commissioner maufas. commissioner maufas: thank you. i wanted to bring this item for were to our combination of school district and city committee, because it is something that is vital to both of our entities and the city of san francisco, particularly in the exiles your district -- the excelsior district. in areas where health care is not provided in the way that most of us have access to it. the clinic by the bay, i think it is a godsend. i am so grateful it is in that location, serving the community and the neighboring communities. i would like to bring forward ms. riley, who is the president of their board of directors. and eliza gibson, the executive director of the clinic by the bay. we have some audience members that will tell us all about it. then we can ask some questions that will help to fill in the gaps of all of our understanding of this wonderful space that is on mission street. thank you and welcome. >> good afternoon. thank you so much for having us. commissioners, especially commissioner maufas, thank you for bringing

commissioner maufas: i will be brief. i have a question, you had mentioned in your comments that you had noted, besides one of the two issues, that the class sizes were large. did you have a number or a close figure? >> i can only give an estimate. i can run the numbers. this year we established a separate course #4 pe -- number for pe. in one case, i know there was a particular teacher, there was around a hundred students that teacher was supervising. for pe independent study. commissioner maufas: thank you. that is also what is part of this amendment. i will tell the authors, i get to that we have the requested action, which puts in bullet points what we are doing. but even trying to find it in the resolution, i am here next to the parliamentarian and she is still looking. this is problematic. i'm just telling the authors. if you have to clarify this year, i do not mind the background. everybody needs it. but if i cannot match what you are saying in these bullet points, with the resolution, it does not match up for me.

commissioner maufas? commissioner maufas:thank you, president i guess i have more of a follow up of what commissioner murase was saying. must we pay that high an amount? maybe, you know, we can find somebody. it is a tough economic market out there. but i would like to see if that is doable in some regard. maybe the person is not full time. maybe just a quarter time. but with a large knowledge base that is still an encyclopedia available to us. i would also like to second the possibility of exploring what we could do with that money if we -- we do pretty well withing two dollars that we have available to us. various efficiently and effectively. i would like to see it apply here as well. >> commissioner norton? commissioner norton: i actually think -- i like the idea of exploring sort of different ways to fill this function. i think, you know, i think it is really important that we have someone with real estate expertise and deep knowledge of the markets. that kind of favors an outside person. i also, you

motion by president chiu, seconded by commissioner maufas. we can take that without objection.ou call the next item? >> item #2, a hearing to allocate a portion of the city's recent unexpected revenue to support the sfusd and to explore other ways the city can support sfusd schools. supervisor campos: thank you. this was an item requested and introduced by supervisor mar, who is here. supervisor mar: >> it feels like deja vu a little bit with commissioner maufas and my old colleagues. we are happy to have parents, community organizations, the president of the teachers' union, administrators from the school district here. we have someone from the comptroller's office as well that can shed light on the public enrichment fund that can explain a little bit about the process for repaying the amount of money that was deferred over the past four years. i wanted to say that the impetus of this hearing was the city's announcement that, in the night -- in the nine month report, there were about $43.3 million of unexpected funds. now there are also announcements of additional tax money th

we are joined by president chiu , commissioner fewer, commissioner maufas, and the following members of the committee are en route. supervisor olague and commissioner mendoza. we have also been joined by supervisor mar. the sfgtv staff covering the meeting, we want to thank them for their work. we also want to thank all of the members of sfusd and the members of the county who are here. if you could please call item no. 1. >> a hearing on the universal -- on the school district plans for a transitional kindergarten. supervisor campos: thank you. this was an item that was continued from our last meeting to writ -- from our last meeting. i would like mr. trout to come and present this item. let me present some context. a lot of it has to do with the role of the select committee and dealing with these issues. we can coordinate and talk about, have a discussion about different issues that are impacting the city and the school district. a number of questions have been raised and the goal of this meeting is to provide information to members of the public. some issues have been raised in te

commissioner maufas: yes. commissioner mendoza: yes. commissioner murase: aye. vice president norton: yes. commissioner wynns: aye. president yee: aye. i would like to say that, although we passed this year, i am hearing enough interest on the board for next year, we may consider bidding again to see what kind of results we can get. then we can have a better dialogue around that. i would like to pass the facilities committee. to have some discussion on this issue. >> i know this was brought up in the building and grounds committee. i attended one of the meetings were this was the topic. it was just those committee members. it was and augmented meeting. maybe with a little more emphasis, this topic is coming. we are all very aware that this is the time to speak up and offer your suggestions. i think i might have been rolling through but i decided to sit and stay for the meeting. commissioner mendoza: i think it would be worth having this discussion, buildings and grounds. one of the things we want to consider is not necessarily reopening the position we cut, but

gibson, and commissioner maufas for calling this hearing. madam secretary, i wonder if you could call item three out of order. >> thank you. it is the hearing on transitional kindergarten, sponsored by you. supervisor campos: great. thank you. what happens at the kindergarten level is something that is very important to the success of any child. we wanted to hear from the school district and, as i understand it, we have chris from the school district but we also have the honor of seeing carlos, the associate superintendent for early education for the san for cisco unified school district. we welcome our associate superintendent. >> thank you. i have to say this has turned out to be one of my favorite conversations, wink. [laughter] this has been probably the most interesting ride for the last four-seven months around implementation of transitional kindergarten. what i am hoping to do is provide some context as to why this ride has been interesting, due to the governor's budget that, quite honestly, was not very helpful. but also how we have

the would-be commissioners your -- commissioner fewer, commissioner maufas, and commissioner mendoza. commissioner maufas: this is a report from the meeting we had from some members of the board of supervisors. we heard the budget, as we heard here tonight. we also heard about transitional kindergarten and the moving target that that is currently. i am going to leave it at that. transitional kindergarten is still a moving target. i am certain more changes are inevitable in the process. we did open up, as has been noticed, some other locations. they can see that on our web site. under "tk." the first presentation was by the city by the bay clinics, offering free health care for under-insured or note-insurance young adults over 18. we would like to make certain that our schools out in the excels your district and the bayview, particularly visitation valley, they know that this is available to them for our young adults 18 years or older and also the family members. golden gate commissioner janet riley is the president of their board and we heard from their executive director. i want to t

[applause] commissioner maufas: i will be really brief. i understand a lot of commissioner wynn's' concerns. i have them as well. i do not see this as a competition. we are struggling to get kids off our streets. i see you guys managing to do that. i do not see you competing for the same students. that is what i am banking on you doing. i know you are going to do that and follow up. i hope your school is full of kids that would normally not be in school. that is what i am hoping for. i know many folks that have been -- families that have gone through the kipp academies. they are not saying it is easy. they never said it was easy, but they are in. believe me. we tussle over that quite a bit. why couldn't you be in one of our other schools? kipp is the place my school -- my kid is going to be successful. we need to learn better how to wraparound a family. but if you are going to do it, please look at those kids. president yee: thank you, commissioners. i also feel some of the things that commissioner wynns has said. i share some of those con

a motion by president chiu, seconded by commissioner maufas. we have a very important meeting that is going to follow us. it is important we get out of here on time. the human rights commission will be honoring some pretty amazing individuals, including a very special and amazing as pamela -- espinola jackson, who will be honored as a human rights hero for 2012, which is well deserved. we take that motion to continue to the call of the chair, without objection. >> is there a recommendation? supervisor campos: if we could file that item, unless you want to bring it back, commissioner maufas. a motion to file. if we could take that without objection. thank you to all the parents and members of the public. thank you to commissioners and supervisors. do we have any other business before this joint committee? thank you. the meeting is adjourned. >>. touring england was a time when robert as mentors were being challenged by a quickly growing middle-class. for endeavour's crew of new artists began to assert themselves, offering new definitions of the

commissioner maufas: yes. commissioner mendoza: yes. commissioner murase: aye. commissioner wynns: yes. president yee: we were going to go jumping into the special order of business that is related to this, but i see it is already pretty late, and we have not gotten to -- excuse me. we have not gotten to the public comments yet. i would like to do that right now. this would be the item under public comment. i will call these names, who have signed up for this particular agenda item. yes, it is rough when we have lots of stuff to talk about. ok. michelle parker, macarthur -- martha aaron felt, patrick charles smith, maurice edwards, there is a shirley without a last name, oscar james, diana daniels, and that is it. how much time should i give them? one minute each. let's go. >> we have been here since 5:00. >> you can't give us one minute? >> we have been here since 5:00. >> i am a parent of elementary schoolchildren and a middle school child. when i want to clear my head, or think clearly and solve a problem, i go on a run, or i go on a long walk on our great hi

supervisor mar: thank you commissioners maufas and fewer for being here and on the ground suggestionscan be done for the city to give more to the schools. president khiu and supervisor olague. >> and supervisor mar, i want to thank you for holding this hearing. i'm sorry i wasn't able to be present during the entire time because we're in the middle of our budget discussions right now for the city and county of san francisco. part of the reasons why i enjoy and want to sit on this committee is continue to educate myself on what often feels like an artificial divide on the school district and city and county of san francisco. i think for those of us on the city and county side to not think about revenue challenges those of us with the school district are facing and not think creatively about how we can support our schools i think does a disservice to our city as a hole. i very much appreciate the discussion both of our colleagues from the school district as well as from stakeholders in making sure we have a world class education system. i for one am certainly interested and open to thin

commissioner maufas: yes. vice president norton: yes. president yee: yes. six ayes. president yee: formal introduction before the board. reading of the resolution. vice president norton: you want me to read the whole thing? here we go. in support of funding initiative, where as the board of education has been forced to make budget reductions in the amount of $113 million, and anticipates cutting an additional $83 million, and where as two statewide funding initiatives have been submitted for the general election, and whereas one initiative is sponsored by governor jerry brown and supported by the california federation of teachers and all other statewide management organizations, including the school board association, and whereas the other initiatives in bond corp. debt reduction act is sponsored by the advancement project, civil rights attorney, and the parent teacher association, and by the california school board, and both initiatives would benefit schools by lessening but not eliminating impacts to districts throughout the state of california, and the current red

commissioner maufas you have always been there for us and we thank you for that. commissioner murase, you have opened so many doors for us, we can hardly say thank you enough. to all of you who have supported us, thank you. this banquet was held on thursday evening, may 17. a short walk from us, the african american community and cultural complex. we are so proud this young woman who loves the -- who runs the community, she got started with us and if a galileo graduate. now to present our 2012 scholarship recipients. i am pleased to introduce our president, and our scholarship chair person. >> thank you, vice-president. i wanted to say we had the opportunity to give out 17 $500 scholarships. we partnered with 2 organizations, the hannibal lodge number one and the beta nu chapter. that made a wonderful evening with three organizations making a presentation. the v the valerie bell to come up and have our recipients introduce themselves. thank you. >> good evening. good evening. i guess i haven't offered two weeks of school without you guys. you are actually refreshe

one is from commissioner maufas on the board of education. another one is from gabriel holland. supervisor wiener: are there any other members of the public who wish to speak in public comment? seeing none, can we close public comment? as i indicated at the beginning, i appreciate all the public comment today. i do not necessarily agree with every characterization that has been made today, but i am not going to go through point by point and express where i agree or disagree. we are going to send this back to the ethics commission for further discussion to make sure that we are furthering our shared goal of transparency and disclosure. while also doing what we can to improve the process to the extent possible. members of the committee, i would request that the committee continue this with a request to the ethics commission to take up the matter for further deliberation. supervisor campos: thank you. i want to thank all of the members of the public who has come -- who have come out to speak on this item. i also want the bank, in advance, the ethics commission and their staff for t

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

president maufas: the resolution is adopted. item 64. [item 64 being read] president chiu: supervisor fairly? supervisor farrell: thank you, colleagues. i have a quick amendment. i'd like to make a motion to eliminate lines 22 and 24 on page 23. and i passed around the amendment to you earlier. president chiu: supervisor fairly has made a motion to amend. seconded by supervisor elsbernd? any o,s? the amendment holds. supervisor farrell: thanks. it's to support the guardians of the city, the primary purpose of which is to celebrate the heritage of our first responders. it's been formed by current and former members of our fire and police departments. this is a short commitment to our future guardians of the city museum that i've been working on. potentially to other parts of san francisco and there are a number of current leaders that are a big part of it. captain casniado of the police department who's going to be retiring this month. mike every son of the sheriff's department. david lee and leeann corrales. colleagues, i ask for your su

>> it feels like deja vu a little bit with commissioner maufas and my old colleagues. we are happy to have parents, community organizations, the president of the teachers' union, administrators from the school district here. we have someone from the comptroller's office as well that can shed light on the public enrichment fund that can explain a little bit about the process for repaying the amount of money that was deferred over the past four years. i wanted to say that the impetus of this hearing was the city's announcement that, in the night -- in the nine month report, there were about $43.3 million of unexpected funds. now there are also announcements of additional tax money that was announced. i know there is an ongoing parallel, a budget process that will probably go on into the night. it was a timing to call this hearing so that we can show this situation, the dire financial crisis in the school district. i applaud the school district for approving the budget on tuesday night. i know it was not easy. $567 million for the 56,000 students had a number of really go

commissioner maufas: i want to echo what the commissioner has said. she has her perspective. my perspective comes from the grandmother perspective. my granddaughter was born december 11, 2010. as i watched the moving target and try to explain every iteration to my daughter, it is a moving target. it is frustrating to me, somebody who is supposed to be in the know, to not know. there is so much information. the budget is a huge factor making this moving target not accessible. not as an excuse, but that is the reality, an unfortunate reality. if folks who were making these was understood that families were balancing on these iterations, changes, and winds, which is what it feels like for me, trying to tell my daughter to get ready -- that is no longer in existence. hold on a second. if your little one is growing and you are trying to prepare for your own life, and do things in the appropriate way, it is no way to exist. i want to let you know that, as one amongst you. i am watching and trying to be as articulate as possible about something that is changing and evolving, and not

commissioner maufas: thank you. i will speak first this time because i think when we voted you in, i may have spoken last and it was to cast a no vote for carlos. it was not so much about him. i was not sure about our process and how we came to the decision and i was not ready yet and i had stated that. but today, even telling the community, they would ask me, do you like him yet and it was not so much about that. it was, this is our superintendent and this is the gentleman i have to work with and i have to work with him with the community as well. i have to tell you, it has been up from that moment. up and all the way. and want to thank you for your service. i know there have been lots of tensions, pushes and pulls, but that is the part of the deal. we are supposed to have that and it is healthy. there was never a time when we could not come to the table and have a discussion, whether i was fighting for my committee or on the side of labour and paraprofessionals, you were always able to hear me. even today. to see