[inaudible]. >> i also did like hearing from ms. hall and her experience and i absolutely agree with supervisor avalos and that it could be a great forum for her to learn about how funding decisions are made and how it is that we can better bridge sources to communities that need it. in termser of looking at what this committee does, i know that a lot of the decisions that are made has to do around funding and how you allocate

grants, so i do see how mr. stafford could bring with his background with his strategic planning, background, some value to the community as well and someone who did not appear us before, mr. loftman, i really liked his background and what he brought to the table. he did reach out to our office and i know he couldn't make it because he was out of the country but he's someone who has expertise in affordable housing finance, he works for the oakland housing authority, so i think he brings a good perspective to the committee, so i would have liked to be able to appoint him to the committee, so with that said, i mean, i would agree with supervisor avalos on ms. hall at the moment since she appeared today before us and i'm open to the other three applicants. >> alright, thank you. so, i've got some thoughts and some hesitancies that i'm going to do my best to try to

articulate. mr. stafford, i appreciate your interest, i think what i would have preferred to hear is a deeper understanding of san francisco and how these communities work and how it works with the cdbg block grant money and i think that you would be able to develop that understanding, one, exploring a little bit further than your neighborhood than sdrigt 6 and engaging in all parts of san francisco but also being able to spend more time haoe, as you live here a little long e you're able to dive deep into the different ethnic communities and the different -- really nuances that exist in the various different neighborhoods, i think you're on the pathway to a desire for service in a very manful way and i want to compliment your interest on that, but there's some steep competition in terms of folks having a deep body of

knowledge on housing, on low-income community and what life is like, homelessness, a lot of the challenges we're facing in san francisco and also i want to encourage you the continue to dive in deep on the city budget and how it works and how it connects and always pay attention to where the disconnection is because it's where that disconnection is is where we're losing people and people are feeling that pressure and that stress, so with that said, i was moved by ms. hall's comments. i think that she has a lot of passion and fire and real-life experience and she really represents a certain constituency that i feel deeply connected to in a sense that the need and sometimes is far greater than -- and can be debilitating and preventing people to get out to where the resources are and making that connection and helping people make that connection. and my question with her

earlier, i asked, what is the secret sauce, how do we produce more folks like ms. hall who are able to rise above some challenging circumstances and still be successful. that's what we're looking for because that's exactly what we want to duplicate so so* the residents of district 6 and district 10 and district 5 feel more, bayview hunter's point, people who are living in public housing, we can duplicate that and we can produce more strong members of our city and so empowering you and putting you in a leadership position might be the key to help us get there to continue to move in that direction so people can see themselves in you when you're speaking and when you're out there presenting and talking to people. so, how am i doing, am i articulating myself, you guys are following me? thank you, okay. so, now i didn't really get a chance to connect with mr.

loftman because he couldn't be here today and that's really unfortunate because i think he could have really been just an interesting personality, so i'm going to say that, i wish i had more of an opportunity to know him, and so that leaves mr. peter cohen who we've done a lot of work with together in san francisco and has been serving for -- since 2011, so for about four years, so my conflict is that you've been serve ining this capacity for four years and have a tremendous body of knowledge and information but i'm afraid that the connection of your knowledge and body of information is not connecting to the community that needs to experience and can most greatly benefit from that knowledge, so i don't know what to do, so -- >> supervisor tang? >> through the chair, i would

just say that again, mr. loftman did reach out to our office, as he shared with us, he does have 25 years of experience and the cdbg funding, and all of that, that was really attractive to to me, he understanding that structure, his day job working for the oakland housing authority, he is out of the country, he's someone i'm interested in having sit on this committee but i think we're all in agreement with ms. hall. >> let me ask a question. >> supervisor cohen? >> is it possible to move ms. hall forward and reserve -- i don't know if this is seat number 2 that we're talking about, so that mr. loftman can come when he's come and talked to us while he's in the country? i'm just looking to gather all the information. >> do we know when he's coming

back into the country? >> i believe it's at the beginning of may. i can double check that, may 1, yes. >> do we know when we have the next committee meeting? >> may 14th. >> so, we wouldn't be able to put a person before -- our next meeting is may 12th. >> just so i have an opportunity to gather all the facts, if he doesn't measure up, i will take your recommendation and we can move forward. >> okay. if the committee wants to do that, i will, you know, if there's agreement about that, i'm ready to support mr. cohen based on his experience and i don't intend to vote for the other candidate, so we could have that vote right now, we can have it later, we'll have that vote. >> the motion that i'm proposing is that -- what seat

did ms. hall apply for? >> one and two, okay. >> so, what i'm proposing is possibly -- >> if the committee wants to review mr. loftman? >> yes. >> we should choose to do that, it means that that seat will be empty when the committee meeting next, we'll have to go to the full board to approve these appointments ultimately, that seat will be vacant when the committee meets next. >> the committee will still have a quorum. >> i don't think it's a quorum issue. >> perfect, at this point, i would like to move a motion that we move ms. hall's nomination forward to the full board with a positive recommendation and that we bring in mr. loftman to come back and present and mr. cohen can also come back as well.

>> just to clarify, so you want to appoint -- or recommend patrina hall to seat 1 and continue seat 2? >> just another point of clarification, does mr. loftman only qualify for eat 1? >> 1 and 2 have the same qualifications. >> alright, thank you very much, let's make a motion to appoint ms. hall to seat number 1 and we will table -- >> continue seat 2 to the next -- >> may 14th. >> may 14th meeting,. >> do you want to continue it to the call of the chair just to confirm that mr. loftman can be at the next meeting. >> we'll continue to the call of the chair and that's seconded by supervisor tang. and i will vote in favor of the motion because the committee actually wants to meet and i will honor the committee's request that we meet with mr.

loftman, so i do intend to vote for mr. cohen based on his work and his experience and his -- i think he really brings something that is a good asset for this committee to really make good decisions moving forward and integrating those decisions with the department, so we can take that without objection. okay. >> thank you. >> our next item, please. >> item number 6 is a hearing to consider appointing three member, terms ending april 29 2019ed to the children and families first commission. there are three seats and three applicants. >> okay, very good. we have first five commission before us and some very, very qualified people applying. ms. linda asato is first. i don't have my notes in front of me will not attend. suzanne

giraudo, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors to understand a little bit about who i am i have been on the commission, i am a practicing child and adolescent psychologist and i am director of the child development center at california pacific medical center, we're the largest provider of child development services in san francisco and in northern california. last year, serving, we had over 20 thousand visitors of children in the birth to 18 age range. i have an increased concern with birth to 5 services. since currently, one in 68 children are now diagnosed on

the autism spectrum. at our pilot program at nems that we started in july, we screened 2000 children under the age of 5 and 16% of these children were in the high risk range needing further services, assessment and treatment. first five needs to continue the work in both developmental and mental health services for kids. what first five has done since developmental and behavioral services have significantly been overstretched in the city and county is first five has browsing together a consortium of ucsf, san francisco general,

children hospital oakland and [inaudible] try to as a consortium and group address the issues of increased developmental needs within the city and county particularly. i feel that i have the experience in history to continue to work with the challenges in support of kids and families within the city and county. first five is really essential to our city, not only to support children and families in their services but through various programs and platforms such as the frc's that we work diligently with and are always looking to expand the services. my other concern with the number of kids and families that we see and the services

and programs to meet the needs is to keep young families within san francisco rather than taking off to other communities. so, for these reasons, i would like to continue on the commission. >> thank you very much. supervisor tang? >> thank you, thank you so much for being here and for your patience through this hearing. i would just say that since all of the applicants are reappointment, if you and the following candidate, if they're here, speak a little bit about the things you have accomplished in your role serving on the commission. i know you touched upon some of the things you would like to work on, if you can highlight some of those achievements so far. >> well, over the last number of years, we have been the stewards of the preschool for all program for the last ten years has been one piece of the work. the other piece has been really

looking at what are the services that we need to do to support families and tla's where the work for the different communities, it's usually the underserved communities and the

[inaudible]. i ask that you consider that. during my career, i've worked as a teacher and an executive director of community programs serving children, youth and their families. in the field of philanthropy, i worked as a chief organizational officer in a community foundation which taught me how to assist staff to work together productively and strategically to serve the communities well. now as the executive director of the me me and peter hodge fund, i have the privilege to work in and with the early care and education community to ensure that young children and their families have access to high quality services that allow children the critical start in life. throughout my career, i've been passionate about equity and social justice. i have worked and will continue

to work for children and their families, especially for those who don't have access to the educational health and social services they deserve. i've worked with a wide range of families over my career from native americans and the cape verdians on cape card to the farm workers on the california coast side, i've worked with low-income women and single parents and middle class families all of whom have found it difficult if not impossible to reach the kind of financial, emotional and familial stability. now in san francisco, i work for and for all young families and xhirn in the hodge fund as well as my position on the five five exhibitioner i stand committed to the goals that all children deserve access to high quality early care and education programs that assure

they will enter kindergarten ready and able to lansing it is a time of change and opportunity for first five as it transitions from its outstanding work in establishing preschool for all in this city as well as a body for the nation. it is a time for first five staff and commissioners to strategically reconsider our role in developing the infrastructure and program that is are needed for children 0-3 while we continue to support preschool children and their families. we stand committed to the professional development of the early care providers and educators, a majority of whom are women working full time to care for and educate young children at one of the lowest levels of compensation. i ask that you please consider my reappointment to the first five commission, know that i will work together with city departments, the school district, community based organizations to make certain

that services offered to all young children and their families will serve as a model in this city, the state and the nation. thank you. >> thank you very much. thank you for your service already on the commission and all the work you've done over the years as well. it's a great testament to the interest of advancing young children. >> thank you. do you have any questions for me? >> i don't think we have any questions. thank you. okay. this item, we can open up for public commenting any member of the public who would like to comment, please come forward. we have ms. laura humak. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i'm the executive director of first five san francisco, thank you for considering the reappointment of these three very committed women who have dedicated their time and energy and best think toing the first five commission over the last couple of years. as you know, the first five

commission sole focus is on the needs of children birth to 5 on their families, on prevention and early intervention with thinking in four result areas, improvement of child health, child development, family support and system alignment. i think we have over the past decade built three major platforms of s*frs delivery with the city, we have 25 family resource centers in all of our neighbor e neighborhoods, we have a universal praoe school program that now has 150 sites, we've done a lot of work around early intervention and development screening and support. i think we are at a changing point now, an important time, and we're considering several different roles as we go forward asbacker as funders, as we've been as investor, as capacity buildings and professional development people, we've done a lot around

professional development. as conveners, as incubators and doing evaluation and research. i think we want to go deeper and do deeper work in all of our plot forms and to do more work with alignment and i think these three women, i'm confident they will be dedicated to making that rethinking our position and going deeper into the work, so thank you for considering them. >> thank you, and thank you for your service with the commission as well. any other members of the public -- >> i just want to say unfortunately linda has a board meeting in sacramento, but i know she's made contact with all of your offices. >> thank you. >> any other member of the public that want tos comment? we'll close public comment. supervisor tang? >> thank you, again, i want to thank all of the three appointees or i'm sorry,

applicants who are up for reappointment and who want to continue i think during this transition time is really good for all three of them to continue during, again, this transition, so i would like to then make a motion to appoint linda asad dough to seat 6, suzanne injury awed dough to seat 7 and lynn merz to seat 9 and move that to the full board. . inger we need to waive the residency requirement for lynn merz. >> and that's seconded by supervisor cohen and i want to thank all the applicants for reappointment for being here and for your service and look forward to your service moving forward. i of course will be supporting the motion. i also want to put in a good word for lin da asato who's done a lot of wobbling in the field as an executive director. i also had the pleasure of my son shared daycare at a family

daycare center in district 11 with her child as well, so i know she has lots of personal experiences and with the network and as well as providing a service herself, so it's a really strong contingent and we can take the motion without objection. supervisor cohen? >> thank you, before we make that vote, i just want to also take a moment just to recognize the service of linda, suzanne and lynn, i served on the first five commission for a little over a year and really enjoyed my work. i think we are at a pivotal point in our city when it comes to our early education and it's extremely important. i want to compliment the leadership of laura and her tremendous staff, they're excellent, they go above and beyond to answer parent's questions and i think we are

all unanimous in saying we all need more early education opportunities for everyone in every corner of san francisco and to make sure that we are not excluding anyone for any reasons because of money or language barebacker barriers and i am excited to see linda, suzanne and lynn continuing on in their service, thank you for caring about our city, lynn, even if you do spend more time here than in your hometown, we are very, very grateful. thank you. >> thank you, okay, so colleagues, we can take that motion -- >> it was with a committee report. >> it was, and with the waiver which was mentioned. er we'll take that without objection. thank you. you guys okay to keep going without a break? okay, so we'll go on to our next item, item number 7.

>> item number 7 is a hearing to consider appointing two members terms ending may 1, 2017 and two members terms ending may 1, 2018 to the office of early care and education citizens' advisory committee. there are four seat and is 8 applicants. >> with the number of applicants, it looks like everyone is here with the exception of adina safer who withdrew her application. the first person will be patricia sullivan. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is pat sullivan, i am a family child care provider in district 4. i am not a native of san francisco, i wish i was, i think what i like best about the city is the diversity, not only of ethnic and cultural

diversity but also the diversity in terms of families and the way families are constructed and i think i've been really fortunate to have lots of different kinds of families in my family child care and i think to be able to speak to their needs with a body like this would be very epic, not only for them but for the kids that i serve, i think a lot of times, the kids get left out, we are so interested in quality of querier, we forget what that looks like from the children's perspective and i also think the teachers themselves, especially family care child care providers are in a dangerous place right now. the more we push for quality care, the