i want to share with you that he's also a mentor. on that day we were out with henry alvarez who is the new public housing director. he talked about the ways that mohammed has mentored him as the department head and to help him get not just a handle on this, but in terms of managing his work force and making a productive environment within the public housing arena. and i think that's something that we don't have enough in city government. i think that too often we get into what we're trying to accomplish, what we're trying to achieve, where are we going, and not enough time is spent on really mentoring one another. i think that is something when people become department heads, they become commissioners, they take responsibilities in city government. there isn't enough of that. and i really want to salute, not just the mohammed that we know as our battle general, our mr. clean, but as someone who recognizes the importance of investing in the human capital of this city and mentoring. i think fundamentally, we are on the brink of doing

>> i think that women that they need to spend more time mentoring other women. we try to do this at pbwc and whether it's the grocery store the cable car, the parking lot and they say, you know that absolutely changed my life. that he have taken their careers and they have left the corporate world, gone back into the corporate world andtrepreneur be entrepreneurial. it is really what we should be doing whether a professional setting or a political setting. >> a lot of women are worried they won't be liked. i know politicians, that goes right out the window. >> politicians, they like to give the impression they are everybody's side so they try to impart that which gives them a lack of integrity that they are criticized for. i think it's important to realize that people wanted less to like you and more to have confidence that what you say is what you do. the integrity factor is huge. >> congresswoman jackie speier. we have to take a quick break. i'll have more of my conversation with her when we come back. [ asst mgr ] what are you doing? fixing the name. it'siber

currently they are mentoring at cobb school. several members are now college. none have dropped out of high school and they have been helped out by the unique voice. we also started a 2007 teachers education network where we provide teacher training twice a year on -- the teachers education network is dedicated to helping teachers regardless of classroom experience, discipline grade level or educational background. they help teachers understand research-based information about brain function and findings and effective teaching practices. but what we're here to talk about is an event that we put on that started three years ago called education revolution. from at&t park. a conference from students by students where they could stand up and speak out about their learning disabilities and what it was like to be learning-disabled in the classroom. we now have students traveling from as far away as new york to attend this conference. one of the schools in new york brought two students last year and they said it was the most powerful experience they had had all year,

once the story came up, in one district you had a mentoring program where young kids you wanted to mentor along with other officers to be part of things at mission station, and you told us one of those young men from the mission district is serving under you as a police officer at bay view station. that's community policing. the other thing that was abundantly clear, the rank and file saw you as the leader they'd follow on the street and work for. they said today you were a cop's cop. everything that they're doing, you have done. it was unanimous. every dict -- district we went to, every single young officer and older officer were saying that greg suhr is a chief we will work for. he's our leader. we said earlier today, that's how you got to where you are today with this commission. i have to tell you, some people said in an article, you had friends in political places. this was a practical decision. this was a decision based on what you've done in your 30 years as a san francisco police officer. the most weight that went into this, in my decision, were officers who had been part of the f

so we need to really get into the mentor and leadership dynamics with a bank. somebody needs to find out really what's working in our society. and i think this is where these kids are really left out. they feel they are not apart of the inner workings of our society and how it really connected our beliefs and how important they are not scheme of things. it's not just about basketball and football. they need to get with the finances of what goes on here in this society. >> thank you. next question >> yes. i had a quick comment. i wanted to follow up on communities that are outside of the regular realm of crn. we need and crn over there. i wanted to say within the last couple of youths. we have all kinds of youth cultures and we have a huge latino population. most of those kids are young. we have been having our convenes meetings. all of us agree. none of us have the structure. we need to have someone get involved with job opportunity. we need that in the t l. >> that's my comment. >> i don't know. people could respond to that. >> i have actually talked about kyl

we are talking about mentor programs. i have been listening to this for the last 7 hours. i attend a lot of other events. the idleness of not having enough to do. are the basics keeping them in step. so, i'd like to know what other leadership programs are going to be available to these young kids. we heard about the sport things. what about the things coming out of silicon valley, working with yahoo or google that gives mentor ships. i haven't heard anything with the media and i have heard of the arts doing something with the idleness. >> what partnerships with the private sector. >> at the bay view safe haven, we have a project with pixar. that's going on through this summer as well. we also have another project with another participant in my program, will be taking a flight to the colorado film festival where he one a prize for a film he did about his brother in hunter's point. i will be running a right's of passage at joe lee. so our number, 4 one 5. 824-4098. i can give you a whole slew of activities. >> i just wanted to say, we had been in a conversation with maya and

my career mentor gave me a job there. when i got there, i worked with him and talked to him and we encouraged others to come to yale. he won the american academy of orthopedic surgeons at diversity award for educating the first african-american female through yale. carlton west came through. dr. todd said when you get in the door, open it up. that is what i did. -- dr. cobb said that when you get in the door, open that up. tavis: you were in vietnam. there are all of the biases in the health-care system. i want to ask you about how we treat the veterans when they come home. one could argue that we're not as good as we should be. >> i would not disagree with you. we are doing a lot better than what we did with our vietnam veterans as a society. it was unfortunate the way the vietnam veterans were treated. we are working harder on that. as you know, the first lady has an interest in that. the problems are formidable. the psychological problems, the tremendous medical problems, the amputees. i know that medical technology an

i did an interview with my mentor and a shadow day. for my shadow day i painted a wall that they always do murels on. i also wrote a proposal to my principal about doing a murel for the school. i am now starting another internship where i will be doing a missourial for a community -- mural for a community organization. with the work i do at school and my internship, i hope it will -- i hope it will help me to get my high school credit so i can graduate and to pursue my interests. for my next project i plan to start learning more about architecture and the history of some buildings. i'm hoping to start a program called build s.f. in the fall where i will learn about architecture and how to design buildings. i plan to stay here at big picture for a couple more years because i get a lot of support here. thank you. next will be austin. >> hello, my name is austin and i've been attending big picture since january. what i'm going to talk about is about exhibitions. exhibitions are when students present what they have learned during the previ

>> i started mentoring in the bay area and i thought, how can i help out in the community. when you speak of children, you say let's help the less fortunate, i thought, how can i take action, especially in the black community. there are tons of kids that are black or latino who need help but there was no one stepping up. this was my chance to take action and step forward. >> do you think you wonder how good you would be? maybe people say i don't know how to talk to a kid. >> my first kid who was in a foster home when i met him, he was 15 and it was hard to relate. a teenager. >> a teenager. although you are young. >> still, it was stuff. luckily the program allowed me great support, support specialists who helped me out and said okay, here is what you can do with them. give me workshops and help me get through to them to relate. >> what are some of the things you tell people or you experienced or were told to do to break the initial ice. because this kid is coming in and he knows maybe the kid is not even on board with this. maybe this is something the mom said would be a g

community, someone who has worked through the neighborhoods of san francisco, but has mentored me and taught me how to work with people, how to listen to people, and how to help. he always remind me that even though you work for the city, you work for everybody. you need to listen to everyone. he told me that whenever someone calls you, make sure that the least you can do is call them back. he is now the city administrator. [applause] >> thank you. but afternoon. -- good afternoon. i also want to add my appreciation to dpw for all of its work. its culture, as i came into that office many years ago, to this day, continues having the highest commitment in helping all of our communities improve life for everybody. i also want to acknowledge again, as we have done earlier, the graffiti advisor report. -- board. we have spent hours trying to figure out how to do this better. we began the graffiti advice -- advisory committee and try to get attention to it. it is hard. you have to be committed. i want to thank you for the hours you spend. most of those hours are after work. they are in the

a father of a 2-year-old and a mentor of children at this oakland elementary school, both men's lives would end inside sweet jimmie's restaurant and bar early monday morning when a gunman fired shots inside hurting four people and killing two. >> he was just easy-going, nice, upbeat guy, you know, and i never -- i never even seen him mad. >> reporter: one of the victims, 27-year-old billy jenkins, was freddie parks' son- in-law. they shared a love for old cars and playing chess. >> it's hard to believe that we're talking about his death. >> reporter: jenkins had a daughter with his high school sweetheart. the other victim, 22-year-old adam williams, was also a father and a mentor to children at oakland's peralta elementary school where his mother also works. on its website the school said, "peralta children looked forward to playing with adam every day. he patiently threw football passes, taught them basketball skills, and helped them with homework." oakland police are investigating whether this was a botched robbery attempt. they say the shooter along with three other men in their te

[applause] he is not only a mentor to me but the example of what civic engagement can be for arab- americansif there is anything going on in our community, he is the first one to cut a check -- not only to cut a check, but he is the first to be involved. he is a mover and shaker and successful businessman. we need to support his institution, an amazing chain of the burger chains in the area. thank you all for coming out tonight. we do have a reception. please help yourselves. >> thank you for your sponsorship once again. we will not know who the next mayor of san francisco will be, but one thing we know, the tradition that has to continue. everyone of you has to make sure that this happens. it is an important statement for our community. please come back every year. i have not told a lot of people about this, but i will be moving to new york in february. it is important for me that this tradition continues. it is something that did not exist for our community, something that the mayor identified, and something that needs to continue. i am happy to support this every year it is in san francis

say that in the years i have worked in washington with an array of teachers and staff, i hope to mentor some amazing students. i am concerned that the proposed bunking et cuts are not passed. one of which is very bad. that's the better one. the other one would be absolutely cat strof yik. good staff, good faculty and talented students are now stressed out by the uncertainty of our future. i urge you to try to keep somebody in the strong years. thank you very much. good evening, my name is peter gram. the special education department head. i'd like to speak directly to the issue of budget cuts that my be coming down to the state. on top of that, we have been told we are going to cut 200 students. i have a great deal of concern about that. currently at this point, we have been building all the teachers, training them on incluesive practices. this is a very important component of what system will do. at this point, i would really urge you to do is not cut those 200 students. last year, at least seven or eight here right now have struggled to get the needs in his classes in an appropriate n

the bad attachment of a mentor and change but these are the skills you learned early on. a second school i would list is the serenity and maturity to look inside your own mind and be aware of your own weakness. the unconscious have many skills. we are overconfident machines. 95% of college professors believe they have above-average teaching skills. 96% of college students have above average leadership skills. time magazine asked the un the top 1% of earners. nineteen% of americans are in the top 1% of hers. tests to executives about their own industry and how confident are you? advertising executives said they were confident they get 90% of the and his right. they got 60% of the wrong. computer executives are the most overconfident industry. they get 95% of the answers right and 80% wrong. men drowned at twice the rate as women because men think they can swim across that lake especially after they have been drinking. to have the ability to protect -- to be open-minded in the face of ambiguity to adjust the strength of your conclusions and strengthen evidence to be modest

. >> tony rezko is his mentor. was his big political contributor. there's another guy he dropped like a hot rock. you got reverand wright, bill ayers, tony rezko. he drops these guys and the press leaves him alone. he buys a house rezko who is in jail, a mobster, buys the lot next to him. i'm a great real estate guy. i made a lot of money, you will see maybe. you will be very impressed with my numbers i'm a really good real estate guy. he buys the lot next door. obama wants to expand his house. rezko sells him a little chunk of that lot at from what i can see market value. >> sean: rendering his lot unbuildable. >> rendering rezko's lot -- mr. schwartz guess up to buy the house next door. where is the back of my lot, i don't want to buy this lot. rezko, gives him a piece under market and more importantly, destroys the value of the lot he has. now, when i heard that, i said oh, that's the end of his campaign he's out. if it was you, me or anybody else. here's a guy, did one deal in his entire life and it was tony rezko. that's the only deal he has ev

this woman who is also a mentor to many people, she supported me very highly. leola havard is a giant in the field of education. she has not stopped from that day. board members, i say to you. take a strong look at what we did. this forerunner of the african- american administrators and see in your heart and do the right thing. please vote for the changing of the name. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. my name is dennis kelly and i am president of the united educators of san francisco. it is a great honor to come and endorse this resolution. i guess that we are fortunate that the reverend brown got sick. he did the reading that he did it for his recuperation and he came up with this idea. this is something significant, something wonderful for the entire district. i think this is a very important thing for us to do. not only in this instance but going forward. thank you very much for putting this forward. you know how important it is. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, board members. i am the pastor of the first baptist episcopal z

wonderful thing to be working with someone who is certainly your co-worker and also largely your mentor. i inherited the theater at a funny time in its life. it needed to make some decisions as an institution about what it wanted to be. whether it wanted to be exclusively a rental facility, it is needed to be a rehearsal space with a really high ceilings -- whatever it was, having that level of leadership that my founding director is also my boss really made that possible. i really felt like i had great stewardship and we were able to make really innovative decisions for how the theater could grow over the decade. >> living with -- living with someone who is both your immediate boss and also a working artist is also a huge asset. that is one of the things that keeps the creativity flowing through odc. it is a campus about the creative process at all times. >> the theater was part of a second phase of capital fund raising and community support. the previous one had renovated the space where the rehearsal studios are and the school is, sell what does that sort of say about the importance

continuing assistance for certification, as well as assisting in doing technical analysis of the work and mentoring and managing their programs going forward. monthly contact is important to make sure that the goals are stipulated at the beginning of the project are actually being met. the extension of the contract will allow for a number of activities, including promotion of phase one utilization for small and disadvantaged businesses. the phase two program is described briefly under the p3 questionnaire. we will be rolling out a technical assistance program that will assist in technical certification into a series of workshops in cooperation with the federal highway administration and cooperative services in continuing to track and report on utilization. the scope for the extension totals $275,000 with the by-task dollar amounts broken out in this slide. that concludes the presentation. i would be happy to take any additional questions. supervisor mar: colleagues, any questions? let's open this up for public comment. >> i might mention that we have representatives from the consultant here. the le

i was very fortunate to have hillary rodham clinton, what a great mentor there.when i needed help, i went to her. it got done. whatever needed to get done, got done. i tell women, don't play games, okay? if you're stressed, don't cry. don't engage in that, you know? you know, if you're going to play in the boys' world, don't do games that they accuse us of playing. so really you're elevating your standard to above sexual politics to make it work. and then again, seek people who enrich your life, who make you grow and mentor you, but also friends and very close friends whose shoulders you can cry on. i've had a lot of women friends who were very supportive. one of the things that kept me sane was once a month i had high tea with a friend of mine who happened to be a psychiatrist. she didn't have to give me medications, but the fact i got to talk to a friend i respected and mull thing over and share meant so very much to what i did. what would i prescribe to young leaders? number one of all, be true to yourself. my form of leadership may be different than yours, yo

this community is if you could combine not only the foster housing but to put seniors in there to mentor the foster kids. that way the kids have somebody to talk to and look up to and the seniors could help basically guide the children because i don't see how the foster kids are going to benefit from not having somebody who has had the experience of life and so forth. i think that would be a great plan to help get their monthly income and sustain a smaller building. [bell ringing] president olague: again, i wanted to remind members of the public that this is solely to address the issue of the environmental impact report. you will have an opportunity afterwards to address the issue of the project itself. ellis barkley, and just refrain from -- so all those cards are related to the project? okay. and since there was some confusion, i am going to ask, is there anyone in the audience who would like to speak to the environmental impact report at this time? if you could come up please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am andrea alfonzo and an employee of the city of san franciscos and a lan

>> san francisco unified wishes to honor the school for being a great group of teachers and mentors. education is a people business and we're only as strong as the people who work with our children and keep our schools open and running everyday. thank you for all you do and congratulations on receiving this well-deserved special service award. >> thank you very much and on behalf of my two co-workers and brent albert who is actually not here, we try very hard everyday and we give it our all. president mendoza: this evening we have with an action item. i need a motion and a second, please. >> so moved. >> seconded. president mendoza: thank you. this is in commendation to lisa spinali authored by commissioner murase. commissioner murase: in accommodation to lisa spinali, for the past five years lisa spinali has led the san francisco school volunteers and the combined san francisco education fund, san francisco school volunteers as executive director, focusing work on tackling the barriers to academic achievement by partnering with people. whereas her career is dedicated to expanding co

in future with confidence and curiosity about life, and it is where she met her mentor and soul matepaul child and embarked on a life altering romance. julia .net paul who designed the rooms for the allied generals on the tea planters bungalow, and she was immediately smitten. he was 41, a decade older and a head shorter. he was will weary, with long and somewhat difficult. his colleagues regarded him as a loner, moodie and said in his ways, not an easy man, julia confided to the diary. an artist started out by skipping college and running off to work as a sailor and spoke impeccable french come he was a self-taught photographer from a black belt in judo, house builder and a jack of all trades. he considered himself a connoisseur of the finer things in life. art, food, fashion, poetry, women. he romanced the prettiest oss officers and detach it and after his initial advances rebuffed became the very best of friends with jane foster who he described in his diary as a wild messy girl always in trouble from always irresponsible. he adored and at my ear to her. jane had become famous or

i want to have mentors for the kids who are chronically truant, who have problems. i am asking you to look at in giving 8 -- to the public school teachers. and bring them into shadow your employees for a month. when they go back, they can have real world experience. of course, give your young person an internship. if you give a young person up an opportunity to shadow someone and the possibilities and if you give them an internship, they're more likely to graduate from high school, they're more likely to go on to college. that is the kind of experience we want. oakland, but this was the number 8 the city with the most woman entrepreneurs. there is an engineering at the academy that cents for kids to mit the in any of the high school in the east bay. they also said more kids to harvard than any other high school in the east bay. they have a very famous pre engineering program. for many years i was worried that there was no women and very few african americans. how did she get interested in engineering? they said, well, we did a chatelin day. you inspired by a woman e

they are kind of mentoring heard. they lost in the energy in bayview. as we did the one this year, i wanted to give it to someone. last year, it went to the bart board representative. this year, i am giving it to a young woman that i just think was awesome. at the age of 14, she opened her own dance studio because she liked to teach kids in the community how to dance. she brought them into the backyard. at 14, she became a business owner while she was going to school. at the age of 16, she graduated from high school. i am bringing to you today an incredible one and that is a fourth grade teacher. i am telling you what she told me, ladies. she wants to one day be the secretary of education for the united states of america. [applause] 20 years old. >> how do i follow such a beautiful introduction? he uses me as his instrument that shows me -- and chose me. i knew she is looking down and saying, my god, thank you for using me as your instrument. what got does, not does see how -- and not just hdoes he traded instrument, he supports it to the fullest extent