item 14 is a workshop to the commission on land use policy. i would love to hear your feedback after that to see if those are the kinds of workshops and the way to present its, and i would like to get your thoughts on whether that works for you. today, we will try that and see if it works. we're trying for something closer to the kind of discussion we had at our retreat, where there is more resolved conversation before we have actually britain's sunday down as a policy. president vietor: with the idea be that we would have a workshop and then at the subsequent meeting we would have a resolution or action item necessary or recommendation to come forward? >> we would headache recommendation, resolution, policies subsequent at the next meeting. it would dictate how much information we are crafting. but it really is to have that broader discussion, more free- forming kind of discussion, as opposed to being stuck with something already written down. there are other topics like that that might be useful to have it in that fashion. president vietor:

and -- when we started discussions about this think bike workshop. we did this in other cities in the u.s. and we will be in that other big california city, los angeles, in a few other days. thursday, and -- thursday and friday. and i was convinced quite easily about the use to have these kind of work shops in l.a. but i thought san francisco, there's so much going on already. we had leah and for almost nine months in amsterdam and chairman david chiu and others for a week. and there is such great organization here and there are so many ideas. there are so many professional little here already about bike infrastructure and the future of biking. but it will come down to implementation and it's perhaps a bit like riding the wiggle. you have to push hard and hopefully we might be a sort of additional support, a sort of small electricity motor for you to push your -- up that hill. and it will come down to implementation and leadership and it's great to have a sort of down to earth approach during these two days. working in teams on i think three importan

somebody is particular disadvantage, 24 workshops, for the broader spectrum, you are more like 10 workshopsafter they completed that phase, they are beginning to get an idea of what they would like to do after school or during summertime. then they are ready to move into the second phase, internship or work experience part. >> when do the paychecks today kicked in? >> the first paycheck comes around july 1st. school is out of, but in the middle of june, coming into the internship and working through a couple weeks, at the end of the summer you are getting a stipend check. to the summer after you gone through the training. >> what does the training? it cannot be just all you. talented as you are. >> we have a great staff of about 15 very talented professionals who work in the first phase. the real killer part is the work experience. a company like the gap, kaiser permanente, chevron, the city of sentences go department of children youth and family. they all work with us to provide at work experience in the internship experience. they would write a check to keep you afloat? >> more than that.

item 14, land use policy and from work -- workshop and discussion. a workshop presentation on and discussion of key considerations for developing a land use policy framework to guide the decision making process for current and future uses of sfpuc properties. the land use policy framework will be brought to the commission for consideration before the close of 2011. president vietor: hello. >> hello, good afternoon. deputy general manager. i have a few slides prepared. i would like to kind of go through those. but this is a workshop, so you can stop at any time to ask questions. i like the analogy that we are trying to do something because we do not want to bring something back half baked. you will see a lot of the ingredients during the presentation, and hopefully that will stimulate some discussion with you. we're going to look at a couple of different things. one is the puc property types. we're focusing today a lot inside san francisco, because there is a lot of property outside san francisco. you have right of ways outside san francisco. there ar

. >> and can you describe to me who comes to these workshops? >> during the first year, because there are very, very few, but everybody in the neighborhood came to the workshop, children, seniors, different areas, and they do the lantern festival in their area, but they do not have the technology. if you go to a place where you have a filipino household, chances are, they have the lanterns, because that is a symbol of hope and blessings, so, therefore, filipinos identified with the lanterns -- identifiey with the lanterns. it is a great collaboration. they are more connected with this community, but then to showcase them and their performance, their profession, the festival, and the most prestigious award of the year -- >> i want to thank you so much for sharing this insight with us here on "culture wire" and bringing this cultural tradition to san francisco. >> a thank you. >> the bards commission has played a leading role -- >> thank you. >> the bards communication has played a leading role. ®Ñdcommis sion has played a leading role. thank you

we are wondering, when are these workshops going to take place? it says eight monthly workshops. are they going to take place during the school day? how will those people be replaced when they are not at school? and i think i have one more. there was one in here that referred to a report a lull, and there was no report below. i was just wondering what the problem was with that report below, it has to do with one of the pride -- one of the contracts that has been given. i am sure you can take a look at that, and you might puzzle equally as to how effective the reports are, where is the report? >> as a reminder to the public, and concordance with the board policy, and individual wishing to address the board on agenda items on or matters other than those calendars can call the board office by 4:30 on the day of the meeting or by completing a speaker card on the evening of the meeting prior to the item being called. items will not be accepted. i of the students have come to support the resolution on the calendar. if any of you were planning on making comments or speaking, i need to g

going to do first is go in the workshop and take a seat.e you some exploration cards. >> for the next several minutes of flee time they will discover new sounds and experience new concepts while getting acquainted with things they've only read about. they move on learning about the five senses. >> taste, touch, and sight. there is two more. very good. >> and the props help reinforce what they are taught. in this case the yellow is made of sulfur which they learn is used in different things. and the sound of a tuning fork. >>can hear the sound. >> more pieces of information they can get i feel like my ultimate goal is to get them to closed circle on the way they look at the world. >> don is director and idea of the program started in 1990 in his garage where he had a small workshop for local kids in the mission. >> they actually raised interesting questions why it was doing certain things. i thought it was interesting to try to explain. >> it he eventually moved into vacant auto shop at mission high. students attending in the mission distric

at the workshop earlier demonstrated, cpuc owns a range of property. the commission is responsible for managing these properties for the benefit of the rate payers. they all come back for approval by the commission. the proposed pilot program to advance the city goals with sustainable food production. in july of 2009, the mayor of san francisco issued a general order, which has them take action consistent with the goal francisco. it required all of the departments, including the puc, to conduct an audit of our land that would be suitable for food producing land, and in april of this year, the san francisco board of supervisors passed the agricultural ordinance, which amended the zoning code to allow small-scale farming in areas previously deemed residential. since january of this year, we have been working closely with different partners and with commissioner vietor, the agricultural alliance, to work with us to tell us how the puc can better align itself with the city ordinance, and we did a quick assessment looking in city properties and at issues su

these workshops were led by you for your alumni. they facilitated the trainings and help to create the curriculum for the trainings. you if warriors then utilize their newly learned skills to lead you to advocacy day here in city hall on wednesday april 6, an historic day of youth civic engagement when high-school students met with their elected officials to talk about the issues they care about. on youth advocacy day, you for years led interactive workshops with high school students and city government and also help students prepare for their meetings with elected officials. they met with officials from some various departments, members of the board of supervisors, and mayor edwin lee. mayor li was gracious enough to address all of the participants. he shared his history and inspiring words about the importance of youth in city politics. i am happy to share with you today that mayor lee is here to help celebrate youth warriors. [applause] throughout the fellowship, youth warriors also has the opportunity to meet other youth leaders

workshops in los angeles and chicago. felicidad aveleyra in los angeles, she has a question with one of our students. >> thank you, jorge, i'm here with emmanuel ocampo, he attends garfield high school, and that school gained notoriety because of the movie "stand and deliver" and the teacher that inspired his students, jaime escalante. what is your question? >> teachers have been blamed for the poor education students 'working? >> professor reimers, you're ' ' teachers for bad education? >> there's no doubt that good teachers are behind the success of good students. professors who devote a little more time to their ' fourth grade teacher, he would have wounded up in jail. we need more teachers like that, there's no doubt, and we're not preparing enough teachers and we're not recognizing the ones that are good ones. and the ones that aren't good ones, we have to find a way them to find something else to do, it's important to create the right conditions for that. >> secretary solis. >> i would like to say that we have cut a

but private entities, like foundations, also support the workshop.hey would like see america regain its competitive edge in science. >> our foundation truly believes that, you know, to turn that tide you start early with children to get them engaged, and what i would call the science, technology and math. >> today there are more than ten community-based workshops in the state modeled after this one, helping to inspire the next generation of california scientists. in san francisco, leeann, abc7 news. >> don't go away. 7 on your side is next. >> a woman applies for a passport, but it never arrives. i'm michael finney. ahead on 7 on your side, how an important document can just disappear. these sweehoney clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. are you guys alright? yeah. [ male announcer ] half a days worth of fiber. not that anyone has to know.

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