they're going to city college and i don't want to lose city college. i know i want to have education for my kids [speaker not understood]. all the students so i will support city college. please keep open. thank you. (applause) >> i'm going to call a few more cards. alvin jah. renato [speaker not understood]. gordon mcclellan. patrick [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood]. and kabin baras. okay. >>> hello, thank you very much for having this meeting. we really need it. my name is holman turner, i'm a professional photographer. i also teach at city college. i've done that for the past 17 years. so, ~ somehow i fell in love with students and they fell in love with me. and for months i've been walking around as if this was something surreal, that we could actually be thinking about shutting down city college. for months i kept asking myself if the accreditation firm that is seeking to close city college is so interested in the quality of their education, how could they possibly even consider putting 85,000 of them out on the street? the answer

to get at san francisco state. so, if city college were to close, some students from san francisco state would be adversely affected. it's not just some, however. i'm also taking -- well, let me start this again. i ask that you guys do all that you can in your power to ensure city college remains open in its current state and form. not [speaker not understood], not privatized. city college serves a diverse range of demographics. not only for those who transfer, but newcomers who don't yet know english. my mom is one great example. not only -- also those who are trying to get certificates to enhance their careers. i won't be able to complete my geographic information system certificate at city college closes because i have to take pre-requisites for classes at state ~. so, basically, my mom took esl classes three times in her life when she was in san francisco. she'll be starting her third round of esl classes in the fall. and she wants to master english in order to have a better life in america, and she won't be able to do tha

city. we don't only want to see city college saved. we want to see city college improved. we want to see city college addressing some of the historic issues of racial inequity, the achievement gap for students of color, especially african-american students, the amount of time that it takes students to graduate when they get into city college. so, we were really would like to see you take leadership in bringing the community together to build more support around saving city college, while most definitely including the fact we need to strive to improve the situations at city college that aren't working for students to make them successful. there's a lot of pressure to have a narrative that doesn't include equity and i want to most definitely make sure that as we continue to speak about this that we talk about equity. we put students at the center of the conversation and really make sure that it's guided by what's going to make sure students get the most out of their education at city college. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. (applause) >>> good afternoon, chair cohen an

i grew upright here in san francisco, was very active in my community and came back to city college to now pursue my degree and my future and, you know, i don't know any other guidance program like the one at city college in the state. it would be devastating for me to lose the opportunity that that program provides. i mean, it provides a safety net for me as a student, to be able to get my books, to get housing assistance, to get transportation assistance, and that's just one of the programs that ccsf has to offer. i mean, this school is a gem. i mean, we are the model school for the nation. thank you. (applause) >> thank you. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is [speaker not understood] simmons and i am the [speaker not understood] president of downtown campus. i am here on behalf of almost 10,000 students and also on behalf of the 85,000 students. i would like to speak about our students who are immigrants who need city college so much. as a native speaker for esl, for low-income people, for people that struggle in jobs and [speaker not understood] courses to better their liv

there are people who have been involved in struggles for city college for years and trying to make city college legitimate institution. at times, the changes that are being forced, it is important to be accredited and opening and make the change people want to see. we'll be hearing from people talking about that today as well. there are great concerns -- i'm sorry, the murmuring in the room is really distracting. if we can keep our voices down, close the door, i would appreciate it. is the door open? if we can close the door, i would really appreciate it. it's really distracting. thank you very much. there are great concerns that people have that the city college could be a track towards downsizing, [speaker not understood] programs and possible privatization, setting up public assets. i think there is a -- those are really great concerns. especially when we see on the national level that happens in educational institutions around the country. we've seen great changes in chicago that are -- actually was the home base of [speaker not understood] duncan who is our education -- the commiss

to save city college. and i think a lot of the work will be behind the scenes with the college trustees, faculty and others. we need to build up much more public awareness of the existence of this accrediting bode and i do everytg

and welcome to san francisco city hall. s momentus occasion, we are going to have and celebrate the unveiling of the adolf trotro bust. and so we will begin with the present mayor of san francisco, mayor ed lee, talking about one of the former mayors of san francisco adolf trotro. >> all right. thank you, ellen. >> you are very welcome. president lee. >> good morning, everyone and welcome to city hall. and thanks for as a various departments that are here, i understand that we have three representatives from our counsel general offices, certainly our counsel general from germany, from israel and russia. thank you very much for being here. former supervisor clint is here, i can see him in the crowd thank you for being here as well. our chiefs from the fire and police department are here. members of our commissions are here as well and thank you very much. my good buddy, leonid, mucupkin has been an advisor to me for many, many years previous to my being mayor of san francisco. and he is always been giving me great advice on n

to save city college. and i think a lot of the work will be behind the scenes with the college trustees, faculty and others. we need to build up much more public awareness of the existence of this accrediting bode and i do everything we can to support our city college. the rest i'll submit. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor avalos. >> thank you, madam clerk. i just wanted to rise to say happy birthday to supervisor jane kim. today is hader birthday. ~ her birthday. i don't think she knew that we knew. now you know. i just wanted to wish you a happy 29th birthday. (applause) >> and the rest i'll submit. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. all of those items will be appropriately referred. mr. president, that concludes roll call for introductions. >> thank you. madam clerk, let's go to roll call. >> at this time the public may comment generally up to two minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board including item number 1, the policy discussion

city. we're making sure that data belongs to our city, not the vendor. and second, we're making sure that any software that we buy or build hatx a public api or some equivalent. we don't want to be held hostage by a vendor or by technology. this data belongs to our constituents. we are simply stewards of it. in closing, i want to thank the hatchery, i want to thank our city leadership, mayor, as well as president chiu and partnering with us on this legislation. and i want to thank all of you in our community who have really done amazing things with this data. it's just a celebration of the good work that you're doing that we're here. open data would not exist without our community. so, with that, i'm going to actually hand it off to 100 plus to do a really quick demo and then we're going to do a little q & a and we'll have them come up next. >> 100 plus, we're based here in san francisco. we are interested in small healthy behaviors, ways to be healthy that don't involve going to the gym. we created a system where we recommend hops or help opportunities.

, to have a great life in the city. i felt like there were too many of my peers that should have had the same opportunity. and, so, it's a big reason why i decided to participate in politics. >> you mentioned you were the executive director of the african-american arts and culture complex. how has that experience as well as the experience of serving on two commissions prepared you for the board of supervisors? >> well, i did serve on the san francisco redevelopment agency commission and the fire commission, and i was really fortunate to run this great center. and all of those experiences, running a nonprofit, being on a commission, working for the city, responding to constituents, doing the kinds of things that many folks are doing every single day to make our city better, i mean, i don't see a better preparation than that for becoming a city supervisor. the nonprofit world is a very challenging community to work in because of the fund-raising involved, because of the needs for such great programs. so, to be in the middl

i also would like [ applause ] >> i also would like to thank our city build liaisons for all of their dedication and hard work and determination. [ applause ] >> and lastly, i would like to thank the mayor's office. because what the mayor's office they make everything possible for all of us. it is huge, and i hope that you continue to back this program up and my classmates. you want them to do unto you, so when we graduate and start working let's get right back just like they did for us. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> super star. >> okay just a couple more shout outs, the dean of city college at evans campus, thank you for coming, sir. [ applause ] >> arm on the executive director of the charity cultural center services is here this evening. [ applause ] >> don marcos, executive director of mission hire. and in the back. and probably the group that came the most distance our friends from the operating engineers in slew house california east of sacramento, dave spader and tammy casteel. thank you for making that trip. >> we want to acknowledge cliff low of consulated engineering as well

know, we want to keep city college open. we also want to keep it -- save it the right way. and the right way is making sure that we have access for all students, not just the students who want to transfer to 2 and 4 year colleges because eventually everyone might want to do that, but we should say it should be there for esl students, it should be there for everybody because education really does contribute to -- i think 60% of our culinary students end up within the first three months, they end up getting a job somewhere in san francisco hospitalities industry. these are like stories and these are statistics that we can continue to pump out. so, our institution actually does a very great job at educating students. i don't think that is at issue. in terms of governance, we just prioritize different things. when we lost $53 million, the first thing that we did was we looked at our administrators and we split the cost savings there. we looked at consulting fees and looked at cost savings there. that is drastically different than

work with city college to address the deficiencies that city college could not address with these people advising them. (applause) >> so, i'll tell you, in terms of common sense, having been a counselor on the school district, if the school district hired someone to help it comply with some of the deficiencies, an agency finds that the deficiencies are still there, i would question the school district rehiring that consultant to address those deficiencies. (applause) >> and, so, that's a fundamental concern that i have here, is that city college has been following the guidance and the advice of the very people that are now assigned to help it get out of this predicament. i think that's a concern. does the mayor's office think that's a concern? >> with all due respect, i'm going to give you a different perspective in the way in which we're looking at it. so, yes, the state chancellor's office provided the ability forfeit map to come in. fit matt identifies what your problems are. they don't come in to fix your problems. and then the special

we have to figure out how the other cities are losing hope. are a country of equal opportunity and not equal results. we have to make sure people have the ability to move up an share in the american dream and that means being self sufficient and having the education that you need to understand the issues and participate. when it comes to tech, we have a government in new york city that gets it. we have a group of business innovators and we have city data available to software developers and starts grow and constantly working to matchup investors with tech start ups in our city. city has itself a jobs developer and we've got a chief data analytics officer whose job is including combatting mortgage fraud and stopping prescription drug abuse and things like that. you wouldn't think of technology being useful but in this day and age it is. we have a mayor that road in the taxi in the first bloomberg summit in october. i'm a good customer and everybody was watching. so we look forward to seeing you in new york city and once again, thank you for you

, part of the city administrator's study was to do an audit. and i would certainly be supportive of that possibility. i don't think the city just looked at city-owned buildings, but affordable housing developments the city has significantly invested in, that's a great idea. >> or public housing. >> or public housing. rec and park, if you could pass that along to the city administrator and add that to your mix? i know we have a couple representatives from the puc. i'm not sure who would like to speak to represent the department, but thank you for being here. >> good afternoon and thank you. chair wiener, president chiu, supervisor kim, and a special thanks to president chiu for introducing this inspiring legislation that brings us here today. my name is yolanda manzoni and i'm the [speaker not understood] for the san francisco public utilities commission. i'm here today on behalf of sfpuc to show our support for the recommendations of the city administrator regarding the establishment of the urban agriculture program and supporting the recommenda

at half staff on friday in recognition of her life and contributions to our city. finally, we're also grateful that we are also able to celebrate here at city hall. since our last meeting the u.s. supreme court made a historic decision that opened the doors for marriage equality here in california. and now all loving couples can once again share in the celebration of marriage in our state. it was a pleasure to join all of you on that historic day. so, with that, let's get to the first question. >> thank you, mr. mayor. our first question will be provided by our district 10 colleague, supervisor malia cohen. >> thank you. good afternoon, san franciscans, mr. mayor, welcome back. thank you for your leadership in this difficult time. i think both you and chief hayes white and chief suhr have been outstanding. i've been working as you know with many of my neighbors on expanding the increasing need for lighting infrastructure in district 10 which is largely formally the industrial part of san francisco. areas that are near dark, free ways, unaccepted streets which are no

by the way, i went to city college three years, 1957 to 1960. and then later in the middle of my printing trades career, i decided i wanted to see if i could do something else so i went back to study physiology which was available to me. but that's not what i'm here for. i think you guys know because you've heard it all, that this is a political fight not an education fight. it's a political fight to hold onto this ability to have this kind of capacity to offer. what really is the only working class institution in san francisco that serves more than 90,000 adults here, and many of them are working full time or half time. so, the question to you is because i can't figure it out, is who can change this decision? who do we put pressure on, aside from [speaker not understood] and meetings and hearings which are all going to be very important to educate people, who makes the decision to reverse this? it's a self-appealing committee that is -- i read about it. it's not a credible body. it's not somebody that you can talk to. so, who is the target of t

we're working together with the city's to plan the city of the future based on our experience and the challenge of knowledge and technology. this is the expo and where the congress helped barring also known as in 2011. i'm delighted to visit you to participate in the congress next november. i'm sure there are many things we can learn from each other. and while as many other things we can create together. mayor lee you can be sure that b.a. also known as is looking forward to cooperate in those areas. i want to give you two things we we have very, very important football. the barring also known as football. (clapping) >> oh, my god. >> that's the best player. >> and i know one also important thing. we have in this moment the most important in the world. this book to you. >> oh, my gosh thank you. thank you very much (clapping) >> give you something to do. thank you >> thank you we would like to present a print of a wood cut that reminds you thought - of the beautiful city. (clappin (clapping). >> thank you, mayor. they're talking golf here. did that invitation protocol has to go first,

@@to th awards here at san francisco city hall. thank you all so much for joining us here tonight. it is an honor to be here. my name is daniel homsby and i am the program manager for the neighborhood department networks. an honor to see you here. many of the same faces for the fifth year for the men awards. let's give you an a plays for coming back. (applause) >> and celebrating one of the most important things we have in san francisco, which is our neighborhoods. without further ado, i'd like to start the program off by introducing my colleague, christina palone, the new director for the mayor's office for neighborhoods. christina palone. (applause) >> good evening, everyone. i'm happy to be a part of such a great ebit that celebrates the contributions made by residents and organizations throughout the city to make san francisco one of the greatest places to live. the mayor's office of neighborhood services also known as mons focuses on neighborhood outreach and engagement. it is an honor to be here with community leaders who are

it brings family back to the city and we can set a precedent to make sure this city becomes a beacon for other cities and the job market can be a scary place if you're afraid of losing your job thank you very much >> thank you let's hear from our last speaker and if there or any other members of the public that wish to speak. >> i'm a 20-year residents of san francisco in the mission district. i've been in the private sector for profit business as a business manager and also on the board of supervisors for the democratic sense for women. i want to say that over my time in business we have initiated without a lot of formality. many of the departments i worked in were primarily female and we needed time off for child bearing we just went ahead and did that it was always successful and professionalable and no one ever had a problem with what we did. but there's one thing i'm not a mommy have any kid's but about 10 years ago my dad got sick. he was a strong guy and he got very sick and he had no money and his wife was disabled. it was up to my sisters and i and -- excuse-me.. i was horri

city is my home. i grew up here. i know -- i went to galileo in the marina, hung out at bayview hunters point, my family lives all over the city. i mean, i can't do something that positively impacts district 5, but also negatively impacts san francisco as a whole. so, whatever decisions i make, i mean, it's a no-brainer. i have to make sure that it's going to positively impact the city as a whole and that's just how i view every decision that i make through that particular lens. >> let's talk a little about your district in particular. what do you hear about transportation from your constituents? is there adequate muni service? >> well, it's funny that you mention muni. [laughter] >> and let me just say this. as someone who -- i mean, we caught muni -- when i was growing up in the city, that's how you got around. and there were some real problems with muni. i'm talking about just -- i mean, the buses were always dirty. they were always packed. there was just always some challenges and the city is growing clearly. and we need to look at

. >> thank you, thank you joaquin, thank you, welcome to our orange city hall. i want to welcome everybody here this fourthth animal america arab month of separation and it's my pleasure to join us here and many of us know that we are such a lucky city, and we are lucky because people around their world make their way to fraction, find hopey until the city they know that we celebrate our diversity and find strength in the different cultures that pretend together and now, i ask you also to bring me talent from the arab america communities to make me and help me lune run the city. yes, it's incredible. union, i think i can talk about how wonderful diversity is, but we have to get the talent from our communities to represent all of the different thing that we do in the city. and you know, tonight, even though there is something called a baseball game out there, but these wonderful events that we have in the city whether it's america's cup whether it's fleet week, whether it's the 49ers playing or the giants playing, even eventually when we land the superbowl it all

>> good morning and welcome to the mayor's office and city hall as we are here to celebrate the visit of mayor coreen mac from the sister city zurich and ten years of friendship between our cities, it was then that willie brown and mayor gerber, did i say that correctly? signed the original mlu which created the special bond of friendship between the great city of zurich and the city of san francisco and we are honored to have mayor machere and i am mark chan ler director of international trade. first of all everybody knows mayor lee and corinne bach our guest from zurch and james and the co-chairs of the sister committee and mr. general andreg and we like to recognize juliana muler the mayor's partner and thank you for being here >> mayor has been in office since 2009 and great success during her time as mayor and as americans we can kind of claim a part of her because she was born in iowa city, iowa. so she is actually a good midwest girl. >> here on the west coast of the united states and we welcome you as a joint citizen of switzerland and the united states. >> i would like to tur