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sox, they're getting a belt for playing baseball. so so we have some wwf style belts. to really honor the team and to our to our great team captains. didn't they do a great job. so this team is not only creating folks who work well together, but it's creating leaders. so thank you so much to each and every one of you, to all the parents, to all the players. congrats relations. we are again so very proud of all that you have done, which means you got to work even harder. and maybe we make it four days a week of practice next year and so with that, thank you also for coming. and we'll take a few pictures and you can enjoy city hall while we're here. but don't forget to come back tonight. see, this is why you don't give
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everyone. glad to be back. i hope you are summer is going well. and as much got to take time off. during our break. okay. i'm going to call this meeting to order. call the roll. >> president ajami >> here. >> vice president maxwell. >> here >> commissioner paulson >> here >> commissioner rivera. >> here >> commissioner stacy. >> here. >> members of the public make up to 2 minutes of remote public comment on item by dialing 415-655-0001 two 25954618679 pound pound.
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access code: 2593 461 8679 ## i would like to thank staff for assist analysis. in the room if you have not done so silence electronic device. >> i would like to announce the puc commission acknowledges it owns and stursd of the uncd land went historic territory of the ramaytush ohlone. and other sdendzants of the historic federal recognized mission san jose.
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the puc recognizes that every citizen residing in the bay area continues to benefit from the use and occupation of the lands. not only recognize the history of the tribal lands on which we reside but also we acknowledge and honor the fact that the people have established a working partnership with the puc and our productive flourishing members in the bay area communities today. >> madam secretary. call the next item. >> item 3 approval of the minutes of june 20 of 23.
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>> any comment on the minutes. call public comment >> member who is wish to make dwo minutes of remote comment on the minutes of june 27 press star 3 to speak. you will hear a chime when there are 30 seconds remain pregnant other when 2 minutes expires anyone here withhold like to comment on item 3? do we have callers with hands raised? >> there are no callers with hands raised. >> thank you. in is for the upon minutes. june 27. do you have comments on the minutes that from the last meeting. thank you. there are no callers in the
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queue. >> thank you. public comment on item 3 is closed. >> excellent. colleague fist there are no comments can i have a motion and second to approve the minutes. >> move to approve. >> second >> could you have a roll call. >> president ajami. >> aye >> vice president maxwell. >> aye >> paulson. >> aye >> riverasm >> aye >> stacy. >> aye. >> excellent. minutes are approves. could you call the next item. >> item 4 report of the general manager. good afternoon acting general manager. general manager herrera asked me to update this board on information that has been in the news. i imagine you have all seen the coverage about the algae in san francisco bay?
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we thought it might be helpful to update this body on steps we are taking to reduce nitrogen in the bay. we are in compliance with concern regulations and working closely with regulators as they assess the need for stricter rules. the puc is taking steps to help reduce nitrogen in the bay. this is the complex issue. that we have been collaborating on for over a decade >> broad coalition of scientists, engineers and policy makers studying the bay to understand how many factors including light. high temperatures and nutrient loads are affecting the health. the research indicates loads which start from multiple source the bay area's 37 wastewater agency dids not cause bloom you but may play a role on the impact of the blooms.
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most wastewater plants are not required to remove nitrogen and many cannot do so without major upgrades. the wastewater agencies provided 14 million dollars for research to help determine when and how nitrogen removal may be necessary we have been draegsz nitrogen in the became doing this in 3 ways now. we are making long-term investments like building a new state of the art treatment plant that will include full stream nitrogen removal complete in the 2026. piloting changes to the treatment process to decrease nitrogen levels during the dry weather science. look to repurposing existing tank in other assets at our main
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wastewater plant they can be upgradeed remove nitrogen. i want to clear up confusion that has been part of the public conversation around upon nitrogen reduction. recycled water does not fix nitrogen in the bay. recycled water is a local supply used for irrigation and toilet flushing developing recycled treatment facilities allows communities to diversify water supplies and conserve drinking water we are constructing the west side recycle wash at ocean side plant produce recycled water for golden gate park and other irrigation use. recycled water is not a solution to the nitrogen problem in the bay the nitrogen left over from the recycle fiteration process does not disappear temperature need to bes treated or discharged. i want to note that san frap puc
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is working with regulatoros strategies. we are willing tooshg dap in the nitrogen removal requirements regulations evolve. require long planning. construction of new infrastructure in billions of dollars in regional investment. we're prepared do our part t. is not something we can do alone. rate pay and partners and federal colleagues working to make the investments needed. thank you. comments or questions. can we have public comment. members who wish to make 2 minutes of remote comment on 4a press star 3 to speak. there will be a chime when there are 30 seconds to speak.
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to come back and provide more information. it is moving. >> i don't know where it is. thank you. and it is unfortunate but the reality is you are facing this coming back we are not the region dealing with this and not what agency wastewater dealing with this. it is -- e involving. and every growing problem.
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would you be able to come back may be by the end of this meeting and let us know about that? or is this something we need. >> i can provide that the social impact partnership practical was not included in the contract when we were going throughout behested payment's review and have to get approval so we move forward. with this vote, body voting that once we could have it. we would put it in so this is in but has nothing to do with the price the social impact partnership is not an additive price temperature is following through and putting the requirement in that were -- held up a bit during that process. >> it was not clear. i read that and figured it out i was not sure if the 2 are in any ways connect. thank you. >> and i have another question
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on -- bear with me. 5d. well is a statement there that is funding and cost. and says, later date the commission may approve an opgdz to increase the mack contract value up to 50% of the value. and i was not sure how did you come up with that 50% increase or why that statement is in there. >> in thes code every contract
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we give out can increase up to 50%? >> per track. >> yes. >> job order contract. >> okay >> wow. hi not noticed. thank you. >> i deferred to the city attorney. >> okay. thank you. is is there a way we see how often that happen in our contract. >> thank you. >> [laughter]. we can look at and get back temperature is interesting to see how we do that the other professional service contracts we take advantage to extend. >> yes. >> and sorry. i did not mean it look and now the reason i turned him is because we have been having this long conversation for a year about contracting and what happens i was trying to pile up on the questions.
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thank you. >> okay. with that, i think -- if tlir no more comments or questions. can we have public comment on the calendar yoochl member who is wish to make remote comment on item 5. press star 3 you will hear a chime had well is 30 seconds left. anyone present to provide comment on consent? >> do we have callers with hands raised. >> there are no callers wishing to be recognized. public comment on item 5 is closed. >> if no questions can we have a motion and second on the consent calendar >> move to approve consent. >> second. >> thank you. >> can we have a roll call. >> president ajami >> aye jury room vice president maxwell. >> aye >> commissioner paulson.
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>> aye >> commissioner riverasm >> aye >> commissioner stacy. >> aye. >> thank you. >> the items on consent pass. next item. >> item 6 award grant cs1245g to the mar loma improvement club for native plant garden at 350 oshg chanel see to d7 budget program using add back and not to exceed amount of 25,000 with code section 21g.8 this constitutes approval for the project the purposes of california environmental equality act. and the slides are not working we have to use the -- >> use the over head. i don't have that. does not matter. it was just. >> thank you.
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i did not say anything it popped up this . is one figure from the item. a small grant. and we had work with this awhile to work with the proper code section to make the aword the money given to the puc to take care of the work. this is wield not have spent the monfewe did it ourselves the 25 thousand dollars is not a lot of money we will gift grant to the mar loma park club. the club house left to the circled area the reason we're which have involved the ping lot and garden area on our property that is where the work will take place. and that is just above glen canyon. and happy top answer questions.
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>> colleagues. commissioner stacy >> thank you. this inotropics i was confused built source of the money. money from the general fund? the fuc decides to designating the funds run by the board. >> i was not sure if that was the case it went to the board and back to the puc. somebodiments. i'm an aid for supervisor melgar. i can peek to your question. the funds were allocated by
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supervisor melgar for budget process. which takes stake holders from the district and vet proposals from community groups. mar loam00 park club aplied through the public process awarded the funds via supervisor melgar's process we are eatingtory get it implemented. this is puc land and we would love your approval and implementing this garden of native plants the funds from the supervisor melgar. >> with that can we have public comment on this item.
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member who is wish to make remote comment on item 6y police press star 3 to speak. speakers will hear a chime with there are 30 seconds to speak. i have speaker cards from people in the room to speak and i will call your name. >> goovend, commissioners i'm robot g a board member with the impprove am club and a former positive a prove grant to the mrub for redesign of the garden awarded throughout d 7 budget program and district 7 residents
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mar loma is a community of 2200 homes. the club is a 501c3 incorporate in the 1940 and working with the seniors and vulnerable populations and working with many agencies to address issues from police, safety, transportation, traffic. neighborhood beautification. parks and zoning as well as working with the neighborhood organizations on shared. we have a history of working with different city agencies to pleasure projects including traffic calming. to the renovation of the reservoir. upon we completed other d7 budget grants awardsed us administered through community grant office from the city add administrator. as summarizing in the packet our
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garden create in the 95 to mirror glen park canyon for residents to learn about native plants. along with collaboration with the native plant society. we urge the commission to approve the grant. thank you for your time. i'm todd another. another board member. of the mar loma park club i wanted under score when robert said and -- salute him for many hours of work on this project our members have will be looking at the fourth year of no plants in the ground. i thank you and the supervisor's
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office. >> thank you. good to have people in person. do we have mixture of the public present for comment on item 6. public comment on item 6 is closed. >> if there are no discussions can i have a motion and a second on the item? >> move. >> second >> move and seconded. aye. >> commissioner rivera. >> aye >> commissioner stacy. >> aye. >> 5 aye's. >> sends us pictures of the new when it is done. thank you. perfect can we have the next
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item. >> communications. >> colleague this is is information only but if you have any? comments. could you please have the next item. >> this is our general public comment. >> item 8. general public comment. member who is wish to make remote comment on matters in the jurisdiction not on the agenda press star 3 to raise your hand. speakers hear a chime when there are 30 seconds and when your 2 minutes entired i have smeeshg cards. gwen jackson. and i'm sorry. nota jack jones. maryland jackson and robert ball. good afternoon. i'm gwen jackson and i'm the
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daughter of the late doctor jackson. i hoped that from what you remember. but i was able to i wanted say good afternoon to all. i'm kind of nervous. i'm trying to stand up. okay. i think you received a calm of a document. that was goin mean by -- kelly at the time. he asked me to help facilitate because they wantedmented i will read it because i'm nervous and i don't want you to buzz me out. okay this . is what he says. as we discuss today as the it san francisco public commission. committed to the litigation
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connected with the southeast treatment plant. i want to address a myth. and a rumor that there is not a plan or desire to the dem oat 1800 oakdale in eliminate the southeast commission. okay. i received prosecute prileft my phone there? >> i was -- i was at -- received -- messages from the community and they was saying they heard the puc was going on demo the building and i don't know if this is true. my family was wondering why was supposed to get the educational building that puc.
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okay. you can finish. get an educational building and it is not there yet when i heard that they would demo that i had concern. >> i don't understand if that is true or not. i'm not sure it is. and -- the other thing that we attended the zoom with the upon community. commissioners. and this was questions reacts they can't tell us when it would be built. it is never i answer. i wanted see if you can answer for us. i did read on this is that you have to which discuss that after
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another time thank you for your time. thank you. we appreciate your comments. thank you very much. >> we will look into that. thank you. am i'm here to say, keep my mother's dream alive. you have been i want to city college and graduate in the 2020 at home. but i was look forward to going to the school at 1550 upon evans they said it is not available i would like more sxemgz that's what was promised so police keep the dream alive. thank you. >> thank you.
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good afternoon to the commission. i'm jones the grandson of doctor jackson. so00 i was was to read there was a resolution presented on march 82016. with respect on january 24, 2016, doctor jackson passed at the age of 83. where as, doctor jackson played air role in the creation of the southeast community facility. where as the upon community was near to her heart and until her last day doctor jackson continued to speak about issues affecting them partial her legacy will impact the lives of those grateful for her countless
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endefers honor the wishes of doctor jack remembered as a timeless leader within the city and county of san francisco to name a few. and this was said by the commission. and also signed by all the commissions. thank you. >> good afternoon i'm robot. i met mrs. jackson 20 years ago and she was instrument in me getting my life together and strict on her programs about the rights for minorities in her community. she was very that was her pet peeves and if you ever came in contact with her that was a thing that was a constant with her. to find out now years later that the projects that she worked hard to do.
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in some of the upon communities are being wasted or -- you know -- sectioned out. and i think that the young people i grew up in bayview and in san francisco my life i lost city. i just think that there can be better opportunity with the areas to help the youth. younger people. and i'm only here to express that because i see so many of just her projects. she was she loved her community and it did not matter you know with ethnicity. you were poor or rich. she tried to give you some sense of fairness. and that's what i got from her. and hearing about when her pet peeves that is there. if the city with finds something that is a benefit both of them i thank you all.
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may be >> flynn we can look in this. we can discuss this but may be you can let us know or mr. herrera can let us know the status of the project. we will report back top 1880 oakdale. thank you. dom we have other speakers in the room for general public comment? there is one caller. >> thank you. i opened your line value 2 minutes >> thank you. this some dave warner.
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thank you for your service and hope you had a deserved break d. finance projections came out. likely than when boska did the finance action population changes had the largest impact on demand. the projectioners important for aisle water supply decision will speak about the risk for increasing water and sewer rates higher than projected. 2020 plan population increasing to 1.25 million f. d. finance reduction shows the san francisco population declining. this is a big difference 1.2 versus 847 thousand and lower demand means less water and sewer services. we pressure on water and sewer
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rates. the puc rate analysis does d not use the plan projections but demand increase. with both population and per cap upon that demand declining the rate increases will not need to increase beyond the 10 year projections. ask staff to present what rates shift the d. finance projections reality. a second topic quick i hope you saw goals listed on the second log a few page in from the first am it was tricky. thank you. >> thank you. >> madam secretary there are no more callers. >> general public comment is closed. >> thank you. could you please call the next item. >> next is item 9 items
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initialled by the commissioners. >> colleagues any items you would like to initiate at this point? >> commissioner maxwell. >> please. regarding green houses on the evans. if they are hiring people from the upon community and if they are obtaining they are being paid paying less rent. why is that where we -- kinds of an idea the green houses. well and, there is a football possibility they are paying below market rate f. they are may have been a reason if there was a reason for it. may have been buz they would employ or do things are they
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liveingsum that to upon agreement if there is is an agreement. >> there were a handful of comments submitted by the individuals that doctor jackson's family and different people submitted for public comment. there are few items raised. if you don't mind look through them i thank you is one other one mentioned there. and letting us and not since we made that comment i want to make a comment i appreciate the comment on population growth. they are not going into a deep discussion we are looking into that thank you for your comments. and then no items to be initialled no public comment can we have the other item. >> we have public comment. >> yes.
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>> commissioner, vice president maxwell. >> you initialled a comment. >> members of the public who wish to make remote upon comment on item 9, press star 3 to speak. do we have callers with hands raised. >> there are no callers in the queue. >> opinion comment on item 9 is closed. >> thank you. no action taken here. could you read the items to are heard during closed session. >> following yments heard during closed session litigation for the following items. 12, bing versus city of san francisco settlement of
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unlitigated claim for damage to property a rut urd water main with the city san francisco to pay the institute 64, 483 dollars. subject to final approval by the board. number 13, wong versus the city of san francisco proposed settle am of claim for damage to property resulting from rut urtd water main with the city of san francisco to pay the wong 50 thousand dollars subject to final approval by the board of supervisors. and 14, jessica versus city of san francisco settlement of unlitigated claim for damage to property a water main with the city of san francisco to pay 32 thousand dollars subject to final approval by the board of supervisors. i'm sorry fimispronounced names. members of public who wish to comment on closed session 12-13
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press star 3 to speak. . do we have anyone present for upon comment. >> mr. moderator do we have callers weapon hands raised yoochlt there are no callers in the queue. public comment on closed session is closed. >> thank you. may i have a motion on whether to assert the attorney/client privilege on the closed matters. >> moved. >> second. >> thank you. can we have a relate call. >> president ajami. >> aye >> vice president maxwell. >> aye. >> paulson. >> aye. >> commissioner riverasm >> aye >> commissioner stacy. >> aye. >> thank you. move to
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wire back. may ia a motion whether to. sorry. disclose the items that were discussed during closed session. >> you need your announcement. first. . s you are right. too much talking. i have been off long. >> okay. the commission recommendings the board supervisors approved settlements referenced in the agenda. with that, can i have a motion not to disclose the discussions during closed session?
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motion not to acert. >> not to disclose. >> thank you. >> second. >> thank you. can we have a roll call. >> president maxwell >> i'm sorry ajami. >> aye. >> commissioner paulson. >> aye >> rivera. >> aye >> stacy >> aye >> thank you. sindz those to the board of supervisors. thank you. i think with that. we are the end of the agenda today. and adjourned. thank you. today.
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>> (clapping.) >> i've been working in restaurants forever as a blood alcohol small business you have a lot of requests for donations if someone calls you and say we want to documents for our school or nonprofit i've been in a position with my previous employment i had to say no all the time. >> my name is art the owner and chief at straw
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combinations of street food and festival food and carnival food i realize that people try to find this you don't want to wait 365 day if you make that brick-and-mortar it is really about making you feel special and feel like a kid again everything we've done to celebrate that. >> so nonprofit monday is a program that straw runs to make sure that no matter is going on with our business giving back is treated just the is that you as paying any other bill in addition to the money we impose
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their cause to the greater bayview it is a great way for straw to sort of build communicated and to introduce people who might not normally get to be exposed to one nonprofit or another and i know that they do a different nonprofit every most of the year. >> people are mroent surprised the restaurant it giving back i see some people from the nonprofit why been part of nonprofit monday sort of give back to the program as well answer. >> inform people that be regular aprons at straw they get imposed to 10 or 12 nonprofits. >> i love nonprofits great for a local restaurant to give back to community that's so wonderful
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i wish more restrictive places did that that is really cool. >> it is a 6 of nonprofit that is supporting adults with autism and down syndrome we i do not involved one the wonderful members reached out to straw and saw a headline about, about their nonprofit mondays and she applied for a grant back in january of 2016 and we were notified late in the spring we would be the recipient of straw if you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer thems in the month of genuine we were able to organize with straw for the monday and at the end of the month we were the recipient of 10 percent of precedes on mondays the contribution from nonprofit monday from stray went into our post group if you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer theming fund with our arts coaching for chinese and
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classes and we have a really great vibrate arts program. >> we we say thank you to the customers like always but say 0 one more thing just so you know you've made a donation to x nonprofit which does why i think that is a very special thing. >> it is good to know the owner takes responsibility to know your money is going to good cause also. >> it is really nice to have a restaurant that is very community focused they do it all month long for nonprofits not just one day all four mondays. >> we have a wall of thank you letters in the office it seems
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like you know we were able to gas up the 10 passenger minivan we were innovate expected to do. >> when those people working at the nonprofits their predictive and thank what straw is giving that in and of itself it making an impact with the nonprofit through the consumers that are coming here is just as important it is important for the grill cheese kitchen the more restrictive i learn about what is going on in the community more restrictive people are doing this stuff with 4 thousand restaurant in san francisco we're doing an average of $6,000 a year in donations and multiply that by one thousand that's a lot to i've got time i've bp g
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with 25 jobs so for young people one of my favorite days in san francisco thank you, thank you to the companies that are hiring. >> (clapping.) >> the city of san francisco and united way are calling an employers to have jobs for youth in 2012 president obama issued a challenge and the challenge was get disconnected young people
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connected to jobs and so mayor ed lee said we should lead this challenge that the city will have 25 hundred jobs that first summer 6200 jobs and been building. >> i'll high are ups we like to pledge 50 jobs so for youth this summer. >> excellent. thank you. >> a large part of the jobs it did manual resource center started off a a youth program and our first year 35 percent of the young people working full-time we know there the pressors looking for committed young people the resource fair attracts over 6 hundred people if all over the city and the greater bay area. >> we have public and private partnership the employers came
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from hertz rent a car and many private sector jobs sea have the city staff so the airport is here, starbuck's is here we've been retail we have restaurants, we have offices and so the young people will get an opportunity to partner search warrant with so many of the great champions for jobs. >> for the past 5 years we've hired over 3 willed youth to work as business traces they have been promoted to supervisors. >> if you're doing a job at starbuck's the opportunity for them allows them to understand math if tire working at anothers architectural firm understanding debris or a media to understand reading and writing differently those are opportunities that the mayor is clear he wanted to provide
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we're going to be do mock interviews helping young people that the resumes a it pulls them to the career opportunities and building inspection commission make sure they're prepared for those opportunity educational and in terms of their preparation skills by the time many of them leave they'll leave with jobs and new relationships building their network of the opportunity to thrive and i think i could focus and i check around the booths to see had is available i'm hoping to get a job but have employers you know employers give practice. >> i feel this will be a great way to look for jobs we can do this like you get paid. >> when our young people walk we capture their information so we can do follows up and we have a room that has a our computer
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lab an opportunity for them to do cover letters and talk about updating their profile and i think how you do things on the internet we help quam and they can update tare resume and can look in interviews and on the spot job officers we hire about one hundred young people today lee alone it is exciting out of that it is if they come through with one hundred walk out with a job. >> we'll rock and roll i guess in the job interviews it went great. >> as a youth we get to go through experiences 3 builds a great foundation gymnasium a positive outlook and more importantly confidence. >> we really want to do at the end of the day exist a young person with the possibility of what we can be and do we have
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them go home i want to get there let me connection with those folks and ultimately got on the path. >> good morning good morning caitlin i'm caitlin lopez 23 years old i moved out to california and san francisco, california had i was about 8 years old and actually put in foster care at the age of 9 or 10 had a baby at the 16 years old so i've kind of had this crazy like youth experience. >> despite the challenges she faced caitlin finished high school and take advantage of program. >> i heard will mayor ed lee's program through my social worker and i interviewed with
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entrepreneurs after i was matched walking sweet spots office i thought imitated not been in that type of office ones i got into the office with my supervisor we boptd and i got a call from h.r. i got the position and i'm in. >> i have. >> we hired merry for 8 weeks and saw how she did she was only going to work 8 weeks but at the end question offered her a position part time. >> i have those traits it has been great working here my term of 5 weeks was pretty much like family supporting each other i feel like the mayors job program helped me to get in job without
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the jobs plus program i - i probably would have not even had a job. >> in her case she's a mother of two now going to school full-time and making it happen so if she can do it differently anyone that has a willingness to try at least try to make it can do it. >> those programs are amazing they're so important for young adults to really go out there and make a better future for themselves and despite not having a traditional - you can go out there based on the programs that's what they're for they want to help you succeed. >> we'll be committing to 25 jobs in the tech. >> the san francisco rec and park is hiring 3 and 50 youth
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that summer . >> (clapping.) >> and only child born in the office development allocation to r so for me is a network of the community that made the difference no way i'll be with united way this network was here for me this was personal and professional so important we create the opportunities who know the next ceo or champion of the community is coming today to find their path. >> that's the roll in san francisco we really by helping each other out >> (clapping.) >> the goal for 2017 to create 5 thousand jobs for youth if you want more information invite them at sf youth.org
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