we're joined by the committee members, board of supervisors president david chiu, sandra lee fewer and hydra mendoza and christina olague. the clerks are esther casco and we want to thank the members of the staff for the city and the school district for being here. we have the clerk on the side of the order of supervisors, gail, we want to thank her. madam secretary, do we have any announcements? >> none, supervisor. supervisor campos: i want to make a brief point about the importance of this committee. this is a committee that for many years has played a very important role in enhancing the partnership between city government and the school district. this is very important committee. we look forward to a lot of work being done and i want to think not only my colleagues on the board of supervisors but also the san francisco unified school district for their commitment to this partnership between the city and the school district. with that, madam secretary, you can call item one. >> it is file 111046. a hearing on the school improvement grant status as sponsored by supervisor cohen. sup

. >> next speaker is sandra lee hubbard, followed by mercy rain and georgia iowa. -- george ayama. >> i am here to lend support to the idea of free muni for all youth in san francisco. as many previous speakers have mentioned, we are phasing out our general education yellow school buses. the governor has proposed to eliminate all funding for reimbursement for trips protection costs. you can imagine the havoc it is causing in our school district. we get calls on a daily basis. how will we get children to school? we have a system of free choice in our schools. in our schools. that means parents can cho

. >> next speaker is sandra lee hubbard, followed by mercy rain and georgia iowa. -- george ayama. >> i am here to lend support to the idea of free muni for all youth in san francisco. as many previous speakers have mentioned, we are phasing out our general education yellow school buses. the governor has proposed to eliminate all funding for reimbursement for trips protection costs. you can imagine the havoc it is causing in our school district. we get calls on a daily basis. how will we get children to school? we have a system of free choice in our schools. that means parents can choose schools that are far from their own neighborhoods, if there is performing the would like for their own children. access to free muni would give their children a chance to participate in language immersion programs and art programs that are not in certain districts, but in other areas of the city. we have, and i think you have heard, but we have an increasing amount of homeless families we are serving. two years ago, we were spending $11,000 a month for youth passes for homeless families. we are spendi

. >> next speaker is sandra lee hubbard, followed by mercy rain and georgia iowa. -- george ayama. >> i am here to lend support to the idea of free muni for all youth in san francisco. as many previous speakers have mentioned, we are phasing out

[applause] school board member, sandra lee [applause] you referred earlier to selecting the chief. which is great, sir. gavin named the first female fire chief. [applause] and you kept his chief of staff, steve caller. where are you, steve? [applause] then, mr. mayor, all of this did not just happen. all of the business of this beautiful blue drapery, decking out city hall with a blue carpet and horns of plenty, heralding your arrival. that all happened because you had an inaugural committee headed by none other than charlotte, matthew, and martha. they put all that together. standup if you are a member of that inaugural committee. [applause] then, of course, mr. mayor, you posted during the christmas holidays an event for a very important international unit. as the city unfolds in its international importance, the core of san francisco is going to be very important. please rise of the people concede we really are. [applause] san francisco, frankly, would never be complete -- i left my heart in san francisco? that is part of what we are about. there is something that has become equ

and in sunday's "parade" magazine, new york's first girlfriend, sandra lee, talks about what it's likepublic roles as a celebrity chef and live-in girlfriend of governor andrew comeau. >> all right. with us now, we have the chief white house correspondent for "politico" here with the morning playbook. mike, what are you looking at today? >> well, happy friday. >> yay! >> there you go. >> another sign that the republican establishment is ready to move on, is ready to get onto the main event, the super bowl, with barack obama. the republican national committee, which in the past has waited for there to be an official nominee to take their orders from their new boss, the nominee, is moving ahead with building a ground game in key states. now, they are way, way, way behind what obama campaign is up to. but they are already focusing on nevada and colorado as states where there's tons of early voting. they figure that before election day, 80% of the presidential voters in nevada and colorado will vote. so they are focusing there. focusing in michigan and florida. and they are using the recal

reference to the sandra fluke birth control controversy as team obama unveils its new get out the female vote strategy. >> do you ever see the chinese picketing? can you imagine ching lee chu with a picket sign? >> wow, louis farrakhan spews hatred at uc berkeley. why is the president of that university defending his speech there? we'll have a special report. >> this is not hate. this is actual fact. >> laura: caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> laura: hi, everyone, i'm laura ingraham in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. we are going to have the latest on that awful massacre by an american soldier in afghanistan later in the broadcast. but, first, the so-called war on women. that is the subject of tonight's talking points memo. over the weekend, secretary of state hillary clinton weighed into the culture wars as part of an coordinated effort to propel the democrats in november. >> now, we know that that young woman in to your knowledge and her piers across the region already are facing extremists will try to strip their rights, curb their participation, limit their abi

reference to the sandra fluke birth control controversy as team obama unveils its new get out the female vote strategy. >> d you ever see the chinese picketing? can you imagine ching lee chu with a picket sign? >> wow, louis farrakhan spews hatred at uc berkeley. why is the president of that university defending his speech there? we'll have a special report. >> this is not hate. this is actual fact. >> laura: caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> laura: hi, everyone, i'm laura ingraham in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. we are going to have the latest on that awful massacre by an american soldier in afghanistan later in the broadcast. but, first, the so-called war on women. that is the subject of tonight's talking points memo. over the weekend, secretary of state hillary clinton weighed into the culture wars as part of an coordinated effort to propel the democrats in november. >> now, we know that that young woman in to your knowledge and her piers across the region already are facing extremists will try to strip their rights, curb their participation, limit their abi