haney. >> so moved. >> mr. cook? mr. haney? yes aye. ms. norton? >> no. six ayes. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: could we get a reading of the resolution by the author. i'm sorry. i take that back. that was for suspension. i need a motion and second for formal introduction. >> so moved. >> second. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you, could i now get a reading of the resolution by commissioner haney. >> commissioner haney: in support of the city, our home ballot initiative, where as homelessness is the greatest crisis facing the city and county of san francisco, we need to accept up and where as in the 2015-16 school year, identified 1 in 25 students as homeless, including 491 in middle school, 787 in high school and 168 in charter schools, and whereas the 2016 report hidden in plain site, states that over40% of formerly homeless students surveyed dropped out while they were homeless in middle or high school. whereas the 2014 report found that california is ranked 48th for its response to child homelessness. this ranking is determined by the extent

mr. haney? yes. murase yes. six ayes. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you, all, who came out to speak on behalf of this measure. we look forward to working with you on this. next item is section l, board member reports, standing committee. we've had no meetings taking place since the last school board meeting, our regular board meeting, so we don't have any reports on standing committees. board delegates, membership organizations? anyone have anything, anybody went anywhere over the summer? for any of the committees? any other reports by board members? >> commissioner murase: i'm sorry, i did attend the csba leadership institute in july, where jim ryan presented on our algebra -- our math sequence and some of the stunning results of moving the 8th grade math requirement from 8th grade to 9th grade. there is a lot of buzz in how san francisco was able to decrease the failure rate in algebra from 40% to 8%. including among subgroups. so it was great to see him. one of his last responsibilities with the schoo

. >> so there is a few things here that are striking and i should take a time to read, neither mr. haney nor nuclear development llc ever entered to into a contract with michael cohen or his affiliate for lobbying services. you got to register to be a lobby. you can enter into a consulting contract. >> that is what this contract most likely says. consulting or strategic advice. and we reported today that cohen had in fact called the energy department to ask about this nuclear power project and to see if the process could be speeded up. >> you can't do that. >> well, i'm not a prosecutor, but that is -- >> you can't do that. i mean, look, there is a whole universe of people in washington who consult and don't lobby. to get away with i am a consultant and not a lobbyist, calling up puts you in a tough spot. am i wrong that it is a crazy amount of money. >> it is a lot of money. success fees are very unusual. legally, it is not certain that it is illegal. >> gray area. >> and $10 million is unheard of is what we reported. >> unheard of. >> to get any government action. >> did a lot of repor