>> francisco city and county board of supervisors regular meeting this afternoon at 2:00 pm., tuesday, october 1, 2024.)

the san francisco city and county board of supervisors regular meeting this afternoon at 2:00 pm., tuesday, october 1, 2024. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> thank you, mr. president.

supervisor chan, present. >> supervisor dorsey, present. >> supervisor engardio, present. >> supervisor mandelman, present. >> supervisor melgar, present. >> president peskin, present. >> supervisor preston, present. >> supervisor ronen, present. >> supervisor safai, present. >> supervisor stefani, present. >> and supervisor walton, present. >> mr. president all members >> mr. president all members are present thank you, madam unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush (rah-my-toosh) ohlone (o-lon-ee) who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory.

elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> colleagues please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk do you have any announcements. >> yes. thank you, mr. president. the san francisco board of supervisors welcomes you all to attend this meeting in the chaurm within city hall second floor room 250 or watch channel 26 or live stream www..com in writing send an e-mail to sfgov or via i postal

service to the san francisco board of supervisors the number one city hall, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, ca 94102 room 244. to make a reasonable. >> accomodation under the and the. >> public comment call-in: 1-415-655-0001 thank you, mr. president. >> thank you, madam clerk >> would you please call the consent agenda. >> one through 5 these items are considered to be routine if if a member objects a item maybe removed and considered separating but colleagues before we call the roll i know we already passed item 5 unanimously last week but acknowledge the highlights this legislation in what i believe

the final passage this legislation represents a unique and innovate approach for the first in the country about which other downtown business districts radio reached touted to replicate it creates a central for arts and culture activations by putting the community benefit district in charge allows them to get the permit once and quickly open up open spaces to art and culture programs and the stewardship of underutilized public spaces this has great partners and arts and culture public funding and other public spaces and a new cb d has an action place for stakeholders input puts o seats to work over the long term. i really want to thank robby for his brain power

and others yerba buena and ken and others from union square and selma arts and brick-and-mortar. >> (calling names.) >> with that, colleagues roll call on is consent calendar. >> on items 1 through 5. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor engardio, aye. >> supervisor mandelman, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> president peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye. >> and supervisor chan, aye.

>> there are 11 ayes. >> thank you, madam clerk >> those items are finally passed those items are finally passed (gavel) next item mr. sidewalks, highways, other public right-of-ways, off-street parking facilities, or private property in connection with a vehicle sideshow or preparations - >> supervisor dorsey thank you, president peskin in line with our conversation on this item last week some amendments those are distributed to be e-mail and hardcopy i want to express my praeshgs appreciation to colleagues that need more clarity so on page that line 17 after seized 67 vehicles i'll move to quote including 8 from sideshows and 59 from reckless excavation when a person attempt

to elude police officers from persons or priorities include manifests like doughnuts and burn outs unquote this is to vote on the legislation next week and with that, like to make a motion. >> motion by supervisor dorsey and send supervisor safai without objection this is amended as described and a admission to continue the ordinance for one welcome back oh, not have to vote on it. and vote on it now and okay. >> so on the stem we'll. >> take it same house, same call. as amended and passed on first reading first reading (gavel) next item,

next item, next item, and labor and employment codes imposing obligations or restrictions on subgrantees related to the program. >> same house, same call. the ordinance is passed on first reading madam clerk right items 8 through 10 together. >> that resolutions for

amount of $160,074 for the total period of april 1, 2023, through january 31, 2025. >> supervisor ronen thank you. i'll excited before those programs gets us further we're doing a great job to get to zero and thank you. >> seeing no other names on the roster, take those. >> same house, same call. the

resolutions are adopted training and workforce development programs, and ensure the availability of safe and clean public restrooms for the pit stop workforce and to authorize the director of public works to make necessary, non-material changes to the amendment before its execution. >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted through may 31, 2025, provided by deloitte tax llp, to help the city identify opportunities to obtain federal tax credits for qualifying -

>> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted next item resolution is adopted next item (gavel) >> 13. resolution 1) approving and authorizing the director of property and the mayor's office of housing and community development (“mohcd”) to enter into a commercial ground lease for real property owned by the city and located at 725 davis street (the“commercial property”) with broadway davis retail associates llc, for a lease term of 70years and one 24-year option to extend and an annual base rent of $1 (“commercial related to a 52-unit affordable housing development for low-income seniors, including 15 units for homeless seniors; 3) adopting -

>> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted (gavel) schools and programs for the real property owned by the city, located at 42 otis street (the “property”), for an initial lease term of five years with 10 and low-income households; 3)adopting findings declaring

that the property is "exempt surplus land" under the california - >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted (gavel) next next next next next next (“borrower”) for $4,151,000 under an agreement for purchase and sale (“purchase agreement”); 2) placing the property under the jurisdiction of mohcd for ground floor commercial space (the “project”); 4) approving and authorizing an amended and restated loan agreement in an amount not to exceed (nte)

“exempt surplus land” pursuant to the california surplus lands act; 7)determining that the less than market rent payable under the ground lease will serve a - >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted (gavel) madam clerk please read items 16 through 19 together. >> 4 resolutions to respond to the supreme court in the following following civil grand jury implementation of accepted

findings and recommendations through her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. annual budget. implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. >> supervisor preston thank you, president peskin i want to thank the grand jury for the acknowledgement of my colleagues on gao we take the leads on responding to each of these and one to thank supervisor safai and supervisor chan and thank you, from my staff for the efforts and have one minor technical non-substantive correction on item 17 that was

circulated to the board i'd like to voted that amendment before we adopt these. >> okay. shall we do that few. >> that's item 17. >> correct. >> motion made by supervisor preston and seconded by and supervisor walton without objection. supervisor melgar. >> thank you, president peskin i had a couple of questions brown about items 16 specifically if i could - >> ask the chair of the committee? >> this is the civil cynthia goldstein report on the climate strategies what we're paying back to the presiding judge what we agree or disagree with the conclusion about um, page -

anyway, i wanted to know what the um, the thought process of the um, the committee was? about how we are agreeing or disagreeing with what we need to pay for um, in terms of the climate strategies specific how we call late the >> members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction >> sure. i think i'll defer to my colleagues 80 who took the lead and supervisor stefani do you want to respond. >> to supervisor melgar i have to look at it and know what exactly you're referring to had finding i'll be talking about. >> so um. okay. so we say that to the presiding judge that

we disagree with the finding number for example: 6 for the following reasons the city regularly communicates climate change with two residents through the planning department puc and the department of environment so how did i come to that conclusion and we line number 12 page 5 of the legislation. um, we say that recommendation number 3, 2 will not be implemented because it is unwarranted with the go bonds are paid for by special tax it there is a bunch of things we're saying to the judge we're already doing no money allocate how i came to the conclusion. i wasn't at the meeting i'm sorry, i wanted to hear that question. >> that's fine i wish you had

asked the board but at the same time, we asked the board in terms of communications on those issues and a came back back that the climate change risks to residents are communicated regularly nothing more to do facial in terms of the body question they wanted us to um, exclude something not factual in terms of what i read on page 5 i don't have this in front of me, you asked questions you should have asked me before. >> okay. thank you. >> supervisor stefani. >> okay. >> i have nothing further. >> with that, on item 16, item 7 as amended, item 18 and item

19. >> same house, same call. the resolutions are adopted (gavel) madam clerk read the madam clerk read the next item. >> 20. ordinance amending the planning code and zoning map to establish the 555 9th street special sign district encompassing the real property consisting of assessor's parcel block no. 3781, lot no. 003, and to modify sign controls for the existing shopping center;affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act; making findings of consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1; and making findings of public necessity,convenience, and welfare under planning code, section 302. >> same house, same call. the ordinance is passed on passed on first reading next item, item, item,

item, item, item, please. >> 21. ordinance amending the administrative code to expand the san francisco public utilities commission's (sfpuc) social impact partnership program by requiring that all covered contracts that include a social impact commitment, including those contracts that were solicited before april 22, 2023, increase such commitment upon amendment or modification of the contract and by removing the minimum threshold for applicable amendments or modifications. >> same house, same call. the ordinance is passed on first reading reading next item, claudia quinonez (residency requirement waived), term ending march 19, 2027, to the child care planning and advisory council (district 4) >> same house, same call. the motion is approved approved (gavel) next >> 23. motion appointing melinda burrus, term ending december 31, 2024, to the sugary drinks distributor tax advisory committee. >> same house, same call. the motion is approved madam clerk why not go to committee reports item committee reports item

committee reports item committee reports item committee reports item committee reports item alterations; and affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act. seeing no other names on the roster, we will take this. >> same house, same call. the ordinance is passed on first reading madam clerk let's go to roll call for discussion. >> you're up first summit. thank you. >> supervisor engardio. >> thank you, madam clerk. mr. president i want to wish a happy one had the first birthday to jimmy carter in his final days in hospice care and mr. president carter focused on the

good and president carter had human rights and put as soon as possible on the white house roof before ronald reagan anything else if we okay. on or usually energy i have a proclamation what would jimmy carter do? i'm glad president carter sees his ideas and i hope we can create the world president carter envisioned. the rest i submit. >> >> thank you. >> thank you, madam clerk. >> very gay day over in the district a couple of exemptions

colleagues the mayor and i are asking the acquisition on market street for the purpose of lgbtq history museum. this is legislation has been a long time coming and people organizations deserve a share of credit for getting us to this point and hesitance to thank people i'm sure i'll leave some out but district 8 duffey 15 years ago struck a deal for the lgbtq to open a museum in the castro and though this space a a great success for visitors in castro and residents alike we all known it was not a museum forever home in 2021 the mayor set aside funds to be used for a permanent

home for a lgbtq in the queer legislation and colleagues thank you all for keeping those funds in the budget over those years as we looked for the right location for the museum. i believe that at long last we've found it on market street between sanchez will make sure that the castro will forever be recognized as worlds greatest neighborhood the vacant space will be the operation of the museum and short term- and ground floor opted out by tenants and generating represent be to help to have a successful operation of the building provides space for the museum to expand. and many of you are familiar with and reading with the community arts trust that

has grown and serving the nonprofits in the acquisition operation of real estate and lends a hand in the project they have many oats have, too, and have a lot of confidence to successfully pull off the operation of museum and the acquisition by the lgbtq and district 8 now senator scott wiener h found 5 and a half million dollars to help with the building and get the historic society a start on what will be a significant private funding for operations in the future and in addition to mayor london breed and i want to thank the office along with on the direct the real estate division for your work and the road has been

long and winding. and with a number of sites entered into several letters of intents and dashed at various point would not have gotten here without those folks and acknowledge brian shoe and others from the arts commission for your work and two arts aluminum and others in the city attorney's office deserve a lot of things to and adam talks about curbing with my office and former lee jacobs all carried this project along. um, secondly, um, i'm introducing the saga in the effort to allow gay bathhouses in san francisco

colleagues you may recall after 2020 we asked amendment to the health code that undid the 1980 prohibition own the operation of gay bathhouses as a health code that matters because within a couple of years operators coming down to try to open a gay bathhouse found that the planning in the plaza was in 2022 and 19 colleagues at the time, we amended did planning code to allow permitted use in some uses and other places adult gay houses we are getting closer and folks trying to open those things and found another piece of police codes that is san

francisco nothing is simple variety regulations and rules everywhere this is back to the 70s and governing the operation of baths houses and a marietta for the police department to regulate the opening and operation of bathhouses and remits making sense in conversation with the police department and health department and dbi and others we um, you know, determined this sector will be the lead without hurting anyone and anyone objects we or doing that. and so i want to thank supervisor dorsey for your early co-sponsorship and the department of health and.

>> (calling names.) >> um, lieutenant stephen and andrew and others from sf police department and ann persona and valerie from the city attorney's office. and i want to thank. >> (calling names.) >> from my office and. the rest i submit. >> >> thank you supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor melgar submit. >> thank you, madam clerk on this day of read into the record breaking heat while hearsay of thousands of residents in north carolina feels the devastation of flooding and in the wake of the hurricane that is appropriate we discuss new policies initiatives relevant to the policy here today. earlier today together with president peskin and supervisor melgar and many supporters we have a new e

bike to reduce the green house gases i started working on this policy with president peskin and advocates the out pouring of support if thousands of san franciscans calling this program e bike programs are tried successfully in the denver, colorado and austin texas with different state and local governments. those programs have shown to reduce congestion especially for parents and the purpose of this pole to make sure that all san franciscans have an opportunity to participate in the new mode of transportation and with the investments infrastructure and not just folks were well-off. the legislation we are

introducing today will create a fund to provide a foundation to build and expand a new program it is eligible for county transportation authority for transportation demand management and will be set up to receive local and state and federal government funding and the providing funding for folks who want to replace unsafe devices. >> thank you my staff. >> (calling names.) >> from supervisor preston office and appreciate working with folks in the transportation community to make sure that reaching the community over-burdened by air pollution will be met by this legislation. the rest i submit. >> >> thank you, mr. president, and supervisor preston submit. >> supervisor ronen.

>> 2, 3, 4 should we. >> i mean, you do you have anything for roll call. >> why not go to our. >> special order 2:30 p.m. - recognition of commendations. and ending with supervisor ronen. >> thank you you can tell i'm excited about this (laughter) i want to ask bryan and lopez to come forward. for to others front here. >> to the front here (clapping.) colleagues, i'm proud to recognize two special young men who have remarkable history right here as city hall and an honor and in latino heritage month bryan and edwin come up i met them 10 years ago after they

arrived in the united states after horrendous conditions of guatemala and the this have family here in san francisco and enrolled in the elementary school and while adjusting to a brand new country as a child bryan and edwin faced preceding alone as you can see immigrants in deportation are not given representation and that means that children like bryan and edwin at 11 and 7 have to face a judge and prosecutor without adults do guide or represent them at that time hundreds of other immigrant children facing the same circumstances

remarkable bryan edwin came to the city and walked the halls and at the young age advocated for emergency funding for representation. i have a clip um, of this special moment um, when bryan and edwin were 11 and 7 years old i want to share a little bit of san francisco history and. >> (speaking spanish) good morning. my name is bryan i'm here to ask for help with attorneys because in any country is dangerous and so many

violence and gang members. >> (speaking spanish.) >> in any country everyday children are shot and killed we're not doing anything but walking on the streets they're shoot and killed. >> (speaking spanish.) >> this is because they don't want to join the gangs and killed because they don't want to join the gangs. >> (speaking spanish.) >> this is why i'm here to ask for your help you i don't or don't have santa fe suffer what others suffering including

mothers. >> (clapping). >> if i can ask them a question they can say what their age is? >> 12. >> (speaking spanish.) >> 7. >> a round of applause (clapping.) want to take a moment to recognize our - in the front row that's why behind you too. um, and then, of course, you can tell why i hired the legislative aide in a fight for a long time. i was the chief of staffer with david and had an effort of advocating individual like bryan and edwin created the rights

council for unaccompanied children the legal department for sf. thanks to their advocacy bryan and edwin and hundreds of children have legal representation in san francisco. and anna like i said, my beloved brilliant elective aid was the attorney for the services and won the immigration case yeah, and now at a u.s. citizen bryan will be voting in his first election in november (clapping.) bryan is a student at uc santa cruz and transferred in the san francisco college for those students and bryan as completed

with education and which is a partnership with the state for a i like bryan and edwin is a senior at the high school here in the city on the cusp of graduation and bryan and id wins parents are here both work at the school in the bay view with the and his mom is a educator. and i invited bryan and edwin here 10 years they've spoken in the chamber as children and advocated for this crucial and public - i can thrill from working on that legislation some members of board of supervisors i'll mention the chair of the budget committee at the time who

was not supporting us passed is ordinance that day that was huge you did that (laughter) and san francisco to date wouldn't have provided legal representation to the immigrant like bryan and edwin the bright lights changing the world and in amazing ways and unfortunately, the discourse around exhibition has gotten worse since edwin and bryan arrived here 10 years ago in our city giveaway immigrant have reared it's ugly head it is important we uplift our values in the incredible immigrant who make our city so proud and bryan and edwin thank you for you're encourage and perseverance and leadership you have overcame an

incredible amount to be here and made the city proud of us you remind us of has best in the community to provide meaningful opportunities to immigrant as those who are in need we are proud of you bryan and edwin congratulations on our accomplishments and many more to come (clapping). >> hello, good afternoon members of the board of supervisors esteemed gifts i'm bryan it is privilege and honor and ten years ago, i was one of the children in front of you pleading for help without legal representation and fled guatemala and a future in san francisco and with the tireless

support from the delores street i was given a chance to hear any story it was is encourage and proving of this board with supervisor david campos that funding for legal representation for children like me was a reality you gave us more than representation you gave us hope and in fact, that can't be overstated and as a legal aid you gave me a chance i believe that we can be a volunteer your expansion gave his us a bright future for me and others. today, i stand but not as a scared child i once with us but a testament when a community comes together and protects the most

vulnerable members. i am now a student pursuing a bachelors degree and something to uplift the latino population and with the support i received now i'm dedicated to helping others and insuring you can achieve what no one has you think is out of reach i want to everyone to know we as gchts latino, asian or any other corner of the world we're not just a part of the country by the dreams the struggles and feelings we are the thread that binds the nation together to enclosure our hopes and relentless hopes and at the

moment echo through we as a communities are stronger with the uplift the marginalized we are greater and we as a nation will have true values when we open our arms to those in need maybe the future generation look back and on the rights side of history this is a legacy of courage and unwavering belief that every child regardless of where we come from can achieve they're dreams. >> that was beautiful. >> let's your older brother speak for you. >> thank you all for being - be here in this moment and thank

you for your all the people that are here from sf (clapping.) madam clerk lettuce go back for. >> roll call for introductions. and supervisor safai and back to new business? >> >> roll call for introductions. say something. >> so i want to say a quick

word that became public passed a 85 actually last month and some of the people in the room john amos was a fat in good times and the root and the impact it had on so many people being the first all black cast ever in american history with that influenced people's lives i want to say rest in peace and somebody had an impact on me so said to honor him and. the rest i submit. >> >> thank you commissioner chambers. >> supervisor stefani submit. thank you. >> supervisor walton submit. >> supervisor chan submit. thank you. >> supervisor ronen. >> today, i'm submitting a motion call for a committee of the whole and i know we have a

lot of us i'll tell you why this time is about sfusd whole school math climate that was funded by the city to the tune of $8 million a significant investment we made in our students and sfusd. there is great news to share yeah. from sfusd um, that um, at after the 4 schools in the pilot in districts 5, 8, 9 and 10 because of success the district expanded this to to new schools. from the success fund to understand the pilot i continued to clarify that sfusd and dcyf exempt to continuing the program with funding for the student success

funds for the data driven success and sadly colleagues, i had to intervene numerous times to sure the program was implemented as we intended. it was worth mentioning the increase in scores has been significant for students and in particular last english learns are made tremendous gains despite the staffing and delays and other issues. to give us a taste of a purview john myers increased 28 percent for grades 1 through 5 and 28 for math and 23 percent in black students scores on the f pack i can tell you those don't happen. normally

that is math course is stagnate or went down for schools not involved in the pilot and other gains there were other in the other pilot schools outlet significant gains like massive decreases in absence and students and teachers having a different atmosphere and excitement to teach and learn at the school. given the success of this pilot we want to hear from sfusd and dcyf thinks the continuance of program dedicated resources to shore up not only schools but expansion to others why is this important? as you

can see been a lot of algebra the only way all students including indian-americans and latin students will be successful if they have master the funds of math that's not happening in many, many schools throughout the city. this program is one half to achieve that goal he and ask you to support the motion and thank you, president peskin and the committee of the whole for october 29th and i - i like to thank supervisor melgar for her partnering. the rest i submit. >> >> thank you supervisor ronen. >> mr. president seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes the. >> roll call for introductions. >> let's go to open up for public comment. >> at this time the boards

welcomes our comments line up and speak to items that 1 through that 4 and speak to other general matters not on today's agenda in the board's jurisdiction setting the timer for two minutes. >> judgment day october 17th and time will tell that will fall and but i'd like to read a processcy ties both judgment day therefore thus saying the lord god you're inequalities are discovered in your doing your since appear because i say you're coming to remembrance now profanity apprentices of israel that sat on the thrown of david

and wicked you apprentices of evil inentity will have an end roam the diadem and removal the crown and x ultimate him that is high and i will overturn, overturn and overturn a chronologically in the bible tells us how many years from solomon's temple and so i got to thinking the bottom line the mystery says that christ will come back in that and a half years i wonder that will be 5 hundred and 60 years municipal code since 19 - you can check our math using is number 666 to

see in the interpretation of that and a half years is 19 - i have 19 seconds left but call on jesus he'll forgive you a powerful book a back slilgd christian got saved and god will save anyone expect a pedophile or abortion. >> hi, i'm will patterson i'm not here to talk about the school board that is at 3 o'clock but to hip the discussion or after. >> after the presentation and have public comment. >> would you consider moving the public comment so - >> (multiple voices.) >> ask questions i'll raise that at the time that comes up with the project sponsor next

speaker. >> clerk i have. >> we'll pick it up. >> good afternoon. for those who don't know me, i'm jake and over the parts few days i spent in that massive neighborhoods the mission and south of market and union square where the supervisors are to improve the efficiency of this board you managed a $16.5 billion budget spend it all and can't know where it go to you counted one night and costing me 20 bucks $4 plus for presenting if i can use

the overhead. >> i competed in that nights that the mission all the closed businesses homelessness and the blue by homes and the orange and brown prostitutes and rv this is nothing i printed out and gave to i handed to the clerk. because i from what i understand the residents of your district have not heard from you in a long time it is funny we heard something who came from guatemala but those who suffer this board pushes forward to turn our communities into a place many avoid i collect the information talked to

multi-generational families i understand if i was not a supervisor and had two months left. to spain like supervisor ronen the rest of you will be here we'll hold you accountable for this. thank you. >> >> next speaker, please. >> >> good afternoon. >> right now? >> okay. >> my name is i so to speak for altercation holders and perhaps we wants to seek the magic to recover it it takes 10 years to recover and taxi

directives aspired. >> you have by employees and hospital employees over time and don't you think that taxis need to take people to the hospital in longer than shifts. there is taxi drivers and a million dollars for homeless and they're still homeless and what will it take three months what the hell is going on. and for taxi and medallion holders and extortion we are going to - we are worked to death you left us like headless chickens. city did nothing for us in the last 6 years and one molest in the

election. (unintelligible). >> 1 or $2,000 this will help us. >> thank you for your comments next speaker >> good afternoon guys. this again taxi issues so we're day by day like a struggling and struggling it is very difficult that is begging you guys please get together and shop the prohibits otherwise you don't know we'll be the worse and we're struggling i don't want to say but get together and solve the problems because all the - hours and hours and please gurs working and we're suffering together and help us out for a second if you help me believe me this city justice everything only judicious needs to be serving the city that is too

long will take too long we need to be sincere and not to keep again for cabdrivers working hard for the city we deserve to get help if you guys that's all. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker, please. >> >> my name is jim. and come to my attention for some reason we need an inspector general in san francisco to root use corruption the fbi can't be dependent upon not righteous intimation, however, an inspector general will be in the same department or whatever that the um, postal program is. didn't seem to root out too much corruption and have a city

attorney before we took over the position and the would root other public corruption before that existed. what about the 12 people that died when transferred from a laguna honda citations for the city. fines no mention of the service that was done with the transfers and caused those people to die? taxpayer paid for that and people die nobody cares laguna honda gets recertified and laguna honda asks for more i didn't mention my partner regarding and you have evidenced. and social security (bell ringing) that is a far if over and sponsor far from over.

>> thank you for your comments before is next speaker anyone else in side room please line up the last two speakers welcome. >> good afternoon. i'm sarah green wall speaking for san francisco and a residence of district 2. we would like to express our continued concern about the san francisco versus epa lawsuit that was discussed in closed session at the last meeting you oriented not to disclose the um, of the session we remind you of discussions going on you can't report them we understand. and time is very short. and your constituents deserve to know the city is going to resolve this can nation issue constructively and not by

suing to dump sewage into our water supply. >> thank you for your comments next speaker. >> yeah. i was really enjoying seeing the two young men coming up here and especially the one into engineer better than that politics (laughter). >> and interesting thing the reason we um, require a lot of fossil fuels is - and fossil fuel and fuels allow high energy electrons to be staked next to apf and sometimes becomes difficult go off by themselves i appreciate so i appreciate looking that the safety of those things especially, when it comes

if off-brand um, electrical didn't. >> like cell phones for example, manufactured in small eastern criticize >> thank you for your comments. >> please welcome. >> and have a fact. i'm a victim of a violent crime seeing you guys but here i am attending a public hearing i didn't know you passed a law not a crime in the city i got injuries from a city employee and a concussion by and city employee and attacked by a city employee and went to the hhs i'm an old man, i'm disabled anticipate i don't understand why you're guys you care about that is going on in

the programs i was in a program trying to get my life in order and in order to do that have to go into the programs to get housing you guys don't want to acknowledge you're not wanting the acknowledge i mean what are you sitting here for ask you for a public hearing i all are denying this is serious i want the public to comment on this before a public hearing must know what is going on and trying to get my lifetime together. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. mr. president. >> public comment is closed. and madam clerk read the adoption without reference and go to the first. >> special order 3:00 p.m. board of supervisors sitting as a committee of the whole . >> a i'm sorry vote is on

first reading and a member may have a resolution to go to committee. >> motion to excuse supervisor melgar made by - supervisor chan seconded by supervisor walton take that without objection and supervisor preston. >> sorry, sorry to serve 32. >> on the balance of calendar. >> thirty, that 1 and 34. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor engardio, aye. >> commissioner mandelman, aye. >> president peskin, aye. >> supervisor preston, aye. >> supervisor ronen, aye. >> supervisor safai, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> supervisor walton, aye.

>> and supervisor chan, aye. >> there are 10 ayes. >> those resolutions are adopted and motions approved (gavel) madam clerk read item development authority to create permanently affordable, climate-resilient housing and provide an alternative to market-rate housing >> >> members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and colleagues introduces this last week but if speak to that given the late how are you want to say a few things before we vote and the item before you say a resolution in support of homes act introduced by start smith and representative cortez to

address the housing crisis i wanted to thank supervisor ronen and supervisor safai and supervisor walton i believe president peskin and will establish a national housing development authority within the u.s. department of housing and urban development to function essential will build affordable housing for appeals of people and provide homeownership opportunity. the ability would create 1.25 million climate resilient housing units that that is $300 million more affordable housing and create over 4 hundred thousand jobs annually prioritizing equitable marginalized - with the housing bond failing to make it to the ballot the states failure so far

to scale scale that funding needs to mandated federal act the homeless act could be a lifeline for jobs not only in the bay but across at country and excited the bill passed would repeal the disaster amendment we have discussed here in the chambers that arrest will i cap public spaces in the country when we have draupgz expansion for that and colleagues join me in putting san francisco in support of homelessness act. >> seeing no other names on the roster, we'll take that. >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted (gavel) and go to the. >> special order 3:00 p.m. board of supervisors sitting as a committee of the whole item this madam clerk, call that

item. >> >> >> >> >> 24. hearing of the board of supervisors sitting as a committee of the whole on tuesday,october 1, unfilled positions that support sfusd's special education work, and the $8,400,000 from the student success fund the mayor allocated to the newly - >> all right. supervisor safai the floor is yours. >> thank you, mr. president. and also thank you for co-sponsoring this urgent hearing today colleagues, i think most of us by now i've spoken to many of you have e-mails from parents and students distressed about the impeding school closures and the districts lack of transparency engagement with the communities a lot of feedback i've been getting i know personally this is a stressful time for parents guardians and teachers and cbo partners to provide service for

the students and more so for families in the margins with services who have um, born the brunt of the districts mismanagement and needing situation with the hard working teachers and par professionals or educators during the challenging times. and to learn that on top this stressor sfusd this past spring first cut or didn't approve and froze critical special education positions and leaving the vulnerable children in many cases without the legally instruction or services and frankly extremely frustrating and industries full we initially thought we were seeking about $20 million from the special education budget that was initially frozen later to learn

it till was $30 million for federally mandated positions and instruction city manager's report. >> as a father of two dyslexia students i understand how the environments are and services for the developments of success for the children with learning difference and everywhere i go in the city and over meeting and neighborhood gathering the issue comes up parents and guardians are missing dismayed what is happening and continue to dig in deeper we have gotten answers but the reason to get more information and support. my staff has been reaching out for meetings and information to have a better understand from sfusd. and for the support and i know that parent are being reaching out to all of us. um,

unfortunate the shocking news of special education staffing and more recently in the same welcome back almost figuring out there were over 350 non-credential teachers in the public schools along with the pending conversation about schools realignment. has caused a lot of concerns about transparent. and information that's why i feel compelled to call this hearing and had good conversation with the presenters that have come here if the superintendents to the head of defendants dcyf and people that are engaged with the advisory committee. and so we're going to hear from them and thank you, present matt alexander for your outreach and transparency and engagement with our office. i think we generally agree that is

unacceptable no way we have no specific government control of the unified school district but a critical role to play to board of supervisors we're the parents represented here for parents and teachers and our constituents and support the leadership on this issue and alledgedly city and county of san francisco we provide as we know significant financial support supervisor ronen referenced a program earlier have a future conversation about that tremendous impacts on learning and that is some of the collective work we're done together to help support the school district not a witch-hunt but an investigation how we can do berths but inner believe it or not to see how the money is administered right now. so we are looking for transparency from the school district and the city departments have been asked

to step up and support the stabilization team that is my hope we can conclude this with a better findings what happened to get us here and more importantly had actions are to retaliate the situation and make sure the resources are used as intended by the voters this, of course, is a cursory look at and the investigation take place i know the controller's office will investigate with education leaders with the financial advisors have been asked do come in so for today's hearing four presenters president matt alexander and. >> (calling names.) >> from the department of children, youth & their families

and matt and his team additional people on stand by and controllers thank you, controller rec and park and mayor's office and dhhs and should questions come up for those departments and they're role as part of the stabilization team first presenters will have 5 minutes and director sue will have 10 minutes and like to take questions after the entire presentations we're not slowing down so colleagues if you have questions specifically from my of the presenters write them down and we'll get to them to allow more conversation and i know there is a special meeting superintendent has and the board has today at 5 o'clock we want to be replace full of that and members want to comment so president alexander you'll

present first and thank you for your partnership and furnish for transcripts. >> thank you supervisor safai and thank you, president peskin for posting that we're grateful for the partnership. and the transparency and accountability. this issue special education hiring not just an issue of hiring but personal. i know that is for a number of you probably all of you have family members or people you care about who have disabilities and then could be impacted by this situation. before i join the board spent 20 years as a teacher in the public schools and principal for equity and in the district supervisor safai district we served thirty percent of children are sdashldz i know people when i e t thrive because they had resource

teachers and par educators in the classrooms supporting them a young man that graduated about a decade ago came to our school from wasn't succeeding and came to our school had a teacher connected with him and understand him and par educators through the 4 years of high school and graduated went to san francisco state university and then completed a master in biology and did a fellowship a fellowship on micro regeneration can't say that and a ph.d at uc davis and i think about a young man like him by the way, asian-american third generation san franciscan and it if he had

not had the support and didn't have a teacher today not only would his life be constrained but we lost out on the mind he is contributing to our society just to be clear, what happened with the education staffing this summer was completely unacceptable a number of other issues we have uncovered on the board of education were unacceptable that's why we took the step to reach out to mayor london breed for support. and i'm very grateful for mayor london breed for responding to our request and creating the stabilization team working in partnerships for the but the city coming in but a partnership and maria and phil beginnings bigger have been working together and a lot of was number

one, to support the high-rise to make sure the positions are all filled and wayne will talk about the plans around that um, but secondly, to ask for independent assessment we've asked the board of education for an independent assessment by the controller's office to determine what and why to make sure it it which ever happens again, i'm confident that is a way to move forward. um, i want to say to me it does represent an ongoing partnering and xhshgd alluded to the comment. (laughter). >> we are so grateful for your leadership and leadership of the entire board around the student success fund thank you for doing that the john mirror

mathematical pilot i all said we want to support the public schools not just another example; right? a transparent forum for us to be held accountable to make sure we get it right we're grateful we can acknowledge this situation is a major success and now we need to work together to make that right so once thank you for creating this space and our partnering and accountability together we can make the public schools great and thank you for being here. >> president alexander you have two minutes left what you give for clarity. i know the superintendent will talk about that will you the general public comment exactly what we're talking about with special ed i don't want to put word in our mouth talk about the position when the money was identified? >> well, so i aligned about

this on august 30th i believe this issue was out there. um, you know, the board of education passed a budget in june we in and out those positions were include in the budget you learned that is not the case and and principals were hiring in the position and budget money was not there immediately saturday morning contacted the advisors and the ser moved towa hiring perverse two weeks after school started the board believed those positions were included in the budget they were not not approved by the budget office they'll speak to that but again, this position was not

able to be filled and hired for because is budget we thought we passed apparently didn't include them. >> how many. >> incidental 250 but let the superintendant. >> i appreciate you coming here today and appreciate your partnership like our united educators were recently concerned so thank you. we'll- >> (multiple voices). >> keep on going. >> you'll hear from the superintendent and grateful for his leadership and he'll give you the details we're representing the vision and values the communities and have other day jobs so our job is hold the superintendent accountable. >> the superintendent and staff to do what is needed that's why we're bringing in the city resources and grateful for your support as well. thank

you. >> thank you. >> i believe is she here? >> please you're next (no audio). >> okay. good afternoon everybody. >> my name is vanessa i'm a community advocate and long term educator thank you commissioner

chambers for having my and all the supervisors for your leadership to our community especially the communities um, public schools. today, i want to talk briefly at a high-level about something called the special education plan area. the intention and purpose of this presentation is to provide you with information. we'll go to the overview and think contraceptives. >> share about the plan and the adopted budget i for a lot of you will makes sense as i go through to the slides. and please know that all the information was ourselves from to as well as california department for education and you

can look at the u.s. driving under the influence of alcohol under the americans with disabilities act and the state of california we do have one willed and 36 what we call special education local planning areas. you'll see this in this kind of blurry map all over the state san francisco is unique a city and county of san francisco and its own acronym for the special education and planned area that is each area can serve a range of students from 1,000 to as many as 10 thousand and from a governance startup this can work with the antenna districts work with the county of ed and there are single districts in san francisco. and so and also includes charters

according to the ed are considered public schools. um, and i'll talk about other other um, schools included i want to reference to you the education and not going through them but look at them you'll see where the ed code delineates and the funding stand point received funds from state and federal government to provide special education services and related services so as you can see about something called the diddles with disabilities education as a federal law um, and for a special education and have parts of that what we do help their members districts and implementing this. >> there's a few sections this is high-level very dense

document if you have questions i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> as a they are not but that areas are important for the conversation is one is contract and certification contact so this is who has the county the contact with the administrator and includes the superintendent and also includes the county superintendent in this stage have a county officer who are the same person again we're a single district has a number of certifications 5 certifications that with he um, the program needs to make sure it goes to submit and certified plan for of the state of california there the department of risk management department of education so next the services

need to be that occupied by revenue, and, secondly, a service plan that is um, a host of services that are dependent on the feeds of student and that program every district is different with a program which will relate to what president alexander imaginations this is about all the young people have this program and what are the needs there. okay. (bell ringing) and really quick i think on this slide of particular notice there are two things besides a local agency this sfusd and a county office. and sfusd is um, does have a county office arm and also an equity that supervisor mention (bell ringing) >> you got 30 seconds you can

talk about that and i want to hear from you and all the decision you're making a sure. i'll go ahead and go forward and happy to send those slides to anyone as you can see the programs are public on the district website under this program sfusd and be able to see is plan that was approved in may of 2024 the community advisory committee is really important component because it consists of governing body that is actually elected elected body of parent with students be disabilities and meet on a monthly basis and convenient for the communities the service is a number of topics over the school year they maybe talking about um, dyslexia

and another month talk about something else one thing to not the plan itself does need to be done and in collaboration with the advisory committee meaning the plan can't think certified without the advisory committee and the other piece public school is important when the plan goes to public hearing which is a time when the board of education looks at the plan and asked questions and may approval or not approve the plan that is super important happened in may was a plan that was approved for x amount of dollars in this power point. >> so do you have any other questions. >> you said the plan was approved - put that slide up. >> you said the amount of money was approved. >> oh, yeah. sure. that is

information that you can take from the board map. if you look at go online sfusd board dock you can find do main meetings for 2024 and actually see is power point with this visibletion i took this. >> i know we're going to we can ask more questions this is what i want you to to - the special education communities advisory committee took a really in setting recommendations they sign the budget in partnership with the school district; is that correct? >> they sign something for the certification if it certification number 4 different enlargements that sign the

education agency and in this case the superintendent and again, for a single district the same person the superintendent and the community um, advisory committee which is this body i mentioned. >> okay. great.. thank you. >> we have any the questions we'll call you back up for sure. >> thank you for all you do. >> thank you director sue. >> good afternoon, supervisors maria director for the department of children, youth & their families thank you for inviting me here today, i think that i think the original question for us around the $8.4 million that was allocated briefly talk about this school stabilization team so- >> that will be helpful.

>> our staff um, loading this up. >> so as of last monday um, september 22nd, the mayor's office received a phone call from president alexander from the board requesting the board as you have heard from president alexander the school district is facing incredible and heart everywhere decisions mainly around their button and president agreeing did care asked to provide support and resources to be together and find out how to serve the children youth act families and teaching staff and administrators. so the mayor quickly formed the team i have the honor of co-chairing and co-leading from the rec and

park. the team is comprised of several key leaders within our city. one of which is the deputy director of comptroller's office and suzy smith from the agency and. >> (calling names.) >> from the mayor's office the education policy advisors and amanda's from the office of treasurer-tax collector and shawn the assistant director of the department of high-rise and the mayor identity those key departments based on the conversations with president alexander had are the things the school district needs right now you heard and unfortunately, this hearing is about staffing. and budgeting. so that's why the majority of people that are part of the team have those

expertise. since monday, of last week, phil ginsburg we have many conversations with the leadership starting with president alexander and vice president as well as senior members of the department and in those conversations we have identified key areas that the city can provide support. mainly around the infrastructure as you heard from president alexander alluding to break down. and that's part of the operational infrastructure support that the school district is asking them to bring our expertise in. um, for that we have talked to carol i son and the department of

human resources sorry about lending support to figure out how we can um, help the school district bring in additional staff or deploy city staff to help the school district process um, table or process hiring folks or really about the steps to for the office operation. what president alexander has spoken about in terms of the controller's office when this was identified as a issue with the special ed situation and identified as an issue president alexander and dr. wayne asked the city team immediately for help. in deploying kroirmd

expertise to help them identify how to get here how they got to this place and how we never get to this place again. that's why wagner our controller will start working on this. the week and we'll have deeper conversation with the school district around other areas that they need our support in. >> so moving into the budget component of the press release in the mayor shared i know were questions how we got to $8.4 million and what had make ups people have heard in the press release the $8.4 million were looked at from unspent funds from the student success fund that's not true i want to

share how do we get to our numbers up what you in front of you see this is the unspent funds were left or remaining in the grant we allocated to the school district last fiscal year so in fiscal year 2023, 2024 dcyf allocated money to the school district and able to use 2.2 offer that $9 million which means they left on the table $6.8 million of unspent money we took those dollars we're going to put back to the $8.4 million in this fiscal year, fiscal year

fiscal year 2024/25 we have allocated $26 million to the school district to do all the wonderful projects that our schools and counsels are requested of us. however, there is a portion of funds that still remains other dcyf we plan to use for provide technical assistance to our schools. and to school leadership as well as, of course, general administration there is a remaining $4 million we've not allocated yet we're planning to use the $4.6 million we're actually taking 1.6 to put into the pot that makes the $8.4 million that the mayor is making valued to the school stabilization team to work with the district to identify how to

use or allocate that those are some of the questions we have heard in the communities and from you. our are board members a i don't have to read this but essentially the $8.4 million will one looked like based on conversation that we have with the school district and it could be allocated for a number of things such as addressing emergency leave, or booster sfusd capability support emergency strategies that the district might come up with. and particularly around the families transition in closing schools and welcoming schools i want to reiterate the $8.4 million will not use any grants that are allocated to our schools now. it does not impact the grants to

our schools right now. nor actually in the future. with that, i'm to a conclusion i'm going to conclude my presentation. >> we'll have questions for you director. >> and lieutenant wayne and recognize the school board member thank you for being here. oh, good to see you thank you for being here. sorry [off mic.] >> i couldn't see him. >> you recall blocking him. >> go ahead whenever you're ready. >> yeah. >> okay. >> good evening board of

supervisors. or good afternoon. >> um, thank you for the opportunity to speak. you know, whether ar talking about our students or um, residents from our district um, i understand that together we serve the children of san francisco and that's the responsibility i take incredibly seriously i appreciate the opportunity to talk about how we're serving and how we can work together to make sure we're delivering for our students. in the presentation i'll share briefly an overview of the education in the district and how we failed the students tone beginning of the year and share what we're doing about that right now wells in the long term. to fix it. >> so when all or students receive the general education services but some receive

special service that are required based on neither education plan when a student has a plan we're legally ignited we have about 14 percent 49 thousand student have those plans and the services can vary some mean they're receiving speech they were or receiving support for um, you know, academics or might be in what we call a more restricted environment they're with the students all day or push and support in the classroom and our special education budget 200 and of 24 million that represents more than 20 percent of our overview general fund budget on the. next slide, please. the services that are students are receiving who is providing those we're talking about the students in the classroom we

have 5 hundred and 16 certificates of special education and 64 are vacant those are are commonly talked about as par educators and 200 and 9 are vacant and those numbers include 250 positions we identified at the beginning of the year we needed to add we're put in a budget as president alexander said and looking at the caseloads the number of educators students educators serve is based on governed by you are contract and by legal requirement we're looking to make sure we or matching the appropriate number of students and educators. and here's the real issue where the flush succeeded starts the year with

vacancy and a shortage for support but what is unacceptable we started with the vacancies we had candidates and didn't have the positions and the budget set up not just the ongoing teacher shortage crisis but one of our making by not being forward to move forward our candidates how did that happen? you heard about we go through a budget in the spring and in the spring we received the budget request to increase the special education by $060 million. now this came over is district had increased the special education by $40 million in 2023/24 that is a significant there and so we were working to reconcile the funds and being mindful the presentation as we worked to prepare the budget for um, for the fiscal year 2024/25 in june

and that's where our processes bodecker and the reconciliation didn't happen to make sure the budget captured the needs so when we started and prepared to start the fiscal year 2024/25 school year we heard from the special education not in the budget we heard from school sites about this we looked at it extensively and at this time, we the cdes slated working with the advisors we're going to add to the budget we need to make sure we um, are working with them on that and that ended up as president alexander said we didn't add to the budget until after the school year started increasing it by $30 million i want to recognize when i say how does that happen i'm sharing a

technical rational analysis as the leader of this district i don't feel the impacts you described as well. that our students in the ended are the ones to suffer when we don't have those processes in order our staff is working hard to suffer when they're waiting for additional staff to support them to come on board that's what happens. >> i'm sorry to interrupt i know that supervisor chan has a comment did you made offers and rescinded those in the fall internal lack of - but offered a couple of hundred teachers jobs and doesn't i'm not tracking. >> how about i finish the presentation and i'll speak to

that the importance to clarify let me speak to what we're doing and share more the context. >> so. okay. funding has been allocated and have candidates we're expediting the only boarding process and have constitute teachers and staff steps up to make sure the kids get the services i shared we had vacant go positions in a past but need to provide the services and work with the service providers to provide those services when we are short-staffed and as you can see we're working with the city of to san francisco to fill those positions and appreciate president alexander and a the board of education to reach how we are exhausted to recruit for the par educators positions in

the strategy conversations that director sue referenced how they can help us to reach out to bring in folks this is really, really helpful partnerships that's what we're doing immediately and in the long term we the issues come if poor financial operations we be implementing a high-rise payroll system to replace the flawed systems one of the reasons that was hard to understand why the increase was requested in the current system we have high-rise and payroll data in one environment and our financial system in other environment they don't talk to each other well the system we have now we knew we needed one that was right for us used by the k through 12 and designed for k through 12 schools and as you heard conduct an independent assessment with

san francisco working with the superintendent's and a direct the city will bring expertise in the system we want to make sure the context matter is received well and we knew we had issues with the systems and so this is - we had reached out and contracted with the assistant team for a analysis of programs systems and processes the long term we are doing had is necessary to set us to to make sure those don't happen again but need to know what happened in the internal processes and we're doing this under an increasing oversight one of the challenges to finalize our budget and moving and perpetrating for the start of

fiscal year 2024/25 school year two things when we submitted the budget needs to demonstrate how we have a balanced budget over the next that years, and, secondly, we needed to implement a hiring freeze and stop moving forward with positions unless they're absolutely necessary so supervisor mandelman point what happened about the intervention we planned and been ready to move forward let's say for the social worker (bell ringing) at the same time i'll add on in june we submitted a budget identified a rejection for the fiscal year 2025/26 our cd advisors asked why moved in fiscal year 2025/26 and that led to us holding off on offers we

made those were not necessarily filling the special education (bell ringing) . thank you. >> okay. colleagues if you have questions put your name on the roster i'll start superintendent wayne we were provided a letter i've spoken to you in advance we were provide a letter from the special education budget and analysis by the fiscal advisors and the reason i want to drill down again, the burden of proof of that meeting first a lot of confusion over the last few weeks exactly how much money is held up and positions with the special education um, still some concern about how many families are being impacted and ask you to talk about that a little bit. but want to make sure that didn't happen again, that's what we're trying to get at with the controls in place is letter

talks about the special education department baselines their analysis of that situation how many students were in need and the additional staff required and presented that budget in may and then i'm to read the line i don't understand but the special education budget requested an additional $60 million and brought to the cabinet for review the budget was discussed in cabinet and the special education department needs to make cuts to bring the budget to the same level of 2024 with that decision the budget office contacted 2024 and asked them to remove this ftes and in education requested the budget for contracted service for non-public schools and other services by $37 million so looks

like special education department came and said this is what we're requesting and i understand the budget committee has to sign off and heard from the president of the board of education that they approved the budget assume this was approved and then were not made aware that reduction was happening. happened 0 can you explain that a little bit more in detail and like though know who cabinet is i think that's our superintendent office and why the decision not to trust the recommendation of the department and team based on their findings what has happened in the school district. >> yeah. >> so the cabinet you surmise is myself and then the senior leaders from the district and we

have two main responsibility during the budget development process we need to balance make sure wearing maintaining fiscal stability and insuring we are providing do support that our students need with the limited resources and so had the request for additional funds came to the cabinet what the additional $40 million in the 2023/24 we didn't spend what was looked like each year for in special education as well as other areas we have a lot we fell there the bottom line and the concerns we're in the pressure to make sure we are submitting a budget and while at the same time getting requests for more we're not sure the amount that was

being um, looked like the year before was going to be spent. i'm and so that's why it was sent back to special education to make adjustments. >> let me ask anyone part of cabinet has expertise or special education. >> yeah. so our own the identifying yes have the associate superintendent and the education he teacher themselves. >> i got it sounds you're asking for back up adoption you didn't get it i ask you this question something i'm finding a bit more is there any other part of our budget is legally mandated by the federal government they have a legal obligation. >> in terms of including services in the budget there -

special education is definitely the preliminary one they're ignited to provide services for multi-family lingual learners and special education a key service we're required to deliver on. >> i guess i don't understand but they're main recommendation was after the special education submit the budget at the end of april with the back and forth i guess what i'm say i said this to you the other day in preparation for this meeting, if this is you're on legally required one of the most important legally required and families in contract legally required services and support and it doesn't make sense.

you're have a special education advisors part of our cabinet how we allow this to flow - i guess i'm trying to understand the breakdown you have the advisory committee and special education department and though this was delayed until now and due have on a understanding. >> no, i think if you highlighted here this is the technical findings but the reality is um, we let the education decision need to be driven by the education office so when the cabinet we need to balance the budget by the how this played out that is a drifshg to reduce the budget that didn't allow for the kind of planning to make adjustments to make sure that the um,

services are being provided and also clearly will be will be helpful like i said information systems but the processes were not appropriate kibldz back to the cabinet and said understanding the directive may negatively impacting impact kids but after candidates have been lined up and the school has started that's why this is not will acceptable. >> how many children and families are enacted by the 200 and 52 members. >> when we talk about impact you saw on the slide we're taking action we make sure the students get their services we have to process to address that i can tell you this for example, the 64 vacancies we have right now and some of them existed

before we added the positions after we have one in the early education moderate classrooms and have that by levels and middle moderate is - 12 for high school and classroom teachers aren't there and then depending on the classrooms maybe serving from 10 to 25 students or depending on they're can say loads if you ask for the scope we can share more detailed information that is is idea we say 64 classroom teachers those are the classrooms kids are in and getting the support from the dispatchers or clasz are pushing in the other rooms to support the ask the in neither general education classes. >> you don't have a number of

students. >> in terms of students will be the students potentially impacted. >> how many kids are in the class. >> still receiving their classes. >> it is in range in our moderate to severe like 8 to 12 students. >> up to 2510 to 15 in general education and the special education dispatchers and the regular has 28 students. >> could be around 1,000 students? >> that are impacted by vacate positions yes. >> let me ask this i heard the president of the board say is there a process when you make a decision to reject the decision do you have to have to have approval by the board of

education. >> yeah. we're required at that times during the year to do that we submit the budget and had a first interim report and at that time we will show what adjustments for the budget that happens in december and second you interim report in march and submit the budget and the end of the year shows how we adjust it and added the million dollars the second interim was included in march but that's why we're not sure if all the monies was spent because we want to make sure in march were had enough funding available to provide what is necessary for the students. >> this is my last question and i'll i'm going to turn it over to my colleagues by have you looked at how many williams complaints are being filed this

information has come out. >> yeah williams complaint with the mechanisms we received 4 williams complaints and that related to special education. >> my understanding is for lost hours of instruction that there's a process by which families are legally required to be compensated is that something you've it out about are using going to raise to a level of urgency i know we had families are contacted they're concerned now have to again through a consumerism process to be compensated we can talk about that. >> yeah. we have a process like i said even with the vacancies we had vacancies in the past where, you know, always make

sure the kids get their services if there are families have not gotten services talking about a situation candidates lines up and didn't starts until late we want to make that as quick to provide them compensate services. >> more than. >> passed is budget that was $20 million short and recently you added $30 million for special education where did that $30 million come from and what was cut as a result of that transfer of the money? >> um, yeah, so as i assumed with the city and the budget is ended up being dynamic i said in june we closed the books not the official closing the book we

have additional maintain that is available for um, up and coming that fell through the bottom line and we're going to be using for the special education budget. >> so nothing that is cut from elsewhere. >> nothing it reduced from elsewhere, however, long-term in the $30 million we have to find ongoing revenue what falls through the bottom line is unused revenue. >> so is there a massive change from year to year the special education budget or pretty continue the. >> it's been um, increasing consistently increases and there is typically, you know, some increases in terms of staffing that is required but we 19 seen a significant increase in the last couple of years since the

pandemic so similar i mean when you think about it. if our budget is 23 hundreds and with $24 million that is increasing what the board adopted in june of necessary that, you know, represents, you know, doing math n my head 18 percent increase some of that was a plan increase increased salaries for the teachers and par educators but still the $40 million exceeded that we were hesitant to approve more the salary increases this year we're aware of we think but allowing this and rather than and looking how much those financial obligations are.

>> so we heard from what how she interprets what they're work will look like in the beginning a high-level i still don't fully understand that but love to hear from you what you feel like this team is going to do for you immediately from the district immediately and in the longer term. >> so immediately i mentioned the recruiting 4 positions will be helpful (coughing) for the educators. >> for the what. >> for the par level positions last year, we eliminated positions we struggled to fill feel them the salary there helped we had more candidates then typical but again not the budget. we still will have vacant positions they're help in recruiting and gives us avenues

to find candidates been will be helpful in the long terms i present with supervisor safai is saying even myself i'm the leader i take full responsibility with 8 thousand employees and 49 thousand students when i read in the report that budget for special ed side response i took what processes in place to allow that to happen and change that the kroirmdz reading with them i'm strong in the process components of developing the budget that's where they'll find out here's where in the process you're missing the bringing it back to come back net or is alarm was raised you didn't get the appropriate person for the appropriate response having that does not assessment of this will be will be helpful and the county office will provide this

case for long term excellence. >> i've had a lot of experience working with the district and implementing the japan pilot we're going to do another committee of the whole not getting into that today but later. >> no - >> we're having a committee of the whole in the future but um, in that experience both working with you on prop in the district and on the math program um, i've had to intervene will to keep the original intention of the program or of the prop e students with money as it was intended. and a lot of the

problems seem to be in conversation among you and our upper level staff and their reports between the reports persons and the school site. um, and i'm wondering if that is something our looking to improve because it's been really problematic i haven't seen and major change i'm being termed out and only here three months and playing an active roll in the programs i can tell you i don't have the confidence if someone is checking who hears directly for the schools what is going on or all they saying that the programs will continue. and whether that is is math pilot we're going to talk about

specifically on the 29 or prop g have questions for maria sue on that is a worry of mine i'm wondering from a financial system that the controller is looking at helping to approval is there anyone from the city or internally that is helping you improve communications systems and, you know, and whether or not there is a way for the principal at the school site to communicate to you when they're told no time and time again through the staff and you don't know that is happening. >> i share your frustration i'm starting any third year as superintendent i appreciate people talk about the district taken decades to - to get into the problems. we don't have decades to address that and, you know, in year that is

frustrating we're starting the year with still the lack of alignment that is necessary. um, i have confidence in my leadership team and working to change the structures part of um, whatever there a budget crises we leaders like to talk about crises is an opportunity we had a school division and education division and while the two leaders worked well the division were not coordinated you heard it one person will say one thing and other things. so associate superintendent the school position the person retired we didn't fill it to save money to give him an opportunity to realign that division to the curriculum and

school leaders have more access to those and i understand the skip tiffiny those moves were made to change that and - he's setting up structures to make sure they're talking together and in the same group with different meetings that led to different plans and expectations and outcomes that led to phone calls to your office. >> right. >> okay. >> i think i have questions for maria sue but. thank you. >> as - >> oh. >> are we. >> that's fine, that's fine. >> did you have a to no, no

that's okay. >> i think that would be good to get as many questions in as possible. >> you can get back in line to ask any questions? >> okay. the question is for the superintendent supervisor chan. >> thank you for being here superintendent wayne your fiscal stabilization lane can do you have to close or have about 1 had and that million dollars solution to balance your and so i'm curious i think in june you knew what you needed to do um, including sort of reconcile, you know, both sides are retiring about to retire or resignation things like, you know, have submitted or your team has

condominium to the enlightenment that is 4 hundred and 90 vacancies and have been trying to figure out shifting the revenue of $20 million and actually can you tell us about that. >> the stabilization and submitted the budget for the fiscal year 2024/25 and school district budget for the upcoming year and so we had always intended to be deficit spending for fiscal year 2024/25 had significant resources we'll be spending for revenue then brought in we planned studio is in fiscal year 2025/26 going to make that amount of reductions and two fund unrestricted and restricted $50 million and 63

million dollars in restricted what is the state did was different they said you can't for fiscal year 2025/26 just say you tenderloin to do this we need to see concretely what that looks like that is different than the districts we're going to reduce this the second year out we'll share the details that's where we get the one hundred and $13 million how do we reduce that with he identify reductions in consultants and materials and supplies but 80 plus pictures are staff that's the hundred and 5 positions will be needed to be reduced in fiscal year 2025/26 and

positions we planned to reduce we held off to get the services covered. and yeah, so now with the fiscal stabilization between now and december that plan was public health together in june quickly we need to now reconcile that to make sure we close the books last year and it all and then the positions identified and the success are we need to do in order to submit that balanced budget in the deficit sperndz that's the things we need to come together. >> specifically i'm asking, you know, whether that is recommendations one is about retiring as well as resigning have to reconcile that number or, you know, do you, you have a projection of roughly that number looms what i'm trying to

say clearly can you went ahead and somehow the decision was made to go after the special education freeze instead of saying hey that is what we're going to reconcile those who are retired the numbers who are retiring and then those though are resigning should be the priority those people will not be here and the question is according to that plan is that urging to, you know, freeze the 4 hundred and 90 vacancies but instead, you went after the 250 you are required to hire but you actually hire and have to rescind the offer help me to understand. >> i understand what you're

asking yeah there is two different situations. the 250 didn't get excluded in the budget what we're talked about and the advisors came in and the the hiring freeze we reconciled how teachers resigned and we did the freeze we move forward with hiring people also reconciling and making sure, you know, the number of students you say you're going to have au have the number of teachers we move forward with the hiring not with every single one with the position we offered to but that computed special education. and we did that what was different about this one they're not in the budget to do that reconciliation that is what the problem was not that in that process we said we'll look at the requirement for general education not for special education we didn't have

additional positions that we had said we need to move forward until all this came to light. >> that that calculation you mentioned earlier with $60 million by increasing the majority in the $40 million in the budget but as it comes back now is that total or $30 million additional 40 or the 20 on top. >> yeah. to clarify $60 million was requested in april on top of 40 okay. that two has of 24 million the figure i showed last year the budget was one hundred and $84 million that's the $40 million right now adding $30 million more to that 200 and of 24 million the 60 was initially what they thought to some extent we did have the

appropriated back and forth and didn't increase that as but that needed to happen in april and in may not in august and september. >> well, that's concerning according to our if anything stabilization plan it actually indicated special education i'm confused i mean how it is that you come up with $40 million and on top of that $40 million now spending $60 million more but required to assuming that is on the original $40 million with the special education i mean like. >> appreciate this but get into the weeds but talk about the budget and in the

stabilization plan to we're where we got a that's about $700 million. okay. of that $700 million um, about one hundred and $40 million is contributed to the special education budget not on the restricted said we need less money on the skriethd side not a reduction to special education a reduction to the contribution from the unrestricted general fund and restricted general fund. >> i want to reprehensive what supervisor ronen periodically asked, you know, you indicated that, you know, the additional 2 special education is on top of what you're appropriately the $40 million sounds you're not

cutting from anywhere else. >> as we said in the report in the i understand is $30 million we're here -

>> it we did not it fell under the bottom line at the end of last year or one time fund that are available not been allocated. >> how much of those funds in terms of one time reserves help you label that. >> we're planning to deficit spend we had a significant, you know, a new fund balance of over $2 million but with the anti next week we can provide for specifics. >> what's the state

requirement for the minimum dollars for reserve they require. >> they require us to have 2 percent of our unrestricted expenditures. >> $40 million. >> so for an the skriethd does it 24, million dollars. >> i'm sorry we need 2 percent $1.2 million is of 24 million. >> that's why we have a significant reserve i appreciate the line of questions that is an area i believe we talked to the city about support that is clear transparent we're not - as an educator educator tries to explain that but we had those systems from the outside looking in for a parent or a community member not clear adding something for communication will

be helpful. >> i want to say i don't mean to be with all due respect, your clearly in trouble i think that is very actually straightforward like the whole chart indicated that, you know, it for the account for all costs just seems like this is not able to maintain the minimum reserve for emergencies so you don't have it a financial projection i'm glad the city is finally

making this decision to support the school district i think that supervisor ronen as well as supervisor melgar and supervisor melgar and i have conversations in the past when he recognize before our time when you the district had the payroll required to fix may i i know today is again special education i have follow-up questions about the payroll but leave that for another times i see commissioner chambers thank you for answering the question. >> thank you superintendant have a question about the budget chair she is well verse you, you but before i call on supervisor preston i think that the issue of conversation is paramount i totally agree with that and

realize not direct subject of this hearing what i found most troubling not just as a city decision makinger but as a member of the public without delay and quite by surprise by the longs awaited school closures on september 18th the way that was communicated to all of us but to parents and the students who live within this lacking to say the least what you touch think what exactly happened that led to that a massive 55 percent of votes needed to pass looming in 35 >> and withnd with the start school year you're correct we

days had happens? started the school year a few factors that led us to delay sharing our plans because like i said, we wanted to get it right one of the start of school year we anticipated a lot of questions about school closures i think that became closer we want to make sure the questions are coming out we'll swefrm and aid them for families and of the like the uncertainly of waiting longer than to provide certain information, and, secondly, we are engaging in a process that, yes we've had time to work been or on but we want to get it right balancing the goals where we're trying to go with the district and demonstrate how we're addressing the capacity issues like we don't use the facilities and going to make

sure that if a student is facing a transitioned leaving school how it is birth for them and how to make sure wiring fair about that and impacting one community needed once we're clear on the 23 goals we need to make sure we can demonstrate we're meeting that we had to hold off. >> any addressed times or date. >> yeah. we shared - before office of emergency services 18 and a update. >> the direction before the school closures so people know. >> and president peskin i'm going to thank you, hole on one second and go to supervisor ronen and call up maria are before she has to leave.

>> i wanted to ask the question but also make a statement for you to hear. so not everything we're talking about but today, the fact that student enrollment as plummeted now i think a lot of has to do with as a parent (laughter) who went through the process with how long it took to reopen schools covid you weren't there but predicted would be an accident and low and behold an accident but a perception that based on real numbers that the

school times public schools is not properly educating our children the number of kids in many schools not at grade level in market and literacy p is embracing for a world-class city. the reason i offered prop g and the city will make is making and going to pack an increasingly massive investment in the school district is because if we fix that problem, if we get those deft scores up and kids are feeling great about good evening to school and feeling successful if that word gets out the patient that went to private schools will come back and the people will move back to the city and, you know, because we will be known as having an excellent school

system and begin to change this the real troubling trends have happened over the past, you know, half a decade to dedicat decade the thing that is stressing me out the first year was 11 millions and then $60 million if not in a massive financial i mean above children's funds and above all that the money supposed to be used for children to be healthy in neither mind and body and spirit with the $84 million that will be shifted i don't understand it old string infrastructure to help with

resources and controller system that is really removed from targeted intervention in helping the emotional wellness of children and the precedent is scaring the life out of me i'm not here to yell and scream commissioner mandelman will be here but waste is a one time lifetime opportunity i feel like a broken record is terrifying to me that we're not moving the needle. so that's why i'm holding a separate committee of the whole on the 29 about the math program because if i have not intervened about ten times we wouldn't have had the success in the massive increase in test scores the students were failing the most in unified school

district i need you to hear from me. this money is not to solve the budget crises not to solve whatever existence crisis i applaud the mayor for sending those school teams not to help you am existed but the students student success fund money is not for those purposes it is not to build positions that should be filled by a healthy school system that's where the enhance to my question i needed you to hear that before you leave because i judge don't feel confident that is the case. >> you thank you, thank you i alterations; and affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act. we have and other successes need to be the there

are other supervisors on the roster i'm sorry, i know you're on the roster so, please go ahead. >> thank you. >> i will make if quick i think that president peskin and supervisor ronen got a lot of what i wanted to ask but about want to follow up on the question around and for clarifying\and first of all, thank you for being here.. and in terms of you clarified that you expect an announcement about the october 18th enrollment fair that will i think you give directions - can we drill down

on this timeline i think so you'll make an announcement when will be an announcement before october 18th of the school closures foreclosures or of - um, when will that proposal go before the school board and then right now our plan is so we're making it early that is why make it so early? the board of education is crystal clear and right low so that impacts count communicated we need to go out and speak to those impacted so the time of for a moment to november 12th we'll present the - we present the initial plan for the board of education that meeting they'll not take action by the state law when considering closures need astonish hired in one meeting and acted on in the second meeting between when he announce

to november 12th the community engagement peace to continue the board after we share the board will take action on the december 10th. >> december 10th. >> with the new revised timeline still our plan that closures the soonest will be finalized on december 10th impact um, fall 2025 enrollment or will i mean, that's literally after the tour right before the applications are due i mean i don't need to explain to i will say public school parent representing public school parent as a.d. to a stressful system are you revisiting the

fall 20 that 25 for recommendations. >> within other question on that and trying to be quick i know you have to go. do you you said you're delaying release of recommendation do you - are those recommendations set and you're ready to release them or still making decisions around which schools will be recommended - >> (multiple voices). >> when i talking about getting it right in the things we've balanced some of those are still, you know, we are still reviewing at that moment. particularly after we created a scenario called an equity anti gives us information and adjust the scenario and have been looking at, you know, the

enrollment of our schools and the individual situations those are the factors not a final - the recommendation is finally when we release it some of the reasons why there still some analysis being done. >> i want to follow up on supervisor ronen point. i will second the concerns around how the prop g money is some of this is for director sue we'll talk about that but for i'm curious for with respect to unspent prop g money do you what do you and the district want that spent on? are you in agreement in using $8.4 million under this team it is unclear i want to understand

it is something that you can concur with the use of that $8.4 million. >> i agree with how we set up the fellowship give us opportunity to discuss; right? the use of found who is listed from initial discussions i hear and share concerns i'm an educator i got to make sure kids are learning. i feel confident we're going to work through so that when a firm plan is presented if you ask me that plan that is districts plan. >> just the final thing i'm concurring with supervisor ronen i don't were three hundred 5 per for and against of the prop g money is like the ceiling how much we're to have spent on city departments. i understand and frankly think that is long

overdue to cast the resources to the kroichld but i'm occurring we talk about and others i think the intentionally limits how much of those funds will go towards city departments and those city services and $8 million is way over like supervisor ronen we're nodding heads we think hoping share the goals of getting that into the initiative classrooms that prop g is designed do fund and make sure that is not going to fund a bunch (multiple voices). >> and the board of education we had conversations we can dive both that- >> (multiple voices). >> go ahead.

>> i want to appreciate commissioner walton and like i said, i'm an educator happen to be a good student standing up here and staying we failed a hard thing but necessary we're going to build up this trust back up and i'd rather say we failed but have city support to make that happen and that means a lot so again, i appreciate the opportunity and the discussion and we'll have many more. thank you. >> thank you. >> [off mic.] >> supervisor melgar. >> thank you so i realize lots of parents here and folk that want to speak i concur with my colleagues i do have one question to ms. sue. that has not been asked so i'm also a

public school parent president peskin my oldest baby graduate and my youngest a for and ever since i see we, you know, have new boards and superintendent's and we also have terrible systems and no later than what we want to do aspirational if you don't have basic system how to pay people and do those things no later than parents know if your kids gets up in the modern and didn't have their lunch and keeps them organized they'll not succeed the district is in that place my question when this confusion of the resources from the city and maintain are we working with the

cdc hates the relationship to me, you know, losing track that $20 million and the money we can get fired by federal law and, you know, different color of the money in the buckets and budget have different compliance requirements and looking at the work chart it is thin i mean lots of educators have less because he educate people will be meeting the requirement and do accounting and real estate all those other skills required for keeping the organizational structure in place i'm hoping you'll do that with our team and relate resolution no. 1106-23-230 compliance and then that's my last question and lets the

parents talk. >> thank you for the question. supervisor melgar a couple of things. one i want to reiterate that the $8.4 million is not going to any city department. >> yes. a to fund any city staff all the employees being deployed to this efforts are deployed on top of their current work myself included phil ginsburg included not using city dollars to fund city employees. the the other thing is supervisor chan brought up relates to supervisor melgars question important for us to remember that at the end of the day, we do not time our unified school district to fall under state control. >> want to say again it is very important for us a city to

support our school district to maintain local control. what that means is that it allows our board of education who are elected by the citizens to continue to have the power to organize and guide the school district it means our parents will have the voice of advocacy with our school district. it means our school district will have the autonomy to take in new programs and initiative ideas to fill our classrooms so it is very important for us that is the preliminary goals of what the stabilization team has to do by the mayor to make sure we maintain area support the school district to maintain local control. the way we do that is to make sure that the business operations procurement operation the payroll system, the fiscal

system all of the systems that are right now unfortunately, are run by one or two senior people don't have enough staff there. we're going to hopefully help them identify gaps with more staffing and we already have communities if the department of health and human services to move too fast track the hire process or to do more career improvements. one thing that dr. wayne talked about hiring pars we started i talked with by chief of staff for the cbos any cbos whose end goals to work with the school district and help them move into the par a position lots of things but key

at the forefront to support the school district to maintain local control. >> are you done supervisor melgar? >> supervisor engardio. >> the doctor is not here. >> many are present of the board of education no, he's right here. >> let me ask the question and see who can answer it put it out into the universe but first let people know my appreciation for supervisor ronen passionate speech proposition g and got me thinking about the research for today, i came across something called public education enrichment fund to give maintain

to the school for student outcomes and i learned about on out by i organization called mr. kohl i think so foundation out the art and music displacement to improve the programs what i heard did anti shows a discretionary and happening in terms of activities and impacts. but i accessary dwelling unit seen this report i don't know where is that report can we see it put it on the website or give it to the public we need to see what this report says. >> hopefully someone from the district can answer that question. >> yes. please president alexander. >> um, this is an inadequate answer but i'm aware of that report and definitely ask the

prudent to make that available what you're seeing again to sort of for a number of those comments the city of it is so generous to the for example, the student success fund is another yourself supervisor offered the other prop g around algebra example of the priorities and the communities saying this is what we want from public schools and willing to invest and support. and i think what you heard we need the help; right? and as i think and thank you so much maria too (coughing) a god sent in terms of beginning to provide support for the school district needs and phil ginsburg so grateful a lot of the work on top of their regular jobs this is one of the frustrations for the board of education we're all volunteers we get 5 hundred bucks a month in the charter as you can see

and i think, you, know, it championship to provide as specifics volunteers to provide do have a bureaucratic system for the functioning; right? i was a former principal not new not the fault of any individuals built up over deek finish line systems have not working what it it means we can't get to the xhaefgz because the fiscal operational stuff for supporting the people and a level of accountability that is a moment where i'm actually feeling more hope may seem odd we're in the moment of crises but for me, i'm i've been board president for a month feels like the entire city across the political lines and is board of education we're all saying this is not about

politics but actually do what is right for the kids and speak on those issues. we can get that all talk to the superintendent but express gratitude to everyone here and again to maria and phil and the mayor for your commitment yes, sir. >> are you done supervisor. >> before i call on supervisor ronen i'm glad i was going to call you up quick by two things a difference of what you said and the superintendent said i'm sorry. the budget was approved by the cac for special education has been sent to the district and then you said you you were not aware that those recommendations were taken out had redefined that budget my understanding that is not legal. my understanding is that they have to be the final sign off on the special education budget and

for you to have that information taken out somehow the law was broken in this process. >> this is exactly why we asked city controller to do an assessment of. >> yeah. no that is critically important to understand the board of education and my colleagues are here they can speak to this our assumption this not just a reprimand summit but this includes the legally recommendations we received the report the positions were in the budget that's why that a shock those positions were not hired let's see - i think that is two months after the budget was passed our assumption and again, the representation we have had we thought wefrp getting they're included. >> so the reason i'm highlighting that because our

controller is here and asked to investigate that and get the anti how the decisionmaking was made the cac whatever the acronym i'm sorry. i'm not as adverse but the advisory committee i know they're legally required to sign off on the budget. >> though will 0 move that and then gave it to you with at reduced budget my understanding that is a violation of the law. and what i'm asking the controller here as you're doing that analysis we need to know who made that and who broke the law needs to be accountability part of the reason we're having to meeting today it didn't happen in the future that school board members here one 100

percent versed in education and her career i wanted to get that on the record before the superintendent left and then the second thing and i want to clarify for the record a lot of conversation that's fine they can to me what i don't understand that $8.4 million is unspent we're trying to get the money and impact the schools - and that's to say oh, this money was unspent we have it now the flexibility there's a lot of concern supervisor ronen and supervisor melgar and all of us locked arms on that and clear i think like there is a lot of uncertainty what that will be. i know i asked you this privately but the conversations about bringing in outside consultants people are experts and just to

be clear, that money is not intended to be spent on consultants not intended to be spent obtain staffing but 100 percent for the schools and the impacts that need that the most. who asked for that or identified that money why was that money not spent and on the table in the first place. >> that's a that's a great question. maybe director sue. >> but i'll say from my point of view as a co-author i'm 100 percent commented to make sure that money is spent as of

student success fund towards this effort there is a category it is designated for district process district wise projects that central office identities one for example, the mass pilot and central office has to hire and coordinator for that pilot and make sure the mass pilot is um, the dollars are dispersed to the schools. >> the coordination is intended to help the schools amenities. >> one of the things we need more pars one of the categories within the innovation is called the workforce pipeline how do we

increase the pipeline for um, fufd staff? >> and so we could use someone to um, pay for pars or for certification of pars so there are lots of flexibility within the intent and framework the student success fund. >> okay. anyway, we can go back and forth i'm going to turn it over to supervisor ronen and supervisor ronen seeing no other names on the roster, but families and members time to do public comment. >> i never got to ask this question. >> following up on that i mean, i - i mean, i - you are a god sent i'm repeat what president alexander said we are - i'm so grateful you went above

and beyond your job and helping in the district you have so many skills they need as the district. so that part of this whole plan i absolutely love in fact, half the time the san francisco would be a nightmare living here but i want to put that out there. having said that, - i do not like the precedence of using the $8.4 million the reason it was not spent supervisor safai. >> understandable but be used that the voters have asked for that is a little bit stressful like the workforce, you know,

obviously if we don't have the pars in the classroom it effects the students learning so if you could my last question i know the parents want to talk but alleviate the concerns about the precedence that is setting. on something we're really worried about for the future on how the $8.4 million is going to be spent and how it truly meets the mandates of prop. >> for the most part the fact that the city is coming in and providing this type of team is unprecedented (laughter) ; right? and it is yeah. i think the mayor called it an emergency this is under the gist the short term effort the city

is supporting the school district. in terms of dollars i think what is the mayor want to say not only do you have staff to come over and support you but in the staff identifies any additional resources or any additional things that you need, um, that would make help us move the efforts forward, it will be resources available for that. we have already identified the need for the hiring pattern and talked about um, could we use that of the dollars to support schools and young people and children and families transitioning to another school i those things are within the scope. >> i'm going to call on supervisor walton but we've

talked about this for two days director sue i met with you in advance of this meeting. i understand all with good intentions but i still have not heard anything that convinces me that the money that is identified that should have been rolled over and help the school direct that are meant to benefit students for the student success fund i have representative kotek heard anything you're there to fill the resources helping with h.r. and have a controller i've not heard anything that makes me believe in the spirit of prop g we should continue it center conversations about that that's all i have to say i know everyone has to make sure that money is spent supervisor walton. >> i'm to be a brief broken record. we have to make sure the

district didn't into - at the same time prop g can't be supplemental. if we ever want to express the achievement that exists in san francisco for our students that need this the most. i voted for prop g of enhances opportunities supposed to be provided in the additional support was supposed to come to into the schools to make sure the schools have a population that need it the most the support. and i do agree a conversation for innovation and it includes looking at the budget. >> coming up with strategies and ways to address balance the budget without undermining did integrity of prop gi won't go into a detailed conversation

coming back but if we don't put in addition support and this turns into resources that supplement and help the district balance the budget and par for the course we might as well say we don't want to address enlargement and our students to be successful and don't want to see them chief. >> we'll keep the conversations going i think that board member fisher had closed session and we have reverend brown in chambers. >> thank you all very much for partnering with us at the school district i appreciate it and

supervisor safai and all of for being here and consistent support in the integrity and head of research policy and analysis dr. said that we need to use the data as a spotlight and flash light not a hammer. so when we the talk in may for the first time about the local plan at the district one of the data points that stood out to me that was based on what we approved for fiscal year 2024/25 we approved the 200 and $11 million budget at that time and 10 point that million dollars of that was projected state special education revenue at 4.9 percent um, the proposed federal revenue was 14 and a half million dollars what was 6.9 percent so 88 percent of our special education funds come for the

local budget one of the ways we could use you're help to have federal advocacy for the funding of special education will be another great area to partner and as supervisor ronen had championed a policy analysis from the budget and elective a lot office in 2022 and in that for example, if 2016 to 2022 the state funding increased the demand is increasing the funding is not. we whole a lot we need to be doing to complain up the house internally have stated and federal mandates ath district office and as referenced in the conversation um, that was a great presentation thank you

lots of good information. those are legally binding documents and is services for the marginalized students but special education we're not talking about a classroom of special people sits in ed 75 percent of the kids sit in classrooms we're talking about every classroom and every school across this district. so when he asked how many students it impacts every single student. um, how do we fix if you heard the expression that um, the best defense is a strong offense we're implementing programs like the mass pilot other john mirror thank you for your sport on that and hoping as we have other

partnerships we'll continue to use the data and the popularity and building on practices i know that dr. wayne is gone i feel confident so to speak for the leadership and reverend brown do you want to speak really quick and we're going to - >> got it. >> supervisor chan and fellow members of the board. the more things change the way they stay the same i've been in this town for 48 years and remind us all in the 70s and 80s were 25

thousand black children in the school district. because of gentrification they're pulled out and from detail attendance from the state went down. we will for the resolve this general problem i'm concerned about all children. until we make those matters away thing and not exclude the lesser of those and persons who look like me we need to connect with the indigenous black institutions who been about education and consistent with that. so let us come out of city lose and work together as as dream team. and

dream team and talk about piece management have been other areas in this city and yet we've been hearing about shutting down, shutting down the dream keepers. let's be consistent we don't shut down the government because of a wrinkle we continue and iron out those wrinkles again, i say let's all be partners. and work together and not isolation. thank you, next speaker. >> good evening board of

supervisors my name is nick can the parents of two children in sfusd my third graders didn't have a teacher to work with and struggling to read my other dictionary legislation middle school son didn't get the support in the class what we need. and also a district employee and here to speak yes it critical for the teachers to destine the anti we believe well known factors that needs to be addressed. hi turnover rates among the staff our children does get the support they need and also insufficient training and professional developments led staff unprepared to have interventions and those are

problems i'm sure the district can conclude the district focuses on those issues create a report and declare progress what is needed an audit our kids are making progress but when he ask for actually data it is vague (bell ringing) bureaucratic classes and miscommunication means services don't starts and worse egregious practices that the district will never want to conclude for example, parents are gas lighted. or we are overreacting

(bell ringing) made before we had a chance thank you for your comments next speaker. >> welcome. >> good afternoon board of supervisors. >> my name is rye i'm a resident of district 2 was a student in sfusd with i o p fork dictionary dyslexia and hatred school took until third grade with outside help when i parents helped me to read and here today because i - i don't want other students and families to have pain that i experiences as sfusd which ultimately pushed me to leave the district we were never - there were so good times at

sfusd but something i'll never forget is the teacher was that put me in the corner with u tube didn't know how to teach me or had the resources. and while other kids were learning to read i'm now a 7 grader and to school and doing well academy of art and able to play sport i don't have tutoring - we are all here today, i learned about the youth conferee and share any experience with them i support understanding the context roots of the problem which my mom tells me is an audit the (bell ringing) sfusd and the city of san francisco we need oversight and accountability thank you for your comments

(clapping). >> welcome to the next speaker. >> hi, i'm a parent to speak parent and actuary graduate between it services and also i'm speaking on behalf of parent that had to leave early and um, two children in special ed. they've been trying to function in what district that failed them and removing dollars and resources some legal required services and accomodation for years in the current san francisco unified school district environment when maintaining a local control of

finances is at stake. the district can't afford legal and financial liability by continuing to neglect our family deserves full transparent while funding special education program needs quality education that is a they're right and all of us should be condominium to be provided and also want to add i do have a son in eight grade and they concern about prop gi hope (bell ringing) the funding been part of this prop g he's part of program and didn't like it but learns he's loving it i'd like for that to continue and don't want any

student after him not have the opportunity of this um,al green before in eight grade comments. >> i'm first reading a comment for someone when can't be here and responding to something i heard earlier so good afternoon, board of supervisors i'm mecca a former sfusd employee i resigned and enrolled my son after thousands of children didn't receive the services they were entitled and advocated for the english language i know first hand the power ever audit we need the audit for the culture and accountability for special ed not just about curriculum but the integrity needs to have an obligation for students and the

state of california support for children those calls are full full of parent experiencing gas lighting for the special ed department a widespread issue i support a call to broaden the scope to conclude parent constituent and extending beyond we thought disfranchised and raised concerns in the past all concerned parent need to be part of shaping this audit to address the systemic issues addressing our children and comment on a couple of things one thing when the idea the act is violated follow due process 90 percent are settled the board of ed approved the settlements

(bell ringing) and those are all motions they are aware and one more second to comment about i feel this is hugely important would be paragraph for you to pay attention sorry. okay. i understand there is a lot of jargon i want to comment on competency thank you for your comments. >> if you want to give us a copy of that we're happy to look at that [off mic.] >> welcome to the next speaker. >> hello, my name is georgia listen a participate at san francisco unified school district and sfusd one of the beneficiaries of decided account for one million dollars of $2.2 million that was spent last

year in the sf f and hearing threats and i want to say this is a rei can't tell can't be used for school closures i thought that was included like lumped in there we need to make sure that is not how the money is used we have students when i p no parent support in special team focus can't be about retaining local control but students first and not local control first. um, they tried to cut special ed functionally that is illegal and restructure in mayor 2024 and i have hired first hand how the manager hold

pointless meetings i hope you are familiar with that report and make sure the special community uses it as guidelines when making suggestions how to prioritize i feel like a lot of money can be saved and we need specialists and not principals promoted to (bell ringing) directorship not their specialist. the era of having, you know, corporate ties pay scales for city employees over. like we need - we need public servants at 555 franklin that are making the same as the entertains, you know, have this information and know how an (bell ringing) organizational charts works. >> thank you welcome to the next speaker. >> good afternoon board of

supervisors. >> my name is ray a concerned fufd parent and candidate for the san francisco board of education. more importantly i'm here in strong support of advocates who have person experience navigating at sfusd special education system before the 20 to $30 million shortfall i called for an audit. >> ma'am, i'm going to pause you're time quickly no election hearing in the chamber. >> families have been struggling with the special education for years we need meaningful action i'm calling on the board for allocation of mayor 8.4 in distressy funds -

to address the full picture an audit that seeks input if students and union members and consequences of those failures they have experienced first hand and a investigation people are wondering who you want and when. the unallocated 20 to $30 million is disconcerting we can't stop what has been prevented the service providers if a delivering the interventions and make sure nothing hike this happens again (bell ringing) oig who are low income and less educated with disproportionately effected and that's why i support a pilot program for special administrator support we can have a case coordinated and initiative measures will help us

recruit the talented special education teachers to the schools and make sure our (bell ringing) are not left behind. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker. >> i'm matt a dyslexic student the funding that one in 7 students with the p has not had a case manager and one crucial service in the i p that is 2 thousand students that is is laced for one significant of schools year and many students are out of services for the entire year and it is challenging it support to broaden the scope of the mary burke audit the district a has known but withheld to and

introduce and for the record the last audit record the audit shows the systemic cages are not new i also support a separate investigation led by a team of lawyers not by a consultant in shorter i support the broadened audit and full session e investigation commissioners can't give a meaningful audit and in this case not forget right and additionally i want to give my notes. >> thank you. next speaker. >> yes, i'm williams patterson a special education advocate and long term member for the board of education we need a comprehensive audit and fiscal scenario and look at a scenario

up and coming plan a, b like in any report; right? i also like to say i'm shocked $250 million budget. nobody size they're going to cause 200 and $25 million shortfall if you don't fill the positions. that is in addition to the $30 million. that is incompetence the district last contract with the staff on a caseload the caseloads are still too high the last audit of the special comparison in 2010 a recommendation of 10 in middle school and that was to have inclusive schools for general education classes and today most

of students are back into warehouse classrooms and dyslexic they're dealing with waterfall problems (bell ringing) and in the last report recommended and to - what happens if we do that? were going to be millions of in feed and come out of the general fund and maybe need but if we want to defend our students disabilities just serve and include them in the city council we need to look at creative ways of funding the programs so every citizens not just the lawyers but every student has access (bell ringing) thank you for your comments welcome next speaker. >> hi, i'm brittany and worked

for the fetsdz and the states for about 10 years when people ask me if i'm bilingual i speak bureaucracy i had to take time out of work to affect the i p system for neither 5 grader has dyslexic and challenging event for me. my youngest child goes to yerba buena and the community is 78 percent social media spanish over fwos percent have a high example p and the majority of our community only speaks spanish you have spent a ton of the money you paid for

occupational they were and my health insurance you pay for pays for all the services that the district didn't provide. three years ago supervisor ronen had a hearing because the district couldn't take care of the school specifically on the southeast said she has had to spend money to get a hearing (bell ringing) i understand you want to spend money across the street but that superintendent d mooted again and again robinson appears no director over this time which is money went missing i don't care look at the leary's look at the board of supervisors sorry board of education meeting that's what he's been saying

(bell ringing) i don't trust him and you shouldn't either. >> next speaker. >> hi i am jeff a resident of integrity 7 san francisco unified school district has a lot of work to do. and know full well the board of education supervisors in the districts i'm confused why the board of supervisors is holding and hearing on special education funding within the district. i appreciate you represent the city and county of san francisco that contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to the district as well as many services including the department of children, youth & their families and sf rec and park i appreciate the families come to you with concerns. i appreciate that you want to update the district and i question the needs of some of the superintendent's to your venue on short notice. special education staffing will not be

resolved here. everything presented belongs in a school board meeting and the keepers of the board agenda president and superintendent wayne i'm calling the superintendent to answer your questions to micro managing at schools are for the part of your jurisdiction i'd like to see you stick to city business i understand the hearing on october 29th is related to a city funded program i want to follow up i think so that that makes sense. and i recommend you guys go to board meetings and raise some of our questions (bell ringing) thank you for your comments next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is - i'm the latino task force director. and proud parents of two attendees in the school district first, i want to commend

xhvrnldz for having this hearing as supervisor ronen pointed out this is to provide additional services to the sfusd to accomplish great levels of success in core academic success and charter 16 point is that 1 requires the dignity to destine goals and measurable outcomes for each grant as such the student success fund needs to develop a plan to address special populations are failing newcomers and special ed and no such plans have been developed or shared with the community as a parent of two children with special needs to be unconscionable that management on part of district has led to staffing crises and a special ed

teachers and thereby negatively impacting impacting one of the most vulnerable student groups and violating their rights to a free and appropriate public education. lastly the district needs to relieve release their school concurs and families don't speak english (bell ringing) to put things in perspective over 6 thousand students with special needs across the district with a 20 to 25 percent for school site the district prepared to provide over 6 hundred transition all i p to the students will be impacted as the school closures i leave you with that. >> thank you thank you for your comments next speaker. >> good afternoon board of supervisors and see the students fund is so accomplish core

academic subject for all district students and it tears me apart to address the funds that may require more plans and it is not a guarantee that sfusd will adopt this plan. our students can't afford to wait and repeating here the schools need the supplies now and side student success fund offers a way for the resources to directly provide them to the students and as mother of two san francisco unified school district students i'm concerned about transferring money to sfusd without clear information on the true financial crisis. additionally and yet to hear the team will for the voices of our students and family we're tired of waiting the student success fund was created to support our students to was approved by

voter not misuse the funds with insufficient information. thank you. >> thank you for your comments next speaker. >> hi there i'm audrey a retired math teacher from sfusd. i'm here today because i want to speak about the audits and if you do it needs to be comprehensive and independent if you lit the school district do it will be a lot of - people are not district employees was the nice to hear a panel that has been created and i kind of changed when i wanted to tell you after i listened to a lot of the conversations i witnessed a lot of system tisk problems is a - it just feels like you can't

get to the kids like a band aid you're filling out process reports and gas lighting even though you don't that to side that is a teacher the best information how to spend money is co-teaching whether you have special education staff work with the classroom teachers to help plan curriculum so you can proactively deliver that it is extremely helpful. one thing i noticed often working in ninth grade students couldn't decoincide basic math terminology (bell ringing) no combreejs at lower level

thank you for listening. >> >> i'm a patient of a hi high schooler - i want to echo the comment about co-teaching one of the permit services my son needs to have and not gotten it is a world of difference when he has gotten that but actually want to give supervisor engardio a better answer than a peace audit as a former member of the county advisory committee peace legislation that is available on the school district website allows the city to do is on the

audit did not have school district and to my knowledge took me 20 years the city fund has never used its power and any member on anybody has been on the advisory committee that fund has been misused by every single superintendent. so i'm here to be heard and encourage you encourage the controller to take advantage of power that already exists (bell ringing) thank you for your comments. >> welcome to the next speaker. >> good afternoon leaders leaving the room that organ those departments before the people are spoken they're still in the room and the people that organ them are for the here to

listen that is a concern my name is sheryl jackson but the little one know me as ms. jackson i've served over 250 schools and want to talk about the funding in areas of communities. of course, par professional coverage and being an activist is incredibly important and today it is important we advocate to make sure the funding is available to them. we should double the amount that is asked today and increase their pay like they live in california and frankly, i think that is important you make sure outreach to them and

access and think that you can control the amount of employees and the par case managers the nurses for wrap around services don't have them our or the infrastructure (bell ringing) and need funding for computers and digital programs. you need wrap around services like the repairs to help those kids sometimes not enough during the class time. the physical programs the science programs don't have the access boards (bell ringing) or proper resources to. >> thank you for your comments we apologize if we're cutting anyone off we have two minutes.

welcome. >> good afternoon, supervisors my name is virginia chung a current parents and to the mayors team i share our frustration? concerning the district and this department about balancing the budget in line with the public schools to educate children we can't allow them leaving children for teachers we have an obligation and children should be our highest priority as we ask closures and skinners about the school closures without implementation i'm concerned at the rate children are left without a school we must have an analysis and audit of schools closures and special education and comment to the students is

defined by the decided fully fund impacted students if we don't deal was that this will be a problem for a different city department. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> i like to use is overheads and sir, can you speak directly into the microphone. >> i'm how is that. >> my name is regulations and rules ridgeway and want to talk about something that relates to that one mother person in the room knows the district has starred in 2015 spark a 50 is k-3 we talk about how much money the billionaires have since 2015 spark trying to get the there we go. all again has received

$120 million in the alaska airlines and sales force all ass billionaires not getting the money they are going to spark the reason i bring this up spark has 7 initiatives the initiatives are complete together for schools ready set read and asian-american achievement and career pathways and educator pipelines and mental health initiatives and stem when the covid hit spark gave gave the district $5 million i think a 5 o'clock fire 5 alarm fire with that thing okay. if that spark would stand up and asking direct money to the schools how come spark

can take some of this money that is court reporters donors to our schools and dr. wayne i'm a big fan of spark people don't know it exists $120 million since 2015 okay. and we should look at that and if you guys don't do that i'll start the letter we need to get involved (bell ringing) . thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker. >> good evening board of supervisors i'm a resident of district 6 some of you may know me as employer of units educators of san francisco i want to just to be clear, those comments don't reflect a position if sfusd. as a clear democratic process i don't

intend to over step that in any way vp i couldn't in good conscious go to sleep without comments there is a reference to a citizens advisory committee that oversees there's a chair she's not here why is she not here? she was told not to be here? i know ms. kelly persian she's a great woman told not to be here that's unethical this is the type of culture that continues at sfusd we're not going to get a better place for children culture we can't blame one individual has to accountability. and that

accountability to be at top and one they can't tell her not to be here and two is illegal for this we should look at that (bell ringing) i'll stop there. thank you. >> thank you for your comments well next speaker. >> hi, i'm leslie the concretes of units educators of san francisco and starting any 18 year. and union state of worked to help improve the sfusd we essentially allocated that fulfillment staff for that years to make sure the educators are getting tired and solving other problems we meet weekly for a while daily with sfusd h.r. labor relations and work

together often heated to make sure we are getting the stiff staff we have arbitrarily that boosters supporting the activities. but union sf can't had had work the district need to improve those protocol the legislation was written with extreme thought and intention with a specify city and county city that focuses on the funds to school sites we know the students educators and families in the while communities knows what is needed to do school right in order for young people to thrive and the legislation was written specifically to bypass the central office we wanted to eliminate the bureaucracy and frankly is tremendous lack of trust in supporting this work (bell

ringing) refreshing to see news articles over and over $8 million of unallocated funds that is an incomplete sentence in $8 million going to schools sites and i right thing this legislation was thoughtfully contrasted to avoid the bureaucracy is sent by voters to go straight to school to fix that office [off mic.] (bell ringing) thank you for your comments. >> hello. >> i have 17 years of college is or have a genus iq and tortured bet beat up by two teenagers black teenagers. >> not general public comment.

>> 5 broken bones i'm disabled. >> ma'am, this is about the school district not general public comment. >> can i please have time to talk i have have brain damage i have severe broken bones and no place to sleep safely when i called the police they make fun of me the chief of police i mean the fire department beat me and hurt me i've been sent away from my home and safety i worked hardware to get i'm a human being doesn't belong to be tortured and hurt for 40 years and reached out to the board of supervisors she said my things will be returned he only came to get votes where is hate crimes

for seven years i tell him i'm begging you for help you need help you can't speak out about the abuse that is committed without threat of dying and for turdz more this is a savage city if you listen to the people you'll try to help instead of self interest and never ever hear our cries the health department with no sleep and nobody listening to housing is safe you are taking who took the children to bed and gave it to the dogs making so many people's lives to hard who took the old people's bread and gave it to the dogs making everybody's life so hard it is savage and people

should care we can have acupuncture this is best in the world should be in every er robbing (bell ringing) >> you probably won't be alive this time. >> mr. duffey. >> great to see you're doing well i've never been a good student like the superintendent i guess my comment been less germane then reverend brown but my uncle put me own his lap try to individual prison son. >> of course that is a basically a titanic hit the

airbnbs and leaning to one side you have no requirements to be on the school district including financial skills except for eight grade algebra we have a two tier education system that makes it did the with, you know, the better skills students from better backgrounds going to berths schools and the state funding says we can't throw money at that they won't allow for that (bell ringing) that's probable a good place to

leave it. >> thank you for your comments next speaker. >> should i finish. okay? >> okay. easy to understand absolute incompetence the effect is - so you see the system it is broken now authentication are under the system you understand who told the kids to wear masks i q is going on down and all kids will be visible you knew that to inject so the kids know it is not about money but what the teach the kids how long it

will take you to recognize so basic facts you stop teaching the kids are to be upbeat and focus on beauty and everybody is i think competent and now basically stupid - i saw it no ideas you have no ideas euro lost in the system you need to get yourself out of being under risk no escape you guys know that (bell ringing) i wouldn't be here - only here to help. that's it but kids don't think of themselves first.

step by step so - thank you, mr. president. >> comments on this item is closed (bell ringing) commissioner chambers closing comments. >> i'll be brief thank you to the people and victoria and crocker sue and the president of board of education and our superintendent it is clear that is still more questions needs to be answered spoke with supervisor ronen i know she'll add on to speak more about is $8.4 million in the decided fund i think we have more of a road map and finding of the special education i think that rules were broken and that is clear when it comes to the advisory committee. it is unfortunately, we're in this situation right now. the one thing i also heard that was really shocking to hear

from the superintendent is that he's in his that year-to-date as superintendent that's enough time. that's enough time to have a grasp of the district issues and all of the different functions and right now thousands of kids and families are suffering special education. um, 0 director sue we're going to have follow-up conversations and more of a hearing you've heard overwhelming we don't have the answers and the directions i understand might have been a ald. kovac or conversation looking factor funds but at the same time not rolled over and it is direct purpose we'll have follow-up conversations own that so thank you, colleagues for having this meeting here today that was really important to get it out in the open and at the

mr. president for co-sponsoring with me and hand it back to you. >> thank you cumbersome would you like this hearing to be filed. >> make a motion to file that. >> this matter has been heard and filed madam clerk read items 25 and 26