conceptual organization of the art center, there is a potential for kalw to be a partner in that work and to use that as a place for our student talent to be showcased; also for kalw to have more proximity to the arts corridor, as well, and to the city center, and so we -- there's a lot of discussion about that, and i hope that the board might learn more about that and think about that in the possibility as well as also the chance to have kalw as a capital campaign which could boost the station's interest and the art center interest, as well. >> got a few comments, but i'm going to excuse our student delegates. >> can i say one thing before we go? >> yes. >> i just wanted to thank you for your service tonight to k -- kalw. although i've never been a

personal listener, i think it takes a lot of respect when to realize to step down for the greater good. as a student, i really love that you created opportunities for my peers and for students in the sfusd, and i'm very sure that all the students feel the same. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. one thing i wanted to add is the commitment to working to students, i have been part of that work, but it really is something, just an educational commitment and training is something that is really infused in the station, so, i mean, i just want to make it clear that -- and kind of when i looked at it, i was like oh, yeah, we do this. this was something to me that i kind of think about all the parts, but yeah, this is a big part of what this station does, but thank you.

>> so i really appreciate the presentation, the commitment to our city and our partnership with our district. i was trying to make sure i got the years right. you were connected. you've been working for kalw for 16 years. >> yeah. so i came to the station as a producer in 2001, and then was hired as general manager in 2006. >> okay. and i was just thinking over the course of our city, like, the arc of time, i'm sure you've seen a lot. you know, the city has changed a lot, and you know, keeping journalistic integrity and being a voice for the public and keeping people informed of this district, and just going around the city, just creating work for that long, content, i'm sure is nerve-racking. >> it's good work to get to do. >> yeah, you've got to love it.

it just makes me wonder, what's he going to do. close to two decades, i'm sure you'll be in a similar field. >> yeah. i probably won't up far afield, but i've come to this station when i was 32, and so i need to step away for a minute before i really think about what's next, but... >> cool. well, thank you, and i look forward to hearing about what's next for you. >> appreciate it. thanks. >> section i, consent calendar, items removed at the previous meeting, there are none tonight. section j, introduction of proposals and assignment to committee, we have six policy -- six policies, for policy 7310, naming a approximate ill, board policy

1335.4, drug and alcohol free schools, board policy 3100, budget, board policy 1325, advertising and promotion, board policy 6171, title i programs. unless i hear otherwise from legal counsel, these proposals are referred to rules, policy and lengths latigislation comm >> so one point of policy, i think your naming of the facility and drug and alcohol free schools should be referred to buildings and grounds, they both relate to facilities issues; and i would recommend that board policy 3100 be referred to budget, and it's the pleasure of the chair as to whether or not you want those policies to also go to rules or if it is sufficient that they're also going to the other specific committees.

>> commissioner sanchez? >> just i would like the facilities name to go to both committees. i think buildings and grounds and to roles. >> then i would suggest that we just have them all go to rules and then, the items number 2 and 3 also go to buildings and grounds, and item number 5 also gl glow -- goes to budget. >> so may i have a motion and second for first reading. >> so moved. >> second. > >>s -- section k, there is none tonight. section l, board meeting reports. let's see...commissioner sanchez, rules, policy and legislation committee? >> we dealt with the major

item, which was the facilities permit earlier in our discussion and voting. >> commissioner haney, budget? >> we heard a number of informational items, the financial audit, which we heard also tonight and voted on. we heard an updated budget for 18-19 and the l-cap development with some new numbers based on state numbers and in our analysis and calculations, we looked at a schedule of comparison of teacher's salaries, looking at where our teacher's salaries will compare to 17 or 16 other unified school districts around the bay area. right now, in a particular level, which is step ten that

they showed us, we were ten out of 17, and based on the planned increases, which i believe already included the potential parcel tax, we would move up to number two out of 17 in -- by 19-20, is that correct? yes, so significant increases based on the passing of the parcel tax. and then fourth, we looked at the lease and permit revenues, which i think we've had some discussion of. it's basically how we are charging based on a particular category of use of our facilities, so if there's a school use or nonprofit or for-profit use, how we're

creating a fee structure around that. >> thank you. commissioner merase? >> thank you. on february 8th, the ad hoc committee on student assignment met, and i do want to brief my colleagues on the five suggested changes we are lookin looking at at our student assignment changes. they're not major changes, but the first is willie brown middle school preference to increase access. secondly, bayview elementary school preference for middle schools, that if you attend a bayview elementary school, you have a golden ticket to any middle school. third, teacher-staff preference for bringing children to their own school where they work.

a sort of variation of that would be to allow all sfusd staff to have a preference at any school as an incentive to work at sfusd. the fourth suggested change is whether to do away with the transfer mechanism that allows families to swap their choices for a higher preference choice, which is undergoing a test run right now on round one selection. and then, finally, a c-tip update. it's been several years since we looked at our census tracks and whether those should be adjusted. so the staff conducts a survey of families coming to the epc. they collected 988 responses, which is a lot in response to

the suggested changes, so we talked a lot about where the kind of public opinion polls were on these five changes. the next meeting we'll be looking at demographic nationals and forecasts, so the next meeting will be held on may 3rd, and then modifications for the 19-20 school year will be brought forward at the june 12th and june 26th regular board meeting. i have two additional announcements, president cooke, if i may. just wanted to congratulate all of the students and the hard working faculty who helped put together the 24d te showcase that was held at the palace hotel, and i brought folks who weren't able to come. there was so much energy and i often get the question, well, what are we doing in sfusd for

career technical training? what happened to shops? and i think we have a very strong answers in our offering for hospitality, mechanics. my last statement is about the green acre program, so in partnership with recreation and parks department, there were 24 sfusd students from the southeast section of the city who participated in sustainablity and green activities. and amazingly, these 24 students logged over 2,000 hours of service, and so there was a recognition program that the general manager of recreation and park put together, so i wanted to be sure you saw a copy of the

program because it really is very impressive, what's happening, and recreation and parks department in particular has invested heavily in partnerships with our district, and i'm hoping at some point we can hear in detail about the array of programs that they support. that concludes my report. >> thank you. at the ad hoc committee on personnel-labor relations, we had an overview of our present evaluation and staff development program, so we got a detailed update on the process that principals go through, and how we support their professional development. and at the committee of the whole meeting february 8th -- i'm sorry, february 6th, we got an update on status of the

arts center, and there's a lot of great community partners. it's a great capital campaign that's being developed, so this whole committee got an update on that. let's see...do we have any board delegate membership organization? commissioner? >> i just wanted to announce the budget committee, did you finish with the board member announcements? >> yes. >> okay. >> but you can do that now, if you want to. >> i'm sorry. i was the chair budget. you are now. i'm at curriculum. all right. >> let's see...so other reports by board members. i had a few announcements. so every friday, i do -- the goal is to do school site visits to different areas of the city.

this past friday, i went to several schools in the mission district, and there was -- mission in the castro area, and i saw a lot of actually great programming that was happening around black history month. there was one class in particular at harmonville civil rights academy, and i walked into the class, and the students did a six-minute memorized poem about harriet tubman that completely blew me away. i told them all it was something i would never forget. i was really moved and touched, and what they're doing in that class around memorization and art and celebrating diverse backgrounds was phenomenal. so i look forward to going back there for their extended presentation. i've been told that the students in the class have

memorized seven poems which are six to ten minutes long, so kudos to them. i thank you to all the other schools that also welcomed me. the principal at leonard flynn dressed himself up like an eagle during lunch and makes some announcements about different programs, so a lot of school spirit at that school, as well. so tuesday -- sorry. on february 22nd, i am hosting a black history event in partnership with macy's, and on the panel for the event we'll have the daughter of michael max, kamelia shabazz, talking about libberation and economic empowerment, so hope you can make it to that. it's at 6:00 p.m.

we currently have 500 rsvp's, and if you haven't make it, we'll have a live link up so you can watch the event. i look forward to hearing from the board on the 20th. paragra let's see...calendar committee meetings, commission norton. >> yes, the. [ inaudible ] -- at 5:30 p.m. >> commissioner sanchez. >> the rules committee will be march 5th, monday, march 5th. >> commissioner haney? >> we're still confirming exactly when our budget committee will be. >> if i was still the chair, then you'd know. >> i believe to the members that my committee -- just kidding. i believe that commissioner merase already announced the committee meeting date.

the ad hoc committee on personnel members, labor relations and affordablity is meeting february 21st at 5:00 p.m. section m, other informational items, one request from creative arts charter school, prop 51, application. general counsel has encouraged us to allot a total of three minutes to this item. we do have -- let's see...posted in the agenda is the quarterly report on the williams uniform complaints and the acceptance of gifts, the monthly report for december 2017 and january 2018. we do have public comment on this item, joseph adams and fernando aguilar, excuse me.

>> all right. nice to see you guys again. good evening, commissioners and deputy superintendent lee. i'm fernando aguilar, director of charter arts school, and i want to thank you for the time and opportunity to speak this evening. while i know there may be only a slight chance that our item will be this evening, i feel like ioit to my teachers, family and my students to give it one more try because in my opinion, it makes so much sense. so creative arts chatter school has been preliminarily approved for a $7 million grant from the state of california under prop 51, along with a $5 million loan to our school. in order for our application to move forward, we need you to do three things tonight. first, approve the unhoused people certification that has been prepared by paul cardoni.

second approved proposed resolution being nolg t resolution acknowledgings that we have a facilities use agreement for the golden gate site, and we are in agreement that we will work together on the construction project under prop 51; and third, discuss and decide if you will approve an sfusd contribution towards the project for $2.2 million. to reiterate, the three actions i spoke about must happen tonight in order for our application to move forward with the state, so i urge you to please call for a vote tonight. and i'd also like to state that we value the time and effort that mike davis and paul cardoni have contributed to our prop 51 application. we'd like to continue our partnership with sfusd to ensure that creative arts hey a site that adequately fits our students and enables or arts

program to continue. so thank you for your time. i believe joe will speak next, and we'd be happy to answer any questions that you have. thank you. >> i just want to give a little bit of background on the prop 51. it was on the ballot in november of 2016, and the voters of this county voted 2-1 to approve that prop 51. of the billions of dollars that the state went to bonds to give, 500 million of that is going just to charter schools alone. 66 million is going to alameda county. 25 million is going to l.a. county. 13.5 million is going to sacramento county. 12.5 million is going to contra costa county. zero is umm cannicoming back t voters of san francisco unless tonight you simply agree that

we can move forward to the next step of this project. $0, out of 500 million that's going to the rest of the counties in the state. thank you. >> thank you. section n, memorial adjournment. there is none. section o, closed session. the board will now go into closed session; thus, i

>> let's see...section p, i'll read action from tonight's closed session in the matter of two cases that have participated in litigation, the board by a vote of six ayes, one absent, the board has given general direction to counsel. next item, adjournment. tonight's meeting is adjourned.

>> please note that executive director shireen mcspadden is present. at this time, we ask that you silence all sound producing devices for this meeting. >> thank you, before i ask for a motion to approve the agenda, there's a slight change in the ordering. under -- instead of taking item 8 first, under 7, we will take item d first. so with that change, may i have a motion to approve the agenda.

>> so moved. >> second? >> second. >> all in favor? any opposed? thank you. item 3, approval of the january 3rd, 2018 meeting minutes. do i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second. >> any comments or corrections? comments or questions of the public? hearing none, all the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. you're on, shireen. >> okay. good afternoon, commissioners. so i'm going to start my report talking a little bit about the federal -- the president -- the president's budget -- proposed budget. just to -- i know that it's basically intent in policy, but i want to talk through some of the detail about what the administration is suggesting just to give you an idea of where they're going. so eddyesterday, the president

sent his vision of the 2019 budget. it does layout priorities for discretionary programs and the trajectory of mandatory programs over ten years. much like last year, the budget request includes steep increases for defense discretionary programs and deep cuts to nondefense discretionary programs. it funds those programs at $60 billion below what congress intends to spend. also, the president would cut discretionary spending by 2% over the next decade, which would slash current domestic spending to 42% below current spending levels by 2028. he also proposed deep cuts to medicaid, medicare, snap and food stamps programs. it includes a $6 million boost

for lunch programs. unfortunately, his program proposes to eliminate the state insurance assistance program, which we call ship, and request significant cuts to several acl disability programs, administration for community living programs. the budget includes a proposal to eliminate the senior community services employment program, which is run by salton institute in san francisco, and other programs on the chopping block include senior core programs such as faster grant programs, the social services block grant, and community services block grant, which provide wraparound services in a legal services corporation which administers some elder justice programs. the budget would eliminate funding within the department of housing and urban development within the community block grant which many states and communities use

to shore up programs such as home delivered meals, and also section 202, senior housing would take a 10% cut. obviously, we know the budget is far from complete, but i just wanted to give you an idea of what the administration is thinking and about the kind of way they're proposing to essentially make the budget work, so...i know it's not very up lifting, but i think it's really important that we as a city pay attention to this and really think about how we use this information in how we might advocate for adults and people with disabilities. so on february 22nd, the california association on ageing will be holding an opportunity for us as triple

5's, as agencies on adults and ageing, to hear from others about what they're thinking about the budgets and opportunities with respect to older adults, and cindy cough man, deputy director of programs and i will be attending, so we'll bring back information from there. it's also a chance for us to visit scour own representatives, so bridget's helping us, and we're working to schedule visits with them as well that day. so locally, i just wanted to talk a -- well, just mention that the reframing ageing presentation that we had last -- in january hopefully some of you were able to be there. it was really well received. i think the presentation was short, and people wanted more, but it really -- i think really does give us a good framework for talking about ageing, how we're all ageing, using different framework to make

sure we're getting our message out about ageing and about the -- i guess looking at it in a more positive light, getting away from things like, you know, demographic cliffs, for instance, or silver tsunami and making this everyone's issue, so how do we age gracefully and help others to do so gracefully. i'm continuing to work with the medi fund and working with others to try to figure out how to start using this information in you believe approximate, how do we start letting people know about our services, and also doing something around a positive ageing campaign, so you'll hear more about that soon. i think turning a moment to our internal programming, we have a new inhome supportive services

director, do you want to standup fore a moment? -- for a moment. it's been since june, when megan elliott left, and we're happy krista has left. she's worked with ageing and disabled people for 15 years. most recently, she was the chief officer for home bridge, to provide contract mode services for ihss clients. she was responsible for overseeing the operations and growth of all of the programs and the client services, and prior to joining home bridge, she primarily worked in the area of supportive housing with multidiagnosed formerly homeless adults. she served as the deputy director of tenderloin housing clinic, and she's got a masters in social work from san francisco state. so we're really happy to have

you, krista. i wanted to talk a little bit about the home bridge tiered wage pilot, because this was something that was in the mayor's budget for this year, and it's just taken us a little while to roll it out. basically, what it means -- home bridge serves our clients under contract mode, and they're people who are unable to manage their own worker, generally speaking, so they're considered hardest to serve people in that program, and one of the things that's happenied is we're still in a good economy right now, and one of the things that's happened, it's been really, really hard to recruit workers. and again, because we need workers for this population, home bridge came to us and said hey, you know, is there something we could do to really incentivize this kind of work? it's really tough work and minimum wage isn't quite

cutting it, even though the minimum wage is relatively high here, compared to other places. so the implementation was this week, and they're calling it steps, which is skills to employment, home, and pathways. all providers were classified as home care provider one, and they'll receive a $2 increase across the board. in july, all home bridge care providers will receive an additional $1 increase, from 16 to $17, and then, over the next 18 months, home bridge will identify and promote, kind of based on performance and seniority, and provide upscale training to approximately 70% of the workforce, providing the home care tier two and three tiers. so i just wanted to let you know that's happening. obviously, fair wages for these really important workers is an important issue. when you think about the long-term care workforce, and so it'll be really interesting

to see how this works. so the home bridge will be conducting an evaluation of the program's impact, and they'll be reporting back to us on how that works, so we're excited that that's finally launching. want to -- i'm sure that hopefully, all of you saw the articles in the chronicle -- there was one on sunday in the chronicle on conservatorship, and i think you know the conservator's office sits within the office of ageing and adult services, and while we weren't specifically called out in that article, i think we're listed as a partner. but really, this is senator weiner has taken the lead in frying to expand the powers conservatorship, and i think he's been really careful to note that we're really talking about a very, very, very small percentage of the homeless population in this case. we're talking -- and i think the issue is that, i think not

just san francisco but other cities are really grappling with how do you work with somebody who is decompensating on the street and really thinking about a combination of mental health issues, trauma, lifetime trauma, drug addiction, and those kinds of things, and they're trying to strengthen the language around conservatorship, so that when people go in and out of psych emergency, there could be a law that could compel them to seek treatment even if they don't want to. so it's going to be a long time, it's going to be a lot of work, but there's scott weiner's bill, and then there are some others that are coming out. i guess the thought is these bills will finally come together into one or two bills

that might give counties some more tools to work with our hardest to serve populations on the street. so you'll be hearing more about that. again, i think it's really important to say that this is focused on a really small percentage of the population. it's really people who are continually using our emergency services and not getting any better, and people who are at risk of diing on the street or who are diing on the street. so because the conservator's office sits in the department of ageing, you'll continue to hear about that. then on monday, there was an article about the support at home program, which you probably remember from our discussions around the budget, that this is a program that's aimed at more middle income people with disabilities and older people. and the thought was that if people need some home care to stay at home safely, but not hours and hours, not people who need many, many hours, but

people who need some home care and are able to contribute if money of their own to that home care, then maybe that helps them stay at home and helps them keep from using other services that are more expensive. so institute on ageing is actually running that program, and they are working with ucsf to evaluate the program, so we should get some really good information how this is working and whether it does save in other areas. i think the key to the article and the key for us right now is we really need to reach out to more people with disabilities who might use those services. those numbers are fairly low. we're getting a good response rate from older adults, but we'd really like to see more people with disabilities who are not older adults utilizing this program. so one thing you could do to help is let people know in your network, if people are san francisco residents and want to get information, they can all our dos intake hotline or they

can call institute on ageing. and then, i just wanted to mention the dignity fund needs assessment process, you know, we've been involved -- working with rda, our consultant, to develop a community needs assessment, and the report is going to be done and released in draft form on march 1st. so it includes the community engagement work that they've been doing, the equity analysis that they are finalizing now, and a gaps analysis that'll look at need for services versus how many -- you know, who services are really available. and i'm really looking forward to it. it's been a lot of work on their part, a lot of work on many of our staff's part, as well as community partners, and i think it'll be a really good product. i think we've learned a lot in this process that we'll be able to take and keep for four years

from now when we'll have to do this again. i think given this is our first time embarking on this process, that it's looking pretty good. and then in april, we will have a hearing, and i think bridget, did we decide it's going to be the same day as the commission meeting? yes? no [ inaudible ] >> okay. well, in april, there's a joint hearing, and this is legislative. there's a joint hearing between the commission and the oversight and advisory committee of the dignity fund, and so that's when we'll be hearing of the report and recommendations, so that's a really important meeting. hopefully, everyone will be here for that. i think that's the end of my report. >> thank you. any comments or questions from shireen from the commission? >> yes, i have a question. >> commissioner lang. >> was there a compendium bill

at the local level that commissioner farrell was -- >> yes. i left that out of my talk. so mayor farrell and london breed -- president breed -- i think today president breed was going to introduce legislation to move the representation -- the legal representation for conservatorship from the district attorney's office to the city attorney's office. and essentially that's because it's her feeling that -- you know, and rightfully so -- that people who are facing conservatorship or on conservatorship are doing so because it's not a criminal thing. it's not a crime, it's a civil proceeding, so it just seems to make hence to mo makes sense to move it to city attorney and changes the whole flavor for her. in addition, it could codify a

multidisciplinary, multidepartmental, i should say, group that's working on, kind of working on trying to figure out how to work with our hardest to solve cases, meaning, people who are really kind of failing in the system and this is just a codifying departments together to work together to coordinate so that people don't continually cycle out and fall out of the system and fail. >> thank you. commissioner pappas? >> commissioner pappas: i hadn't intended to say this, but listening to your first rendition of the federal budget, it might be something we want to keep an eye on. you know that in march, the city attorney in conjunction with santa clara county brought a case on sanctuary and was successful in the northern district court. i know that the federal government is appealing that,

and filed a brief yesterday. i'm just curious, if for some strange reason, the federal government prevails, and money is at risk for agencies that we do work with, because we are a sanctuary city, has any analysis on that been done and is that something that maybe we should take a look at as we're looking at all these different issues? >> yeah. it's certainly something to keep in mind, and as we get more information, we can bring that to. there's been a lot of conversations about what it means to be a sanctuary city and how we handle certain situations, and so i'm glad you brought that up. thanks. >> thanks certain certain thank y you -- skbl if you. any other comments or questions from the public? [ inaudible ]

-- will recognizely ain a petrosyan, and mark veter from das's independent assistance services center, ipac division. [applause] >> hey, you guys. hi. how are you? so i'm guessing there are a lot of people from inhome supportive services here, is that right? [applause]. >> okay. you guys, i think you should standup. so after this, it's going to get really quiet in here. so i just wanted to say a little about ihss as a whole. we hear about it a lot, and we hear about it a lot because

it's dos's biggest program, so we have a lot of different things staff is doing to make things work for 25,000 people annually who are receiving inhome services. it's pretty amazing. we're here to recognize our independent provider assistance center officers because they're the people who are really focused on making things work for the providers, so we often hear about the clients, but they're here to make things work for the providers. one of the things they have to do often is adapt to change, because the state always, always, always changes the rules and changes the way that they have to do things and sends us new -- just, what do you call those things? regulations, okay. so they're always having to adapt to that, and i think one of the great things that i continually hear about these four is they work together so well as a team, and it takes a

team to be able to react to these -- like, these really detailed regulations, because a really detailed regulation might just read one way on paper, but when you have to put it on practice, and you have to let providers and clients know, and then you have to deal with things that maybe come out of it, like a provider overpayment or something that you didn't think would happen, they have to figure out how to do all of that, so these guys are rock stars, and we're really, really, really, really, really thankful and unfortunate to have each of you surprising ipac, so i just want to thank all of you, and i'm going to give you what somebody wrote. one of you can take it and go make copies. this goes into a lot more detail, and you'll understand but some of these people in this room might not, so i want to make sure you have it because it's how great you are. so thank you so much. appreciate it.

[applause] >> oh, and we have to make sure -- oh, mark, she put them in order. awesome. ken. saba. sure it's right. liana. thanks so much. sure. go ahead. >> so i don't want to miss the opportunity to say a few words of gratitude. i'd shireen mentioned, the independent living assistance center, we provide services to seniors, disabilities, and we are public servants with a very noble cause, and this acknowledgement is actually a testimony to the work we do and also to the services we provide to our consumers. so on behalf of myself, my colleagues, and the people we serve, i'd like to say thank

you for this award and i'm kind of a little nervous. the thing is we live in a world that's where people work extremely hard without the benefit of being recognized, so having received this opportunity, i'd like to honor those, but also the people who led me to this point. first, i'd like to thank my supervisor, miss brenda mcgregor for -- [applause] >> -- for noticing the work that we do and also for being supportive. we're so privileged to have very supportive management. they really provide us with good guidance. they listen to our cares and concerns, but also, they ask for our feedback to improve services and also to handle any challenge that come in the way of doing our job.

so this provides the encouragement and incentive to become who we are. around the office, we have very, very diligent staff no know what they're doing, care about the people they serve, and do their daily activities with compassion and respect. therefore, i'd like to say thank you to our staff, to our management, and to our colleagues who are here to support that, so thank you very much, everyone.

. >> thank you. and the next item on the agenda is advisory council report,

leon schmidt. >> -- on january >> [ inaudible ] -- on january 17th, and at that meeting, we had two presentations. director mcspadden came and gave a brief overview of the upcoming budget, and we also had a presentation of executive director mcspadden and rose donn. we also had a presentation from mta, and they are going to come back. we had a time constraint, and they're going to come back to finish doing that. i had the privilege, along with other council members, to attend the changing language narrative that was at the library, and that was excellent. and i'd like to thank miss

mcspadden for allowing us and inviting the council members to come. it was very interesting. i also had the privilege to attend the next day, which was very informative, also. the upcoming event from our daas community training, which will take place on friday, february 23rd, at the institute on ageing. the presentation will be suicide and depression, what we need to know, and our presenter will be patrick arbor. we didn't have any other business because of the length of the two presentations, and that's my report. any questions? >> thank you very much. any comments or questions? thank you. any comments or questions from the public? thank you very much, leon. >> thank you. >> next item is the joint legislative committee report, diane laurent. >> good afternoon,

commissioners. we did not have a joint legislative committee meeting in january . we're lacking a few members, so -- but i wanted to give you an update. i had two action items to take back, and there are about seven bills that have, i guess, died, to be perfectly blunt, and will not be moving forward that we have been tracking, so i wanted to give you an update on those while we had a bit of time. commission commission commissioner, you had a question on this. the actual statement is they sent the bill back because the bill lowered the standard of proof for claims of elder abuse and neglect, and we didn't feel it was strong enough. and then, commissioner pappas, you asked about the president's

scaling back of regulations. basically, what they're doing is they're scaling back the use of fines for populations against nursing homes that harm residents, and that's according to a new york times article at the time. protocols are medicare protocols, but what they basically wanted to do was scale back the fines, and that had been requested by the nursing home industry. so february -- february 16th, rather, was the last day to introduce bills, and the following rules died in various committees, and that's because -- anyone's in appropriations if they had not been carried over by the end of january , they're sent back and basically are dead, according to appropriations. so the -- i'm going to go a bit out of order. the bicycle bill for yielding has been pulled. it is no longer moving forward.

i just thought i'd point that out since many of us are happy about that. another bill that's been pulled back is income tax credits for low income housing for farm workers, that's been pulled back. that would have changed how deductions were done on second homes. the public service social services for ssi and ssd was pulled back. that's something we've tracked for a couple of sessions now. personal income tax credit for family caregivers was also pulled back. that would have allowed up to $1,000 deduction for expenses for family caregiving, which would be about half of the expenses. there was a bond measure that was proposed for el ders living with dignity, empathy, respect and support. that would have been a 200

million bond effort. that was pulled back. caregiver resource centers was died -- and then, the medi-cal beneficiary maintenance needs personal needs allowance, which proposed raising the personal needs allowance from $35 a month, which is what it's been since 1985, up to $80, that was pulled back again. so next month, i will have a much more robust report because we'll have a lot more information. >> thank you, diane. two questions that i have. one, it doesn't necessarily -- we don't know the immediate effect on our services, but the president's -- the new tax bill adversely affects high tax states by limiting deductions. >> mm-hmm. >> and it's been proposed, both in new york and california, that donations can be made to some form of nonprofit so that people can still claim the tax

deduction. do we know where that stands? >> no, but we can -- we'll check on that one. >> okay. thank you. and then secondly, director mcspadden referred to the bill that state senator scott weiner is working on giving more flexibility with skefsh to h e conservatorship issues. >> i've already noted that. >> okay. thank you, are there any questions? >> president, i have a copy -- an electronic form of the powerpoint that was presented, in layman's terms, and i'm happy to make that available. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> just a quick question. do you have a sense, diane, of the politics were some of these were pulled in terms of

personal care tax credit, the personal needs, the dignity -- living with dignity bonds? are these being tabled for potential hearing at a later date this session for a spot bill or -- [ inaudible ] >> according to the rule. i went and looked up the rule because i thought this might be asked. >> yeah. >> if you haven't -- if a bill that's introduced during the first year and is not passed on or before january 31st of the following year as a carryover bill, then, it dies, and they didn't vote to carry it over. >> okay. thank you. >> any other comments or questions from the public? okay. tacc report, cathy russo. haven't seen cathy in a while. case report.

okay. hearing none, seeing none. okay. is there any other general public comment at this point? hearing none, any o busineld b? new business? informational amendment of amendment 12 cbd hicap contract, and corresponding funding levels for the health insurance counseling advocacy program, icap, this is informational only, no action is required. >> good morning, commissioners -- or good afternoon, commissioners, rather. yes, this is an informational item. as this hicap contract predates -- i'm here to update the commission as to the amendment to this contract we received from the california department of ageing. as this contract predates many of the commissioners, i thought this would be an opportunity to talk briefly about what the