assistance. we have laid out a clear plan and are hopeful to retain all of the funds to this department as we look to build it in a stronger more efficient way that supports all women and girls and gender non conforming in san francisco. >> supervisor haney: thank you for that explanation and we appreciate your leadership. and i'm going to support keeping the fund was the department. but i do want to make sure we move to -- as you said, the 29,000 in funds. so -- i see president walton wanted to speak again. >> president walton: thank you

chair haney. you actually took the route i was going to take, so i appreciate that. >> supervisor haney: great. supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: i just wanted to appreciate you director ellis. when i was looking at the cuts and $60,000 cuts for the size of the budget, i have never seen a department head go to bat, but i think you're sending a very clear message. that you -- this is not business as usual. that you're going to use every cent to fight tooth and nail for women, girls, non conforming and transgender women. when i looked at the budget and knew you were coming to fight today, i had a huge smile on my face and was cheering because this is the leadership we have needed in this department for a

really long time. and i'm so happy that you are there. thank you. >> supervisor safai: i concur. >> supervisor haney: i'm guessing supervisor mar is also in agreement as well. i think identifying savings like this, it's important to do and usually we accept it. when you have new leadership that admits something in the past was done wrong and she intends to fix it and approach it differently, i think that's a clear and very rare actually time in which it is appropriate for us to keep the fund was the department and allow you to move

forward with the change you are needing. so with that, we're going to accept the budget with the 29,000 funds removed but other than that, not include the bla other recommendations in our approval of the budget. with that, thank you so much director ellis for your leadership and being here with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you chair haney and committee. >> supervisor haney: with that, colleagues, madam clerk, any other items in front of us today? >> clerk: no, mr. chair. if you wouldn't mind entertaining a motion to recess this meeting to tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. i would appreciate it. >> supervisor haney: i make a motion to recess this meeting to

tomorrow june 24th at 10:00 a.m. is there a second? >> president walton: second. >> clerk: (roll call vote) >> supervisor haney: we'll see you tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. thank you very much. meeting is adjourned.

>> good morning, mayor breed, the mayor's office of early care and education, amy from supervisor hillary ronen's team, kevin ortiz representing speaker nancy pelosi. to the parents, to our board members, and a special salute to the rmnnc, those who work here, who take care of the families, and the rest of the team at our various sites around the city, and again, a special shoutout to our friend santiago ruiz.

it's good to welcome you all to the mission, which is the name of this site, a state of the art education site. it opened last week to families with funding of nearly $3 million from san francisco and families. the bold leadership you exhibited, mayor breed, from the first days of the pandemic and then through the economic recovery is a goal of other leaders. your women and families first initiative and investment in m.n.c. and other women serving sites sends a strong message to

other women and families. you've said women, particularly women with children, have experienced higher rates of unemployment throughout and even before covid-19. women were paid less than men doing similar work. we have an opportunity to make san francisco more equitable and supportive for women and their children. we're working to make sure that women have employment, employment opportunities that can get them on the path to a fulfilling career and that more family can access high quality affordable child care so parents can afford them and they can return to work. covid-19 disproportionately affected families of color, and they're still confronting economic challenges and have lost far too many lives and yet remain the backbone of our

economy. madam mayor, your leadership across san francisco allows us to recruit and retain high quality child care educators of which today there's a significant shortage. the funding provided for this m.n.c. site provides care for babies and toddlers. your agenda supports children and gets family back to work. madam mayor, we recognize your leadership during this oddest of years. your support for black lives matters, changing the nature of policing, your support of aapi members, helping the black community and assistance and focus on economic recovery is also vital. we'll soon be inviting you to cut ribbons at m.n.c. sites in richmond and the bayview. it is my great honor to

introduce our mayor, london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. it's so good to be here again at la phoenix, opening up this great facility, great housing for families. and this is really my dream for san francisco. when you think about families and when you think about making sure of education opportunities for children, i can't think of a better place than where you live, and i know that sam is, like, this is my dream, too. every time i'm out, they try to pull me back. you know you're going to get

pulled back, but richard is doing a fine job, and we're so grateful to have him and the folks at mission neighborhood centers who continue to help provide child care opportunities all over communities that we know need is the most. i kind of vaguely remember when i was in school, in preschool. my grandmother, who i talk about a lot, who raised me, she worked as a made in san francisco. she worked at hotels, she worked for individuals, and i remember mama fay, who used to pick us up and walk us up the street from the child care we attended. my grandmother would not just leave us with anybody, so the fact that we had a place to go when she went to work was a big deal because as a preschooler,

you can't always communicate exactly what's going on when you're not around your parents. we understand the need and the value for having quality preschool in san francisco. we understand the need to make significant investments in being able to hire teachers and educators and support here at locations like this, and we also understand the need for it to feel like a family because our children are our most precious, precious commodity. the fact is we have a lot of work to do to get to a better place, and what's important is money should never be a barrier to good child care. and so i really want to thank, and he's no longer here, former president of the board of

supervisors, norman yee and his advocacy in making sure that there are resources to support child care for all in san francisco. i want to thank ingrid, who is running our office of early childhood education. she has this very unique connection between communities and child care systems where we are able to bridge that gap when needed for the teachers and for the equipment and the cleaning and the number of other things that go into this. i remember when we were in the bayview-hunters point community, and you took a tour -- this is west point, where hunters view has been completely remodelled and additional housing is being built in the neighborhood, and there's this child care that could accommodate where around 130 to 150 kids.

there weren't even 50 kids at this location, and i asked why wasn't this place packed, because i knew we had a long waiting list in the city, and there was no reason why every spot shouldn't have been filled, and it was because of resources. when i see families that are just before that threshold for child care, i get excited about the future of child care in san francisco. we wouldn't be able to do this with money alone. we need partnership with organizations like anything else neighborhood centers -- like mission neighborhood centers. we need their help to make these places feel like home.

i'm loving these pictures on the wall and this young man that said i'm ready to play. this is what san francisco is all about, and i look forward to making sure that we are making more spaces like this available for children in san francisco so that we can finally get to a place where it is not even a question of if someone can afford to send their child to child care, but it's a matter of what is the child care that's closest to my neighborhood so that i can walk my kid to school every day. that's where we want to get to as a city, so i'm really excited to be here today. i know these kids want us to get out of their way, so without further adieu, let's do this. [applause] [inaudible] >> the hon. london breed: good to see you, too. good to see you without a mask.

>> i think there are a few people who are supposed to join us here for the ribbon cutting. >> the hon. london breed: okay. are we ready? let's do a countdown. five, four, three, two, one. [applause]

>> this meeting will come to order this. is the june 24th budget and appropriations committee meeting. i am matt haney joined by supervisors. i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. do you have any announcements? >> yes, mr. chair. the minutes will reflect committee members participated through video conference. the board recognizes that public