it, and then, ensuring that we have the people who are able to be responsive and answer those questions, so there's building out that infrastructure i think that's what we'd have to look into and come back with. >> president cook: yeah. so i'm glad we're doing customer service studies. in terms of -- i know people have been looking at this website in a lot of different ways. when we look at the current, like, most highly used pages, and if we have some sort of, like, gauge of, do we have sort of gauge of what those pages are before experiencing those pages, and they're on a trail to find something, and they stop, can you speak to that at all? >> so we do ongoing analytics through google, and also, we've had a few different type of analytics tools that give us heat maps, as well, so we can see which pages people go to,

what pages they stay on the most, so we will continue to monitor that. and can he definitely provide more support and attention to the things that are more frequently looked and requested, and we're hoping if we have the new design, we'll see some positive changes in some areas. >> president cook: so can you share some of those? >> yeah. so we know that enrolment is, not surprisingly, one of the most highly requested pages. but generally, in enrollment, the school calendar is another really popular one, so a lot of people are looking at our academic calendar. and there are others -- [inaudible] >> lunch menus, thank you, yes. we actually kind of random little piece of trivia is we get several hundred views originating from china every month, as well. >> i'll just share, too, that through that phase one, we did a lot of research and review of

the analytics to help inform our design and so build that in. how do we bring the pages that we know families or community members are more often on the current site, so we focus on having clear language and concise language. so that's where in our beta site, you'll see hopefully that will come to fruition because we use that to help guide sort of where we focus first. >> okay. and so then, you mentioned lunch, and if that's going to be something that we can do after people engage with some sort of aspect of the website, like, leave a comment or review, what was your -- honestly, i think that lunch review should be on the website. as soon as that contract comes

back -- [inaudible] >> president cook: -- and i see other commissioners -- so i had commissioner lam, i know, and commissioner norton, but i'm going to come back because i'm not finished. go ahead. >> yes. thank you, president cook. i was just wanting to follow up on that theme, the threat around the client and customer service response. and i think that's what's interesting around the potential chat feature because not only am i interested in the analytics of which pages were requested, but i think really about which ones that, again, need -- you can see my priorities around how are we responding to questions, right? so for example, if there are issues around or questions around enrollment, if there's something around something that's happening at a school site, like, we heard from in public comment tonight, that it feels really important for parents, communities, students

to hear back from someone. i think that will just give us an edge to understand what are the aspects or the different supports that are being requested of staff, not only just for informational and reference. >> president cook: commissioner norton? >> commissioner norton: just -- and i apologize if i missed this earlier. i'm curious what content system you're using and also how -- if there's going to be improved work -- there's efforts in updating and preserving the site? one thing i hear is the information is out of date. there's a lot that you do, when you search, you find really old stuff. it's sometimes five, six years old, sometimes more than that.

and i know that we have had really staff limited availability to update, so i'm just wondering if we're making that easier, if we're going to give departments the opportunity to maintain their own sections. >> so departments are currently responsible for maintaining their own sections, and one of the challenges that we faced is a lot of departments have created their own independent sites which means they tend to divest from putting up content on that sfusd.edu site. so when they go to that site, we're either sending them to another site which may or may not be accessiblet or translated. we're going to be requiring that all of the departments migrate back to the website that we're supporting. >> as a parent, i've always

been looking for information, but then, i've gone to schools where students speak other languages. what's been really helpful about the website is when folks have updated things, i go on-line and get translated versions of what is a dlac, and that's something that i've been able to share on school sites. but on pages that don't have translation, i'm just wondering what the expectation is around every page being translated by at a department level, and then, is that same information is going to be shared with schools? i know that's a burden. my daughters went to jean parker, and making sure we're adding content, there was a bag making sure that it was translated. >> so the -- the translation tool multilanguage tool is built into the c.m.s., the platform that we have here. and so by bringing in, migrating in all of those department websites, they will

be translatable, so that you can get that basic -- what they're posting on-line, you can then translate into a multitude of languages. and the same would be true for the school websites, when they all come over onto that platform, as well. that enables, as we were sharing, you know, having a common platform, we're able to provide that service once they're on our platform. so we have shared that. it will take us some time. there are a lot of sites out there, and we also want to make sure that we're targeting -- that we're sort of thinking about what phased approach is, but the expectation is we're all coming onto the same platform to make it easier for our users and to make it more intuitive and user friendly. >> just another question. i understand our district staff can access their paychecks on-line, but i'm wondering if students and staff can access their grades and assignments

on-line, as well. i know we can access that through v.u.e., and what i was just looking at right now, it is showing me a graph of my attendance, which i think is really helpful, but just would that be integrated into that platform or -- >> so that will stay on the student view on the student portal, so when you log on with your sfusd user i.d. and password, you can see the charts for it, submit your assignments. so will all stay within the student portal. >> thank you. >> but you can access that portal also through this new platform. >> president cook: my last question was just going to be about the open source approach and having a user community that was going to support the update to the websites.

>> so droople is a common platform, and there's a robust number of users out there. it really opens up our opportunities to connect in with additional developers, to connect in with training resources that we're not necessarily creating or starting from scratch on our own, so it helps expand our capacity to be able to support the site in the long-term. >> president cook: and that's our site and the school website -- >> yep, it's all on the same platform. >> president cook: and you touched on one person coming onto help schools either market or update their websites. >> we have one person to

coordinate thousands of pages. >> president cook: okay. so the content specialist is focused on all schools? >> yeah. >> president cook: and so if that school doesn't have a person updating their own content, that person will be able to update the content for them? >> so given the number of school sites, it would be difficult to say we with do that to all sites, so i think what we would be doing is providing an equitiable approach for it, and more intensive support for schools that have the highest need. and generally, what we want to be able to do is help that school give us the content, and then, if they don't have somebody there that can load it, we can load it, but i don't know that we'd have the capacity to write original copy for each school every time they wanted to change something.

>> president cook: yeah, i wasn't sure that was going to happen. i wanted to make sure that was clear. >> yes. we need to manage ekt expectations. i appreciate you giving me the chance to say that. >> president cook: what about managing sites that are not part of sfusd? can you address that? >> that's a great question. so first, we are going to ask that all the schools in the district come over on the drupal platform, and all the schools that are currently using the other district supported c.m.s. that we'll be phasing out the end of june. i think one of the challenges will be, you know, questions that come up, such as there's a school that has a really robust great, high functioning website that they've developed, and is that something that we are going to say, you know, you need to move into this platform, and if so, how -- you know, what's the timeline and are we -- i think we're still looking at those types of

questions. >> president cook: okay. okay. thank you. section i, consent calendar, items removed at previous meeting. there are none tonight. section j, introduction of proposals and assignment to committee. number one, we have public and board comments or proposals. number two, for first reading -- [inaudible] >> president cook: for this item? okay. i have two cards for miss

fisher. so i'm at number one for seven and nine. [inaudibl >> hi again. so i'm here to talk about the two board policies that are items seven and nine in section j. we're talking specifically about graduation participation for students with i.e.p.s as well as nonpublic agencies and nonpublic school assignment. and the c.a.c. is grateful that we're starting conversations and developing these policies. we look forward to being part of a robust discussion surrounding these. >> president cook: miss casco,

if you can start the -- >> clerk: yeah. >> when we're talking about nonpublic schools and nonpublic agencies, one of the things that caught my eye is the statement that the superintendent or designee shall notify the board prior to approving an out of state placement for any district student. and i'm sure you're all aware of our federal regulations -- 34 c.f.r. 31 00 that defines what an i.e.p. is. each school has a school representative on it that understand's the district's services. provision of designated instruction, and knowledge about the availability of resources. and particularly when we're talking about nonpublic schools and specifically when we're talking about our out-of-state placement, we're talking generally about students in crisis. we're talking about students

who the public schools have not worked for any number of reasons, but these are not decisions that the i.e.p. team has made lightly, and the fact that these services and placements could be delayed based on this provision of a policy could be in -- it could be a problem legally -- it's the way that the c.a.c. -- we want to have a more robust discussion about this to make sure that this policy isn't counter to our current laws around i.e.p.s. many of our students who are going to nonpublic schools and nonpublic agencies, their current placements haven't works, and so they're currently without a placement, out of school. and so the longer we deny them access to safe or their education, the more justice we're delaying these children. and the month of january is the month of dr. martin luther king's birthday, and we all know one of his more

recognizable sayings is justice delayed is justice denied. let's make sure we support our marginalized students and give them placements immediately. thank you. >> president cook: thank you. for first reading, there are two superintendent's proposals that are being introduced on paf of the community. they are is 91-29 sp 1 and 19129 sp 2. their also eight board policies being introduced tonight. they are 0420.42, 5148.3, 0450,

3516, 6959.2, 6164.5, 6146.1, and 1113. may i hear a motion and second on the two proposals and the policies? >> motion. >> second. >> president cook: thank you. i'm forwarding the proposals and policies to the rules committee. section l, let's see -- a report from board members. i have an announcement on the committee of the whole. vice president sanchez. >> vice president sanchez: can i come back to that later? >> president cook: yes. let's see. any board delegates to

membership reports? all other reports, so if the board members want to share when your committees will be meeting. budget and business services. >> we're continuing that to be -- [inaudible] >> -- first wednesday at 6:00 a.m. [inaudible] >> -- and february 6 is our first meeting. >> president cook: i have the dates here. commissioner norton? >> commissioner norton: so the student assignment committee will remain the third monday of the month. that would fall on february 18, which is president's day, so we will actually have to reschedule it for february , but in other months, it will be the third monday. >> president cook: okay. buildings and grounds, this meeting on the fourth monday at 6:00 p.m., february 26 -- 25 at 6:00 p.m. is our first

meeting. curriculum is meeting the second monday at 6:00 p.m., monday, february 11. is that a holiday? >> no, it's the 18th. >> president cook: okay. all right. rules committee. >> vice president sanchez: rules committee is meeting the first monday of every month starting on the 4th of february , and we are deciding whether to have it at 4:30 or 5:00, so it'll be one of those times, yeah. >> president cook: okay. ad hoc committee on personnel matters and labor relations. >> we decided to move that to the second wednesday at 6:00 p.m. >> president cook: okay. thank you, commissioner collins. the ad hoc school district city college committee. >> we're in the process of

locating dates with president trustee randolph and the school districts. >> president cook: great. section m, other informational items, there is none tonight. section n, we don't have any >> president cook: we are back from closed session. i'm going to read the items. vote on items in closed session. there are none. i'll move and second the contract of the deputy superintendent of instruction with salaries set at grade 28 step 9 for a two year term.

may i have a second? >> second. >> president cook: miss casco, please. >> clerk: thank you. [roll call] >> clerk: seven ayes. >> president cook: number three, report from closed session, the board, by a vote of five ayes, approved the contract of one director on two matters of anticipated litigation. the board gave direction to general counsel. the board, by a prove of seven approved a settlement agreement in an employee termination matter. section q, adjournment. this concludes tonight's meeting. good night.

>> the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. aren't we excited today? [applause] first of all, i want to thank all of you for being here today. this is a really special occasion to celebrate someone who has been working in education and improving the lives of so many children throughout san francisco for more than 20 years. jennie lamb is my choice for

the board of education. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and we all know that making decisions like this are very difficult, but we know that the board of education is an important institution, one that former members of the board of supervisors, like shamann walton and matt haney have served on. i want to thank matt heaney or feedback that you provided on filling the term of your seat. i think we have someone that may not be able to fit in your h shoes but will fill your shoes. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so i want to thank susan solomon and ken tray and others from uesf. really appreciate you all being here as well as members of the school board who i see, my deer

friend, rachel norton, thank you so much. and one of the newest members of the board of educations, allison collins. i see city college member ivy lee, thank you so much for being here, as well as members of the board of supervisors, gordon mar and ahsha safai for an individual we know is going to do a great job on the board of education, supporting or children, supporting our teachers and doing what's necessary to close the achievement gap to make sure that no student is left behind. now let's start with the most important qualifications that brings us here today. jennie lamb is a parent, and she has two children, two

beautiful children, jackson and simone -- am i saying their names right? okay. i just want to make sure i have the names right, jackson and simone, who actually are in our public schools here. in fact, jackson, this is your school, roosevelt, right? are your friends jealous? a little bit. in fact, it's critical that the board of education as we know are represented by parents serving on this body. parents are the ones who know firsthand the impacts of decisions that get made. she knows too often that parents are too busy struggling with some of the challenges that i know a lot of parents here are dealing with with trying to get their kids ready, trying to get them to listen, looking at their report cards, looking at their homework. a lot of times, we forget that just because parents are not showing up to the board of education meeting, doesn't

necessarily mean they don't care. so they need someone, she need an advocate, they need a voice. i just realized, dr. vince matthews, who is the superintendent of our public schools is here today. thank you, dr. matthews, for being here today. ultimately, i want to make sure what we do here in san francisco is push for equity, push for closing the achievement gap. as a parent, she understands firsthand, but not just as a parent. her whole life, her whole career, and what she's done as someone who has pushed to change for education. working with affirmative action, working with education super highway making sure

schools have access to high speed internet services in states across this country. her work is local, her work is on a national level in trying to advocate for kids who, again, too often get left behind. so i am really excited, and i'm also really glad that our board of trusties commissioners here, ivy lee, you remember the work his lamb has done around fighting to make sure that city college is supported, the advocacy she will continue to do as someone who will work collaboratively with her colleagues on the board of education. she will focus on making the best decisions, and they will be her decisions ultimately as it relates to anything that she chooses to do because i trust her judgment. so many of you who have worked with her over the years in the world of education, you know her, you trust her judgment, as

well, and you know that our kids and our schools will be at the forefront of her thoughts in any decision that she makes moving us forward. so with that, i want to take this opportunity -- oh, and also recognize jennie's dad, mr. lamb. thank you so much for being here with us today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: with that, i am going to swear in our new commissioner for the san francisco school board. are we ready? all right. please raise your right hand and repeat after me with your name. i do solemnly swear that i will

support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and domestic. that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time as i hold the office of member of the

board of education for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: ladies and gentlemen, your newest commissioner for the board of education. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: it's

official. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. i am truly humbled with this opportunity to serve on the board of education. good morning. it's wonderful to see colleagues, community members, and dear friends. first, i want to thank and acknowledge my parents. my dad and mom emigrated to the u.s. from hong kong, settling in oakland, with little money, but with a dream, a chance to strive for a better life. they've dedicated their lives to my sister and me, taught us the important of family, hard work, strong values, and resiliency. dad, please stand and be

recognized. [applause] >> my first memories of school, of formal learning, started the first day of kindergarten. i still remember that day. i didn't understand what my teacher, ms. williams was saying because i didn't speak english. my first language was cantonnese, but it didn't matter. i was in a safe place and i was eager to learn. i am a product of public education, kindergarten through my studies at u.c. santa barbara. my professor and mentor, dr. sue chang chan, encouraged me to explore possibilities, including working for social good. san francisco has been my home for over 20 years. the city where i landed my first job out of college in chinatown, working with early care educators, education

teachers and providers, and years later, started a family and committed to raising two kids in san francisco. there were long days and sleepless nights, right, keith, when we asked how are we going to handle all of this? can we make it happen? then our daughter started kindergarten which confirmed our commitment to public schools. and during this time as a new sf unified parent, i started working at the san francisco civil rights bay organization. they have a history of fighting for the most marginalized communities. i want to send them thanks. and through my profession life from running youth and family programs in oakland public schools to managing nonprofit

organizations to nurturing leadership of immigrant parents across the city. all these experiences have taught me humility and compassion. san francisco is passionate about the power of public education. i'm honored to be part of the mission to give the best public education for our students regardless of neighborhood, income, or immigration status. this moment is for our values, for democracy. it's for the students, the parents, and guardians, the teachers and staff, and for our communities. and i want our students, every young person, to feel we care about their well-being, and we will do everything possible to help them succeed. and some of the issues that i'm excited to work on, because i know we're going to get straight to work, is address the achievement and opportunity gap. and we must continue to strive

for excellence for every student. increasing support for english language learners. third, support health and well-being so our students can thrive, and support our educators. professional learning for our teachers, recruit and retain them, and really show our value for our teachers and educators. integrate technology and innovation, not only in the classroom for teachers, but district wide. before i close, i want to thank my family, my husband, keith, and my kids, simone and jackson. thank you for supporting me. i know there will be sacrifices, and i hope to make you proud. mayor breed, thank you again, for seeing my passion and believing in my abilities. i'm excited to join my colleagues on the san francisco board of education.

and superintendent matthews, thank you for your partnership and being real and sharing our work together. now it's time to take our hopes, our vision into action together. thank you. [applause] >> the mayor will be available for questions after, as will commissioner lamb, but that's the end of the press conference.

>> growing up in san francisco has been way safer than growing up other places we we have that bubble, and it's still that bubble that it's okay to be whatever you want to. you can let your free flag fry he -- fly here. as an adult with autism, i'm here to challenge people's idea of what autism is. my journey is not everyone's journey because every autistic child is different, but there's hope. my background has heavy roots in the bay area. i was born in san diego and

adopted out to san francisco when i was about 17 years old. i bounced around a little bit here in high school, but i've always been here in the bay. we are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to emp. we don't turn anyone away. we take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. the most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you don't seem like you have autism. you seem so normal. yeah. that's 26 years of really, really, really hard work and i think thises that i still do. i was one of the first open adoptions for an lgbt couple. they split up when i was about four. one of them is partnered, and one of them is not, and then my biological mother, who is also a lesbian. very queer family. growing up in the 90's with a

queer family was odd, i had the bubble to protect me, and here, i felt safe. i was bullied relatively infrequently. but i never really felt isolated or alone. i have known for virtually my entire life i was not suspended, but kindly asked to not ever bring it up again in first grade, my desire to have a sex change. the school that i went to really had no idea how to handle one. one of my parents is a little bit gender nonconforming, so they know what it's about, but my parents wanted my life to be safe. when i have all the neurological issues to manage, that was just one more to add to it. i was a weird kid. i had my core group of, like, very tight, like, three friends. when we look at autism, we

characterize it by, like, lack of eye contact, what i do now is when i'm looking away from the camera, it's for my own comfort. faces are confusing. it's a lack of mirror neurons in your brain working properly to allow you to experience empathy, to realize where somebody is coming from, or to realize that body language means that. at its core, autism is a social disorder, it's a neurological disorder that people are born with, and it's a big, big spectrum. it wasn't until i was a teenager that i heard autism in relation to myself, and i rejected it. i was very loud, i took up a lot of space, and it was because mostly taking up space let everybody else know where i existed in the world. i didn't like to talk to people really, and then, when i did, i

overshared. i was very difficult to be around. but the friends that i have are very close. i click with our atypical kiddos than other people do. in experience, i remember when i was five years old and not wanting people to touch me because it hurt. i remember throwing chairs because i could not regulate my own emotions, and it did not mean that i was a bad kid, it meant that i couldn't cope. i grew up in a family of behavioral psychologists, and i got development cal -- developmental psychology from all sides. i recognize that my experience is just a very small picture of that, and not everybody's in a position to have a family that's as supportive, but there's also a community that's incredible helpful and wonderful and open and there for you in your moments of

need. it was like two or three years of conversations before i was like you know what? i'm just going to do this, and i went out and got my prescription for hormones and started transitioning medically, even though i had already been living as a male. i have a two-year-old. the person who i'm now married to is my husband for about two years, and then started gaining weight and wasn't sure, so i we went and talked with the doctor at my clinic, and he said well, testosterone is basically birth control, so there's no way you can be pregnant. i found out i was pregnant at 6.5 months. my whole mission is to kind of normalize adults like me. i think i've finally found my calling in early intervention, which is here, kind of what we do. i think the access to irrelevant care for

parents is intentionally confusing. when i did the procespective search for autism for my own child, it was confusing. we have a place where children can be children, but it's very confusing. i always out myself as an adult with autism. i think it's helpful when you know where can your child go. how i'm choosing to help is to give children that would normally not be allowed to have children in the same respect, kids that have three times as much work to do as their peers or kids who do odd things, like, beach therapy. how do -- speech therapy. how do you explain that to the rest of their class? i want that to be a normal experience. i was working on a certificate and kind of getting think early childhood credits brefore i

started working here, and we did a section on transgender inclusion, inclusion, which is a big issue here in san francisco because we attract lots of queer families, and the teacher approached me and said i don't really feel comfortable or qualified to talk about this from, like, a cisgendered straight person's perspective, would you mind talking a little bit with your own experience, and i'm like absolutely. so i'm now one of the guest speakers in that particular class at city college. i love growing up here. i love what san francisco represents. the idea of leaving has never occurred to me. but it's a place that i need to fight for to bring it back to what it used to be, to allow all of those little kids that come from really unsafe environments to move somewhere safe. what i've done with my life is work to make all of those situations better, to bring a little bit of light to all those kind of issues that we're still having, hoping to expand

into a little bit more of a resource center, and this resource center would be more those new parents who have gotten that diagnosis, and we want to be this one centralized place that allows parents to breathe for a second. i would love to empower from the bottom up, from the kid level, and from the top down, from the teacher level. so many things that i would love to do that are all about changing people's minds about certain chunts, like the transgender community or the autistic community. i would like my daughter to know there's no wrong way to go through life. everybody experiences pain and grief and sadness, and that all of those things are temporary. >> one more statement. we are the one. that is our first single that we made. that is our opinion.

>> i can't argue with you. >> you are responsible please do not know his exact. [♪] [♪] [♪] >> i had a break when i was on a major label for my musical career. i took a seven year break. and then i came back. i worked in the library for a long time. when i started working the san francisco history centre, i noticed they had the hippie collection. i thought, if they have a hippie collection, they really need to have a punk collection as well. so i talked to the city

archivist who is my boss. she was very interested. one of the things that i wanted to get to the library was the avengers collection. this is definitely a valuable poster. because it is petty bone. it has that weird look because it was framed. it had something acid on it and something not acid framing it. we had to bring all of this stuff that had been piling up in my life here and make sure that the important parts of it got archived. it wasn't a big stretch for them to start collecting in the area of punk. we have a lot of great photos and flyers from that area and that. that i could donate myself. from they're, i decided, you know, why not pursue other people and other bands and get them to donate as well? the historic moments in san francisco, punk history, is the sex pistols concert which was at

winterland. [♪] it brought all of the punks on the web -- west coast to san francisco to see this show. the sex pistols played the east coast and then they play texas and a few places in the south and then they came directly to san francisco. they skipped l.a. and they skipped most of the media centres. san francisco was really the biggest show for them pick it was their biggest show ever. their tour manager was interested in managing the adventures, my band. we were asked to open to support the pistols way to that show. and the nuns were also asked to open the show. it was certainly the biggest crowd that we had ever played to. it was kind of terrifying but it did bring people all the way from vancouver, tee seattle, portland, san diego, all up and down the coast, and l.a., obviously. to san francisco to see this show. there are a lot of people who say that after they saw this show they thought they would start their own band.

it was a great jumping off point for a lot of west coast punk. it was also, the pistols' last show. in a way, it was the end of one era of punk and the beginning of a new one. the city of san francisco didn't necessarily support punk rock. [♪] >> last, but certainly not least is a jell-o be opera. they are the punk rock candidate of the lead singer called the dead kennedys. >> if we are blaming anybody in san francisco, we will just blame the dead kennedys. >> there you go. >> we had situations where concerts were cancelled due to flyers, obscene flyers that the city was thought -- that he thought was obscene that had been put up. the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial

for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. i feel like a lot of people in san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer.

i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are in the san francisco history centre's s.f. police department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a lot of people are like, oh, i don't have a library card. i've never been there. they need to come down and check it out and find out what we have. the people who are hiding stuff in their sellers and wondering what to do with these old photos or old junk, whether it is hippie stuff or punk stuff, or stuffestuff from their grandpar, if they bring it here to us, we

can preserve it and archive it and make it available to the public in the future. >> if you frequently travel before i van ness i might be surprised van ness will goodwill go the first transit corridor to have brt as more frequently known the goal to get conveniently van ness and geary boulevard one of the most reliable transit systems in the country van ness avenue is a major connecter between potrero hill and mission on the south side of san francisco correcting connecting us to the marina and

state highway in the financial with the western edition neighborhood it is mostly residential a lot of the geography of van ness the rain that is wide it was uses is a firebreak in the 1906 san francisco earthquake a lot of building occasion that helped of hoped to stop the fire from jumping van ness had a light rail or sprash separating and along geary 0 when we came to the question of how to address the needs on haven because of its cost effectiveness we have found in the brt system with the new vehicles. >> the new mr. secretary is a change we will actually have transit in the middle ♪ the far legal unit and a broadly prom >> one of the reasons it is in the center a was it is an clouf

right-of-way a set of pedestrians will cross from the sidewalk to the middle of the street a. >> to move the reliable along the corridor with this travel time had been signifying reduced we think the ripped will go from 16 thousand a day in that portion the corridor up to 22 thousand and we'll have those beautiful new one like this one. >> with the dedication of the signal and lighter saying that between stops we were able to estimate a .32 improvement in travel time and a 50 percent reliability improvement as a result. >> we're pitting u putting in a up to date modern system of new thirty foot high light fixtures and pedestrian lights on the same pole again inviting a comfortable environment for

pedestrians. >> it has become a 3 dimensional street project. >> the water that is my understanding under the ground and the emergency firefighting water system month will be replaced and new street lights and traffic lights and the paving and stripping the trees both in the medium and on the side. >> the main core of the project goes from market it lombard that's where we'll be replying the sidewalks. >> there are a number of trees that need to be replaced and they will be additional new planting. >> we're planting a lemon gum that gets to be 50 or 60 feet tall that comes over the offer head wires that wee when we get done van ness it will look like

a new street it will visit fresh new looks like the grand boulevard again. >> we're going eliminating left turns off of van ness into the side streets and places the left turning traffic backs up the traffic and upgrading the signals to the mini traffic will flow more smoothly and traffic impacts as we execute the construction signed we're working to minimize these but impacts that will likely shift the traffic up franklin and we'll pick up the traffic. >> right now that looks like we're skeleton to start in march ever 2016 are of our construction. >> in the past people prospective of bus traffic that go unreliable and noisy and very fluting we're here to remake the

vehicles are on the streets and with the combination of the brt improvements much more rail like services with the technology. >> the public is in for a >> good afternoon. welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for february 4, 2019 i'm aaron peskin joined by council member safai and matthew

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