former president of the board of supervisors norman yee is here, who led the fight in the city. we also have board members like jennie lam and former board members like hydro mendoza, who i can't tell if they're here because i can't see under the mask as well as the service providers to -- who provide services to our kids. and of course, we have our parents, some of whom you'll hear from today. getting this charter amendment onto the ballot is going to take a lot of partners, and i'm really proud of all the people who are supportive of this and with us today, including our young people, who probably -- [applause] >> the hon. london breed: i know we can put our kids in focus. in the summer of 2020, with our schools closed, we needed to support our kids, especially those living in public housing and congregate settings who had nowhere to go, nowhere to learn. that's when the city, under the leadership of maria su, with the department of children, youth, and families -- [applause] >> the hon. london breed: that's when we created the learning hub. the program that we created happene

former president of the board of supervisors norman yee is here, who led the fight in the city.so have board members like jennie lam and former board members like hydro mendoza, who i can't tell if they're here because i can't see under the mask as well as the service providers to -- who provide services to our kids. and of course, we have our parents, some of whom you'll hear from today. getting this charter amendment onto the ballot is going to take a lot of partners, and i'm really proud of all the people who are supportive of this and with us today, including our young people, who probably -- [applause] >> the hon. london breed: i know we can put our kids in focus. in the summer of 2020, with our schools closed, we needed to support our kids, especially those living in public housing and congregate settings who had nowhere to go, nowhere to learn. that's when the city, under the leadership of maria su, with the department of children, youth, and families -- [applause] >> the hon. london breed: that's when we created the learning hub. the program that we created happened in a

i was then nominated by the board of supervisors then president norman yee to serve four years at that time. >> supervisor walton: i believe you mean 2020. >> sorry. yes. >> supervisor walton: when did this term end? >> i believe in 2024. >> supervisor walton: thank you. that's all i have. >> chair peskin: thank you president walton. supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thank you chair peskin. thank you president walton and chair peskin for convening this calling and having this hearing. i don't have anything particularly to ask. this case very much, i think, goes to kind of attention in having people who are intimately involved in development and real estate on these bodies that oversee real estate development. there's sort of baked into the chartered provisions around building commission. which i know chair peskin, you and i agree may be off change. there's still this notion we want to have people who have direct immediate experience, we know what's going on will know what -- will know the impact what they are doing. they live it and work it and see it every day. on the oth

i also want to thank the stakeholders who have engaged with us with much passion and norman yee for his guidance throughout this process and the city attorney team john gibner and his work for the long work on this. thank you, chair peskin. >> chairman: i do want to say in this instance, pursuant to the board of supervisors rules of order section 2.21 have a memo random from the clerk of the board making a number of suggestions as to advisory bodies set forth in the charter amendment, but given the nature of the amendments that supervisor melgar just spoke to which would obviate really most of this charter amendment, i think that if we are to adopt those, the clerk's suggestions for amendments will no longer be relevant, so i will forego hearing from the clerk because i think that is going to end on the cutting room floor. and, with that, i can tell that supervisor ronen is desirous of making a statement. supervisor ronen, the floor is yours. >> supervisor ronen: chair peskin, i did see rafael mandelman. >> chairman: i was still on the button for participants because i was hoping that t

i was then nominated by the board of supervisors then president norman yee to serve four years at that time. >> supervisor walton: i believe you mean 2020. >> sorry. yes. >> supervisor walton: when did this term end? >> i believe in 2024. >> supervisor walton: thank you. that's all i have. >> chair peskin: thank you president walton. supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: thank you chair peskin. thank you president walton and chair peskin for convening this calling and having this hearing. i don't have anything particularly to ask. this case very much, i think, goes to kind of attention in having people who are intimately involved in development and real estate on these bodies that oversee real estate development. there's sort of baked into the chartered provisions around building commission. which i know chair peskin, you and i agree may be off change. there's still this notion we want to have people who have direct immediate experience, we know what's going on will know what -- will know the impact what they are doing. they live it and work it and see it every day. on the oth

i want to acknowledge the efforts taken by our board in the past specifically former president norman yee, supervisors chu and our current city attorney david chu who was supervisor at the time who also addressed these issues in the actions taken by the board. i want to thank supervisor mar and chanfor their partnership and leadership on this and supervisor chan wanted to be here. the rules committee was rescheduled for today. anti-asian sentiment has existed over a century. covid-19 exacerbated it. it is critical we take action against that violence but rerecognize that this is not new. this discrimination, this racism and acts of violence have been with us for some time and is what we have facing today we have to confront the history. this follows similar actions taken by cities such as los angeles, san jose who have all issued formal apologies over the last few months and called out racist policies and attacks targeted at the chinese committee and 150 years of anti-chinese laws that denied access to education, housing employment and a companied by physical violence against chinese resi

i want to acknowledge the efforts taken by our board in the past specifically former president norman yee, supervisors chu and our current city attorney david chu who was supervisor at the time who also addressed these issues in the actions taken by the board. i want to thank supervisor mar and chanfor their partnership and leadership on this and supervisor chan wanted to be here. the rules committee was rescheduled for today. anti-asian sentiment has existed over a century. covid-19 exacerbated it. it is critical we take action against that violence but rerecognize that this is not new. this discrimination, this racism and acts of violence have been with us for some time and is what we have facing today we have to confront the history. this follows similar actions taken by cities such as los angeles, san jose who have all issued formal apologies over the last few months and called out racist policies and attacks targeted at the chinese committee and 150 years of anti-chinese laws that denied access to education, housing employment and a companied by physical violence against chinese resi

i also want to thank former supervisor norman yee for his work on this item. this is an effort at a power grab by the mayor. the amendment creates a large bureaucracy to work with a number of school age children. 13% of s.f. children are school age. that's 57,000 students. amendment details are scarce and vague. keep the stuffed -- sfusd independent and make it better internally. whether the ramifications of the amendment, i agree with supervisors ronen, peskin, and chan's opposition to this amendment. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you. >> clerk: could we get the next speaker, please. >> david pillpel. i have not gotten into the details, and i'm not sure that i fully understand the amendment that was offered on monday, but i do like the two ideas that i understand here to address city funding for the school district and to consolidate children's functions under a single agency. i also like the comments that i heard both monday and today. i do think that somebody should be done about city funding for the school district. i don't have the right solution, but