one of the things we'd like to consider with bessie carmichael is to designate it as newcomer school, so they'll be attracted to bessie. there are those who are not informed, so not only do they not know it's an important option for them for their children, but also that -- that they have a hard time actually getting in when they try to advocate to get in. so i don't know if it's a policy, but in helping advance some of the strategies ensuring that the most vulnerable families facing homelessness have a strong support system. thank you. >> thank you. speaker, please. >> hello, i'm here in support of the resolution. i'm artistic director. i've been early childhood teacher for the past 17 years. finally, i'm a freelance teaching artist, so since 2015, i taught first graders theater arts. so through ybca arts program i have the honor to introduce the joy of theater and performance for the first graders. i do this for a total of ten sessions for one whole semester. let me tell you about these beautiful kids, they're brilliant, eager to learn and much more. i love these kids. they greet me

i volunteer, teach every week at the embarcadero ymca yoga class, and from there, i go to bessie carmichael reading class. i can tell you the new howard bike lanes are amazing. i appreciate that. i also appreciate the support for the go bikes, because i really don't like locking my bike at 7th and folsom. it might not be there, all the parts, so the go bikes have really helped me there, too. i don't know if you've all been to the courthouse, if you haven't, it's great. now for the ask: turk street. please, i'm just here to tell you what it would mean to me at a personal level. i volunteer -- i've been a client and a volunteer at the corner of polk and -- is it ellis? ellis, since 1985. i want to get there from the embarcadero y. that hill, the only other way i can do it on bike is sutter street, which is lower nob hill, which is hill, it's really hard to pedal up that without an unprotected bike lane. thank you. >> thank you very much mr. borden. as i've said before, you are a person to emulate for all of us. >> james joyce, is he here? okay. is martgen grayweiler here? mr. pillpeller's her

i raise three children, and my wife is a first grade teacher at bessie carmichael south of market, so we have been dealing with the issue of public safety all of our lives. and i can tell you what happened in 2017 is a big accomplishment. if you just walk outside, and you just see the volume of people, the volume of cars, all the activity, and the fact that we're -- that we -- that we're down in terms of the number of deaths is a huge accomplishment. it's a huge accomplishment. i think everyone should really take pride in that. the other thing to realize is for every person that -- that di dies, there's another nine that were severely injured. that's a whole pyramid, and that pyramid is getting smaller. we all have to remember, all of us, every single day, no matter how you get to school, work, wherever you go, all of us are pedestrians, so this impacts all of us. from a you beliepublic health e of the effects of promoting pedestrian safety, it impacts public health. it allows people to do more, to bike more, to do what we call in public health, active transportation, and this is good