cpac advocates to maximize local state and federal funding and develop strategies to expand and improve services. in addition, they provide recommendations on legislation and public policies that impact the early childhood education community, propose a city-wide support system for the parents and providers and launches advocacy campaigns to educate and improve community awareness. the recommended action is at the board of education of san francisco unified school district to appoint the following applicants to the child care planning. raul, cheryl and jessica. >> president cook: thank you. may have a motion, a second for adoption? >> so moved. >> second. >> president cook: so we already have the recommendation read into the record. we don't have any public comment

on the item? any comments from the board superintendent? >> thank you. [roll call] six ayes. >> may i make a request? it would be nice if we could, as commissioners, have a list of all the parent advisory committees, because i know there is a variety of them. a list of those and then a list of the members so that -- and the contact, the liaisons for those, because i want to make sure we're all communicating with them and they're all in different locations. thank you. >> president cook: section e, consent calendar. a motion and second?

>> so moved. >> second. >> president cook: thank you. any times by the superintendent? >> none. >> president cook: any items by the board? any items severed. seeing none. roll call vote. [role call] -- [roll call] six ayes. >> thank you. section f, discussion and vote on consent calendar resolution severed for separate discussion. there is none tonight. section g, proposal for action. there is none tonight. section h, i call approval of the efficiency of textbooks as

required by the education code, section 60119. dr. matthews, you have to read into the record. >> yes, reading into the record tonight our chief academic officer, nicole priestley. >> good evening, commissioners and dr. matthews. i'm nicole priestley, the chief academic officer of curriculum and instruction. tonight i'm presenting on the annual resolution regarding the efficiency of textbooks and instructional material as required by code 60119. a survey was mailed to all k-12 schools on august 2019 requesting information on the textbook and instructional material needs for each school. it was due back to the office by september 29, 2019.

by september 25, most schools had requested materials to remedy the insufficiency. by september 30, all materials were ordered. as noted in the resolution, all requested materials on the district adopted instructional material list were to be received by october 29. and i'm happy to report, as of today, october 29, all materials have been received by the requesting school sites. there are currently no schools that made a request via the williams compliance survey that have not received the requested textbooks or instruction materials. i'll read the results of the resolution. therefore, be it resolved that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district has determined as that the instructional material hearing held on october 29, 2019, each pupil has sufficient

textbooks or instruction materials in mathematics, science, history, social science and english language arts, including the english language component. each pupil has sufficient instructional materials on foreign language and health classes. that the high school have science laboratory equipment available related to the science classes. and that completes the resolution. any questions that i can answer? >> president cook: just one second. so we don't have any public comment on this? and looks like we have commissioner collins and commissioner lopez. >> so i guess i had a question, the survey, who is completing the surveys at the sites? >> usually it's someone, either the principal or the a.p. or

someone in high school that might be a department lead or someone that the school site leader designates to inventory the materials. >> i guess i want to highlight, my kids -- we're moving online. a lot of content -- i think it's good because we used to have to carry 50 pounds of books in our backpacks, so moving things online is good. i'd be interested in hearing from the high school students. my kids have trouble accessing content in the textbook loaded online. sometimes physics text. it's a good idea to be using online resources, but then it brings into question my concern around access to technology for students who are expected to do their instructional kind of work is loaded on google classroom or their textbooks are uploaded.

my kids are sharing the concerns, but i don't know how other than a parent sharing with principal, how that would come back to you and then us. i want to raise a question -- because we're moving online, a lot of the instruction is moving online and that -- it's a funny space because it's not a textbook per se, but it is the curriculum materials. kids don't have access to if they don't have access to laptop computers or wi-fi. it's my understanding that we don't have a technology policy around access to curriculum. do you know about that? not know about that? i've asked and it doesn't seem like we have an explicit policy around ensuring students have access to online and technology-based curriculum? >> so that sound like it's two different concerns. one being the materials themselves and being accessible

online. and then the technology to actually access it. so i think part of the solution might be in looking at what is available and making sure that we have resources equityably distributed online so that's available to all of the high schools and partnering with melissa dodd and technology and making -- look there. she appeared. and what is available in terms of actual tools. >> president cook: before we go into a deep discussion, this is about approving this particular item. >> i guess my concern though, this is a williams complaint, if kids don't have access to online textbooks. >> president cook: maybe we can have a discussion about it outof approving this item because this is about textbook sufficiency. can we -- >> i guess my question is, where -- i mean, and parents wouldn't know -- i feel like

this could be a potential williams complaint if student don't have access to online. would that be a williams complaint issue or is it only covering solid textbooks? >> yeah, honestly, commissioner, i don't know off the top of my head. but i do know that wasn't a question that we solicited in response to this survey to meet the statutory requirements. >> i understand. that's why i'm saying there is a gap. because if we're uploading textbooks online and expecting students to do homework and they don't have access, in my opinion it's an access equity issue. so i would -- i want families to know they should be able to file complaints if they don't have access. and i guess i'm hoping that we as a district push out more information directly to families so that they can let us know where they're having problems,

that we might not be aware, just talking to principals or site leaders am -- leaders. >> looks like an item for the next curriculum meeting. a lot of the questions were around that. and sort of the list of materials we provide. but i will hold them. what i'm wondering, this survey, i recall like in my classroom at the beginning of the year, our staff would go around and count the books and then log them. is that process no longer happening and now it's the principal filling out a survey and sharing we have them provided? >> the survey allows for us to collect information about the number of books they have in the school, so, yes, in some instances they're counting them and saying how many they need and they ask for a specific number of books in the request. so we fill the request that they make in terms of the amount.

so they're -- you know, meeting their student need as well. sometimes as the population grows, they might need more textbooks so we fill that as well. so there is a variety of ways that number is derived. >> thank you. >> vice president sanchez: thank you. i'm wondering if instructional materials also include mentor texts, for example, in elementary school, most or many of the teachers are using units of study and in those units of study, there are mentor texts used as well as -- so we don't have textbooks, these are novels and chapter books. and also i'm wondering if it's sufficient to have or to not have included sufficient classroom libraries in our schools because especially in

the k-5 where teachers are expected to be performing -- or having readers and writers workshop operation. and if they don't have a robust classroom library, they're unable to teach the workshops. if this doesn't apply to this item, i'd like to start moving that that direction as a district. to supply for teachers in the first years, who really don't have anything in their classroom. so i'd like to know if we can move in that direction. >> first, let me answer your first question, just in earls terms of what school we're requesting. the majority of the elementary schools specifically requested homework and practice books or social studies. i would say that was probably about 80% of the requests. are they availed of the opportunity to ask for a

classroom library? >> not necessarily a classroom library. that is not part of the survey. that would be in addition to technology and what is accessible. that would be a growth area. >> vice president sanchez: maybe we can add that to the curriculum, informational item we can pursue. thank you. >> president cook: roll call vote. >> thank you. [roll call [ ] >> six ayes. >> president cook: this public hearing is now over. we're now back to the regular session.

section j., discussion of vote on consent calendar, items removed at a previous meeting. there are none. section k, introduction of proposals and assignments to committee. number one, proposals. number two, the first read two board policy, 1312.3. uniform complaint procedures. may have a motion and second for first reading to the board policy. >> second. >> president cook: let's see, we don't have any public comment on the item. any board comments for the first reading? referring this item to the rules committee. section f. there are none tonight. section m, board member reports. let's see, we have reports from our recent committee meetings.

so this is where i'll call on committee chairs to give updates if you had a recent meeting. student assignment. >> ms. norton: we did have a meeting. i'm just pulling up my notes. that came up fast. suddenly. we had a student assignment meeting on october 8. we had a good sort of overview of the process that staff gave us, as well as some comments on the plan for community engagement. we had a good discussion from staff on sort of how the district is starting to look at designing quality schools. what is going on? [laughter] i was like, what is

everyone laughing? what did i say? [laughter] and then a really good discussion, the beginnings of a really good discussion. i want to thank all the commissioners that came. i think we pretty much had a full house. so that means that i think i win, right. [laughter] and we are getting closer i think to a staff proposal so i just really am glad that everybody is engaged with this process. whatever i can do to support you in staying engaged. because this is going to move quickly. so i do expect there is going to be -- we're going to have a one last committee meeting in november. and then we'll do a committee-of-the-whole where we will actually see what is going to go to the community for engagement on the assignment process. as i said, this is moving quickly. and but i think we've had --

we're not -- i don't think there is consensus on the board yet from what i read. but i think people are asking really good questions and talking about the right thing, so i feel good about the process up to now. the next meeting is november 21st. isn't it? monday, november 18, at 6:00 p.m. that makes way more sense. thank you. >> president cook: vice president sanchez. >> vice president sanchez: committee-of-the-whole met tuesday. free muni program. we focused on the free muni program that has been around, i think, going on six years in the district. and the fact that there is extremely low participation rate. and misunderstanding in a lot of the communities what constitutes free. means there is a lot of

paperwork and red tape around the program. and i would say that most of the board members agreed we would like free muni to be really free muni for every student. not just in the district, but in the city. we noted that at the m.t.a. received $38 million from the funding last november. and we estimate around $5 million to complete the freeness of free muni. so i think we know there is funding out there to make this a reality. we also noted that m.t.a., the board itself of directors, meets monthly. and that we are committed to interacting with them to ensure they understand that this is a real need for our district and our city. that's it. >> hi. so i was just wondering if there

was something that could be made about students having free bart in san francisco, because bart is expensive. and that's the only reason i don't take bart personally. but i was wondering because there are bart stops here in san francisco, if that could also be included. because i think a lot of students would really appreciate that. >> i think -- it did not come up in the discussion, it was particularly around m.t.a., but we do know that a lot of our students -- and members in the public as well, our own staff, especially teachers, who have to commute long distances to the city and then in the city, should be availed of at least a reduced rate. but bart is something we should be taking up as well. there is definitely money out there for that. >> president cook: is there a free program for bart?

i'm looking at chief. okay, okay. i guess you have work to do. commissioner lopez. >> ms. lopez: i'm reporting on the curriculum committee. great. okay, i had notes. that's why i'm trying to find them. i know. we had a lot of items. we met last wednesday. the biggest piece, the biggest crowd drawer was the charter renewal for both kip, bayview and kip s.f. there was a lot of public comment. we discussed how many students starting in fifth grade end up leaving our classrooms. kip is not as transparent as sfusd. noting their board meets four

times and only one during the day and no way to share with the public. any ideas around providing families more access to substantial decision-making? they don't have representation. the closest is el dorado. it's a two hour thrive from -- drive from here. there are only three in the states, so charter schools don't have much representation. we voted without recommendation. then we had a few presentations. one was special education strategy, five years strategic plan. what is going up, there is work in progress, working around transportation and placement program. and then we had a discussion on history, social studies updates. specifically, around the 4th

grade mission projects. and halloween and indigenous peoples day. jennifer began the meeting with the land acknowledgment. and read a piece where that information came from. there is a draft of big ideas. love and appreciate who we are, and studying the truth and beauty. creating something that is longstanding and sustainable. partnersh partnership. guidance and how to share information. it will go out in the weekly bulletin, hoping that partners would publicize it. we talked about how to get information to parents involving the pacs, not just relying on principals. the equity study resolution came up and how we need a heritage calendar, not specific to one. then my notes got spotty because this was in the third hour of the meeting.

i wrote many people were happy. [laughter] that was a note that i made. and then we ended it. >> president cook: thank you. so at the buildings, grounds and services committee, we had on monday, we got an update on the district's efforts to build more educator housing. and currently we have a tentative plan of trying to support 750 educators through a mixture of either brick and mortar or a potential program which we're exploring how to execute. in the upcoming meeting which will probably be the most exciting committee meeting of all of 2019 -- [laughter] -- is we're going to get an overview of bond financing.

>> oooh. exciting. >> president cook: which could be the cure-all for housing. in san francisco. stay tuned. number 2. board delegate to the member organizations. >> so i just got back from louisville, kentucky, the council, the great city schools conference. it's a conference every year in a big city. 75 large urban districts, member districts, i'm the delegate for this board. i went with jill and eva. and a lot of workshops and sessions revolving around best practices in different districts. the one that all four of us attended that we got a lot of

information out of and reported back to the superintendent and i talked to president cook about today, was using a system that will help us with our chronic absenteeism, as you know in past meetings we talked about. that was informational and helpful. i'm going to put in in your e-mail boxes, board members, more information about the conference. do you want to add anything? >> i wanted to add just a little plug for that conference in particular to commissioners because even though vice president is the delegate, you can still attend because we're a member district. and the council, it's a really interesting conference, it's a different group of districts than you see at csba, than you see at nsba.

much higher participation. i found the valuable. you don't have to go every year, but to go once during your tenure would be interesting. the other is cube. that's a subset of the national school bus school board association. again, we're members of all of the boards, so you can attend their events and they're worth while. >> i mentioned it to one other board member. they also have a spring event, a conference, which is always in d.c. it's a legislative overview where we get an opportunity to lobby our representatives and also get to meet and chat with our best friend, who avoids us like the plague. i do concur with commissioner norton, that cube, the council of boards of education, which i've enjoyed in the past.

i think it something we should reconnect with. i don't know if any of our board members have gone in the last three or four years. we should reconnect with them. they represent urban boards and districts, where you'll be interacting with boards of color, which is not the same for the national school bus. 10,000 members and not a lot of flavor. >> president cook: thank you, vice president sanchez. any other reports by board members? commissioner collins? >> i wanted to reiterate, i appreciate the work that is going on in curriculum and instruction. specifically the one that they were reporting out to long-term, to look at how we teach social studies, but also to specifically address indigenous history month in november. and i wanted to make a plug for

this book, an indigenous peoples history of the united states for young people. i think it's something we should all read. because i'm realizing i have been miseducated. there is a lot of history in here. it's written for young people. it's something you could read with your kids. this is the new book. the original for adults has been out for a while, but this is something we might want to adopt in our district. and i would hope that you guys are reading books like this, as we're approaching really making all students' cultures and histories visible. i would like to have conversations with where we should be moving as a district. thank you. [please stand by]

>>. >> president cook: it was a really, really beautiful event, seeing all the students together, excited to talk about how to organize themselves to improve their sites. and so hopefully, we can find more ways to elevate them as student leaders, to bring their voices to the forefront, and i so appreciate the organizers allowing me to come and speak to the students last friday. seeing no other updates, i'm going to announce the next upcoming meetings. budget and business services is wednesday, november 6, at 6:00 p.m. rules, policy, and legislation is monday, november 4, at 5:00 p.m. creek limit program which is

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have submitted speaker cards. section p, closed session. the board will now go into

>> it did take a village. i was really lucky when i was 14 years old to get an internship. the difference that it made for me is i had a job, but there were other people who didn't have a job, who, unfortunately,

needed money. and they were shown to commit illegal acts to get money. that is what i want to prevent. [♪] today we are here to officially kick off the first class of opportunities for all. [applause]. >> opportunities for all is a program that mayor breed launched in october of 2018. it really was a vision of mayor breed to get to all of the young people in san francisco, but with an intention to focus on young people that have typically not being able to access opportunities such as internships or work-based learning opportunities. >> money should never be a barrier to your ability to succeed in life and that is what this program is about. >> there's always these conversations about young people not being prepared and not

having experience for work and if they don't get an opportunity to work, then they cannot gain the experience that they need. this is really about investing in the future talent pool and getting them the experience that they need. >> it is good for everyone because down the road we will need future mechanics, future pilots, future bankers, future whatever they may be in any industry. this is the pipe on we need to work with. we need to start developing talent, getting people excited about careers, opening up those pathways and frankly giving opportunities out there that would normally not be presented. [♪] >> the way that it is organized is there are different points of entry and different ways of engagement for the young person and potential employers. young people can work in cohorts or in groups and that's really for people that have maybe never had job experience or who are still trying to figure out what they want to do and they can explore. and in the same way, it is open for employers to say, you know

what, i don't think we are ready to host an intern year-round are all summer, but that they can open up their doors and do site visits or tours or panels or conversations. and then it runs all the way up to the opportunity for young people to have long-term employment, and work on a project and be part of the employee base. >> something new, to get new experience and meet people and then you are getting paid for it you are getting paid for doing that. it is really cool. >> i starting next week, i will be a freshman. [cheers and applause] two of the things i appreciate about this program was the amazing mentorship in the job experience that i had. i am grateful for this opportunity. thank you. >> something i learned at airbnb is how to network and how important it is to network because it is not only what you know, but also who you know to get far in life. >> during this program, i learned basic coding languages,

had a had to identify the main components and how to network on a corporate level. it is also helping me accumulate my skills all be going towards my college tuition where i will pursue a major in computer science. >> for myself, being that i am an actual residential realtor, it was great. if anybody wants to buy a house, let me know. whenever. [applause] it is good. i got you. it was really cool to see the commercial side and think about the process of developing property and different things that i can explore. opportunities for all was a great opportunity for all. >> we were aiming to have 1,000 young people register and we had over 2,000 people register and we were able to place about between 50 and did. we are still getting the final

numbers of that. >> over several weeks, we were able to have students participate in investment banking they were able to work with our team, or technology team, our engineering 20 we also gave them lessons around the industry, around financial literacy. >> there are 32,000 young people ages 16 and 24 living in san francisco. and imagine if we can create an opera skin it just opportunity for all program for every young person that lives in public housing, affordable housing, low income communities. it is all up to you to make that happen. >> we have had really great response from employers and they have been talking about it with other employers, so we have had a lot of interest for next year to have people sign on. we are starting to figure out how to stay connected to those young people and to get prepared to make sure we can get all 2400 or so that registered. we want to give them placement and what it looks like if they get more.

>> let's be honest, there is always a shortage of good talent in any industry, and so this is a real great career path. >> for potential sponsors who might be interested in supporting opportunities for all , there is an opportunity to make a difference in our city. this is a really thriving, booming economy, but not for everyone. this is a way to make sure that everyone gets to benefit from the great place that san francisco is and that we are building pathways for folks to be able to stay here and that they feel like they will belong. >> just do it. sign up for it. [♪] [♪].

>> good afternoon, everyone, and thank you so much for joining for the grand opening of our public lobby. it has been a long process. we're so honored to have you all here today. first, before we get into our short speaking program, i first want to acknowledge a few parties that have worked really hard to make this all possible. i'd first like to thank our budget analyst and project management team that have worked really hard to make this run smoothly. thank you very much for that. [ applause ]. >> they've also worked very closely hand in hand with the mayor's budget office.

i'd like to thank kelly kirkpatrick for coming here today. thank you. [ applause ]. >> next i would like to thank our public facing team who provides excellent public service. our public service team and our recorder division. thank you very much. [ applause ]. >> they provided excellent customer service even throughout a lot of -- yay. they provided a lot of excellent service even throughout a lot of construction. thank you for keeping the office running. we also are joined by some neighborhood friends. so thank you to them for coming. we have some people from the women's building here. yay, thank you. [ applause ]. >> and we also have people from the dog patch northwestern petril hill green benefits district. it's a little bit of a mouthful.

thank you for coming. of course thank you to our neighborhood historians who have joined and helped us go through a lot of historic photos that we have and we have been able to create a little wall. thank you for that. we have the western neighborhoods project, s.f. heritage, glen park history project and sunny side history project. thank you. [ applause ]. >> so now i would like to introduce our beloved assessor carmen chu who is newly back from maternity leave and later we will be hearing from our director of public works and also our city librarian. thank you. [ applause ]. >> i have to say that it's rare that i ever hear the word "beloved" and "assessor" in the same sentence, but here we are.

i want to thank isabella from my team. they've done quite a lot of work to help and partner with our public-facing folks in order to make sure that our lobby is well thought out and we have a great plan to help improve service. thank you to isabella and vivian. [ applause ]. >> so when i first started as assessor years ago, i think when i first came in, i think i walked into this office and probably like a lot of taxpayers i came in through different doors at different points in time and at the time it was confusing. how do you get into the office and where do you go for service. and if i couldn't speak the language, which luckily i could, where do you go for help and who could assist? it was with that eye that we started to take a look at our front lobby area to see how is it that we are able to improve customer service and access and

be cognizant of the different people coming to our city every single day, whether you are an immigrant who can't speak the language well like my own parents or someone with a disability who needs assistance or people who don't know how to find documents in our system. how is it that we as a public service and government serve our public in the best way possible. we started on this process to say, well, the first thing they do is come into our office and try to figure out way-finding signs and the way forward. we need to make sure that when people come into our office they feel welcomed and they feel that we have an abundant amount of services available here. with that, we really started to say let's do a few things. i think today when we're doing our big unveiling along with the blue angels out there cheering us on that we're showing our good faith. a few things that we want to point out to you here, and this is something we couldn't have

done without the partnership of our dpw is that we've done a few things to reconfigure our lobby area to improve public access. we've transformed the physical space. we have a wonderful and lovely seating area for people to come here and wait comfortably, to be able to get their documentation and information. we actually have implemented a kiosk system so when people first come into our office they can directly find and get tickets, that they're served in an expeditious way. we have implemented a lobby navigator, someone who is greeting people when they come in to make sure they're in the right place to make sure they're not wasting valuable times waiting in the wrong lines. that does happen at city hall. we want to make sure we're preventing that. if you look around our office, you will see many of our kiosks and information are in multiple languages. we're cognizant of the fact that san francisco is a universal city with universal languages

that we want to access and share with people. this is also something that is part of our lobby system. of course we're doing a lot more to make sure that it's a welcoming environment here. so we hope that some of these improvements are really going to show that government is open to everyone, it's accessible, transparent, and we welcome you here. we're here to serve you. with that, i want to say thank you. we hope you're going to take a look at around. we have more spaces for people to be served. we know this is going to be a public improvement for the public as a whole. we couldn't do this without the partnership of wonderful people. i know some of our folks behind the scenes that were helping. i want to thank the mayor's office for helping us fund this, but of course i want to say if we bring in the money, help us serve the public better. thank you for all of your assistance and your partnership. no further ado to bring someone forward who i've known for quite

a long time, who most of the time is doing work outside on the streets, picking up litter or cleaning up graffiti, but one of the lesser known things he does is help our buildings function better and stay in a state of good repair. with that i want to introduce mohamed nuru and thank him and his team for the fantastic work helping us make these improvements in a historic building. thank you, mohamed. >> thank you, carmen. yes, kelly and carmen bring in the money. i get to spend the money. [ laughter ]. >> i think a few years ago when carmen brought up the idea of doing the project, we were very excited. it had a lot of different work that needed to be done. it is a historic building. so trying to match things and to really make a place that really works with all the things we

heard from carmen was something that we were excited about. what's great about this project is it involved many parts of our building of bureau repair, carpenters, glazers, locksmith, laborers were all involved -- well in fact, every shop in public works was involved in one way or another in making this happen. it's a very unique project because we have a lot of staff that actually custom-built many of the shelves over here, matching the doors, all the things that we had to work with. all of those were built at public works at our shop. it was really an exciting project for the team. i think we delivered. i think you're very happy about that. just so you know, we do a lot of these type of services for all over the city departments. city hall was very special, trying to match the wood, the different glass and just making

the rails, building all the cabinets, painting and sprucing it up. you know, the paint was actually peeling in some cases. so doing all the scraping and going through all the processes making the space happen. i'm excited and our teams are excited. we'll continue to serve you or any of the city departments that want us to do work for them. we actually do many of the jobs in many of the city offices. thank you very much. we'll enjoy it. thank you. [ applause ]. >> mohamed's nickname is mr. clean. now that extends to cleaning up our city buildings as well. thank you, mohamed. when we talked about the services here, again, city hall is very special and unique to all of us because of its historic nature, but also because it is an essential place

people go when they want to access government and the people who represent them. it's important to make sure that these doors are open and accessible to everyone who comes in. i think there's no other patron group that feels that same way than our public libraries. we know that no matter which branch library it is that we go to across the city, we have an open door where people can find a safe space and learn and get educated and borrow materials and really explore. we have worked in great partnership with our city librarian michael lambert who is also working with us. you might seen behind me is a wall of 15 different curated historic photos. one of the things you may not know is in order for this to be accomplished, we had to clear out many of our old property files. we went through this intensive process to digitize over a

million files. when we went through that process, we found many, many historic photos we thought was not only worth preserving but sharing and putting out to the public space. something that is important to our history, buildings that used to look a different way but are important of our fabric, it is important to share that with san franciscans to come, not to put the away in a box never to be seen. we worked with the library to make sure we cataloged and got those photos to them to be accessible. we're proud to announce we have over 92,000 photo images that are available at our san francisco public library in order for people to see our history and our shared buildings and resources. these photos here are just a small set of the photos that are now available in our public library. we couldn't have done that without our city librarian's

staff and time. i want to invite michael up to say a few words. >> thank you. it is so wonderful to be here with my esteemed city colleagues and so many members of the public. this lobby is magnificent and sparkling. i want to congratulate assessor chu and all of her staff. what a remarkable job you've done with public works to transform this space. i admire the commitment to service excellence with all the tenant improvements and significance enhancements. what a warm, friendly atmosphere you've created here. i appreciated the office of the assessor-recorder, not only for providing the library the biggest book budget in the country, but also for the partnership we enjoy. earlier this year, assessor chu and her team transferred over

92,000 photographs to the public library. you see a sampling here on this wall. it really makes history come alive for all the visitors to this space. these photographs are priceless. they are an invaluable snapshot in time of san francisco and some places that don't exist anymore. these photographs are now accessible to any member of the public that wants to view them. they can come into the library to the san francisco history center and they can take a walk down memory lane and reminisce and relive some treasured memories of their past. it's so wonderful to have this partnership. i want to congratulate assessor chu and her team again. thank you so much for the partnership. [ applause ]. >> all right. so now i'd like to ask evelyn and amy from glen park and sunny side to come up and woody and nicole and david from western

history project to come up as well. thank you.

>> i went through a lot of struggles in my life, and i am blessed to be part of this. i am familiar with what people are going through to relate and empathy and compassion to their struggle so they can see i came out of the struggle, it gives them hope to come up and do something positive. ♪ ♪ i am a community ambassador.

we work a lot with homeless, visitors, a lot of people in the area. >> what i like doing is posting up at hotspots to let people see visibility. they ask you questions, ask you directions, they might have a question about what services are available. checking in, you guys.

>> wellness check. we walk by to see any individual, you know may be sitting on the sidewalk, we make sure they are okay, alive. you never know. somebody might walk by and they are laying there for hours. you never know if they are alive. we let them know we are in the area and we are here to promote safety, and if they have somebody that is, you know, hanging around that they don't want to call the police on, they don't have to call the police. they can call us. we can direct them to the services they might need. >> we do the three one one to keep the city neighborhoods clean. there are people dumping, waste on the ground and needles on the ground. it is unsafe for children and adults to commute through the streets.

when we see them we take a picture dispatch to 311. they give us a tracking number and they come later on to pick it up. we take pride. when we come back later in the day and we see the loose trash or debris is picked up it makes you feel good about what you are doing. >> it makes you feel did about escorting kids and having them feel safe walking to the play area and back. the stuff we do as ambassadors makes us feel proud to help keep the city clean, helping the residents. >> you can see the community ambassadors. i used to be on the streets. i didn't think i could become a community ambassador. it was too far out there for me to grab, you know. doing this job makes me feel good.

because i came from where a lot of them are, homeless and on the street, i feel like i can give them hope because i was once there. i am not afraid to tell them i used to be here. i used to be like this, you know. i have compassion for people that are on the streets like the homeless and people that are caught up with their addiction because now, i feel like i can give them hope. it reminds you every day of where i used to be and where i am at now.