intention. creating a school her families and students to beginning kindergarten and extends through 12th grade. five years ago, sfusd denied our k-12 predicts addition that we would be unable to carry out that specific plan. at the state level, unanimously approved -- i would like to share testimony from that hearing on march 12, 2015 which is available online. i do this only to clarify that our vision and intent both then and now were the same. at that meeting after acknowledging positive recommendations from the staff, bruce holloway stated,. [reading notes]

>> my name is jamie roberts, speaking on behalf of the san francisco families union. i would like to speak to the new school families and staff, as much as to the board. partly because charter lawn san francisco gives our board very little oversight, very little control about which charter

schools we approve. that is evident by them and spoken not to be here. it is a comment on the families and educators to recognize the impact that your expansion will have in our district. we heard tonight, from middle school students, who are facing potential cuts at their school site because they're losing enrollment. your expansion to the middle school, especially if you intend to target families of color, and families who are lower income, will directly impact the enrollment of our most impacted public schools. i would also like to remind you that one of the ways that segregation plays out in the united states is by parent self-selection, and the choice was a strategy that was developed by a religious schools , in the south, when they

were instructed to integrate. what happened was they created schools that white families could opt into and made it very difficult for families of color to participate in those schools. that is where the choice narrative that charter schools like he use now came from. it is a choice to segregate. we see that they are creating a segregated school, which does not serve the same demographics as sfusd schools. your school will have an impact on our students in our district, and i would respectfully ask that you choose not to expand to middle school. whether or not the state board of education provides a rubberstamp to your segregation. thank you. >> may i hear a motion to secon. >> good evening, commissioners.

i am a leader fisher, the most previous past chair of the advisory committee for special education. as we have commented, multiple times, and provided our policy statements on charter schools on multiple occasions. the community advisory committee for special education has very grave concerns about schools that select to be part of the el dorado cell up when they are physically located here in san francisco. it seems to us, a choice to remove parent feedback, parent input, parent oversight from the process, and make it difficult for families to engage in their children receiving services. we are also very concerned about a school that does not provide classes in the whole continuum of support and services that will automatically limit the number of students and types of students can be served at the school. we think it is completely inequitable, and we would also

encourage the new school to expand your model, and we would welcome you to consider membership in the san francisco unified school district. thank you. >> thank you. >> can i hear a motion to second >> this proposal is referred for action at the next board meeting. >> proposals for immediate action and suspension of rules. we have resolution 199-1081 in support of the september 16, 2019 free our children day of action introduced by commissioners lopez and sanchez. i need a motion and a second. >> so move. >> thank you. may i have a roll call vote on the suspension of rules.

>> thank you. [roll call] >> may i hear a motion and section 199-1081. >> so move. >> thank you. let's have commissioners lopez, and vice president sanchez read the proposal. >> resolution 199-1081 in support of the september 162019 free our children day of action. john schiumo has found the flames of racism and hatred towards immigrants in general and muslims, whereas the trump administration has kept 2300

children from their parents, the us-mexico border, whereas he continues to place hundreds of migrant -- migrants in concentration camps with deplorable conditions which are condemned by the high commissioner for human rights chief and other human rights organizations and whereas the dangerous rise of white supremacist nationalism is using trump's vile devices notice as an ideological base in order to carry out terrorism like the killing of 22 innocent people in el paso, perpetuated by a killer who specifically targeted the latin community, and whereas the summer of 2019 has seen tens of thousands of youth and working people across the nation vigorously protesting raids, terrorism, and demanding an end to white supremacy and whereas organizations in san francisco that calls for successful actions on a day without an immigrant in may of 2017 are calling to come out to the

streets and to once again and whereas history has shown that direct action in the streets as an effective tool in the labor movement therefore be it resolved the san francisco board of education endorses their free our children day of action on september 16, 2019 to stand in solidarity with central americans, mexicans, refugees and all immigrants. >> we don't have any public speakers signed up on this comment. any comments from the board of superintendents? >> i would like to think commissioners lopez and sanchez for this resolution. i think it is really important to advocate for people protesting against the trump administration. as a person who has attended many protests against nancy

pelosi and trump, i think it is important that the board is telling people to go out and protest, especially because coming from a school like mission where we have a lot of refugees, i met a lot of people from syria, and yemen who have told me about their stories, about how they do not feel safe having pictures taken of them, because they know the government is looking for them, and hearing people's stories the immigration stories, also being an immigrant myself, i think it is very important that, you know, we have these types of protests and we know that the board -- where sfusd is supporting our immigrant students and i think that's very important. >> thank you. any other comments by the board? seeing then.

roll call vote. [roll call] >> our student delegates, are you supposed to be here past 9:00 p.m. >> think they're supposed to go. >> can we also ask to co-author the resolution if it's not too late? >> great. thank you for your contribution tonight. good night. >> section m, board members reports.

we're going to get a report from the. do we have an update ready for budget? an update to prepare for curriculum? are you ready? i moved on to curriculum because you -- you will, after he's done. so, commissioner collins who normally chairs curriculum could not make it. >> the only action item was a new school petition to renew the charter for the second reading and it was sent by a committee to the full board with no recommendation. >> thank you.

do you have updates for budget? >> i also wanted to say that the new school was presented, we put it forward with no recommendation and also wanted to let the public know that, at that meeting, the budget office shared a lot of helpful information about the timeline for the year, and i encourage folks, budgets are important, and i encourage folks to come out to budget meetings. it is the best committee ever. if they go online they can also see what we are going to be covering over the year, so that when we make decisions those things are not surprises. i encourage folks to come out. you can also reach out to me i'm happy to share with communities how were trying to make things more transparent for families and staff, how we make budget decisions. that will be happening throughout the year. there is lot of opportunities for folks. thank you. >> thank you. do we have any board member

delegate membership updates? okay. seeing then. any other reports from board members? i briefly want to thank ida wells, and a few other schools that i went to parade. [laughter] all of the schools, the academy. i think i said them last time though. for having the other school sites. i appreciate the site tour, and the students at walden bird that took me on a tour of the school. also, what are you doing here? i thought you retired?

oh, it was rita, my bad. >> you are not allowed to leave. >> stay put. commissioner norton? >> i want to remind everybody the student assignment committee is meeting on monday at 6:00 o'clock. i am really excited about, i just did a planning meeting with ms. o'keefe who staffs the committee. we have some really good items on the agenda for this year, as we move towards redesigning the student assignment system. this monday were going to talk about particularly about diversity and different ways on how we define that. it really would be great to have attendance from as many of you that could make it. i'm anxious to have as much as possible engage in these

discussions before we get to an actual redesign proposal. >> thank you. anyone else? i'm going to announce the next upcoming committee meetings. budget and business services on wednesday, october 2. rules policy and legislation monday, october 7 at curriculum and program monday, october 14 at 6:00 p.m. buildings and grounds and services monday, september 23, 6:00 p.m. committee on personnel matters, the meeting will be scheduled soon. committee on student assignment will be monday, september 16 at 6:00 p.m. the joint city college school district, and board of supervisors meeting scheduled for october 11, friday at 10:00 a.m. that meeting will be held at the city hall.

section and, other information items. there are none tonight. section o, memorial adjournment. there is none tonight. at this time we will take public comment for those who have submitted speaker cards were closed session items. five minutes for public comment. any public comment on closed session? seeing none. the board will now going into closed session >> welcome back. following closed session. we will resume regular board meeting. i will read the actions from tonight's closed session. in the matter of the department of social services sfusd, education school case number 2019060075, the board approve the stipulation to settle an early education school license revocation matter.

the board gave direction to general counsel. that concludes tonight board meeting. good night.

[♪] >> i just wanted to say a few words. one is to the parents and to all of the kids. thank you for supporting this program and for trusting us to create a soccer program in the bayview. >> soccer is the world's game, and everybody plays, but in the united states, this is a sport that struggles with access for certain communities. >> i coached basketball in a coached football for years, it is the same thing. it is about motivating kids and keeping them together, and giving them new opportunities. >> when the kids came out, they had no idea really what the game was. only one or two of them had played soccer before. we gave the kids very simple lessons every day and made sure that they had fun while they were doing it, and you really could see them evolve into a team over the course of the season. >> i think this is a great

opportunity to be part of the community and be part of programs like this. >> i get to run around with my other teammates and pass the ball. >> this is new to me. i've always played basketball or football. i am adjusting to be a soccer mom. >> the bayview is like my favorite team. even though we lose it is still fine. >> right on. >> i have lots of favorite memories, but i think one of them is just watching the kids enjoy themselves. >> my favorite memory was just having fun and playing. >> bayview united will be in soccer camp all summer long. they are going to be at civic centre for two different weeklong sessions with america scores, then they will will have their own soccer camp later in the summer right here, and then they will be back on the pitch next fall. >> now we know a little bit more about soccer, we are learning more, and the kids are really enjoying the program. >> we want to be united in the

bayview. that is why this was appropriate >> this guy is the limit. the kids are already athletic, you know, they just need to learn the game. we have some potential college-bound kids, definitely. >> today was the last practice of the season, and the sweetest moment was coming out here while , you know, we were setting up the barbecue and folding their uniforms, and looking out onto the field, and seven or eight of the kids were playing. >> this year we have first and second grade. we are going to expand to third, forth, and fifth grade next year bring them out and if you have middle school kids, we are starting a team for middle school. >> you know why? >> why? because we are? >> bayview united. >> that's right. you. >> when i first moved here people come to san francisco to be the person you want to be can be anyone you want.

>> the community is so rich and diverse that i'm learning every single day san francisco is an amazing photoy town historically been base on evolution and that applies to every single professional field including philanthropic arts today what i do is photo based art manifests traditional forest and some colonel lodge and other frames of digital forest is a meeting that has been changing like super rapid and the quality is not extended by the medium if you took forest in school or you get a job in a newspaper they'll give give you a list of how to create a philanthropic story my goal to break down that model and from a to b that is unique

and allows the ability to incorporate different types of i believey about propels someone through the rise and a fall of their own experiences one of the main things i'm trying to contribute it unconditional narrative form the narrative art of photograph the in between of photos how does a group of photos come together as how to use the space between photos to alight emotional responses from the audience and bring innovation and create bodies of work that narratively function the way that photos do san francisco as the commission came out and you visited me and one of their prerestricts was to find an art with enough work to fill a large says that a quad

down the hallway downstairs and we hung that quad to feel like a train station that constant sensation from all different directions some of the major characteristic of the landscape festivities the blur of the train their 70 miles per hour and they're not perfect as opposed to to what landscape will look like it creates a dichotomy for people insides the train not just the story of the subject it is not just the visual design the composition juxtapositioning, etc. not just all autobiography boo-hoo it creates pictures with meaning

within them and then some of the portraits feel awkward some of them feel welcoming and the person that mime making the picture is really comfortable and other ones feel awkward and weigh i didn't and tense that sensation is counter to what we feel like makes a successful portrait that sensation makes that work it is hard to be an artist in a city is 100 percent focused an business the cost of living is expensive and to value your success not scribble on financial return creates a conflict between the paramount egos in san francisco today. >> you see a lot of artists

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where will you shop and dine in the 49? san francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. each corridor has its own personality. our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. >> you are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping small businesses grow. >> it is more environmentally friendly. >> shopping local is very important. i have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. by shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. it is really good for everybody.

>> shopping locally is crucial. without that support, small business can't survive, and if we lose small business, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. >> it is important to dine and shop locally. it allows us to maintain traditions. it makes the neighborhood. >> i think san francisco should shop local as much as they can. the retail marketplace is changes. we are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with products you are interested in buying, and help you with exploration to try things you have never had

before. >> the fish business, you think it is a piece of fish and fisherman. there are a lot of people working in the fish business, between wholesalers and fishermen and bait and tackle. at the retail end, we about a lot of people and it is good for everybody. >> shopping and dining locally is so important to the community because it brings a tighter fabric to the community and allows the business owners to thrive in the community. we see more small businesses going away. we need to shop locally to keep the small business alive in san francisco. >> shop and dine in the 49 is a cool initiative. you can see the banners in the

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>> good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. this is september 11, 2019. i'm sandra lee, chair of the budget and finance committee and i'm joined my my supervisors and our clerk. i would like to thank sandra williams for broadcasting this meeting. madam clerk, any announcements? >> please silence all cell phones and electronic devices.

anything part of the file should be submitted to the clerk and iteming will appear on the september 17th, board of agenda. >> madam clerk, call item number one. >> finding the proposed updated port shoreline protection at a san francisco international airport fiscally feasible pursuant to code 29. >> thank you. i believe we have kathy weidner, director of government affairs at the international airport. >> yes, good morning, chair and members of the committee. the items before you is an updated -- i should say the airport is seeking your approval of a previously approved shoreline protection project, fiscal feasibility report. we are asking you to find that the expanded project is fiscally feasible pursuant to chapter 29 of the city's administrative

code. in 2015, the airport completed an airport shoreline protection feasibility study identifying deficiencies in existing infrastructure and made recommendations on the improvements necessary to protect the airport's shoreline protection system against 11-inches of sea-level rise. at that point, the board found the 2015 project to be fiscally feasible. the programme at that time focusing on addressing the current level of flood risks and moderate amounts of sea-level rise. sea-level projections incorporated into the programme were based on science from 2012. since the time of the approval of that project in 2015, the science for sea level rise has been updated by 2018 new design criteria from the state of california. in march of 2018, the state of california adopted a new sea-level rise guidance programme, which the airport

used to update the report before you today. the updated shoreline protection programme proposes construction of new shoreline protection systems around the entire perimeteperimeter of the airpor, including along highway 101, that would protect the airport facilities and runways against a 100-year storm and 36-inches of sea-level rise. tout ththis is estimated to cost $587 million. the significant cost increase is due to constructing infrastructure to address sea-level rise up to 36-inches rather than the previously reported 11-inches. the 2019 shoreline protection programme provides for new sheet pile wall and concrete wall construction and environmental mitigation not included in the approved 2015 shoreline protection study.

the airport intends to fund the updates project by utilizing debt finance through the general aviation revenue bonds. the budget analyst recommends approval and i would be happy to answer specific questions you might have. >> thank you very much. colleagues, any questions or comments for miss weidner? seeing none, let's hear from from the analyst's office. >> the proposed resolution would find the airport's proposed shoreline protection programme to be physically feasible and responsible in accordance with chapter 29 of the administrative code. approval of this resolution would allow the airport to proceed with environmental review. in december of 2015, the board of supervisors found the airport proposed programme to be physically feasible in accordance with chapter 2019. in march of 2018, the state of california issued a report

called sea-level rise guidance with updated sea-level rise. this incorporates new design criteria to address sea-level rise resulting in shoreline protection programmes, scope and estimated coasts from 580 million to 718 million and this includes a break-down of the estimated costs. this is due to constructing infrastructure to address sea-level rise up to 36-inches rather than 11-inches in the 2015 plan. a list of major changes to the scope of work is shown on page 3 of the report. the areas to be considered for determination of fiscal feasibility and this is on pages 4-7 of our report. according to the march 2019 airport shoreline protection project fiscal feasibility study, it's to maintain operations and associated

reductions in airport employment and revenue. the estimated shoreline programme cost 587.1 million, the airport's capital improvement programme includes 15.7 million in airport revenue funds. the remaining scope and estimated budget are 571.4 million for construction costs and environmental mitigation will need to be added to the improvement plan at a future date. the airport estimates that issuance of 58 587 million in revenue bonds would result in 1.5 million in debt statements over the 30-year term of the bonds. debt service costs to repay the airport revenue bonds are paid from airport revenue received from the airports doing business through airport rates and charges, as well as lease and concession revenues. as previously noted, the funding of fiscal feasibility allows the airport to proceed with review

for the shoreline protection programme. issuance of airport revenue bonds and appropriation of funds for the protection programme are subject to future board of supervisors approval and we do recommend approving the proposed resolution. >> thank you. this opens us up for member comment. any members like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues any comments or questions? i just have to say that this is somewhat frightening. the fact that we're now anticipating the first sea-level rise of 36-inches rather than 1, ten times the cost and the protection says until 2085, but that is just our best estimate with known science. so this is frightening, quite frankly. i don't know, i won't be alive

in 2085, but i do think that this isn't the last time we will see an assessment that we might have to recalibrate how much more protection we will need. i think we have seen in these past years and in the recent past years that mother nature has the last word on this. so seeing how the vla recommends approval, no disagreement here? i would like to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation and we can take that without objection. thank you very much. everybody pray. ok, let's go on to item number 3. i would like to continue this item until the next meeting of the budget and finance committee, which is the 18th, i believe. >> would you like me to read

item number 3? >> yes, i'm so sorry. >> item number 3, resolution authorizing the director of property to sell up to 550,000 gross square feet of remaining transferable development rights authorized from the war memorial complex at 301 and 401 at fair market value. >> as i said, i would like to continue this next meeting, which i believe is september 18th. but let's first hear public comment. any members? seeing none, public comment is closed. we will hear the daily report and also staff report at that time and i would like to make a motion to continue this item until the meeting of september 18th. we can take that without objection. thank you very much. madam clerk, can you please read item number 4? >> hearings to consider the. fund to the public utilities

commission in the amount of 3 million to fund the operation, no cost of the solar assess programme for 2019-2020. >> thank you very much. is it angela putane from sfc power. >> yes, i'm the programme managers at the enterprise. this is a request for the release of $3 million on budget and finance committee reserve for the go solar sf programme. this is the incentive programme providing incentives, monetary incentives to residents, businesses and nonprofit organizations, installing solar panels on san francisco rooftops and provides additional incentives to low-income households and to projects that have been installed by san francisco-based installation companies. in june of 2014, the board of supervisors placed $3 million on

reserve for the go solar sf programme to be used when the clean power sf community choice aggregation programme was up and running. the board wanted to ensure that go solar sf funding would be available for the new customers. , these new power sf power. clean power sf launched in early of 2016, so the go solar sf programme is currently providing solar incentives to clean power sf customers and hetchi power customers. the $3 million will be used to fund the programme this fiscal year. 1.$8 million is budgeted for solar alternatives. 800,000 is budgeted for the low income inverter replacement programme, which will provide incentives to low-income households to replace a component of their solar system, the inverter, which has reached the end of its useful life. finally $406,000 is budgeted for

administrative costs. i would be happy to answer any questions, supervisors. >> thank you very much and any questions or comments from my colleagues? seeing none, could we have a daily report, please? >> i'm from the analyst's office. the supervisors placed $3 million on reserve for the go solar sf programme pending implementation of the clean power sf programme. sf puc is requesting to release the funding from reserve to fund the programme through june of 2020. it originates from the hetchi power enterprise from the 2015-2016 budget. the solar sf is developing a replacement programme which would help low-income. >> reporter: s replace solar lr reverters and 1.8 million is

budgeted for solar panel incentives and approximately 400,000 is budgeted for administrative costs. a break-down of the go-solar sf budget is shown on table two on page 14 of our report with a further break-down of the go solar incentive budget on table 2, also on page 14 of our report. we recommend approving the request. >> thank you very much. this opens us up for public comment. any members like comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. so colleagues, this is not a motion to send it to the full board. it's just requires us to approve the release for the funds forenoon reserves. i make a motion to approve the release from the budget and finance reserve. take that without objection and thank you very much. madam clerk? >> madam chair, can we please file this hearing? >> yes, please, thank you. >> can you call number 5?

>> item number 5, resolution to authorize the district attorney to accept and expand a grand for total not to exceed 267,000 from the california victim compensation board, for the period of july 1, 2019 to june 30, 2022 to continue the criminal restitution compact, should the parties agree to a amendment under the provisions of the grant agreement. >> thank you and we have jackie ortize from the victim service's division. >> yes, good morning. please be advised the grant is technically not retroactive because it was budgeted in the

annual budget process. this resolution is needed to meet the california victim compensation board requirements, which has a separate legislation authorizing the approval of the funds. do you have any questions for me? >> colleagues, any questions? seeing none, no report on this and let's open this up for public comment. anany members like to comment se seeing none, public comment is now closed. >> madam clear, point of clarification, since the department mentioned that this resolution is not retroactively approving the grant, can we amend the resolution to strike the retroactive leads on page 1, line 2, i believe? >> yes, thank you very much. we can strike retroactive from the title of it and we can talk that without objection. and then let's move it to the

full board as amended. thank you very much. >> thank you. can you please read item number 2, please? >> retroactively authorizing the park departments into an internet agreement for the protect environment agency for the receipt of 1.2 million in the remediation project for a term of january 1, 2018 through september 18, 2030. >> we have a representative from the rec and part and this is part of the indian basin project. >> yes, the indian basin waterfront project is between recreation and parks, the trust for public land and san francisco park's alliance. this is designed to honor the history and culture of the neighborhood, part of a plan by social justice communities. currently, we are moving into our 2020 construction phase of the project and this is what we will be doing, side demolition

and removal of band structures, remediation of soils containing elevated concentrations of sediments. the department was awarded a $1.2 million funding grant from the united states protection agency. this was actually appropriated through 2018-2019 budget process and originally allocated to the construction cost expected to occur in 2020. in fall of 2018, the united states epa asked to build a grant's fund and the administers at the federal level wanted to ensure we were spending the money,es, and epa isn't the most favorable department. in spring of 2018, there was a grant over one million dollars or greater approval by the board

of supervisors. after learning about this additional requirement, we asked for this grant agreement before you today to be retroactive approval. >> let's open this up for comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. i would like to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation and we can take that without objection, thank you very much. madam clerk, any other business before us today? >> no further business. >> we are adjourned.

>> when i open up the paper every day, i'm just amazed at how many different environmental issues keep popping up. when i think about what planet i want to leave for my children and other generations, i think about what kind of contribution i can make on a personal level to the environment. >> it was really easy to sign up for the program. i just went online to cleanpowersf.org, i signed up and then started getting pieces in the mail letting me know i was going switch over and poof it happened. now when i want to pay my bill, i go to pg&e and i don't see any difference in paying now.

if you're a family on the budget, if you sign up for the regular green program, it's not going to change your bill at all. you can sign up online or call. you'll have the peace of mind knowing you're doing your part in your household to help the environment. >> 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.

[gavel] good morning. the meeting will come to order. this is september 4, 2019, regular meeting of the budgets and finance committee. i am sandra lee fewer, chair of the budget and finance committee. i'm joined by supervisors katherine stefani and rafael manldsleman is on his way. i'd like to thank samuel williams and carmen cooley from sfgov tv for broadcasting this. do you have any announcements? >> yes. make sure to silence your devices and include documents as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the september 10 board