70 decided which when they need the fund without sending pink slips to our teachers (clapping) so this work couldn't have happened you without united states community folks that have advocated for the funding i want to recognize them and the young leaders i want to in particular thank supervisor yee and supervisor avalos and the reauthorization that's a roller-coaster ride but worth the effort. thank you (clapping) and it is my player to bring up the next speaker who will represent the board of education emily (clapping.) all right. where are our public

school supports i want to ask several the commissioners to come up i'm here to talk about the importance of the public education enrichment fund for over 5 years we've been strufrg in the face of 25 percent of budget kits they december matted cuts in music and student health centers anything outside the core subject but in san francisco we proximately caused protected those programs as a result of the peek vachlts there's librarians in every school and book circulation has topped one million books a year and every student has access to physical activities and robust

activities. and just a few example of the peace impact rashawn jones is an outreach worker at the wellness center that has helped dozens of peers with issues let's hear it for ray. esmeralda a graduate of burdening ton high school is heading to san francisco state university this fall as a result u insulted u result of the peace program and calling la mission high school graduate was recruited for the sand volleyball team earned scholarships she's excelled in sports. those are just

(clapping) those are just a few of the students tacked by the student enrichment fund this fund has touches hundreds and thousands of our cities children fostering learning and proposing them to criteria success on behalf of the colleagues my sincere thanks to mayor ed lee and supervisor yee and supervisor kim and supervisor avalos for authorizing this measure for the legislation to the service provider that coming out came out to advocate and the voters of san francisco for investing in our public schools. thank you (clapping.) so i know we're running a little bit long let me bring up our next speaker who was made a contribution for the legislation supervisor eric mar

>> thank you. i have the honor of proceedings the leader from kohlman advocates but in my short time i'll say when the kohlman advocates others 20 years ago brought this to the board of supervisors this was zero support at the board of supervisors and 10 years ago with tom and a number of us crafted the prop h for our children and schools there was very the also support i think the reason we have a strong children's fund and a peace that supports art and music is by and large because even if grassroots coalition and coalition building from the kohlman advocates and a diverse coalition of community. (clapping.) as we build on this momentum i want to say a as a parental are parents i'll be proud to stand

side by side with the folks but accountability advocates especially the combroots coalition if all over our neighborhoods partiality and youth in the leading lead i'm proud in november while make sure that everybody knows that san francisco is a city for children and families thank you for helping to build this coalition (clapping). >> next, i want to bring up a few more speakers they're playing an important part to lead us up to victory so you're next speaker will be walker the executive director for the kohlman advocates. >> thank you, supervisor and good afternoon this is an incredible day for the children youth and families here in 0 san francisco. once again san francisco is

poised to lead by example by putting the children and our families first. especially with bach it up with the necessary resources. the children and families first initiative will come before voters this november. while it is the reauthorization you heard earlier of the two fund for children and youth it's the strongest possible measure the initiative will provide stable funding for early based education through the education enrichment fund a significant increase in the children and youth fund. i'm excited to say we're providing now necessary funds for disconnected transitional youth this will sure that both funds will be placed for the next 25 years (clapping) so our young people low lead the

effort in 25 years to reauthorize it i'm proud to say that kohlman has lead the coalition for the los last two years with many folks here today thank you for your service. in addition would like to an opportunity especially supervisor yee, supervisor avalos and supervisor kim and also supervisor mar and along with the 11 supervisors to make sure many this will be passed unanimously. as well as the mayor and the board of education that sometimes gets forgotten we thank you for your leadership. we're proud of the work we've done making a strong statement about a long term commitment. to our next generation of san francisco to make sure that all

i say all i say all of our children and youth have an opportunity to call this city home. and lastly remember your child see is not just that woman's child the little boy who's commissioner sako placing in the middle school basketball court is just his father's son each one of the children here 90 in san francisco blonds to each one of us and we have a responsibility to make sure they have success so i look forward to seeing you this november (clapping.) thank you >> next person by the way, for some of you reporters can i get there's youth that want to be

interviewed for the impact can you raise our hands. and, of course, everything else. our next are person i'd like to introduce is monica walters the executive director our charter amendment is for who it serves from zero to 24 today, we have monica wooults u walters there that will talk about the earlier education funding (clapping) and good afternoon, everyone as a representative the caregiver advisory committee and on behalf of the children's services the largest head start provider in san francisco and om behalf of you'll those dedicated hard working childhood educators and many are out in the audience here today.

(clapping.) i would like to offer the sincere thanks to our mayor and supervisors who are serving children in an outstanding effort to bring this racket legislation thanks to supervisor avalos and supervisor kim and supervisor yee for helping to brings to the today of the celebration we're truly making history. we're choosing to you provide greater insurance from for our residents to have access to our safe nourish care to help the parent to work and pursue criteria goals those are our kids that will be the conceding kids from the san francisco school district but the

opportunity for services like this they won't be successful in our school system without this important investment in our education the infants is not prepared and their parents are not supported area our community survived but we know those funds are dedicated to the folks are going to make a huge difference we're including 3 years old in our preschool those o are the huge investments and more and more children receiving the quality they need to be successful as learners and lifelong learners we're support their parents to pursue their dreams today, we're asking yourselves the questions how are the young children doing today, we, is they're doing well. thank you

(clapping) >> thank you monica oh, thank you supervisor campos for joining us i want to acknowledge a few people maria executive director for d.c. w f the department of youth and families and laura the executive director of first 5, (clapping) barbara carlson the executive director of office of early care and education and christopher the unified school district. and laura the chief of staff so next up is a youth commissioner eric wu (clapping.) thank you on the on behalf of the san francisco youth commission let me express my deepest gratitude the hard work

for the mayor's office and the members of the board of supervisors and even though leader in our community has dedicated for the family and children's first initiative today, we garter to refor them our values and commitments to make sure that future the generations will succeed for decades to come. you, you know, from for the past few years the young people have been advocates for the fund in count also meeting and round table meetings young people were there it wouldn't have been possible without the principle that positions make it's for us. (clapping.) this initiative is the best the very best investment the city

has made for our daughters and sons and our great, great grandkids not only does it stretch the safety net for social services by bs also i made a speech for this but it builds obtain our committed to provide the early commitment for every child so they're not behind in the first day of school to provide arts and music for every student so they get a well-rounded education to provide social services and programs for all the youth across our community so today, if euyou feel the same compassion you need to stand up in november and support our children's and family first

initiative. so thank you >> good job eric next up last speaker i'd like to introduce the youth outreach worker from washington high school he has a lot of passion here we go (clapping.) hi. i'm ray shawn jones. i go to george washington high school and an outreach worker. basically as a outreach worker i'll offer information and often teach classes about certain i'm i talking into the mike. certain like teen health issues and wellness and i believe that wellness is like a really good program wellness center i'll

really glad it's all around and funded people wouldn't feel like a safe place so it's helpful. wellness plans event and helps out oath kids across the school like district there's one in every school i believe and helps a lot of teachers in some ways. i'm appreciative for it and really glad it exists i'm proud to be a part of it so thank you (clapping) thank you >> i want to acknowledge candice she's the president of the sea pack advisors and planning council. i want to thank you all for

being here it takes us all to get it to the successful level and reporters if you want to speak to some of the youth they have a lot to say and in november we're going to announce a great victory so thank you very much

thursday, july 24, 2014. i'd like to remind members of the audience that the commission does not permit outbursts of any kind minutes and and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. i'd like to take roll commissioner president wu. commissioner fong. commissioner antonini. commissioner hillis. commissioner johnson. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioners first on your calendar are items proposed for continuance at 9 west portal affordable housing discretionary review authorization to augu august 7, 2014, there are no speaker cards >> any comments on