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if you're staying after you do your public comment, that's fine. if you're not staying, we're going to bring people in from the other room to fill in. if you have any questions about anything, please feel free to ask a deputy sheriff and thank you for your cooperation and they're going to get the meeting started shortly. thank you very much. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the february 28, 2018 regular meeting of the public safety and neighborhood services

committee. i'm supervisor jeff sheehy, chair of the committee, to my right is supervisor ronen and to my left is supervisor ronen and i would like to thank sf gov to have been for staffing the meeting. mr. clerk, any announcements? >> yes, thank you. please make sure to silence all cell phones. completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you. >> item number 1 hearing to consider the transfer of a type 21 offsale general beer to abdalla f. joseph, doing business as sav mor market will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county. >> supervisor sheehy: we'll hear

from sgt. george, from the alcohol liaison department. >> you have before you a hearing peace report for sav mor market. they have applied for a type 21 license to be transferred from 4500 third street to 4522 third street and if approved this would allow them to sell beer, wine and distilled spirits. there are zero letters of valid protest. zero letters of valid support. they are located in plot 334, which is considered a low-crime area. they're on census track 612 which is considered a high saturation area. bay view station has no opposition. approved with the following recommended conditions. number one, sales of alcohol beverage should be permitted between the hours of 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily. number 2, the following alcohol

beverage should be sold in quantities of no fewer than three individual containers per sale. number one, premix wine products commonly known as wine coolers and number two, premixed distilled based cocktails. number 3, no distilled spirit should be sold in bottles of containers smaller than 50 ml. number 4, they should monitor the area in order to prevent loitering of persons on any property adjacent to the licensed premise on the most recent certified 253. number 5, any graffiti painted or marked upon the premises or any adjacent area under the control of the licensee should be removed or painted over within 72 hours of being

applied. it should be noted that the applicant that agreed with the above listed recommended conditions. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you, sgt. george. the applicants are invited to present if they wish? >> chair, supervisors, my name is mark rennie i represent the sav mor market and i've had this family as my clients. there are seven brothers and sisters, mr. joseph was born on third street, his sister born on third street. they've had two or three markets in the neighborhood beginning in the 1960s. this particular license was two doors down at 3500 third street, they lost the lease, had the ability to purchase a building two doors over and this is just

a transfer, it's not a new license going onto third street. the family is pretty incredible, the two young boys are both san francisco police officers, really good people. the whole family is great. this particular item spent three sessions at the planning commission over five hours. by a final vote of 8-0 in favor of this transfer on december 14. there were a few conditions put on by the planning department, but it's been thoroughly vetted. they were probably over 75 people to testified, many of whom, were on crack, this family helped them get off, gave them jobs. it's really kind of a heartwarming story. and we have -- we have a bunch of people who could testify, but i don't see opposition so i'm not going to extend your calendar. we may bring up mrs. vincent who is neighborhood leader for the

last 50 years and has known the family for 40 years. i'd like her to be heard. they went to local high schools. they have in this move, they have a slightly larger store and they are going to be part of the healthy sf program which puts fresh fruit, vegetables, a big emphasis on healthy items and a down playing of anything that has to do with alcohol. they can't advertise alcohol, it can't be in the front of the store, it has to be in the rear of the store. it's going to be a beautiful store and great addition to the neighborhood. at the planning department there was some testimony from a couple of bayview beat officers who said of all the stores in the bayview, this is the least problematic and they're no

problem at all. and i would hope that you could see fit to issue a public convenience necessity determination and send it onto the full board. if you have any questions, mr. abdala can answer your questions. >> supervisor sheehy: no questions? then i think public, we will go to public comment. are there members of the public who wish to testify? speakers have two minutes. state your first and last name clearly. the person who has prepared written statements are encouraged to leave a copy with the city clerk for inclusion in the file. no applause or booing is permitted. in the interest of time, speakers are encouraged to avoid repetition of previous statements. >> i'm a resident of bayview hunter point since 1960.

and this market in my estimation should be the model for all of the markets on third street. they don't talk about what they do, but if you're a customer of sav more, you're part of the family. whatever your need might be, if you need to borrow money, or you need milk and bread and don't have the money for it, they will supply it. they never come after you if you're not able to pay it back. they're a model for what ought to be happening with markets on third street. not just being a market, but helping the people that is their customers. so, please, please, approve what is before you today. they deserve it. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you, mrs. vincent. i have a card for ronda pitts?

>> in the interest of time and all the children you have behind me, just going to say that they're a wonderful store, wonderful family. and it's good to have them back and have some type of footprint on that part of the block. because it's been shuttered for a minute since they moved and it's made a big difference. no one is around. so it will be good to have them back. they're a wonderful neighbor and have been for the last 30 years. thank you. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you. is there -- are there any other persons interested in making public comment? >> hi, my name is kristin anne houk and i own all good pizza on third street. and i just want to speak in favor of the family.

i walk past them multiple times throughout the day between my two restaurants and they're doing a beautiful job on the store, i agree it's a model fort community. i just want to show my support. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you, seeing no additional comment, public testimony is closed. so do we have a motion to move this -- or any other comments from colleagues? >> i would be happy to make a motion to send this to the full board with positive recommendation. >> supervisor sheehy: yes. the motion passes. so, mr. clerk, item number 2. >> motion verifying that kristin anne houk doing business as tato, located at 4608 third street has completed the pre-application meeting requirement under california business and professions code

for the issuance of a new type 87 neighborhood restricted special on sale liquor license. >> thank you, mr. clerk. we'll hear from the office of economic and workforce development. >> thank you, chair, members of the committee. i'm here to answer any technical questions about the requirement. one of the community outreach requirements was before this committee at the last meeting, so i will be relatively brief in terms of outlining the framework. in 2016, the legislature adopted s b-1285 to create a new type of restricted liquor restaurant license, specifically for neighborhoods that don't have many full service licensed restaurants.

there are five licenses available this year under this program. this is the third applicant to come before the public safety committee. specifically, on the issue of pre-application community outreach. there is unique requirement for the licenses to conduct pre-application community outreach before the applicant submits the packet and goes through the vetting process. that's what we have here. the applicant today, kristin houk, her restaurant, tato, she held her community meeting earlier this month, and all that information is in the packet. i won't belabor things. i would like to invite kristin to speak about tato, and answer questions and i'm available as well. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you.

>> hi, me again, kristin, i've owned all good pizza on third street and i have a big outdoor space and i'm expanding up to third and mackinnon, and tato, it's my son's nickname. he's mexican, i would like to highlight spirits from mexico. it's a family restaurant that is open late which is something that is needed on third street. we're going to be open until 9:00 p.m. and 10 p.m. on the weekend. i would like to create a family environment with mixed drinks, beer and wine and fresh food. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you. any questions or comments from my colleagues? >> is there public comment? any public testimony? >> it will be wonderful to have a restaurant open late on third

street that is healthy. that's it. i'm such in support of that. it's a beautiful restaurant. the area is wonderful. i've been there, i love it. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you. >> doris again, i support kristin, she is the chair of the edot, it stands for economic development on third street, which i'm a member of. so i support -- i hope you support her license today. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. do i have a motion? >> i'd like to make a motion to send this item forward with positive recommendations.

>> no objection. >> supervisor sheehy: thank you. mr. clerk, the motion passes. so item number 3? >> item number 3 hearing on the status of first 5 in san francisco and its impacts, and challenges and how agencies serving families with children ages 0 through 5 are coordinating strategies to support child development and school readiness. >> i want to thank supervisor fewer and i will turn it over to her. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, chair sheehy. good morning, everyone. i want to thank the representatives from first 5, the office of early care and education for being here today in addition to the members of the public who are here. in particular the families who

use services funded through first 5. i called for this hearing after spending time as a member of the first 5 commission for two purposes. i was struck by the incredible work of first 5 in serving our children from birth to age 5, as well as their families and thought it was important to highlight the department's works and accomplishments. secondly, the funding for first 5 services comes from proposition 10, passed by california voters in 1998, which levied a tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. prop 10 dedicated that funding to early childhood development programs, creating a first 5 in every county in california. the good and bad news is that since first 5 was created, less people are smoking. a win for public health, but this also has impact on the funding stream from the critical services that our young children and families depend on. i've asked first 5 to present today on the history, current

context and future of their work and the office of early care and education is here as well is the department of children, youth and families, to give a perspective on how first 5 is part of the early care and education system in san francisco. with that, i'd like to introduce ingrid. executive director of first 5. welcome. >> thank you, for allowing us to have this 15 minutes of fame in front of your committee. and thank you so much for the rest of the committee members, supervisors this morning and for the show of families and organizations that came out in support of not only the vital work, but also to speak to what the theme of this hearing is, it's about whether san francisco is a family friendly city. as a native san franciscan, i have biases, so i would say yes,

but at the same time, we can't ignore some of the challenges we have in our city. so i'm going to walk you through some of the things and the highlights that first 5 has been able to do since it was established. every count has a first 5. we're an agency. one thing that is unique about first 5, we're state legislated to do cross sector work. so it's within our mandate that the voters pass that we bring together all departments that work on public health that work social services, that work across sectors to make sure that we build a robust early childhood system. with that we have partnerships

and the department of children youth and families and director is here as well. with further ado, i will begin with the babies that are born in san francisco. we've had quite a population growth over the last few years. so from the year 2000, at least from the census of 2000 to 2017, we've seen a 25% growth in children being born in san francisco. but we did ask the question, because we've been seeing this trend line for quite some time, around well, once -- how likely are you willing to stay in san francisco even though we've had this growth in population, we asked parents with children who are entering kindergarten, how likely are you to leave san francisco? and resoundingly, people as soon

as their child turns 5, start doing somewhat of a mass exodus out of san francisco. that's very concerning, not only for public policy, but also in a way of how we also think about programming and services and how do we also maintain a vibrant city that supports children, families and babies? so there are key indicators that first 5 looks at. these are all related to school readiness. and we cannot just see one in isolation without looking at all the other ones, because there is intersection between all of them. family support. early literacy. preschool. and whether children have had all their screening, including health, vision, dental and developmental screening. all of these actually converge to making kids ready for school once they enter kindergarten.

again, through our research and evaluation, what we've seen is when kids are coming into kindergarten, only 62% of them are ready. meaning that only 44% actually receive all the different types of screening that they need in order to support their healthy development. only # 1% of the -- 21% of the families reported said they had resources and someone to lean on if they were coming across in terms of concrete supports, or having a friend or family or neighbor to be able to talk to. and those are -- these are two indicators we're very concerned with. san francisco has done an amazing job in being able to promote early literacy where i think one of the very few places in the state, and even in the country, where we actually support dual language immersion. we ensure that every child has books in their own language to support reading, so as you can

see, we have 83% of families reading to children. that's amazing. and more amazing, we're trail blazers when it comes to preschool. we have 92% of our kids attending preschool. but that alone doesn't mitigate the need for children to be ready for school. the family support part and the healthy development of children is really important. we also asked other questions around, because we looked at that indicator and said, it's so low, well, what are some of those concerns? and like i said before, families i think more in -- some of this is anecdotal, but some is based on data that we're receiving, the place of neighborhoods and communities have been impacted because of the housing crisis. and so in areas like i grew up in the mission district.

i knew my neighbors. i knew everyone across the street, every grocery store. everyone. and i think that over the years we're starting to see less and less of that community connection. and that's concerning. it's concerning as a vibrant city, it's concerning for families as they seek help. as you can see, we've had a decline since we first started asking the question. 44% in 2007, families said they had help from extended family. that dropped to 21% just a few years ago. and in terms of help from neighbors and family members, or friends, that also has had a significant drop. and so this is a point of concern as we move forward, especially looking at how we've been able to support families through this robust system we've been able to develop, which is the family resource centers. so we don't just look at that.

we look at multiple indicators around what are the key ingredients that help children to be successful once they end kindergarten? and there are fixes that we've been able to do. one of them being preschool. access to preschool is huge. and also supporting children with special needs, as i said before, reading. priding families with -- providing families with social support, health and well-being and making sure there are local resources that families can access, like food pantry and support. the things we also have to work on as a city are the systemic issues, these very structural and institutional, i would for lack of a better description of these very institutional racial disparities that we have across all systems, whether it's health care, social services, and even in school. and so we are also tackling those areas, but that is what

requires a collective effort. you'll hear a little bit from our partners from our children, our families, of where we're looking at key indicators and common measures where we can all collectively work on. and one of the things that we at first 5, especially for me personally, is making sure that our dual language learners have all the supports they need to be successful. being bilingual is not a deficit, it's an asset, but institutional policies create barriers for children when the home language is not english. so a little bit about us. so we are a department as part of the city and county of san francisco. our focus is prenatal, up to age 5. we are committed, the biggest outcome, all children are ready

for school and we were created by state proposition. we do have a nine member commission, supervisor fewer is one of our commissioners and most of our commissioners are appointed by you, the board of supervisors. in the last 20 years, we've been able to establish a robust early childhood system starting off the ground, as soon as the state proposition passed. we've been able to do some really innovative things which is san francisco-like. one of them, we created a health insurance for all children. this was before universal health coverage. and we were able to seat that. we've been able to provide parents with a voice through civic engagement. and as you can see, this is the fruits of that labor that families are very engaged and they feel they have a voice in what happens within their civic

responsibility. we also have created one of the -- one of the premier hallmarks of san francisco which is the multidisciplinary centers at zuckerberg general. and that is a place where children, you're quite not sure what is going on with the child. it's a place where children get multiple assessments to make sure you're looking at those cognitive developmentally health and all of these things. of course, we help the program in san francisco and we're proud of that. and we've been able to do a lot of other things, including providing bonuses to teachers so if there is a retention strategy, which we know are as many teachers are not well paid. and that's something that needs

to also be addressed. and in 2009, we launched the family resource center, which hosts 28 centers across the city that responds to various needs of families across the city. and so our focus really is, like i said before, cross sector. it's child development, early learning, family support, child health. we just don't look at something because all of these things have connection to each other. in partnership with the other departments, this is not something we can do in isolation. in terms of our child development and early education work, we partner very closely with the department of early care and education. we ensure that all providers that are receiving city support through local subsidies or preschool for all are part of

quality rating and improvement system. meaning every site gets visited and receives a rating. but our job is also to make sure that providers are able to meet those measures. so in terms of our early child education work, we do a lot of professional development and support to teachers across the city. and family childcare homes. so we've been able to see improvements across the board, not only in the efficacy of teaching strategies, but the environment where children are attending preschool and the early education settings. our work around family support also is a collective effort with dcyf and hsa. we have 26 family resource centers across the city and our focus is about supporting families that are most vulnerable, especially those in the eastern side of the city. and also being able to connect

with families as we now know, there are many families who are accessing information through technology, so it's not just a play based strategy. we've been able to effect parenting and parenting skills. being a parent is very hard. it not something that has been taken -- you know, it looks better on tv than in real life. and so what we do is provide a lot of parenting support for families. you just don't know how discipline sometimes works in this country. so our family resource centers are there, they're the front lines of helping families navigate all these systems. we've been seeing an incredible response in terms of being able to see parents and see their efficacy as well. and in child health, this is something we're really still

working on. this is, i would say, one of the mysteries of life. other than why are we here? around really supporting children as soon as they're born, around healthy development and how do we connect with families very early on to make sure that children are being screened for any potential health risk? and that includes developmental screening. and once we do find a child needs support, how do we connect families to those supports? in a way that is culturally relevant and that's something we're working with the department of public health, we're working with ocae and we're working with everyone at the table. and the pediatricians. because most children under 3 see their pediatrician much more than they are in early learning sites. so we've been doing a lot of work. we do have progress. of all the children that are

screened at a pediatrician office or early learning center, we've been able to refer for those children to need support have a system to make the referrals happen. we have increase in population. the issue is not just with early learning, but around the supports that help families thrive in the city. it's expensive in san francisco. these are the realities that you deal with every day and having to hear the challenges that families have across the city. and so, here comes sort of the sad news. as proposition 10, the tobacco tax is now on the decline. it's good, there is less smokers in california.

but what that means is we need to start thinking about how all of these supports and systems and services, how do they continue on beyond relying on the tobacco tax? and so our funding is comprised of various departments. around child health really right now, especially the screening in the pediatric settings, it's funded within just tobacco tax. so this is sort of like jenga, right? if we move the blocks away, what will happen? in family support, it's joint funded and the reason hsa has the little dots around it, most of the funding for at least this work and the prevention side, comes from the federal government. i think that's enough that i could say about that. and so for early education, we also fund a portion of the professional development supports that are provided to all the early educators across

the city. and so our ask today is in terms of next steps is that we really want to be thoughtful and mindful of what this takes. because this is work that is shared. it's shared responsibility across multiple departments and also across communities. and so we want to engage community, local legislators and also the different departments to think about what will happen. although the cliff is not right away, we have a preservation fund which helps buffer some of the declining revenue, but that preservation fund is declining as well as we take more out of it every year. we want to prepare for what will happen in the next funding cycle, especially around the family resource centers which are jointly funded by the other departments. and so our mission -- first 5 doesn't go away, but we do need to think about what is our role

and how do we fund in the future? or if there are other opportunities to be able to make up for the loss of the tobacco tax. and so today we have -- we put this out to family resource centers to let them know there was going to be a public hearing around the systems and supports that first 5 provides. we've been talking about this for ten years now. but you know, year 10 is now. and so it's relevant much more now than it was ten years ago. and so we have lots of people in the audience here and probably 30 or 40 more people in the board chambers that are very concerned, because these are vital support services in the community. and we will be engaging everyone who has in this room, but this is their opportunity to also be able to speak to how these services impact them as well.

but before we get to the public comment, i also have two other departments that are going to speak to their work with first 5, but also a system builders in the city. any questions? >> thank you. are there any questions? none? thank you very much. so now i would like to call up the executive director from the office of early care and education. good morning supervisors. computer shut down on us, there is a hard copy of what i'm talking through. i'll get started. i just want to thank you,

ingrid, for the important work and partnership. i'm the director of san francisco's office of early care and education. we're really proud partners with first 5. working together to maximize -- sorry, logistics, sorry. the following presentation, i want to zoom out a minute and talk a little bit about why early childhood, we were all kids once, we have that, and some of us had the opportunity of being parents and parents of young children right now. but reminding us as public stewards is helpful as we think about why we're here. and what our residents need. i need help. how did you do that so gracefully, ingrid? sorry, jonathan.

why early childhood? simply, there is a little bit of a road map moving on. 90% of brain development happens in those critical early first years of life. humans are amazingly resilient and transformative, but what does or doesn't happen in the early years really creates a trajectory. next slide. i think this slide, why it matters to all of us not just the kids themselves or our parents, which are a minority of the population, is it affects all of us and the vitality of the city. this slide from first 5, association of california, so the network of all of our counties and the state says it best. what happens is a child if their health needs are met, if our families are strong and parents have the support they need and if early learning is strong,

really shames the adults we -- shapes the adults we become and maximizes the capacity we have, but also the strength of the community. we have a stronger more capable native workforce. that's really important for us as we think about the strength of our neighborhoods. the challenge for us as a community -- i would say as a movement -- strengthening families and what can be perceived as not a family friendly city, early childhood is not a service, it's a time in life. our systems need to work well and in coordination to maximize who our san francisco residents, the babies born here, who they're able to become. so it really takes good health, mental health, nutrition, paired

with family support. when you have that question as a parent, or that -- and a friend or neighbor is there, someone to help guide you through the tough moments. and early learning. the vast majority of our parents of young children in san francisco are growing up in households where all families work. full-time. all adults work full-time for more. i'm here, my career is what it is because professionals stood behind me and my teacher husband while we were paying the bills when our kids were early. so i want to zoom into a little bit about early learning. that diagram from our national leaders and sort of system-building shows us it's not any one piece, but early learning in a working city, where families are meeting a high cost of living, is really critical. and that's where the work with first 5 is so robust. i think i would just say a

little bit, there is sometimes a question, maybe not among you, but what is the difference between first 5 and the office of early care and education? because you're all about the babies. it's a little different, because we need the whole coordinated system. so first 5 is the busy bee pollenating, best practices, and the office created with the support of many of you in 2014 is is designed to be the coordinator of the early learning system for the working parents to bring the best support and learning and nurturing for kids when parents are working. this oece as a new organization worked over two years to create a strategic plan about the formal early learning system. this was created in collaboration jointly with first 5. it was before our time and the

office spent months and months together looking at research, best practices, family and community needs, held hearings in every district in the city and learned what building on san francisco's strength as an investment in early learning and families and build a next stage strategy. components is really a birth to 5 approach, not just preschool, which is important, but also the critical 0 to 3 years, bringing a lens making sure that the children and families with the most to gain from high-quality early learning, achieve it. as well as quality improvement, family engagement, professional development and having financing that is fair and makes sense. i would say -- you can see you are strategic framework has taken some of the best practices that first 5 innovated and tested and proved in san francisco, and taking it from

the preschool population to the whole 0 to 5 population and scaling it. so a lot of what we learned from first 5 is about ten times the scale now. in preschool for all, through last year, we had 20 plus family childcare homes funded by the city with learning standards and support. with early learning scholarship, our broadened approach, 0 to 5, those learning standards and supports are applied to every family childcare home that the city supports going from 20 to more than 240 in every neighborhood. so that we're bringing a best practice and what kids and families and professionals need, not in one segment of the system that is locally funded, to all learning environment, such as families with childcare systems or other state and federal funding such as head start, et

cetera. this is -- our plan is everybody's plan. first 5 is our lead partner and sets the strategy for quality improvement, family engagement, early learning setting and professional development. we work on systems, strategies and initiatives such as early identification and screening of special needs, an issue that is personally important to me. early learning settings, mental health supports in early learning settings as well as training professional development and coaching to have the best learning and teaching. we act as funder. almost $7 million this year. it moves from the office of early care and education infused into the first 5 budget to help achieve the objectives that ingrid shared in early learning. i would say with sort of the scaling of preschool for all and

best practices, that has been a proof point. and while the picture for first 5 is a challenging one to sustain, overall city investment in early learning with the new approach has grown almost 10% over the last few years to really close the gap for working families. one of the ways we're doing that is leveraging state and federal money better by having one place where the money is organized. if a family has state or federal funding available for their early learns needs, we match them with that funding and use local funding for another family that may not have that opportunity. so we're serving more children and families. i want to give you an example, how in the district, whether it's a family childcare home or center, how the partnership takes shape for your program, serving the families. we provide a childcare home or center, funding to close the gap

to quality, as well as business or facility support. so an example, in chinatown, there is now affordable rental housing building, or in the mission can and there is opportunity to have a state-of-the-art learning center, our office works to say, there is a building being built, let's make sure there is a childcare option. that is paired with first 5's work with that center to make sure that the learning practices and the teachers have the professional support they need to be successful. which really creates a diverse set of options that are quality throughout the city. and together creates and boosts the k readiness which is the goal of many of departments through the our children, our families council. we have a lot of -- we're proud of the partnership with first 5. we do a lot together.

and we have opportunities to grow. we had our first halloween party jointly as staff together. we hope to continue that. we enjoy celebration of excellence in teaching to lift up the professionals who do amazing work with kids and families. and we're really interested in deepening the quality practices for family childcare providers to support people who teach our young kids and keep them in the profession. and last but not least, explore what the family resource center initiative, how those caregivers that are family, friends and neighbors have support and opportunity to maximize child development as possible. i thank you for the chance to join this important conversation. and welcome any questions now or later in your time. thank you. >> thank you, any questions or comments. seeing none, thank you very much. and finally, we have a presentation from maria sue,

executive director of the department of children, youth and family. >> hi, good morning, supervisors, thank you, supervisor fewer for calling this important hearing today. my comments will be brief. i'm here to support my colleagues in stating that dcyf as an agency that works primarily with nonprofit agencies and other public agencies that we work closely together and you've heard that from directors. we bring together the city, government, schools, community based organizations to all work together to make children, youth and families in our city thrive and succeed. we do this through a number of strategies and ways, primarily one way is through funding. another is through collaborative partnership. and increased quality through

technical assistance. people of san francisco made a unique commitment to children, youth and family services in the 1990s in passing legislation to ensure protected funding for children services. over the last 25 years, we've doubled down and increased our commitment to children services. most recently in the 2016, we placed initiative called the first initiative, which passed overwhelmingly by our citizens and residents. which allowed my department, the department of children youth and families, to not only have increased funding tore children services but to increase the funding for the children services up to the age of 24. we're excited about that possibility and what those new funds will yield for us. as i said, we are a funder and in -- we fund in multiple service areas n. the early care

and education service area, we allocate $17 million to our partners. we, in this particular service area, act as a funding partner and a policy thinker. because we really rely on the experts of first 5 and the office to lead and guide the work. we want to leverage their expertise, their abilities to really be connected to the community, and to the service providers. we also fund in a lot of other areas, such as idle school time, education support, enrichment, youth workforce, and emotional well-being. we also fund in -- we're a partner in the family resource center initiative that first 5 leads. and for that particular initiative, we allocate $5.2 million for that work. we believe that our investments

are holistic. we believe that the investments will offer avenues to enhance learning and opportunities for our children, youth and families, while also creating healthy families and communities environments for the entire city. the purpose of our work is beyond funding. we believe that through our partnership with our community-based organizations, we will lift the voices and the need of our citizens to be able to come together and support everyone to thrive in our city. we combine our expertise, our community engagement work, our creative thinking to improve access to services and make measurable impact. we have over the last two years developed four result statements that we're trying to move towards. and those result statements are,

children and youth are supported by nurturing families and communities. children and youth are physically and emotionally health. children and youth are ready to learn and succeed in school. youth are ready for college, work and productive adulthood. i can say without a doubt that without our partners we cannot do this work. we as a city need to come together to work together to move the results forward and be successful. and really, achieve the promise that we've made to our citizens and residents. i do want to note that dcyf is committed to ensuring access to the opportunities for all of the children. while we provide funding for a wide range of children, we also acknowledge there are segments of our community that needs additional support and we have made that commitment to increase

funding for our spanish speaking communities, our african-american communities, our pacific islander communities and our low-income asian communities because we believe if we continue to invest more in supporting all of our high need children and families, we will lift everyone up and make san francisco a success story for all of our families in our city. with that, i just want to emphasize that we really value and honor the partnership that we have with first 5 and with the office of early care and education. we are continuing to work together, but we would although love to continue to work together in a robust way. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. any questions from the colleagues or comments? none. so let's open this up for public comment then. when i call your name please