founded in 1921, cnc is 99 years young and growing from a small, volunteer-run school founded in theement tradition serving a handful of immigrant families to today. cnc is one of the largest and most dynamic community schools in the country and the largest on the west coast. to students of all ages and stages providing $2.2 million in tuition assistance each year. our concert hall is home to more than 100 performances each year enjoyed by over 18,000 people. our 130 faculty members are leaders in a vast array of musical styles and genras and our programs rely on evolution and innovation. creating culturally responsive programming for very young children and families and immigrant communities and the transgender community to name a few. as we enter our second century of service to the city of san francisco, we appreciate your support of our application allowing cnc to remain vibrant, relevant and socially engage making a difference in our local community and around the city. thank you. >> thank you. please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is selena and i am the executive di

furthermore, these funds will provide heightened accessibility to the old structure allowing the cnco are physically disabled and unable to access the building using the stairs. >> thank you. >> i am here today to contribute my voice and ask you make it brighter. >> thank you, ma'am. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is susan pena and the previous spoker spoke about classes being offered to toddlers to senior citizens. when i first was asked to teach a class a few years ago, the music and spanish, and i looked at catalog, i was a little bit astounded my age group was 0-3. so, it's actually -- we start earlier than toddlers. what i'm actually doing, i hesitate to call it teaching but i'm providing emersion and live music that is the basis for lifelong love and later study of music for children in spanish. >> next speaker, please. >> thank you, commissioners for your time and your work. my name is howard falon. i live in the city over 40 years and i own my home and i vote. i've taken classes at cmc. i regularly attend student performances on the campus. i support project and i

and that's something that i had been very focused on in the time that i had been with cncs. we need to strengthen our infrastructure, so that we are well positioned for the long term growth of national service, and that's something i'm very committed to doing. the last point i would want to make is really piggybacks on what dr. heck said, and that is that we need to broaden awareness of these programs. i'm going to make the assumption that folks in this room are familiar with americorps and its life-changing impact. familiar with the importance of volunteerism, but there are hundreds of, 100 million, let me be more specific, our research indicates that only half of americans have ever heard of americorps. and that's unfair to the other half who never have. because you can't serve in these programs if you don't know about them. service is a life-changing opportunity. again, you're going to hear that i think throughout the morning, and you will see that in living color, when you see our americorps members, and alums speak to you. but if you don't know about the opportunity, yo

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and if you haven't got an expert looking, it again could be a problem this according to cnc. >> a lot of buyer beware. >> for sure. >>> if someone you know is already decorating for christmas, they may be healthier than you. specifically more mentally healthy because it makes them happier. so a recent study in the journal of environmental psychology says early decorating triggers pleasant childhood memories. >> so i shouldn't insist on waiting to put the tree up until after thanksgiving? >> no, because it makes and you scrooge. >> and no one that tell me that i have to take my lights down then. >> i did plan on putting up the decorations this weekend. >> all right. i'll be at mike's house afterwards. i can't promise that it will look great though. >> i did see a house yesterday for the first time already all decorated. >> lights on? >> lights on. >> my neighbor has lights all other than the place. very nice. >>> and i want to show you a beautiful shot we're starting out with this morning above the clouds in san francisco. take a look at this, it is amazing. we are starting out with a

also to barbara steward, the president of cncs -- director, sorry. very grateful to be here. as well as among generals and some of the most intellectual people i've heard speak in a long time. i'm excited. i think that's why i'm rambling. i'm very grateful so thank you. >> good morning, i'm kayla wetzel. i am from glendale, maryland. i currently serve at city year washington d.c. as team leader. this is my second year serving. last year i served at bancroft elementary school, a bilingual elementary school. i served in third grade mathematics, which is english and in spanish. i'm not very fluent but the students are teaching me as well. so i am a student to them. i came across city year at my college university. i went to delaware state university and we had a career fair. i was -- at first i was not interested because i was looking for internships. however, last summer i came across an instagram post and it just sparked my interest in city year once again. i love the mission. and it really aligned with my general purpose. and ultimately it's the reason why i'm here today. i'm

in a tough environment, but what's been really encouraging to see is despite the proposed cuts to cncs, the appropriation has gone up the past two years. we have a bill with the education award, it's taxed. and our partners for voices at national service have done a job moving forward a bill that would remedy that, it's bipartisan in the senate and house. we have the senate coming out with recommendations and communities coming to us every day wanting to become a service impact community. we very much believe now is the time. we've tried to be deliberate in crafting a bill that would move us forward towards the scale and build on the infrastructure we have. and just thrilled to be part of the discussion today. >>> let me just briefly bridge from number three to number four. first of all, tai, thank you very much for a very clear and -- very clear and compelling summary of a piece of legislation that i think most people didn't know much about until you laid it out. so thank you for that. i also want to thank you for giving me an idea for a new service core. it would be made up of lawyer