these are the hillary clinton districts. this is a hillary clinton district.those ones tonight, if ohio 12 is 5050. and you're one of these republicans, you are already nervous, tonight you're panicked, if you're one of these other republicans, this is an r plus 7. so what if you're in an r plus 5 or r plus three? you better raise more money. you better hope the president between now and november. we're talking about wall money, you don't want any of that. you want to go home and campaign. >> what are you saying if you're one of these republicans, you say he came to campaign for balder son, do you want him to campaign for you? >> in a house race, let me bring that back up in most up here. sure. up here, no way. if you live in the close suburbs, if you have a district that has any percentage of latino voters, no way. if you're in a district that hillary clinton won, no way. you don't want the president, in the senate races, west virginia, north dakota, indiana, they want the president, they think it's a statewide turnout, statewide race, senate race, the presid

so we could be seeing that district after district after district after district. in other words, the democrats could already have pretty close to having the house in their pocket. >> i think they do. i don't think there's a scenario tonight where we would say republicans can hold the house. steve, i have republican colleagues of mine friends who have been in the field. they're incumbents in the field for a year. over the last 90 days, seeing the precipitous drop in support for republicans. that's why you see republicans spend money early. even in majority republican districts, you now have a lot of vulnerable members. >> and i have to say when you sit down, you can do examiners sometime or make the map yourself and start flipping districts and you start out with the number 23 and say democrats got to pick off 23 republicans. maybe republicans are fortified here. it goes fast. kimberly, look, republicans will say bottom line, we won. it wasn't pretty. again, it's too close to call but certainly you'd rather be balderson with the numbers than o'connor. republicans w

so we could be seeing that district after district after district after district. in other words, the democrats could already have pretty close to having the house in their pocket. >> i think they do. i don't think there's a scenario tonight where we would say republicans can hold the house. steve, i have republican colleagues of mine friends who have been in the field. they're incumbents in the field for a year. over the last 90 days, seeing the precipitous drop in support for republicans. that's why you see republicans spend money early. even in majority republican districts, you now have a lot of vulnerable members. >> and i have to say when you sit down, you can do examiners sometime or make the map yourself and start flipping districts and you start out with the number 23 and say democrats got to pick off 23 republicans. maybe republicans are fortified here. it goes fast. kimberly, look, republicans will say bottom line, we won. it wasn't pretty. again, it's too close to call but certainly you'd rather be balderson with the numbers than o'connor. republicans w

-- as described in the mcment district plan, the proposed district would be approximately 535 identified parcels located on approximately 14 whole or partial blocks. details of the covered area are in the file. at the conclusion of the public hearing, the department of elections will tabulate the ballots and report to the board of supervisors. members of the public may view the ballot tabulation by the department of elections on the basement level in city hall in room 59. the board of supervisors will either levy the assessment -- the board of supervisors will neither levee the assessment nora prove the establishment of a district if there is a majority protest. without objection, the public testimony will be as follows. we will first hear from those in support of the district. we will then hear from all speakers in opposition of the assessment. you all will have two minutes. during the hearing, a property owner wishing to change his or her vote or who has not yet voted may speak with the department of elections staff, at the table outside of the board chamber, and they will provide you

it hurts to be here as a graduate of the district, and preside over a district that has outcomes that look like this. so, i don't want to be here another year and say we did not fire anybody over --dash like this. i want to be in a position where we are sending a message to the city that we want to put people in place that can solve this issue. >> thank you. i don't want to belabour a lot of the points i already made. the one bright spot, i kak it ls like that has been mentioned kak again after the presentation, is arrests were down. african-american students last year kak 30 students were arrested. this year kak 17. progress. everything else seems pretty depressing. the district is 6.4% african-american. if my memory serves when a research the district years and years ago, the district was almost 30% african-american. 6.4% and that's about 3,600 african-american students. and if the math is right kak less than -- i just want -- it just bewilders me and others dot with that few amount of students, that we have these amount of numbers. and even though we have bemoaned the fact we don't

it's the last one in that district, and that district and apparently there is nine in my district, whoo get this thing right. those are the words of the sponsor for item 25. supervisor peskin, who, during a seven and a half hour meeting on october 3rd regarding a c.u. appeal for the apothecary in sunset said in emphasis, his vote on the evening was the last time he was voting for district specific carve out to exempt an entire neighborhood from providing access to legal cannabis purchases. so, colleagues, i must say with all honesty and sincerity, i'm appalled to even be sitting here with this piece of legislation before us today. supervisor peskin said this is the last one, which i understood to mean the vote that day was the last time he would support a geographic carveout for dispensary free neighborhood. now, he does not want to take on his fair share of providing legal access to cannabis. and quite frankly, this undermines the city's goal of geographic equity, respectfully to all of you, i find it not only irresponsible but wholly inappropriate that any member of this board would

case happening across the district? that is the thing i want us to be able to reconcile. we haven't even talked about sats which is equally egregious. if i am correct in looking at the data, out of 100% of all african-american students in the district, 44% are chronically absent? >> that is correct. >> nearly half of our students in the city are absent? >> that is correct. and most of those chronically absent, a large percentage of those chronically absent are severely chronically absent. which would be 15-20% of the school year. >> that sounds like a state of emergency. what are some of the top factors that are leading to students being chronically absent? before we get into that, there was a point where you talked about having the same questions. i wanted to better understand, you know, i know your team is looking at these numbers over the course of the year, at the end of the year, at a time like this, what are some of the reasons that you are confused, or may not know the answers to some of these questions? >> i thi

you know the 12th congressional district. what are you seeing in that district tonight?g one because nothing beats winning. so congratulations to balderson, who i think is going to take it. but this is a very close race deep in the republican end zone. there are more than probably 45 republican incumbents who have worse districts than this generic generically. so it's a win for the republicans but it's a chilling one because we're not supposed to be having to spend millions of dollars to defend a district like this. i think both parties can find something to brag about. the republicans held this seat. that counts for a lot. but this thing shows there are bad headwinds for the gop, mostly driven by the president. you can see it, we need a little more time to look at the precinct by precinct numbers. clearly the rural affection for the president is still there. the base republican affection is still there. but the suburban affection is eroding and giving the democrats a real opportunity, and the more democratic areas are really worked up and i think we're going to see when

the fairmont district is one of those. when i heard that the name of fairmont school was about to be changed, it's basically the last physical landmark with the name fairmont in the district. when principal rodriguez had a meeting, i attended and shared some of the history that we have in the district. and in learning more about their reasons for the name change, it became clear that a lot of miss huerta's histories and activities are reflected in the histories of fairmont, including the route of the el camino real immediately adjacent to tendery street. and also a resident who made aviation history, being the first to fly in a fixed wing craft at high altitude. nearby, the home that is associated with mary ellen pleasant who is considered the mother of california civil rights. and even a former resident who amazingly went onto become granny on the beverly hillbillys, which -- who attended fairmont school, but whose father was working as an immigration agent in the federal chinese exclusion act. so there's many things to c

romney wins this district by 12 points. donald trump wins this district by 11 points. that tell you? if republicans have to deal with basically a tie, very close to a tie. a slight win. if they have to deal with a district that donald trump wong by 11 and mitt romney won by 10. democrats have no business being close here, o'connor balder son, i heard david urban and van talking about candidate quality. they're both perfectly fine. neither is terrible. not a very good candidate. bad contrast with conner lamb who is quite good. these two guys are fine. a state senator and a guy who's in office, just an office. in some ways, it's just a generic. what party do you like better, these are safers for trump and pelosi. that's what this election has been about. the fact that it's this close. if you're a be and you say, troy balderson is ahead, let ace say he goes on to win. there's a whistling past the political graveyard, that should not be. that can be a takeaway. that should not be the key takeaway. >> this should worry you, if you are smart. >> antti's not enough. i know to

in a 50-50 district. november, there's going to be 40 or 50 races where the playing field is level and watch out. democrats could probably pick up every single one of those. >> kimberly, do you expect this to have a slow motion concussion wave like the old black and white flips of nuclear tests as it -- as the realization of what congressman jolly is talking about continues to roll over all the republican members up on the hill? >> i think so. i think you definitely see this. they're going to be a lot of people looking at the playbook and trying to figure out exactly how they can change it to sort of staunch the potential bleeding that could be ahead. it's worth reiterating no matter what the president said, this was a district that republicans should have won easily. and the fact that they didn't really changes the entire strategy here. i think republicans a few months back thought they could talk about the new tax law and talk about immigration and really bid a lot of support there moving into the midte

>> they don't want to talk about these issues imost districts because these districts where a lot of these things play well are not in districts where there arexelt five activ races. in most districts. the nf thing is to decisive. a path for republicans to keep the majorit in the house is through indicts that hillary clinton won, which is way donald trump is not anperative player in these mid terms. i was talking to somebody week who made the point --ck babama and donald trump both, their popularity both didn't car down ballot. donald trump is very popular with his base. barack obama was very p with his base but he lost the majority and was never able to get it back. we'll see what happens with donald trump. that's certainly a possibility. the 23 districts that hillary clinton won that republicans till sit in are a key to the medicine terms. riley republicans also see cavanaugh as sething that's going to motivate their voters. how does that play out? >> both. turning some women away if they're trade roe is endangered and definitely going republicans look, this is why it's important t

welcome to tonight's san francisco unified school district board meeting. -- please go to the corner to borrow a headset, and we will do the simultaneous interpretation for you. and this message will be repeated in cantonese and spanish later. [speaking foreign language] [speaking spanish] [end of translation] [ gavel ]. >> good evening, everyone, and welcome to our last school board meeting before our summer session. today is tuesday, june the 26, and this meeting is now called to order. roll call, please, miss casco. >> clerk: thank you. [roll call] >> clerk: thank you. >> please join us for the pledge of allegiance. thank you. >> clerk: hi. section a is accessibility information for the public. section b are opening items. we have the approval of our board minutes of the regular board meeting from june 9, 2018 and june 12, 2018. i need a motion and a second, please. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. any corrections? hearing none, roll call vote, please. [roll call] >> clerk: six ayes. >> thank you. so speaker cards for the regular agenda and for closed session are necessary if

but it is the most educated district in ohio, highest income district in ohio, and that's exactly where donald trump, the price of the trump presidency, the trade he is imposing on the party is that he is strengthening in small town areas but losing traditionally republican voters in white collar suburbs. if you look at the poll, the monmouth poll earlier in the hour, he is looking at a 60% disapproval rating among college educated white women in the district, nearly half of college educated white men. the democrat hasn't succeeded in harvesting all of those diseffected white collar republican leaning voters for himself, and that is a critical challenge for democrats, but it is the president's erosion in white collar suburbs, particularly around columbus, that created the opening for democrats to compete in the district where historically they haven't been competitive before. >> democrats are hoping those in the suburbs are going to stay home? in other words not going to cast a vote? >> i think they're hoping to switch. this is similar to the district that connor lamb won in pennsylvani

in this congressional district. this is where trump has been toxic if you look at the alabama senate race, the virginia results last year, pennsylvania '18. the closer you get to the city, those close in suburbs, that's where you have your millennial voters, college educated suburban women who have been turned off by the president, either staying home or voting for the democrats. if this is red tonight, republicans will hold this seat. if this is blue the democrats are in play as we watch this play out. again, we watch this tug of war within the republican party. the more traditional suburban republicans turned off by the president. the president bringing in new voters into rural areas. we'll see that play out tonight, erin. >> and john, this is also -- you talk about how this conversation even happening is significant. there has been so much money poured into this race. we're talking about millions and millions of dollars for a special election where they've got to run again in november. it's pretty stunning, right

it depends again, b district district in these house races but they have to come up with a message so the president and other republicans don't define them. they want to aboli ice, they want socialism. that's theng tag b put on them. robert: is this the party of alexandra cortez who won a house primary in democratic new york a few weeks ago or the party of leader pelosi? >> that's the great question that democrats are asking themselves and we don't no. -- know. democrats le lead every pelosi are really trying to tamp down this idea that democratic socialism is ascrenledenhi w the democratic party. this house majority will be won on districts that are much closer, that are swing districts so democrats he to lea how to talk to trump voters. what jake said was absolutely right. democrats are kind of letting donald trump talk for himself. when we're notea seeingy a unified mental. we're not seeing all democra talk about medicine care for all or -- micare for all or all democrats talk about other issues. robert: the trump white house seems to also want to try to talk to moderate voters.we

williams of iowa to be united states district judge for the northern district of iowa. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debit on the nomination of charles williams of iowa to be united states district judge for the northern district of iowa signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reeling of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to x, tif session to consider -- executive session to consider 838. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the the ayes appe

superintendent participated and a lot of leadership in the district. we're excited about going into the school year. i want to thank the leadership of the cohort for bringing the school personnel together to get everyone excited and really get to know the community they're going to be working in as we get ready for monday and the start of school. i also wanted to shout out our college and career department for the work they've done over the summer. a lot of things have happened that have increased opportunities for our young people in terms of connecting them to opportunities outside of just regular academic curriculum over the summer, so we increased pathway programs and opportunities over the summer. more of our young people are participating in internships across various sectors of employment. i'm excited to see that work has been increasing every year. and that is continuing. i want to give college and career a shoutout as well. and thank all of our school personnel, faculty and everyone working hard over the summer, still providing experiences for

in a 50-50 district. november, there's going to be 40 or 50 races where the playing field is level and watch out. democrats could probably pick up every single one of those. >> kimberly, do you expect this to have a slow motion concussion wave like the old black and white flips of nuclear tests as it -- as the realization of what congressman jolly is talking about continues to roll over all the republican members up on the hill? >> i think so. i think you definitely see this. they're going to be a lot of people looking at the playbook and trying to figure out exactly how they can change it to sort of staunch the potential bleeding that could be ahead. it's worth reiterating no matter what the president said, this was a district that republicans should have won easily. and the fact that they didn't really changes the entire strategy here. i think republicans a few months back thought they could talk about the new tax law and talk about immigration and really bid a lot of support there moving into the midte

or it's not going to look the same district to district perhaps within the state and that should be okay. because the goal is to make sure that the kids have what they need, not that their report looks pretty though that is fabulous and necessary to tell the story, but kids need different stuff. and the goal of equity, if we're providing opportunity for every student, is to recognize that kids need something different and make sure they get it. so that is how we activate the term within our daily work around equity and opportunity for students. and speaking of the adults in the system who have experienced trauma or are experiencing trauma, one of the things that we have been very intentional and purposeful about is making sure that our members are talking to their peers. we have people on staff and we have leaders that we identify and cultivate who are trained in delivering professional developments, talking to educators, talking to parents, talking to students about trauma, but one of the things that we've found to be most powerful is the folks that they work with being mentors, being p

district leaders again a line the district's focus and resources with a strategy. district are able to use or repurpose things like title i or the federal services grant to fund and release a strategy. and then because it is collaborative and involving other agencies that work with children and families and local community organizations, they are also able to garner grants from local or national foundations, and people are tasked with fundraising. ultimately, though, state governments need to fill a larger leadership role and that a school strategy is attainable for all districts serving communities concentrated in poverty. the problem when it is so locally driven is that these strategies are only available in school districts that have committed and done the groundwork necessary to build it. but outside of the school districts, there are schools and communities that would benefit from a community school strategy. we will talk a little bit today about how states can have policy to support this around their states. i guess i will close by saying the education proble

case happening across the district? that is the thing i want us to be able to reconcile. we haven't even talked about sats which is equally egregious. if i am correct in looking at the data, out of 100% of all african-american students in the district, 44% are chronically absent? >> that is correct. >> nearly half of our students in the city are absent? >> that is correct. and most of those chronically absent, a large percentage of those chronically absent are severely chronically absent. which would be 15-20% of the school year.

her her parents have sued the school district.she was an honor student but according to the lawsuit was constantly taunted as a white girl and want to be white girl they beat her with a bottle slammed her face with a backpack a backpack and broke her teeth. she was stocked on campus in and out of the classroom and things got so bad for this poor girl she was forced her lunch in the girls restroom toilet stall to avoid her tormentors. all of this is bad enough but just as bad the school officials did nothing. two district officials and school board members and they did nothing. i should mention the girls father is a career u.s. army soldier at a base in south carolina. here is a man putting his life on the line to protect all of our liberties and what does he get in return? his kids in school that torment is daughter to the point she is in very bad shape this is the payment we give back to a soldier? after reading the story the lawsuit was filed a few months ago it reminded me of an episode anybody watch that series called the crow

so seeing no objection, item 1 is board policy 5111.1, district residency. i need a committee report please, from rules. mr. sanchez? >> commissioner sanchez: yez, thank you. so this policy has to do with students whose assignments are revoked due to residency fraud, and the committee had taken it up earlier and staff had asked the committee to come back with more information. we had a longer discussion about it last week. director rosina tom came and addressed the committee requesting a period of time for students to stay out of school that they had found to be fraudulently enrolled in right now. so we had kind of a little disagreement in committee about the time. we landed on essentially a month, so after a student has been deemed to be in the school fraudulently, the student will have about a month to depart the school. and the discussion really focused around really -- essentially, it's punishing -- dr. merase, you might want to chime in, too, punishing students for the miss deeds of their parents. so we really struggled with that. but at the end of the

district facilities. and we did talk about the request for interest to try and invite ideas about public oriented use opportunities for those piers. and in the court of going through the south beach area, we also spent time looking at pier 3032. pier 3032 is one of the few piers that is not within the embarcadero historic district. as this slide shows, it lost all of its historic shed, and so the rules and conditions under which can can be improved really do not follow the same set of conventions that are set forth in the working group's recommendations for the embarcadero historic district piers. and so we walked through, in quite a bit of detail, what are some of the opportunities and the challenges for pier 3032. i think people recognize, as the port staff has expressed to them, that there are important uses as represented by the mass and ship in this image about its deep water berth and its maritime berthing and operational value, the revenue value of the use of the parking lot now is an important fin

this has been a red district. they feel as though it's going to continue to be a red district. there was a bit of a misstep last night, though, when balderson talked about franklin county. as you know, o'connor, his opponent is from franklin county. that's where a lot of the suburbs are located, and balderson said look, we don't want someone from franklin county representing this district. well, you've got about a a third of the voters who live in the district live in that portion of the county. and just a short while ago, the franklin county board of elections, we just heard from them. they said that they experienced anywhere from a 25 to 30% increase in voter turnout than what they expected. having said that, the balderson camp not worried about that. they're still feeling good about tonight. but they recognize it could be a very late night. anderson? >> and president trump obviously was there rallying support for balderson in the district. i'm wondering what are people on the ground who you're talking, to do they think the visit was helpful? >> well, that's interesting becau

the backdrop, this is a republican district. the 12th district of ohio.nt it in congress. in 2016, it went for trump by 11 points. in 2012, it went for romney by 11 points. if you have been following these special elections, you know democrats have been able to make gains so far right around 10, 11 points on average in these house special elections. so what are we going to look for tomorrow night? if it's a dead even race, i'll be at the board all night watching the returns coming in. i want to give you a preview of what we're going to see tomorrow. let's take a closer look at the district because this district is fascinating. it's really a story of the two different americas we talk about so much in terms of how 2016 happened. one group we talk about, we talk about college educated, upscale white collar professionals. suburbanites. that's a big part of this district. at least in terms of population. it's right here. you see this? this is that part of columbus right here, upscale suburbs right outside columbus, bleeding over into delaware county. really m