>> all right, hi, everybody. good i guess afternoon now, right? sorry, i still have a city to run and things come up every now and again even when we have thinged planned. i appreciate your patience of way waiting. i'm mayor london breed. i am excited to be here at the children's creativity museum and formerly known as the zeum and which is a great place in yerba buena and standling in front of the leroy king carousel that was a good friend of mine and started on the san francisco redevelopment agency for many years and the significance of

naming it after him during the ceremony for all the work he did in san francisco and this carousel which was row located to closer from that area and with such a beautiful story and significant rich history and going to the de jong as a kid. and i didn't understand what museums were about and henry oswald tanners and the banjo -- is that what this was called? that one stuck with he for whatever reason. i would see in it other places and books and point it out as something i saw as a kid in the museum. and the albino alligator and there is a new one there. and i remember if there was one there and i remember when i was a kid and so many great museums

and exploring the kids to grow up and the great field trips. had it not been for the field trips and being able to explore the concrete slide at golden gate park and all the great things and activities in san francisco. and for the connections and today's announcement is maintaining connections and making sure as we have dealt with the pandemic and dealt with the schools closed throughout the time and we wanted to make sure regardless of income and young people and people who receive basic social services from the city and they also have access to our art and cultural institutions in the city. and we have come up with the program in 2019 to provide for the summer museums for all. and providing access to museums

receiving assistance level from the human services agency so no child, no matter income, no family that may receive public assistance would be left out of the process of enjoying and exploring our museum during the summer of 2019. at that time we had about 25,000 guests take advantage of that program. that is a huge number but in san francisco we have about 225,000 people in general who actually qualify so we want to make sure to get the word out and in fact, we're not going to just continue to do this for the summer. our goal is to do this year round. so yes, it is amazing. and i remember the field trip. i always think about all the field trip, but remember the field trip when we went to the

exploratory sent arenaed academy of sciences. the de jong museum. and the reason why these were very special to me is because as an adult and you go to visit the places again and remember the time you saw the stuffed lion and the different exhibits and remember those as a kid and understand the significance of being able to learn about these things and appreciate them. and that's what our young people need. that is what people in our city need is to have access to these resources. money should never be a barrier to access. museums for all is important to the work to do to make san francisco more equitable for everyone. the work around equity continues with the budget, access and with the treasurer who has been leading around a number of initiatives. we teamed up to support changes

to our fines and fees for libraries. however, because i still have one of my overdue books, i think it was a personal nature to why we decided to waive the fines and fees for overdue library books. just think about it. 40 years later, those fees can rack up pretty hefty. some of the work we have done around fines and fees and addressing inequities in our criminal justice system, the libraries and other places to ensure, again, that money and these things are not a barrier and don't follow people with credit report and other things. this program is a recent addition to the work that we're going to continue to do to push forward with equity and insuring that everyone has a seat at the table and access to all the amazing resources that exist in san francisco. so ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming our

treasurer jose cisneros. >> thank you, mayor breed. it is an honor to be here. one might wonder, what is the treasurer doing at an event like this? treasurer and tax collector which begs the question first. and we have helped low income people be more successful and particularly more financially successful. how to avoid getting ripped off. how to keep the money safe. how to improve the credit score and how to save for future needs and buying a home or starting a business or playing college. and we want to see everybody succeed and in the expensive city, financial strain is one of the most crippling things to low income families and face the most severe impediment to family

success. and because of that we launched the financial justice project. part of the work and to look at where the fines and fees and city created and are unfairly punishing harming in the community. think about it. any time a dollar amount finder fee fits all. and will awed far differently from medium to high income people. it is completely logical with the ability to have something to change and honor mayor london breed in the current role and the previous role as supervisor, she partnered with the project and made draw mattic changes to -- and made dramatic changes to low income fines and fees and complete where it made sense,

completely eliminated them. and including the overdue library fines and i am guessing the library will want the book back even if you don't pay for it. and think about museums and cultural, ruffle places in our city and how the expense of attending those places right from the gitgo just eliminated that option for every single low income family. we wanted to take a look at that. see how we wanted to make those extremely valuable resources and with the resources all of us remember from the childhood up to last week or last month and last year and could enjoy one of the incredible cultural treasures. we want that to be available to everybody here in san francisco. and i am thrilled and we're

excited to partner with you to make a quarter million individuals and now give them access to the most wonderful cultural assets and treasures in our city. right here in our town and where they live and not just for a few months in the summer, but all year round. your honor, mayor, and thank you very much and in the treasurer's office and across the city and the museums and the cultural institutions and stepped up and said this is something everybody in san francisco deserves and today we're making it happen. so thank you, everyone, for being here. please as the mayor said, spread the word. tell everybody, tell everybody that all they need to get into any one of the great resources

is the medical card or public i.d. to show they are member of the programs and have the chance to come in and be successful. and with that, we will introduce the next speaker. let me bring up carol tang, the executive director of the children's creativity museum. >> on behalf of the board and we want to thank mayor london breed and san francisco museums for all program for promoting enrichn't and learning outside of the classroom for good, mental, emotional, intellectual health at the children's kree toughty mission is to nurture kree toughty and collaboration and in all children and families. the focus on equity, inclusivity and access and part of the core commitment to san franciscans and the bay area. and even during the past year we served 1,000 students from title

one schools through virtual feed trips. before the launch of san francisco museums for all, the creativity museum promoted access programs with low income and nontraditional museum goers and provided free annual memberships to slow income community members to come as many tombs as they like with their families at their own convenience. for many of the members we are part of the regular routine. we had one neighborhood family in yerba buena that visited 220 times in one year. >> we were one of the first museums in the entire bay area to join the national museum of all programs administered by imls and the children's museum.

promotions and now 15% of the visitors come for free and with the same high quality experience that the paying visitors do. and not only receiving public support and benefits everyone. we all need something and to appreciate our diversity. and by bringing together the museum and help play, create, learn, and problem solve together and that is so very important after the year we have had. and through san francisco museums for all, families come to ride the carousel, make art, record digital animation, express themselves through music, solve design charges and these days they can even create their own mini golf course using science principles. most importantly, however, they

have fun sharing their art and inventions not only with their own families and with other families. and this is our chance and our sector's chance to weave and strengthen the connections between children and families and people. this is why to me san francisco museums for all is so important and benefits the community and learn to play together and dream together and helps us all envision and thank you for supporting the museum sector and seeing this as an important partner in san francisco. >> with that, i would like to bring up the last speaker, a community member.

>> an i am mary toni. and grew up and near and dear to my heart and serving a program like this has that has done so many things and part of from a working class family and going to museums weren't at the top of the priority list to put food on the table and knowing now that other students an kids in the community can experience museums and to help community healing is the greatest part and something i am very grateful that this is happening. especially i learned that equalified for this program in undergrad at u.c. davis. to come back to the city with something so great and beneficial is happening, makes my heart so full. thank you again mayor breed and thank you to the team that made

this happen. and yeah, thank you so much. i hope you have a bulletproof day. >> thank you, mary toni. i know what it feels like to be in college and went to u.c. davis and it was definitely a struggle. i am glad that program is benefitting you and others who want access to what our things that are what carol called fun. and fun shouldn't be expensive. fun should just be fun. that is what this is also about. and with that, thank you so much to see people in person. this pandemic has challenged us like no other event. not even the 89 earthquake challenged us as much as this pandemic. and june 15 the opportunity to

open the doors and to do more if possible and the regulations around large-scale events and things like the care zell and other things and it has everything to do with the people of the city who have gotten vaccinate and followed the held orders at about 80% receiving the first vaccination and proud of what we have been able to accomplish and what that means is a lot of fun this summer for san franciscans and for our kids especially. thank you, all, so much for being here today.

>> by the time the last show came, i was like whoa, whoa, whoa. i came in kicking and screaming and left out dancing. [♪♪♪] >> hello, friends. i'm the deputy superintendent of instruction at san francisco unified school district, but you can call me miss vickie. what you see over the next hour has been created and planned by our san francisco teachers for

our students. >> our premise came about for san francisco families that didn't have access to technology, and that's primarily children preschool to second grade. >> when we started doing this distance learning, everything was geared for third grade and up, and we work with the little once, and it's like how were they still processing the information? how were they supposed to keep learning? >> i thought about reaching the student who didn't have internet, who didn't have computers, and i wanted them to be able to see me on the t.v. and at least get some connection with my kids that way. >> thank you, friends. see you next time. >> hi, friend. >> today's tuesday, april 28, 2020. it's me, teacher sharon, and

i'm back again. >> i got an e-mail saying that i had an opportunity to be on a show. i'm, like, what? >> i actually got an e-mail from the early education department, saying they were saying of doing a t.v. show, and i was selected to be one of the people on it, if i was interested. i was scared, nervous. i don't like public speaking and all the above. but it worked out. >> talk into a camera, waiting for a response, pretending that oh, yeah, i hear you, it's so very weird. i'm used to having a classroom with 17 students sitting in front of me, where they're all moving around and having to

have them, like, oh, sit down, oh, can you hear them? let's listen. >> hi guys. >> i kind of have stage flight when i'm on t.v. because i'm normally quiet? >> she's never quiet. >> no, i'm not quiet. >> my sister was, like, i saw you on t.v. my teacher was, i saw you on youtube. it was exciting, how the community started watching. >> it was a lot of fun. it also pushed me outside of my comfort zone, having to make my own visuals and lesson plans so quickly that ended up being a lot of fun. >> i want to end today with a thank you. thank you for spending time with us.

it was a great pleasure, and see you all in the fall. >> i'm so happy to see you today. today is the last day of the school year, yea! >> it really helped me in my teaching. i'm excited to go back teaching my kids, yeah. >> we received a lot of amazing feedback from kiddos, who have seen their own personal teacher on television. >> when we would watch as a family, my younger son, kai, especially during the filipino episodes, like, wow, like, i'm proud to be a filipino. >> being able to connect with someone they know on television has been really, really powerful for them. and as a mom, i can tell you that's so important. the social confidence

development of our early learners. [♪♪♪] >> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the

other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those features. >> the playground and the soccer field and the tennis fields and it is such a key part of this neighborhood.

>> we want kids to be here. we want families to be here and we want people to have athletic opportunities. >> we are given a real responsibility to insure that the public's money is used appropriately and that something really special comes of these projects. we generally have about an opportunity every 50 years to redo these spaces. and it is really, really rewarding to see children and families benefit, you know, from the change of culture, at each one of these properties >> and as a result of, what you see behind us, more kids are playing on our soccer fields than ever before. we have more girls playing sports than we have ever had before. [ applause ] fp >> and we are sending a strong message that san francisco families are welcome and we want you to stay.

>> this park is open. ♪♪ >> any member of the public can email their comments to oscar@edu by 2:00 p.m. the day of the meeting if they do not wish to make a comment during the board meeting. the comments will be read into the record. as a reminder to the public, the q&a function is only up at this board meeting for the asl interpreter services. and it's not to as