on 14610 sb 2, mr. haney. >> [inaudible]. >> miss maufas. >> yes vpt . >> miss mendoz-mcdonnell >> yes. >> doctor murase. >> i. >> miss wynns. >> i. >> miss fewer. >> yes. >> six is. . thank you. congratulations colleagues and staff. shaking hands [inaudible]. board members [inaudible] none tonight. we did general matters, item k advisory committee reports. are there any committee reports to be announced bid board members. >> thank you president, i would like to appoint kathy meyer and peggy to the qtea oversight committee as a superintendent appointee. >> thank you superintendent. item l, special order of business. i now call the public hearing of adoption of annual budget and service plan [inaudible]. >> so moved. >> may i have a reading of the recommendation for the superintendent designee? >> thank you, yes president fewer fk, i'd like to invite doctor [inaudible] and read it into the record. >> good evening. i'm requesting the action that the board of education of san francisco unified convene a public h

. >> mr. haney. >> yes. >> maufas. >> yes. sfwh mendoz-mcdonnell. >> yes. >> murase. >> i. wynns. fewer. >> i. >> six is. >> item f. i'd like to -- [applause]. >> that's right board, be proud of yourself. that was a good thing. all right, so standing committees, i'd like to announce the new standing committees that the term will be from july 1, 2014, to june 30, 2015 on the budget and business services committee, the chair is rachel norton with mendoz-mcdonnell and joe wynns as members. building ground and services chair is mendoz-mcdonnell, fewer and haney. curriculum and program, maufas is the chair, with fewer and haney. rules policy and legislation, wynns is the chair, with is the chair with [inaudible] ad hoc committee on personal matters and relations is haney -- i think it's me -- fewer and murase. sorry, [inaudible]. and then on the city and school district select committee, it's me, sandra lee fewer, mendoz-mcdonnell, and wynns. okay. >> so the personnel matters in labor is main, fewer and murase. >> thank you. >> thank you. any other reports from board members? no. yes?

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. >> mr. haney. >> here. >> maufas. >> yes. >> mendoz-mcdonnell. >> yes. >> doctor. >> miss fewer. >> i would like to remind the members of the public present that if they wish to address the board of

. >> mr. haney. >> here. >> maufas. >> yes. >> mendoz-mcdonnell. >> yes. >> doctor. >> miss fewer. >> i would like to remind the members of the public present that if they wish to address the board of education, an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called and

mr. haney. >> yes. >> maufas. >> yes. >> mendoz-mcdonnell. >> yes. >> murase. >> i. >> wynns. >> i. >> fewer. >> yes. >> six is. >> thank you very much. so we're on to our second one, action item, which is a real biggie and that is the fiscal year 2014, 2015 recommended budget. this was moved and seconded on june 10. can we please have a

. >> mr. haney. >> here. >> maufas. >> yes. >> mendoz-mcdonnell. >> yes. >> doctor. >> miss fewer. >> i would like to remind the members of the public present that if they wish to address the board of education, an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called and presented to the executive assistant. speaker cards will not be accepted for an item already before the board. item d, presentation to the board of education, the superintendent report, superintendent, carranza. >> there is no formal presentation, other than to say i hope everyone's enjoying their summer break. students are being employed, we have lots of students working summer jobs so thank you to sefrn who's providing those opportunity tos our students. have a great break and i look forward to a great discussion on our budget. >> that was great. >> recognitions and resolutions, there are none tonight. student delegate's report, there is none ton. tonight. parent advisory report, there is none tonight. [inaudible]

mr. haney. >> yes. >> maufas. >> yes. >> mendoz-mcdonnell. >> yes. >> murase. >> i. >> wynns. >> i. >> fewer. >> yes. >> six is. >> thank you very much. so we're on to our second one, action item, which is a real biggie and that is the fiscal year 2014, 2015 recommended budget. this was moved and seconded on june 10. can we please have a report from the committee as a whole from commissioner murase? >> yes. the committee as a whole back on june 17, and as i mentioned in my earlier remarks, we didn't have very much public comment at that meeting, but there were a number of comments and commissioners that took it upon themselves to come up with suggested edits which should be contained in the budget tonight. thank you very much. so i think it's deputy superintendent lee, i think you're on again. >> thanks president fewer. as i did before -- actually, this is a longer request in action. so maybe i'll -- okay. okay. i will note the correction if i may, in the the reading of the requesting action. s

mr. haney. >> yes. >> maufas. >> yes. >> mendoz-mcdonnell. >> yes. >> murase. >> i. >> wynns. >> i. >> fewer. >> yes.

stafford fitzgerald haney to be ambassador to costa rica. let me welcome our first nominee. mr. taft has been a foreign service officer since 1962 and deserves to be given every consideration of the committee. let me say the geopolitics is vastly different from what we confronted in the last hearing in 2011. in my view, we cannot afford to wait to send a a.m. bass store to moscow. before we begin, i just want to express my concern about russia's violation of its obligations under the intermediate range treaty. it is vital that they comply with their obligations under the treaty, and eliminate any prohibitive items in a verifiable manner. the imf treaty is a cornerstone of the european security. the treaty sought to eliminate the nuclear threat to western europe and the european parts of the soviet union, the fact that russia is violating its obligation is another sign that under president putin, russia is operating in a manner that threatens the security of all european states. we cannot delay in sending someone in view of that reality, in view that president putin enjoys soarin