. >> president walton: thank you so much ms. wong. any questions? commissioner maurase and commissioner sanchez. >> thank you very much for the comprehensive report. i have two questions. one is in your data that you presented tonight, i noticed there were a couple of groups that were not reflected. for example native japanese speakers or native russian speakers. are there students in those categories? >> there are. but the numbers are not significant. so we definitely have that data and we can provide the full data set to the board members. >> thank you. and my second question is to what degree are recommendations or the findings shared with the bcc? >> so, the by lingual council received a similar presentation. we have been in discussion with them about our english language development. next monday they are going to be receiving additional information around the status of the professional development that is being offered regarding english language development. and so, it's an ongoing conversation that we have with the bilingual council. >> i woul

ms. christina wong. >> good evening commissioners. we do have a powerpoint presentation for you tonight. and everyone should also have a copy of the powerpoint in their packet. so, this is the an yule -- annual lau report. in this report, it includes over 200 documents covering el demographic achievement data, staffing data, professional development records, el placement guidelines, translation of materials and transzlation interpretation -- translation interpretation guidelines and records. all of these files and records are in alignment to how we're performing and providing based on the lau modified consent decree. and it looks at how well we are and our effectiveness of establishing our system of support for english learners. so, the first slide is around data. we have in 2016-17 a little over 14,000 english learners and 60 languages represented. our spanish and cantonese population continue to be the major language groups. we are noticing in the last couple of years that the number of cantonese speaking el's has decreased why the

ms. linda the clerk is miss linda wong. the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, jesse larson and i cannot read it. we record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available online madam clerk any announcements. >> silence cellphones and electronic devices and completed speaker cards to be included as part of the file to be submitted to the clerk, thank you. >> before we begin can we have a motion to excuse supervisor ma leah cohen and katie katy tang from this meeting. >> motion passes. >> no object object. >> madam clerk can you call item number one. >> clerk: declaring a homeless shelter emergency and authorize ing the direct offer public work to improve facilities and the director of the department of homelessness and support of housing to contract for homeless services and officer services to protect the health, safety and welfare of individuals effected by homelessness and all san francisco citizens. >> we have jeff kazski department of homelessness and department of public works here t