in addition to worrying togethen addition, community living campaign, ywca will provide job readiness training. i'm happy to answer any questions. >> commissioner loo: monty, this program started in 2017. it's been several years. >> i conducted a site visit last fiscal year. they were in compliance. >> president serina: any comments from the public? may i have a motion to approve? any further discussion? all in favor? any opposed? motion carries. thank you monty. item i. requesting authorization to enter a new grant agreement with -- sorry, it's l. start again. item l, requesting authorization for new grant agreement with ymca of san francisco for the provision of a community connector program during the period of january 1, 2019, through june 30, 2020 if the amount of $75,000 plus 10% contingency for grant amount $82,500. welcome linda murley. >> i seek approval for new grant of the chinatown ymca to start a community connector program in district 3 of san francisco. daas funded community service program served more than 17,000 older adults and people with disabilities last year in r

while i was in school i also had been working as a youth director at the chinatown ywca. that no longer exists now, but it was there. and as an educator for the north beach family planning organization. my passion and my life's work really is serving children and families of san francisco. i left the engineering field and never looked back. that was nearly 50 years ago. the role of president humbles me and it feels like -- i mean, it feels a little surreal to me, honestly. my career has never been an executed plot to obtain a specific title. instead, i focused on how i have impact and how i can best serve my community. each time i take on a new role, or start a new initiative, it's because i see an opportunity to have a greater impact, to benefit vulnerable communities and families. during the 1980s and 1990s i grew a small non-profit organization with children's services and guiding it into a multimillion dollar organization that is now the city's largest early historic provider. i led coalitions to advocate for programs that today serve tens of thousands of san francisc

they were going to buy the ywca building overeating jay town, and -- over in jay town.omebody asked him to come up. they were asking the audience, about 400 people for pledges. and i said oh, what is he going to do? jump up and down and do a dance or something? what he did was amazing. he knew everyone in the room. he would call them out by name. can you pledge 10,000, okay. uncle, can you pledge 5,000? auntie jenny, it was amazing how he could raise money. so when i became a supervisor and went through the budget process, and for him to fight for his budget, it didn't surprise me at all. i said jesus, this is like being in a community. i want to say that i think we will all miss him. we will all miss him in the budget process, for sure. he would keep us fairly entertained. basically, people in the art world, and even in the jazz world will miss him, and certainly he will be missed in the community. so, madame clerk, i would like to make a motion to adjourn this meeting in memory of our late public defender, jeff adachi, and on behalf of the board of supervisors. do we

oklahoma domestic violence programs serve an average of 18,000 people annually according to the -- ywca. for us that means many things -- oklahoma is not an exception. these problems persist. one in four women and one in nine men experience intimate partner or physical violence. these people deserve to be protected. for us that means things including strengthening and re-authorizing the violence against women act and investing in support services and family justice centers, but it also means we need to empower people to protect themselves. that is why congress should pass laws to strengthen background checks and create exceptions for those who truly need them. . i reserve. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. who claims time in opposition? mr. collins: mr. chairman, i do. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for five minutes. mr. collins: mr. chairman, i -- i understand the need or want to do this is to make many things that actually came in discussions are our -- in our committee about some of the problems we found here, and this is a mere submission, another tactic submi