commissioner brackett? >> and have a couple of questions. there is comments about 50% local construction hiring by our and by trade. what percentage are we at currently? >> on and over no -- on an overall basis, 25% for laborers and carpenters. the other trades, what includes what we consider to be a lot of trades that the placement, or the dispatch of individuals from the unions, it is 17%. . >> commissioner brackett: which unions does not comprise of? can you list them out? >> i can list a few, but i thint position to answer that. >> okay. >> thank you commissioners. first i want to thank the issue being raised. we definitely want to engage in the community. it's actually something we are proud of to work with the community to figure out how to improve the numbers. specifically to answer the questions about the trade that has specific requirements, electricians, plumbers, sheet autoworkers. no matter what we do, there is a process that the union has set in place to get people into the union to make sure that individuals go through a proces

the item has been moved by commissioner brackett and seconded by commissioner scott. [roll call] >> the mou is adopted. >> the next order of business is agenda item d, authorizing a legal services contract with curls bartling, p.c., a professional law corporation, for disclosure counsel services in an amount not-to-exceed $148,950. discussion and action resolution 14-2019. madam director? >> thank you. this item is new to the commission. engaging a disclosure counsel, practices and the public finance industry. we are excited that we are at least in the process of contracting with the disclosure counsel to provide services. >> good afternoon. i am the financial recording management analyst of van nuys. the i do be for you is the authorization of an for the council not the amount to exceed $148,950,000. -- on a $48,950. issuance of bond creates ongoing regulatory and contractual obligations to material information that might affect the security of these bonds. because of this complexity. they will hire specialized disclosure counsel to provide legal counsel. providing t

brackett says getting adults involved in the conversation, checking in, tom. this doctor says, once you name it, you can tame it. how do you do it after that? >> what's key is once you know what you're feeling, it's all about those strategies to help you deal with it. for instance, maybe deep breathing to kind of take you down if you're feeling a little too tense. you know, visual identifying yourself in a better place. that makes a big difference and practicing a positive point of view. sounds very simple but all of o in and sort of calm yourself and he says it makes a huge difference in schools across the country. they're seeing a big, big difference. >> parents, taking the time to stop and say how do you feel? >> exactly. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up we're talking to the stars of the back to school video going viral. stay with us. ♪ ♪ i'm gonna ride my bus >> announcer: tomorrow marshmello and kane brown electrify your weekend like never before in total 360-degree virtual reality and with this "gma" backstage pass anything can happen. just go to goodmor

because as we say, you have to chool outside chicago has implemented brackett's r.u.l.e.r. program as an integral part of its freshman curriculum. >> r.u.l.e.r. are recognizing emotions in one's self, understanding the causes and consequences, labeling those feelings, learning how to express those feelings, and the top of the hierarchy is regulation skill. >> reporter: the schools use color-coded language to help kids explain their mindset on a given day. red if they're anxious or upset. blue if they're down. yellow means they're happy. >> do you guys want to feel included? >> we want them to say, hey, mrs. parker, i'm red and i'm going to use some of my strategies right now. that's what we're doing here, lowering shame. >> at first it just didn't seem like i would use it every day. every decision i make i use it. >> it helps me be stronger. so now i feel a lot more confident. >> it let me put myself in someone else's shoes and realize that me being wrong is okay. >> these are just life skills that you need to know. >> reporter: even parents noticing the difference. >> seei

. >> the item has been made by commissioner scott, seconded by commissioner brackett. [roll call] >> thank you. the item is approved. these call the next item. >> the next order of business is item h, approving amendments to the mission bay south signage master plan: to increase the limits of residential signage; decrease the clearance for fin signs; and to allow directional signage standards for residential and mixed use retail uses; an implementing action under the mission bay subsequent environmental impact report, a program eir; and adopting environmental findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act. discussion and action. resolution number 18-2019. madam director? >> thank you to the chair. this item is an amendment to the minute master plan in term of increasing limits to both residential and commercial retail uses within commission base out for eat i turn it over to nikki henry to present on this item. >> hello commissioners, i am a specialist with mission a project manager. the requested action before you day -- the requested action before you

brackett. i'm an alumni. i've been through this process a lot and i would just like to say the fight two is not about art, it is about the california education code. promising in chapter two, educational equity. it article 5.5, a safe place to learn. this article shall be known and may be cited as a safe place to learn at. this mural does not provide a safe space for students. more than that, i just would like to say in the period of time, 90% of the people in this room. [inaudible] it disturbs me to the deepest depth of my soul that we have adults on this room that show zero empathy for black, native american and for over 50 years the pride and concerns of the most vulnerable students have been ignored and dismissed. the pains that are trivialized, and now we have adults who have more concern for inanimate objects than they have for actual living children of color. this argument this marrow is about preserving history, it's an absolute farce. none of the persons here today that want to preserve their mural h

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thomas brackett reed, when talking about lynchings and violence in the south and economic intimidation in the yes, they are, both crimes. murder and catching fish out of season are both crimes, too. we have to be clear what kinds of violence we are talking about, what are historical actors are using -- what our historical actors are using. >> i teach a class on terrorism in the united states. the fun never stops in my classroom. [laughter] i think i do so as a way of getting, addressing with students the idea that not just violence but fundamentally initical violence has been american history. definition of terrorism will be crucial within that. legitimate a lot of the stories in my book are about black abolitionist who are fighting back, protecting communities and using force and violence to protect their communities and everyone loves hearing these stories. i think in some ways, you can that, in talking about segregation or jim crow. hopefully, we can all agree that was wrong. taking up arms in self-defense might be rational. race ishe way that reincarnated itself in the way it looks