randy is a graduate of college track oakland, a graduate of san francisco state university with a degree in civil engineering and randy was instrumentally involved in planning this entire building. you'll hear randy's story in a little while. round of applause for randy. and so with that, i would like to invite mayor lee up. thank you. mayor lee: thank you, omar. and thank you, everybody, for coming to college track. what a wonderful, wonderful name and a beautiful goal. you know, i don't know if you know this, during my college years i worked for this program called the upward bound program and i did that for about 3 1/2 years. during those years in the 1970's, it was about just persuading parents to let their kids try to get a college education. what we didn't know at the time, for, particularly, low-income kids, and kids from challenged neighborhoods, was there was a lot more than just persuasion at work. there was a lot of dissuasion going on with our kids, a lot of distractions. and over the years old, working with programs like college track and bridge to success, we learned a few

to develop a professional career in government, he came to san francisco state university to study management. within tensions to return to ethiopia, the regime power shifted in 1974 and he decided to remain in america. winning a job with the city administration for san francisco. after 10 years of service to the city of sf, he crossed paths with destiny to become a businessman. what he called the beginning of becoming an entrepreneur on accident. through his social circle and professional quinces, he came to realize there was a thirst for ethiopian cuisine. at the time, there were none in the area. he began looking for suitable property to begin the restaurant business only to find out the perfect property was being least as a harter store. after some research he found that it was a profitable venture for the time and location. with the time, effort, and resources necessary for an ethiopian restaurant, he decided to follow through with opening a hardware store and in 1984, the hardware store opened and was -- with that experience, and commitment to seeking resources to balance out his learni

his encouragement meant so much to me but sadly during my freshman year at san francisco state university, he passed away at 89 years old. the morning before the funeral, our old next door neighbor told me he was glad i was in college and he said that in their time you didn't need a college education to be successful, you just had to be smart and follow instructions. he went on to say that young people today do not realize how important it is to get a college education. through the rest of college, i faced challenges such as being homeless. the house i was raised in in oakland was foreclosed on and my father was -- i stayed with my father for a while and that didn't work out but college track was there for me in my time of need, not only helping me get into college, but helping me graduate from college. they offered me a hardship scholarship which allowsed me to live on campus. college track has helped fill the void of my great grandparents and they have become my family. i originally got the email to come here from david and i was busy putting together a bid for the presidio, helping out

book itself is written by a man named jasper written who is a assistant professor at san francisco state universityhe department of urban studies he was formally an employee of the san francisco planning department where he served as a lead it planner in the central waterfront plan, and his knowledge of the waterfront which was adopted in 2007. he is a current member of the central waterfront advisory committee. what ended up happening is he prepared his dissertation on the development of the port of san francisco from the 1950's to the present that worked at that time and subsequently with a bunch of different parts staff to look at numerous proposals. prior attempts to build cruise ship terminals are in the book as an example. the world trade center was opposed the 30 story tower is featured in the book. this is a book that we hope to be able to help distribute on his behalf and the stores will be carrying it sent including the bookstores here in at the ferry billion building. -- here in the ferry building. very happy to be part of that, if we can. next on my report is a really interesting to eve

best to make sure we are working with our school district, community college, with our san francisco state universityand with private donors, a program i called bridges to success, which we are working closely on with dcyf, school district, school board, to make sure that we not only encourage people to go to college, but when they begin in the experience, that we support you when you are there. that you go all the way to succeed in your degree. as i told you on youth advocacy day -- and i would tell you again to the parents. there is literally a $1 million difference in someone that does not have that college degree and someone who does when they get their first job, and future jobs. i think in san francisco, it will be more than a million dollar difference because of the very good salaries that the private industry and public industry pay. if you have a college degree, you can get a good living. it will be expensive for you to have your own home here in the city as well. so with all of that, we want to embrace, and i want to thank the parents, siblings, family supporters here tonight, to share in t

she has attended howard university, the school of social work, and san francisco state university. she worked in the san francisco unified school district and was the community director of the education planning project. she was the executive director of the san francisco council of churches. she was a founding member and past president of the african- american historical society. she has served on various community boards including the american baptist churches, the national council of churches, church world services, a bay area girl scout council, they're celebrating their hundred year anniversary coming up soon. bayview hunters point ecumenical council. today, she has her family and community are around the temple united methodist church and i am honored to provide you with this award of our gratitude for your work in san francisco. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, this is a great day for me. i just want to say that my involvement over these years have brought much much love for a different type of people in this world. at temple united methodist church, i spent a lot of time

bay area homeless program and also teaches at the department of health and education at san francisco state university. let's give another warm welcome to roma. >> thank you. thank you, everyone. i want to share one thing that is remarkable about today, in addition to what others have shared. i think it is absolutely inspiring that the woman's movement in 2011 in san francisco, at least, is sharing a sponsorship of policy-making endeavors and the arts. i am telling you, we have to codify and our values. we need a policy to do that. we don't just need a people's movement, we need to codify. the arts brings a heart, they bring healing. there is not a person in here who has not been harmed or harmed themselves in some way. we have all lifived. the arts steel and inspire. -- the arts heal and inspire. i want it noted that all of us have to do this if we want to inspire our youth to keep on moving on. keep on moving on. thank you to all of you, the sponsors, the other binarhonore and most especially i feel really blessed i am the first to be honored for this community activist board. norma was remarkable.

. >> this is an application for place of entertainment way out in the san francisco state university, lake merced area. the location has a tight 48 liquor license. it is a sports bar in a strip mall. they hired greater bay protective services as venue security. you're looking at an amended application. the applicant has owned and managed a place of entertainment located in the mission for a long time. i know him personally. at this time -- the, not like that. i am married. the capacity of the venue is 49. the intent to up that capacity with the fire department in the future because it is a fairly large space. this is a permitted use and the police department has recommended approval with conditions. staff recommends conditional approval. >> what is with the police department and these conditions? >> we need to talk to the permit officers again and get them on board. president newlin: that can come u in new -- up in new business or future items. anybody? >> on your application, it says in prague -- progress. could you elaborate what that means? >> i will elaborate. i want to show you h

there are estimated 693 full- time positions in the city, and there is a report from the san francisco state university researchers who will identify some of these points later. i imagine that each of the other events from the marathon to of a large events bring in similar economic impact of a very positive to the neighborhood. the rec and park department and others know for commonly 45 years or more, large events i am thinking the human being. golden gate park has been host to these events, large cultural events, and have learned from trial and error to manage them as a matter of balancing the impact of the event on the part. each year, i personally have worked with the recreation and parks department. the police station, i'm glad to see a number of police departments of the often are involved in part events are here. community and event producers have been wonderful to work with to address the various public safety traffic and noise that these events create for the residents. at the hearing, the recreation and parks department, the police department, and mta discussed ways to protect public safety an

carmen johnson came to san francisco in 1962 to finish high school and went on to attend city college and san francisco state university. as a new resident, carmen quickly became involved with the local poverty program which further sparked interest in giving back to the community. carmen's interest led her to work with a group are residents and community leaders in the community who successfully fought to preserve the section 8 housing subsidy on the property where she lived. they met with a late george mosconi and hud officials to obtain a contract for the marcus garvey square apartments. at the same time, hud agreed to work with residents to cover this existing -- convert this existing housing complex into a housing cooperative. she was asked to but -- except the position of property manager for the property. carmen was influential in her work on numerous boards. audrey ellsmith delmon the -- dabel nunnedevelopmental centerd many others. she was an advocate for the san francisco unified school district special-education disability department. she continued on to found the a copy of a great center working with owners

we went to san francisco state university to get my credentials and my master's degree. we had to close the school down to get to ethnic studies. the police marching on us at san francisco state. after leaving new orleans and coming here, it was still a fight. comparing the schools, yes, i can see the different -- i can see the difference. those parents are there, and they bring in money for those schools, and they have all kinds of book fairs and arts festivals, computer labs, and at hunters point, it is a whole different story. you do not have a computer labs there. we do not have a parent involvement. it is a total difference. >> your perspective on jamal, awaiting the decision on whether he will be executed or spend his life in prison. >> he should be released. [applause] one of my professors actually is working on his case, so i have been following through her visits and conversations, but i think it is the quintessential example of what is happening with the intellects in our community. he is a brilliant brother. if you have not gone on youtube and seen him offering

bay area homeless program and also teaches at the department of health and education at san francisco state university. let's give another warm welcome to roma. >> thank you.

bay area homeless program and also teaches at the department of health and education at san francisco state university. let's give another warm welcome to roma. >> thank you. thank you, everyone. i want to share one thing that is remarkable about today, in addition

we went to san francisco state university to get my credentials and my master's degree. we had to close the school down to get to ethnic studies. the police marching on us at