dr. merase? >> yes. so my concern -- i really appreciate the staff lengthening time period for families to produce evidence if they believe they should be entitled to a seat. my issue was when to remove the student from the school. and i personally would like to hold the student harmless because it's the activity of the parent that is creating the situation. i am willing to move forward with the staff recommendation, but i still -- perhaps at a future time, i want to revisit whether -- it doesn't make more sense to allow the student to stay during the end of the school term -- i'm sorry, the semester, the school semester just because it's so disruptive for the student to leave during the sem enter, and then do we -- semester, and then, do we assign students to school during the semester? i really don't have the answer to that. >> commissioner haney? >> i agree with commissioner merase. i think we spoke about this in one of the committees or the full board. [please stand by] >> that's essentially where we

dr. merase? i wanted to see, i don't know if kelly kirkpatrick wants to add. no, nothing to the discussion. thank you. is there anything else you want to give to us? >> an i want toing a knowledge the leadership of supervisor -- i want to acknowledge the leadership of supervisor ronen and the brave survivors who have twoek ties in public now and i work closely and positively with director davis and director garcia. i hope together we can solve this problem. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. we're going to move on to the mayor's budget and hear from miss kelly kirkpatrick. >> thank for your presentation. you can begin. i have the c.f.o. for the mayor's office of housing and community development. we are in agreement with the b.l.a. policy recommendation and i am here to answer any questions you might have about the budget. >> we recommend reductions totalling $75,000 in 2018-2019. they are all one-time savings. the reductions would increase of 37.6% of the 18-19 budget. in addition, as she mentioned, it will be recommended to place on reserve and depend

dr. merase, we totally left you off of our allies list. you came to our awards, you acknowledges d.j. for winning an award. thank you. we didn't mention the board as a whole, but i definitely wanted to get those two partners on the record here tonight before leaving, so i apologize, and we will update the presentation. it will be available on the c.a.c. website, so thank you. >> are you jan? [inaudible] >> okay. and are you from -- [inaudible] >> okay. go ahead. >> good afternoon. my name is sasha fu. i am a community member, and i work with college students in the bayview and their path towards college graduation. i'm here on behalf of sf one. dan had to leave, but you guys get me. and i'm speaking on his behalf and on behalf of the hundreds of parents and community members we've spoken to about the school assignment process. the school assignment process is really too complicated for families to maneuver alone. i know that felly nonprofits have entire parts or large portions of -- fellow nonprofits have entire parts or large portions of their jobs dedicated to this alone. it speaks