good morning, everyone and welcome to our tenderloin community school. i want to say thank you to principal shatner and you know whenever that name an appears you have to ask the question, and i did. are you related to william shatner. she will tell you if she is. go find out that story later on. there is a star track link to this school. it's great to be here with our school board with superintendent carranza and the number of department and agencies i'm working to improve the experience and the lifech all of our youth because we all know that

it isn't just the schools. although that is a critical part. that's what we are here today. but we also understand that for our youth to be successful for their families to be successful we have to work on many fronts. that's why there are so many good agencies here that are concerned about everything from early childhood education to preschool to after school programs to job opportunities, to getting our kids across town on free muni for those who need it to making sure that they are living in a wonderful city that supports them and their families. that is to say that all of us in the city including my staff and the number of the departments and the school district have worked together to building a stronger city and a better public school system and continues to do that

on an on going basis. if you hear ideas coming from the school board as well as the city coming together you know that we won't be interrupted in this effort. [ laughter ] . we are making record investments, we are in addition to what we do as a city i know the school board feels our effort in enticing philanthropy, foundations, successful businesses to join us in making that investment in our kids, in our families and obviously there are many foundations that are helping our school district. i happen to be able to entice one in particular and i continue to say thank you to sales force about the contribution that is extremely important because

that's the data that told us that we had a special challenge in that particular grade. but it's as important that so many other foundations whether it's the has or what warren hell man used to do and he was around and now his family continues to do elementary and so many other programs. and hydroand united way to get committed from employers throughout the city. this morning just this morning literally over 4500 hundred pledges of jobs included our library, muni, our planning and building inspection and private industries like the bank, like

starbucks, like breeze. you have to know who they are and so many other technology companies and traditional companies at the chamber that made a commitment that in the youth jobs plus program they made a commitment of over 4500 jobs. we are on our way to a number that i will not announce until we accomplish it because it's a huge number. we all know that we want to do more and we must do moran we want to make sure that our investments conclude with great outcomes for our kids and we know they have to be prepared in so many ways. not just what happens with books and computers but in life skills. that will provide them with a successful foundation and we need to do our part to make sure our city is affordable to them as well because when we grow this talent as we know we will, we want that talent to remain in our city and be successful in our city. that's

why we have a plan of things we want to do to make our families successful. i am committed to building more homes at record levels, homes that are affordable to teachers butts -- but also to our students as they graduate and if they make that sacrifice, i want to be there to provide and to make sure to provide that they have the keys to homes that they want to live in. we also want to work in our parks, our neighborhoods and seniors to enable them to get around the city and they can be successful in our city. i will tell that you open space as well as housing as well as good transportation all work together to support the increasing investments that we are making. today i'm proud to announce an increased investment for our youth to the tune of $355.5 million this

next year to our education system. our public school system. this includes $36.5 million towards the school district's rainy day fund. i know we've been discussing that rainy day fund in very great detail to make sure it works even better. i know that the school board and our superintendent gave us good advice when we structured it so that it wouldn't have some delays when ever there was a tweak of challenge to the school district that now they can respond even better and quicker. that's an incredible investment. admittedly we are in good economic times and we are lucky to have this opportunity to share the prosperity with everyone and that's why we are making smart investments. that's what we are doing today and the school district's rainy day fund is a smart investment making sure that in economically challenging times whenever

they may appear in the future and we hope we may never see them but when we talk to investors who are families who want to locate in the city they will see we are making smart investments for them. we are continuing to make investments that we are proud to do. we are increasing the slots for our preschool for all programs making them universal and eliminating all of our wait list for our summer programs. that's why it's so important that we announce again right now we'll clear all of our wait list for all of our programs. we are getting to these programs and those slots will cost us but we are glad to do it. $2.5 million

more this year so families aren't waiting. once you get these kids into these programs, people can go to work, they can have their kids activated, they can exchange with them the lifeless once -- lessons and all the experiences they are involved with and the school district working with our invaluable non-profit sectors, program providers, agencies that marie and sue have interacted with and children youth and families. they enrich our kids. we want to make sure that all the programs enrich our kids and provide programs and target the kids that have to catch up because of life experiences they are facing. that's enabled me to

increase and our transitional age youth 16-24. that statistical bases faces double the barriers of getting employment. they come from families that are challenged, they may have touched a criminal justice system, they may have deep deep poverty barriers to climb out of. these transitional age youth have been our focus because we know through our school district if they don't show up healthy, if they don't show one family support, they themselves will not be successful. we figured this out over many many conversations, a lot of data telling us. a lot of data tells us that we have to do better with our transitional age youth. it's not just about the money. superintendent carranza and the school board, we've n gauged in this

conversation intensely when we passed proposition c and we engaged supervisor i -- norman yee and a lot of supervisors who spent time with the school board in the previous years who spent time with the school board in creating a process in which we would honor not just the amount of money that the city and school district are willing to spend, but how it's spent, where the smart investments are. through time some of this has to change because of new challenges or a better understanding or deeper understanding of what those challenges are. so in doing that, and in making sure that we honor the voter approved proposition c, we have entered into a conversation with our community to make sure

that we have an on going council of experts people that come together on a regular bases to review data, review practices, get rid of non-performing practices, invite new and successful best practices for our school district. that's how we are going to continue being the best urban school district in the country if not certainly in california because we are constantly reviewing what we are doing and matching it up against data and having those conversations and we can only do that when we have that structure that invites that kind of review and on going improvement. so we have created and established a council, we've entitled it called our children and our families council this unique council utilizes successful partnerships across the city and the school district. it sets the stage for broader partnerships. once we

established an on going council, i predict superintendent and school board you will invite more and you will see we handle school resources more importantly than before. we have shared outcomes for our families and children by coordinating this new council and will make our city, a city that has all in come levels of families thrive not only working harder but working successfully. i want to just give a special shout out to supervisor norman yee because he has led this in everyone of our periodic meetings he's really championed a dialogue around this. we are currently recruiting community members interested in serving on this council wanting to make a difference for the thousands of lives of children

in our city now and in the future. if you are interested we are going to call you out and have you come and volunteer. don't be just a critic. get yourself involved. find solutions. be part of the answer. that's what our school district needs and now we have one of the biggest answers and that's the infusion of dollars but also increasing the partnership that our city has. i don't ever want to have an i know this school board knows this. it's more than just talk. i told you that you will not have a city at an abandons you, that you may not get from state politics, that during these times of economic prosperity we are going to share with our school district because we know that's where the talent is grown. and every successful industry in the city whether it's health care,

tourism, hospitality or technology or the local manufacturing, they are going to find that talent in the public school system. i would like to say thank you to all the partnerships here. this is a good day. i'm glad to share this prosperity. that also means that we have more responsibility to be had. i want to thank all the agencies that are here because we are figuring out together how this infusion of dollars can be done smartly but with a long-term interest and a great invitation to the families here that there is another good reason to fight the cost of housing is that you want to stay here because the education system is world class. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> superintendent carranza. >> thank you. i would like to say how important it is to be here at

the tenderloin community school where at the idea of community involvement and very involved citizens who came together and said we want this school to be located in the heart of the tenderloin but we don't want it to be an -- mall gum of classrooms. we want to make sure the needs of the families are served. how appropriate that we are standing in that facility today listening to the mayor and when the city does well, the city takes care of it's own. we are so pleased to be here in the city of san francisco. i would like to thank those who are here, commissioner mendoza mcdonald and joy lins. ladies and gentlemen,

what's important about san francisco is the talent that we need to be a world class city, not just the in california, but in the world, the global economy exist right now in classrooms across the city in san francisco. they are the boys and girls in kindergarten through classrooms that want to live in san francisco and want to raise their families in san francisco and want to be part of the infrastructure and part of the talent people in san francisco. the announcement that the mayor said today is to invest in the rainy day fund. it's critical for us because those minds are nurtured with dedicated commitment in the classroom. the rainy day fund has allowed us in the times to keep the educators and staff in

schools. this is important in a plan in a fiscally responsible way when that time comes and we have methods to interact the negative effects of those down turns. i can't emphasize enough how important it is for afternoon school program and extended learning programs. we know that learning doesn't stop when learning leaves to classroom. they learn in the environment. how wonderful it is in this city there is no wait list. that every student can be part of an after school program, they will get to be outside and have physical education and the benefit is the parents get to go work and contribute to this economy. that doesn't happen without this investment that the city is announcing with this program. finally, i want to thank san

francisco for what they are doing with providing this. it's a community impact, a collective impact where we are saying we are creating a framework for children and youth as indicated by our transitional age youth. we are creating a framework where no student is not known and no student is not served by the system here in the city of san francisco. on behalf of the 57,000 students and 8,000 residents, mr. mayor, your employers, our employees, i want to say thank you and thank you to the voters and residents of san francisco who absolutely time and time again believe it is a world class city and we have a world class education system. thank you for the good news on a thursday. now if the warriors win tonight and the giants sweep, it will be truly a time

for celebration, right? >> [ applause ] >> >> >> being a pedestrian in san francisco is not easy for anybody. >> [inaudible] people push tables and chairs outside the

sidewalk. >> i have to be careful not to walk the sidewalk. it is very hard. >> sometimes people get half way across the intersection. >> you have to be alert because there is always something coming up that you need to know about. >> i learned to listen to the traffic patterns. sometimes i notice the other pedestrians, they are crossing, on occasion, i have decided i'm going to cross, too. i get to the middle of the intersection, and i find out that the light has changed. >> we need to be able to work and go from one place to the

other and have public transportation. the world needs to be open. >> people on disability has the task of addressing all the disability. when we are talk about the sidewalks, ramps, we have very specific issues. for people blind and low vision, we have the issue of knowing where they are and when the cross. it can be hit or miss. >> at hulk and grove, that sound the the automatic __ it helps people cross the street safely. >> now we have a successful

pedestrian signal. >> i push the button, i get an audible message letting me know that i need to wait. when it is safe to cross, not only am i going to get an audible indicator, this button is going to vibrate. so it tells me it is safe. there is the driller sound and this trigger is vibrating. i am not relying on anything but the actual light change, the light cycle built into it.

>> it brings san francisco from one of the major cities in the u.s. to what is going to be the lead city in the country. >> city working on all sorts of things. we are trying to be new and innovative and go beyond the ada says and make life more successful for people. >> disability rights movement, the city has the overall legal obligation to manage and maintain the accessibility and right of way. with regards to the curb ramps, bounded by a groove border,

12_inch wide border. for people with low vision to get the same information. the shape of the domes, flush transition between the bolt bottom of the ramp and gutter. >> we have a beveled transition on the change in level, tape on the surfaces, temporary asphalt to fill in level changes, flush transition to temporary wood platform and ramp down into the street under the scaffoldinging. detectable ramps. they are all detectable. nothing down below or protruding that people are going to get snagged up on.

smooth clean that nobody is going get caught up on. >> our no. 1 issue is what we see here, the uplifting and shreufting to concrete due too street tree roots. here is another problem we have with street trees. if i have i was a person blind, this would be an uncomfortable way to find out. >> we don't want to create hazards. >> sometimes vendors put sidewalk cafes where people push the chairs too far out.

>> sometimes it can be impassable. so much foot traffic that there is no room for a wheelchair or walker to go by. >> san francisco is a lively street life, it can be an issue with people with visual disabilities as well. they have these diverting barriers on other side of this tables and chairs area. if people can find thraeur way around it without getting tangled up, it is still fully accessible. >> we don't want anything special. we want people to basically adhere to the regulations and laws as they are on the books now. people can also, just be

cognizant if they have stuff on the street, they thaoed to have 48 inches so we can pass, think outside your own spectrum of yourself that there are other people you need to share the sidewalk with. we will all get along better. >> although san francisco is a hilly place for a whraoel chair user, we seem to be better at most. that doesn't mean we can't continue to improve upon ourselves. >> the public has a clear are __ of travel. we can't be every to make sure that is the place. we have to rely on the place. call 311. give them your name.

that goes into a data base. >> it is difficult, still, um to make the case that the disabled community isn't being represented. in some ways we are not. we have a long way to go. >> the city of san francisco is using the most innovative technology available. these devices allow people to remain out in their communities, doing things like shopping. it is great to be able to walk as a pedestrian in this city and cross streets safely.

>> good morning, it's thursday may 28th. 2015 welcome to the rules committee of the san francisco board of supervisors, my name is john avalos, the chair of the committee, to my right is supervisor katy tang, the vice chair we will be supervisor cohen is not going to be able to make it today and would like to motion she be excused for her absent >> so moved >> i will second we will take that without objection. our clerk is alisa. could you share with us your announcements. >> silence all cell phones and electronic devices, and the cards, documents should be filed to the clerk, it will be