projects. attachments two n32 the memo, you can see the funds available per category and you can also see which categories are running out of funds. with that, i can take any questions. >> thank you. are there any questions for staff? seeing none, is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, is there a motion to adopt the 2019 prop kate strategic plan? made by commissioner cohen. we have a different house yet again. rollcall, please. >> on item seven. [roll call]

>> we have first approval. >> next item, please. >> adopt the final freeway corridor management study phase two report and author his executive director to amend cooperative -- cooperative agreement numbers with the california department of transportation for the u.s. 101 i to 80 managed lanes for an additional 150-2,000 and a total amount not to exceed $27,000 and approve a local partnership program for an exchange of funds for the u.s. 101, i to a deep managed lanes project. this is an action item. >> good morning. i am a senior planner with the transportation authority. i am here with a final update on the phase of the transportation authority effort to test the feasibility of management strategies on the freeways to help with more people in the same or fewer vehicles as demand for travel continues to increase this project was last discussed at the april 10th board meeting where we brought initial results. as we all know, congestion on the freeways is bad and getting

worse. because this trend of more congestion a slower travel times is only forecasted to continue without taking action, carpools and buses will be stuck in the same traffic as solo drivers, giving them no incentive to take transit or share the ride. the authority decided to approach this problem by exploring strategies to give high occupancy vehicles time and reality -- reliability advantage and incentivize more people to take the bus and ride together making better use of the freeway capacity. phase one of the study said -- set up goals for an evaluation of options to address freeway congestion in san francisco. as we consider solutions, we keep the studies was just goal in mind. i won't read them all to you, but we believe they reflect the values around san francisco transportation efficiency, reliability, air quality, health , and supporting communities. phase one of the study provided for a focus on travellers beginning or ending their trips in downtown san francisco and

eastern neighborhoods. we consider these goals when evaluating options to reduce travel times on freeways. the management strategy includes more than just changes to the physical land out of the lanes on the freeways. much like we wouldn't implement a red light on city streets without an investment and best service that uses those lanes, we shouldn't and could it -- couldn't implement a carpal lane the lane and policy about who can use it and when are the platform and that sent -- in that centre box there. while the service we can provide , whether that is transit , low-income services, or carpal matching, they are in the right-hand box. these policy decisions must go with the lane. together these come together into a holistic free wait management strategy. the freeway corridor management study focused on testing the feasibility of that platform while identifying the needs to scope the work required to implement the policy.

so the study focused on testing the feasibility of the platform or defining what the project could be by identifying free wait services with potential benefits in developing alternatives for them. making good assumptions about the travellers in the corridor and analysing the potential operations. meanwhile, the study focused on identifying needs and beginning scoping of the policy pieces through community outreach, feedback and coordination with agency partners in the bay area and beyond. let's focus on what the project could be. as a quick refresher, at our previous update, we shared a potential confederation of how to address this challenge by real -- real copyright -- reallocating existing free wait space. not widening the freeway. we believe the idea that widening freeways would harm the communities more than it would help them. the health implications increase greenhouse gas emissions and allowing more vehicles to travel in these corridors into san francisco would be too high. on top of that, it is worth

noting we have made a commitment not to widen the freeways and the general plan. this lane diagram offers a closer look at what the proposal entails and was previously shared at the april board meeting. highlighted in yellow are changes to the existing configuration. potentially striping a new lane from the existing shoulder to allow buses and carpools to bypass the backup at the end of the freeway at the traffic light at fifth and king. finally, at the last update, we share the initial results of the feasibility analysis of how this configuration might perform under various policies. we analyse the lane that you just saw with an operating policy every two person carpal. a third person carpal -- carpool it is worth noting the express lanes are carpool lanes or transit vehicles meeting the minimum occupancy requirements.

they always travel for free. while there is an option for others to pay to use the lane if capacity remains with that price of varying depending on how much capacity is available. in addition to the operating policies on the lanes themselves , the analysis assumed increase transit service on ongoing work to add my bus service on the 101 corridor between san francisco and san jose and adjustments to routes to take advantage of the lanes. these included seven new routes between san francisco and the peninsula and assumes the changes to many mobile services that included the introduction to the park expresses and modifying the service to run all day in both directions via 280. this included continuation of the existing 14 x. service that uses the core door. the final note is it is important to remember that the proposed lane addition recommends an alternative south of the airport and was in place. how did the scenarios perform?

the chart on your screen summarizes the performance of each of the alternatives across the goals we mentioned earlier. when we compare the results with our goals, the carpool only scenarios were either in no better than doing nothing -- nothing or in some cases, worse. many of the challenges of the scenarios come from the fact that involves converting an existing lane. at two person carpal rearranges the lanes the vehicles are using without being able to provide any advantage to carpools or transit and while it results in a underutilized carpal and that while it is great for the few vehicles able to use it, it squeezes the rest of the traffic into the remaining lanes and cause a substantial additional delay for those who aren't using the carpal lane. the express lanes and error performs better than the no build across a majority of the project goals as if able to balance the need for a reliable and free-flowing express lane with minimizing impacts to the remaining lanes. based on those results, what do we recommend and why?

the two person carpal looked promising initially as demand modelling showed it has the opportunity to increase the amount of people moved in the corridor of the most out of all the scenarios. under closer examination, we showed that lane would be approaching capacity on opening day leaving no room for growth in the core door. when we previously showed these results along with our caution in that capacity at the april meeting, the board provided some feedback and concern about how t.n.c.s the impact of these modelled results. on closer inspection, we determined when trips like t.n.c.s with single driver and single passenger, in addition to carpal cheaters, which are usually about 20% in the bay area, the lane would, in reality , break down and be congested on opening day, offering no more incentive to use transit or carpal than doing nothing at all. as a it showed promise and we approach this caution.

hov three, or three person carpal divided travel time savings of up to eight minutes over the others. is very poorly utilized. even taking into account the new transit service and carpool. delays or significant. this configuration also moves fewer people than any other alternative, even fewer people than doing nothing at all. because of the underutilized carpal lane and congested general-purpose lanes. as a result of this poor performance, the this scenario is not recommended. finally, the express lane alternative represents the middle ground between the hov two and hov three scenarios. we can use a variable price as a mention based on demand to ensure the lane is all right -- always about utilized without becoming congested and allowing three trent -- transit and three-person carpool lanes and first.

the analysis results bring this middle ground up. enough vehicles are also pulled out of the remaining general-purpose lane to maintain or improve the travel time in the general-purpose lanes. the scenario also saw the number of people moved in the corridor increase by 40%. as a result, they meet the goal of the study and is the staff recommended alternative in the final report. let's return to the policy of how hard of a strategy. as i mentioned earlier, the implantation side of this study was based around identifying needs and exploring potential strategies. we want to make sure that we build the lane on the needs and desires of the communities impacted by the freeways. this process starts with us. we have held over 30 conversations and meetings with leaders and groups and free wait -- freeway adjacent

neighborhoods to introduce the concepts explored in the study and asked for input on what types of questions people would want to see answered going forward. this represents only beginning of what we need to be a concerned city each should their project advance. we have also engaged with agency partners as well as other regions who are already operating these types of lanes, like los angeles metro are in planning process for other projects. want to learn from our peers about the best practices to achieve the goals of the study by moving more people and fewer vehicles and we want to make sure we are engaged in multiagency solutions for the entire peninsula corridor. we also know it is critical to learn the best and most successful ways of people -- are people approaching it equitably. where are we in the overall process and what are the next steps? this slide illustrates our progress so far and we are exiting the feasibility stage and engaging with caltrans to

outline a potential environmental clearance document should the study advance, it would come back several times throughout the various phases with updates and to request approvals, funding and concurrence at each step. throughout, we would maintain a robust outreach strategy and will perform increasingly detailed analysis including a thorough equity analysis to address some of the questions that have already arisen. so the actions before you today are the next steps in that roadmap. i will provide a summary of the items recommended actions. first, adopt the feasibility study report for the freeway corridor management study phase to watch what which lane conversion express lane as the staff recommended alternative. additional recommendations include continued and more robust studies about how a program may operate including detailed socioeconomic equity, transit, and traffic analyses. second is approval of an amendment to an agreement with caltrans and the amounts of 100 to $50,000 to reimburse their staff for review and oversight

as we continue to develop and review these improvements on their highway system. this amendment is fully funded by a previous prop k. finally, approval of a find exchange between prop k. and the local partnership program. to be able to find those additional detail studies that i mentioned and regal -- eager to begin. we have heard request on this board and in our outreach. that is this transit service detail analysis that i mentioned staff has proposed a prop k. fund exchange. this action would approve the exchange of funds allocated to public works with an equal amount of prop k. dollars resulting in no reductions to street resurfacing. then up to 4.1 million of the lp p. funds would be made available for future phases of this, including those detailed analyses that i mentioned. the exchange is necessary because there is no expenditure plan line that could result directly found this work. staff will return to the board in early 29 teen -- in 2019 to

amend it. street resurfacing five-year prioritization program would allocate the funds for the project. staff also expects this project to be competitive for future rounds of corridor funding and our m3 toll funding. that concludes my presentation. i'm happy to answer any questions. >> speaker-01: is still with us. thank you to the voters of the state of california. with that, i assume that there are going to be a number of questions from commissioners. thank you for that presentation, which we have received in the past and now we have the study before us for adoption. with that, commissioner fewer? >> thank you very much. thank you for the presentation. my district does not border this area, but i wanted to know, do we have any current data on how many vehicles -- how many people are eating vehicles now?

how many cars have two people in them and how many cars are single rides and how many have three or more people? did we do any analysis of that? >> yes, we did. in the corridors in san francisco, 20% of the vehicle to date me that what a person or more requirement including transit, buses, vans or more. it depends on where you look on the freeway system. three or more people is about 3- 5% of the vehicles today. >> and then the rest are single people in cars? >> correct. >> thank you. have you done this analysis along this corridor? >> yes. >> okay. those are the numbers for this corridor. >> those are the numbers for san francisco on 101 and 280 in san francisco. >> did you take this on a weekday or did you do it on a weekend? >> tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. >> and during commute hours? >> correct. >> thank you.

>> commissioner brown? >> thank you. thank you for the report. i have a couple of questions. the sites -- besides enhancement of bus services for the three line serving communities of concern, what are some other things that can be done to promote equity for the folks who are in these communities of these proposed lanes that they travel through? >> that is a great question. as i mentioned, part of the work we are doing is partnering with partner agencies. that has come out of the outreach discussions to retweet where one of the first things people ask for is improvement in transit service. that is why we lead with that. we have done great work around other programs that include using the revenue that is collected from the pricing to either provide toll subsidies to low income travellers who aren't able to use transit or fund even more transit beyond what would otherwise be available in the lane. >> something like helping people

with fast track? >> correct. los angeles' program has a monthly maintenance fee that is a barrier to entry for a lot of people of limited income. l.a. has a program where if you are eligible for any state assistance program, you can get a fast track at no cost, preloaded with $25 that has no monthly maintenance fee. additionally, this is open to everyone, not just low income houses. if someone writes frequently, they are rewarded by receiving total credit for free onto that fast track. if they usually take transit but they need to be with their kids after school or have an important meeting and need to drive that day, the options available to them are there to take advantage of this facility. >> thank you. >> commissioner he? >> thank you. when you did this analysis, did you look at the impact of whether any of these scenarios would increase or decrease in

vehicles coming into san francisco? the one that was recommended, i could make the assumption because of the better flow, that we will see even more vehicles driven into san francisco. i don't know if you did any analysis in that regards. >> yes, we did. and the changes, for all the scenarios are small. within half a% overall for each one. i think part of it is because we are not building a new lane. i would definitely agree that would be a real concern if we were are proposing to add a new lane like a san mateo county is doing south and putting additional capacity into the city. wet all three of the proposals are planning to do is reallocate the existing capacity. there really isn't additional room for more vehicles to come in, but we are giving priority to those vehicles that have more people in them. either way, across all three

scenarios, there is not a significant difference in the total number of vehicles travelling in the car door. >> thank you. >> commissioner cohen? >> thank you for your presentation. i appreciate it pretty greatly. this is a dicey topic and it is one that needs to be delved and with some level of sensitivity. cultural awareness, from my perspective, i am viewing this from my environmental justice, social justice as well as public health blends. as a reminder to everyone, district ten has two freeways. 101 and 280 bisect through the neighborhood. i am particularly interested with a lot of the particulate manager and dust that is emitted , because of traffic. i'm interested in decreasing traffic. unnecessary traffic. however, i'm also cautious about the cost of putting a fee on

travel through a neighborhood. this is what i mean when i say dicey. it is very sensitive. i was fortunate to go down and do a tour in southern california and learn a little bit more about how their tolls are working. one of the things i am interested in particularly as i'll be voting yes on the site and because i think we need more equity studies. we need to be paying very close attention and i am grateful that the t.a. has demonstrated that level of commitment to paying attention to the details. to making sure that whatever we pass, or whatever moves forward, we are not leaving people behind and we are not paying careful attention to the people who are most closely effected that are living in and around freeways. your district is not far from the freeway. supervisor can post us district,

there is something that really connects and unites all of us around this study. i am grateful and i will be supportive. i hope other colleagues will be supportive. this is a contract to continue to oversee the continued study for equity. thank you. >> thank you. are there any other commissioners who have questions or comments? seeing none, are the members of the public who would like to testify on this matter, please come forward to. this is your chance. go ahead. >> i live in district ten. i just have to watch for short points because i'm very concerned about this project. it seems like its a project catering to people who do not live in a city that want to pass

through back especially the tech company shuttles and what not to and i also wanted to add on about the effect it will have on low income people. i know you mentioned there will be some type of subsidy for those who qualify for government assistance programs, but that doesn't help people who are one step above that in low income and don't qualify and are one paycheck away from being homeless and things like this will affect households dramatically. especially in district ten. and as far as well-being, who is the well-being for? the district ten only wanted to get over to the main parts of the city where it serves the 101 and the 280 and until that district is represented and those types of considerations are done, i think that is what should be the priority.

we do not have three people that can fill a car in our district to ride over to city hall or to the hospital or to go shopping. so i would like that to be a priority and not people who want to pass through real quick and not deal with the problems they incurred when they brought these businesses in and were not held accountable for our infrastructure. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning. we are a transportation and land use organization in the bay area and we support the motion on the table here today. we believe that, as was mentioned with the report today, traffic is getting worse. it's not good for anybody. buses as well as carpools that are stuck in traffic. moving forward, it is only going

to get worse for traffic and congestion. we believe that managed lanes can move more people with fewer cars and help alleviate congestion and promote equity if done well or done right. we believe they could provide a model for the region. of something we have been advocating over the last decade at transform at the regional and local levels. as far as a multipronged approach to getting managed lanes right. first and foremost, conversion. going with the three plus hot approach, as you saw through the study, is going to produce the best results and coupled with the rich provision of transit and mobility strategies to make sure we move way more people with fewer cars. and finally, the equity piece being important, as already noted today. and with three key components that we see. one is access and making sure that folks have equal access to

the lanes and there are no barriers. affordability, and the provision of rich transportation. we are about to release a report on pricing and equity and we look forward to sharing that with you as soon as it is released. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take these together, or would you like me to do them one by one? there are three actual actions that are before us on item number 8. i'm happy to take them as a whole if someone wants to make a motion to that effect. is there a motion to adopt item number 8, all three of its parts made by commissioner cohen. and seconded. we have yet another different house. on this item, a roll call, please. [roll call]

>> we have first approval. >> next item, please. >> item nine is awarded two your professional services contract with design consulting in an amount not to exceed $420,000 for planning and technical services for the connect s.f. streets and freeways study. >> good afternoon, commissioners i am a senior planner here at the t.a. we issued the r.f.p. on august 30th of this year. earned the freeways project will develop projects and policies for streets and freeways that will meet the needs and our vision and goals by the year 2050. we took steps to encourage participation from small and

disadvantaged business enterprises, including advertising in our local newspapers. we received two proposals for -- in response to the r.f.p. and we are recommending msa design services to receive the contract excuse me. the m.s.a. exceeded the goals of 14% and they are including two teams that will meet a 34% goal. the contract will be funded by state and transportation -- federal service present -- transportation funds as well as prop k. funds and the c.e.c. recommended this item at the october 24th board meeting. >> thank you. are there any questions from

commissioners? if there any public comment? public comment is closed. is there a motion to adopt -- aboard the two year professional service contract made by commissioner fewer and seconded by commissioner brown? we have the same house for once. same call. the item is approved on first reading. next item, please. >> item ten is award promotional services for options to extend a three-year additional one year. to consulting in an amount not to exceed $480,000 for computer network and maintenance services this is an action item. >> will you present? >> good morning, commissioners. i'm sorry. i do not see the deputy director for technology data and analysis here to present this item. >> he was here. >> he was here a moment to go. i am more than happy to present if the commissioners will have me. this is a proposal for i.t. services. we have utilized a consultant

instead of utilizing staff as we found it has been more cost effective and beneficial for us to have someone on call versus having a full-time equipment position. we really -- we release the proposal back in the summer. i am happy to report we had five proposals come in for the services. we are looking to extend services for a two year agreement with three amendments. the percentage was approximately 15% and we received -- the proposal came in at 84%. staff included on this panel were a mix of t.a. staff with multiple divisions. this is funded by all prop k. funds. this e.a.c. provided a unanimous support for this item. i am more than happy to answer any questions. >> any questions or comments from commissioners? seeing none. public comment is closed. is there a motion to award this contract?

>> same house, same call. the item is adopted on first reading. his are in the introduction new items? is there any general public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed and to the t.a. is adjourned.

>> the hon. london breed: all right. wow. we clearly need a bigger room. well, i just want to say thank you all so much for being here. i'm london breed, mayor of the city and county of san francisco, and i am excited to be home at the african american art and culture complex.

thank you to our codirectors who are managing this beautiful facility. you know, this program is one of my dreams. it's my dream because i wouldn't be standing here if it weren't for an opportunity when i was in high school. when i was 14, i signed up for the mayor's youth, employment, and training program. it was my first job where i got my first check, first paycheck, and i see jeff maury, he signed my first paycheck. he always remember the signature on your first paycheck, and i was really fortunate because i grew up in this community and of course there were a lot of challenges, and there continue to be a lot of challenges, and i was fortunate because i was given an opportunity to work at the family school where i learned how to answer the

phones. and one of the first days that i started, i answered the phone, hello? and the person who was in charge of the administration at the family school said no, london, that's not how you answer the phone. you need to say, hello, this is london breed, you're calling the family school. how may i help you? what a big difference, right? and i thought wow. what a big difference. the thing is like mignon, and cal, there were people who were incredible mentors, and they supported me and encouraged me, and i ended up going to college, and i ended up going to college because they told me i could do it. me provided me with an opportunity. and i'll be honest. it kept me out of trouble because at that time, my grandmother was raising me, i lived in plaza east, public

housing. we didn't have a lot of money, and it was basically easy to go down to the tenderloin and sell drugs. and you know rudy, from united players, exactly what i'm talking about. the point is, i was given an opportunity and things turned out okay with me. but too many young people in our city are not given that same opportunity. some of you all know my story about my family, and i wish some of them were here with me today. my brother, unfortunately, wasn't given an opportunity, and he's still incarcerated, and i think what a difference a program like this could have made. i think about my sister who had an opportunity to participate in this program, but unfortunately, she lost her life. and so when i think about what i can do better in the city, it's not basically continuing to allow the experiences that i had growing up in san francisco to be normal. we are here to change what is normal for young people in san

francisco. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so when i served as the after man american art and culture complex executive director, yes, i paid our kids. not because i was trying to bribe them or anything to stay in the program, but it's because i wanted to open the doors of opportunity for them. i wanted them to know what the center was about, i wanted them to be a part of the center, i wanted them to be safe, i wanted them -- to expose them to incredible opportunities that exist all around san francisco, and i'm really so proud of so many of them who are now adults and doing their own thing and working hard. i know some of the kids from project -- i keep saying kids, but they're adults, from project level, are here, and you're going to here from a couple of them. the point is it's about making sure that what is normal and what we've experienced in the western addition and places like

the bayview, we want to change that. do i want to be the c.e.o. of this company, or do i want to start my own business, making my own products? do i want to go into marketing, do i want to create commercials? do i want to be mayor? do i want to work for the city? i want this to be normal opportunities that people -- young people in this city look forward, so we have to open the door. we have to make sure no young kid is left behind. it has to be something that we make mandatory in san francisco, so that's why one of the -- this is drk-i'm so excited, i don't know what to do right now. but we have about 5,000 slots now for paid opportunities for young people in san francisco, and today, we're announcing that we're increasing that to 8,000. we're adding another 3,000

slots. [applause] we have still a long way to go because in our high schools in san francisco, we have about 16,000 high school students, and i want to make sure as soon as a high school student hits 9th grade, that they have an opportunity for a paid internship from 9th grade all the way to 12th grade. that's what this program is about. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: opportunities for all means that we leave no kid behind. and here's the thing. 1,000 of those slots will go to some of our most challenging kids to work with. as sheryl davis and i, who worked in this community with some of those young people, we know what it is -- oh, we got some of them here today. you know, sometimes -- and let me just be clear, not everyone has a mom and a dad at home. not everyone has even a support network at home.

i was really, really lucky. even though my grandmother was older, she didn't still mess around, but so many young people when they would come into the african american art and culture complex, they didn't even have lunch at school. they didn't have access to things. they didn't have that support system, somebody telling them they could be anything they wanted to be. if i can come out of o.c. projects, out of control projects, live there over 20 years of my life in some of the most challenging of circumstances, and no one came to my neighborhood. if i can come out of that and be mayor of san francisco, these kids in this city can do anything they want to do. [applaus [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so i am putting companies on notice because this is not just the

city, this is not just going to be just the department of children, youth, and families and the mayor and ucoming up wih funding, these are going to be making sure that all cities in san francisco provide financial support, provide slots for our kids, they have to open the doors, the doors to opportunity. everyone has a plan of what they think should be done, and i'm putting down -- i'm putting down the -- the plan that i am pushing forward today that i know effectively can work if the doors are open. and so sheryl davis who is the director of the human rights commission here in san francisco who i -- again, we worked with young people in this community for many, many years, and i'm really proud of the work that we've done. because now, those young people appreciate us, they appreciate the work that we did, but it was really about making sure that

when they became adults that they were living good, productive lives where they can take care of themselves and hopefully eventually give back and support others and lift others up in the community. that's how we are going to change the normal. that's how we are going to make a difference. that's how we are going to make sure that we are going to more college graduations than funerals. that's how we are really going to make san francisco a better place. you know, yesterday, i was down in the tenderloin, talking to some folks down there, and i ran into a lot of people who i've -- i've known for so many years when i was a kid -- friends, friends moms, and other people who are struggling, and i don't want that to happen to the next generations of san franciscans, young people growing up in this city. so i am committed today to adding these opportunities so that no child is left behind. and i am looking forward to the

work that i know we all are going to do together to make sure that every hol studeigh sc student in san francisco has a paid internship. that is the start of this program today, and i am so excited in partnering with so many people to make this possible. lastly -- i can go on and on, as you know. politicians. i just remember when i was fortunate enough at age 14, which wasn't that long ago, when i was fortunate enough to be given an opportunity to work and to get a paid internship opportunity, i remember so many people who i worked with that didn't have that same opportunity. i was lucky, i was glad to get a slot. so we want to do summer, but the reason why i felt empowered is because the place that i worked, the family school, they really liked me, and they decided to

keep me year-round, and they got -- they figured out a way to help get it paid for. so yes, ultimately, we want summer internship opportunities, and we want to support young people with these opportunities, but we want to make sure that year-round opportunities exist. we want to continue to work with our school district and shamman walton, who's with the school district is here today. i want to make sure there's a way to work with our school districts so young people get credit for these opportunities, as well. i want to continue working with city college to kids get college credit in high school. again, this is about providing opportunity, changing what is normal because if we don't start now, if we don't start working and fighting for young people now, then we only have ourselves

to blame when they don't succeed, and that's what today is about. so i have everybody here. a lot of great people to talk. the workforce -- economic and workforce development director, joaquin torres is here. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: the department of children, youth, and families director is here, maria sue is here, and the guy that's going to make sure that everybody in the city, grownups and kids get jobs, is josh arce. so today is an exciting day in san francisco. it is really a dream come true, and i can't wait until we turn no child away from an opportunity to work, to learn, to grow, and to be successful in the city and county of san francisco. with that, i'd like to introduce sheryl davis to talk a little bit about what we plan to do as it relates to this program.

[applause] >> first, i'm just going to ask everybody to give another round of applause for mayor breed. [applause] >> i will say the work that i do and i've done in community, i blame it all on mayor breed because every time she comes up with an idea, she's like we've got to do this, and she means we, like let's do it together. and when she said she wanted to do opportunities for all, when she said she want toded to do a this life, i asked him if she remembered that one summer years ago when channel, anjenette and four other young people -- she hobled together this group of young people, and she said, we've really got to make opportunities for them. channel went to san jose state.

anjenett has be anjenette has been toiling and working in the community, and now she's working in the community. mayor breed is scaling that working in community to make sure it's not just that same group of kids, but that everybody has access and an opportunity. part of what i'm going to do first is the call to action. there are young people in here right now. we need to have a better understanding of what you need and where the gaps are and what kind of experience that you've had. we're going to be surveying and asking people to step up and to apply and to form that. two, the chamber is represents -- i know laura and graeg here -- we're trying to ask businesses to actually commit to doing all the different things, whether you take somebody at the entry level who's never had a job, who maybe doesn't have the best attitude,

but you give them space to work in there, but at the same time, we're asking you to put people on your payroll and give them a job. but that's one thing, if you can't do that, you can give money. you can pay for someone to work, and then, we really need or service providers to make sure we're getting young people ready, and if they're not ready to go to google or to go to a law firm, or google, that we're creating safe places in the community, a network, where they can get a job, they can get a check. we need to be able to say san francisco wants to hire young people. let's get them ready. so everybody here, there's something for you to do after. just to speak to how this really works, and how beyond just doing it for a summer, i want to invite up the best example of this work.

dethon jon deanthony jones is going to come up and talk about this. >> thank you, cheryl. i just want to say really quickly, i just want to thank you, mayor, for for leadership in this process. i, too, had my first paycheck signed by jeff maury, and what i'd like to say is i now run that organization. the mayor knows that for many, many years now, i have implored this city to provide the opportunities that our young people deserve, and the very sad reality is that over the years, we've had to turn away thousands

of deserving young people for the opportunities that could change their lives. so i just want to say thank you. we're looking forward to working with everybody in this room, everybody up here to make this happen, and we want to make sure that all the young people who need and want and deserve opportunities get them. thank you very much, mayor. [applause] >> well, first off, i'm definitely honored and blessed to be up here with the mayor and with sheryl davis, one of my mentors, just to tell you a little bit about myself, i was born and raised in the western addition, in public how's. just having access to opportunities all my life and take them has helped me get to where i am right now, and i'm proud and honored to say that the mayor had put me on her team in august of this year. [applause] >> but it started as a seed.

it took being exposed to progra programs and having opportunities in the community. when i was in my early years of college and then being a youth commissioner of this district, as well, all of those opportunities culminated into this, and i'm just scared often where else i could be headed in my future, but that's neither here nor there. it took opportunity being opened up, doors to be opened for me to walk-through and to get cultivated by mentorship, cultivated by experience and cultivated by the stories of those around me. for me, it's an honor to serve

because i understand the value of opportunity, and it is my mission in life to help other youth find those opportunities, as well, so i plan to make that my opportunity just as the mayor was a young mayor in the western addition -- she still is. and you know, for me, it's just important to see other youth to get those opportunities. i was breslessed to be working h them, and i'm still working with them now. one of them is a woman beside me, who has a brite future, as well. >> hello. my name is keyare 2k5desuer.

i had finished 8th grade and got a paid internship. c.s.f. has many cohorts. and i was in the community cohort which allowed me and my peers to learn about mental health and how it plays an important role. c.s.i. is important because it helps me and my community with regard to mental health issues. we got to go to mental health clinics, and homeless shelters. i think all kids deserve in opportunity, and all of -- all over the world, they should be able to get this opportunity because i know many places, they aren't allowed to get them. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so our final speaker is going to come up.

i think deanthony and kiara highlight the beginning of this journey and what it can do when it's done well. i wanted to just bring up morgan. one of the things that mayor breed has been doing all along the spectrum is she was creating programs and supporting young people here, and when she became supervisor, she continued to advocate for that. i know maria can attest to funding and making sure it gets to the folks that are often forgeten. the program that kiara talked about is modelled after what mayor breed did here. but morgan is up next, and i think her story and where she's going is just amazing. >> my name is morgan tucker. i work at collective impact. four years ago, i was leading a group of young ladies from

different communities throughout san francisco, and we actually worked on a project partnering with the san francisco police department. very challenging. very challenging, but it created an opportunity for them to actually build relationships with the police department which was a great opportunity, and now i can say that a lot of those young women actually have relationships with officers. mayor breed was also -- she was very support him throughout the whole entire process. i was actually able to meet her then, back in 2015, for the first time. we as the interns knew she was fighting for funding that helped youth get experience in programs in these jobs. after the first summer, i decided to become a police cadet. one, i made the decision because they were paying youth who were still in college to actually just support as police officers -- well, support these police officers, i was also hired as the coordinator for the c.s.i. program, which was a big role, but i was prepared for it. ad