate. they support you for whoever you are. [speaker not understood] it would be so important to us just to fund them because it helps a lot. all the people you see here, they're my friends, they're my second family. they're the ones who are always helping me through anything i have, especially at home. you know, it's great. it's great to be here with them and i really hope you guys [speaker not understood]. thanks. (applause) good afternoon, supervisors. my name is oscar. i am one of the queer educators at lyric. without lyric i would not be

standing here today. i would not be one of the queer educators that help facilitate the training that help train our future leaders that come to these meetings to get involved with the children's fund. it's very important that we continue to fund all these different type of programs we have in san francisco and, you know, give youth an early start to become leaders, to have a voice, to have skills to come up here and show what -- share what they need and experience they have gained. it's also important important that we [speaker not understood] the fund so those who missed the opportunity get a second chance to get those skills. you know, and i am very grateful for lyric. this is something i'm passionate about. i love coming to city hall and speaking to you. i love working one on one talking about the children's fund. i'm grateful you are here today to give us that opportunity and i really hope that you support

us with this. thank you. (applause) good afternoon. my name is beth. i am an attorney assistant at lyric [speaker not understood]. and i just wanted to emphasize one really important program we have at lyric which is our case management services. and what we do is we help transitional age youth. we help a lot of marginalized youth, homeless youth find [speaker not understood], mental health services, all these sort of thing. i want to emphasize how important it is. they transition as youth and lyrics programming has helped me immensely grow as an adult. i wanted to emphasize that, the case management we have at lyric [speaker not understood]. thank you very much. i just wanted to say that. (applause)

>> >> [speaker not understood], erica newborn. is it lilly, lilly tee. look like [speaker not understood] dee. lourdis [speaker not understood] halarian. cheryl lynn adams. zach murry. and mark murry -- murphy. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is erica may baum [speaker not understood]. we are tasked with making

recommendations, policy recommendations for young children and family. our membership is composed of public agency representatives, child care providers for sebastian term based and family child care, community based organizations, early care, education advocates and of course parents. our meetings are attended by others in the community. that helped inform our decisions. [speaker not understood] formed an ad hoc committee to make decisions for the children's amendments. [speaker not understood] many here spoke about and i thank you for speaking about the strength of children [speaker not understood] and peace. [speaker not understood]. of course, cpac supports both measures, children's fund and peef. [speaker not understood] in order to address unmet needs from 0 to 4 year olds. some of the earlier speakers

mentioned nearly 3600 on the wait list for child care subsidies. [speaker not understood] of them are infants and toddlers. a strong oversight body that allocates resources that [speaker not understood] in term of accessibility and availability of resources. cpac supports using this year as life line for the future budgets of peef and supports the growth of san francisco's commitment to universal quality preschool and early education. [speaker not understood] cpac encourages youth to use [speaker not understood] to reauthorize both measures. increase the children's fund, sustaining growth for preschool for all and transparent --. thank you for your support today and your leadership on this. >> thank you. thank you.

lourdis [speaker not understood] . my name is maria [speaker not understood] in san francisco. i'm also [speaker not understood]. i'm also a member of cpac, but most of all i am a mother. my two children were the reasons why i became the voice as organizer and are now college age. they were one of the lucky ones who got child care when they needed it. well, not really that lucky because the first year i had to send them home with the grandparents in another side of the planet. and when we finally got called for child care they came back and i really appreciate that. we have an obligation to protect our children [speaker not understood]. a message to every child in san francisco should be no matter where you're from [speaker not understood].

we are proudly part of san francisco for voting and reauthorizing children's fund and then we voted again for prop h. i remember carol who is now a grandmother then testified and said prop h, when we were just introducing it with then supervisor tom ammiano. we support a stronger more critical children's amendment with the most urgent needs and unmet needs first. [speaker not understood] for creating a stronger children's amendment. thank you. bye-bye. hello. my name is lilly. i'm part of the new [speaker not understood] ventures. it helps teenagers 17 to 21 helping to find them and train them and get internship or a job. i was 18 years old when i saw

new ventures. during that time my mom lost her job and [speaker not understood] went off. i'm a teenager. no one's going to hire me. i was 18 barely, every time i came today, you don't have any job experience, i'm not going to hire you. and two years later they asked me to come back. that was after they helped me. now i have a job at [speaker not understood] as assistant receptionist. new ventures helped me a lot. that's why i'm here today and i want to support and insist on -- the fund and the children's fund and supporting the get connected children and youth because i believe the youth are our [speaker not understood]. they are the [speaker not understood] that is going to create our futures later on. thank you. (applause)

hi, my name is vanessa [speaker not understood]. i'm also -- i also work at new ventures with lilly. i want to emphasize [speaker not understood] for transitional youth because for me personally, i started [speaker not understood] when i was 17. i had walked across the stage in 12th grade, but i did not receive my diploma. it was very hard for me after that to get in school, any programs, to get a job, but they accepted me and they helped me he and i'm out, just received my diploma like last friday and i just thank everybody for their support. and i just pray that you guys keep supporting and that you up the age to 24 and that you keep funding our youth. thank you. (applause) hi, good afternoon. i'm cheryl lynn adams, director

of children youth services, member of children's coalition and a parent of a four-year old. thank you for your hard work to reach consensus on this issue and we certainly, [speaker not understood] care deeply about young people and care deeply about 18 to 24 year olds and [speaker not understood]. as a mom and as somebody who has spent 25 years in this fieldworking with i think every single age group between jail and 24 in a lot of different ways, made it incredibly important that we invest in 0 to 24. it is incredibly important that there is a transparent process for how those allocations happen, that there is oversight, it is incredibly important that there are is alignment in the city how we think of work [speaker not understood] 0 to 24 year old

are happy, healthy, safe transitioning to adulthood. these measures, [speaker not understood] and peef are super important as you know and we super appreciate all the work you've done and all the work that will need to happen through november so we can pass those. thank you. good afternoon, my name is mark murphy, i'm [speaker not understood] advisory committee. supervisor kim, thank you so much for leading. the rest of the supervisors, thank you so much for your unwaivering support for the public education enrichment fund. the community advisory committee said all of you -- i sent you a document earlier today in an e-mail. we as a community came together and discussed at length the other evening. first we want to thank you so much for the elimination of the trigger and the in-kind.

regarding the legislation itself, we want to make sure that the advisory committee for the early education committee advisory committee is spelled out in such a way people understand who is on the committee and how it will be comprised. in terms of peef moving forward, there are a couple of line items that the community advisory committee wanted to raise to the attention of the supervisors. that is, if there is additional funding either from the city or from the state and from the state's perspective on the local control formula or should there ever not [speaker not understood]. distribution of all funds would be held from -- would be held down to [speaker not understood] cost of living standpoint. ~ cola cost of living standpoint. if there is a significant

amount of funding coming to us from the state or at the will of the voters, that will be addressed separately. from the children family and council legislation, we would love to see who the members of the community are and that particular roles they would play. thank you for the support from all of you [speaker not understood]. thank you so much. >> thank you. michelle cone. valerie [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood]. michelle cassano. [speaker not understood] roman. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is michelle [speaker not understood] vice-chair of the youth commission. [speaker not understood] is very special to the youth in the city. they are dedicated to

the youth [speaker not understood]. i am here to give you an update and we are here to affirm you in support of your recommendation. [speaker not understood] during youth lobbying week we have heard repeated support and commitment to [speaker not understood] population we serve. we do not believe funding for any other existing youth program should be cut at the expense of a population. we should be serving them together. and [speaker not understood] made up of youth under 18 and the other disconnected today representatives. [speaker not understood]. and we want [speaker not understood] collaboration between the city, sfu [speaker not understood] between the subject and sharing practices. there is a process that is

happening and we should be legislation to -- to engage with youth and not only offer advice, but to evaluate, to hear not only the unmet needs, but what kind of barriers they face and are confronted with. [speaker not understood] where youth have the opportunity to be part of all processes and program. thank you for your time and we look forward to making san francisco [speaker not understood]. >> can i just thank michelle and [speaker not understood] from way back in the re-authorization of the children's fund that the youth commission has been amazing in your leadership that you developed please thank the rest of the youth commissioners as well as. italia cruz.

[speaker not understood]. silvia hernandez, are you still here, any of you? dr. estella -- i cannot read it. emma [speaker not understood]. kelly finley. sharon donovan. margaret [speaker not understood]. jose luis tehran ma at this time. [speaker not understood]. okay. hello, good afternoon to all. my name is silvia hernandez and i am [speaker not understood], but i am also from coleman advocates. my son is from hillcrest and i

would like to [speaker not understood]. the challenge is to show life. [speaker not understood]. where he can fit in and get some help. its was so frustrating, especially for me -- for him. i cried so many time for help and not a lot of us -- finally, two days ago he will be able to qualify for help. [speaker not understood]. one of the first thing that i cried for, of happiness, that take three years so many years for my son to get help.