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tv   Mayors Press Availability  SFGTV  August 12, 2016 7:50pm-8:01pm PDT

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murase. commissioner norton >> thank you. i'm offering this adjournment in memory of casey jones who passed away last month after bicycle accident. casey was inactive and devoted sfusd parent. thanks to his curiosity involvement and tech savvy he'll spread the word about that spark interest in sfusd issues i cofounding bs of schools listed back in 2000 or it grew to 1800 members and took several years every important issue in sf usd the greater education world was examined and debated there. when a personal note, discovery is of wizard on yahoo late one night became my path into public school advocates agreed overnight it would sit for hours in front of the computer compulsively hitting refresh to hit the sometimes nasty and always passionate debate. later casey founded the sf school.org blog and other popular spots for information debate. was
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honored to be invited by him as a guest blogger for the site. he was a senior software engineer for skype a longtime bernal heights resident devoted husband of that jones and very involved father of anna jones global class of 2009 and sam jones, class of 2012. the san francisco invite school district since our heartfelt and sincere condolences to casey's family. >> thank you commissioner norton. i now offer this adjournment in memory of lisa reynolds more. lisa reynolds more moore was a compassionate leader who served as the site administrator in the early education schools and out of school time programs. mrs. reynolds moore dedicated over 30 years to the san francisco unified school district serving young children supporting families and primarily working with the tenderloin, bayview and richland communities. she is served in leadership positions in number schools including charles drew, reading,
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the coppin, rafael real, just to name a few. mrs. reynolds moore was kind generous optimistic attitude change agent. students staff colleagues and communities will miss her dearly. i will offer this adjournment in memory of marcus sina. on july 8, 2016 longtime sfusd leader and principal markets-senior pastor with. was born march 23 pages of a to mitchell boettcher in california and debra victorino felker of san francisco california. mr. bratcher attended former as you left the woodrow wilson high in 1980. he went on to attend morehouse college in atlanta georgia. he graduated from st. mary's college in 1994. he continued his education earning a masters
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from san francisco state. mr. bratcher had a strong desire for education. he wanted to be a positive influence on the youth in his community and beyond. he was a principal for several sf usd schools including noah maxwell middle school and galileo high school. he also worked in leadership positions at thurgood marshall high school and mission high school. the strip dr. went on to work for pittsburgh unified school district did mr. bratcher was a mentor for many youth and assisted many with obtaining college scholarship he a pulley truly put his heart so and time into his community fulfilled his dreams by leading others to their dreams. he is proceeded by in his death by his father mitchell blackshear, mother, deborah felker, grandmothers, dorothy berry and uncle victor felder. he served by survived
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by his four children marcus junior [inaudible]. he leaves to sisters, tiffany etruria and tamika williams and elyse felder sheila dixon, and one uncle cornelius felder. the board of education and superintendent of school extend sincere condolences to the fong jones reynolds more moore the boettcher families. the board will now go into closed session is a recessed the regular meeting.you.
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>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in landing a contract with the sfoifk is pretty champ but now with the opened contracting center visitors can get opportunity at the new state of the arc facility and attend workshops and receive one-on-one technical assistance and learner what you need to become a
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primary contractor or what information to be a subcontractor and a created bed public commission it will help people to assist people to compete for and performance open city contract a lot of small businesses do have the resources to loblth the opportunity so one of the things we wanted to do was provide ways to access contract >> access to the plans spiefkz and a data place basis ease contracting opportunity and funding or capital training. this is and other documents that needs to be submitted. to compete is a technical skill that it takes to win a scheduling for a popular to you can win a professional services
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job or how to put together a quote it's all those technical pieces. looking at the contracting assistance center is our touch point with we get the people to come and see the planning specks and later than about projects earlier is he get training so you're ready to go arrest hello engineering it has all the tools that a contractor small or large can come here. i can't say enough about the center it's a blessing. we do business all over the country and world and a place like the contractor center to identify the business in san francisco >> the reality is you need training and that's what the
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center is here to train and make you better qualified to go work with the city and county and to be successful at the end. >> that will give people the competitive edge e edge at receiving contracts with the city. >> we have krafshth services here that help you find out where you need to get the skills forbidding. >> i mean local businesses participation in city projects is a winning factor it helms help the business their local businesses they're paying savings and a property tax and payroll tax and normally adhere san franciscans so their bowing goods and services in san francisco it really helps the
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economy of san francisco grow so its not only a benefit to the project but to the city. the contractors center is 5 thomas melon circle in the bayview area open 8:30 to 5 welcom
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