dash 2884 institutional listing the studies is the one san francisco unified school district please start thank you. >> whereas the san francisco board of education is passed previous resolutions in support of the importance and future implementation of ethnic studies in sfusd schools and whereas the san francisco board of education in 2010 approved unanimously resolution in support of an ethnic studies program in the san francisco unified school district which creates an ethnic pilot program in holidays that continues today and whereas resolution 101026 california's for the future ethnic studies beyond the. (off the record.) 2011 school year including the option for students in all high schools to participate in the curriculum by the 20112012 school year if funds could be secured for k one electro 12 and whereas the i think so has recognized the ethnic studies as a human right and condemns the attack on ethnic studies in the united states and >> whereas san francisco is home to san francisco stanford university which has the only college of ethnic studies at the university level and has been a partnering to sfusd in the creation dev

been a channeling appointment i guess for all of us we have commissioner on this san francisco ploys san francisco board that comes with a great deal of financial matters and has been on the sf for the first already and has come with her experience working with her own firm recent ethnics complaints that have come down that swirled around providing controversy around here reappointment and i didn't feel it was important that we look at these as there are some real issues that are part of ethnics complaints we should have pause and scrutiny at the board before making her reappointment this has been actually very, very challenging for me because i want to honor the work that someone massachusetts has given already to 0 sf and many, many hours of the commission meetings interaction with the public and taking time out of her work to do this it's been very uncomfortable to question some of the work she's done i've had issues that are important i've been work with the retirement board an particular in devesting from fuel fuels we pass a resolution in 2013 that was urging the retirement board to defying vest f

member for the district of san francisco thanksyour name as school board member for the district of san francisco thanks (clapping.) thank you, mr. mayor and all the commissioners will have an intelligent to share the remarks after everybody been sworn in this is not self-serving i agree mr. mayor this is the finest and the best looking school board and the most articulate school board i've ever seen not self-serving though yeah. (laughter) so i will have an opportunity at the end of the program to also introduce all our elected officials that are here including our board of education and others city family we will have quite even though sleeper group this evening so rapidly assembling the names i'll introduce everyone so next to be sworn in welcome dr. murase to come forward and swear her in we're happy to have gale who will administer the oath of office to commissioner murase. >> good evening, everybody it is an exciting time so glad and honored to be able to swear in emily murrow's i met emily through the status which woman through the international san

please stand by for the city of san francisco board of supervisors meeting for january 13, 2015 to begin shortly. . >> [gavel] >> good afternoon everybody. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting for january 13, 2015. madam clerk can you please call the roll. >> yes madam president. supervisor avalos. avalos absent. president breed. >> here. >> breed present. supervisor campos. >> present. >> supervisor christensen. >> (inaudible). >> present. >> supervisor cohen. >> here. >> supervisor cohen present. supervisor farrell. supervisor mar. >> present. >> supervisor tang. >> present. >> supervisor wiener. >> supervisor avalos present. supervisor yee. >> present. >> yee present. madam president all members are present. >> thank you. can everyone please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> okay the next item is approval of the minutes. the approval of the minutes for december 9 and december 16, 2014. mo

it's about san francisco and it's inspired by miles and about every child who has a severe good evening. >> that's what i like to hear okay. the regular meeting of the go board of education of the san francisco unified school district for december 9, 2014, is now called to order. >> roll call please. >> thank you, commissioners mr. haney ms. maufas ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton ms. wynns thank you, president fewer ms. sonata and mr. chin thank you. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance thank you and now this is item a approval of board minnesota e minutes may have the regular prevail the minutes. >> approval. >> thank you, ms. son at mr. chin mr. haney ms. maufas ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton ms. wynns and president fewer 6 i's. >> i'm so happy. >> 6 i's now this is item b presentation to the board of education superintendent support. >> thank you, president fewer before i give my thoughts for the evening i want to announce we're withdrawing item m the update on the san francisco police department memorandum of understanding with the board of education and i'll cocky want the record to red light thank you for the song that

board chamber. thank you. next speaker please. >>my name is mark with the san francisco taxi workers alliance and i came here to speak on another topic. i don't mean to crash the party on the board elections but this is something of immense importance to thousands of low income san francisco workers that is to say the taxi drivers of san francisco. the the ride services like uber and lift have having a devastating impact on taxi drivers and the taxi industry. many cab drivers are not making the minimum wage they're coming back from their shifts having less money in their pockets than they started. they're leaving the industry in groves. this is a city that cares deeply about low income workers but is not doing anything about this. the cpuc has created this disaster. that i have won't fix it. you read about what's going on there another report just made the news today. it's time for the city to step in. taxi driver's alliance have issued a white paper explaining why san francisco can and must regulate companies like uber and lift and bring greater enforcements of the laws

board of supervisors and has shown remarkable grace. i admire his work across the political spectrum here in san francisco on the board of supervisors, but also he serves in regional government and has been a great advocate for san francisco and that process. last year we know that he was part of a race that was very contested for the assembly and he's shown that he has significant base of support around san francisco people who really believe in his work, in his effort his legislative effort has been something that's been very admirable, especially last year as well. we saw great pieces of legislation that came out that was really addressing where san francisco's at with our affordability crisis. his vision of leadership is something that can unite the board of supervisors together to show that we are going to be committed to making san francisco the diverse city that it truly is it so it's with great pride that i nominate him for board president and hope to have your support, colleagues. thank you. >>thank you supervisor avalos. any further nominations or discussion mongzamong colleagues. seeing none, we will go to public comment. >>no

populations, and whereas the san francisco municipal transportation agency has previously addressed the issue of affordable transportation for youth and whereas the san francisco board of supervisors supported legislation adopting free immune i muni for low and moderate youth whereas making transportation affordable be made a priority for the san francisco municipal transportation agency and further resolved the transit agency's board of directors to expand the free muni program to people with disabilities and seniors. >> all right. we can have a discussion between councilmembers at this point. is there any comment or questions? >> no comment. >> i said it before, i think it will really impact seniors and people with disabilities improve their quality of life i really think it's a no-brainer it's a win-win situation for everyone. >> okay. then we'll have a vote to approve in concept -- donna? >> oh, you need a motion. okay. all right. i so move that the council approve the draft resolution in front of us for the sfmta regarding free muni for people with disabilities and foreseen i for, seniors. i'll need a second. >> i'll second. >> okay. now we'll vote on the motio

welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting for january 13, 2015. madam clerk can you please call the roll. >> yes madam president. supervisor avalos. avalos absent. president breed. >> here. >> breed present. supervisor campos. >> p

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populations, and whereas the san francisco municipal transportation agency has previously addressed the issue of affordable transportation for youth and whereas the san francisco board of supervisors supported legislation adopting free immune i muni for low and moderate youth whereas making transportation affordable be made a priority for the san francisco municipal transportation agency and further resolved the transit agency's board of directors to expand the free muni program to people with disabilities and seniors. >> all right. we can have a discussion between councilmembers at this point. is there any comment or questions? >> no comment. >> i said it bef

it is a privilege to stand before you and serve san francisco as a member of the board of supervisors representing the southeastern neighborhoods of bay view hunters point dog patch visitation valley. i want to first take a moment to recognize my colleagues, those that are reelected, congratulations, it was a pleasure to share and opportunity and take the oath with you. i also want to recognize the colleagues who provided support, thank you. and i want to also recognize colleagues that taught me forgiveness, thank you. i want to take a moment and i want to recognize my mother and my father. ladies and gentlemen where would we be without our mothers and our fathers, right? [applause] my mother and father grew up here in san francisco. it's a privilege to be your eldest daughter. i have four younger sisters and my youngest sister is here with me as well to witness this. i have a whole host of friend and family that have joined us in this chamber today people that have traveled, people in the office behind the chamber walls. i just want to take a moment and say thank you very much. i app

welcome to our san francisco board of supervisors meeting of december 16, 2014. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> supervisor avalos. avalos present. supervisor breed. >> here. >> breed present. >> supervisor campos. >> present. >> cohen. present. >> farrell. present. kim. present. mar. >> here. >> mar present. tang present. supervisor wiener. wiener present. supervisor yee. yee not present. you have app quorum. >> thank

the liability and the quality of the caltrain transportation available to them so the way the san francisco board of directors sf toicht it's a 3 package document we have history in context that makes it capitulated by supervisor tang and quick digest of some of the quick development studies in the works and navigation to the sunset blue prints all questions will be looking at be closely the sfmta traffic staff for the progress and since the san francisco transportation plan in particular were adapted for switch backs and other things that is wonderful to improve the liability and we'll be looking at two other ones that are worthy mendoza the beach master plan with the accessibility in the future and acknowledging this whole shared use phenomena going how that is effectively residents and the travel and decisions in the sunset once we do that quick background analyze it starts to look at the analysis section in there and eco system this is meant to be relatively short and quick but kind of a concrete rejsdz we'll look at the 9 travel data and come up with a travel market within the - has an organ

. >> welcome back to the december 17 meeting on san francisco board of appeals. we are on item 10. the subject property is at 1614 noe street. the requester asked that the board take jurisdiction over applicant holder which was issued on august 26 2014 and the jurisdiction request is filed at the board office on december 1 2014. the permit holder is steven fouler and the project

. >>> the san francisco board of supervisors is expected to decide today on the shop [ indiscernible ] want to selleck tropic cigarettes can operate on ocean avenue. in november the planning commission approved a request for the store but then neighbors filed an appeal. some shops opens -- -- [ indiscernible ] >>> a short time ago the contra costa county board of supervisors rescinded their 33% face hike in the face of public pressure. the vote was unanimous following a backlash of county employees and citizens. union members had delivered thousands of signatures calling for a referendum. next week supervisors will consider new options for a raise presumably smaller [ indiscernible ] >>> focus of protests in santa cruz last month the city council voted to accept a quarter million grant from the department of homeland security to help pay for the police vehicle. >> the counterattack truck will gather outside city hall at 4:00. >>> the oakland raiders could be zeroing in on a new head coach. denver broncos defensive coordinator jack del rio is going to have a second interview. he is a

the san francisco board of as muchs has a new president. five reelected supervisors were sworn in yesterday. >>> san francisco lost out to boston for its bid to host the olympics. washington d.c. and los angeles were the other two u.s. cities in the running. san francisco's bid committee says despite the decision, it's pleased with the work it did to showcase the bay area. >> they were disappointed, but it was a tremendous effort by a lot of people, brought a lot of the folks in the region together. >> boston now has 32 months to convince the international olympic committee it should host the games. right now rome is the only other city that is officially decided to bid. other potential candidates are paris, berlin, mel born, possible cities in africa. more details on boston's bid. the local organizing committee has started its international campaign releasing this video. emphasizing what it has to offer. boston has never hosted the olympics. but the city lacks an olympic stadium and village and venues for events like cycling, swimming, and

are again and what a true honor and prim 1942 to be re-elected to serve a third term son the san francisco board of education i want to start by thanking important people i'll try to get through this any mom and dad from washington and thank for instilling a strong work ethic and reminding me how important family and friends are they celebrated they're in between in december and in july my mom will be 89 (clapping) (clapping.) so a big super thank you for being here and passing on green genes to my pro felix and peter for making me laugh and cry but being terrific friends and to our children to my amazing children you were in are third and sixth grade had i started on sideboard now your enjoying college in spain and is a to say you have also been my purpose and cause and my greater inspiration i want to thank you for your patience and understanding and making me so proud each and every day i love you so very much and to my best fan and volunteer every four years ago eric vord on any re-election campaign and 3 years later, he proposed during a public comment during our school board he meetings yo

. >> welcome back to the december 17 meeting on san francisco board of appeals. we are on item 10. the subject property is at 1614 noe street. the requester asked that the board take jurisdiction over applicant holder which was issued on august 26 2014 and the jurisdiction request is filed at the board office on december 1 2014. the permit holder is steven fouler and the project >> everybody was getting along fine with the new house. instruction was well advanced and the project architect went to the planning department counter with a set of plans for a revision, is what he called it, a new permit revising the previous permit adding a roof deck and skylight and saw over the counter approval of this. it was brought to mr. omakaro, but many knowledgeable architectings might go to the planning counter at that time if they were trying to get approval for something that might be questionable or sketchy. in fact, this permit authorized construction of a deck that similar mrip can't be approved. it is above the limit set by the special use district. the height limit of the general plannin

welcome to our san francisco board of supervisors meeting of december 16, 2014. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> supervisor avalos. avalos present. supervisor breed. >> here. >> breed

. >> welcome back to the january 14, 2015, of the san francisco board of appeals with the president extent i'm going to call item 9 out of order called the scott vs. the sdcers on montgomery street an greenwich street of a letter of determination whether the non conforming restaurant use locate at the subtlety property has been daunted abandon i understand did appellant is requested this matter will be reschedule can we hear if the appellant or the representative we'll see about that. >> good evening scott sanchez planning staff i've discuss the matter with the appellant i'm sure you're aware of the contention of the filing of the conditional use to roar the subject precipitate mr. scott as agreed to go through the conditional use process to roar the use to retain the option at a ladder we've argued to schedule this to the call of the chair he'll be going to the conditional use process so we're willing to reschedule that. >> thank you commissioners that's accurate i'm paul scott the owner of the building my hope is that through the conditional use permit process we'll i'll line up on the s