mary l. booker leadership academy charter school. so this item is being referred to curriculum and program and to budget and business services. could i get a motion and a second for the first reading of all of these policies and superintendent's proposals? >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. i do have speakers for item six, which is the reading of the authorization to grant or in alternative deny the petition for the mary l. booker leadership academy charter school. i have ten speakers on this item. we usually provide for five minutes on first readings, and -- but i will call your name and please come up, and you'll each get a minute. so susan solomon, alida fisher, julie robert fong, castro walker, c.m. bivens, come on up. terrence davis, betty hunter, susan fong wong, tiana cuman, and geraldine anderson. >> thank you, commissioners and superintendent. my name is alina fisher, and i am the chairman of the advisory for community education. as i've stated before, the c.a.c. board and our membership

there's a man in the hallway from mary l. booker academy. he confirmed to me, it's an innovate school, they are looking for space in the bayview, at either malcolm x, at carver or willie brown and we also know that mission education center is also a site. i just want to put this into context, i'm hoping families in the city, on the west side and in north beach, as well as on the south side band together in support of black and brown schools. black and brown people are being displaced from our communities and the fact we are also being displaced from our schools is unacceptable. i know your hands are tied in a lot of ways because of state law. i just want to put it on the record that you are not wanted, okay? you're not wanted at malcolm x or m.e.c. or carver, you're not wanted at willie brown. thank you. [applause] >> how do i follow the amazing allison colins. so i'm here in my capacity as the chair of the community advisory committee for special education. i just want to reiterate what people have said that students with disabilities will

marie: i'm not sure the poll shows that across the board. they also vote for democratic candidate who doesn't want to impeach donald trump. i think cory booker is right and most mainstream democrats are in that position of we are not talking about impeachment. we are letting an investigation play out. we will get to the end of that and we do micro read mueller's report and come out with their own conclusions about what that should mean. i believe that is where the mainstream of the democratic party and where our candidates are. most importantly, candidates across the country are not running on impeachment. >> is a winning issue for democrats? >> ari: is a terrible issue for them and the democratic caucus, very powerful issue, a sentiment issue which is do you hate trump enough? >> harris: it's a litmus test. >> ari: she lost her primary for being the endorsed candidate in california to a liberal who wants to impeach the president and she is getting increasing support. it reminds me of what happened to joe lieberman when the democrats don't and that of their party because he was a liberal enough and he was a nominee for vice president. i thin