those are the things we're working out and we did a presentation today at our admin institute with leaders that is in charge of supporting that. so the class of teachers for the first point but not the sole responsibility to figure out was a student if clas in class or wt and to come up with a plan for that student to get to class. that's the lack of participation your question called out. >> if you for that clarification. so i have a question regarding personnel. so how are staff and personnel affected during phase one? i know someone's hours who have been reduced to two per day and that's on minimum wage. and i think this is honestly -- it's the reality of this pandemic, people are losing their jobs, but what are some resources that you guys know of or are sharing with staff and

person of usfld and make ends meet and showing support of people who have been experiencing something that's so, like, difficult during a pandemic and has affected so many families across the board? i want to fo know if there's any specific resources that you've given to staff that have been potentially laid off or have been, you know, reduced in hours because i know that affects a lot of nex income and families. >> can you repeat the question? >> my main question was, basically how are staff and personnel being affected through phase one? i don't want to make any

assumptions off the bat. but what are some resources that have been shared with staff and personnel whose hours might be cut or have been cut? i know personally, i know someone whose hours have been reduced to two hours a day and that's on minimum wage. and i would like to share that we have solidarit solidarity wif our workers and i want to know if there are any resources that come to mind, that would help these people or if anything that you would like to clarify because i'm not too sure how staff and personnel are affected personally. and it's just insight amongst, like -- because phase one will mean a lot of people are kind of, you know, thinking about custodians, and i'm not sure if they'll be working so insight on that. >> that's a great question.

there were folks struggling and some doing just fine and some had anxiety. in the spring, we paid folks even if we weren't sure what they were doing and we are committed to leveraging every one of our staff members but we have work to do to figure out what that work is. on the topic of wellness, i think one of the things that we're going to be doing is revamping that staff survey in compliance with legislation because we think it's the right thing to do to keep a check on how folks are doing and what they need and we'll be using that data to inform our supports. we do have an employee-assistance program and working on wellness supports, as

well. i don't know, melanie, if there's anything you wan want to stay there. but we'll stay in touch to make sure folks have what they need and monitoring staff and doing what we need to do there, too. >> thank you. >> you want me to add something. so in terms of staff wellness, that is a part of the coordinated care plan and we did have some -- sorry, i just blanked, relationship with our city partners to provide support to our staff and not many accessed it and we're not sure if we need folks know about the resources. so as we go into this new school year with the support of the hr team and the different staff

surveys we'll be looking at, to understand what staff are asking for, we'll be working with city partners to identify resources for staff. >> thank you. that's great to hear. and so, another question i have -- i don't want to open a can of worms, but i think this is a reality that we're living in and so, i just want to know if anyone has any specifics to how is this year's budget cut affecting distance learn i think it would be transparent to share this information as this affects everyone in one way or another. >> so, as we're just engaging in distance learning for this year and a our expectation is it is more robust, with the impact of the budget will be on a more robust system and we do know, of

course, that the more dollars that we have, the more we can invest in the system and invest in technology and professional development and so, we know that if we have less dollars, we can do less. so in terms of what the impact was since we are expecting, as i said, for this one to be more robust, it's hard to say what the impact will be at this time. >> ok, thank you. and my last question, i really, really, really appreciate the amount of acknowledgement across the board in regards to special education students and their specific needs. i would like to hear of any behind the scenes training that the paraprofessionals are given and of any resources shared with these families, especially considering the fact that i think it's kind of the sad truth

that paraprofessionals and special education students are always the first to be impacted when it comes to these budget cuts and i would like to know if there's any behind the scenes training supporting the paraprofessionals or if any way that you guys have been reaching out to special education students. i know that it's pretty early, so it's kind of hard to say because school hasn't started, but if there's any plan tha thau guys have. >> about the educator plan, i'm the executive director in curriculum instruction. i love your questions. these are great questions to make sure we're covering all of our bases. we have a robust plan for paraeducators this fall and so every year we offer -- this is our fourth parainstitute and normally we hold it for two days, the week of what would be

august 10th and this year we'll offer this for four full days and there will be virtual sessions to allow paraeducators and other staff to engage in technology foundations and also workshops allowing them to work more robustly with educators in their classrooms. they're invited to the new teacher orientation. we understand not everyone can attend in the week of august 10th. and so, the week of august 3r august 3rd, the 3rd and 4th, there are sessions for new teachers and paraeducators are invited. they've been invited through the union and human resource's team and also through special education division and our team because we have multiple ways of entry. and so hopefully every paraeducator has received these opportunities and we have a number of individuals working on workshops, including the special education division, students,

family, community, the court division, the curriculum and instruction and others to make sure that they have sufficient workshops to help and support students come fall. and i don't know, jean, if you're wanting to add other things you're doing for paraeducators or melissa. >> hi, everybody. this is melissa and i'm happy to jump in. i wanted to share on august 10th, it's our annual district day which is an all-day learning opportunity for paraeducators and all staff in the district to build their own capacity with technology and this is the fifth year we're hosting digital district day and we get about a thousand participants, educators are eligible for hours for it, assistants iandour keynote is gl

be presenting on surviving to thriving and culturally responsible practises during these times of covid, as well as what jen was sharing in terms of the parainstitute, our digital learning team offering is embedded in there, as well, offering a whole host of workshops related to building foundational skills for technology and similarly, we offer training and opportunities, office hours, as well, in the spring. >> thank you so much for answering my question and i don't have any questions. that's it for now. but thank you so much for answering them and also, thank you everyone, as i said in the beginning, everyone who is a part of the work groups or joins the town halls, thank you to help host the student town hall.

i heard chuvaughn did absolutely amazing. thank you and i'll hand it to the next speaker. >> thank you so much student delegate. commissioner maliga. >> thank you, president sanchez. thank you, everyone, for your hard work and thank you for all of the public comments. i do appreciate all of the parents. as a father, i pretty much would do anything for my kids, right? and i could hear that with all of the parents and they just want the best for their kids. and i appreciate you all. and i hope we can continue working together. chief marsel alsol, i had a quen around the minimummall minimall. could you expand on that and

talk about what that is or what that group is. i have an idea in my head but i want to hear it from you. >> so, remember, we had a -- i was mentioning that in my previous response. we had a low bar to monitor student engagement and we were able to do that in our students third through 12th grade who engaged in distance learning and this was to track if and how often students logged on to various websites like google classroom, their email, participated in a zoom class and if they did, we were able to say, you were, quote, unquote, at school or participated. and again, this is a low bar. even with that low bar, we know that we had a number of students who did not engage at all or other engaged 60% of the game and to name as a focal

population, and even if our internal conversations at district staff, we thought it was important to lift and hole d those students to be that much more intentional to make sure we are able to reach students who were not engaged a lot and were not engaged at all. as i mentioned in my presentation, the students who are in that minimally engaged student group who are underserve and hard to reach, even the brick and mortar. you see parallels around zip code as you dig deeper into who those students are. >> that is what i wanted to hear. because for me, like this thing around our black and brown kids, obviously some succeeded, but, like, there was a group that didn't, right?

and so, i really want to -- i was looking through the plan that you all sent and i didn't see it in there just yet, but folks are probably currently working on it and i wanted to see what our plans were to engage with that population. i was in sunnydale and watching kids running around and hearing things out there about low connectivity, engagement, the lack of resources and so, when i saw that minimally engaged, you know, i knew what you were talking about and i just wanted to hear, you know, if we had a more detailed plan around that. and i really want to highlight -- because there's not a lot of people that come and talk about the earn issues thate happening in the community. and i know our groups, some students had the highest lead in terms of technology, right.

the schools have been a safe space for a lot of these families and now that the schools have closed down, what does it look like now for the kids to be at their homes and i'll just be open and honest, some parents are not there and parents are going to work, you know, and all of the other things that happen through depression and poverty. and we can talk about that

in-depth. it's a real thing and people are talking about it and not at these board meetings, specifically talking about the issues talking about in these communities.

>> it will be what that engagement looks like, what can be expected by parents and so much more of the -- i just want to say i saw you lean back and couldn't help myself. but anyway, much more will be engaged in what you just described will be addressed in the learning guide that the teaching and learning guide that comes forward and as i said, as i started, this is, basically, describing some of what we're trying to do and it is more -- in terms of teaching and learning, it's more visionary in what you're seeing today and what comes forward will be

prescriptive in detail and as we're talking about the l-cap and describing what we're doing, that is more of what will come through what's following this or comes out of this. >> thank you. >> thank you. commissioner cook. >> yes, good evening and thank you to everyone that spoke at public comment and for the presentation and for all of the hard work tha and the frameworkd the questions everyone has asked thus far. i have a few specific things to follow up on. and there was a discussion about educators with families. and educators that have young families and can someone speak to how we're thinking about supporting the educators, what to teach and having their own

judgment. >> we know that it's educators with young family or people who have to work and what does that mean for kids if the students who would be left alone if going to work. all of these things are considerations that we have, but, you know, this is -- to be

honest with you, this is a plan that doesn't address every problem that cup comes through h distance learning. and i would say in the spring, part of -- for some families, it made it the fact that they could teach from home. actually, they made it -- it actually helped because they were there to be there with their students if they ha. so i know in those cases, it helped. but as we here, we're doing all we can do address what we can and the truth about it is, as i said earlier, that we know that we can't address every issue that comes through with distance learning. >> ok. and so i want to elevate how difficult all of this is for everyone -- this is a hard position for everybody to be in

and i know that as a district we have longstanding issues we haven't been able to resolve and i remember along with the ali program, which i wanted to ask some questions about, you made a presentation about how no matter the initiative by superintendent, we have not moved in the achievement gap at all, very minimally over the last 40 years and we've added a pandemic on top of that. and so the recent discussion which has been divisive about the equity issues and i understand and i appreciate everybody speaking to that. i'm highly focused on what's happening with black students and achievement and black families and so distance option

is really difficult to accept when we know how much this community needs, our community needs, my community needs and to trust the district will be in the position to resolve it, i think, would have been based on a history of being able to support black families well. i know that's not like a thing that -- we were in this work to turn that around, but it's just the reality of the history of our district and where we're at. i think it would be go good to weigh on the district pods but the educators on the southeast side of the city, our school principals, if you can give us any insight about how they are

thinking about, you know, the pressure we've been under. >> you asked about the pods and i'll start. and so this is really hearing a lot and talking about people separating themselves and i would just say having been born and raised here, the pod

phenomenon isn't the only place where we've seen certain families in the city separating themselves from other families. with that being said, this is clearly something that is going to happen and we -- the administrators -administrators,e first day back was yesterday and a couple of times they've been asked -- like i said, they have just come back into this

movement and we're now having conversations about how we situate ourselves in this and how we have the appropriate discussions. but at this point, like i said, it's been two days of administrators returning and, basically, about a week of something that caught fire. in terms of -- after this, i'll turn it over. in terms of learning and how much will occur. , you're talking about the movement and what happened, especially with black students. but i would say it's our expectation that learning will occur at the highest level possible. we are committed to that. (please stand by).

>> you saw an anti racist framework. we talked about the engage and a lot of avenue fern american students. even as we plan for going forward we're clear the variability that exists and the word ain't new, right. that is why the various teams that came up with those as educators we have to do work with our mind set and follow

responsibility that may not be have been form before. i want today say it's not going to solve the problem fast but calling out was why we called it out and another thing that as i talk to many black families they often times don't feel heard or included or a part of and so listen and ponte in a way that's thoughtful and in a way that makes sense, right. just to say that we know, i know, what you said is true and real and we have something to prove to our black families and not just in theory but in practice and us calling our author ten tick partnership with families and our community based organization to support these families is our first step towards doing this work but i'm

not expecting anything to say we think it will be a win for black kids right now because many conversations we have a lot to prove and we haven't realized each and every and that's the work we're commit to go and we talked about this today. we're going to go deeper on thursday and "understand item distrust exists. >> i have a few more questions that are shorter. >> we haven't settled yet. i asked last meeting about data around the in-person activities

happening at rec centers is there any feedback in terms of like, was there a higher rate of covid for the families that participated in that or do we have any answers on that? >> we don't have that data at this point and i know we have asked for t do we have that data? >> no, that's not the data that we have been provided and it's not part of -- >> i'm just curious. >> i asked at the last meeting. the 14th. >> so, when did you ask the city. i'm not getting responses so i want to track. what we're asking. >> i believe and also it was the meeting on the 14th and i believe i asked this past thursday. i'll have to double check. we had one meeting canceled with our dph folks and i'll follow-up with them gone. i don't know that they tracked that information and there

are -- i will keep trying to get it and i'm not going to make it a long answer. i don't have it. >> the community learning house the city is sponsoring, have we signed on to partner with those? >> we're signed on. we're having discussions, we're in discussions with the city. >> yeah. >> i'd like to say i wasn't informed on anything on friday. miyoung lee said that staff wasn't informed for about -- like two weeks ago maybe and so, i just want to say i think i would love to work with them but i'd love for them to partner with us and i've shared with supervisor haney he is trying to connect with us so we can work in collaboration and so that we're making sure we're fitting together. i appreciate you asking the question and i also think it should be transparent to the public as well.

>> i have two final quick things. play works and so any sort of outdoor thing that we pay for that's not going to happen and after school programs are we continuing our contracts with those? what those folks or are we resolving them? i can give you a list of the people i have in mind like our after school providers, the play works, partnership and and pe won't be person i know but there are a part of our district and can someone speak to those. >> i can speak to the after school so the after school programs are funded through dcyf through the state and federal grants and all of those grants have continued and we're working with all of the cbos to provide the distance and where

we can outdoor that's part of coordinating if it's possible, like we did this summer to do some outdoor activities as well as online. >> those contracts are school based, generally speaking so each site determines if they're going to contract out with them annually so i don't know if we have the answer of what the sites have decided going forward into the new year but maybe there's an opportunity to be part of the after school programming with those grants. i've had play works and i hope we can work with them if we could. >> i love play works. i love play works. >> all right. thank you for the time. >> all right. thank you commissioner cook. student delegate hines-foster. >> you have a series of questions. one thing that was already

brought up but i'd like to highlight it again, what's the plan for upper grades like middle school and high school. commissioner cook asked the question about grades and i'm pretty sure superintendent responded they're working with a specific group. as far as schedules, our are seeds being planned individualized based on like the school because i know based on virtual learning, my school schedule was different from my friends at wash and is there a set day the schedules for virtual learning will come out because schools like three weeks away. >> i'm happy to respond to that question as well. my name is jennifer and i'm the executive director of construction and so until the mou is finalized as dr. matthews referenced we can't actually publish schedules because we need to work with our labor partners. we have a series of schedules that have been developed in

conjunction with our lead teams who supervisor principle and in order for there could be more consistency. our hope is there will be more specific schedules that are aligned across school sites. some school sites like alternative high schools may need slightly different schedules so there's not as much vary ability as the fall opens. as soon as the m.o.u. is completed, we'll be able to finalize those types of schedules and get them off to the students and families that are waiting for them. i don't know if anyone on the call wants to add to that. >> >> i'll move on to my second question. >> my second question was for technology. will the students that already have access to the portable hotspots and also the computers have to return them and be redistributioned? >> this is melissa, thank you for that question. no, the devices that were

distributed in the spring stayed with students over the summer as well as the hotspots so that they can continue to and we're feeling the needs and gaps at the upper grade levels and then to do distributions through our site for our younger grades, our pk through second grade and our rising third graders who might not have had them in the spring. >> so my third question is, are there any developed professional developments for teachers and admin to strengthen engagement and connectivity? i know today there was mention about the admin district meeti meeting. >> >> i'll let you finish up. >> just reich we mentioned earlier about the opportunities for para educators we're

rethinking professional learning and professional developments and every single administrator in the school district is getting training and online platforms on how to distribute and starting next week, teachers will be engage in two full days of teacher orientation and at the end of the week, an intern program will have a three-day bootcamp on distance learning and starting the week of the tenth we have our digital district day which is available to all educators in the system and on the day that teachers

report back which is the 11th, we'll have site based professional development on the 11 an11 and 12th to level set ot it means to be an anti racist teacher, what does it mean to use radical healing practices on the 11th we'll have our approach to distance learning and our instruction actual module and every single educator will be organized by content teams so they can get an opportunity to engage in the launching unit. the launching units are being offered to educators with the exception of we're hope to go get every single educator a launching unit that will allow them to focus the first few weeks of instruction on building a virtual community, using the digital agency lessons the department of text knowledge has created on what it means to be an academic student, what does it mean to be a student and learn about your academic routines in a virtual setting

and the department of technology and working close -- >> this is the interpreter. you are taking way too fast. thank you. >> i'll slow down. sorry about that. we'll work across the divisions to make sure what we're offering is acceptable for educators at different levels. you can take a foundation training on a technology platform and if you need to know how to increase participation in the near pod lesson or a zoom classroom and how do you breakup with other educators we'll help you with that as well and we're really revamp will help and we'll host cross school platforms for teachers which is something we didn't troy to do and we're excited if i work at washington and you work at balboa we can collaborate about did this work for sev around or did it not work and how did it

work. those are sometime things we're planning and i'll pass it over to the other chief to have more information to share. >> thank you for that. the only thing -- a couple of things i would just that was a great overview, embedded within the foundational skills around our technology platforms and tools and across the professional learning activities that jenn mentioned we're embedding and incorporateing and built this into our distance learning guide around engagement strategies in a virtual space. thinking about mind sets around leveraging technology and how to use technology to support students voice and choice and agency and really looking at how within the online or virtual environment we're really able to leverage technology in ways that personalize learning for

students and in addition to learning the tools themselves and how best to use them, to support students and support engagement and connection. >> i know you have a question about middle school and high school schedules and so, we have the assistant high school who wanted to give you a little bit information about what is happening in the middle and school if you want it. >> >> it's good to see you. good evening, commissioners. just to give you an update on schedules i feel like i've been talking schedules for the past five hours straight. we had a principal meeting this afternoon and one of the things that we are doing with high school principle is we want

consistenly with a items going throughout high school and we developed some schedules and they're options for principles so look at and all of them have consistent items in them and we are -- that is time where where there's an opportunity for teachers to do collaboration and things of that nature. we want that time and to protect that time across all high schools. so we created some scheduling option and now principles are taking those back to their leadership team and working on those and as soon as we finish the mou we should be able to hand on schedules for each individuals so i would like to say all of the scheduling options meet the requirements of ab77. that was one of the low bars that we had to do with all the of them and we are working towards that end.

>> yes, and for, good evening, commissioners, students, delegates and everyone. so i wanted to harb on middle grades. we started with trying to make sure that we were aligning ourselves around a block and as well as aligning ourselves with planning games aligned early release. given that our principles just got back yesterday but a group of us had met last week to come to flesh through and figure out how this can work for us so it's important for us to engage in conversations and we did have a meeting and also, same tile as the high schools where we were given feedback right now and how do i make this work. there are challenges as well but consistency and coherence is super important for us. we want to make sure all middle schools have a similar experience, which is tied to the

middle grades initiate wonder. >> thank you. >> so my next question is about. >> is she here or is she --

>> i don't see the participant list at the moment. but i can share that we do have some concerns about some of the community based sites being reimbursed. or meals distributed through the community being reimbursed it's not come through yet as far as the usda waivers. the treasure island site is among those so, we will, we obviously are hoping to maintain as many sites as possible but that is an open question as far as i know at the moment. we can make sure we have the latest information and provide it to the completion delegates. >> >> it's being implemented into

the classroom with schools who are historically race like lole and soda? >> do you want to talk more around the module that we've created for school sites to use. we just into staff meeting in other meetings they have with their educate offers and that's every school so there's not and we're not picking and choosing.

there's going to be some asynchronous modules by the cni department in collaboration with that and department of technology and departments and leveraging the experts using experience from our site leaders and some of the leading folks in the field of anti racism and so we're and i'm not sure if you want to add anything to that? >> i'm just say that as we launched the exploration into like how to integrate the launching unit, with the department of technology and the materials that often come from csd, we knew we wanted to make sure we were in line. the first we did was reach out

to the chief and have a meeting and examine their pas and i would defer to you and to talk about the process you have been going in because we learned a ton and as you know, this isn't something that you finished and it's a lifelong process of examining yourself and your own in the community schools and family partnerships department, i guess as it was called, we've been working on anti racist practices for quite some time and we've been really infusing the work of humility into the different work that we've been working doing with family partnerships and now we are bringing that work division wide and we've been working over this summer with a couple of flourish agenda which does a lot of work around radical healing practices and as part of the coordinated

care plan the tier one are all about radical healing practices and both in the classroom and schoolwide and so we'll be working on trainings that will be available to all staff and that is something we're coordinating with cni with as well so that the first 30 day plan that we're worth providing the same support and speaking the same language but that is definitely a huge push for us and really important in authentic partnership with students and families where we can only do through an anti racist practice and again that is not who we are but that's what we do so we're really spending the time looking at a lot of our practices and to make sure they're not paternalistic and they don't perpetuate white supremacist practices and changing them over to antiracist practices and so with that, we need to continue to engage with our families and our students and to tell us what we got it light or when we got it wrong

and we have to keep changing it. we will definitely be calling on you, board delegates, to help us and tell us when we missed the mark and we need to go back to the drawing board because what we thought was an anti racist practice was paternalistic so i appreciate the questions you are asking and i look forward to taking that journey with you. >> thank you for answering my questions. i have some more, sorry. also, what financial resources are available. last meeting we talked a little bit about the or is there any other resources available to the families. i can talk about the pandemic edp that was part of the state

it was extended through the summer. i don't know at this time. it's resources that we're looking for because we're getting ready for the wellness checks in august. checking weather that resource is going to continue and i'm hoping so since many schools in california are continuing distance learning and we hope that card will still be available. we'll absolutely let families know the status. >> i just wanted to chime in. this is commissioner lam. they are from congressional approval and it was administered through the state agency so right now, congress is discussing another round of funding for ebt so that is where the origination of those dollars come from and the programs ultimately for our students and

family. >> thank you. >> the last question. >> cynthia: question. are there any qbos we're working with to improve focal group engagement? >> >> we had a number of cbo forms throughout the spring and we are actually in the process of planning are first one for august so we're planning one in the next couple of weeks and definitely one of the topics that we had in mind to engage in brainstorm our cbo partners with is around this idea of how do we not just happen to and really do more and better by our students and also, how we partner to facilitate distance learning so it feels different to all of our students and so yeah, that's a topic on the agenda for august. >> thank you students and delegate. vice president lopez.

>> hi, everyone. thank you for all of your work and just the commitment that we all continue to show during this pandemic. i did have one very real critique about the plan and it was that my name was misspelled. hopefully -- [laughter] >> it's an ongoing prank. [laughter] >> in all honesty, the level of detail, even though it is hard to digest, even though it is inaccessible and in other languages, i am appreciative of the details that are involved in the plan. i feel like i can breathe now that i know that there's a guide even though it's a draft and those are what we're looking for and there's just a lot of questions that many families and educators have about our future and it wasn't named here, even though we're specific, even

though these -- we develop great ideas, i don't see a concrete plan and i think once the guide is out, once we can finalize the negotiations with our educators we'll have a clear idea but until then it's really hard to even ask questions without having this information laid out. so, i'm trying to adjust because i came in prepared for a very different conversation. another thing that i want to point out is we keep talking about vulnerable populations. how much a lot of it, a lot of them are effected right now, which i completely understand, but the very same people that fall in these categories are the ones saying they do not want to return to in-person learning. we also have educators that say they do not want to return to inperson learning so until we have a real number of who is

willing to come back of which families want their children to be in schools, we have to direct our attention to the learning that is happening right now. and this is some of the comments that commissioners brought up is how our outside systems are effecting our children and we keep coming back to this and what is partnership looks like. i love what is described as far as authentic partnerships but that trust is not developed yet. we've named it. so i just really need to emphasize the need for us to use outside resources whether this city is getting involved or not or we're not reaching out, that has to change. we cannot continue to have a discussion on learning online. if these outside resources and services aren't -- like if we're not making that connection for our family we cannot view our educational systems as academic

only. i know that there's a lot that we can say about the distance learning plan but i just need to continue to stress that because the trauma that we're all experiencing is going to get in the way of the learning that's happening. that's it, it's how our brains work. so i do have a number of questions, one thing i also want to begin to point out is in the focal populations, when we're focusing on different groups that we want to provide additional services, can we include s.r.o.s and students who live in s.r.o.s as a part of the categories separate from the number of groups that you've already named moving forward? i think it's really important considering that many students are learning at home and this is named in what they want as a support. my first is around the communication and i know that

here there are many different channels named as far as how we get the word out through our website and the weekly digest and parent view and can i get a clear list of information going out to families and let me know highway we're going to reach families and how are they going to decide what is best for them? >> hi commissioner. >> hi. >> dr. matthew and do you want a response? >> >> you are on mute. >> no, i was going to call your name. >> ok. got it. >> yes, i just wanted say that we are able to analyze how many families are getting the message now that we have the family resource link it's another great

way where we can get real time feedback about who is getting messages and wore also able to see who is opening it and so to let you know we recognize that not the different communications platforms work differently for different families. my hope is that in addition to the analytics that we're doing we're going to be able toll do a much better job this fall in articulating what gets communicated to all families and essentially through the different channels that we have and what gets communicated out through schools and it will be the same information that we know families are going to maybe receive in different ways and different channels so we need to push out in multiple ways. some of the feedback is we know we need to start communicating directly more within our

secondary students because in some cases, especially for middle and high school students, they're the ones making a lot of their educational decisions in some cases and they're the ones who might be in the role of sharing their family with their families and so, we're planning to do a better job in communicating directly with our students who are able to read things through e-mail as well as making sure that the family resource link is the family and student family so there's a phone number that people can call. another idea we have we're noticing for our spanish speaking families some are not actively using e-mails and so we do reach people with critical information through text messages and auto dials and it's limited in terms of how much information you can share and a phone call or through a text

message so one of the ideas that we're exploring is adding a line that people can call and hear a recorded message that actually goes into a lot more detail about the motion being presented on the website and through e-mails. the plan itself was intentionally a very high level summary because we wanted to make sure that the plan wasn't too lengthy so we knew we had a lot of content to put in there and everyone across the team was intentional about keeping things succinct. i would love to share more information now or going forward about the various things that we're exploring and doing. i'm emphasizing this first because this is key to how we reach our families. if we go in knowing the best

method of communication whether it's text or e-mail, then at least we made that connection and if it's -- if we're talking about needing information we can have families set up e-mails and move in that direction but i want to make sure that every single person is contacted. my next question is around the prior written notices and the plan the case manager at our school sites are creating to support our families and we know the emergency plans they have in the bring will be replaced through families and they should expect a call? is it only going to be when their i.e.p. is up or before school starts? what is happening around that? >> i'm not sure if i should wait until i'm called on and my name is -- i'm just going to speak now. i'm the chief of special

education and the law has changed a little bit. pwns will be generated, however, they are going to be framed more as an invitation to an amendment i.e.p. conversation where we will create what we are calling emergency learning plans so they're not called distance learning plans, emergency learning plans and we will be leaning on parents for meaningful participation so it's an authentic situation for the kids and we know some kids are going to struggle greatly. they did very much so in the spring and oir hope will be to make the situation robust but we will get as creative as we can given the resources that we have to provide state. the way it works is the emergency learning program is

going to be inserted into the i.e.p. as an amendment and as we return back to school, there are other i.e.p. will go back into play and if we are being called out again, for covid conditions and we have to go back to shelter in place, we'll toggle back to the emergency learning plan. i'm work on the debt right now. we want it to be very clear and simple with steps involved so all of the principles can princn support their teachers to get it up and running immediately. this will have to take place for all kids on i.e.p.s and it is we will start with -- we will look at the data as to which kids did not access in anyway and in the spring and we'll look at our and struggling and zoom lessons and we'll do a mini

analysis of everybody's caseload and we'll set up the conversations to have these conversations in the first week within the first month of school. so entering the school year, parents and students will not have this in place. >> some might. teachers will come back august 10th and this work will begin my hope is we can set aside time in those first days where teachers are having pds where we can start to generate the pwns and we'll have tem plates and we'll support them with the training and we want to get everything on board with these steps on how to approach this in a way that will it's not authentic and the information we have to get parents to participate is very real for me and for awful my staff.

deliver trying their best to i implement i.e.p.s under covid conditions. i don't want to rush it but i need to be urgent so we can get it up and running. we'll start as soon as the teachers come back. >> that's good to know. a specific question around any i.e.p. that had 1-1 written in it how does it look via dis concerning and how are paras involved in this work? >> that's a wonderful request and i cannot answer that right now. i am sitting in on the negotiations with our u.e. partners. i know they're equally as committed and we do have covid conditions and i can't send everybody out into the homes. we have to have a discussion about that and do what is right for everybody involved. i don't mean in-person. in there's someway to do it

virtually, it's considered too. >> it's being considered. that will come up more in those authentic conversations about how we might be able to best engage through the zoom situation and when it's not a possibility, we have to get more creative obviously. the next question is our plan for substitutes. if a teacher is out, what is that step and why are people saying that they didn't have work for sub students. >> so in the spring, commissioner, i think that's what we were referring to. not that we necessarily didn't have work but we did reach an agreement with united educators where we con pen sated all of our substitutes whether they were able to pick up work. regarding this upcoming school year, it's one of the many things we are discussing in the m.o.u. but it's my hope that we

will work together and come up with a clear plan for how exactly we're going to deploy substitute and what supports they need in order to be successful and device i have and all of that and we're in those conversations right now. >> this is tying to what student delegate brought up earlier around our custodians and just thinking in general what's the work for people in this category who aren't going into school sites anymore. that's something you referenced earlier with the city and if you are here, i would appreciate your input but we're still deploying our custodians and they still don't have work to do i don't think we anticipated we do not have work for them. can you speak to that? >> i'm happy to speak to that

and it's a fair question. the custodians are still working so we actually had aggressive schedule as it is over the sum tore do the deepest clean we've been able to achieve with sfusb school sites and we are mostly done to prepare if we were opening on august 17th but there's still work that is lagging. as we plan out food distribution and technology distribution for the month of august and in particular, probably in early september, there does need to be cleaning and disinfecting that is happening again on a daily basis to support those operations. i also want to say that we do have, let me run through a few other things. the other thing is we are also

actively engage in conversations and we have heard loud and clear from teachers that they're asked in usfsd preparing sites and the delivery of distance learning so we have a number of asks coming in and between that and also community learning hubs, which i do consider to be on the horizon and we're in conversation with the city about how we support those activities. in short order, by the time we get to august 17th, there's new demands on custodial services for their time and efforts. in the interim, we do have -- i just can't say this enough we're trying to take this opportunity to go deeper. while this is a crisis and it is

for our custodial teams which have had just competing demands on school facilities while they're there, and have worked hard to do the best they can but none the less, we have a moment right now where we are directing custodial that depending on these competing uses, anyone that who isn't doing something, associated with supporting of school based programs, is going to be power washing parts of the building that have not been power washed in 15 years. right. i also want to say that we're moving full speed ahead as a facilities division to try and identify and prepare school sites for resuming in-person learning. custody towed y'alcustodial wiln

that training them and giving them special development to prepare for dramatic shifts in the way that they do their jobs on a daily basis. since i have, i have a few questions about teachers accessing and it it's something that has come up. >> so we have actually provided to lead for, i believe, most of the month of august if not an entirety i can take a look at my notes. we're looking with leads to offer a similar process to what we did in the spring. which is that teachers and also i think students as the lead determined who might need to come to their lockers to pick something up in the spring and we're providing access during the month of august so this is another set of activities that will require daily support from

the custodial services division. we don't have teachers who would be interesting in coming? >> in terms of having teachers come into do their remote work, i actually we have finished drafting a poll and i hope to distribute that to the broader sfusb communities and it's friday and so that we will give teachers an opportunity to give us feedback on the number of teachers that were interested and that option and also in particular what kinds of amenities folks need for that to be a successful experience and i think one we can get and engage a sense of the hotel center and what kinds of needs and types of activities they can conduct we will share a couple of different

proposals with the covid policy team and the board about how we can proceed and what level of demand we have because the level of demand. >> the next pieces around our early education sites. and the -- what's been floating around as far as five of them being open, can you speak that? >> it would be better if the chief spoke to the early sites and proposals for reopening those for in-person and i will say that i've been supportive and that we have both allocated a certain amount of p.p.e. that would be needed from our reserves to support this perp and it's engage in fabricating a wide range of materials and supplies that the free standing centers would need to reopen

safely. >> the early education department staff and team, it's our priority to serve our youngest learners and to pro invite them with quality care and education and in this pandemic, it's a dilemma to do that with three and four-year-olds. our cde guidelines right now say that since we are an early learning and care entity in and lea which is a usc and the lea on the watch list, we can and should and continue in distance learning until we get further noticed. so, we will eventually have to open you are our buildings safely and thoughtfully so we

can provide care. it's on the horizon so we are until the works having conversations with our union and labor partners and having conversations with the chief and her team around collecting ppe and what it would look like pov a safe building and working with chief smith with regards to the department of human services and all of the guidance that we need to do so we do have plans for if and when we can soap safely and we want to be responsive to families. we are entity and we need to do that thoughtfully and safely. >> year ok. it's just important to highlight that for parents and teachers who may have not have known and then i also have a question for you, regarding the tuition that has come up.

>> every three years, we are getting guidance around how to do that with our subsidized families informing the tuition document as well which we hope will come out very soon. last question is around any remediation plans we have for our students' learning loss from the spring?

are we just -- have there been conversations around our black and brown students? >> due introduce new assessments during the pandemic, and also honoring the assessment room that we work with and which is the teachers and we haven't introduced any new assessments and we will use the same reading inventory and math to measure learning loss. >> thank you. >> you are welcome. and so, just of the last thing i'll say is there are still a lot of responses that are --

we're working on that and discussing that and i appreciate everything that is going in but i do want to point out we are in a pandemic and we are all disaster workers and so that just, you know, the level of work is heightened. we've never seen so please, you know, continue to push these conversations, parents are waiting, teachers are waiting as well and the sooner we know the better we can plan and move forward. >> commission lamb. thank you to my colleagues for your questions because i think you all are able to cover a lot of questions that i had. and also i want to thank center matthews and the staff and everyone that is involved, parents and our educators and really arriving to this moment that we're at and clearly you know, so much work has gone in and a lot of intention and thoughtfulness. i think we also know, you know.

the really tough road ahead through this pandemic. what is before us collectively to really serve ultimately.

>> i will hone into the age group and english learners. i also want to get a bit more about high school engagement it gives us pause to look at about what it might look like at the fall. just pause there and i have some commentary about it. >> i know you had a question. >> over all it's critical that we're looking at our student population as distance learning as well as a gradual return in the hybrid.

particularly around our english learners, everyone that we've listed here in our for focus population for students and i wanted to hone in on the minimally engage students and commissioners are raising it earlier with engagement of lack of engagement of latin x and black and pi students so i wanted to hone in on the age for high school and our plans and thoughts is that we had lower engagement of the high school students what are approaches will be different for the fall. >> it's hard for me. i'm going to see if assistant superintendent sanderson is still on the line. i know he has been doing a lot of work with the high school leaders ande engaging in conversations and sim not sure how we're going to engage our high school but do you want to

see. >> thank you so much for the opportunity and good afternoon again commissioners. if you will recall there are a few speaks about reengaging students and we actually talked about this today with and each! have a team that works to reengage students that may not be engage. we saw the data that you are referring to about students that were not engage and i think it is critical that we reengage those students using the resources that we have at each site and each site will have folks meeting to help find ways to reengage those students back into the educational process at their school. also, i would like to say that i believe that teachers from my conversation with members of you, united educators of san

francisco that specifically are on the high school building reps team that i meet with, i believe that they are one, they are asking for more professionalment development and i believe that they are a lot more prepared to help deliver. they were able to see firsthand things that worked and did not work in the spring and they have learned from those things that did not work and figure out new ways to engage our students. today i saw a teacher demonstrate a program we have called near pod and it's available to all teachers and it was amazing how that teacher was using that to engage students. those are the discussions we've been having from specific and engaging students that haven't been engaged at school and all the way down to classroom

practices. >> i would add to that that, we have for example, today in the administrative data we looked at comments from students about what would engage them more so administrators in our district are looking at the data and they're also look at the student town hall and the information from students saying giving us the ability to connect more with our teachers as we are engaging in learning so all of this data as mr. sanderson just said at one works and also looking at what didn't work and when we look at both of those we're saying ok, how can we make sure that we're embedding those practices that work where especially where students are telling us that this engages us, this ex sights us, this focuses us and makes us want to be in the class.

>> i would just follow-up with that. in the lawn -- [please stand by]

>> we've curated resources in multiple languages and specifically english and spanish and we've been able to utilize curating sources and making

sources for chinese and bands rin. mandari mandarin. i would say that our deputy superintendent spoke to the text messaging going out to our families and those also go out in english and spanish to our families and so we are looking at a multitude of ways to layer

that and we'll continue to extend that and we know that's not all of the languages we have and we'll use our resources and partners to expand opportunities to get materials to our families in multiple languages. >> and i think it's an ongoing theme and i know that the policy leadership team has spoken to this, but i can't express enough how important it is to leverage those community partnerships. we've had public comment tonight and you have whole networks of organizations, individuals who are ready to provide those additional supports. one area, particularly, is around our parents who are english learners themselves who will need additional support.

>> i've said this several times and i'll say it again. i think that so often what has happened during this time is people have left a date set, what's going to happen in regards to reopening and in

stages. and i'll go back to what you'vee said repeatedly. we can do that and we've seen the results. we saw what happened when so many places opened up in may and the virus said, basically, no, you're not going to open up and to answer the question of whether it takes off or how, i think it's dependent on what the levels are at that time and where the virus is. and i think, as i said, we've watched over and over this experiment and the question becomes how often do you want to repeat it to see it over and overmen. when we went through our process of getting data, talking to families, but looking at the data from the community and from experts, it said that august 17th was not going to be practical to bring 56,000

students back into buildings. and scott honest answer, it will be determined by where the virus is at that time. i think if we have a very low rate of transmission and low rates of spread in the community and we also know that we have capacity in our hospital systems and testing is robust and we have what we need in place in terms of ppe and in terms of being able to monitor students and space students, it will be forced to come back and it's dependent where transmission is at that time and where spread is at the time. that will go to bringing all

students back. >> i didn't mean that we'll be driven by making any decisions that are holding the health and wellness of our students at the forefront. i think it's more about being able to articulate to the public over time, as it makes sense, right, that there will be this gradual piecean and not to force anything when the virus is still surrounding us. and, my next questions are on digital equity and chief dodge, you know i'll ask you questions about the digital equity peace. there's been questions in public comment and town halls and you have i have spoken at length on a weekly basis of the connectivity and i'm really, again, thankful and grateful to the small and mighty dot team

and just the efforts and the volunteers that have come through, right, since march. if you can just walk us through both what the fall distribution plan looks like and the wi-fi. i feel like the wi-fi is a bit more complex and i would say, beyond, quote, our control because of cellular coverage. but if you can take some time to explain to commissioners and to the public. now. >> new, yes, and thank you for opportunity to share. we have a strong foundation to get started with the upcoming school year.

over 12,000 chrome books went out with middle schools one to one already and i think it's nearly 14,000 students who had a device in hand and, then, from a connectivity perspective, we were delayed as districts were across the country in terms of access. and once those got in, we were rolling those out and we distributed over 3500. and with having multiple students in the same household, we were able to reach nearly 4,000 students through that connectivity because the hot spot, not as robust as broadband or fiber-based internet connectivity can support multiple devices.

we're looking at pk12 in terms of distribution and the increased estimates in what we need. we saw from device and wi-fi perspective and that was shared on the call, differences and inequities and access needs from race ethnicity perspective and from a geographic perspective, as well, across the city and, so, the distribution plan will look a little bit different. as we're launching the beginning of a school year and wanting to maximize our ability for reach in terms of reaching families, we partnered with our cni partners and we'll be partnering up with schools to have a distribution model that is site based. so we cap leverage or sites and

our school staff and teams with extendal support from dot, from volunteers, as well, and to be able to distribute technology to those who need it, as well as use it as an opportunity while we're not more eye to eye. we'll have mass coverings and be sure we're practicing help and safety protocols, to be able as a connection point and to make contact with families, especially because we'll have, also, students who will be at new schools in transitional grades and entering the district for the first time and so, that plan, we are looking at -- it's built into our 30-day plan because we know that takes time and we'll be a part of the wellness, the check-in process that happens a th happens at thf the year and working to get the process in place so the elementary schools can start the

week of august 10th and we roll into the beginning of the school year and adding in our middle and our high schools, as well. in terms of wi-fi connectivity, hot spots are a part of this plan and we have secured additional hot spots and working with the various internet providers and vendors to both balance the coverage that we need and want given or city and where different cell providers have coverage, as well as making sure that we have a plan -- a data plan robust enough but cost efficient and we're balancing those two, as well. so we anticipate probably distributing the same number of hot spots, if not more as we move into the fall time frame, as well. our city partners have worked to

expand wi-fi access at several of the housing communities and continuing to look at, you know, know -- the hot spot is that short-term to address the need, but what do we need to be doing long-term and i know it was discussed, sunnydale where cellular coverage is limited and so how are we continuing to look at different strategies that we need to leverage, to have a more sustainable access in our city? >> so can you talk a little bit, melissa -- i know, again, it's not just on the school district holding this, but there are really stubborn packets of neighborhoods that just cannot get the type of wi-fi at this speed, particularly as we're talking through what distance learning looks like and what the instructions will look like and that bandwidth is required and

i'm curious how comcast -- you know, we went into partnership with comcast, how is that going and your thinking and other colleagues that you're working with, both at the city and maybe in other districts, to really address these stubborn pockets. but i have to say i worry if we're growing, even getting more devices and hot spots. yet we know, there's a stubborn pocket we can't reconcile and if you could talk to that. >> i'll start off by saying as where sort of flooding -- you know, increasing access throughout the city and concerns, too, just in terms of the interference that that causes and the demand that places, even in neighborhoods with high cellular coverage. so it is a complex challenge and in terms of the pockets where we

know we don't have good cell coverage, that has been working with the city in terms of its fiber projects, around how to bring fiber into neighborhoods and communities, because that really is the most sustainable e way we will be able to address this need in our communities. and in terms of comcast, we did sign up for the comcast sponsor program. to be honest, in the spring, we didn't have the support that is needed for that, because there is an application process and there are questions and it' if a family is not on a rental agreement, what happens then? there are leasing requirements and ordinances in the city here that we need to abide by. so we are looking to bring that back, though, and looking at some external partnerships who can help us when working with families to navigate that

process. because both from a linguist ticlinguisticsupport as well asg wi-fi. that does take time and that's part of the medium term strategy. whereas, the fiber connectivity would be the long-term strategy. our immediate focus is we think about preparing for august is really looking at being able to distribute the hot spots that we have and, then, one thing we can do is work with the cell providers and this is going to be, like, making sure that we're getting concrete feedback in neighborhoods and in places that we can work with the wireless providers and they can do some work in terms of tower adjustments and engineering

work. but i think working with the city, as well, to bring in if there are additional tower capacity that's needed. >> so this is very wonky, sorry, but with comcast, and are there different levels of speed, download speeds or whatnot? are there opportunities for options? i will get back to you on that. my general understanding is that, yes, there are lower speeds, but comcast had gotten a lot of feedback over the years and they have increased that. but it might not be -- it's not at the same speed level you could get with other types of fiber connections. and so --

>> i just wanted to confirm if it's a district-sponsored program, we want it to work for our families and so, if that was a barrier to the speed, you know, download speeds or whatever the overall speeds are available, wasn't matching up to the content and for, again, the distanced learning, i wanted as a district to be aware of that to confirm that, because, ultimately, it won't be a sustainable solution, right, if there are different levels offered by comcast. >> that's part of the process in terms of determining the different options, you know, and data plans, whether the data is throttled, whether it's limited or unlimited and, then, with all of those, you costs associated and balancing those two and looking at what can meet or needs and we do -- and not to

get into the specifics and we can put information on the website, too, about how to manage even within your environment, how you're connecting and why water doing on it. we do that in our schools in terms of wanting to make sure we're prioritizing our -- the platforms that we're using for teaching and learning and during assessment time, prioritizing traffic on them, as well. and so, there are things that we can do but also what families can do, as well, in terms of how they're using the connectivity. but again, that can be very challenging when you have multiple children at different grade levels who may need to get on at the same time, as well. >> i wanted to highlight and name for us, again, of our focal population demonstrating limited online engagement, wi-fi, right?

access can be a real barrier and so i think that will be critical for you to help guide leaders and just overall for the district on that strategy. >> thank you for that. and we did talk about that. we were able to give a session today at the administrator's institute and we talked about that in terms of looking at the data or being able to prioritize focal student populations through the distribution, as well. and then how we're monitoring that, as well. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and two other points ariel. so facilities, i think, for don, i think you know this, but i'll just name that i'm excited to hear more about the developments around the outdoor planning of open space and not just at our own facilities, but the various parks because i think there's

been a lot of both excitement, as well as we have these amazing city resources and so they need to be leveraged and maybe, don, can you walk through about what the next phase is or steps look like in getting what those opportunities are or the timing of those? >> sure, commissioner, i wanted to make sure i can answer your question accurately. are you focused specifically on partnerships were the properties under the jurisdiction of recreation and park's department or just, again, outdoor classrooms including on our own schoolyards? >> rec and park. >> we have been working with the

recreation and park's department and we're talking on friday to talk through, specifically, the ways that facilities at atmcclarin's deliver in the parks. for the rest, we astrohav we haa conversation around which teachers feel comfortable delivering classroom instruction outdoors let alone also in a park setting and what it would mean to both set up the spaces, take them down and honestly, the extent to which they're needed, to actually meet our capacity. again, i do want to make it clear usfsd is not property poor. we have a lot of acreage and

facilities before we run out of space and need additional support from public spaces. i can think of a number of school sites, though, and i mentioned flynn being adjacent to precida and betsy carmichael and a number of other school sites where the school is adjacent to a park property. in those instances, i think the key here -- and i really apologize. i wish i could get folks a clear, planned out timeline but we're just moving one step at a time and so our next step here is to really do an inventory of sfusd owned spaces and particularly elementary school sites, figure out what's needed to run in-person learning and the extent to which park spaces are needed to support them. i see that conversation and we

hope to have our complete inventory and assessment of elementary school sites completed by the end of august, meaning we have reviewed each site plan and then we have dispatched a team to the site to verify what's in the site plans and to be begin to mark up for site leadership things, like, here is how we would propose managing circulation at your site and the build-out plan we have for your site and that would also include exterior spaces. and so, i think that the best thing right now is that the conversations around park schools continuing to move forward, i think this is, of course, something that needs to be taken up with labor partners, to get their buy-in, because i do think it is complicated and not as simple as moving your classroom instructions outside, especially for -- actually, i take that back. all ages of kids, it with be complicated to do instruction

outside. and that what i'm actually also curious about, based on the feedback i've heard from parents and teachers is that, there is an interest -- i think it gets popularred that not just interest in outdoor, having classes and instruction outside, but there's really an emphasis on nature education, right? and i see you nodding your head and i think that's something we have to start to talk about, using those words, because it's getting lost in the concept of outdoor education, outdoor classrooms versus also people just wanting to really and use this moment to encourage nature education and bringing nature into the school day. and so, those are actually kind of discrete paths. and that's a curriculum conversation, frankly, that i would, again, defer to my colleagues to respond how they would approach that.

we do think about this gradual hybrid return, just status of conversations with the city partners, as well as any initial, maybe, you know, mock-ups or kind of projection around what supports we would need as a district, really starting to get our students in the transportation that's needed. >> yeah, thanks, commissioner lamb. and so, we are in conversation with the sfmta and they've been great partners reaching out and offering to help in multiple ways. as you know, operating at 30%

capacity. and as the logistic's team is working on determining which sites and matching priority students to sites, transportation is a factor in that and obviously, we can only fit about a third of the students and so things, like, we might not be able to offer general education transportation and we would be focused on prioritizing students with iep's and transportation services written into the iep that we need to provide or we're in conversation for students around the contract and what are the implications of the fact that we're starting with in-person learning and not clear yet how many buses we'll need and it's all part of the conversation and it's all kind of up in the air as we're exploring a variety of different things, including an analysis of which students might be returning first and what transportation they might need

and where they live relative to what sites are opening and it's all a part of the decision-making process. >> and so, with these conversations with mta, i know that they have, you know, their fixed routes for now, but is there flexibility or openness to at least understand what those needs may look like overtime? >> absolutely. and so, they've asked kind of, you know, what are the schedules. near interested in knowing the bell schedules which kids and where they live and we'll share that with them as soon as we have it. they've expressed an openness to the idea of -- and when they think of the trippers, the routes they put on. any transportation provided by sfmta would be public transportation and they could think about having the routes -- it takes about six weeks at a minimum and it would -- they said it would take a couple of weeks before they would be able to respond as to what they might

be able to do once we give them the plan and at least six weeks before they could build anything else. there's to commitment but the conversation is there and they're very open and we're talking on a weekly basis. >> wonderful, thank you. that concludes my questions. >> commissioner collins. >> thank you so much. this is a really trying time and i'm just continually impressed with staff and also with families and community-based agencies and the city and just how we're all working together in ways that we hadn't before, even though it's not perfect and we're also -- we're doing new things, i think things we've never done. so i wanted to start -- i wanted to say that our student representatives rock and i'm just so excited for this year. this is how we're starting out and so i can't wait to keep

going and just changing the world and so thank you for giving me more inspiration and we're going to -- that's why we're here, right, and so i want to start with positives, things that we've done and i want to remind all that we've done and that i would never have thought we would have done. we have a resource link right now, where parents can call in for any reason, call in for tech support, mealsand call in to get connected to city services. i've been asking for that 15 years as a parent. we did it this year in a crisis and i want to say thank you to staff. they're doing it this summer and if you don't know about it, please, families, tell your friends, because there's now one place to call where you don't get a voicemail and there's a person who picks. the phone between 9:00 and 1:00 and you can also email. we've done well-checks and i don't know if other districts

are doing this and i want to say thank you. my daughter got connected with an suburban internship and now she making money and all of that. i wanted to note we gave out 2.2 million meals this summer and went above and beyond what we're getting paid for and we've invested a million dollars beyond what we receive from the federal government. so these kinds of things, i think even though this is a daunting time, we lose sight of the fact we're cheating a lot in partnership and we're doing our best for our families and we're meeting, you know, basic needs that really should not be our responsibility. because we're a school, not a broadband company. i want to remind people, we're trying to help but we need city partnerships and we need investments. and so with that -- oh, also, i'm super excited about the

antibiotic racisantiracism and n with families, all of the town halls we've done and twi we'll continue to do and one question, i would love to see divisions like high school, middle school, elementary school where once we get the plan going, that we can go out and actually explain it and do q & a's and stuff. i would love to be apart of those and when we get solid ideas, high school parents have different concerns and questions than elementary parents do. and i think we don't need to mush them together, but it would be helpful in getting our information out. i also believe that we should call it a crisis -- a remote crisis learning plan, not a distance learning plan. this is not just a distance learning model. we're doing this during a pandemic, shelter in place and

i'm asking board members -- i would like to change the name, because i think -- if other people are into that, i would love to know because i would like to change the name and start using different terminology to express what we're dealing with. so that's an open question right now to the board that i'm throwing out there. >> i support that. >> i support that. >> what do you think? or do people like distance learning? >> i support having a broader discussion on it, certainly. >> ok, so i'm throwing that out there and we can talk about, as well. and so i also want to celebrate partnerships with families. i would like to know, we did for the first time working group, to build this plan including teachers, parents, site, staff and central office staff and cd owecdo's and you don't have to answer now but i would like to have a further discussion on how

did that go and build on that, so that we can continue this idea of cocreating as we learn how we implement things. and i also wanted to speak specifically -- i appreciated commissioner lamb's comments on engagement and the conversations around that. high schoolers, specifically, i hai've had conversations with a lot of high schoolers lately and one of the things that comes up -- i think chief dodd, you were referring to this -- students having autonomy. my daughters explain to me, we know this is zoom and everybody has to take a tornad turn and ie ways that's good and other ways limits when students learn. you may talk to your partner while your teacher is teaching. a lot of that is controlled by a

teacher and so, i'm very interested in finding out how we can engage with students, to get input for teachers, because i know sometimes i like controlling things in my class and i might be one of the teachers that no one can talk now but i think there has to be opportunities for kids to have that kind of you autonomy to be engaged and it's like an open question to look at. it's important and i would love to hear from the students reps that maybe we can have more open conversation. i know some schools did student surveys on a regular basis and fed that back to the teachers so they could adjust their learning in real-time. i wouldn't like to see necessarily that specific model but i would like that in every high school and middle school and even elementary. although, you have to do the happy face.

whereas high school and middle students can really give you feedback on what they like and don't like as far as instruction. and that's a request and i also wanted to talk about the minutes in the schedule. there was a parent that said, what will my day look like? i think there's a disconnect when we as educators talk because we're thinking about learning frameworks and we're thinking about those types of things and parents are, like, do whatever you want to do. i want to know when my kid needs to get on zoom and i know some has to do with our site-based educators. but i want to know, you know, why can't -- can parents inform that discussion? that's an open question. personally, i think a lot of parents would appreciate it if they could -- i would like it if all high schools started at the same time and everybody knew when that was or if there was a common schedule.

when i saw the schedule come out last spring, it was confusing seeing all of the different high school schedules and for cdo's, how they were organized was confusing and multiple schools, it was kind of a nightmare to coordinate. so i wanted to know, can we just say we're going to do -- we're going to negotiate all responsibilities with the labor partners and we'll have school in the morning so that everybody knows between 9:00 and 1:00, or 8:00 and noon, that's when we're doing our zoom time and people can plan around that and we can work out the specifics. is that something that we can agree on or can families inform that? >> so commissioner collins, as i said earlier, there were multiple options that we put out to date for high school

principals to consider and your idea about a uniformed start time is exactly one of the ideas that we floated out with high school principals and none of the scheduling options that we actually put out to principals for consideration started at at different time. all of them started for students at 9:00 a.m. so we are trying to work in the 240 minutes as sb98 required. and also, that has been very loud and clear about assistance in start times and i agree with you and that is one of the things we put forward today. >> so can, like, elementary schools, can we say all of the plans that you're proposing, do they all happen in the morning and there's a range so parents can know what that is? >> if i can jump in for a second, commissioner. i think as we're studying the schedules, transportation will

be a major factor because we want to be able to think that we can use the same bus multiple times. >> can we have that conversation when we go back to school? can we have just, like -- i mean, does that sound crazy? no, i think that the start times and the hours are super important and that, obviously, it's going to be a collaborative process making that determination and since there's a possibility that transportation alone could cost $25 million than it does, we need to be really strategic about thinking about which campuses we open and what their schedules are so that we don't inadvertently end up, yo spendig millions and millions on transportation. >> minewe're not going to school right now so when we go to school, can we agree to times. >> i apologize.

>> it doesn't matter what time, because there's no bus because we're not going to school. can we just say that school can happen between, like, 8:00 and noon and parents can say, ok, fine, that's the block of time i have to worry about as far as zoom things. >> one thing i wanted to add, we can have this discussion and we are having it as assistant superintendent anderson said. the schedule has to be negotiated. we need to meet and confer with united educators. >> right. >> where we reach decisions. so fine tonight to talk about the questions and ideas. but this isn't the place for the board to make a decision about that, not tonight. >> ok, the and i appreciate that 100% and it's important for, obviously, schools and educators to have input. is there a wa way for families o

give input? because it wasn't on any of the surveys in terms of what works for families? >> i would defer to one of my colleagues how to gather -- we can do that. we can certainly use that to inform our position. >> yes. we have that through the town halls, the numerous town halls and families have expressed different viewpoints on this and we also have got be this from emails and once again, this is delivering viewpoints, but you're right, it wasn't a specific question on a survey. so we absolutely could get more information around that from families from a survey. >> i just think it's like families aren't suburb familie n logistics and personally, that's what works for me and my other families i'm speaking to, but i

think -- i'm just wondering how parents can inform our decision-making around some of the basic things.

>> i have a meeting scheduled on thursday with searc sharice dory smith going forward with the plans and going forward, we have meetings queued up, but previously, i have only had a couple of conversations around it, not deep planning. >> and so how can community also be informed and involved in that planning? because i am hearing from community members -- and i'm a member in this, too, because i didn't know, but i'm hearing the communities are concerned there weren't meetings with the district, union, bcyf and cb cbo's -- but there's a lot of community members who reached out and is like, what's happen and i didn't know what to tell them? i think for me, transparency is

important and engagement is important and, obviously, i'm so happy that the city is, you know, wanting to partner with us in learning and helping our students learn. but i want not just me but other commissioners and also community to know how they can inform that. do you have any ideas on how -- like what that mechanism might look like? >> from the point of view of the department of children and youth and families, i know they have processes to work with families and community-based organizations and they do a really job community assessment process and i i do not know.

>> can we figure out how to make those more visible? >> they're calling the meeting and we're in attendance and they've invited us and we can put that request in, but it's their meeting and they can't say, we're going to change your aattendee list because it's there meeting. >> so commissioner lamb, if you can add anything to that or maybe you have thoughts? >> it would be important for director sue to inform the staff of what those are. i've been hearing from community, as well, of wanting to understand either what's the planning process, how will it roll out and i think there's a lot of questions of where and i know that from my understanding, is that bcyf staff will be able to confirm the proposed sites in the coming weeks or days, because that was a lot of questions, right, around, for

example, i heard from families in chinatown and in the tenderloin and market. >> like, why not me? >> that's right. because it is named that there are 40 sites or 40 hubs and so, absolutely, i think getting more detail from director sue how to engage community partners is key. how is this leveraging or beacon centres and 21st century partners? i would say that, i assume, would be alignment or overlap of the providers and, obviously, i think there would need to be enhancements in, let's say, the excelsior.

>> i appreciate that and i want you to know that people should watch there's a joint select committee meeting which i posted on my blog and also available on sf gov tv and, i was -- and so maria sue was there and i requested with supervisor hainey to make sure there is some venue for us to have those conversations, but i think it's probably a bigger conversation than the joint select meetings and so, i want the public to know that this is something i'm very interested in and i want to make sure that our partnerships are transparent, as well as what we do in the district. and so, i will work with you, millie and, also with supervisor hainey and other folks at the city to have more conversations about the nuts and bolts that the public can also -- it can be visible to them.

and then, i guess, i'm wondering, too, there's a lot of nuts and bolts as we develop these plans and this meeting is obviously very long. but there's a lot to do and i'm wondering if chief -- if dr. priestly -- i know that you know we had we could have a curriculum committee meeting and i know everybody is busy, but i'm also wondering maybe how we can have infortunatelial meetings just as we develop things where people could get q & a. it takes time away when you have to communicate from you doing the work and i want you to be able to focussen that. at the same time, the that we can communicate smaller bits, i think it gives the community something to chew on and they get information as it comes out and so i'm just interested in

exploring without presentations but just some informal -- like, we have new documents now, if there's a way to unpack some of the stuff that's just here based on questions we have. and so, i don't know if you have any thoughts on that, and putting you on the spot, as well. >> i know we have a date on the table and i think we can explore something sooner, especially if it's not a list, like you said, making a presentation, but something informal in terms of the conversation or fishbowl or round table and i think that's something we can get together a. >> i appreciate that. and then, thank you for that. i had a comment i wanted to make, but i don't know. it's related to the pod's conversation and all of the conversations around opening

schools. i can do that last or if president sanchez, if you wanted to ask specific questions related to this and i could say it afterwards. i'm flexible. i've been following the pod conversation and been online and having conversations with family. i wanted to state, i've been hearing a lot of dialogue about supporting distance learning and families this fall and it seems like what i'm hearing -- there's two unique conversations that are emerging. there's a pod conversation as i mentioned, which focuses on if people don't know about it -- because not everybody is talking about it but it is auctioned tat in some communities that some are pulling resources to provide either learning support or social support for their students and thus, it excludes other families that are less

resourced. as you can imagine, that has a lot of equity issues. so dr. marachi, who is education researcher and an naacp leader says inequity is baked into choice and reminds me of that. so when families put them into a special kind of pod, that is kind of an equity in action. so other conversations are focusing on collectively act advocating for students and those in looking to support all families, and centering thos ane with the most needs. both of the conversations, though, i want to highlight, focus on needs.

unfortunately, when we get into these conversations, and it's have's versus have not's and it keeps us from working together for productive solutions. i think beyond this, there's a larger conversation not talked about and that is the fact that public education is under attack right now and last week, the naacp filed a lawsuit against the federal government because they're trying to move money out of public education and into

private sector. and we also see that in the fact that tech companies right now are making a lot of money on all of us, right? and they're providing a lot of services but there is a market emerging that is in some cases taking advantage of people. and so, while the pod conversation is definitely an issue for some families, superintendent matthews said that pod conversation has caught on fire and i would say it's also being stoked. it's being fueled by folks who want to make money. and that includes the charter system, that includes home school privatization movement and ed-tech and includes investment companies. and so, i wanted to just let folks know that we should be aware in these conversations of people always looking to kind of

fighting together and it's good to advocate together and funding families so that they can live and work and supporting working women. i want to name those things. and so i'm hoping that we can work together as a community and that you can work in your school communities to leverage this partnership and whatever resources you have and let's fight for resources for our schools. we need to defund the police because that is money that could go into our schools and provide community school coordinators and resources and nurses. we need the city to invest in communities so that there are the resources to help us reach out and as i heard last monday,

cvo's are facing budget cuts and you may not know that. so all that we're relying to connect with families or folks that we can't reach are facing budget cuts. we need to let supervisors know and our city know that our city needs them to help us. we need to advocate at the state level for increased broadbrand and so, our chief of technology officer doesn't have to lose our mind trying to get hot spots everywhere and can focus on getting educators digitally adept or whatever. and then we have to pass the hero's act and we have to push for rent and mortgage relief, which will help all working families. and we have to add bucks of fight against covid. we wouldn't be in this situation if we didn't have rising covid rates. i am proud of california. i'm talking to educators in

florida and texas and they're writing wills because they're forced to go to school and parents are forced to consider pods because they are terrified of sending their kids to school. so, on the bright spot, i'm glad to be in san francisco and i wanted to say to folks, i'm excited to work with anyone who wants to, to make sure that we're supporting our schools and our educators and supporting or families. but thanks for that time, president sanchez. >> thank you. and commissioner maliga, did you want to -- i know you had something to say and i don't know if you want to do it now. >> i did want to have this conversation around this transportation. i know folks are saying 23 extra million dollars and we don't have to do it tonight, but i would like to know what that entails, right? and we're in a situation right now, with our transportation contract which is, to me, pretty

net nearuous nefarious and we'rg $35 million to transport 3500 kids and to say we're going to add $23 million on top of that to transport kids in the current situation, i think -- i don't think i'm going to go with that. we'll have to look at the numbers and really sit down and have hard conversations around what it's going to loo look liko transport our kids. what i do want to appreciate is the collaboration with the sfmta. before we go and jump into saying that we're going to be endeavoring in another $20 million in transportation, let's just put that to the side and dig into the details and the numbers and have a realistic conversation of what is going to be the best interest for our school district moving forward in terms of transportation and

we don't need to talk about it fully tonight, but i wanted to put it out there. pai(please stand by).

>> we might have to return to march to do it right. we don want to be the next florida or the next new york and we depend on our leadership to do the right thing to make sure we're safe. right now i'm not too confident about that but we're doing a lot better than a lot of states. with that said, roll call vote. >> we're going to start with the student delegates. >> yes, we are. [ roll call vote ]

>> clerk: unanimous seven ayes. >> thank you very much for your team. and colleagues for your great conversation. i didn't even have to ask questions really. because you covered them all. student delegates, it's past your bed time. i mean you need to go. usually it's a three-hour stint and you did five and a half hours and so i want to appreciate you. the questions tha that you brout up and your constant fierceness which is amazing to see and watch so thank you. >> we enjoyed ourselves. we decided to stay a little bit

longer. >> i got a text from sal saying they need to go. all right, so thank you again and we're moving on believe it or not to the next item which is 207-28so2 memorandum of understanding side letter with service employees international local 1021 regarding sick leave and stipend and we need a second and a motion. >> second. >> >> i agenda just closed. >> you will call on greg john. >> thank you. >> got it. >> thank you. >> let's see if i'm unfutured. you are great. >> good. so, first time doing this.

i appreciate your patience. recommended action is to ratify memorandum of understanding side letter with service ploy's local 21 regarding sick leave and stipends during shelter in place. >> can you see if there's any public comment on this item? >> thank you. please raise your hand if you'd like to speak on the labor item that was just read into the record. i see three hands up. >> are you there? >> st, are you there? s.t., one more time. roberto.

roberto are you there. >> yes, i'm here. >> great. >> can you hear me. >> yes, we can. >> actually, all the questions that i had were answered but there's only one still that i don't know about and that is questions that i actually professionals have called me and asked if he if they would get a computer even though they're security and it's defined as to what is going to happen. i would like to hear from someone regarding if it's computers for them to stay in touch and also, a question came on, i don't have hotspot but i have my own computer and i have my ser obvious through at&t. it donned on me that i am paying for this and you are not. so, is it going to be for me a way to get some reimbursement but that's all my questions,

thank you. >> thank you. is there any away to time stamp these? >> i can look into it. just a reminder, public comment right now is for the memorandum of understanding with the service employees international union local 21 for sick leave and paid stipend and shelters in place. i think that's the presentation. >> i'm here. i'm curious is this only questions regarding the m.o.u. that is about to come up. >> then i don't have anything to say. >> thank you. >> thank you. commissioners, any comments or questions? >> seeing none, roll call. broc[ rollcall vote ]

>> that's seven ayes. it might sound repetitive but 207-28so3 memorandum of understanding side letter. international local regarding personal protective equipment and we need a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. >> once again, this is chief the labor relations. >> thank you. >> commissioners, the recommended action is to ratify the memorandum of understanding the side letter with seiu regarding ppe and during city shelter in place.

>> all right, thank you public comment? >> if you would like to speak on this item. seeing none, president an chez . >> commissioners. >> all right. >> roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: reference ayes. >> next is 20 # .28so4 memorandum of local 1021 regarding new employees orientation and communications with members during city shelter in place. we need a motion and a second. >> so moved.

>> sorry commissioners, i've got dog issues here. >> fur babies. >> go ahead. >> i'm sorry, i lost you. has it been moved and seconded. >> yes. >> chief of labor relations great job. >> thank you. commissioners the recommended action is to ratify the m.o.u. side letter with local 21 regarding neo and communications with members during city shelter in place. >> thank you. you are look a recording. >> thank you. >> commissioners. [roll call]

>> clerk: seven ayes. next one is 207-28sof -- >> did we call for public comment on the last one or did i miss that? >> why think we did. >> go ahead, johnson. >> i saw one hand raised so i was confused but i'll stop now. >> if you would like to speak on the last the why, labor item that was read into the record, raise your hand. shelly are you there. >> it's lovely to see you. >> g. i'm shelly wiener the

secretary of sciu1021 and i want to show my appreciation on behalf of all our members that we have come to a conclusion with these three side letters, we appreciate all of mr. john's work and look forward to working with him in our upcoming renewal contracts. thank you. >> thank you. >> that concludes public comment. >> thank you. >> 207 -- memorandum of understanding with united administrators of san francisco regarding extending stipend during city shelter in place for esy and childcare and other summer programs and we node a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> second. >> superintendent matthews. >> >> chief of labor relations, great job. >> thank you. dr. matthews, and commissioners, recommended action is to ratify the memorandum of understanding

with united administrators of san francisco regarding extending the sick leave and stipends during shelter in place orders for extended school year and ots, childcare and other summer programs. >> thank you, mr. steel. >> thank you president sanchez. if you would like to speak to this item, please raise your hand at this time. >> seeing none president sanchez. >> thank you, very much, commissioners. seeing none. roll call, please. [roll call] >> i have a seven ayes. thank you. >> item 6. ratification of members for community advisory committee on renaming schools.

we need a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you, presenting this item will be deputy superintendent policy and operations miong lee. are you on mute? >> >> i pulled awe matthews. >> thank you dr. matthews. good evening, commissioners. so this is the recommendation to ratify the addition of one member to the blue ribbon panel established by the superintendent that will offer findings and recommendations regarding the potential renaming of sfusd schools and the individual is greg castro who is a leader of the ramatusch people. >> any public speakers on this

item? >> thank you president sanchez. raise your hand if you care to speak to this item. chrystia. >> hi, hello. i just wanted to add briefly to this topic. i'm sorry, i'm a teacher at what is now called balboa high school and i hope that name is eventually changed. i wanted to add per also the recent sf chronicle and there is, i believe, started students a growing petition to add it to the list. thank you.

>> >> that is it for public comment. >> thank you, commissioners. >> all right. >> just fyi we'll have an update on the committee's works and roll call, please. >> mrs. collins, mr. cook. [roll call] >> seven ayes. >> section i discussion of other educational issues there's none tonight. jay, discussion and vote on consent calender items removed at previous meeting none couldn't. introduction of proposals and assignments none. proposals for immediate action and suspension of rules. none. board member reports. report from standing committees

the augmented joint select committee board of supervisors board of of education and the board of city san francisco and met friday and i know cha commissioner collins referenced the meeting, do you have anything to add to it? >> big picture. we were informing the city so tonight we got a better understanding of what they got there but if folks are interested in city college it was mentioned and a connection point for us is maybe that they might be able to offer concurrent enrollment and they're interested in -- i'm interested in seeing how that might be access this summer, i mean this fall for high schoolers because it's more valuable than ap because it gives them college credit and then we saw a presentation, dph came but they did not bring anything and we couldn't answer questions so we're hoping that we can meet with them again and

i'm asking them for guidance on pods because we know families are doing that and i think we need, we need outdoor activities people want to do outdoor learning we needed gate hans on that so we need to work more in pip so those will happen every two weeks instead of every month and i'm working with him to try and make just those more for the learning hubs and that is online and it's on the lincoln my flog and it's also on the sfgov site and stay tuned. >> thank you. >> if there's nothing else on that, we'll move on.

next item is calender of committee meetings, does anyone have any idea if wore done the bulk of the board and setting up their future committees. if you have anymore now you can mention it or we'll hold off until the next meeting. >> i think dive a student assignment committee scheduled for mid-august? >> i don't know, commissioner. i know that the last one definitely was canceled. >> y. >> it was for august. >> yes. >> i just can't remember. >> ok. >> i shall get that information and get it back to you commissioner. >> and commissioner lam, i have a budget committee meeting on my calender for next wednesday, is

that correct? >> i was confirming with meghan so i do not have that confirmed. >> that's fine. >> and i think -- >> dr. preecely was saying we could do a meeting in august for curriculum and it's august -- what was the date? august -- i'll share it out. i don't know if she's -- >> we typically meet on monday so it's either august 10th on the 17th and we have some flexibility with either of those dates so i would defer to you which one you think would be -- there was one thaw suggested that was (inaudible) but i would like to commit to now and workout the other one because we want time for folks to get schools rolling.

you had suggested on the 24th i believe. let's just set for sure we're counting on the 24th and know that i will be working with you to figure out what staff might be able to share out things without it interrupting your ability to focus on schools started. >> all right. >> i'm not on the rules committee and i'm ok with that. >> there's some argument about which committee is the best committee. we'll leave it at that. section n, other informational items none tonight. o, memorial adjournment. there's none tonight. at this time we'll take public comment for those who wish to speak to closed session items. there will be a total of five minutes for public comment. could you see if there is any

public comment. >> if you care to speak to anything that is on the agenda for closed session today, please raise your hand. krista. >> my name is chrystia and i teach at balboa high school. something that i heard alluded to but not quite ex police station italy named by parents and educators and students was the issue of petagogi and my -- what i'm gathering from all that was said this evening is that by and large sfusd planning on essentially teaching to the best of our abilities, obviously, in crisis learning mode, from a distance and so what i wanted to actually bring to the table and i recognize that ultimately it's on the board to decide what they want to do with this, given that

plans are already being made, is that we really engage in a deeper shift that follows as allison collins said, ro renamig this. one thing that's come up in a lot of conversations with colleagues of mine throughout the district, is the idea of as much as possible, looping students with their existing teachers or with teachers they might have already had. and by doing so essentially prioritizing youth development and mental health and it's require to happen and i understand for me with my specific professional training with my specific background and my subject area which is high school english, i actually feel fully capable of looping with what would have been last year's tenth and 11 grade students and

making it work. i think i could be a lot more successful doing that than working with students i don't know. i realize that that is not necessarily as simple or as doable in every grade level and in every subject matter but i do think that this is a conversation that a lot of teachers and school staff have been having as to how much better this would allow us to do our jobs. >> sorry to interrupt. this public comment is for our closed session items not on the fall learning model so we'll have to stop public comment. >> thank you for hearing me anyway. >> definitely a hot topic. i've been discussing that with a lot of folks. so, section p is closed session the board will go into closed section and i call a recess of the regular meeting so, see you

>> we are reconvening to open session. vote on the expulsion matter. none tonight. vote on employment contracts none tonight. the board by vote of 7 approved contract for one interim assistant principal and four matters of anticipation board behalf 7 provided direction to the general counsel. in one matter of anticipated litigation the board authorized the general counsel to initiate litigation in the matter of michigan in case 32:00-cv04478 the board ratified initiation of litigation. with that good-bye. >> good night everyone.

>> : good morning and welcome to the san francisco transportation meet ing for today july 28, 202.

madam, clerk. please call the roll. >> : (roll call) we have a quorum. >> : thank you. before i ask the clerk to make a motion. i ask for a motion to excuse the absence. can i get a second.

>> : second. >> : accelerate we do that without objection? >> : i believe so. no vote required. >> : without objection. commissioner is excused. do you have any announcements? >> : yes, i do, chair. public comment maybe available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling (888)204-5987. follow the system prompts. when you wish to speak on an item dial one zero to be added to the queue to speak. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak.

calls will be taken in the order which received. best practices are to speak slowly, clearly and turn down the volume of any televisions or radios around you. >> : thank you madam, clerk. this month, i want to start by congratulating director of our capital projects. his project and partners at the treasure island development authority. cal trans, the bay area toll authority and the united states coast guard for the south gate road realignment project held earlier this month. this project will provide a stable connection for bicyclists and motorists connecting on and off on it i80 on the san open

bay bridge. this is open to visitors and neighbors on the island which is growing with several housing projects under way. next i'd like to convey our transportation authority support to the operator who was viciously attacked by a passenger after asking three passengers to wear face coverings. this may have been a hate crime as evidenced by the passenger accusing the driver of asian descent of having corona virus. i've already made inquiries to the sfpd and district attorney's office and will work with them to ensure a thorough investigation and follow-up. no arrests have been made yet.

the board stands with all of our drivers and all of our front line workers during this pandemic. we will absolutely not tolerate hate or abuse as a sacrifice to serve our city. i hope we find those who perpetrated these horrible events and bring them to justice. finally i'd like to elaborate on an item that we've been discussing here since october of 2019. this obviously is going to be the subject of discussion today, later today the board of sawp supervisors, that's the decision we made last tuesday to place a sales tax on this move's ballot together with santa clara coun

county.

i don't want to put words in commissioner's mouth but i think we both remain hopeful that representatives will support us in advancing the voter consideration and if passed sets up an immediate and long term set of funds with a near term discussion of cal tran governance support. these are key to support that san francisco and santa clara which together provide 80% of anticipated tax proceeds have an equal say at the table which is critical given the progressive nature of the tax and the many

important decisions before us particularly as they relate to equity. i want it reiterate that we believe cal tran is a fe phenomenally critical-it's never a good time to deal with governance but we can't keep kicking the can down the tracks. now is a time for all of the partner counties and create an equity, accountable, organization. thank you. that kn colludes m concludes my. any public comments on the chairs report? >> : checking public comments. i see nobody on line. >> : public comment is closed and we'll go to executive director's report. >> : great. thank you, chair. good morning commissioners.

this morning i'll note quickly that we want to provide a more full update on the events in washington d c on the senate and administration taking up the next phase of covid 19 relief. we're still trying to track down information, this may include funds for transit in the house heros act which does provide for transit relief funds. that's an important update we'll be bringing to you in the next month. the state level, assembly members obtain together a joint proposal stimulus plan to help support those most imfacte impay covid 19. a hundred thousand dollars through a new tax program and

existing revenue streams and not rearaise taxes. accelerate sb1, the gas tax, and state cap and trade funds. both of which funds transportation, capital, and maintenance, and some programs. clean vehicle programs sm we wilprograms.we will continue toe about the proposal and work with our agencies at san francisco. san francisco's projects received one hundred thirty million dollars for affordable housing and ri infrastructure grants. the eighty million from the california strategic growth sowncouncils and sustainable grt

program. 20 million was provided to the fourth street program. affordable housing and community projects are comment to relieve greenhouse gas emission reductions and support affordable housing. on the infill infrastructure grant side received three grants. three and a half million. hope sf received seven point seven million. honey vil six and a half mill. a fourth project our own treasure island development project for the pedestrian and bike path improvement. congratulation to all the recipients. together across all of these projects san francisco received

17 percent of the state wise available funds. i start of a new program that is a regional news based program initiated in mid july. marked the start of an 18 month project that is a pilot to demonstrate the news based fare program for low income residents. households with incomes no more than two times the poverty level a discount on the fare.

plan pa bay area has an update t the federal level. inclusion of the draft blue print of that plan. the commission which commissioner ronan sits, thank you for your representation there. approved draft projects. all of our priorities did make it in to be recommended for the plan. it has not yet been adopted, that will happen next year. this is a significant mile stone to ensure certain projects are in at this point and will be worked on over the coming year for valuation and environmental review. downtown extension project was placed in the first half of the plan period which positions it well for the endeavor to meet the six party mou project party

team. this will help the project be scet active for the coming years. next i'll turn to it the regional measure three bridge toll update. as you know, it's been in litigation but it has cleared a legal hurdle on june 29th the state appeal confirmed findings for the bridge toll increase. this is the progrm tha program s approved in 2018 2018. the plaintive is still-we'll be sure to be ready to go should

that be resolved soon. you'll recall that board approved case funds for the sf environment ride home environment. i wanted to pre vie provide a qk update here. following the initial period which prioritized trips home in the late evening hours. capacity for the program, sf environment staff decided they are able to expand eligibility to workers commuting home as well. the eligibility here will also be accompanied by a multi lingual marketing campaign to communities with concern for essential workers who commute into san francisco.

many of these applications were received in an initial spike of interest. there's hope that we can-last summer, the board allocated prep k funds that is lower cost reversible traffic controls such as signage to implement safety improvements faster than traditional improvements. the california street project between 18th.

additional segments such as the third street bridge with protected bike lanes. a two way protected bike way. thank you sfta for your hard work. we look forward to tipping to support you there. turning now to bart. there's a lot of updates this month. i'm going to keep going. the construction project is also under way. the street station including the construction public station rest rooms. a million dollars in prop k funds was contributed to this comprehensive station safety project. improve circulation on the

station. in addition to the rest rooms the ticket vending machines. bart anticipates the project will be completed in 2021. the elevator attendant initiative is taking a bit of a new configuration. bart and sfmta update the attendant services at the service stations. two poinlt six million in lifeline funds for civic center funs back in april. due to the impacts of covid 19 we're work withing stafing witho maintain the program across the four stations by showing a financial contributions a across all four stations.

providing necessary match for lifeline. given that cost is shietl slighy lower than anticipated first year cost and evening hours due to covid service changes, this is working out well. bart is very-turpinturning to te local issues on my report. the community district transportation plan is stake holder and community review. we're partnering here. there's a plan in addition to the one just approved and we discussed, this is the next phase plan-some of the solutions for the square itself will

compliment the rebuild of the park that's funded as well from the recovery bond. circulation as well as some changes to parking and other facilities. we anticipate bringing that to the community and out reach meeting here in august. a final report to you all in the board in september. district four, the study there is moving along. the survey is coming out for members of the public to tell us more been b their experience in choosing transit, walking, and biking. what vehicle trips they think could be approved with vehicle options. at the request of commissioner mar, we've been exploring ways

of walking and biking with the highest ride share rates in the city. out reach began at the end of may with a presentation by staff. follow-up to that, we are launching online survey to get feedback from more residents in district four. please visit our website for more information or to take the survey. finally, on the administration side, i'm pleased to report that the may sales tax res ar receips higher year on here. this is surprising given the

close of march. rementing a significant increafe freely in may. we'll continue to monitor the situation and ki and incorporate information. with that i conclude my report. thank you ssment.

>> : thank you i did want to follow-up on one thing and thank you director chang for really comprehensive updates. you referenced some of the-your update on the federal action and we're watching closely to see what kind of federal money comes in in addition to what already came in. i wanted to ask you about those funds and other federal funds and how we're deciding what is alkayed foallocated for capitald what is for operating. mta is using the funds to back fill the operating budget, entirely understandable

especially with all the immediate losses with covid 19. i hope i have this correct and am looking to you to see if my understanding is correct, i believe that beyond just the cares act money or any further funds that are authorized that we are freer right now to use federal capital funds to cover operating expenses during a state of emergency. obviously my consti constituentd many around the city are concerned around the loss of bus lines around the city. we're eager for solution it bring these lines back as soon as possible. we hear regularly and understandable about the lack of revenue to do this. i'm curious if there are other

federal funds other than the cares act money to come in. that are for capital projects that some portion of those funds can be used on operating expenses or not. if so, how are we making decisions around whether to allocate for capital projects or expanded operations. >> : yes. thank you so much for the question. it's a very good question. indeed the sta provides each transit operator on an annual basis funds for capital. this has been going on forever. each operator gets that funding based on mileage sm thos. those funds are only to be used for capital. however in march due to the stress and strain due to the

pandemic. there was permission for operators and permission it use the capital monies for operations. million now not many of them had done so because of this covid 19 cares act funds and many are doing so now. going forward many of them do see after this calendar year and perhaps into early next, if there are no further federal relief funs say from the heros act, they really would be faced with very desire situations to either use those capital formula funds or perhaps face further service reductions. now you're starting to see the bart board this past week approved a budget that maintained some service levels but did take some of their expansion vehicle projects that had been funded from these

formula grant money it close their budget. you're starting to see agencies look to that source which is under their control. these decisions are happening at each individual transit agencies management and board and their discussions about the budget and priorities. it's a tougher decision to make with trade off because they may not have as much expansion money to trade off. whether that trade off is with capital maintenance. certainly they wouldn't want to dip into safety projects. cal train for example, can do that. bart has already i believe begun to do that in a limited way in using their expansion capital

vehicle funds. >> : how that decision is made, i think when it gets to the maybe hood level this impack whrz we caimpactswhether we canr

bus line or not. there are trade offs here and there are opportunities to use some of the capital formula funs in this way. i look forward to continuing that conversation with you and the mta. >> : commissioner also raised this concern. we can invite him back anytime when appropriate to talk about how they will be approaching these decisions. >> : thank you. seeing no other questions for direct ydirector chang. >> : there is public comment. >> : welcome caller. your two minutes begins now.

>> : thank you chair, and members. my pronouns are she and her. regarding this report very informative and helpful. i'll have to replay it. briefly the big elephant in the room in a big way is clipper start. we have to get behind this program. the chance to say 50% per ride is going to be very helpful for people who don't travel as frequently.

>> : is there a motion to move the consent april jen agenda. >> : motion. >> : second. >> : roll call, please.

>> : good morning, commissioners. can everyone hear me? >> : yes. >> : bank accounts total to one hundred twenty five million. the investments are in

compliance with the california government code and investment adoption policy. in terms of our debt expenditures, you may recall we have a sales tax revenue bond. it's been on our books for the last two years. we spent one hundred eighty eight poi poin point two millio. central sub way and new and upgraded signals among projects. bond proceedings are to be spent over the next three months. with that i'm happy to take any questions on this information item. >> : thank you for that report. are there any questions from members. seeing none. is there any public comment?

>> : yes, chair. there is public comment. >> : first speaker, please. >> : welcome caller, injure twoo minutes begin now. >> : okay. i wanted to speak on item six. the intersection study. >> : sorry that was-that as on our last agenda for public comment on july 14th. that was on today's consent agenda and was not available for public comment. my apologies. >> : i did do a written submission. i hope you all take a look at it. thank you. >> : thank you. is that alvin. >> : yes, it is. >> : yes. i saw your written comment. >> : thank you.

>> : this tax is one and a half percent on shared rides provided

by tm c shared rides. initially revenues were estimated at thirty million annually. that's looking different this year and i'll provide an update on that in a moment. the first is quick build.

this provides support for the rapid response we know is needed. safety zone, bike lanes, and so on. we have a safe streets category. this is intenned fo intended fog term requirements. this is an open call for projects. we're also recommending a signals category and maintenance. we're also developing prioritization criteria as part of the program guidelines sm just tguidelines.just to highli, communities of concern have proven community engagement and support. limited other funding option

options-prioritizing what funding we have for quick build projects for fiscal year 2021 and 2022 and we only allocate what revenues we have in hand at that time. for this fall we're expecting to have revenues from january through june in hand and so that would allow us to allocate just

under 2 million for quick build projects. it's porp important to provide a steady stream of funding. tax revenues with programs, prop k funning in order to meet that need. if we see a significant increase in revenue we may come back to the board to fund additional projects. what you'll see this fall for quick build you'll i see what mt

is is considering in their list. some include bike lanes and lighting and other changes. we're seeing feedback on parts of the program guidelines and quick builds. we'll be back in the fall seeking adoption of the guidelines an allocating the first set of funding. with that i'm happy to answer any questions. >> : thank you miss lion ses ane community out reach that you did. are there any questions from members? i don't see any. i do want to not only thank staff but my staff for their work in getting the tm c tax on the ballot. most importantly i want to thank

my colleagues

>> : any other calls from public? public comment is closed. this was an information item. >> : thank you commissioners. let me share my screen. hopefully you all can see my screen. >> : not yet. >> : not yet. do we want to go to plan b? here we go. try this.

better? okay. thank you all. thank you for the opportunity. i'm here to tell you today about the 15 third bus study which was part of our planning project series. it's meant to be a short technical evaluation of returning the 15 third street bus to service. the reasons for this project really emerge from prior community feedback that has noted challenges with the t third service, including delays, train switching, the slow implementation tied to the subway and other factors. the purpose of this was really to look at how can we improve access from bay viewpoints in particular but where the third operates now to the 15 service.

we focused this survey entirely on the analysis of which before the pandemic began, reflecting what the service was prior to the pandemic, we'll talk a little about what mpa is doing with this information at the end. there's quite a bit of scheduled delays not to mention actual performances and lower head ways on the t third or there were prepandemic. there's also been a lot of changes within the corridor and tremendous number of changes anticipated to come in the future with major developments along the eastern water front. we do want to take a quick look as we start out the study at when people travel. we know that's an issue that's been raised. there is in fact reasonably

typical travel patterns. mid day travel to and from downtown. when we took a look at this, there were four key elements of the corridor that we wanted to look at. part of it is the downtown element. we looked at this primarily as an express service, compliment the t as a service traveling on the new 15 and bay view and connection to visitation of the valley. two options were evaluated for this study. both of them circulate on third and fourth street potentially downtown. both provide the express service on mission bay and the dog patch. the first of which is directly paralleling what the t provides

today. the second of which provides a loop through hunter's point. these are two items that had emerged from prior planning studies we wanted to evaluate. we used head ways that are approximately equivalent to the type of express services that were provided by muni, the ax and bx which ran more frequently. we looked at the bulk of folks who traveled during that time of day just to cover our bye bases. travel to downtown, we were looking at transit access type metrics. who the total ridership is and net ripership and we're in the midst of looking at the cost effectiveness of the service. just quickly we did look at

speeds. we looked at total travel time which is consistent with what we saw on prior 15 services. this is resolute route for up hunter's point. from a modeling perspective stnl ridership on these lines. seven thousand riders on each and-which is a fairly substantial number of riders. we did compare that as i say to net riders and note that there is a big chunk at the bottom of the chart. about two thousand riders on the route that would travel along third street. when you combine both of the two routes together there's 4800. there's the bay view. the alignment that aligned

significantly with that. this is a more detailed look at the specific numbers that we can return to if there are questions. we do see ridership throughout the day as well. that's some useful information for mta as they think about what to do with this in terms of implementation. we also did a comparison to the details of the other express bus services that operated today. these types of services you can see the dark green bars show the two services. the-what we're calling the 15ax which is the third street express. and 15bx have similar ridership. this is peak riders. just those traveling during the peak period and peak direction which is typically how the express bus system operates.

where do we go from here. we have to complete our cost effective analysis and write-up a final report which we'll be bringing back to the board for final adoption. i also want to report and wre do have support from mta if you have questions about this about potential short term implementation as part of the return of the metro rail system in august. this is planned for august. given all the changes being made with that return there's an interest in implementing a 15 express service to compliment that work. mta is working with stake holders to define potential route options for what that express service would look like going out to the public as a set of options and review and modify that as needed. this is something that mta has been looking at for a while.

we're aligning well in being able to present to them findings that look promising. they can take that and do a more robust process and take it for further evaluation. with that i'll take any questions. >> : commissioner walton. >> : thank you so much. i just wanted to state, colleagues you know at the bus stop service to make room for a supposedly more rapid and more efficient t third rail line, we have endured issues of delay. our office called for this feasibility study on bringing

back the 15 third bus to enhance service in the third street corridor and eliminate some of the delays and inwwe inequitiest exist with the t. thank mta for listening to feedback and proposing opportunities to get the 15 back down to third street very soon. thank you for the presentation. i just wanted to follow-up with some brief comments. >> : thank you. any other comments from commissioners? seeing none, why don't we open this up to public comment. >> : okay. chair. two questions remaining. >> : welcome caller. your two minutes begins now. go ahead, caller. hello, caller?

go ahead. >> : okay. we'll move to the next caller. good morning caller, your two minutes begins now. >> : hi. steven miller calling in. i have some concerns about this project. i'm in support for the express bus. i would encourage you guys to look into improving the t line whether that means getting it out of mixed traffic along some portions of third street, timing the signals better, running the trains more frequently, whatever that looks like, i think that is the better alternative here rather than bringing back the bus that is going to be stuck in

the same traffic and signals. the bus is very dangerous because they are close to side wiping people or taking up both lanes. i have a lot of concerns with this. >> : thank you. are this any other members of the public that would like to testify on this item? >> : there are no more callers. >> : public comment is closed. this too was an information item. >> : item 13, this is an information item. >> : good morning, commissioners. san francisco public works. i'm the better market street project manager. i'm joined b by bret.

as you know as part of our one bay area grant funding we were asked to provide quarterly updates. this quarter's update although the last time we presented was in december. we have several updates that we wanted to share with you today. we've made the most progress in our environmental clearance at the federal level, we're getting clearance.

it closed on july 14th. we held a public hearing in june to collect comment from the public. we received comments around ten to twelve comments from the public which we're now

addressing and responding to. our schedule is to have final approval by august 24th. this is a quick diagram of the nepa process. the draft document with the environmental assessment. we have section 106 for historic preservation. park land and historic site. we're currently in this middle level where we're working with comments, a memorandum of agreement. we're drafting our final 4s evaluation. our target for final signature from cal trans is august 24th. this is low allows us to allocae our federal funds build fund dollars by the end of august. our schedule has changed a

little bit as a result of covid 19. primarily advertising the first phase of construction between fifth to eighth street to 2021. our design is continue to go that time. we implemented quick build back in january. we have a pilot project as a sidewalk level bike way. we plan to begin construction in 2021. we're assuming a two year construction duration. followed by construction of the f loop. i'm sure you all remember that market street went car free january 29th. we saw significant increase in

bicycling. in the eastbound direction market to main. turn restrictions from the side street prevented any vehicles from getting onto market other than delivery vehicle and para transit and taxis. i also wanted to update you on our funding plan. we're excited to share that we were selected as part of a accessible housing an sustainable communities grant in the amount of two point seven

million dollars. it's added to the middle of this chart which you've seen before. that selection was made in june. it will be added to the construction of the first phase between fifth and eighth street. the rest of the funding plan looks very sam similar. we've been working to fill the first phase of the gap of construction. we've also looked at other calls for projects and funding sources to help fill the gap for the full corridor. i wanted to give you an ow updae on the other changes and steps we're taking during the pandemic. our schedule is delayed about

six months for fifth to eighth street. we're taking this time to reevaluate implementation of the project to reduce impacts to businesses. we met with commissioners in march and spoke in detail about reteusing impacts to businesses. how we phase in the project. minimizing or limiting the am of sidewalk replacement which would directly impact businesses since it's in front of their entrances. looking at way to accommodate the i increase bike volume. we're looking at ways we can provide more space for bicycles. the last thing is we're also

looking at designing parts of the project, getting it shovel ready for stimulus funds that may become available in the near future. with that i'll conclude my presentation and i'm available to answer any questions. >> : thank you. are there any questions from commissioners and thank you for the meeting with myself and supervisor haney and taking seriously our concerns that will become all the more true due to covid 19. seeing no comment from commissioners let's take comment from the public. >> : chair, there is no public

comment. >> : puck lick comment is now closed. thank you. good luck. and good luck getting money. any new items? seeing none. any general comment? seeing none. >> : there is one public comment. just snuck if there. >> : got it. excellent. first speaker, please. >> : welcome caller. your two minutes begins now. okay. call has dropped unfortunately. >> : okay. should we give that will person just a second to see if they want to get back on? can you just check the line again, please. >> : yes. i'm checking.

hold on one second. okay. let's try this again. >> : go ahead speaker. >> : they have dropped out. >> : okay. we will close general public comment and this part of our meeting is adjourned and i think everybody is supposed to stay on and wait a couple of minutes and we will reconvene as the treasure island mobility agency. i do not see the chair of that body as one of our participants but i believe the vice chair is available. okay. we are adjourned.

>> : good morning and welcome to it the june 18th meeting of treasure island mobility management board. i'll be presiding over this morning's meeting. madam clerk, will you please call the roll. >> : (roll call) we have a

quorum. >> : thank you so much, madam clerk. i believe you have announcements. >> : yes, i do. public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling (888)204-5987. follow the system prompts. once you join, you will be able to listen to the meeting as a

participant. when you hear an item called that you wish to speak on dial ten to be added to the speaker queue. speak slowly, clearly and turn down the volume of any televisions or videos aroun radd you. >> : thank you so much. madam clerk, please call the next item on the agenda. >> : item two, chair's report. this is an information item. >> : thank you, madam clerk, i do have a statement from our chair and i will read it for the record. thank you all for convening today as the treasure island

mobility management agency. chair had to attend a meeting today. chair haney a nunsed constructioannounced theconstrur veterans. this month treasurer you're island hosted another ground breaking for the south gate realignment project. hosted by our executive director mr. chang and project lee on july 29th. the limited commencement thanks funders for collaborating on the

64 million-dollar interchange and road realignment. the south gate road realignment project took place at the job site the afternoon of july 9th. this project will provide the islands local connections be designed on and off ramps to i830 and san francisco oak land bay bridge. completely removes conflicts coming from the expansion coming to and from treasure island. this is the second project administered by the transportation authority. the westbound direction delivered in 2016 s 2016.

the next project exceed yule scr the spring of 2021. federal highway administration, cal trans, bay area toll authority, united states coast guard, and one treasure island to design, fund, and deliver infrastructure improvements. construction completion of the south gate road project is expected by the summer of 2022. the same timeframe that the overall treasure island mobility management program is scheduled to launch. as chair haney descraibe descrie over the next months. we'll consider adoption of the toll that lead towp the launch oto the launch ofthe housing co.

thank you. with that i'll ask if there's any comment from the public. >> : no public comment. >> : this is information item but i'll ask if my cloag colleas have anything to add or comment on. seeing none. i'll ask to call the next item. >> : next item is an information item. >> : thank you so much. i know with have director chang ready to report. >> : thank you vice chair and commissioners. i have a very brief to add to the update on the south gate road comenszment.

commencement. the good news is there as an additional funding grant in the amount of $30 million to continue that bicycle path. this is great. we want to congratulate tita and it's partners. this project is led by deputy director for capital projects. this will help connect the bike path along the west end of the bay bridge long west side of bridge that we're also developing. this is really great news. in addition our timma staff will

be joining our applications for federal funds. this is to help show case innovative business partnerships and technologies and practices to provide efficient affordable transportation services for people with disabilities and under served communities sm the final design and implementation of the treasure island toll and equity programs. up to $40 million is available nationwide for three phases. design, implementation, and deployment. we really want to thank the metropolitan transportation commission staff for

coordinating and allowing us to join in application and look forward to monitoring that application and hope for a successful grant. with that i can take any questions. thank you. >> : thank you. colleagues, any questions or comments on the director's report? i'm looking at the chat, i don't see any questions or comments from colleagues. with that said, is there any public comment? >> : this is no public comment. >> : thank you so much. this is an information item. madam, clerk. please call next item. >> : approve the minutes of the may and june twebt twenty 2020 .

>> : (roll call) minutes are a

approved. >> : thank you so much, madam clerk. will you please call item number five. >> : item five seeking final approval, ratify the fiscal timma policy. this is an action item. i believe you are muted, vice chair.

>> : thank you. sorry about that. this item and the next were recommended by the timma committee at our june 16th meeting and continued from the june 23 meeting due to time constraints. are there any questions from colleagues on this item? and there's no report, i believe, on this item, correct? >> : correct. gentleman since this was recommended by the timma committee we don't need a motion and a second. madam clerk, roll call, please. >> : (roll call).

>> : motion passes. an amount not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars for combined total not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars. this is an action item. >> : thank you so much, madam clerk. there is no presentation planned for this particular item. we do have rachel, our assistant

deputy director for planning who is available if there are any questions or comments. >> : colleagues do have any questions or comments for item number six? with that said, can we see if there are any members of the public who would like to speak? >> : checking. there is no public comment for this item. >> : thank you. seeing there is no public comment and this item was recommended by the timma mitt ee, we don'committee. we don't need a motion and a second. will you please call the roll. >> : (roll call) we have final

approval. >> : thank you, madam clerk. will you please call the next item. >> : item seven, introduction of new items. this is an information item. >> : thank you so much. colleagues, does anybody have any new items? seeing none on the roster. would-obviously we don't have any new items present. madam clerk please call item

number eight. >> : item eight, public comment. >> : thank you. operator, any members of the public who would like to speak on this matter at this time. >> : yes, there is public comment. >> : thank you. i would just remind speakers that you have two minutes for public comment. >> : welcome caller, your two minutes begins now. okay. let me try this again.

caller, are you on mute? your two minutes begins now. okay. vice chair, the call has dropped. there's no additional commenters. >> : thank you so much. with that said, being that there's no other business for this meeting, this meeting is adjourned. >> : thank you. >> : thank you.

>> coping with covid-19. today's special guest. >> i am chris manners, you are watching coping with covid-19. my guest is the director of economic and work force development here to talk about the programs the city has in place during this crisis to help small businesses and vulnerable and disconnected residents. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. it is a pleasure to be here, chris. >> start by talking about gift to sf. it provides many of the resources we are talking about. could you tell us a little bit

about the focus of gift to us. then we will talk about specific programs. >> i very much appreciate the question. for anyone who is watching right now, so much of the work that has been accomplished to serve most vulnerable is because of very generous donations to the give to sf covid-19 response and recovery fund. over $28 million has been fund raised to support areas as important as housing stabilization for vulnerable communities, food security programs which has been a big issue not only in san francisco but up and down california and of course across the nation. very much thinking about workers and family members who may not have been access to state and federal programs the same way that others who are impacted have and do. that was to make sure families and workers were supported with

woulrelief. small business community to make sure they have access to loan was and grants. we are excited how diverse we have been able to do this. we have been able to roll these out to ensure that our communities are supported by our city together with all of us with city funds and philanthropic dollars to help realize them on behalf of the community's needs. >> that is great. now, many of our small businesses don't have large payrolls. they are unable to qualify for the federal ppp loans. does the city have active programs available for small businesses to help with ongoing expenses such as rent while they are still closed? >> certainly. one of the programs we launched in partnership and because of the ability of the give to sf

loan fund presented us with was for loans and grants to do that. we knew in the beginning that it was not easy for smaller businesses not connected or those who were to get an answer around relief provided through ppp. we have seen success of the program. we knew it was important at the time to also have the san francisco hardship mcwas emergency loan program be launched and designed to support businesses who needed resources the most. we have committed $15.5 million in ongoing covid-19 small business financial relief. we have awarded grants and loans to over 400 small businesses thus far. we wanted to make sure that we were equitable about that approach always guidings work through racial equity lens. one of the most important pieces is ensuring every district would be represented and also more

equitable work and places where we were doing that work would be supported through these efforts. in the first phase $1 million to 128 small businesses and 29 different neighborhoods with up to $10,000 in funds to support those who were experiencing loss. we set aside a minimum of $2 million for low and moderate income owners to ensure they were supported with relief efforts. neighborhood goes like lower filmore, bayview, castro and excelsior. long-term businesses have given to the city and we want to give bamto them as well. then because we were looking for additional funding sources, we took dollars that we had with existing partners already with our partners to do small business work and help convert to support women entrepreneurs

around san francisco and very specific neighborhoods for mini grants to serve immediate needs. every little dollar helped. >> one of the programs that just become available. right to recover. >> i am glad you are asking about right to recover. we know that it is extremely valuable right now as we look to incentivize community members disproportionately impacted by covid-19 by economic hardship, spaces to work in because they need to provide for families, having access to the economic relief or wages that you count on to protect yourself, stabilize your families, support your families and children or parents or extended family. that is a huge disincentive if you believe you may not have access to quarantine to do what

we want you to do. if you are sick to get tested. if you test positive to quarantine and stay home. so that you can get better and not infect anyone else. that comes at a cost. you are not going to work, not making wages. for so many low income workers that is not acceptable. this is to provide relief based on the individual to give minimum wage for that period of time. when they walked into the testing site they knew if i test positive is there a program to help me, we could say yes? that was important to mayor breed, extremely important to supervisor ronen and they worked together to make $2 million available to support these individuals. together with the department of public health we have a holistic system to fill the gaps that may

exist to encourage people to get tested to do the right thing. wear a mask, social distancing, not going places when they are sick and doing our part to make sure they were incentivized. >> not having sick pay with the virus would be really stressful. >> iit is important for undocumented. we know the lat inx is more than 50% of the positive cases and may not have access to sick leave or financial hardship to do the right thing and to quarantine with financial reli relief. >> as we start another new releaf program. african-american small business revolving loan fund. how will that fund work? >> well, i am very, very proud.

this fund. i do have to give a shout out to our invest in neighborhoods team who worked day and night with the african-american chamber of commerce and main street launch to support the zero percent interest loan up to 50 thousand dollars. we have been striving to be specific and target communities of color and african-american small business entrepreneur community. it is so much more difficult for this community to access resources and it was important to do something in this moment that is reflective of a movement we know has been emotion for such a long time. for us to do something real, provide financial relief for the community in this ka this way ar them specifically. we are very proud to get this up and running. we look forward to applications

being live so people from the african-american and black business communities to get relief. flexible terms. forgiveness up to $50,000 for those loans which can make a huge difference fought only for relief when you think about rent for a small business but also in terms of long-term recovery and being smart about the moment. there are businesses with the ability to be open, even a little bit. it is a stress on them. there are others that don't have the ability to do this at all. where is their relief? they wait for us to do our collective part to ensure we can re-open. these dollars, very specifically for the black entrepreneur community are important for long-term viability success. that is good for them, the diversity of the city we hold

dear and we need to be proud of. >> do we have active programs for disconnected or underserved communities? >> absolutely. as i was mentioning just simply about the right to recover program. when people go to the mission hub at 701 alabama within the mission district to serve the community, they are providing food security, access to resources. what they have done is extraordinary in terms of partnering with the city with relief efforts to help pay and maintain food distribution for families. thing are important like the latin x to do so many dishes with one item masa. access to rise, cereals, milk, butter, fresh foods and vegetables. that is across the city in the entirety in those areas of need. to ensure those programs are

made available for our most vulnerable communities. seniors or families who desperately need that help. >> finally, is there a website specifically designed to provide access and information about these resources? >> one of the easiest things to do, people have a general question and to want don't have access to the internet call 3-1-1. reach out. we have been working closely to ensure the members and staff have the information they need to get what you need. as you call in. most specifically for workers, employers, nonprofits to go to our website oewd.org and click on covid-19 which is a large button on the site. you will find a full list of information specifically designed for you as employer, as worker and nonprofit so that you know where to go for resources.

also, our phone number 554-6134 for the small acciden small bus. the incredible staff are administering those lines. if they don't answer they will get back to you so you can talk to a real person in multiple languages. also e-mail sfosbasfgov.org. again, visit the website oewd.org and you can find that. in terms of workforce (415)701-4817. someone will get back to you if they don't pick up immediately to answer your questions if you are a worker. then to donate. give to sf.org.

all of that information is to find to the website if you need resources or you need an understanding how we are phasing re-opening or updated information, please visit us. we will get back to you. we look forward to serving you and the community to get through this very, very challenging time. >> that is great information. thank you so much for coming on the show. i really appreciate the time you have given us today. >> it is a pleasure, chris. thank you for helping get information out to our communities. people are aware your government is hard at work on your behalf to get you what you need during a dynamic and challenging time. >> that is it for this episode. we will be back with more information shortly. this is coping with covid-19. i am chris manners, thanks for watching on sfgovtv.

>> mayor breed: today we have 4935 confirmed crisis of covid-19 and 52 people have lost their lives. i will provide an update i tested negative for a second time after be exposed to someone with covid-19. this does not mean that i am immune or can let my guard down moving forward. i will continue to keep my distance from others, wear my mask and frequently wash my hands just like everyone else should be doing. as you know, san francisco has recently seen a sharp increase in cases in hospitalization as a result of the virus, and we had to pause scheduled re-opening. on april 11, we had 94 people hospitalized. by mid-june we were down to 26

people. we are back up to 80 people in the hospital. today we want to provide an update on how we are moving forward as a city. as always, we will continue to be guided by the science in our data and decision making because we know how fast this pandemic can get out of control. as dr. colfax outlined we have a small window of time to get our cases under control before we could see the large outbreaks that we are seeing around this country. we are continuing to pause our re-opening indefinitely until our public health indicators improve and none of them are in the red. as of today, san francisco is on the state's watch list due to our rising hospitalizations, meaning we need to follow the state restrictions even though we were given a variance not too long ago to move forward more

quickly with our re-opening. we followed almost all restrictions. the main change is that indoor mall and non essential offers must now also close. if the state adds more restrictions we will follow them. if conditions in our city don't improve, we can also choose to close additional businesses and activities as well. we have flattened this curve once, and we must do it again. what i am afraid of is the complacency. people are tired of the virus. the virus is not tired of us. what we know from our contact tracing is that a large part of the new virus spread is coming from people having gatherings with others outside of their household. one of our disaster service workers, a person working on our

disaster response, was recently infected due to one of those gatherings. she lives with a roommate and the roommate decided to go camping with 15 friends. they figured camping was a safe socially distance activity, they would wear masks and be fine. they didn't expect anyone in the group to have covid. after a few days, as is human nature, they got comfortable, started sharing meals and food and sitting closer during dinner and stopped wearing masks. one person in the group started to show symptom. they figured it was just a cold. when the roommate got home she started showing signs of a cough. she scheduled the test. the service worker had to

quarantine taking her away from her important role. the roommate tested positive. the disaster service worker tested negative. the point is that gatherings remain dangerous. you need to give a lot of thought if they are worth it and how to do it safely. can you wear a mask? can you be socially distance? can you wash your hands often? if you can't, you are not only risking your health and health of others but further pushing back the date when our city can open because we are not reopening until we get this under control. we need to redouble efforts to limit gatherings and wear masks outside of your household. the other major area of spread is among people going to work. latino residents in particular

in the eastern and southeastern neighborhoods are struggling. we are continuing to focus further expanding access to testing in these communities and conducting targeted outreach. we opened a new site to add to the expansion of testing sites in tenderloin, mission and sunnydale and bayview. the steep can't conduct all of the testing by ourselves. we need private care providers to step up. that is why we will be issuing a health order requiring private healthcare providers to increase testing by providing same day testing for patients with symptoms and close contact of people confirmed to have covid-19. additionally, private hospitals must provide testing to a symptomatic workers in jobs with

risk of exposure. the delays in testing cannot continue. they must step up to do their part. the main message is that we need everyone to do their part. we have to get this virus under control right now. we don't be have months. we barely have weeks. every decision you make affects everyone around you. if you choose not to wear a mask when you go out, you are delaying re-opening further. if you are going to a barbecue and acting irresponsibly you are preventing children from being able to return to school, forcing parents to stay home from work or miss shifts at the job because you are not taking basic steps. most importantly, you are endangering people's lives. we want to move with re-opening. we know we are going to be living with covid-19 for the next 12 to 18 months. what we all do matters.

how we all respond responsibly makes a difference. we have proven that time and time again in the past. we can't do that right now. we are all able to do our part. if we are going to get to where we are able to open and let people get back to work because they are financially struggling, allow kids to go to school and engage and interact with one another to learn and grow. we will see our elderly parents and grandparents in the nursing homes. how to get back to things that make life more meaningful has everything to do with everybody being part of the solution. please know that we are not out of the woods. know that we are seeing a spike. know that you, only you can make the difference. please wear your mask.

wash your hands. socially distance and do everything to be part of the solution. that will make a difference to the city. i will turn this over to dr. grant colfax for a update from the department of public health. >> good morning. i am dr. grant colfax, director of health. thank you, mayor breed. in the past weeks, san francisco has been experiencing a surge in cases and hospitalizations that have forced us to pause re-opening plans. increase our testing and contract tracing and care for many more covid-19 positive patients. unfortunately this is happening all across california. as of today, we join more than 30 counties statewide including

most bay area counties on the state's watch list based on the rising hospitalization numbers. i want to emphasize that the people in the hospital in san francisco today as we speak are not only the elderly and the most frail. in fact, at san francisco general hospital the average age of the person hospitalized since july 1st with covid-19 has been 41 years. young people, middle age people, older people. we are all at risk for this disease. we are all at risk for serious consequences. with our designation of being on the state's watch list, we are required to close malls and non essential offices again starting this monday, july 20th. we will continue to pause our

re-opening indefinitely. san francisco, we can do better than this. we know we can do better. we have proven that already. the virus is moving quickly. we must accelerate response. it took 38 days, more than a month to go from 2000 to 3,000 cases in our city. now it has taken 13 days, less than two week goes to go from 4,000 cases to nearly 5,000. there are several key steps that we can take and that we must take until the health indicators improve and our information shows that the virus is subsiding and slowing in san francisco. we don't have a lot of time today so i will keep my remarks

short. i would like to highlight a few key points about the current situation. we know the pandemic affects some communities more than others. we must continue to focus on equity in our planning and response. in san francisco the lat inx community makes up 50% of cases even though they represent only 15% of the city's population. another group workers who must leave homes to take risk are more at risk of getting infected and are getting sick in greater numbers. the neighborhoods on the eastern and southeast side of the city continue to have higher rates of cases. the surge is making all of these disparities worse. we are working with community leaders and community members to

improve outreach and communication. that work includes targeting testing services where they are needed most. in the past two weeks we have expanded low barrier testing in the mission, bayview, tenderloin, potrero hill and sunnydale neighborhoods. testing has been a re-occurring issue since the beginning of the pandemic. we have come a long way. at first there were no tests at all. then there were extreme short ages of supplies. after that we had to let people know how and where they could get tested. today we are acceding our testing goal of providing 1800 tests each day in the city. now providing an average of 2599 tests per day. as demand grows, access to

appointments is getting harder and test results are taking longer. while testing challenges are a national issue as a result of lack of federal leadership, we need to improve the situation where some san franciscans are waiting a week or more for an appointment and sometimes as long as that for results. more than 95% of san franciscans have some form of healthcare coverage. private providers need to do their share in our testing effort. the city's public test sites are current bely conducting an average of 60% of all of the tests that are being done in the city. therefore, on monday we are issuing a health order requiring private providers to test their patients with symptoms, those in

close contacts of known cases, and a symptomatic workers at higher risk of exposure. this testing must be done on the day requested. this will help and will free up the capacity of san francisco's public testing program with the goal of allowing residents who are uninsured or members of impacted communities to get tested from a more timely manner. we need to realize that while testing is a key tool and will continue to be a key tool in our response, we are not going to be able to test ourselves out of this pandemic. iin fact, the more the virus is around the harder it will be for us to keep up. we will fall behind. that is why prevention is so

key. today a covid positive person in san francisco is expected to infect more than one additional person causing the disease to spread. a positive test means that prevention did not work. this is important. a negative test is not a passport to do what you want. don't get complacent and take risks because you tested negative. gatherings are opportunities for the virus to spread and must be avoided. if san franciscans stop gathering, wear face mask at all times and socially distance, we will be able to get the situation under control. it is that simple. we know how to slow the spread of the virus. we know how to do it.

we just must do it. we must do it quickly. the key next step if everyone something to do to flatten the curve. this includes residents, businesses, healthcare system and the city. first, we will continue to pause re-opening until the health indicators and other data show that the virus has subsided in san francisco. second, we will abide by the state's restrictions as a watch list county, and i emphasize this we reserve the option to go further than the state in closing additional businesses and activities while continuing to pause re-opening if our local and regional conditions call for it. third, to re-enforce the mayor's

comment. san franciscans need to change their behavior. do not gather. cover your face. we know many of our new cases can be traced back to social gatherings of families and friends. think about that. the birthday party or barbecue can spread the virus and get many people sick. remember half of the people with the virus don't show symptoms. you cannot tell by looking at somebody or asking somebody how they feel if they have covid-19. a symptomatic spread is a key part of the surge we are seeing. these gatherings can and could delay the first day of school or the chance to go back to work and worse than the inequities we are seeing in this pandemic. do your part, please do your

part. our individual actions have a big impact on the entire community. fourth, we will continue to focus on equity and the communities that are most affected by the pandemic. we are working with community leaders to expand testing, outreach and partnership. we are conducting extensive multi media campaigns to reach people in their own neighborhoods and languages. 5. we will continue to expand testing capacity and access. the health order coming out monday be will guarantee providers do their share while the city continues to expand testing in the neighborhoods most impacted. we will, we must continue to follow the data, science and facts. together we have the power to

flatten the curve once again. we can emerge from this pandemic with strength and pride in our communities and our collective effort. the work we have done together has saved lives and improved health and will put our city back together. the time is short. it is up to us to take action now and i thank you, san francisco, for doing just that. >> thank you. we will now begin the q&a portion of the press conference. we have the first set of questions for dr. colfax only.

from mission local. before going to work and latino residents are struggling. why only 300 tests at the hub. why were people turned away yesterday for lack of tests? >> i was at the hub yesterday. it was remarkable to see the work done there. we have been partnering with the latino task force since the early days of the epidemic to expand testing. we need to expand testing, particularly in the mission and lat inx community. we are continuing to build that capacity. as i said we are requiring providers to provide same day testing to workers and people symptomatic. we also have other testing sites in the mission neighborhood including the zuckerberg general hospital and continuing to work the mission neighborhood health

center offering pop-up testing and ensuring people understand when and where to get tested and expanding the contact tracing. half of our cases are among latin x residents and half of temperaturofthe exact tracing i. people understand if they test positive and they qualify, they can access the right to recovery program to have the support and resources necessary to keep themselves and their families were safe thank you, doctor. next set of questions janney harwith associated press. >> most school district start with year with distance learning. governor will issue the orders soon regarding schools. under which conditions do you

feel comfortable allowing in person classes? would all county wide indicators have to be at certain level and the safety conditions vary by age or class size? what do you tell pris private schools. >> the city issued guidance with regard to schools. we are going to need to see indicators improve before school openings would be allowed. the complexity of the question is addressed by the school guidance we issued. we want to ensure that schools do make the decision to reopen that they are following best evidence in terms of reducing transmission to people most vulnerable for the virus and that children or families and school staff are as safe as

possible. it is a very complex issues and rapidly evolving issue. we will follow data, science and facts to ensure when schools open they are doing so in the most safe way possible. >> from crown 4. the city is giving mixed messages. in noey the tables and chairs are return causing people to it is next to each other. how many sites have had tables and chairs returned? doesn't this send the wrong message. >> outdoor activity is much safer than indoor activity. the science has shown that being outdoors is much safer and people need to get outside for mental and physical health. we can't stay inside for long

periods of time. when we are outside, we need to follow the guidelines. the people need to stay at least six feet apart. it is very clear our health order makes it clear that people need to wear facial coverings, including mask or other facial coverings when they are within three feet of each other. the message is clear. the mayor was clear and i am clear. if you are outside within 30 feet you need the facial covering to keep the community safe. >> thank you, doctor. from melanie from abc 7. can you clarify the change to san francisco around testing as of the monday health order. had private providers not been testing people previously? will they have tests and supplies to do so? >> they have been doing testing.

i would emphasize that across the city of all of the tests done, 60% are tests supported by the health department or other city departments. that investment is huge. providers have been doing testing. what this health order will require all providers to offer testing to people who are symptomatic, who have been in close contact with a known covid positive or who are workers at high risk for the virus. that will be required to be same day offering of the test. their health systems that have the ability to get the supplies and to do the testing and if that is not the case, certainly this order will require that they get them. >> thank you, doctor, thank you may or and director colfax for joining us today. this concludes today's press

conference.