the district refusal to allow families to be assigned to their closest school even though city san franciscans desire the nearest school by the proposition h. the california education code says that there must be equal access to education. shouldn't the definition of access include being able to get to the school. could san francisco unified really say sorry, no more room to all the schools. this is an issue. the board needs to make children their first priority rather than hard headed ideology. >> i have a number of speakers from visitation valley. i believe you will require interpretation? okay. brenda yann. jenny my. nicole >> do we have interpretation available? >> 2 minutes time but we'll double it because of interpretation per speaker. >> good evening everybody. i'm a new parent from the elementary school. we came to voice our serious question about the school and the principal. we share our complaint to assistant who promise to get back to our -- we have not hear from them since so we have send -- last school year the bilingual teachers was -- the principal to transport to another schoo

i do however, i'm a little concerned when i hear things that look like city san franciscans. i'm a little concerned when i hear things like look like san franciscans. i look around this room and we all look like san franciscans to me. i don't know what that exactly means. i also get concerned about, i wasn't born and raised in san francisco, i didn't go to si or sa but i'm as san franciscans as they come. i know people who are not san franciscans who would make great officers. i want to be clear about this statement so i don't want there to be confusion about this statement. >> i'm going to say looks like san francisco. the answer that i gave to a question about school was what's our plan to increase the diversity. i said that i -- chief, this is not directed at any comments. >> i just want to make one more thing that people that live in san francisco are also san franciscans and since we no longer have our residency required, that police officers? san francisco there is a huge value to at least some point in your life live in san francisco, live in the place that you police

a standard and sends a mental that the government will decide what speech is suitable for city san franciscans to debate. this will cause lawsuits that you will likely lose. we have explained this and i have copies of that letter available to me. this is a policy for the people of san francisco. we are a diverse community and we accept and celebrate opportunities to engage in dealing. munis has created a unique public forum that has shut out in many other spaces that are exposed to daylight. we in no way subject people to speech or ridicule. what do those terms mean? thank you. >> anyone else care to address the board on this one? >> seeing none. this is the topic for discussion in closed session. is that correct. the board has one more item. after this we will hear that and we'll go into closed session and the board will do more consideration on that and we'll come back and vote on it. >> item 16, amend the transportation code sections 1102 #shgs 103 and 1107 to implement dispatch performance standards and to adopt a minimum requirement for dispatch equipment and for the transfer of dispatch

city college helps all san franciscans. >> thank you, miss kelly. next speaker. >> hi, i'm richard rothman and i want to talk about city college intercepted with my life three different times. the first was as i graduated george washington high school, i didn't know what i wanted to do and i was going into real estate and took a humanities course and i wanted to get a degree and by going into city college for two 1/2 years, i got my credits to go in on san francisco state and go on to get my masters degree. that was the first intersection and i went to work for the city and for five 5 years i was one of the managers in the financial aid office. i really saw the importance of city college and financial aid and especially i had interview students that were difficult an had an appeal of financial aid and how important it was for students who were english as a second language and were trying to get a foot up on the john -- job and a 4-year college and get a skill in some of the trade programs which i think are very important and are sometimes overlooked.

city. 3 thousand. if you do the math that's 1 out of every san franciscan has been involved and have been involved with the homeless in our community. that is something that no other city can boost and that comes from the top down. when we think about what our city has to over one of the you biggest things we have is people who are ill maybe they're on the street from diabetes. last week, i saw a man who said i've worked for 20 years he hurt his back and now he's addicted to his painkillers and living on the street. i said let's work together by we've he got to get you healthy first. and the way we can do that is by using the health department services. what can we do for the most vulnerable person. it's not just the medical it's creating a relationship with the client and with the patient so they know they can trust their doctor and come in and he not be judged and comfortable with their medical director and that's because of the director ms. garcia. and that's the spirit we embody so today thank you barbara garcia and the rest of the council for all they've done. we wouldn't be here you think back 50

city and protect all that is so special about san francisco. >> what lessons did you learn after campaigning for supervisor? >> san franciscansre incredibly interested in their city government, local politics, and making sure that we remain the most amazing city in the world. i learned that san franciscans during campaign read everything they are sent in the mail. they love to meet the candidates and engage in conversations with them. i learned how important it is to build bridges between different communities, particularly communities of diversity that we have. i was incredibly honored to have been elected in november of 2008. >> where do you place yourself on the political spectrum? >> i consider myself someone who shares the progressive values that many sentences can hold dear. we have been a beacon to the rest of the world region that many sentences skins hold dear. we have been a beacon to the rest of the world for those. >> you are president of the board. describe the role of the opposition and the responsibilities that come with being the president of the board of supervisors. >> as president, i preside over the weekly

build two seismically safe hospitals, advance the state of medical care in our city, and put thousands of san franciscans to work. i also want to take this moment and mention my personal thanks on behalf of the city, if i will, and i know the board will join me. i want to thank cpmc for their deliberate participation with some 10 other bay area hospitals to respond in the highest professional fashion to the critical emergency needs that we had this past weekend. you were one of many hospitals that took care of very seriously injured passengers on the asianic flight and i want to personally thank you. i want to be doing that, and happily doing that in the weeks to come as we celebrate our heros, whether they were the emergency responders or working in the hospitals and volunteers and the nurses and everyone in those hospitals. but i think it's very timely that since we're doing this to give a special shout out to cpmc as one of the great bay area hospitals that responded effectively. that is why we have so many of the passengers and the crews that are surviving this big crash that could have been ten time

san franciscans, thank you so very much. >> thank you, doctored, eric brooks? >> good afternoon, commissioner, eric brooks, san francisco green party, local grass roots organization outer city, i've been working on this for about 9 and a half year, i think most of you commissioners if not all of you, all of our ally supervisors, eric mar, john avalos, all of you are staffed and all of even my environmental group allies can tell you that over the last 9 and a half years, because i've been pushing so hard on the local build-out making sure it happens, i've been on the biggest pain on the butt of all of those allies and all of your staff in the city. >> i think you're a very nice person, eric. >> i think other folks might rightfully disagree, especially your staff, i've definitely been a pain in their butt. >> in their? >> butt, butt. i can tell you the reason for that is up to about a year ago, we had no guarantees, we had no guarantees that this program was going to get off the ground in a way that had a reasonable rate, that would have a low opt-out rate, that would make it possible to get enough customers into this program to do the big local build-out of hundreds of megaw

city satisfactory. i'm is a native san franciscan i'm racing my kids here. i'm a former prosecutor i see my colleagues from the district attorney's office. i work in the by the way, view district. i work with a doctor at the center of wellness we help kids that have been unhealthy. i'm honored you're all here. i notice that we have people who are getting translation services. two of my kids are studying mandarin and they try to teach me but i have a terrible accent but i'm grateful that the department has made it okay for you to be here and not have language be a barrier so thank you very much to all of you. >> thank you let's have the presentation by captain tom regarding the certificates of appreciation. >> thank you president. what we would like to do is honor a citizen today. last week two weeks ago on august 15th there was a female sitting on the muni bus at the stock exchange at stockton and gary and two suspects came up to a her and one grabbed her purse and pulled it off her shoulder that her shoes fell off but today, we're here to honor a citizen wh

city. 3 thousand. if you do the math that's 1 out of every san franciscan has been involved and have been involved with the homeless in our community. that is something that no other city can boost and that comes from the top down. when

families and people of san francisco with the city college system , many of our most cherished components like the non-credit courses at city college are at risk in many san franciscans use and rely and need these type of non-credit courses whether it's to get their ged or high school equivalence or learn english in a manner so they can have a chance at a better decent job. those are the most vulnerable and threatened by the loss of the city college's accreditation. the report is also ground breaking because it's starting to look more carefully at how we can quantify economic benefits as well. campbell efforts are really appreciated. a couple of key highlights. city college generates somewhere over $311 million per year in economic activity to san francisco. so i will repeat that at the very least city college generates over $311 million a year in economic activity for our city. the college serves and huge a diverse population with about 1/3 of the population being asian or pacific islander and 21 percent being latino or people identified of hispanic or again. that's over 50 percent are either pacific islander or latino of the college population. somewhere between 41

it's part of a city n to get more young people involved. >>> hundreds of san franciscans helped cleannd dirty streets at city hall today all part of a city plans to get more young people involved. >> we want the students to learn not to graffiti these assets and cause us a lot more expenses that we don't have to inoccur. a lot of it is a new culture of nonacceptance of this in every structure we have in the city. >> squares ceo jack dorsey and giants mascot lucille also joined the effort. >>> today was a chamber of exercise kind of day, just gorgeous. >> somebody visiting here this weekend would say, wow, they have great weather in california. >> yeah. >> we have great weather in california. we are showing it off in all its glory because we can be hot inland this time of year. we're not. we can be cold in the city with cloud cover all day long. we're not. we are right in the between in the happy place. you can see through the spires there of the bay bridge and see all the way to mount diablo. you can see see the oakland hills, see piedmont. visibility excellent. clear skies beautiful

together, this resolution will help us to prevent bike thefts in our city, and in the event that it does occur, it will help san franciscans recover their property more >> i would like to thank them for their leadership and former, a really a great advocate for bikes in the city, mike caswel who has relocated to la and with the sf police and sfsafe as well. and i would like to thank london breed, and president david chiu and committee chair, david campos for their work as well. i would like to call up deputy police chief loftus and officer matt freedman who have helped individuals recover their bikes as well. >> well, thank you very much for having me today. it is good to see everybody again. and i can talk to you about some of the things that we have been doing since the last time that we have met. if that is okay? one of the things to combat bike theft is we have started a twitter account. and it is at sfpd bike theft and in doing that, i wanted to try to harass the power of social media and gather the bicycle community together in one umbrella to try not only to get the message out about locking techniques and bike thef

san franciscan. i currently live and own a home in the x cellar district. my family is sxhiftd of city workers and pd's police officers and department of public works. i'm odd school san franciscan. each of my parents gntd from a different country. and two were born in the united states shortly after their parents gntd. i have family on the latino side. i own a home and i'm also using public transportation everyday along geneva to the balboa bart station and a also in the earning commute. i am very fortunate to participate with the "x" excelsior action group on the board of supervisors and have long been doing that for several years. i have worked the transportation authority in the past and we look forward to doing the same in the future. i think by virtue of my participation not only on the board of advisory i'm chair of their business attraction committee we're trying to get now a businesses into the community especially along invention even if i'm able to provide some very significant and meaningful advise to the committee. we regularly hold meeting and partner with other groups in

city. we should come together as san franciscans, and, colleagues, at this time, i hope, and i asked that we unanimously vote for ed lee to be our next mayor. this is also a historic day for the asian-american community. for a community that has been here in santa francisco, for over 160 years, i am a product of that community. i know the ed and all of us of asian-american decent feel the legacy. i want to thank all of you who have been part of this historic moment to make this happen. and say that this is obviously not just about a chinese- american community or an asian american community. this is about the american dream. the idea that anyone of any background of any color from any part of the globe can come here and sunday be at the very top of what our community is about -- and someday be at the very top of what our community is about. . >> golden gate parks largest body of water ska great labor for scrolling and picnicking and both miking which can both be rented at the boat house and the lakewood design for leisure boatings and carriages and a treasure trove passing hunting ton water