i am the corridor manager at excelsior action group.we are a community and economic development organization. we were to revitalize the corridor of mission street and the excelsior. i am here today to strongly support this fee waiver program for our small businesses in the month of may. working daily with low incomes small businesses as a court or manager, i realize they have very little working capital and for them, a facade improvement is a luxury. they do not get the sought improvements for years if not decades. the impact really shows. our commercial corridor right now is dirty, dated, and in general, has a blighted appearance. residents note this as well. in a community needs session that we conducted in october 2011, we found storefront appeared as a top concern for people in the excelsior. there are 13 businesses that will benefit directly from this program. 11 of them are enrolled in the excelsior action groups, and an additional two are enrolled in the sf shine passat improvement program. both of these programs are matching pro

in the excelsior district, we put money to do some neighborhood planning around workforce development. the groups involved have been the filipino community center. there are people organized to demand economic rights. there are advocates for children and youth. out of the work, they have put together a report, putting the pieces together. in district 11, we have a very different type of work force development problem. we do not have any real work force development programs in our district. we have a working-class community, lots of labor households, but no real engines to get people from the neighborhoods into the jobs that exist elsewhere in san francisco. we also have a lot of immigrants who live in the district. we have to find work force and employment models that can serve immigrants, many of whom -- many of whom are undocumented. this report provides a lot of food for thought and recommendations for the city. i will be introducing a hearing on this report that we can share. hopefully, we can do a little bit more funding to support efforts

it is not claimed by the excelsior district, and in the attendance area of the school. the kids are going underneath the freeway to go to school. it does belong in district 8. it attract students from all over the city. if you want to have it in the city, do away with district elections. it draws from all 11 districts. the problem with of the blocks that you moved out is that it is 83% white and 90% asian. you dilute asian population in district 3. finally, as i said, look at this has the optimal solution. people will get 100% of what they want, you don't create a zero sum game because we have winners and losers in this process. district elections is the loser,. >> thank you, sir. >> good evening members of the redistricting taskforce, my name is larry griffin. i am a resident of the area, i have been there for nearly 50 years. i just found out a few minutes ago that i am actually a board member emeritus. i want to thank you very much i could not have drawn it better. i really commend you for all these meetings that you have to sit through. that area of the of the panha

the news continues to put the [inaudible] or the excelsior. again, i want to say we have a better cultural and personal relationship with district 9. thank you. >> good evening. it is excellent to see all the members of the task force once again. i would like to commend the task force on doing what i think is an incredible job on taking in so much different and averse input from sometimes conflicting community interest and i think you have reflected those interests disks -- extremely well. in the map of 2212. in particular i would like to commend you for ensuring that sea cliff is kept whole and the part of the district 2. furthermore i would like to reiterate as a district aide to president, i live in mission delores in chattanooga street. i am concerned if it moves into district 9, not only will that lead to an exceptional -- unacceptably high population, it would leave district 8 somewhat, especially my area in the castro which is comprised of moot -- mostly renters. the inclusion of the corridor is extremely important. furthermore, i would

in the excelsior district, we put money to do some neighborhood planning around workforce development. the groups involved have been the filipino community center. there are people organized to demand economic rights. there are advocates for children and youth. out of the work, they have put together a report, putting the pieces together. in district 11, we have a very different type of work force development problem. we do not have any real work force development programs in our district. we have a working-class community, lots of labor households, but no real engines

we have parker amazon, excelsior. any additions? >> mission terrace, there it is. mr. mcdonnell: any other additions? >> i want to ask the consultants, it is the filipino community corridor and recognize that could? -- is that a recognized neighborhood? >> could you repeat that? >> my question is, is the filipino community corridor on mission street recognized neighborhood? i think there was a map submitted that was called the filipino corridor. >> i don't think we have that on our list of recognized -- of our list of submitted neighborhoods. >> yes, we did, it was submitted. ms. tidwell: i guess it was not clear to us at that time. >> i am trying to get to the member proposal. >> i'm sorry, what did you say? >> it was not clear to us that was a neighborhood a proposal, so we did not digitize it. >> so, how are we -- how can we resolve that? >> is it a neighborhood or more properly a committee of interest? >> i thought it was a neighborhood, the way the map was submitted, but i realize that was not digitized. >> so, yeah, do you have the map with you? >> i do. give me

a lot of people co-lead the excelsior district, we call at glen park. it was an effort to say it was south glen park neighborhood, but it was nothing like that. it was only a few streets. i would like the task force to consider that as an option for keeping the neighborhood a whole. it also resembles district 11 more ethnically than district 8. and so it has a very high latino population. it more resembles the other parts of district 11. that is able to move back into the district and be more harmonious. that would be very helpful in keeping the neighborhood goal. >> hello, i am from district 5. i wanted to speak about the area near the panhandle are rows of street. there are several e-mail that i received this morning from members and residents of that area that were very alarmed to find that they were no longer in the district after being in the district for 20 years or so. when i spoke about the lower pay, they came up and constituents raised with me because of the involvement and that the district supervisor before me, as a member of the planning co

sobreviviente del tiroteo que cobro la vida de "anthony bologna" y de sus dos hijos en el distrito excelsioro de 2008.---"ramos" admitio que él conducia el vehiculo desde el cual otro presunto pandillero abrio fuego contra los "bologna".---la fiscalia alega que "ramos" disparo despues de confundir a las Íctimas con miembros de una pandilla rival. hoy se realizo el funeral de "solai-man nuri" de 41 aÑos de edad y de su hija de "nueve" aÑos que murieron despues de ser atropellados por un conductor de 17 aÑos que perdio el control de su vehiculo en concord el sabado por la maÑana--nuri fallecio en la escena del accidente mientras que su hija, hadessa, sucumbio a las lesiones en un hospital local.--en la ceremonia, familiares, amigos y miembros de la comunidad levantaron plegarias en honor a las victimas.--el conductor fue puesto en libertad el martes y la fiscalia del condado de contra costa espera el resultado de la investigacion para decidir los cargos ---contiÚa la busqueda de la adolescente "sierra lamar." ---hoy decenas de voluntarios rastrearon areas remotas del condado de santa clara...

many small-business members not only from my merchant association of from inner sunset, from the excelsior, we actually attend these workshops, and they take it back to their own businesses. it is insoluble, so i have to say hats off to you. you have done -- it is valuable, so i have to say how thought to you. you have done a tremendous job. >> it brings it together, and it is a pleasure to have so many different resources to work with economic development agencies and the committee we have and the chamber. but it is a wealth of resources a. >> this is the largest small- business week in the united states, bigger than new york, chicago, los angeles. this is not something san francisco can say we are number one at. they have the most small- business participation of anyone in the united states, and that is great. >> one thing the regional director said is we have the most small business involvement you're good in a lot of areas they made to an awards -- the most small business involvement. they reach out to small businesses and trying to engage in networking within air corridors as well as

the mission and the excelsior district also have similar numbers. the demands -- on obgyn's and pediatrics may increase to 1400 yearly. diversting psych, occupational medicine and surgery 08 -- this is kept artificially low. san francisco is short of the standards for the capacity needed for the large-scale disasters. cpmc has committed to the restoration of needed services. cutting back on the reimbursement -- the burden on the county will increase. we cannot afford to have the mayor's office -- the largest property owners pay no taxes. remove the escape clause and hold them to their real charity obligations. i am concern at it -- as a citizen about the transit concerns. san francisco is a major port and van ness will be cluttered with tourism, especially with the rush-hour traffic. he should consider an overpass. >> thank you very much. >> i am charles range, of the health market center. i have been there about 20 years. we have about 7000 patients, and i am here to support the mayor, who was elected by the citizens of san francisco to support eve

that is where you would be in the excelsior. i want to see our neighborhood together. secondly, i do not see how we could possibly fit with the-9. is the mission. colonel heights and so on. we have a vast freeway and -- on allegany and big rally between us. i am active with a group and my concern also is we have a supervisor who really does care and really does know about mclaren park, its problems, and its needs. our neighborhood would be most comfortable in d-tenn. -- taen. keep the portola together. >> i want to commend you on your valor in taking on one of san francisco's impossible tasks. i live at 79 pierce street. i have been a resident for 25 and if a resident of the lower pay. i am somewhat, torn it i thought it was a lot of logic to the earlier proposal that had all the hate included in district 5 by extending the border south to this avenue. that said, i think the most important issue even if that does not come to pass is to keep the core of the haight whole. to that extent, i support the comments made earlier about ensuring that the 55 live in a block becom

predict, director of mission neighborhood health center but we have four clinics in the mission and excelsior district. a total of 13,000 patients per year. we're here to speak in support of cpmc's long-range development plan, and that includes the rebuild of st. luke's hospital where many of our patients go. and of course, the new cathedral hill campus. as dr. browner said, we're also looking forward to new partnerships and working together in a serving the low- income and underserved communities and being able to have the capacity to serve new individuals who will be coming into medi-cal with health care reform. thank you for the opportunity for me to speak to you. >> i am date with curry senior center. i was also here a couple weeks ago. i want to emphasize a couple points about the need in the neighborhood. the senior center is no more than a stone's throw away. we're always at capacity in all of our programs. that 2010 census showed a big increase in the senior population from the last census, and everybody knows the senior population is growing steadily. they are also one of the higher

i worked at cleveland elementary in the excelsior or mission of persia. we are experiencing layoffs because of the imaginary line they have drawn. what i'm here to express, not just as a teacher but as a parent, my daughter went to cleveland elementary. when i got laid off a couple of times, it was not good enough for me as a parent so i transfer to sunset elementary. this is my honest story as a parent and teacher. now she has a wonderful principal that is telling her teachers, do not worry about the layoffs because we have enough money to provide for them. why does my daughter feel safe enough at a west side school and my students at cleveland elementary do not feel safe and they're used to their teachers being laid off every year? that is my question. as a parent. you do not even want to know my questions as a teacher. i am tired of being laid off. my mom was a teacher that was laid off. it is the same thing. [applause] >> my name is katie. i worked as an instructional reform facilitator for nine years and have been working at eldorado for the past six

children come from all of san francisco's neighborhoods, but the majority live in the mission, the excelsior district, and bayview hunters point. in addition to the forensic medical services, which provide comprehensive mental health services such as active outreach, case management, school and home visits, trauma focused individual psychotherapy, family therapy, and parenting classes. unfortunately, many of the children we serve our victims of holly-victimization -- poly- victimization. they are often victims of sexual abuse, child abuse, -- physical abuse, sexual abuse, and witnesses to domestic violence. a recent study demonstrates that children exposed to even one type of violence are at greater risk for experiencing other types of violence. a child who is physically assault in the past year is five times as likely to be sexually victimized and more than four times as likely to be maltreated during the same time. these children should be a priority for our strategic intervention. will work closely with the trauma recovery center. the trauma recovery center is an award-winning nationally

we will focus specifically on residents from western addition, it tenderloin commission, so much, excelsior, and chinatown, as well as the southeast neighborhoods. those will be some of our target neighborhoods in which we already have cbo's that help us record entering students into our health care academy. in addition, we will receive approximately $2 million in financial support for both our construction and our health care services to provide to the cbo's to continue the work we have already started in our city build academy at our health care academy. we have identified a key cbo partners to provide specific neighborhood outreach and direct placement opportunities. the health care academy is suu kyi on a the permitted entry level -- is key on the permitted entry level side. we have been working for the last two years in partnership with cpmc on both these projects and have already started some of the places on the entry level side and have been working in partnership with the contractor to get folks ready on the pre- apprenticeship construction site, and they have been a key partner in

working with power two, wimac, excelsior district, all our neighborhoods. can we give it up one time for all of the grassroots organizers, youth, students, families who have been coming for a year now out of their own time, not getting paid, out of the love and accountability to their community. can we give some love for all of you all. [cheers and applause] >> once again, as all of you know, i'm not going to repeat -- i'm going to repeat a lot of what the community says but we want to be accountable to our want to be accountable to the community and to serve the people, to provide the best service you can as public transportation. and it's my understanding that you need to listen to the -- you all can hear me? you all good? that we have fought and organized a lot of these folks who secured the funding for two years. these folks aren't getting paid to do this. they have done out of their own blood have been supporting this campaign. we want to hold you accountable to your words saying you want to serve the people of this city. and look at the long-term pro

mine family lived in excelsior. we now live by and vernal heights. as a kid, we would go to ucsf.now my family, my girls, my wife, we go to cpmc, general, and davis hospital did you know, hospitals are a necessity in any city, even in the country. my wife currently goes to cpmc. my dad goes to cpmc. almost all hospitals in the bay area are being rebuilt. in a perfect world, they would build a hospital and everybody would be happy with everything. this is not a perfect world. i think the mayor's office has done what it had to do to work out with cpmc so that the commitment to the city was one that the city could live with. also, you know, there is such a need for jobs. some of our members have not worked in two years. of four daughters. one is a nurse. two are in school for the medical field. a project of this nature will not only provide construction jobs, it would also provide jobs in other fields. i urge you to initiate this project so we can go forward. thank you. commissioner fong: thank you. if i have called your name and you are ready to speak, come on up. there may be some

> that's the strength with occupy working with other groups who have been working in oakland and excelsior>> that's what led us to this demand around private prisons. our members, our community, are families. this issue of selling people a loan and then getting rich off of that loan and, also putting somebody in the detention camp. >> that's disgusting. >> maria, i appreciate your passion. thank you so much for joining us today, especially after you have had a long day on the battlefield. maria poblet with just cause. >> casa justa that advocates on behalf of low-income tenants. from the front lines of the occupy movement to the battle lines on the campaign front and today, the focus was on getting the attention of young voters. ♪ >> you know i wish i could tell you that there is a place to find -- to find really cheap money or free money and we could pay for everyone's education. >> that's not going to happen. >> that's a clip from a new obama campaign ad that portrays mitt romney as uncaring and out of touch with america's young voters. they are hitting the student debt issue hard this w