haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg] >> patricia leanne caldwell born in tennessee. daughter of robert and irma. at age of 3 moved to missouri and returned when she was 12 years old. patricia grew up with segregation and injustices which she writes about. she spent many countless hours in the nashville public library. it was her family life that was bountiful and flowing with tales told by her story telling grandfather. raised with love of reading and oral tradition. graduated from tennessee state and degree in english in 1964. she married her childhood friend on december 12. they are the parents of fredrick and twins robert and john. her education continued with a master's degree in early childhood literature, and programming in 1975 from webster university. patricia has a successful career as a teacher and children's book editor. she changed careers to become a full time writer of children and young adult books. her goal is to create books for and about african-americans. i write because there is a need to have books for, by and about the african-american experience

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haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg] supervisor campos: welcome to the may 24, 2012 meeting of the joint city and school districts elect committee. we are joined today by supervisor olague, commissioner maufas, commissioner mendoza, president chiu is en route. he is actually at a different meeting today. he will be joining us as soon as the committee meeting ends. commissioner fewer is en route. the clerks are gail johnson and -- we want to thank the as of the staff for covering the meeting. madam secretary, if you could call item no. 1. >> it is a hearing about services provided to students and adults and organizations structure. supervisor campos: thank you. i will turn the floor over to commissioner maufas, who requested this very important hearing. i know that we have a number of people here for different items on the agenda. first, i would like to recognize janet riley, the president of the golden gate bridge highway transportation authority, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary. madam president, it is