sought a more diverse staff reflective of our student population. some i'd like to highlight include ethnic studies, the korean program and orextra [indiscernible] each of these programs will be targeted. ten at thattive agreements will not only affect a.p. courses but the quality of education for -- tentative agreements will not only affect a.p. courses but the quality of education for our students. save our courses and save our teachers. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. >> clerk: thank you. hello, aaliyah? >> my name is aaliyah hunter, and i'm a student at lowell high school. [indiscernible] to know that the ones i met are going to leave is upsetting, and i'm having trouble trying to form these words because they have

been absolutely helpful for a lot of one of them have stepped up to be a black student union sponsor, mr. cho. there won't be anyone as amazing as him. i'm begging, please do not layoff these teachers at lowell. the ones that are going to be laid off are the ones that are going to be there for the students. thank you for all you do, thank you to the teachers. save our teachers. >> clerk: thank you. hello, nolani. >> hello. my name is nolani [indiscernible], and i am with jrotc. the jrotc is not a method of military induction.

we have been fighting our school administration for years, and i don't think those in the school administration and around us understand how important this program is for the students. it's a huge force of the identity, exploring what you can know from the world around you. it's one of the greatest groups i've been able to join, and it's incredibly diverse. i would ask you to reconsider cutting the jrotc. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. hello, naoki? >> hello. my name's naoki [indiscernible] and i'm a student at [indiscernible] high school and i'm in jrotc. i'd like to talk about how this program is really important for

the students? [indiscernible] a lot of students, [indiscernible] in this program, one because of the many students that are there. the many leaders, they teach you new things. just throughout it, you can make new bonds and, like, grow as a person, so especially me, from rotc, i was able to gain a lot of new experiences, and all the students out there, they need to find who they are, so they can become a better person themselves because in the end, it -- the whole mission is to motivate young people to become better citizens, and this program, it helps them become better themselves. thank you. >> clerk: thank you.

hello, astrid? >> hello. my name is astrid, and i'm an sfusd and i'm calling about the [indiscernible] contract. a.p. programs are great learning opportunities of students. at some schools, the money in the a.p. prep period bonuses is also used to supplement programs like art, language, and peer resources. these are all classes students take a passion in and interest. i urge the board not to approve this contract. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. hello, kiara, just so you know, i have to promote you to panelist so you can speak, so your video will be shown. go ahead. kiara? >> hello.

i just wanted to speak upon the descending of the [indiscernible] the jrotc has helped many students become better people after becoming a part of the program. through the time in this program, we have been able to foster kids that want to do well and expel in their classes, so from cadets who never wanted to step foot in their classes from excelling and doing well. we support many foundational learning skills as well as supporting cadets through processes where they can learn, how to properly mentor and support others. there are so many opportunities

that you get through this program, and i urge you to leave it in place. >> clerk: thank you. hello, hayden? >> hello. good evening, board of education commissioners. just want to call in to really oppose these cuts and tentative agreement with uesf. i attend lowell high school as a sophomore, and, you know, this year, i have a few new teachers who are there for the first time. they signed up in the middle of covid to come teach us, and these are the teachers who are there. i have a new grish teacher this year, and he's the one checking in, you know, making sure every student is good. he's the one who enjoys school and coming into english class

excited, actually thinking about the world around him, and these teachers make so much of a difference, you no he, and it seems like just numbers on a paper from a budget, but these are 60 peoples' lives, 60 peoples' families. but it's not just that, it's school lives and programs. stop the cuts, please. >> clerk: thank you. hello, aubrey? >> hello. my name is aubrey, and i'm one of the black student union officers, and i go to lowell high school, and i want to speak about the cuts. [indiscernible] in so many ways these past few years when administration's failed to [indiscernible] students at lowell. he was there for us, he was there for me. i can't imagine how it's like

for other students to learn that their favorite teachers are being cut. please vote against these cuts. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. hello, jack? >> hi. my name is jack and i'm a student from george washington high school. during a year [indiscernible] will be spread out over so many more students. i urnl the board to reconsider. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. forgive me if i mispronounce.

nguyen lui? >> hello. my name is nguyen lui. i'm a parent of two students in elementary school. my son is in third grade, and my daughter is in kindergarten. >> clerk: hello. this time is for students. you'll have an opportunity to speak shortly. >> my bad. >> clerk: no problem. hello, annie? >> hello. my name is annie yu. i am a student at bernal high school and a student of the jrotc program. today, i'm here to speak about why jrotc has made an impact on my life and why it should not be cancelled. jrotc provides opportunities for low-income students and

inspires them to become leaders. we have also participated in many events, communities, and services. on a personal and practical level, jrotc has taught me many other skills and is why i'm able to speak before you today. jrotc provides students with many skills and should not be cancelled. >> clerk: president lopez, that was the 15 minutes. >> can we do additional five minutes if there are other students who would like to share? and a reminder to the other students, if you would like to share during our meeting, you still have the opportunity to do so. >> clerk: hello, alex?

alex? last time, alex, are you here? sorry if i mispronounce, amri, a-m-r-i? >> yeah, my name is amri, and i go to [indiscernible] as an eighth grader. [indiscernible] she is always open to be there for other students when they're in the darkest places. she has used her own money to

buy snacks for students who don't have any money. [indiscernible] which is amazing because other teachers don't talk about it. she tries her best to make learning fun and [indiscernible]. >> clerk: thank you. hello, norma? >> hello, can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> i'm a student at bernal high school, and i am a student of the jrotc program, and i'd like to speak about why it shouldn't be cut. so every since i joined the jrotc program [indiscernible] and i also learned to be more confidence. especially since being a freshman, i was very shy, but joining jrot c-changed that,

and also gave me opportunities which i never thought i could do. and also, cutting jrotc is [indiscernible] and that should just not happen. >> clerk: hello. it says m.l.k. jordan. >> hello, can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> i'm from m.l.k. middle school, and i'm a [indiscernible] grader there, and i'm here to talk about the budget cuts on peer resources. i don't think the budget -- i don't think we should have a budget cut for peer resources because i wouldn't be where i am right now if i was never in peer resources.

i wouldn't be more shy if i was -- i wasn't in peer resources. it helped me be a better person and learn more about how to help other students and talk outmore loud -- like, speak up more. please don't cut the budget on peer resources. >> clerk: thank you. hello, marie? >> hello, members of the board. my name is maureen loftus and i attend lowell high school and

am a member of the jrotc program. because of the unique nature of our program, i can't imagine where our students would get their resources. it's tragic to think that current students at [indiscernible] because they're so wholly misunderstood in our city. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. hello, xavier, promoting you to panelist so you can speak, but your video will also be on. go ahead. xavier? >> yeah? >> clerk: yes, you can go ahead. >> hi. my name is javier. i ask that you not cut budget

to my school. i have been school there since preschool. everyone there is like family to me. i ask you to not cut budgets. >> clerk: thank you, and that was the additional five minutes. >> okay. thank you to the public for coming out tonight. we will continue with public comment from the general public on all items not on tonight's agenda. >> clerk: is there for one minute each for a total time? >> yes, one minute each for 20 minutes. >> clerk: thank you. hello, renai or renai?

you can go ahead. >> oh, can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> yeah, please do not cut any of the budget for the children i mean, you know, we're spending money to give for school, and [indiscernible] we're spending money to give people needles and things like that, so come on, what's this one worth? that's all i'm saying is please do not use the money that way. any other money for the city, you can put it back into the children. thank you. >> clerk: hello, larry. >> hi. can you hear me?

>> clerk: yes, we can. >> okay. thank you. hi. this is larry lee. we desperately need our community to speak especially for other students and ensure that the board is not cutting other teachers and programs. >> clerk: i'm sorry. these items are on the agenda later, so they should not be spoken of in general public comment. >> okay. sorry. >> clerk: no problem. thank you. hello, jennifer? >> hello. can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> hello. i'm calling in to remind the district that we don't get when their budget cuts the breaks [indiscernible] with our community, and it is not an option to ignore our principles we make those cuts. i am a teacher at juniper

serro. all of our funds has been eaten. we have been directed to find the money in our budget which has a $200,000 cut before we get the money. moreover, we have [indiscernible] one kindergarten and are well into filling a second, and know multiple families with children enrolled in our schools who did not access the first round. cutting a kindergarten is a road to [indiscernible] and closure. do better. >> clerk: thank you. hello, cyn, c-y-n?

hello, cyn. go ahead. >> hello. cyn wang here. i'm a parent of s.f. recall election. i want to recognize the efforts of our parents to organize and collaborate. it is our hope that, going forward, we will see a new board that governs for our kids first, that is responsive to public school families and sees us as a key stakeholder and partner, not an opponent, and has no higher priority than delivering quality public education because that is the most important any district can do for equity. let us rebuild a district where san francisco is world renowned

for its public schools. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. alex? >> hello. my name is alex schmaltz [indiscernible] even prior to the pandemic, we have struggled to recruit and retain high qualified teachers. a math teacher, initials p.l., at my school, has been nonreelected due to this facilitation. i urge you to reconsider this action. last year, this educator drove math workbooks to students' homes when they were unable to get to the students' work sites when they were not able to pick

them up. last school year, one of my students' transitioned to using male pronouns, but because we were in distance learning, there were very little that teachers did to support this student. the start of this year was very challenging to this student, but because of the rainbow rams, this student has a strong support of community peers and adults. this student is now a leader in his classes, earning his place on the african american honor roll, and has been nurtured by the space that the educators helped to create.

>> clerk: hello, lucero? >> my name is lucero romero. and i am here to [indiscernible] when we should be investing in education, the education system. this impacts teachers. not just teachers but the children and the next generation. i am a mother of a son who attends cobb elementary school and also my daughter in the future. we need these teachers to stay. >> clerk: thank you. chris? >> hi. can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> i'm going to do my best to be brief. i'm just [indiscernible] in impacting whether or not teachers will get equal

paychecks every month this year, which is part of our contract. my understanding when the empowered system agreements were formulated in the summer before the school year was this was to hold up those 12 equal paychecks, but the payroll department is confused. further, i'd just like to throw my invoices behind the students and families that i've heard. i appreciate your advocacy. keep it going. >> thank you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> yes, we received information at cobb elementary that we're going to lose important staff because we were designated from a tier three to tier two school. first of all, why is the district designating cobb from a tier three to tier two during a pandemic, and was this change

based on recent school and student input data? we're questioning whether or not the data is actually accurate? many of our families chose decline to state when it comes to english language learner status and housing status because of their distrust for sfusd. 72% of our students qualify for free and reduced price lunch and 25% have i.e.p.s. relying on families to report sensitive information to large systems that have historically failed them is not a method of determining which school should receive these. i want to strongly advocate that cobb remains a tier three school and we maintain the current staffing that we have so we can maintain the current staffing that we need during

these pandemic times. we need a tier three status. we need it. >> clerk: thank you. hello, supriya? >> hi. this is supriya ray. thank you for taking my calls. i am a parent of students at [indiscernible] and jefferson middle schools.

[indiscernible] or strongly encouraging people to do so, which puts unfair pressure on people over the issue when they should be able to make their own choice, especially with sfdph supporting that there's no mask mandate outdoors. secondly, i want to [indiscernible] that the board voted for back in october. i am, as i understand, supposed to be a member of this board, but i still haven't heard from them. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. hello, miss marshall? >> thank you so much, mr. steele. first, i just want to thank you, president lopez, for your service to the board. i give my personal thanks to commissioner collins and commissioner moliga. i'm very sorry that we're at

this state on the board of education. [indiscernible] i have some good news and thank you. on behalf of the san francisco alliance of black led educators, we want to thank you for the [indiscernible] last week, more than 1300 students grades three to 12 were honored for the african american honor rollover three days. thank you, commissioner lam, prep lopez, superintendent matthews, and every principal, every lamentary principal, every middle school principal, every high school principal, every teacher, and thank you for your support last week. our service continues. please join us this saturday at 8:30 a.m. at mission high school for our annual [indiscernible] thank you so

much. [indiscernible]. >> clerk: thank you. hello, miss bender? >> hello. my name is breanna bender, and i'm a student parent at cobb elementary. we are starting off the year in a deficit, upwards of $100,000, and it is unacceptable. this cut in school funding goes directly against the mission statement of sfusd, which is to provide every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive. our students need and deserve much more. we need our budget to reflect our students and needs in its entirety. let's get our schools properly funded so sfusd can live up to

its own mission statement and truly thrive. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. hello, judy? >> hello, i'm judy hayworth, and i'm calling to [indiscernible] keeping the classes in class. my question is if they know they made a mistake, how come it wasn't able to be fixed it before the enrollment deadline, and is there a plan to fix this moving forward? if this goes forward, it means that [indiscernible] making our school at higher risk of

closing. help us save our neighborhood school and reinstate our kinder class. >> clerk: hello, curlyn or carolyn? >> it's curlyn. thank you to the organizers and supporters of the recall. good-bye, commissioners collins and lopez. maybe we can have competent members of the board that know how to balance a budget and represent all communities not just focus on cutting resources. >> clerk: hello, rianda.

>> this is rianda baptiste with the [indiscernible] we need to reiterate we understand that hard decisions must be made to balance our budget and meet the hard realities of the impacts. we are curious about your analogy of the potential harm and want to know what safeguards have been put in place and make sure that our students will not be overly burdened by these cuts. [indiscernible] that our children heavily rely on. has your team assessed the damage to the focal population?

if so, can you reflect those actions and the actions that are being used to uphold sfusd's values and putting our students first, please? >> clerk: thank you. hi, jerry? >> hi. can you hear me okay? >> clerk: yes. >> good evening to each of you. while i won't run over the numbers again as another cobb elementary parent has, i would like you to reconsider cobb as a tier three status. in addition, i realize numbers are fact and that the district is in a corner, but good teachers and staff is the last place we should be considering cuts. you heard all of the kids on this call write speeches and speak to you in the name of their favorite teachers.

the difference is engagement. our students are being engaged by quality educators who are fighting to make our kids evolved, informed, and quality adults, so please, please reconsider. >> clerk: thank you. hello, mark? mark? >> hi, can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> i noticed that there are a lot of people on this call, but i noticed that until this morning, the agenda wasn't published on the sfusd website. that likely violates the brown act. some of us have figured out how

to go around your website. it was not there 72 hours ago, 48 hours ago, even 24 hours ago. i strongly suggest that you continue tonight's agenda until another meeting which is properly noticed. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. hello, shereese? >> hello. my name is shereese, and i am a teacher at francisco middle school, and i'm here to speak about the eighth grade math teacher who has not been rehired. i echo what amri said earlier and other students and in the

15-plus letters, that this teacher has gone above and beyond during a time that everyone has been struggling, has had satisfactory or highly satisfactory evaluations, is a powerhouse supporter for the lgbtq + community and deserves to be involved in sfusd going forward. i ask the board to sever this agenda item going forward and rescind this nonreelection. >> clerk: thank you. that's 20 minutes, president lopez. >> okay. thank you for organizing that. that concludes public comment

for nonagenda items. moving onto item d, advisory committee reports and appointments. the native hawaiian and pacific islander advisory council report will be heard as a future meeting. i'd like to open this up for future advisory committee appointments by the board. seeing none, we will be moving onto item h-1. this presentation will be led by two of our students and a program administrator, jennie lee. i'd like to call on jennie lee, zoe and whitney, to presence on

sexual harassment and sexual assault presentation from young asian women against violence, yawav. >> clerk: i'm sorry. where are we? >> we're at the yawavs presentation, thank you. and while we have some folks pulling it up today, i am jennie lee, the coordinator for young asian women against violence. and i have zoe and whitney with me, and today, they'll be talking a little bit about what that project is and some of their goals, so without further adieu, i'm going to pass it over to whitney and zoe. >> actually, it's

[indiscernible] but hello, board of education and san francisco public? me and my colleague whitney are so graceful to be here providing to you all today about a collaboration that we want to engage in in order to [indiscernible] toolkit for sfusd to use as a [indiscernible] next slide, please, and i'll pass it off to whitney. >> thank you. so to briefly explain who we are, we are a group of [indiscernible] students part of the group yawav, educating ourselves on the topics of sexual harassment and sexual assault and violence, and we work closely with many

educators in the district. >> just to give you a brief overview of what our toolkit has, we were alarmed by the number of sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations last year in the sfusd community, and as students, we witnessed these problems unfold, and based on the knowledge that we had in yawav, we knew that we were the perfect school to [indiscernible] that acts as a virtual workshop that gives sfusd students access to education surrounding these topics. we also have a narration and a transcription for accessibility factors. everyone learns differently and has different access needs, so we wanted to make it ab-jessible to everyone, and we

wanted to mention beyond what was mentioned in our resources. >> so the intentions of this project is to firstly better inform students about their rights, how they are affected, and how they can support themselves and others. second, we want to make this education accessible to everyone regardless of their access needs. thirdly, we want to concentrate on this topic, and lastly, we want to bridge the communication gap between adults and youth because it has been damaged, and we want to heal that damage caused bisexual harassment issues in the past. >> so this number is really [indiscernible] less because

16,279 students attend san francisco unified school district public high schools, and that is the demographic that we were trying to reach. next slide. yes. how we aim to reach our goals, first, we build a relationship with each public school. in order to do that, every high school and wellness staff provide the resources to enter into workshop collaboration. we also wanted to engage in a:00 with the board of education because working with the board of education will help us hit multiple intentions and include the implementation of our projects in sfusd. >> as we progress with our vision to include the board of education in our project, we

really want to incorporate these aspects moving forward, so the first thing is accessibility. we want to make this accessible to every student in the district, particularly when addressing harassment and assault topics in the future, and this will set a precedent that actions by adults and youth are valued. our hope is to continue this relationship between yawav and the board of education so we can add input when these topics are discussed in the future. >> and that is all. thank you for listening. i hope you have a good evening. >> thank you, zoe and whitney and jennie for being able to

present and understanding working with adult allies and making sure that you can reach youth and you can be a leader in this work, so providing an opportunity for all of the work and resources that you're providing is something that i thought is really important for these conversations, and i appreciate your leadership with this, and i know that many of us will be working forward to name what you said, which is something permanent. before we hear from our board and the public, i did want to provide an opportunity for our staff to also respond to the requests that were made by student leaders back in nav and -- in november and see where

we can go. >> clerk: so this evening, we will start with miss williams, i believe, is going to present some of the work that's been done, and this will be followed by deputy superintendent [indiscernible]. >> thank you, superintendent matthews. -- thank you. superintendent matthews, can you hear me? >> yes. >> i am kiki [indiscernible]. we wanted to give just a brief description of our response to the various demands that came in during the fall? in december, dr. matthews and our office sent out a response to the various demands outlining a lot of information for students and parents for our community, including how to report incidents of sexual harassment, assault, and

discussing how [indiscernible] various sexual harassment policies. we provided information about sfusd curriculum, about boundaries and consent. we had a small discussion of legal limitations and made commitments that sfusd would be doing going forward. among that is the title 9 advisory student, tuned advisory group mention -- student advisory group mentioned earlier. this semester, we focused our resources to make them more student friendly, to turn legal-y language more friendly for students, and we have sent out a flyer and applications are being received now. we really do want to engage students on this.

we heard their voices loud and clear in the fall and want to engage in these really important conversations with students to make sure that we are responding correctly and educating students about their rights and what you have to do if any incidents do occur. so that is a high level of what we announced and what we will continue to do and our commitments moving forward on this issue. >> i just wanted to tag along and talk about what it looks like at the site level. kiki just shared a number of ways how we can be more clear and consistent with our implementation and awareness. one of the thing that lee has been doing is with leaders and cohort meetings and the office of equities in kiki's department -- oh, that's me. >> interpreter: i'm sorry. this is the interpreter. can you slow down a little bit? >> so i'm going to share what

it looks like at the site level. one of the things that we've done in partnership with kiki's department is i've had meetings with cohort and site leaders. we've also worked very closely with our site leaders -- [indiscernible]. >> -- our care teams at our school sites, our advisory teams to make sure that our sites have lessons that can be implemented during advisory, during homeroom. just in the spirit of collaboration that i saw in the slide deck and very much in the spirit of the student advisory group, many of our sites have partnered with students to make these resources for their peers so there's been, for example, as one of the schools, we've

had a [indiscernible] and making sure that our stubts have the resources and supplies that -- that our students have the resources and supplies that they have, and then, making sure that educators, staff, and teachers have the resources and information, getting creative getting information since all the issues arise? >> thank you. i'm going to turn it back over to president lopez because we're working on some information, so president lopez? >> yes, thank you for that, and

many apologies for the interruption. just given the current circumstances, understanding this is a really important topic, and tonight's agenda includes a lot of important discussions, i want to divert to legal to explain further what will happen during tonight's meeting. >> thank you, president lopez. we've had a chance to look into the issue that was raised by a caller. >> it appears that the agenda was not posted on the website, it was posted on board docs. my advice that we recess the meeting and meet at a future date that is convenient for you. >> i just want to say that we

hold thursdays for additional time in case our board meetings go over, and that will happen tonight. we will adjourn our meeting and repost for thursday at 5:00 p.m. to continue from where we are on tonight's agenda. >> clerk: so just to be clear, we are adjourning the meeting, and then, we will repost a properly noticed meeting for 5:00 on thursday evening? >> that's right. >> okay. with that, this meeting is adjourned.

>> good morning everyone. i am mayor london breed. i want to welcome you today to talk about the election last night and the results as well as talk about today being the first day that we have lifted some restrictions as it relates to indoor masking. last night, during the race the voters sent a clear message, a

clear message as it relates to the school board and the need to begin the process to refocus on our children and on what is most important in their lives and what is most important for the future of our schools in san francisco. i want to take this opportunity to thank the parents and the grassroots organizers who pulled this together and called attention to some of the challenges that exist with the school district. i want to thank the educators who continued to show up and to try to work with our students despite a very challenging two years. i really want to take this opportunity to talk a little bit about our next steps and what we plan to do because although we may think that as a result of

this election that this is behind us, there is even more important work that needs to be done moving forward. over the past couple of weeks, i have had a number of conversations with a number of parents throughout san francisco. parents that aren't necessarily politically engaged. parents who struggled, whose kids struggled. the asian community and latino community, geographically throughout san francisco, parents who really felt that they were left out of the process when schools were struggling to reopen during this pandemic. many of them talked about a lot of the challenges that exist in their lives. that is really where our focus should have always been. kids usually vibrant and

talkative more subdued and quiet and seeing the changes in their kids and struggles they are going through. talking to parents with children with significant learning challenges, those with disabilities and other issues and seeing the rapid decline in their children as a result of what sadly had been happening not just with the school district but with the pandemic has really been tough for them. it was hard to hear the stories and hard to hear some of the challenges the parents were facing. more importantly, what was made clear to me is their feedback what they want to see in a new member or members of the school board. they want to focus on the fundamental responsibility of the school district.

that is to make sure that we educate our children. education and the system around education has to be at the for front of everything we do. when we think about the learning loss, mental health challenges, that has to be our focus. talking with a number of educators about what they were experiencing in the classroom and frustration about inconsistent information. i am concerned about all parties involved. in selecting new school board members we are asking a lot of very hard questions. what are we going to do for those kids who have learning disabilities? what are we going to do for the kids with special needs? what are we going to do for the kids who don't have parent advocates? how are we going to focus on the challenges around learning loss?

how are we going to deal with the challenges around gaps relating to equity? so many questions, so many concerns. how are we going to deal with the budget deficit for the school system? one that is increasingly growing. a new superintendent is expected to be hired. those decisions are critically important to the long term success of the school district. there are immediate things to address right now today, long-term we have seen a significant decline in enrollment in the public school system. school assignment has to be revamped in a way that again is done fairly and equitably. a number of these challenges we are looking for well-rounded school board members who are

focused on the schools. who are focused on our children and their success. who are focused on collaboration and working together. who are focused on wanting to hear from different perspectives whether they are in agreement with those perspectives or not. bridge builders. that is what we are going to look for. this is all coming from many of the parents i had an opportunity to talk to. questions that these parents provided me with and want be me to ask of the people that i am going to be interviewing and to be clear. i am going to be meeting with aa number of people to have the conversation around why they think that they would be the best person for the job. you know, i made appointments

before for this city on a number of bodies, including school board. this is probably one of the hardest decisions that i have ever had to make as it relates to appointments because of the significants of what this means and what the people of san francisco expect from the people that i will appoint. because of the future and the concerns about our kids. none of us knew we would be in the midst of a global pandemic. there wasn't a playbook for this. when we think about what happened in san francisco and what we did, our early action to save lives. we were a model for the country, and the number of people whose lives were safed and the number of people fully vaccinated and boosted and we should be proud.

the stark contrast to what happened in the school district. the frustration, uncertainty, inconsistent information, lack of clarity, bickering, politics and who suffered the most? our children. they suffered the most. they are still suffering. we have to put aside all personality conflicts and we have to focus our attention on addressing what is most important, and be that is their future. i met with a lot of parents. there are a lot of parents out there that can't be advocates for their kids. they may not know how. i can't help but think if this

pandemic had happened when i was a kid when my grandmother was raising me, a woman who never had the opportunity to come to the school if i got in trouble i had to get sent home. i think about those kids who don't have the parents who have the time because they are working two or three jobs or those parents who may feel uncomfortable with speaking out because of their immigrant status or a number of issues. those kids in abusive homes. i think about all of those kids who don't have advocates, who don't have that level of support that they need and school was in some cases their only outlet. there are going to be a number of heavy conversations in the coming weeks because the

decision that i may being is going to be important. it is going to be important because of the short term and long-term challenges the school board faces. what is next? what is next is there are votes to be counted. department of elections anticipates that they will be finished counting votes by next week. end of next week. once they certify the results they will forward that information to the board of supervisors, and the board of supervisors will meet to approve the election results, certify the results. that process is expected to take somewhere close to a month. in that time i will be interviewing candidates. there is a lot of work to continue to be done. we will do everything to work

with the school district. once a vacancy occurs that is when i will have an opportunity to appoint and my hope is that i could make a decision that sanfranciscans can be proud of d feel the school district is in good hands. it will require patience and development clearly of new found trust because of what is experienced. so we have still a process involved, still time that we need to take. time where my focus will be on reaching out meeting with folks and doing everything i can to make the best decision for the kids of our city.

with that i wanted to just talk a little bit about the mask mandate. today officially the masks are no longer required in places like restaurants, bars, offices, movie theaters, museums and indoor settings for vaccinated people. people can still wear their masks. in fact i know people will still wear their masks and there may be some businesses that still may require you to wear your mask. please don't get into arguments about whether or not you are required to wear your mask or not. it is a hard time for all of us. if a business asks you to wear a mask, wear a mask or choose another business. let's understand this is challenging. i know some of our regulations

have been confusing. one minute you are wearing a mask then you are and then you are not. we are in this together. we have a lot to be proud of. as i said, a leader in the country related to saving lives in a global pandemic we could not predict. we should be proud. this is the homestretch. numbers have declined in hospitalizations and the number of people impacted. my hope as we begin to change that and people are boosted and vaccinated. masks may not be required in some other settings like schools and hospitals and jails where they still respect required. continue to be patient with us. continue to be patient with the businesses all over the city. we will get through this.

thank you. >> can you speak to the concerns some may have around that? >> what i will speak to is there is always conversations around money and politics. at the end of the day what we see in the election results it is clear that many of these san franciscans are more concerned about our children and what has been happening with the school district and distransactions and lack of focus and what is more important than they are about our children. what is my focus is the children first and four most. whoever is selected will focus on trying to turn the school

district around. focus specifically on public school and enrollment apsome of the challenges that exist there. the point that you made is something that is news to me because the fact is there are a lot of different kinds of people involved in the push for this recall from all walks of life. to attribute to one group of people is not fair to the work that so many grassroots people who have children in the public school systems have done. >> i am not disqualifying anyone at this time. i am going to meet and talk to as many people i can that with serve the san francisco unified school district well and focus on the public schools and our

children. [indiscernable] >> i think, you know, i do not regret my decision to appoint foga to the school board. foga had a lot of skills in working with communities that are on the southeast sector of the city. many people advocated for him as a voice for them. i made that decision. he was running already. he had a lot of support and especially a lot of support from many of the communities struggling in the school district. i don't regret the decision i may being. in this particular process i will think about the same thing. thinking about those same communities in the decision i

make and thinking about, you know, more in depth people who have more in depth knowledge of, for example, what i heard from parents. they want someone who understands finance. the financials. they are concerned about the budget deficit and what that might mean for their children. having people who understand budget and who have knowledge of not just community but who have the qualifications to understand how an organization is run. hiring and budgeting and there is a lot of different components to this. those are things that are added to the conversation in addition to some of the things i look for in previous candidates. >> do you think given the results 70 something plus of the recall that san francisco and

san franciscans are moving less in the direction of having progressive ideas and more towards moderate and liberal ideas? >> i don't think so. our children suffered. it is not about politics. it is not about having progressive or moderate or liberal idea. it is about my kid used to be a kid that was social and fun and is now quiet and sad and doesn't smile. you as the parent feel like there is nothing you can do about that because of what is happening with your child's education. at the end of the day this is about what was happening. we are not saying some of the things at the school district weren't important conversations to have. i think renaming schools and

looking at the history of the names is important. the problem was the clear communication around when schools would open and how during the process of distance learning we would deal with those challenges of kindergarten not signing in and issues happening at hand. the fact those weren't put front and center and solutions weren't focused on there is what drove this decision. that is what i heard from the people i talked to. it wasn't about progressive or liberal. i think it minimizes is hard work so many people did to get this on the ballot to get it past by trying to attribute it to that. >> the chinese american community reasserting its

political power. >> sorry. >> was yesterday's recall was the chinese american community reasserting it goes political power in the city? >> these are people fighting for their children. i can't say that enough. the storyis heard over the past couple weeks would have brought you to tears. imagine if it were your child and you didn't have money to put them in private school or anything which most of the private schools were open and your kid is struggling. this came from a different place. this came from parents who were upset and frustrated and stressed out and in many cases trying to work two or three jobs to take care of their kids. single moms and grandmothers

afternoon grandfathers. this was from my perspective not about politics. >> how are you going to ensure the picks you make are independent and not be holden to you. there is concern you might have too much influence over the school board instead of the voters. >> that is unfair in terms of assessment. i feel confident my history of appointments demonstrates that i willing to work with people who have a different ideology than i do in order to make what i believe is the best decision based on input. one of my first picks worked for someone who actually ran for mayor. we ran against one another. i think that at the end of the

day, i am a san franciscan. i love the city. i will make a decision in the best interest of the entity and best interest of the city. that will involve feedback from people who really -- parents especially, teachers, educators as well -- having well rounded feedback and number to choose from that are going to be important. that is my focus. my hope is they are people who will work with me and work with the city. we want to partner with the cool district. you have come to us and we have gone to them. we want someone to work with us so we can help support our

children. >> do you have a position? are you open to changes? >> i think that it is the wrong message right now. these people worked really hard. this was a very grassroots effort. i think that people should have the ability if they have a concern with any elected leader. they should have the right to take a recall effort to the ballot. it is unfortunate. to put this on the ballot is very unfortunate. >> you are a part of children and families staying in the budget. so much per household. how will you keep housing affordable so the state comes in to fund the school board. >> changes to the am location so it is not based on individual

student enrollment. they are looking at different formulas. san francisco is an i very expensive place to live. one solution is to build more housing remove the barriers that obstruct our ability to do so and recently the housing measure to speed up housing production was rejected by the board of supervisors. we can't keep saying we want more affordable and more housing and the decisions we make are counter to that. thank you everybody.

>> president moran: 2022 meeting of the public yutings commission to order. please call the roll. [ roll call ] >> clerk: vice president ajami is excused from today's meeting. we have a quorum. due to the covid-19 health emergency issued by the san francisco department of public health and emergency orders of the governor and this meeting is

held via tell conference and televised by sfgov tv. for those watching live extreme, there's a brief time between live tv and what's being viewed on sfgov tv. if you wish to make public comment on an item dial (415)655-0001, meeting i.d. 2481 738 9289, pound pound. to raise your hand to speak press star 3. you must limit your comment to the topic of the agenda item being discussed unless you're speaking in general public comment. we ask public comment be made in civil and constructive manner. >> president moran: thank you. before calling the first item.

the san francisco public utilities commission acknowledges we are on the unceded land of the territory of the -- the sfpuc recognizes that every citizen residing within the greater bay area, has and continues to benefit from the use and occupation of the tribe's land set before and after the san francisco public utilities commission founding in 19 thru. -- 1932. it's vitally important, that we acknowledge and honor that they have established a working partnership with the sfpuc and are productive members within the greater san francisco bay area communities today.

please call the next item. >> clerk: first order of business is item 3, adopt renewed findings under state urgency legislation to continue and allow remote meetings during covid-19 emergency and direct the secretary to agendize a similar resolution at a commission meeting within the >> president moran: commissioner s any comments? seeing none. please open up for public comment. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to make two minutes public comment dial (415)655-0001, meeting i.d. 2481 738 9289 pound pound. to raise your hand to speak press star 3. >> we have one caller.

>> clerk: this is for item number 3, state urgency legislation. >> caller: this is barry nelson with the golden state family association. i was apologized. i was putting my hand up for number 5. >> no worry. thank you so much. there are no more callers in the queue. >> clerk: public comment on item 3 is closed. >> president moran: thank you. any further discussion? seeing none, may i have a motion and a second? >> move to approve. >> second. >> president moran: roll call plea. [roll call vote]ful three aye --

you have three ayes. >> president moran: the motion passes. next item. >> clerk: item 4, approval of the minutes february 8, 2022. >> president moran: any additions or corrections or comments? seeing none. public comment please. >> clerk: members of the pub who wish to make two minutes on item 4, dial (415)655-0001, meeting i.d. 2481 738 9289 pound pound. press star 3 to speak. >> there are no callers in the queue. >> clerk: public comment is closed. >> president moran: any further

discussion? motion and second please. >> commissioner maxwell: motion to approve minutes. >> commissioner paulson: second. >> president moran: roll call please. [roll call vote] you have three ayes. >> president moran: minutes from approved. >> clerk: item 5, general public comment. members of the public my address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and not on today's agenda by dialing (415)655-0001, meeting i.d. 2481 738 9289 pound pound. press star 3 to speak.

>> there are six callers in the queue. >> caller: the commissioner, we have very clear idea now about the community benefits and all along this time, even as we have been bringing to your attention, we want accountability and transparency. we haven't received it. i think the time has come to review whatever documents are there in terms of adjudication and to have a hearing. community benefits have been

given to some people that did not deserve it. people have been charged and you commissioners know a lot about the discrepancy and now it must be full transparency. we cannot kick the can down the street. we also need whoever is in charge on the community benefits to reach out to the community as much as we are trying to reach out to a few people getting no response. we need full transparency. thank you very much.

>> thank you for your comments. next caller, your line is open. you have two minutes. >> caller: on january 24th, i gave the general public comment at the capital planning committee and i quote, from 1913 until may 10, 2010, the fire department had jurisdiction over a law d.p.w. performing design and engineer. it was placed on the ballot for the june 2010 election to perform repairs. on may 10, 2010, then mayor newsom transferred him from the fire department to sfpuc to balance the budget over the objections of some in the fire department and commission. since his transfer, the p.u.c.

put forth questionable modification to a flexible water supply system with 350-pound hoses so heavy firefighters couldn't lift them. now, one p.u.c. commissioner stating that we don't need if we eliminate all gas appliances. this begs the question is now the time to write the ship. the men and women of the fire department put their lives on the line to fight fires. the men and women of the p.u.c. do not. one perspective is fire fighting, the other is engineering. thank you. >> thank you your comments. next caller. you have two minutes.

>> caller: i was lucky enough to be on a panel on october 29th last year. i had time to go through in some depth. i don't know if it's pier reviewed. i like to compliment you on the climate information workshop that included nine climate scientists of highly respected organizations. just to note, comments in the n.g.o. letter to you is relevant to the study and policy decisions including mention of high demands used from the l.t.a. thank you for your excellent study. i hope bawsca pays for its shares. my vote will be that you do a similar study ever five years to update the assessment and you

make policy decisions today that will be reexamined every five years. two conclusions, one, there's no clear indication that average precipitation will change in the next 50 years. two, warming of 4 degrees celsius is expected in the next 50 years. the study said that if the severity of the 1987-92 drop has a return period 420 years today and 4 degrees warmer temperatures that increases to 675 years. there are statements that appear to be in conflict or difficult to understand. for example water available to the city will decrease slightly. i'm reaching out to mr. richie to see if there's a way to address items like this to develop a common understanding. thank you commissioners. and sfpuc staff for the ltba.

thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next caller. you have two minutes. >> caller: thank you. good afternoon president moran and commissioners. this is. -- last week we received san francisco's response to petition for reconsideration of the water quality certification that the state water board issued last year in the licensing process. san francisco response again claims that current water demand and the sfpuc service area is 238 million gallons a day. exhibit e in the same filing is sfpuc's water resource division annual report for fiscal year 2020-21. it shows the demand was 195 mtd. the figure cited in the petition to the state water board,

inflated demand by 22%. this isn't a projection. we're talking about actual per demand. the figure was used to place figures in the san francisco chronical on may 28, 2021. i filed sunshine ordinance request for the data and calculations used to determine the rationing numbers. the response i received stated, we are withholding the information you're seeking as it constitutes attorney-client communication. i believe this is a clear violation of san francisco's sunshine ordinance. i ask that you correct the issue. i don't have to follow the procedure listed at a top of your agenda. the sfpuc's water resource division annual report, san francisco water conservation efforts have helped reduce water demand over the last two decades despite population growth.

in 1998, san francisco had about 754,000 residents who use 82 million gallons a today. today with 875,000 residents, san francisco uses 7.3 million gallons a day. that's remarkable. huge accomplishment and it should be great for tuolumne river as well. thank you very much. >> caller: i'm calling about a letter about a agreement process. i like to raise three concerns about that letter.

first, that letter it states that the tuolumne river voluntary agreement will provide better results from the state board phase one requirements. that's not true. as you know in august 2020, a review showed that the tuolumne river voluntary agreement lacks scientific basis. the staff still not publicly and responded to that pier review. it has no scientific basis. it's seen by the state having no scientific basis indicated by the secretary's letter. the letter continue to insist that the state board does not analyze the tuolumne river voluntary agreement. that's not accurate. they considered it during the ferc relicensing process.

third concern the letter continues to insert that it will result in devastating impacts. we think if the state board does three things that you can live with the state board standards. that's accelerate water supplies use accurate demand projection. we continue to urge you to move in a new direction. we urge you to hold a public forum on the status of populations on the tuolumne river that's declined in the last three years. >> thank you for your comments. next caller. >> caller: thank you, chair. good to be back with you.

i will talk about cleanpowersf today. i'm an order user of electricity. only representing myself. i'm calling from my kitchen powered by solar energy and using my standard general electronic burner range. cleanpowersf is important to me because of what the name says. clean power sf. clean power for any beloved second home in san francisco. i think back, i'm not from san francisco, if i think about potential clean electricity, in 1970, i was introduced to a transportation system in new york city. called a subway.

i'm sure you all probably gotten to see it. two billion kilowatt hours of electricity. how can we have that signature achievement in just as i would like the subway to be renewable, having a cleanpowersf that can serve those kinds of very large loads in all the renewable manner and to do it cheaper than standard electricity. i take very great pride in my cooking. i'm living and i eat great food in all electric kitchen. i believe this is within reach for anybody who will only put in the work. it's up to the agency to assist

with that. it's costly for people to make these conversions. i ask you to continue to work for a cleaner san francisco and think of the ordinary folks like you. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. we've had one additional caller join the queue. >> caller: this is david pilpel. i have to apologize on several other deadlines today. i may be able to listen to the commission meeting. i probably won't be able to call in on other items. i'm very sorry. you know how much i love the p.u.c. and these meetings. i really am sorry about that. i got other things that i got to attend to and i hope that the