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item f, known signed up. item g, consent calendar. may i have motion and second, please. >> motion. >> second. >> anything to be withdrawn or corrected by the superintendent. >> none tonight. >> any items severed by the board of supervisors? a roll call vote will take place. superintendent's proposal, none tonight. board proposals there are none, item j we have already heard requests to speak regarding general matters. seeing no objection from the board, i'm going to move up to item r, board members proposal first reading. it is the resolution in support of the prevention of gun violence authored by commissioner matt haney. the revised copy is in front of

us and copies are available to the public at the entrance of the room. may i have a motion and second to consider action at first reading. >> move suspension of the rules. >> second. >> thank you, roll call vote. >> (roll call vote) >> six ayes. >> thank you very much. maybe i have a motion and second for formal introduction. >> move introduction. >> thank you. >> second. >> thank you. may i have a reading of the resolution by commissioner haney. >> thank you, i will read quickly in support of the prevention ever gun violence and whereas gun violence say public health issue that profoundly affects children and their familis and whereas children are more likely to be exposed to violence than adults, the 2008 national survey of children's exposure to violence found that nearly two-thirds of children and youth have been victims or

witnesses ever violence nast year and whereas children who are exposed to violence are more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression and exposure is also associated with academic and cognitive impacts and delinquency and juvenile justice systems and whereas incidents have a long-term impacts affecting students and staff, socially, emotionally and academically -- and contributing factor in the development of chronic diseases such as post traumatic stress disorder and [stkpwr-egs/] anxiety and substance-abuse and whereas san francisco's adolescent health working group found that homicide is the leading cause of death among youth ages 15 24, in san francisco at a rate of 34 per 100,000, which is farely twice the statewide youth homicide rate and whereas youth and young adults of color, ages 10-25 are at the highest risk

of being a victim of gun violence, and whereas of the 98 homicides reported for 2008 in san francisco, approximately 38% were youth and young adults aged 14-25. 94% of those young and young adults were high school dropouts and whereas 2694 children and teens died from guns in the united states in 2012 and whereas guns are the second leading cause of death among children and teens age 1-19 and no. 1 cause among african-american children and teens, whereas california [hro-frt/] lost the most children to gun violence of any state between 2000 and-2010 and the school shooting at sandy hook school and where there have been approximately 87

school shootings nationwide since december of 2012 and whereas the united states accounted for 12% of the world population, but owns 35% of all civilian owned guns in the world and whereas the gun in the home makes the likelihood of suicide 3-5 times high e and accidental death four times hire and whereas firearms are most common method of suicide of youth, true for females and males and younger and older adolescent and all races and whereas more than 75% guns used by youth in suicide attempts and guns causing unintentional injury kept in the home of a victim, relative or friend and whereas children are naturally curious, research shows that children who find a gun are likely to play with it even if taught not to and whereas 85% of uninitial kinetic energy plus initial and whereas the

absence of gruns children's homes aare most reliability and effective measure to prevent injury and keeping guns loaded and locked and separating ammunition can reduce the number of accidents or violence involving a gun and recently passed california law ab makes someone criminally liability to store a firearm on the premise where a child is likely to gain access and whereas the mayor's office and san francisco police department are sponsoring a gun buy back saturday december 13 2014 where individuals can turn in guns and receiveb cash and the san francisco unified school district is committed to a healthy, safe and supportive environment, both at school and in the home for all children in san francisco, and whereas november is violence prevention month and stand up for piece and safety in the san francisco unified school district and whereas as part of the violence prevention month schools are encouraged to teach lessons related to assisting and

enhancing a positive school climate and curriculum that address gun satisfy awareness and gun violence prevent and therefore be it resophed that the san francisco unified school district hereby recognizes november as violence prevention month and joins school programs and encouraging schools to hold events and teach lessons related to violence preventing and providing them with curriculum and resources to do so and be it further resolved that the sfusd will educate families that best way to reduce gun-related injury in children is to remove guns from the home and be it further resolved that the sfusd will communicate information to families about how to dispose of guns and about opportunities to attend city and sfpd gun buy backs and information to families about updated state laws for guns to be stored safely and be it further resolved that studs supports state and local policies to more strictly control and regulate who has

accesss to guns and other weapons and be it further resolved that the sfusd will provide age appropriate curriculum and organizational partners to schools and families related to the preventing of the guns and sfusd will encourage schools to deliver these messages to schools and be it further resolved that the sfusd encourages schools to consider holding activitis for both students and their families in partnership with community organizations relatings to the prevention of gun violence and violence in general and provide resources to do so. and be it further resolved that sfusd remains committed to supporting the health needs of all students and commits to providing mental health services to a student who experienced trauma and be it further resolved that the studs strongly supports efforts to address underlying causes of violence, and be it further resolved that the sfusd will provide immediate and

appropriate resources and supported for students at risk of self-harm or harming others and finally, be it further resolved that the sfusd will deepen our partnerships to prevent violence and support children and families that have been exposed to trauma associated with violence. >> wow. thank you, commissioner haney. so we have a lot of speakers signed up. commissioner haney, i'm going to ask you to read the names. public comment speakers and let's give every speaker about a minute and a half. thank you. i'm going to read all the names and you will each have a minute and a half. sheryl sandoval. giovanni mercado, or mercedes. is that right? i can't read

it. zeke belino. estefani rolando. theo coler white. naira garcia. dr. ricky choi. caroletta jackson. dante henderson and let's have all of the student goes first, so if you are a student and i named you at the end, why don't we have all the students go first and then we'll bring the rest of the folks up. >> president fewer, commissioners, my name is cheryl sandoval and 8th grade

student and i'm here to ask you to vote yes on the youth violence resolution. violence has affected people around me, my school mates and me. there is students in san francisco that have cases like rashon and sometimes on my way home on the radio i hear news about teens getting killed. i think that there should be a stop to all of this. some of my classmates lost their education time thinking about what happened to rashon. it's hard to move on and forget about this tragedy. i hope you will vote yes on this resolution tonight for the youth to get hem and to be able to go to school. >> >> >> president fewer and

commissioners, i'll theo coler white and student in san francisco unified school district and i go to buena vista horace man and here to tell you to vote yes on this resolution and thank you to commissioner haney for taking our input. we have even lost one of our own classmates rashon williams this year a tragedy that has affected us personally and will stay in your minds forever. thank you for listening and please vote yes on this resolution >> president fewer, commissioners, my name is giovanni and i'm an 8th grade student . i suggest all students or kids

that have been affected by violence should have counseling as along as they need it. please vote yes, sir and thank you for your time. >> president fewer, commissioners i'm zeke belino, i'm an 8th grade student of horaceman and here to ask you to vote yes the on the resolution. it has affected me personally because rashon williams was murdered and this affected us all with the loss of education time, grieving and me and other classmates feel that we did not get the time that we deserved with grief counselors. that is why i feel the resolution really helps. i'm here to thank you for your

time. >> good afternoon, commissioners. president fewer. my name is rolando. i'm a student at buena vista horace mann. all of our lives have been affected by the death of our fellow colleague, rashon williams who was murdered by youth violence. we would like to thank commissioner matt haney for taking and considering our feedback that we gave him. many of our lives have been affected by youth violence, like an example in my life has been my aunt that was -- her life was threatened at the age of 17. and she was always very scared about her life that she would be killed one of those days.

i think we could prevent this by you guys voting yes to youth violence resolution. thank you. >> president fewer, commissioners, my name is molly garrett and i'm an 8th grade student in the mission. i'm here tonight to ask you to vote yes on the youth violence resolution. a couple of months ago bbhm graduate rashon william was stabbed and killed and this has affected the horace man community. my of my peers were close friends with rashon and we lost a lot of focus because of the violence. whereas statement states that children who are exposed to violence are more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression and to have challenges with aggression and attachment. i am pretty sure all of us have been exposed to violence and i'm scared that my classmates will suffer in the future

because of it. but we can do something to stop it. we need to stop it. i encourage you to vote yes on the youth violence resolution and help reduce youth violence. thank you for your time. >> good afternoon. president fewer, commissioners, my name is nairia garcia and i'm an 8th grade student at horace man school [speaker not understood] that is why i ask to you vote yes on the youth violence resolution. thank you. >> president fewer, commissioners, my name is dante

an 8th student at bbhm and i'm here to ask you to vote yes on the youth violence resolution. violence has affected me personally because my friend rashon -- because when rashon died that was the first close death to me, so i don't know how to react. it also affected me because it bothered me that someone would do something over something to ignorant. when my friend died a lot of students, including me missed a lot of class time and i couldn't focus. the resolution that talks about students receiving as much counseling as they need is

important to me, because my close friend who was very close to rashon only received a couple of classes and then it ended. i hope you vote yes on the resolution tonight. thank you for your time. >> good evening, commissioners. and superintendent carranza, i'm a pediatrician and a father of a kindergartner and second grader at an alternative school korean immersion program and thank you commissioner haney for this very important resolution. gun violence is a real problem for children in the city. i have had patients afraid to play outside and others nearly shot outside. every summer we have patients being treated for gunshot wounds. as a second and third leading cause of death for young people in the united states, we can't ignore that suicide and

homicides often involve guns. where are the guns coming from? more than 75% of guns used in suicide attempts were stored in the residence of a victim, relative or friend. i spend my day providing medical care and discussing safety with parents and children and i ask them all about guns in the home. what is clear is that the absence from children's home and communitis is the most reliability and effective measure to prevent gun violence as stated by the american academy of pediatrics and safe storage practices such as keeping guns unloaded and locked and ammunition locked separately. no. 1 educating families about keeping guns unloaded and parents to ask if guns are

stored in the homes where their kids play, and third getting kids atrisk of self-harm or harming others. the board of education has the opportunity to reduce the risk of child harm and through this resolution we can better inform children who will be the adults of this city and this country, this is how we change the gun violence problem in our country. thank you. [ applause ] >> good evening. my name is carletta jackson lane and i would personally like to commend board member matt haney for actually spending his time in an effort to push forward this resolution. i think it's very powerful when the board of education can actually be in support of the

community, as well as the students that actually go to the school in san francisco unified school district. i myself have been in san francisco since i was 5 years old. i went to miraloma elementary school and went to the junior high school and graduated from lowell high school. went to san francisco state and also have a law degree from new college california school of law and i'm here to tell you that as the executive director for the truth and foster family agency, which has been in existence for 25 years, our foster children have been exposed to a level of complex ptsd that is mind blowing. and what is resulting, for example, in the resolution specifically talks about the fact that the guns that are actually in the home. when you look at it, most of the suicides actually occur with the youth who got the gun from inside the house.

these guns are there and many times they are loaded or they are actually easily accessible. so i know this is a very political issue for the school board, but the reality it's also a duty as board members for the best interest of the child. so i would like to press on you the fact that every day we deal 24 hours a day with children who have been exposed to gun violence, suicide, or domestic violence. it's affecting the children in the schools. they are afraid to go to class. it's not right. our organization has actually going into washington high school, hopefully with your permission in january and we'll be doing an actual group facilitation with african-american girls of

washington high school, seniors, juniors and freshmen to help them feel safe in their school environment. i know that san francisco is the city of a big heart and i implore you to reach down into your heart and reach out to these children because they truly need us. they are suffering from depression. it's affecting them as one of the children stated, they couldn't focus and i want you to all think about the fact that you are now professionals. in your lifetime, when you were going to school, were you in a situation that you had gun violence at this level? i don't think so. this is an epidemic, and i thank you again matt haney for working with us and helping us to know what to do in terms of

citizens of this beautiful city to protect our children. god bless all of you. thank you [ applause ] . >> i want to pay my respects to all of the board members here, my name is damian posey and i'm representing the united players and mentors. just asking that you continue to support the gun buyback that we have got going on december 13th with the united players. i'm in the streets every day, trying to keep the peace out there, and any support with this would be helpful. i'm not only a member of the cbo, but once upon a time a perpetrator and did ten years in prison for possession of a firearm and i know everybody is trying to get the guns off the

streets and out of appropriate homes because my fetish for guns started when i was young, when i was 11 years old and my grandfather had a gun in the house. i was 11 and he was older at the time and it was in his drawer, easy for me to get to and that started my affection and affiliation for guns. i took guns to the school and thank god nothing every happened, but stuff like that happens and it's going to take all of us and now that i'm adult and changed my life and rights the wrongs that i did to get the guns off our streets and start healing our youth. thank you. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. superintendent and the commissions and matt for

putting forth this resolution. my name is maddie scott and many of you know me from the last 19 years' of doing this work. i lost my youngest son george c. scott to gun violence in 1996, right around the corner from my home and i lost my nephew, 2007, timothy scott. 17th and mission street to gun violence. ing and i lost my niece keisha walker to cyber-bullying, who jumped off the golden gate bridge in 2012 and now it hurts my heart today to stand before you and to know that this young man lost his life senselessly, rashon williams. and also wonderful parks and recreation director who lost his life in front of his

10-year-old son in the sunnydale hearst playground in front of 30 other children who were playing by gun violence. i am the executive director of healing for our families in our nation. i'm the san francisco chapter brady campaign president and chapter president for mothers in charge of nationwide group of mothers, and women, who have lost children and grandchildren to senseless gun violence around the country. i have a deep respect for our city. i have a deep respect for the board members here, many of you i have worked with in the trenches before you even became board members and really respect your leadership. but we're in the emergency room right now. we're in a crisis right now. our children are hurting. and hurt people hurt people. but healed people, heal people. i know, because i was hurt when my son was murdered 1