as mentioned in the previous presentation, the excelsior has the largest in each of the categories. the five other top categories are listed. the next slide shows the huge proportion. the darkest eras are where there is the highest proportion. you will see some differences in the presidio, which has a small population in general, so it seemed like a higher proportion of youth. the next segment looks of families living in poverty. again, this the data taken from 2000. we are anxious to see what has happened in the past decade. our last slide is a snapshot of how public school students kindergarten through 12th grade, how they are doing on academic achievement. the darkest eras are where the scores are the lowest. again, the southeast sector, lots of similarities with poverty statistics as well. i am going to move quickly through these next few slides and highlight thing that might be of interest to you so that we can have time for your feedback and questions at the end. generally, we are organizing our needs assessment looking a different age groups. the first one looks at ages 0 thr

please as i see in the excelsior district, along russia street, commonly adjacent to parks, also in the omi neighborhood. hearing a lot about illegal dumping, especially, dumping that goes on furniture that happens close to the time that tenants are moving out. i know it is also an issue that is a concern that many of us have from our around the city. there are different ways that illegal dumping may manifest itself, depending on the region of the city as well. i am here to speak about the issue and what the city is doing about it. we have been dpw director as well as other members of the city departments here. we also have risen from around the city as well that will be providing comment. i think we will have a little give-and-take on some of the concerns raised, what the response from the department could be as well. >> thank you. good morning, members of the committee. ed riskin, director of public works. very grateful for the opportunity to talk about this issue. it is one that challenges the department, city, other city departments that we work in partnership with. this is a good o

she is concerned that because it is so close, it will provide, and this is in the excelsior district, there will be the ability to crawl in the second floor window. >> we are down to just that issue? accessibility to the side of her house? >> that is the primary issue, yes. >> does it have to do with safety because of access to her property and privacy? >> exactly. >> thank you. >> the permit holder? please step forward. please state your name. >> this is the second meeting between the owners -- the neighbors and the apartment holders. i spoke to commissioners already. the second one, we talked about the deck. at the back is this deck. we were talking about the privacy issue for this window, which is higher than the deck. from the floor plan, you can see the deck actually is further back. whoever stands on the deck needs to stand on the edge of the deck and turned back to see that window. that is why we talked about setting be set back, so whoever who -- whoever is on the deck cannot see it from the deck. that is what we are trying to address the concern from the neighbors. it looks l

we are talking about a working- class community, the excelsior, the bayview, all of these different neighborhoods are smaller enclaves. we still see the same kinds of challenges. when the schools begin to perform a stellar academic programs, businesses will continue to relocate because the employees will want to live in san francisco and want kids to be educated here. it is a cyclical and symbiotic creation ship. another challenges that we have the highest unemployment rate in this part of san francisco. san francisco before, the numbers are starting to come down a little bit. we have high rates in the latter part of last year, but it is starting to -- it is starting to normalize. it goes back to education. what i would like to see our pathways. not everyone will become a doctor, lawyer, or journalist, fantastic tv host. what can we do? we live in a society where we need engineers. we need sound engineers. we need graphic designers. there are people who prefer to learn with their hands. they like mechanics. we need to bring back some shop back in schools and allow people an opportunity for a diff

to assist in the launch in the summer of 2010, run programming at the city college, the boys and girls club in excelsior. that is mostly because of the courses we are teaching and requirements for the digital media courses, for the design and fabrication courses where we need have access to wood and metal shops. we were using those facilities. we do anticipate that as the program grows -- this summer, we have 100 applications in 436 openings. as a program grows, we will begin to branch out and use some of the clubhouses in the local area. >> it just strikes me, because it is a program run out of rec and park, you can use our facilities. we have a number of clubhouses that i know nicole was talking about. currently, it is not being run out of any of our properties. so the idea is the eventually, you will get the building refurbished, usable, and then issue a lease with a nonprofit, but we are a couple of years out from doing that. >> probably four years. >> so the purpose of this presentation is to update us? >> this was properly we took on in 2004. it seems like a lot of you have not heard about it, so

he used to sit at the excelsior mcdonald's in the morning and a genius to preschool. now, they are in first. the class is. david, congratulations. [applause] >> this one is for my dad in heaven and my mom and my brothers. i want to say that when i got my first teaching job for the peace corps in morocco, i never thought i would come back to the united states, and i took a lot of teaching jobs and climbed all over the world, and they sometimes intervene in the very same way. 14 years ago, i was allowed to interview in high school that nobody wanted to go to in san francisco, and a net even inspired fear in some community members, and that was balboa. i want to tell you that it was the best place for me at the time, and it is still the best place. i think it has become one of the best high schools, and it is because of all the teachers and students who have been there in the last 14 years and sort of made it what it was. i would not wish to be anywhere else. thank you. [applause] >> i give. so our january teacher of the month is julie from ruth asawa school of the arts,

to that, i am not saying right through glen park, but where j is now, moving through areas of the excelsior to connect. the transit now has to grow around in a circle to get back to the bart from the t. while it may not affect your plans directly, i think we have to view these in view of the future. >> that is an interesting idea. perhaps kim and i could talk about that further. >> i have a couple of other things i wanted to add, too, but if we could look at that. maybe more of a concept, like balboa park. i think we have to think about both areas and decide where the eastern connection should occur. and then i wanted to add a couple of more things. i agree with the neighbors about their concerns about the nct zoning. i think we do not want to just provide more housing, but housing that is appropriate for that area. there are some intel sites, and i think you talked about kern straighstreet. there are currently some empty lots in the village that could be looked at. i think it has to have the same basic zoning, as we currently have, in terms of height, also in terms of density. this is basi

i think she went to the general dispatch, not the end with station, which serves the excelsior. it certainly raises the issue that there is a need for this coordination between dpw and the police department's, when actually find a person doing it, how are we going to follow up? the suspectthis patch person sat there are other things that take up much more of our time. it was something difficult for people in the public, who felt like they had recourse for this one issue of dumping -- and then down and they did not. we want to feel powerful in dealing with this issue. what can we do to fix that kind of coordination between our departments and 311? >> i think that is accurate in terms of what i have heard happening as well. the protocol at 311 is they would call over to the 911 non- emergency number. if you see it in progress, you would either call 911 or the other number, as they would immediately be able to dispatch somebody. it is correct, given the limitations on police resources, it will be challenging for the police to respond and follow-up. i would miss only, without photogr

he used to sit at the excelsior mcdonald's in the morning and a genius to preschool.ow, they are in first. the class is. david, congratulations. [applause] >> this one is for my dad in heaven and my mom and my brothers.

her sister yolanda grow in the neighborhood of 14th and mission street, and later, the move to the excelsiortrict. she attended st. charles go in the mission, noted a high school, san francisco state university, and the university of san francisco law school. she co-founded and served as board president of people organizing for environmental groups, a grass-roots organization based in the mission district, in powering residents around a variety of environmental and economic justice issues. their first campaign led to the successful implementation of the childhood lead poisoning information act in 1991. she represented low-income communities of color disproportionately affected by toxic waste and advocated on behalf of low-income communities in the areas of health and environmental justice. she has got a tremendous record in the nonprofit social justice field as well. she was a senior program officer. she developed and managed various funding initiatives that led to millions of grand dollars being channelled towards youth development and organizing an empowerment, environmental and economic a

her sister yolanda grow in the neighborhood of 14th and mission street, and later, the move to the excelsior she attended st. charles go in the mission, noted a high the mission, noted a high school, san francisco state

includes higher-risk youngsters, headstart families, and 1200 seniors from the intermission and the excelsior. we operate 10 different facilities. most recently, we opened a center in bayview hunters point through a collaborative effort. as you are well aware, but you hunters point is probably the most toxic area in the city and county of san francisco. it is also the area that most low-income folks are moving to. in response to primarily the relocation of low-income families in the mission, we formed a collaborative and introduced a continuum of care facility, providing services to 34 children, all children of working, poor, low-income families. i am proud to say we are here this evening in support of the rebuild plans of cpmc, including the rebuild of st. luke's hospital. we are not here to tell cpmc how to work with community, but rather to say that we appreciate that cpmc knocked on our door when we first moved in to bayview hunters point and asked how they could assist in providing services directly to the bayview child health center, the only child facility in the bayview hunters point

i live in the excelsior district and i had taken two buses two -- to and from school for the past three years, and i'm also on financial aid. although this will not benefit students like myself for this fiscal year, i would like to say thank you and express my gratitude for your support, in that i am in awe of the precedent we are setting. i would like to thank you. >> [reading names] >> good afternoon. i am with the commission of san francisco youth commission, and today, speaking to express my gratitude and sincere thanks to your esteemed board. i did go through the public school system here, and i was going up to the system, i did see a lot of the changes that were going on, especially with the budget cuts. i did want to express my sincere gratitude, especially in this case. i know that everybody is going through hard times, and i think it is a commendable act you guys are doing, trying to support your fellow youth, which are undoubtedly the future of the city. this is something that is definitely going to be, in terms of long-term education, a great step in terms of education as wel

rebuild his belly playground in the hayes valley western addition neighborhood of the ballpark in the excelsior neighborhoods. sounds like that will be a great addition to other wonderful things going on there, and part of the wonderful heart of the tenderloin. the city's contribution towards this project have leverage $12.2 million that were raised as partner with the city to raise in private and public funds, and we are working quickly in cooperation with the department to fund a remaining million- dollar gap. we appreciate fills generosity, to meet with some of our potential donors and speak to the strength of our partnership. we are also doing about $500,000 in master planning and community services for grant canyon park, which was the recipient of on funding for trigger for improvement. we are thrilled to be involved in this exciting project. it is such a great treasure of san francisco. we want to help nurture the department -- one of the best examples of wilderness in the city. we will offer design reviews to the city on the trails and produced a comprehensive community-supported park im

are on record as supporters of the project, new mission improvement association, neighbors of the excelsior, san francisco heritage association, a coalition of san francisco neighborhoods, excelsior district improvement association, san francisco beautiful. san francisco youth commission, director of the mayor's office, director of the mayor's office of economic and workforce development, director of the san francisco arts commission. in addition, several partners have expressed strong support for the project by providing pro bono services. our primary partners are the following -- they will be presenting the building design later in the meeting. they went out and met with every community partner who will be participating in the building as well as other constituents to determine how to best use the space. we are also working with legal representation and oversight of -- who are providing legal representation and oversight of the tax process. we are working with mary murphy who has done this before. we are also working with them to create an mou between the car barn and the department, whic