especially around social justice that we do. i think together in the value of the fact there were able to meet on a monthly basis together is that we are going to inform each other in i am hoping that the outcome is going to be that together were going to come up with something better for each of us that we will inform each other on what we should do. i don't know if that was the answer looking for but that's the one that popped into my head >> thank you for being so enthusiastic. i hear that in your voice. ideally for you to write your memoirs to hear about the date marijuana mafia from someday and the whole process that you're working through with the best of the task force members. thank you. next, or mr. evans images ask, proceed 19, it was ms. >> see number 20 mr. chairman >> go-ahead >> proceed 20 and apologize

for this omission but the sitting applicant right now is jennifer garcia. not included on the agenda. >> that was an oversight on my part and i apologize for that. >> for that reason for seed 20 then we will be continuing that one. >> if the committee so wishes >> okay. then, see 20 we have one person here, elliott beckham and and is jennifer garcia here, to >> okay then i would just ask if they could come forward that i could speak today but that see 20s can be continued to our next meeting. >> we are sorry about the mistake. >> good afternoon supervisor. thank you very much my name is jennifer garcia. i'm a union representative with usc w local

648. here in the city. usc w is the only unit at first union that has had cannabis workers under union contract and across the state. our local here in san francisco was assigned the task of taking on cannabis organizing and i signed up for that i office. i got that assignment i have the entire bay area to myself so i'm sometimes wondering why i did that got it has been a fascinating learning experience in appointed to the task force did thank you very much. it's been an incredible learning experience to be again with 20 different viewpoints. again our leadership. chairman echoed

yours are outstanding i think every month i put on my review about the focus. we have a very well used parking lot that karen's has put our ideas and we get a little too far down a rabbit hole and he brings us back where we need to be because there's so many moving things, parts, that need to be addressed in this and hopefully, in san francisco we will be able to give you the best recommendations that we can really make this a model industry. as a laborer, rev. representative as speaking for workers, that is been the most interesting also. i have worked here in san francisco as a worker in the grocery stores as a union member since 2003 and i started working for the union just three years ago. so, i been a worker activist and i been involved in cities different groups fighting for workers rights. this is really in this industry that's coming out of the darkness of the gray

area of all these things and were the possibilities has been interesting. no matter whether we want to say were trading jobs i like to think of it as existing jobs that are being here that we are going to regulate that we are going to legitimize that we are going to hopefully improve. some of the things that we've been working on and myself sitting with laura thomas on the workforce development and social issues, that is a big part of it. i was assigned with part of my spotlight report was on the workforce in san francisco, what was the makeup and things like that. there is no-nothing on the internet to look up. i did a very unscientific study of visiting all are licensed dispensaries. yes, i'm a restaurant pressure patient of 22 of them. there is a lot of white and there's a lot of mail in this industry from a very unscientific study i did get to

talk to a lot of workers and i am always talking to workers here in san francisco san francisco is my home basin among the task force the radius of all things. but it has been very interesting. working with a group of people that we have has-i really fill positive that were going to get some consensus of how to do it a little bit better. again, there are legal issues. you can say three people of this or that but there has to be addressed in the workforce has to be looked at. a lot of people like to do social like local higher or equity like box checked that's good. what does that mean in the long term? i like to think instead of just not local higher local retention. here,

you get it permanent or license and then you get addicted and you can't stay in the city but you have this interest in the city. how do we address issues like that. there are so many different avenues that we have been looking at. one of the goals going forward is to continue addressing that. i have been working with the chairman of the apprenticeship committee on the state level who is also we are starting to-we have on apprenticeship board the city college member and we have been trying to work and terrance also, how would that look like to bring in a pernicious program here. so it would be state level would be on the city college logo we have so many things in san francisco that are a benefit to workers and how can we tie in these things? again, not just we want binary ownership and we

want increased diversity and equity to people that harm has been done to on the ownership level but again in the workforce. there's a lot of us i would like to say that i like being a worker be. i want be the head boss but i'm a great worker and this is my goal but how do we have that to give workers that education is key and to develop the best practice workforce. san francisco as a model for other people. and how do we give them that increased partnership program is really speaks to me because people can, without cost, ridiculous cost to them, advance as far as they want to go. so it's really something that's worth looking forward. as one might main goals working on the test was and just in general. i have been to a lot of different community meetings in san jose and oakland and around the bay area. richmond,

vallejo, it's all in my area so i try to pick and choose the things rack and learn and work in. different, again listening to people from all perspectives. it's really been helpful so i hope to continue to be able to do that. another thing my local is working currently right now and we hope to continue this. this worker first things were looking with a lot of community groups should were putting proposition 47, clean state event this week at the union hall and were sponsoring that. it's free two people were trying to reach out to people to help them clean up their records of aperture opportunities not just in cannabis industry the work in general. because that's what i do on for the workers. so every much appreciated this country being on the test force and i would appreciate being reappointed. >> supervisor cohen >> i've a quick question i and understand your with your stw i understand the teamsters are reading try to get involved in

the transportation portion of [inaudible] is it solidified? >> there's pieces in play. unfortunately in all aspects of everything, there's politics involved. i think with uf cw 2010 the person that came out with cannabis workers nobody wanted to touch it. >> i'm including myself. [inaudible] when i was running my head was spinning could dampen my don't know. >> there still is again so many moving parts in unknown on a federal level a lot of unions don't want to do that. i know unions are interested in memberships so there's always that aspect of same, i believe would be on a national level that we are primarily getting

jurisdiction of it. that doesn't mean other unions can. again, i want workers to representation. i'm about workers having workers rights and so that is i think there's a lot of activity going on and we need to focus on the workers having that option wherever that may live >> thank you. he was so this is the labor union for this he represents labor unions employees in the industry. can i just ask about other states that have passed or that have legalized recreational use. what is the success rate of the industry of unionized shops? i sense it is not like the retail industry and that it smaller sometimes collectively run dispensaries but i know that's

all changing but what is the six or eight of unionized nation in different dispensaries ? >> i would say there has been different success in different states. here in washington state in in oregon were doing a lot of work. colorado has started out again with sparrow but following through and things would like that. so in colorado is not as high percentage is what the my international union has been working on it i think the biggest thing here, labor--so many people when i go listen 20 industries talk about it given things going on there so many new things in there so many what if's or has it been-not quite sure how it's going to work out until 2018 this luck people saying i can help you get it legalized. this much out there it's a little overwhelming for people who in san francisco perhaps we have a lot of people that been in compliance because were san francisco we do tend to be the

leaders of things like that. in other areas would have not been paying attention they have not been-we want to be legalized we don't want to follow any rules. we still do what we want to do so it's all new to them and there's a huge learning curve for everybody. my essential thing is to have dialogue and i talk and listen to anybody who will talk about it to me. and let me because i want to learn. the government of the better my job if i learned that the biggest thing i'm concerned about, though, no matter who's the people getting rich in this a would love to have some ability to make that more equitable. but there are going to be big players. there are going to be people that are rich. this quantity perhaps would legalization and maybe a crashing may be a leveling out. my concern the whole time is that no matter who is getting rich the workers, we want jobs that are going be continually that. in this erratic time we need the workers to have some

stability and that is my main goal as a union representative and a worker advocate, to do the best we can in this uncertain time is coming up whatever may happen how it happens until we get that going on. workers always going to be there and workers should not be abused in this posterior view is that's excellent. >> that's actually not just wages and benefits for job security >> exactly. there's so many good players and were fortunate in san francisco do we have people following the rules and everything like that. there's a lot that were stories out there from workers. so i just that's my main focus >> thank you for focusing with laura on the economic industry

and the need for support from women, people of color, local businesses as well. then, thanks for expressing the long history of us cw support legalization efforts as well. >> predicates necessary because it has been an industry that many people are afraid of and afraid of right now. jobs are jobs. we want good jobs and we want good benefits to the community so these jobs are in-we want good people representing that industry. we want it to continue to be something that is an asset to any community that is and again, the uncertainty i think

is wide adoption for workers is more important at this time. i do believe, i don't know if it's a official thing us cw only union am aware that is going to be supporting proposition 64 and we are going to achingly stamp your we were the first before and first now. we want to be with the >> supervisor tenant >> in the interest of them made we could move the conversation along >> my apologies for rambling. is elliott beckham in here? thank you. i think i need to check. i appreciate his attorney and parent and former work with local to get i know he's a tremendous labor attorney but i'm not sure if he qualifies for the seat because i think it says must represent a labor union. the present employees in the cannabis industry so much or elliott again a great labor attorney but i'm not sure the qualifies for seat

>> when we heard from laster that was further discrepancy made a persuasive case as to why he should represent good that's what article vi to remember the crux of the argument was but am in agreement with you i don't think he's here today. >> thank you. see 21, daisy --followed by nathan--and sarah shrader >> unfortunately gable was not able to make it but she asked me to read a letter she's written for you. >> okay >> mr. chairman while were waiting on my note the discrepancy on the agenda again this item. daisy is see 22. sarah shrader is see 21 and that's transposed on the agenda just to make that clarification for the public. >> okay >> of this letter finds you in good health. like to request

the supervisors opening the rules committee reappointed to the california state legalization task force for second term. as holder of the seat i take my appointment with the utmost honor and remain steadfast to the task of advocating for public health and community collaboration and legalization for maximize the benefit. i've met with community stakeholders, organize community learning events toddled across california to meet other organizers and formally invited to assist summary members and open a statewide public health agenda. we are moving steadfast to our goals and reappointment by reappointed to the commission would be an honor and commitment to community revitalization and thank you for your time and consideration. >> thank you. nathan this summer and then nathan is perceived 21. is that right? okay. seat 21 is about policy

expert can for an organization focused on formulation of public policy. so it looks like nathan december is not here. sarah shrader for seat 21. sarah is not here. okay. now that we've heard from all the applicants let's open up for public comment anyone in the public will like to speak on any of the applicants? seeing none, public comment is closed. i want to thank [inaudible] about health about legalization as well. there was one e-mail that came in that was questioning whether michelle departure was any part of any conflicts. i'm just wondering if there's anyone that can adjust that? i do not see anything from that so that was just one e-mail that came in? that was the seat 11 is now open with a number of people that are vying

for seat 11. but i'm wondering if we could move towards approving those that have no opposition that are to be reappointed and that would be jesse stout, seat nine, eric pearson, seat 10, by sheer syrup cayenne, seat 12, >> seat 13 >> so, duncan is the current person. okay. but there is margot waffler [sp?] that's seat 13. let's keep over 13 because there's two for that one. seat 14 is only via sally. seat 15, john ballesteros. 16 and 17 are barbara c gotti and tom mcelroy. seat 18, laura thomas. seat 19 terrance alan.

we are than a hold off on the seat 20. seat 21 is nathan december the current >> they'll be sarah shrader is currently seeded >> so let's hold off on that one because there's two. then, see 22 only one person in the mix. daisy owes them can we approve the ones without any opposition >> we can get quick question can proceed 11 what did you say? >> there's one, 23, four, five, six people for buying for one seat. that's vacated by michelle aldrich the was will skip that one as well? >> yes he was perfect clerk i like to second the motion supervisor mar just made >> to move appointment reappointed all the seats i mentioned i don't have any competition. okay so can we do

that without objection >> without objection >> thank you. let's move to seat 11. we have a hard choice the fourth get the number people spoke in a number didn't but i want to say that can read and cream costs come highly recommended. i know the work of green costs as well as a patient and watching that business feel he would be a tremendous addition succeeding michelle aldrich leadership that i see also other great applicants there as well. i'm supportive of kevin read i'm wondering if there's any comments from a colleague? >> unsupportive of kevin read as well >> okay. then can we have a motion on seat 11 >> i like to make a motion of kevin read to seat 11 >> we will do that without objection. thank you. now let's move to seat number 13. between

duncan: phil leigh and margot waffler. seat 13 is owner of a small business in san francisco. without objection the motion it possible hopefully be able to support this that we appoint for a second term mr. duncan lake. >> second that. can we do that without objection thank you. now we are continuing seat number 20. then we have to just go to seat number 21 and it's between nathan the somber and sarah shrader. is that right >> correct, mr. chairman >> who the court current customers number >> sarah shrader is currently seeded. >> i like a motion we reappoint sarah shrader

>> second it can we do that without objection thank you. i think we've got to everything. we attend a fight that we are continuing seat 20 because of jennifer garcia's not being on our agenda and we will continue that onto the next meeting kit can we do that without objection >> without objection >> i think we made it to everything >> yes mr. chairman could i've reappointment for all members perceived 11 we have kevin read >> yes >> were continuing seat 22 for the next meeting >> great. any other business before us? >> if that motion passes >> is been moved and seconded by supervisor cohen. can we do that without objection thank you. thank you for your

patience everyone. is there any other business before us the was no more business mr. chairman >> okay. please call the next item >> that is the end of our agenda mr. chairman >> great. thank you everyone. meeting adjourned. >> >>[gavel] >>[adjournment] >> >> >>- all right. on 5, 5, 4, 3,

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others easing our opponents for the stair down is a pregame strategy even in lawn bowling. >> play ball. >> yes. >> almost. >> (clapping). >> the size of tennis ball the object of the game our control to so when the players on both sides are bold at any rate the complete ends you do do scoring it is you'll get within point lead for this bonus first of all, a jack can be moved and a

or picked up to some other point or move the jack with i have a goal behind the just a second a lot of elements to the game. >> we're about a yard long. >> aim a were not player i'll play any weighed see on the inside in the goal is a minimum the latter side will make that arc in i'm right-hand side i play my for hand and to my left if i wanted to acre my respect i extend so it is arced to the right have to be able to pray both hands. >> (clapping.) who one. >> nice try and hi, i'm been play lawn bowling affair 10 years after he retired i needed something to do so i picked up

this paper and in this paper i see in there play lawn bowling in san francisco golden gate park ever since then i've been trying to bowl i enjoy bowling a very good support and good experience most of you have of of all love the people's and have a lot of have a lot of few minutes in mr. mayor the san francisco play lawn bowling is in golden gate park we're sharing meadow for more information about the club including free lessons log >> we are joined by very special guests in the room. we have aicate orivist who is comcaest president of media

relations. we have [inaudible] who leads internet essentials. aaron low with sf connected. danny chung director of self help for the elderly. [inaudible] community technology network and marie joblong for community living program. a shout out to those folks for all their hard work. today we are informing about the impact of internet essentials in california, a state that benefited the most in termoffs people adopting this program as we try to tackle the so called, digital divide. internential essentials is essentially no the pent intended low cost adaumgz program in the country of its kind and there is no question there is a incraedbly deep need for internet access p. staggeringly so when you hear more about the numbers mpt . i had a front row view

reporting in other communities, it is the same thing. we see the evolution and role of technology and specifically the internet playing a larger piece how we operate in the day to day. this come tooz the contra dictionoffs sill convally. all the entrepreneur growth and outside the box thinking and creativity stemming and coming with silicon valley on one hand and on the other hand we have huge populations of people who don't have access to people to p with internet. populations that comprise entire states. it is quite actually a disconnect when we have someone we stand so strongly for on one hand, which is progress and equality and on the other hand, we have so many people who lack the basic resources. a

journalist i cannot imagine how my job would function without the internet t is essential for everything i do and at 2 a.m. when i whipe the sleep out of my eyes and trying to figure what is going on around me and what i missed the first thing is get on a computer and go to nbc news or cnn and look at my phone and see what happened. it is like oxygen for journalist. it is important as many know for communicating with the people cloest ist in your lives, friends, families and making doctors appointments and paying bills, typically it involves access to the internet. there are so many reasons people are not connected that we'll talk about today. from the cost of service, to the cost of the device and lack of access to dejtle lijerary training. perhaps no one understands this

more than cathy davis exectelevision director for george daceive senior residence, please welcome, cathy davis. [applause]. >> hello i'm cathy davis and executive director of bayview senior service and you are in the brand new dr. george davis senior center! hey! at first i want to acknowledge the board of directors of bayview senior service, they are there at that table. i see linda richer son, mrs. nixon who is our vise president. dr. churchhill may be somewhere and reverend hall they are the winds beneath my wings and keep the agency organized mpt i appreciate the staff here. i see fuleasha. i see frank and a lot of staff working hard and we cooked a luvly lunch for you in our

brand new state of the art kitchen thanks to john harris over there at the mayors aufs of community development, he got the money for the kitchen! so, we want to acknowledge and thank all our community partners but today our best and most exciting community partner is comcast. comcast is our neighbor. they are there on bay shore. you can throw a walk rock and see them and they have been nothing but spectac yrm helping with the move in with the building and what they bring to there seniors today. i want to thank scott and david and the whole team from comcast. i want to thank the community departments on aging who helped us connect people to the internet. i fs thinking today how important education was to dr. davis. learning something new. you are never too old to learn

something and when you get a computer and you get to see the whole world at your feet, you can learn something new every day. we are really excited about this opportunity and i know he would be thrilled. he would also be thrilled because his herey jackie jorner kersee is here and he was a track fanatic. he is beyond thrilled to see her here today. i want to thank everybody who came today. we will curve lunch quitely so we can get on with the program and i get to introduce one of the best friends to seniors you can have and that is our mayor, mayor ed lee, who believe me, between him and i we worked our magic to make the building. he is constantly listening and trying to adapt and improve service for seniors. he supports for

opposition i to get more money for senior service and a true frn to seniors, so without further introduction i want to thank you mayor lee for coming on out. [applause] >> isn't cathy wonderful? thank you cathy davis for your leadership! it is great to be here along with supervisor mu alia cohen. how did you enjoy the olympics? wasn't that great? we have in my opinion one of the best role models national spokes person jackie joining joyner-kersee is with us. did you bring the metal? 14 of you got? i don't know how many, but it is double digits or up there. i wanted

to wear one and take a picture. we'll do that with the warriors, right? the warriorwise the gold metals, we will do that. i'm happy to see david cohen from comcast again. david and i see each other a lot at u.s. conference of mayors where he talked to mayors across the country how corporate partnerships can help making sure the cities are more equitable and not producing the gaps even though all our cities like san francisco want to be leaders the internet, leaders of technology and innovation but there is something always challenging us here and it is called the digital divide. everybody knows what that word is? digital divide is folks that don't get all that technology apperates and all

the training to go with it and we don't want our communities to be divide in that way and that is why comcast for the last 5 years has created this wonderful program not just on their own, they created the partnerships that go along with the program called, internet essentials and this is where the community becomes invaluable because you have agencies like self help for the elderly, george w davis senior center, community living campaign, you got the community technology network and you got department of aging and adult services all working and collaborating together to make sure there is no digital divide. because as important as it is for a city to be modern and have all this technology and we have wifion market street that is free and 33 parks that are wifi, that

won't reach everybody. i got to get folks that live in public howing and senior housing, all over the city connected up because what we learned over the years is that particularly for our seniors, is that if you feel isolated, if you are not connecting with families and friend you have known thoferb years, if you can't go to neighborhood public libraries and get access or you don't have access to our community colleges, that isolation will work against us. that is why we wanted to be here today at this george davis center because the modern senior centers are the ones all connected up and we want to have that as part of our dna and senior centers across the city and all the different programs we have and that is why i ina big supporter of proposition i as well because dignity is making sure you goat get your fair share the cities

budget, right? yes. i want to be here today celebrating the community partnerships that comcast helped us support and we are doing it also from city government because sf connected is our program that linked up our department of aging and adult services and they also with formation like comcast and others create adfoundation in which the internet essentials can be supportive and successful and in fact, when comcast launched this about a year ago, it focused on seniors they chose san francisco as one of the launching pads and it is my understanding given the foundation we created, we are one of the best performing internet essential successs for our seniors in all of the country. give yourselves a really good applause there. in fact, i'm looking over at the computers, they look so nice.

you better keep you eye open because i may grab one of those when i come off the stage because these computers that link up and hook up the affordsability which is a great part of the digital divide that sometimes people say technology is out of our-reach because it isn't affordable. internet essentials makes that gap happen. it is kind of like having free muni for seniors. isn't that helpful? yeahx you get on that bus. we spend millionoffs dollars on a network we ought to help those that cannot afford to get on there use it. we will have more housing in our city. how like more housing like gw davis housing here? 120 units. the computers are much more essential these days and that is why it is important we embrace this opportunity. the other thing that i think has been really exciting

particularly for jackie jorner and dave cohen and compast is that they are workwalk working with hud to make sure all our low-income residents regardless of age get access to the internet in an affordable and very solid way. i already learned that our public housing residents section 8 residents will also be reached with this internet essentials. this will be critical because hud is supposed to promise not just the housing but it isn't always about just the brick and mortar and know folks in the room know that. it is about healthy meals and being connected up and having programs you can interrelate with and if youment to dance and sing and just have friends, that is what connectivity is about. it isn't just the housing, it is

all the other things that make the quality of life valuable to all of us and this is what i joined are sfr visor cohen on that we want the whole package for our seniors and low-income youth z low-income residents to be connected up, to have good job jz connected with families and make sure there is no digital divide in our city. are you with me on that? alright. you heard it all from me already but we'll continue working. i have more housing to build and more people to be connected up and more programs and cathy promised me on a good day she will make that bbq for me as well. thank you very much. [applause]

>> alright folks, mayor lee

thank you very much. thank you for your leadership and lifting up the community. thank you for inspiring so many pictures that will go on social media and as soon as everyone is hooked uch up we will start trending. mayor lee used the same words as cathy davis and talked about partner ships and the fact partnerships work because there are so many actors whether it is governments, non-profit groups, educators, it all works toorkt to create the product. but how did we get here? who had the vision? we are fortunate to have joining us all the way from comcast corporal offices, the individual who recognized the issue of the digital divide

needed to be addressed. he took it apoun himself to do his part and have comcast do his part and breed a culture with employee tooz do their part. he developed the vision and took the lead creating internet essentials which is now 5 years in go tg into 6th year. this had such a profound impact on so many families mptd the visionary internet essentials, the senior executive vise president and chief diversity officer, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, david cohen. [applause] >> i'm glad you went after the mayor because the microphone is at my height now. thanks very much everyone and good morning and welcome and thanks for having us here today and interfering a little in your day. it is wonderful for me to be back in san francisco. i

have done 4 internet essential events with your mayor in the last 5 years and today i want to especially thank cathy davis for hosting us here today. i like coming to this place because you can tell cethy is not quite sherbet her level of enthusiasm to this facility. not really. it is fantastic to hear your enthuse amp and what a incredible facility you have here. cathy worked through mayor administrations to make this a facility a realty and i want to congratulate you, you have done a fantastic job. [applause], so this is noted, we started this internet essentials program 5 years goy in 2011 and over that 5 year period of time we and it isn't just we comcast, it is comcast,

the non-profit partners and governmental partners, the library partners and school district partners have been able to connect 750,000 families or 3 million low-income americans to the internet, most of them for the first time in their lives. that is a major accomplishment and it is by far the largest number of sign ups in any broadband adoption program by any private or public sector program. we are in california and the third year in a row california is the number 1 state for internet essentials connections. we have-worth a hand. california we connected all most a half million low-income residents of this state to the internet and here in the bay area between oakland and san francisco all most

40,000 low-income resident in the bay area. so,-[applause] so, a year ago i came to san francisco and we announced the launch of a pilot to extend internet essentials eligibility which was originally tied to families with school age children eligible to participate in the national school lunch program to low-income senior population. this is one of 5 cities in america. i never like correcting mayors, it is bad form butd on this correction mayy will be happy. san francisco isn't one of the best performing cities in the low-income senior pilot, it is the best performing city. [applause] so rsh we have been able to sign up 2 thousand low-income seniors in the city in the past 11 months and it

is beginning to have a major impact in san francisco senior population. again, as with classic internet essentials, this would not happen without a real partnership between the mayor and the city and non-profits and infrastructure created around the senior population in san francisco. so, because i think a video is saying the picture is worth a thousand words of video, maybe worth a million words. we prepared a short video to show the impact of the senior pilot right here in san francisco, so let's run that video. >> my son gave me the [inaudible] about 2 to 3 weeks ago and it is [inaudible]

>> today we do everything with internet. we don't know the internet it is hard to connect with the world. learning computer skills we feel more confudent. squee have a ways to go but narrowing the digital divide among ethnic groups and [inaudible] >> when comcast announced there is a [inaudible] a lot of seniors [inaudible] then quh come to the classes to learn. >> i learn a lot and not only from the computer but learned thew use my i pad. >> i want to learn more because it is interesting and i want to [inaudible] >> i think combination of not understanding the rel vens and largely fear caused some people to be reluctant to go on line. our goal is to help people understand they can go on line,

not with absolute safety but relative safety and take advantage of all this great technology. >> i go on pintrist and when i finish a project i share it with my friend. >> each class is its own social network. we see the [inaudible] go for lunch afterwards. >> our age it is really important. we cannot just sit at home and [inaudible] >> it is a joy to us seniors have when they are connected, when they look forward to each day, look forward to connecting with friends and look forward to learning something new every day. >> [applause] >> as the mayor said, we are also announcing another significant expansion of the internet essentials program

that started with families with children eligible for the national school lunch program. san francisco expanded that to low-income senior jz now we are also expanning to all seniors who receive hud housing assistance. people in hud housing receive section 8 certificates or other forms of hud housing assistance. whether you have children or whether you are a senior, if you receive hud housing assistance you will be eligible for internet essentials. nationally that is another 2 million homes eligible in the bay area. it is all most 40,000 additional homes eligible for this program between oakland and san francisco and california the number one state in the country in terms of eligible hud housing assisted families with 190,000 families now eligible to participate in internet

essentials. so, there is no better way to understand the impact of this than to look at the life of one person and mr. putranko in san francisco is one of the first seniors to sign frup the pilot program and he was good enough to let us follow him around for a day and do a short video about his life and the difference internet essentials has made to him. so, let's roll our second video. >> i was born in south ukraine. my mother and father had to work, so all day i was alone. all day sit in side [inaudible] there is a lot i see [inaudible]

i learned about internet essentials and [inaudible] looking for information on line. the internet is very important for communication. i can connect with my friends and students. they talk about that and [inaudible] it is very good for me. my sons are always asking me, what are you working on? are you [inaudible] i like to post pictures of my paintings and my life on line so [inaudible] so they can show people what their father does. i don't need much anymore. what i would like is a high quality life. this is very important to me now. my youngest son is a opera singer

and he goes all over the world. i don't get to see him perform. now i can watch his concert on line and i [inaudible] [applause] >> so, it is stories like that that inspire all of us at comcast and all our non-profit partners who want to make the program more successful and make sure every senior in san francisco, every low-income senior in the country has access to the internet and enjoys life the way mr. putrarngo is doing so. the other purpose being here today, is to announce that we are giving $200 thousand in grants to bay area non-profits to keep building on the success we had over the past year. so, here in san francisco we will extend

grants to our existing senior pilot partners, seft self help for the elderly, community libing campaign and technology network so they do the good work they have been able to engage in. we will give a new series of grants to partners in neighborhoods throughout the city to expand awareness around our recent expansion of internet essentials to public housing and these groups include bayview senior services, chinatown community development center, the felten institute and the mission housing development corporation. so, congratulations to all of those organizations and thank you for our partnership. [applause] i have one last announcement. one last substantive announcement and one last introduction. my announcement is one that should be of interest to everyone in the room. so, show of hands-i know

you are all moving into your new units of g dairfbs center, how many are living or moving into units here? most of the room. now embarrassment to this, but how many of you have computers now in your units? laptop or desktop. only a few. all most none. let me tell you what we will do here today, in about a hour the answer to that question is going to have every hands in the room go up because when we leave here today all these computers you see behind here, comcast is donating a free computer to every resident of the george w davis senior center. [applause] we want to make sure you are

have all the tools to make this place live and hum to the vision that was designed into this building and we will do our best to bring the internet to all of you. i saw a few people here who were not libing here and we want to take care of you too so we will have a raffle for people who don't live at this center, if you sign up for internet essential we will have a raffle that gives free computers to those people as well because our commitment is getting every senior in the community connected to the internet. thank you for being such a good audience and you will go home nicely rewarded which is our goal coming and impinging on your time. cathy davis will explain the way this works at the end of the program so stay with us until we get through

the rest the program. my last responsibility here is a pleasant responsibility. the mayor said, we have announced jackie joyner-kersee is the national spokes person for internet essentials. gicy jackie is a extraordinary person. she is a 6 time olympic medal winner. need a lot of applause here. she performed in 4 olympics and the first african american woman to win the gold medal in the long jump in the olympics. she is the first and only woman to win the pathd [inaudible] in two conseck tev olympics. thee is the world record holder in the [inaudible] and espn call said

her one of the 50 greatest athletes of all times. [applause] you'll hear in a second in a video a sports caster roughering to jackie joyner as a tough woman. she accomplished all that with falife long bad batal with as asthma. imagine the success she had even though thee battles asthma. she is a amazing woman. as a executive with comcast, nbc and universal and own the olympics between now and 2032, i'm blown away by her olympics accomplishments and accomplishments as a human being. born and raised in east saint lewis. the community center that kept that community

going closed as a young person and when she had all that success at ucla squu lumpics she could have gone anywhere and done anything but she decided to go back to east saint lewis to go back to her home town community and created a foundation and opened her own community center in east saint lewis which she supports and runs today. [applause] and her passion and commitment to making the lives of young people and seniors in east saint lewis literally makes her a hero. i can't gee prouder to be associated with jackie joyner-kersee. before i bring her up i want to show a video that will get you in the mood to hear from jackie so let's role the last video. >> jackie joyner-kersee

[inaudible] greatest female athlete. standing with the worlds greatest. the reining queen of track and field. the opening of the [inaudible] jackie joyner-kersee. gold medal. the greatest we have ever seen. [inaudible] jackie joyner-kersee comes to the finish line. [inaudible] nobody had ever successfully defended a gold medal until now. [inaudible] she is the toughest ladesy i have seen, there is no end to jackie

joyner-kersee. [inaudible] another record for jackie joyner-kersee. [inaudible] jackie joyner-kersee is the first lady of track and field. [applause] >> please welcome our internet essentials spokesperson, jackie joyner-kersee. >> thank you. thank you so very much. i truly appreciate it. it is just really-when i

walked through the door and i was greeted with so many of you and you know, it just really did my heart well because i grew up in a community similar to yours and i understand the importance of what it feels like to be in a community that is underserved or people overlook you or don't think you deserb this and i'm so humble to be the national spokesperson for internet essentials and grateful to comcast. and as i watched the video and listen to the music it said just like fire, just like the magic, access to the internet is just like fire and you will see the magic that it will make in your lives and it is each and ever one of you deserve to have access because that is what we all want is access. as a

olympic athlete growing up in east saint lewis not knowing i had the ability or potential to one day become that olympic athletes but it was someone and group of individuals who saw the potential i did knonet i had and that is what we are doing for you here at the george davis scepter because we see the potential and don't want you to be denied. we want you to connect to the great grandbabies so you can see them. i thank comcast and thank each and ever one of you because you can stay connected through the internet. you deserve to have access, you deserve to have what i say gods blessing to all of us. so remember, just like the magic, just like the fire, you have

the power to turn it on because you are the magic and you will be the fire. thank you. [applause] >> wow. can i just say what everyone in the room is thinking now. we have sitting in the same room with jackie joyner-kersee and you know what? unlike mayor lee we don't want to touch your medals we just want acephaly self iy. thank you for the thoughtful response and congratulations on your role for internet essentials the official spokesperson. thank you for using the platform. there are so many people that achieved fame and success whether it is athletics or any other areas of life and they don't utilize

and try to effect change in the communities they grow up in and other communities and effect peoples live jz you are embodiment of someone who takes that and maximizes it for all it is wurkt. worth. thank you so much for doing that. [applause]. i think we also say that we grew up watching you. we saw you break records. we saw you break barriers. grant i may have been like 6 at the time and you guys 30's or so, but thank you. thank you for doing that. let's point out right now that this is just a role that will left people up and that is the idea and why you are here. thank you. a new definition to high-speed internet by the way i should add, for sure. now we talk about another champion for seniors, the bay areas very own

larry mags who is a journalist for kcbs but president and ceo of correct safely.org. join me in welcoming larry magis. >> talk about a hard act to follow. that was inspirational and incredibly humble to be in the same presence as jackie and david and all of you. um, all of you. so, i am ceo of connect safely and some may hear me talking about technology or perhaps the radio network in the morning talking about technology and it is a great privilege to be able to bring technology into the lives of people in the bay area and around the country. i work with cbs news and san jose mercury news. i started this

organization around 2005, cofounded the organization during the period when my space was coming. you remember my space? not very big anymore but it was big for a while. when my space came around everyone was scared. politicians and media and parent were scared because people are posting things on line and people were nervous and rather than cower to fear we got together with colleagues from comcast and google and face book and attorney general and president obama administration and worked to make sure people are educated to use the technology safely and appropriately and that is exactly what happened whether it is my space and now face book or comcast internet service, by knowing the rules of the road you can use the technology safely. i know you are all getting computers, if anyone is wurbdy worried we

have a booklet called the seniors guide to on line safety. i can never guarantee 100 percent safety any time in life whether on the internet or in a car or airplane walking down the street, lying in bed, one can never say nothing can go wrong, that is life. we have all been around the block. but what i can say is you can madgeen manage the risks. if you are careful about what you post and put on your critical thinking skill said and use the wisdom you gained in most cases through many decades of life and apply that to the internet then you will have a great time and nothing will go wrong, probably. in all probability. i also want to point out we patronize seniors because let's face it, our generation and your generation invented the technology. steve

wazneck built the apple computer. the baby boomers and pre-baby boomers built thish technology so take advantage of it. with the nrbt net there is so much we can do whether banchging or shopping or access to health care. when i go to the the doctor by the time i get home my bled tests are on line and if i have a question i can send a message to by doctor. i don't have to pay the copay. i don't know how many here are effected by this but bet there are some. on lineidating e dating is not just for teens and 20 year olds. some of you probably know that. a lot of senior citizens are out there meeting people on line and on line

dating is terrific. i have a neighborhood in her 70 's that just met her partner on the internet so it is real and something we can take advantage of. not all, my wife is here. everybody i know about on line dating was told to me. it is a powerful tool. socializing and meeting new friends and keeping in touch with old friends. taking advantage of service like face time to have video conversations with kids and families. how many like to travel? yep. you can get information and lower cost fairs on line. t anywhere you want to go. go to you tube and search for your destination and

someone posted a travel video and you get great trips. i go on you tube to change a toilet seat. i don't have a clue. i may be good at technology but put a wrench in my hand and i'm lost. those resources are out there. all the resources from the government, medicare, social security, housing information, transportation, clipper card, anything you need from the government whether it is to find government or mayor lee in san francisco or the fine government of the united states t is available and there is no reason not to take advantage. you paid for it, take advantage of that great free government information. some of you folks are probably interested making a little money. there is on line-i won't say go on line and make a fortune but there are people finding work on line and doing crafts on line, selling things. it is a amazing opportunity.

so many things on e bay. there is plenty of opportunity for anyone who wants to explore. we know the internet has phenomenal opportunity and the are risks like any good thing. there is nothing in life. fire cookathize food but can burn down the house. most of the time it is positive thing. there are risks and we don't sugar coat anything. the seniors guide it on line safety we talk how to maintain and protect your privacy. you have right tooz control who has access to your information. nobody besides you has the right to control that. we talk how to do that. crams, unfochinately there are those who prey on all of us, young and old, everybody. there are criminals who want to take their money, whether they say they are from microsoft kw want access to your computer?

anybody get a call from the irs. if the irs needs to get a hold of you they won't call you. they will knock on your door or write a letter. all these scam squz they are not only by phone, they are coming on line so we need to be savvy and avoid the scammers. think brf you post. connect safely start said as a service for the young people. the seniors guide is a first publication. the fact is think before you post applies to everyone t. is easy to hit the send but squn say i wish i didabout say that. be kind and don't take abuse from anyone. it is really important that we realize that when we are on line we are us, our reputations are at stake just as i'm sure everyone in the room treats each other nicely and is polite around

them. just because you are on a computer doesn't mean you are not still human being and the person on the other end isn't human being. cyberbullying isn't just for young people. young wem toon sexual harassment and young men, older folks to harassment. if anyone bothers you on line report it and deal with it because you have a right to go on line and be treated respectfully. we all have to be iweir aware of security tough password that are tough to guess and easy to remember. i'm so thrilled you are all getting computers and looking forward to seeing you on line. i'm larry magen on facebook and @ larry magen on twitter, follow me and i'll follow you back. thank you and congratulations. [applause] >> larry thank you very much. thank you for be agchampion

protecting the seniors rchlt we have a lot more people to consult with after the connect event coming up. at this point we like to be joined by a san franciscan leader who i'm sure you recognize and know very well. she works daily and tireerless on issues that impact the community and quality of life. she is your representative. let me welcome now at this point san francisco district 10 supervisor, malia cohen. [applause]. >> thank you very much. good afternoon everybody. how you doing? you feeling full? how was the bb q? not bad? not good? let me know, i'll have a word with cathy in the back, we can fix that. you know, i think what is important here is recognize and often our narrative in the bayview hunters point is we are always left behind. i think jackie

joyner-kersee nailed it when she talked about internet connection and excited for you because internet connection is about opening up a world that you may or may not be aware of. it is incredible. you know when the doctor gives you that prescription, and makes you -maybe it doesn't make you feel good, you can research the ingredients on the prescription. say you is a headache or stomach ache and remedys come up. here is something else you can also do, face time your grand children or great grand children rchlt the kids away in college. it is a way to stay connected and very important we not leave anyone behinds so today you get free computers but we need to bring you classes on how to work the computers. right? so we will make sure you we give you the tools and impact the

knowledge and wisdom and most importantly how to do it safely so you idaentty isn't stolen and are able to connect can friends and families in the bay area and those in other parts the cuntsry. what is also poncht is we in the bayview hunters point we are the northern neighbor to silicon valley and you hear a rot about technology, right? technology is not leaving anybody behind, that is is why today is so important and grateful i comcast and internet essentials to make sure everyone stays connected. your livelihood and health of you and family are all connected on the interet. you can do all types of sunchs and if you have a complaint you can always write your supervisors. if you have a councilman you can-if you have a compliment you can write too.

it is important we [inaudible] the digital gap. the internet is essential for participation in the econ omy and our community so when you know people look frg housing, you may know grandschild looking for a job, everything is driven on the internet. that young person can come connect with you. in san francisco is the epicenter of technology and disproportionate access to internet. comcast pledged to connect not only the go george senior center but people in public housing and section 8 vouchers. that is a critical opponent and want to thank mr. cohen had for bringing that and scott adams and the internet essentials team. seniors help build the city. proposition i,

dignity funds, that allows seniors and people with disabilities the ability to live in their house so we have money available to you when you need it. so no longer feeling vulnerable and fear of evictions, no longer fear of displacement. that is what this is about. that is the movement that san francisco is moving in the direction of, taking care of those that stood before us and paid their debt so as a daughter and granddaughter iant to say thank you that fought that fought that allowed me to be here and be your supervisor. i'm grateful. thank you. [applause] so, i'm proud to deliver this milestone and don't sleep now that we are connected. now there are many opportunities to stay corrected and share information. be sure to take advantage of the computer classes we will bring right here in this very facility. i love you all, i hope you have a wonderful rest

the week, thank you very much for your time and consideration. [applause] >> supervisor cohen, thank you very much. they can e-mail you as well after todays event? perfect. i saw a lot of nodding heads as you mentioned the fact that-thank you for those remarks and everyone here david mentioned we have boxes of computers to give away and it is time now to get started and hooked up and familiar with the skills you need so cathy davis i'll set it back to you for that part the connect event. >> i want to give a final thanks to comcast and our friends, david, scott, lor enaall the ambassadors and all the people in the white shirts. i saw linda creighton over

here. this is so great to see her. she is dr. davis were good friends. just want to also acknowledge the building and that our community partners that built this building is mu cormic [inaudible] management is in the house right there, raise your hands. there is a saint lewis connection between these saint lewis and [inaudible] they helped build the building so proud to be partners with them and will make sure every senior gets their computer, but wait, we have to do more. first of all i want to make sure everybody signs up for internet essentials that is eligible and can sign up for it. we did these applications, the pre-applications you signed up for earlier but you have to go and make a phone call to comcast to make them real. so you got to take your paper, go back to the people in the white shirts with the internet

essentials and talk to them and they'll get you hooked up to internet essentials. so, if you are a resident in the building we'll make sure you get on internet essentials if you want to and if you want to get into the raffle and you are not a resident then you need to fill this out and sign up for comcast internet essentials. everybody clear about that? so i'm excited for the residents of the building. people ask how does this happen? i said i asked. i went to comcast and said i like to see some real technology for the seniors over here and they came through in big time, so let's give them a big round of applause for helping us out in the community. they are great neighbors and partners so what we want to do now is play a little music. those that need to see the people with the white shirts and sign up for internet connections do that

now. 145 if not earlier we will have the raffle and at 2 o'clock i think we are still on 2 a clock time we will sign up all the seniors in this building. if they didn't make it today let us know and we'll make sure they get their computers on another day but if you live in the building we'll sign you up after we get on internet essentials. thank you so much for coming out today. are we fired up and ready to go! we are-wait to you see us a year from now, we will be on line face booking the supersize visor and taking care of everyone and their health care so let's make it happen. thank you. -------------------------------- -

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>> we broke ground in december of last year. we broke ground the day after sandy hook connecticut and had a moment of silence here. it's really great to see the silence that we experienced then and we've experienced over the years in this playground is now filled with these voices. >> 321, okay. [ applause ] >> the park was kind of bleak. it was scary and over grown. we started to help maclaren

park when we found there wasn't any money in the bond for this park maclaren. we spent time for funding. it was expensive to raise money for this and there were a lot of delays. a lot of it was just the mural, the sprinklers and we didn't have any grass. it was that bad. we worked on sprinkler heads and grass and we fixed everything. we worked hard collecting everything. we had about 400 group members. every a little bit helped and now the park is busy all week. there is people with kids using the park and using strollers and now it's safer by utilizing it. >> maclaren park being the largest second park one of

the best kept secrets. what's exciting about this activation in particular is that it's the first of many. it's also representation of our city coming together but not only on the bureaucratic side of things. but also our neighbors, neighbors helped this happen. we are thrilled that today we are seeing the fruition of all that work in this city's open space. >> when we got involved with this park there was a broken swing set and half of -- for me, one thing i really like to point out to other groups is that when you are competing for funding in a hole on the ground, you need to articulate what you need for your park. i always point as this sight as a model for other communities. >> i hope we continue to work on the other empty pits that

are here. there are still a lot of areas that need help at maclaren park. we hope grants and money will be available to continue to improve this park to make it shine. it's a really hidden jewel. a lot of really hidden jewel. a lot of people don't know it's here. [train whistle blowing] global warming. [whistle blows] some say irreversible consequences are 30 years away. 30 years? that won't affect me. [brakes screech]

>> okay good afternoon. ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the tuesday, september 20, 2016, of the san francisco municipal transportation agency board of supervisors and call the roll director brinkman director borden director heinecke director hsu director nolan director ramos director rubke