mr. chair, today, we have seth neal from q2 consultants. >> mr. neal, welcome, and the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair townsend, and good afternoon to the task force. i have a few updates that i'd like to make. for one, there have been new submissions on the district plan tool since last meeting, but we have updated the tool, as per your request, to exclude water and islands to better see the populated areas of the city, and we are setting up the application form so people can view public comment that's been submitted. at this point, now that we have an account, we are updating the handouts and getting translations for those instructions, and once those are ready, we will post those to get ready to accept public comment. and we're also updating the redistricting tool user guide to make some usability and accessibility improvements and implementing an interactive version of the data maps with demographic information from the american media survey. so those are the updates that i have to give, and i'd be happy to answer any questions at this poin

chair i see member lee requesting recognition. >> thank you, mr. neal, for being so responsive. go right ahead, member lee. >> thank you, mr. chair. if i hear correctly you said they are in simplified chinese, is that correct? >> that is my understanding as opposed to traditional script. >> that increasing number of people in san francisco using simplified chinese. communications are in traditional. people from hong kong and from taiwan use traditional chinese. >> i had it backwards. i read my note wrong it is traditional script. i apologize. >> that is better. thank you for the clarification. could we have both? for people who are from mainland china? and then the simplified? >> the question from member lee. we cooperate with the city to get translations for the different documents. this is according to the city policy the languages. i can extend the question to the department of elections to see what the policy is to expand to other scripts. >> that would be great. thank you so much. >> thank you. one other question because we have heard a couple times about the public having t

chair i see member lee requesting recognition. >> thank you, mr. neal, for being so responsive. go right ahead, member lee. >> thank you, mr. chair. if i hear correctly you said they are in simplified chinese, is that correct? >> that is my understanding as opposed to traditional script. >> that increasing number of people in san francisco using simplified chinese. communications are in traditional. people from hong kong and from taiwan use traditional chinese. >> i had it backwards. i read my note wrong it is traditional script. i apologize. >> that is better. thank you for the clarification. could we have both? for people who are from mainland china? and then the simplified? >> the question from member lee. we cooperate with the city to get translations for the different documents. this is according to the city policy the languages. i can extend the question to the department of elections to see what the policy is to expand to other scripts. >> that would be great. thank you so much. >> thank you. one other question because we have heard a couple times about the public having t

mr. kaplan, you sent us your list ahead of time, and one of the books was one that was published, i think, in the 1920s, zora nealeon, you don't know us negroes. >> guest: actually, this is new work by her. zora neale hurston actually worked in those days, but this is new work that's been uncovered. and i believe it's analogized for the very first time. it's very exciting, a new zora neale hurston book particularly since we claim her as a floridian, so many of us here do. and this is one of the 2022 nonfiction titles that i'm really looking forward to. the other, the other titles were speaking on january 6th. there are, there's a lot of interest in the bookstore on books that have been exploring just, you know, what that all means. and, you know, there's one that was just published by mark bowden, but we also have a really terrific book that i've been looking at called how civil wars start, something that i think we should all be nervous about. it's by barbara walter. of she's a leading political scientist, is and she kind of looks at the violent extremism around the world. and asks, you know, can that happen here

mr. kaplan you sent us your list ahead of time and one of the books on there is one that was published. i think in the 1920s zora neale, hurston. you don't know us -- what actually it's published. it's been it. this is new work by her. is there any near hurston actually worked in those in those days but this is new work that's been uncovered and i and i believe on validized for the very first time and it's always exciting when there's a a news or a neil hurst and book particularly since you know, we claim her as a floridian so many of us here do and this is one of the 2022 nonfiction titles that i'm really looking forward to the other the other titles, you know, i mean we're speaking on january 6th. there are and a lot of there's a lot of interest in the bookstore on books that have been exploring just you know what that all means and you know, there have been there's one that was just published called the steel by mark bowden and matthew teague, but we all also have a really terrific book that i've been looking at called how civil war start something that i think we should all be nervous about. it's by barbara walter