preparing for the upcoming new year festivities. we must remain aware and work with our local police to ensure the safety of our community. thank you. (speaking chinese) (speaking chinese)

come february 16th and join with us new year day. thank you. >> next, another ally in building strong connections across san francisco cultures. someone i have been grateful to collaborate with in my career in san francisco. i want to welcome chinese newcomer service director george chan. >> hello everyone. i'm george chan, the executive director of newcomer service center. thank you for letting us join this event. (speaking chinese) (applause)

>> okay. our next speaker is someone i have had the pleasure of working with, we have worked together on cross-cultur cross-cultural collaborations, please welcome sarah wong. >> i want to shout out to all the community based organizations, helping out and walking along in chinatown to talk to merchants about safety during new year. i want to shout out to all the special volunteers. thank you for their work. i wish everyone well, health and happiness in the year of the dog. thank you. (applause) >> now i want to welcome assembly member choy, representing chinatown. >> good afternoon everyone. good to see everyone on a classically sunny day in san

francisco. i apologize for being late, i just got here from a floor session in the assembly. but thank you for being part of the important safety announcement. this is a press conference i have taken part in virtually every year i've been in office. it's so important to not just wish everyone a happy lunar new year but make sure we're safe. i know there have been speakers who have talked about fraud and blessing scams but it's so important to get the word out. i want to take a moment to mention another safety issue that has been threatened to our immigrant communities and that is the recent suggestion and announcement by president trump's immigration authorities that they may be coming down into northern california in the coming weeks and months to do widespread raids of our communities. just this past hour, in sacramento, our attorney general

announced we will be certainly enforcing a law that i authored this past year, that is the immigrant worker protection act to ensure that if ice agents come knocking on the doors of work places like restaurants, that employ many immigrant workers, employers are required to ask for subpoenas or judicial warrants before allowing the ice agents to do raids on their work places. i want to help educate the public about this because we are expecting raids imminently and it's important we are prepared as a community that knows how important our immigrant families and workers are in san francisco and in california. but with that, i want to wish everybody a happy lunar new year and thank you to the organizers and safe for keeping us safe.

>> hello. i think we're all going to come together on the board of supervisors. we want to wish you all a happy new year. (speaking chinese) happy new year to everyone. i'm a proud representative, i'm hillary ronen and i want to wish everyone a safe and happy lunar new year. >> (speaking chinese) i want to thank project safe for doing this and we'll be walking in the second chinatown san francisco doing the same thing with our merchants. happy lunar new year to everyone. >> (speaking chinese)

>> good afternoon everyone. i'm commissioner safai. i want to thank the district attorney and police chief from being here today, i am a true believer on deterring crime and what cameras can do and we saw that firsthand in our community. we've had a wave of home break-ins and one of the things that is very helpful in determining the crime are the home security cameras. i want to encourage people to think about deterring crime. happy lunar new year and year of the dog. >> have much luck and fortune in the new year. i'm jane kim and i'm proud to

represent the downtown area, including the market and tenderloin and treasure island. i want to as everyone else had remind everybody to be safe in one of the most important events here in san francisco, celebrating our new year. i want to recognize sf safe and sfpd for their partnership. this is my eighth year participating in this press conference and helping hundreds of people remain safe during if festivities. good luck to all of our residents. i want to thank and recognize paul yip but our captains working the parades and festivities, darrell fong who is here today, i know will be working closely and from the tenderloin station, we'll be working in concert together to make sure residents and workers are safe as we celebrate the

year of the dog. and finally in regards to making sure that we're all aware of what's going on with the blessing scams, i want to appreciate san francisco police chief for working with our officer and supervisor aaron peskin's office to convene a meeting to make sure sfpd is putting the resources it has available to investigating the scams as well. we want our constituents to report, but we want to make sure we're investigating and bringing people to justice to make sure they are not taking advantage of the most vulnerable in our community. happy new year. (applause) >> okay. so i want to introduce malcolm young from the chinatown community development center. i got it. >> all right you got it! okay. i know, exactly. i'm going to make this quick.

all right, so everybody, and the reverend isn't here but i stole it from him and we're going to do it every year. slow down for chinatown! >> slow down for chinatown! >> one more time. slow down for chinatown! all right thank you. pedestrian safety is key during chinese new year, there will be people every where and it's critical we watch out for people so no one gets hurt. one more time, slow down for chinatown! thank you everybody. >> so in closing, i'm so proud to be here with all these passionate and community oriented leaders. our united efforts can help make san francisco a safer place for all residents. we know a key part of this is being a part of the community,

when people know each other they look out for each other. when you stay aware and talk to your neighbors, you help protect your neighborhood and cities. before closing i want to say thank you to everyone in attendance and coming out in this weather. i appreciate it. thank you very much. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> they tend to come up here and drive right up to the vehicle and in and out of their car and into the victim's vehicle, i would say from 10-15 seconds is all it takes to break into a car and they're gone. yeah, we get a lot of break-ins in the area. we try to -- >> i just want to say goodbye. thank you. >> sometimes that's all it takes. >> i never leave anything in my car. >> we let them know there's been a lot of vehicle break-ins in this area specifically, they target this area, rental cars or vehicles with visible items. >> this is just warning about vehicle break-ins. take a look at it. >> if we can get them to take it with them, take it out of the

cars, it helps. >> thank you all for being here this morning. i want to touch upon the encouraging news we heard last night, a federal judge just issued a stop against discrimination actions of the trump administration to deport daca recipients in the country. (applause) and we all know it's not the first time the judicial system had to step in to protect our residents from the cruel and misguided policies of this administration which targets our immigration communities. while we were happy to hear this welcoming news, we know that in this city we must work together to protect our immigrant

families. we must stand united in the face of intolerance and today with the opening of this new incredible family resource center we're showing that san francisco supports all residents. i want to thank sam reese here today for hosting us and acknowledge the latino parity coalition for providing families in need. and i'm delighted to be here to acknowledge the role they play in diverse families and the newest member is the el centro bayview, which will open -- (applause) which will open its doors this friday. and it is just such a beautiful facility. i'm so excited with how

welcoming it will be to the community. since 2009 the centers have operated across the city providing cultural services to families and youth. and with the opening of el centro bayview, san francisco can proudly say 26 centers are serving residents and neighborhoods throughout san francisco. they will be specifically charged with providing services to immigrant communities who for one reason or another are unaware or hesitate to reach out for support or services. it is so important that these families step out of the shadows and receive the resources they need. we understand why they are weary to do so, they feel attacked, we hear the threats from our federal government every single day sadly. and just this monday president trump ended the temporary

protective status for our el salvador residents who came because of a devastating earthquake in their country. and similar to haiti and nicaragua and pushing families out for trying to make a better life for themselves or trying to tear them down or build walls will not make our country safer or stronger. the people who are a part of this country, the immigrants and the folks who are part of the communities is what makes our city and our country stronger. (applause) and we are here to remind residents in san francisco, in this city you will always be defended, you will always be

supported and we in san francisco are a sanctuary city today, tomorrow and always. (applause) el centro bayview will be a place of community, a place where families can grow and thrive and children can reach their dreams. when we open the resource center we're telling the administration we will not back down from our values here in san francisco. we will stand strong, we will stand proud, we will continue to do all we can to put the resources into resource centers like this that are going to continue to support our families. this is so important. this is a major step in the right direction and i'm so grateful to our many community partners who make this work possible, the ones in the trenches doing the work working with our communities and

families and at this time i want to bring up sam reese for some comment. (applause) >> and i was going to talk a little bit about family resource centers but somebody beat me to it. (laughter) excellent, you're hired. so good morning everyone. before i say anything more, out of respect for someone who helped us lead the process for this site to become a reality, honorable mayor lee. without his support we wouldn't be here this morning. with that being said, i would appreciate it if i could use one of my five minutes specifically in honor of mayor lee. a minute of silence, please.

(moment of silence) thank you everyone. much appreciated. so, we are here at the site called southeast families united. this is an early care and family facility, one of 11 sites mission operates in various neighborhoods in san francisco. this site is introducing a family resource center with one goal in mind, that is to provide our children attending these classrooms with the necessary support for our families to thrive. it is the parent who is the first teacher and the first

teacher must always be ready to engage with their child, to support their child, to nurture the child so he/she can develop into an individual who is a contributor to our community and our society. the reality is that it's not just what the child learns in the classroom, it's also what happens at the home. unfortunately, many, most of our families whose child is attending our classrooms here are experiencing significant barriers, significant challenges at home. and mostly because they have been through the eviction process. in san francisco in the mission district in the last 10 years we've lost 8,000 families. that's a lot of folks. and yes, they have moved, they have relocated to counties outside of san francisco, but the neighborhood of choice, there have been two neighborhoods of choice for families relocating, one is

bayview hunters point and the other is the exselsior. it's no longer about families renting a room to live in, it's renting a hallway to live in. that places significant issues on our families and the family resource center with a competent team will support these families as they move on to hopefully a better situation. so, i also want to say that i'm glad that our courts have stepped in to address the issue that was just identified by our mayor. but i also have another stark reality that i think we need to accept. our core value at mission neighborhood centers with early head start program is to prepare the child to enter school and

succeed throughout so they can graduate and continue on to college and graduate. now, the reality that we're facing whether we want to accept it or not is in our prison system. let's all understand one fact, fact of life that you cannot contradict, not 50, not 60, not 70, not 80% but more than 80% of our prisoners, of our men and women happen to be high school drop-outs. over 80%. now, yes, it's true at this site we'll only look after 52 children, but all the data that we have, every single report we have read, those children, children from low income families who have access to early education programs will most likely graduate and continue on to college and

graduate from college. that's our goal and with support from mayor breed, we'll make that a reality. in closing, i would like to acknowledge that this effort, our coalition and frc at this point is being introduced because of two other organizations with mission neighborhood centers at the lead, good samaritan community resource center. (applause) is one of our partners. our second is mission economic association. (applause) so with that, i would like to thank the mayor's office of community housing -- mayor's office of housing and community development. they keep changing the name. my apologies. (laughter) thank you very much. so i would like to introduce our next speaker, a client of mission neighborhood centers, a

parent, anna (spanish) (applause) we'll have translation services for those who can't speak spanish. thank you. (voice of translator): hello good morning. i'm very grateful to be here to be here with everyone here at mission neighborhood centers. (speaking french) (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): my experience with missionary neighborhood centers is they have provided childcare for me and one of my daughters is there

as well. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): there's a lot of people here in our community that don't know a lot about the services here in our community. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): a lot of the barriers that our latino community here face is not being able to speak english and just being afraid because they don't speak english. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): many times we are in fear so we don't

seek services because we don't have our immigration status in order. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): our community here needs houses and jobs. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): i think that if our community here was aware of more services, things would be a lot easier for us. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): i hope that together here in this community of bayview, together we can all do more. (speaking spanish)

(voice of translator): many times in my case i live here in the bayview district but have had to go to the mission district to get services. (speaking spanish) (voice of translator): thank you for opening the center and for it being able to support me and to work together. (end of translation) (applause) >> so our san francisco latino parity and equity coalition consists of 21 member organizations and included in those 21, the executive director is joining us this morning and is the next speaker. (applause)

>> good morning. today is a good day. like a few days recently, when we're able to come together and not only celebrate the opening and expansion of services to latino families in san francisco and immigrant families, like we heard our mothers talk about how important it is to have access to services in your community and not have to travel, which is always difficult when you have children, especially if you're taking public transportation and this is a long time coming. the latino community has been part of the bayview district for decades and has been underserved and so this space creates an opportunity to build a community and black and brown and multicultural alliances, mainly with low income families in our cities. we're proud of the advocacy that resulted in additional resources

granted by mayor lee so we could be here today expanding services to our children and families and make the best investment a city can make, in our children, youth and families. and we're happy to say justice is ruling in favor of our youth once again and of what's right. san francisco has been a pillar in the nation and even internationally in terms of expanding protections for immigrant communities, making sure that our city is a city that affirms a value that we're a city for everyone. we know this ruling today will only lead us to a greater victory for the dreamers, because they are one of our city's, our nation's greatest assets. they're bilingual, they're bicultural. today we're investing in our most precious assets, our children, youth and families.

congratulations and let the work continue. thank you mayor. (applause) >> thank you for the words. and also mayor london breed, thank you for being with us this morning. it is greatly appreciated. and with those words, also thank all of you for joining us this morning and this press conference now is closed. thank you very much. thank you. (applause) ♪

>> i'm rebecca and i'm a violinist and violin teacher. i was born here in san francisco to a family of cellists, professional cellists, so i grew up surrounded by a bunch of musical rehearsals an lessons. all types of activities happened in my house. i began playing piano when i was 4. i really enjoyed musical activities in general. so when i was 10, i began studying violin in san francisco. and from there, i pretty much never stopped and went on to study in college as well. that's the only thing i've ever known is to have music playing all the time, whether it

is someone actually playing next to you or someone listening to a recording. i think that i actually originally wanted to play flute and we didn't have a flute. it's always been a way of life. i didn't know that it could be any other way. >> could you give me an e over here. great. when you teach and you're seeing a student who has a problem, you have to think on your feet to solve that problem. and that same kind of of thinking that you do to fix it applies to your own practice as well. so if i'm teaching a student and they are having a hard time getting a certain note, they can't find the right note. and i have to think of a digestible way to explain it to them. ee, d, d, e. >> yes.

then, when i go on to do my own practice for a performance, those words are echoing back in my head. okay. why am i missing this? i just told somebody that they needed to do this. maybe i should try the same thing. i feel a lot of pressure when i'm teaching young kids. you might think that there is less pressure if they are going on to study music or in college that it is more relaxing. i actually find that the opposite is true. if i know i'm sending a high school student to some great music program, they're going to get so much more instruction. what i have told them is only the beginning. if i am teaching a student who i know is going to completely change gears when they go to college and they never will pick up a violin again there is so much that i need to tell them. in plain violin, it is so difficult. there is so much more information to give. every day i think, oh, my gosh.

i haven't gotten to this technique or we haven't studies they meese and they have so much more to do. we only have 45 minutes a week. i have taught a few students in some capacity who has gone on to study music. that feels anaysing. >> it is incredible to watch how they grow. somebody can make amazing project from you know, age 15 to 17 if they put their mind to it. >> i think i have 18 students now. these more than i've had in the past. i'm hoping to build up more of a studio. there will be a pee ono, lots of bookshelves and lots of great music. the students will come to my house and take their lessons there. my schedule changes a lot on a day-to-day basis and that kind of keeps it exciting.

think that music is just my favorite thing that there is, whether it's listening to it or playing it or teaching it. all that really matters to me is that i'm surrounded by the sounds, so i'm going top keep doing what i'm doing to keep my life in that direction. safai:

>> supervisor safai: good afternoon. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the january 17, 2018 meeting of the rules commity. my name is supervisor ahsha safai, and to my left is supervisor jane fewer and to my right is supervisor yee.

madam clerk, do you have any announcements today? >> clerk: please. please make sure to silence all cell phone and related electronic devices. items acted upon today will appear on the january 23rd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> supervisor safai: thank you. unless there's any announcements other than that or any additional comments, can you please call item number one. >> clerk: yes. item number one is an administrative code to declare the second monday of the month to be indigenous people's day. >> we're joined by supervisor malia cohen, so we're going to hand it over to supervisor cohen for her remarks. >> happy new year. i'm excited to be here. and i'm happy to be talking about this particular item with you. i want to thank supervisor

safai and yee and fewer for hearing this item today. i think it's incredibly important and quite frankly overdue. this ordinance that we're going to be discussing today is very straightforward and it's really an update to our administrative code. it requires that the second monday in october each year shall be known as indigenous peoples day rather than columbus day and that all city communications, notices, calendars, and any other publication, whether electronic or paper shall refer to that day as indigenous people's day. so i've circulated three amendments for your consideration today to the language that was originally introduced. first, wanted to recognize the muekma moloni as the original

bay inhamburgbitants of the sa francisco bay area. and just a clarifying amendment to clarify that this ordinance shall not prohibit the city from supporting any event whose content includes references to columbus day or with -- or which comemorates the holiday. i want to congratulate the indigenous people in this area who have done with town hall style meeting, particularly

those italian proud american neighbors here in san francisco, so this is actually not a controversial item that we're coming here to discuss. so i want to thank all the people that made the work, and i'm very excited. i'm happy to answer any questions that the committee may have, and it's good to see so many folks coming out to hear this particular item. mr. chair, the rest, i turnover to you. >> supervisor safai: great. thank you, supervisor cohen. >> oh, one more thing. >> supervisor safai: yes, please. >> supervisor cohen: i just want to thank my fantastic staff for pulling this all together. >> supervisor safai: okay. unless there's any additional questions or comments from my colleagues, we can open it up for public comment. unless there's questions from my colleagues. okay.

we'll open it up to public comment. please speak directly into the microphone. please leave official copies of the document for the file, and please lineup to the right. please proceed. >> my name is denny len order. i lived in san francisco for about 35 years or so. in 1992, i worked with the san francisco foundation to change their columbus day to italian american week, and that was a meeting of the national board in washington d.c. and the local people here. and i travelled to italy in 1992 and debated columbus on national italian television. the debate was very successful. 76% for me and 24% for columbus. the italians were really not supportive of columbus. the person i went with is joe travetto, a person who's lived

here all his life. he and i became lifelong friends after i debated in italy. i thank the people of san francisco because it's important for us to understand the history and tragedies that have taken place with native american people. we can do some things to heal that and also bring about a connectiveness between the italian american community and the native american community and the rest of san francisco. i thank you very much for this and i look forward to a successful approve. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any additional members of the public wish to comment? please come forward. excuse me. hold on one second. if there's any additional members of the public please standup to the right so we know who's coming forward. thank you. please proceed. >> thank you for taking your time this afternoon, supervisors. my name's tony ortiz. born and raised san franciscan, and i have a rich history.

i have a sicilian background. grandparents came here in the 1920's. paul costanza was my grandfather. had a tailor shop right there on pollard street. i also have a native american heritage. being a native san franciscan, growing up in the richmond district, going to washington high school, city college, harvard on the hill -- great education there, and also, usf as part of the latina unidos and native american student alliance, and that's how i was raised in san francisco was to really bring inclusiveness with her families. i understand when growing up, it was columbus day. but i also acknowledge the rich

heritage of the italian community here and also acknowledge the first people and my ancestors. as far as new mexico, my apache background, but the first people, which was the aloni. i'd like to say a kwiek hit out to mayor lee who recognized the alonis, and this is an opportunity to bring about healing in the communities, create dialogue with our children and our youth, and thank you very much for your support for this initiative. thank you very much for your time. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker? >> hi. my name is maria. i'm a district nine resident. first, i just want to say and recognize the land we're on. it's aloni land. it's still aloni land. still recognize the foundation

for what we know san francisco is aloni. i first want to say thank you for malia cohen for taking this on and finally listening to indigenous peoples living in san francisco because we have said several times that we want to change columbus day to indigenous peoples day, to not just recognize the alonis, but all indigenous peoples, so thank you for that. i also want to thank you for the last minute amendment. aloni is the key. i want to say this is a very important issue to vote yes on, and it's very close to my heart. a few years back i actually propose legislation to try to propose, and nothing ever happened to it. one of the reasons why i did is i was thinking about future

generations, so as native american peoples were asked to think about seven generations ahead of us. one of the future generations i'm holding right now, my baby's name is the warrior that came out breathing the spring air. the reason i gave her that name is to fight for the people of san francisco because they all are native people. thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any other members of the public who wish to comment on this, please come forward. seeing none, public comment is closed. my colleagues, any other commen comments on this? >> supervisor fewer: i think it is a no brainer. i'm ready to vote. >> supervisor safai: i'd just say i had the honor and privilege of working in my first position out of college

in -- under president clinton's white house, and the main constitch we know s constituency that we worked with were native american tribes that dealt with water, land, reparations. essentially with that was dignity and respect. i appreciate what supervisor cohen is doing here today, because in many ways, it's about dignity and respect for that community. supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: i was just going to make a motion. >> supervisor safai: yes, please. >> supervisor yee: to move that item from the committee to the full board. >> clerk: mr. chairman, we have a motion -- >> supervisor safai: oh, we have the amendments. >> supervisor yee: i'd like to make a motion to pass the amendments as suggested and pass it out of committee meeting as recommended to the

full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor safai: without objection. that item is moved and approved. thank you. thank you. next item. >> clerk: item 2 is a chartered amendment for the june 8th, 2018 election to oversee the department of cannabis. >> supervisor safai: thank you. supervisor fewer? >> supervisor fewer: thank you. i proposed this amendment because i believe it is critical this is accountability and transparency for the public and the best way to ensure this is with a commission, given that there may be other possible valid numbers relating to cannabis issues in november , i believe the november election is better timing for this measure. therefore. i am requesting today that we table this item. i plan to reintroduce this for the november election and look forward to discussing this further with my colleagues.

thank you. >> supervisor safai: great. any additional comments from supervisors? so a motion -- so then, can i entertain a motion -- oh, you did make that motion. >> clerk: you need to take public comment. >> supervisor safai: because this item was agendaized, we have to take public comment. any member of the public wish to come forward for public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and can we entertain a motion? >> supervisor fewer: yes. i'd like to make a motion to table that item. >> supervisor safai: without objection, that item is tabled and moved. please call the next item. >> clerk: item 3 is an item for the june 18, 2018 election for members voting in an election that the board of execution that the board of supervisors adopt an ordinance at least 270 days before the election. >> supervisor safai: again,

this is supervisor fewer's matter, so unless there's any questions or comments from my colleagues, please proceed. >> supervisor fewer: i am requesting that we continue this item about noncitizens voting in our school board elections until the next meeting. >> supervisor safai: okay. great. any members of the public wishing to comment on this item, please come forward. >> members of the rule committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak on -- on the new charter amendment. i just want to say that as you're aware, lecture has fully and engaged in the demograduatic process. as you know, the process actually encouraged noncitizens to actively participate in the democratic process and affirmatively gives the voice to a crucial matter who implements and administers the policies within the school

district -- in san francisco unified school district. the charter proposed on this ballot -- with the proposed charter amendment getting on the june ballot would undercut the community's power to advocate for children of all minority backgrounds and undermine the city's legacy of integrity reform. we understand the concerns of -- of the rules committee and of this particular action. we understand that at the federal level, the white house is now being governed by an individual that does not share our values. but we can also -- we can have mechanisms in which we can avoid any unintended consequences, and that is to allow parents to opt in. there is no need to be able to

have to change the current charter amendment. and then the fact that it only causes more confusion to parents and noncitizen voters. thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the rules committee. >> supervisor safai: thank you. are there any other members of the public who wish to comment on this item, please come forward. >> good afternoon. i'm marlene tran, a board member of the chai necessary american democratic club, and a retired teacher from 35 years of teacher in the first new kummer public elementary in san francisco. before the landmark decision of lau versus nichols in 1974, although bilink well teachers were hired to teach youngsters who had just emigrated to san francisco with their families, we were not allowed to use any other language to assist them. now san francisco is proud of our successful bilink well

immersion programs, however r for -- san franciscans pride ourselves of many basic rights and especially decision that affect about 50% of our school students whose parents are noncitizens. why is it after 14 years these parents are still excluded from decisions that affect the children's future? how can schools expect these parents to be more involved in school matters and have a deeper stake in connection to america? why should these parents who come from tens of thousands of miles for their children's education and opportunity have to wait five years to become american citizens in order to have a say in their children's education. in this hostile political climate against many immigrants, we urge the board of supervisors to expedite the process and provide opportunities for noncitizen parents to participate in our democratic process. keep proposition n.

by the way, as a former human rights commissioner, i was wondering why that commission has not posted any information about this important matter. maybe please alert them. thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. any other members of the public -- oh, next speaker. if folks wish to comment on this item, please lineup to the right. it will allow for more efficient movement of this. we have a lot of items in front of us today. >> i am victor cito. i am the chair of the chinese american democratic club, and i am speaking in opposition to the charter amendment proposed by supervisor fewer. proposition n is -- reflects a lack of respect for the will of the people. it is the result of three tries

at enfranchising noncitizens, and it provides a trial period and a role for the board of supervisors. the proposed charter amendment merely gives -- null identifies the right of noncitizens and -- nullifies the right of noncitizens and allows the board of supervisors to give noncitizens the right to vote. it does not guarantee the right to vote. the proposal not only reflects the will of the people by a democratic vote, but it also defines and shows lack of respect for the -- for the action of the board of supervisors, of which ten supervisors in -- prior to the november 2016 election sponsored this proposal.

a term proposal defeats the spirit of empowerment, and the -- the proposal -- the noncitizen voting # #ignores t significant proportion of noncitizens in the city who are part of the school system. so i urge a negative response to the proposal by supervisor fewer. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> hi. i'm lotu 1ed hi-fong. came here in 1982. put both of my kids in spring valley school, which is the oldest school west of the mississippi. kids were bussed from the mission and whisked in addition to spring valley, other