00:00:10 GOOD AFTERNOON. THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
00:00:15 WELCOME TO THE MAY 20TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE BUDGET
00:00:18 AND APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE. I'M SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN,
00:00:21 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M JOINED BY VICE CHAIR
00:00:25 SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY AND MEMBERS OF ADVISORS DANNY
00:00:29 SOUDER, SHAMAR WALTON AND CHEYENNE CHEN OUR CLERK.
00:00:33 >> IT'S BRANT LEEPER. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JAMES
00:00:36 KAWANA FROM S.F. GOV TV FOR BROADCASTING THIS MEETING.
00:00:40 >> MR. CLERK DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT?
00:00:41 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO
00:00:45 THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SILENCE ALL CELL
00:00:47 PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO PREVENT INTERRUPTIONS TO OUR
00:00:49 PROCEEDINGS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS
00:00:53 PART OF THE FILES THEY SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO MYSELF.
00:00:56 THE CLERK PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON EACH ITEM ON THIS
00:00:57 AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP IN PUBLIC I'M
00:01:00 AT THIS CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ON THE WEST SIDE OF
00:01:03 THE CHAMBER TO YOUR RIGHT MY LEFT ALONG THOSE CURTAINS
00:01:06 AND WHILE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT WE DO
00:01:07 INVITE YOU TO FILL OUT A COMMENT CARDS AND LEAVE THEM ON
00:01:11 THE TRAY BY THE TELEVISION TO YOUR LEFT BY THOSE DOORS IF YOU
00:01:13 WISH FOR YOUR NAME TO BE ACCURATELY RECORDED FOR THE
00:01:17 MINUTES. ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT
00:01:18 PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING AND EITHER IN THE FOLLOWING
00:01:22 WAYS HE MAILED THEM TO MYSELF THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION
00:01:25 COMMITTEE CLERK AT R E.A. IJA AL IPA HAT S.F. GOP THAT AWARD
00:01:30 G IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT VIA EMAIL IT WILL BE FORWARDED
00:01:34 TO THE SUPERVISORS AND ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE
00:01:38 OFFICIAL FILE. YOU MAY ALSO SEND YOUR WRITTEN
00:01:41 COMMENTS VIA U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY
00:01:42 HALL AT ONE DR. CARLTON BECAUSE THE PLACE ROOM 244 SAN
00:01:47 FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA NINE FOR 1 OR 2 AND ITEMS ACTED UPON
00:01:51 TODAY ACTUALLY AFTER OUR OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY WILL
00:01:55 APPEAR ON THE BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA HAVE JUNE
00:01:59 2ND UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. >> MADAM CHAIR.
00:02:05 >> THANK YOU MR. CLERK AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED WE'LL
00:02:09 NEED TO EXCUSE PRESENT AMENDMENT.
00:02:10 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO EXCUSE PRESIDENT MENDOZA FROM TODAY'S
00:02:14 MEETING SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY IN THE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
00:02:18 >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR
00:02:22 DORSEY DO WE EXCUSE SUPERVISOR MANAGEMENT FROM ATTENDING
00:02:25 TODAY'S MEETING? >> VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:02:26 REMEMBER SENATOR SOUDER. I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I
00:02:30 REMEMBER CHEN CHEN I CHURCH IN HIGH CHENNAI WE HAVE FIVE
00:02:37 EYES THE MOTION PASSES. I ALSO WANT TO KIND OF WALK US
00:02:42 ALL THROUGH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM TODAY'S HEARING.
00:02:49 >> AND LAST WEEK WE HAVE WE HEARD PRESENTATIONS FROM THE 13
00:02:53 ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE MAYOR'S MAY BUDGET
00:02:57 SUBMISSION TODAY SOME DEPARTMENTS WILL BE RETURNING
00:02:59 FOR THEIR SECOND HEARING TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL
00:03:01 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BUDGETARY REDUCTION BY THE BUDGET
00:03:06 AND BUDGET LEGISLATE LED TO BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
00:03:12 IF A DEPARTMENT IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
00:03:16 ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS THEN THEY WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO
00:03:21 COMMITTEE TODAY. >> HOWEVER, IF THE DEPARTMENT
00:03:22 HAS OUTSTANDING ISSUES OR BUDGET TRAILING LEGISLATION
00:03:26 WHICH ARE ITEMS FOUR THREE 11 ON TODAY'S AGENDA THEN THEY
00:03:32 WILL BE PRESENTING TODAY ON THOSE LEGISLATION FOR TODAY'S
00:03:36 DEPARTMENT I WILL CALL UP TO DEPARTMENT WE WILL HEAR FIRST
00:03:40 FROM THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST AND THEN THEN WE WILL
00:03:45 HEAR THE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE AND THEN THE COMMITTEE WILL
00:03:46 HAVE DISCUSSION WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO
00:03:50 ATTEMPT TO REACH A RESOLUTION IF WE COULD TODAY WITH THE
00:03:56 EXCEPTION OF ITEMS 4 TO 4 AND FIVE EACH TRAILER WILL BE
00:04:00 HEARD WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING CORRESPONDING DEPARTMENTS.
00:04:04 IF ANYONE IS HERE FROM FOR ITEM 12 THE FREE CITY COLLEGE
00:04:08 HEARING THAT WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF TODAY'S BUDGET
00:04:11 DELIBERATION WHICH WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 3 P.M. WITH THAT
00:04:16 SET TO THOUGH COLLEAGUES I ALSO WANT TO PREPARE OURSELVES
00:04:19 AND THE CITY DEPARTMENTS A LITTLE BIT KNOWING THAT
00:04:23 TECHNICALLY THESE ITEMS WILL THEN AGAIN TO BE CONTINUE TO
00:04:31 THE JUNE PROCESS BUDGET PROCESS FOR LIKE FINAL DELIBERATION
00:04:39 TOGETHER. >> BUT BUT I DO HOPE THAT WE
00:04:42 CAN HAVE SOME CONVERSATION AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS TODAY
00:04:45 SO I URGE EVERYBODY TO SORT OF ARTICULATE THEIR POINT OF VIEW
00:04:50 ABOUT SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO THE BUDGET
00:04:54 AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.
00:04:57 >> SO WITH THAT SIR CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS ONE THROUGH
00:05:04 THREE TOGETHER THIS ITEM NUMBER IS ONE THROUGH THREE.
00:05:08 ITEM NUMBER ONE IS OUR HEARING TO CONSIDER THE MAYOR'S MAY
00:05:11 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE AIRPORT COMMISSION BOARD OF APPEALS
00:05:15 DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION CITY PLANNING
00:05:16 DEPARTMENT CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE
00:05:19 ENVIRONMENT LAW LIBRARY IN THIS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
00:05:26 AND THE PORT PUBLIC LIBRARY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION THE
00:05:30 RENT ARBITRATION BOARD AND RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS OF MAY
00:05:33 1ST 2026 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 THROUGH 2027 AND 2027 THROUGH
00:05:39 2028. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE PROPOSED
00:05:42 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING ALL ESTIMATED
00:05:45 RECEIPTS AND ALL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF THE
00:05:46 AFOREMENTIONED DEPARTMENTS. AND ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A
00:05:49 PROPOSED ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE ENUMERATING POSITIONS
00:05:53 AND THE SAME MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
00:05:57 AND THEN MR. CLERK, CAN YOU ALSO PLEASE I CALL ITEMS FOUR
00:06:00 AND FIVE TOGETHER AS ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.
00:06:07 ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A ACTUALLY ITEM NUMBERS FOUR AND FIVE ARE
00:06:11 RESOLUTIONS CONCURRING WITH THE COMPTROLLER CERTIFICATION THAT
00:06:14 DEPARTMENT SERVICES CAN BE PERFORMED BY A PRIVATE
00:06:15 CONTRACTOR FOR A LOWER COST AND SIMILAR WORK PERFORMED BY
00:06:19 CITY AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS FOR
00:06:23 PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
00:06:25 AN ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS FOR SECURITY INFORMATION AND GUEST
00:06:27 SERVICES PARKING OPERATIONS, SHUTTLE BUS SERVICES AT THE
00:06:30 AIRPORT, CITATIONS, PARATRANSIT PARKING METER COLLECTION
00:06:34 SECURITY TOWING TRANSIT SHELTER CLEANING SERVICES FOR THE
00:06:38 MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY ,JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR THE
00:06:42 PORT AND SECURITY SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
00:06:45 COMMISSION. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
00:06:49 >> AND TODAY WE HAVE THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
00:07:00 GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAN VICE CHAIR DORSEY SUPERVISOR SAUTER
00:07:04 WALTON AND CHEN. I'M DEVIN MCCAULEY
00:07:05 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE CITYWIDE BUDGET MANAGER.
00:07:08 AS YOU'RE AWARE THE CHARTER PERMITS THE CITY TO CONTRACT
00:07:11 OUT SERVICES PROVIDED THAT THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE CERTIFIES
00:07:13 THAT THOSE SERVICES CAN BE PROVIDED AT A MORE COST
00:07:16 EFFECTIVE RATE. AND THE BOARD CONCURS.
00:07:19 WE CALL THIS PROPOSITION J AS THAT IS THE VOTER AUTHORIZED
00:07:22 THAT ENABLES IT. THIS ITEM IS THE AUTHORIZATION
00:07:24 FOR VARIOUS SERVICES ACCOMPANYING THE MAYOR'S
00:07:27 PROPOSED MAY 1ST BUDGET. BOTH ITEMS BEFORE YOU ARE
00:07:31 BIANNUAL RESOLUTIONS. ITEM FOUR REFLECTS ONE SERVICE
00:07:34 PROPOSED BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WHICH HAS
00:07:37 NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED YOUR APPROVAL.
00:07:39 ITEM FIVE REFLECTS 12 SERVICES ALL HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY
00:07:43 APPROVED AT THE AIRPORT MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
00:07:46 PORT AND THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION THAT HAVE LONG
00:07:50 STANDING ANALYSIS FROM THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE SHOWING
00:07:53 THAT THE SERVICES WOULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE IF CONTRACTED
00:07:56 OUT. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR
00:07:57 QUESTIONS NOW AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC
00:08:00 CONTRACTING OUT PROPOSALS, I SUGGEST ALSO RAISING THOSE AS
00:08:02 THESE DEPARTMENTS COME BEFORE YOU.
00:08:04 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:08:08 COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ONES THAT
00:08:13 ARE NOT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED? >> YES, THAT IS ONE SERVICE AT
00:08:17 THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION FOR PROTECTIVE SERVICES
00:08:20 AND THAT'S FOR SECURITY. >> THAT'S FOR SECURITY.
00:08:24 AND THERE IS ANOTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION SECURITY
00:08:27 SERVICES THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONTRACTED OUT.
00:08:28 THE REASON WHY THIS ONE IS SEPARATED IS THIS IS A NEW
00:08:32 LOCATION FOR A NEW SERVICE OF OF SECURITY DETAIL UNDER THE
00:08:35 CURRENT LOCATION THAT IS CURRENTLY COVERED BY CONTRACT.
00:08:40 AND WHAT IS THE ALSO THE NEW LOCATION THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT
00:08:44 GOING TO NOT COVER BY CONTRACT AND THAT WITH THIS APPROVAL
00:08:48 WILL BE COVERED I BELIEVE I WOULD DEFER THAT TO THE PUBLIC
00:08:52 UTILITIES COMMISSION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
00:08:54 THE NEW ONE WOULD BE AT THE 525 GOLDEN GATE ADDRESS.
00:08:59 >> UNDERSTOOD. AND THEN THE REMAINING IS ALL
00:09:00 THERE EXISTING LOCATION. >> DO WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE?
00:09:10 >> OKAY. I DO NOT SEE YOU SEE I DON'T
00:09:17 HAVE ANY OTHER NAME ON THE ROSTER AT THE MOMENT.
00:09:21 >> WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.
00:09:25 YES, WE'RE NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THESE ITEMS FOUR
00:09:26 AND FIVE. THE RESOLUTIONS CONCURRING WITH
00:09:29 THE COMPTROLLER CERTIFICATION FOR DEPARTMENT SERVICES.
00:09:32 IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS
00:09:34 COMMITTEE. >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO
00:09:37 SPEAKERS SAYING NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS FOUR
00:09:42 AND FIVE. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
00:09:46 >> I DO BELIEVE THAT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY WELL WE
00:09:50 COULD ACTUALLY ALWAYS COME BACK TO THIS.
00:09:53 >> CORRECT. SO DO WE NEED TO DISPOSE ITEM
00:09:57 FOUR AND FIVE NOW OR CAN WE RETURN HERE TO DISPOSE ITEM
00:10:00 FOUR AND FIVE ONES AS ABUSES HERE?
00:10:01 >> OH YEAH, WE CAN COME BACK TO IT.
00:10:02 MADAM CHAIR. >> GREAT.
00:10:04 WITH THAT LET'S GO TO BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S MR.
00:10:08 DIANE GONZALES. DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS
00:10:11 FOR US? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR.
00:10:19 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. WE HAVE REPORTS ON EIGHT
00:10:26 DEPARTMENTS BEFORE YOU TODAY. WE HAVE AGREEMENT WITH TWO OF
00:10:30 THOSE DEPARTMENTS. MY UNDERSTANDING THOSE WOULD BE
00:10:34 DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:10:40 >> OUR REPORTS FOR THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS START ON PAGE 37
00:10:47 AND 43 RESPECTIVELY. >> SEE FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE
00:10:51 ENVIRONMENT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TOTAL 100 SORRY $277,811 IN THE
00:11:04 FIRST YEAR AND $328,426 IN YEAR TWO FOR PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:11:13 >> OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TOTAL $914,678 IN THE FIRST YEAR
00:11:27 AND $467,246 IN YEAR TWO. WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS
00:11:31 ON EITHER OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO HAPPY TO GIVE MORE
00:11:38 DETAILS ON THE AREAS OF DISAGREEMENT FOR OTHER
00:11:41 DEPARTMENTS WHEN THEY ARE CALLED UP.
00:11:45 >> THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT I BELIEVE AIRPORT
00:11:49 IT'S THE FIRST. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN
00:11:57 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE I'M MAKING ACCORD KIT AIRPORT
00:12:00 DIRECTOR OF SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
00:12:01 >> I'M JOINED BY MY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER RHONDA SHU AS
00:12:05 WELL AS MEMBERS OF OUR FINANCE AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM.
00:12:09 WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON THE PROGRESS
00:12:13 OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS
00:12:16 OFFICE. THANK YOU TO THE GODFATHER
00:12:17 AND CARRIE TAM FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE
00:12:20 PROCESS. LAST WEEK I SPOKE BEFORE THIS
00:12:21 COMMITTEE TO GO OVER THE AIRPORT'S BUDGET FOR THE NEXT
00:12:25 TWO FISCAL YEARS AND THE AIRPORT RECEIVED THE BILAS
00:12:29 RECOMMENDATIONS IN RESPONSE TO OUR PROPOSAL.
00:12:30 WHILE WE ACCEPT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE
00:12:33 RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH THE BILL'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENY
00:12:37 FOR POSITION SUBSTITUTIONS AND DELETE TEN VACANT
00:12:41 POSITIONS. THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS WOULD
00:12:44 SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO SERVE SAN FRANCISCO
00:12:46 AND BAY AREA RESIDENTS, SUSTAIN ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS
00:12:49 AND GENERATE REVENUES FOR THE CITY.
00:12:53 THESE BENEFITS COME AT NO COST TO THE CITY AS THE AIRPORT IS
00:12:56 SELF-SUSTAINING WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO THE GENERAL
00:13:01 FUND. AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS
00:13:02 HEARING THE AIRPORT'S PROPOSED BUDGET ALIGNS STAFFING WITH
00:13:05 PASSENGER GROWTH BY RECLASSIFYING SOME POSITIONS TO
00:13:08 OPTIMIZE THE ORGANIZATION WHILE MAINTAINING FLAT OVERALL
00:13:12 HEADCOUNT. AND THIS IS WHY EVERY POSITION
00:13:16 IS CRITICAL. THESE DENIALS AND DELETIONS
00:13:17 WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE AIRPORT'S ABILITY TO MEET
00:13:20 SERVICE LEVELS, SUSTAIN ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS
00:13:24 AND GENERATE REVENUES FOR THE CITY.
00:13:27 THE AIRPORT WIDE VACANCY RATE IS 10.6% AND WE'RE WORKING HARD
00:13:31 TO FILL THESE POSITIONS. FOR CONTEXT MANAGEMENT
00:13:35 POSITIONS REPRESENT ONLY 7% OF OUR WORKFORCE A RATIO WE
00:13:38 MAINTAIN DELIBERATELY AS RUNNING A COMPLEX 24 SEVEN
00:13:44 OPERATIONS REQUIRES CLEAR OVERSIGHT ACCOUNTABILITY
00:13:48 AND DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY. WHAT'S TELLING ABOUT OUR HIRING
00:13:52 PRIORITIES IS MANAGEMENT POSITIONS HAVE A 15.8% VACANCY
00:13:55 RATE WHILE FRONTLINE POSITIONS ARE ONLY AT A 10.2% VACANCY
00:13:59 RATE. HIRING HAS TAKEN LONGER THAN
00:14:02 ANTICIPATED PARTLY DUE TO THE CITY'S APPROVAL PROCESS
00:14:06 AND WHEN WE'VE HAD TO MAKE DIFFICULT CHOICES ABOUT WHICH
00:14:10 ROLES TO FILL FIRST. AS THE APPROVAL TIMELINE HAS TO
00:14:12 BE METERED, WE'VE CONSISTENTLY PRIORITIZED HIRING FRONT LINE
00:14:18 POSITIONS. WE'VE SHOWN THAT OUR FISCAL
00:14:22 DISCIPLINE BY KEEPING THE BUDGET RELATIVELY FLAT
00:14:23 AND PRIORITIZE USING FRONT LINE POSITIONS EVEN WHEN HIRING HAS
00:14:27 BEEN CONSTRAINED. THE POSITIONS WE'RE SEEKING
00:14:31 YOUR SUPPORT NOW ARE THE ONES NEEDED TO DELIVER THE $60
00:14:37 MILLION ANNUAL SERVICE PAYMENT TO THE CITY, DELIVER A $12.5
00:14:40 BILLION CAPITAL PLAN, SAFEGUARD THE AIRPORT'S OPERATIONAL
00:14:44 EFFICIENCY AND MEET FORECASTED PASSENGER GROWTH.
00:14:47 I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND IF
00:14:49 THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I OR MY TEAM CAN ANSWER WE ARE
00:14:54 AVAILABLE TO RESPOND. >> THANK YOU.
00:14:58 THANK YOU. OH I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE
00:15:00 ROSTER. LET ME ASK THIS THEN REALLY
00:15:03 BRIEFLY. I SEE THAT IN YOUR RESPONSE
00:15:06 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WRITTEN RESPONSE TO US THAT YOU
00:15:07 MENTIONED THAT THERE'S PROS FOR POSITION SUBSTITUTION DENIALS
00:15:14 AND THAT'S INCLUSIVE WITH THAT FOR THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY
00:15:16 THREE FILLED DO YOU MEAN THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY ACTUALLY
00:15:20 OCCUPIED BUT IF THERE ARE SUBSTITUTION I DON'T
00:15:22 UNDERSTAND. >> I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CHIEF
00:15:24 FINANCIAL OFFER OFFICER RHONDA SHU TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION.
00:15:28 >> THANK YOU. >> HEIDI SURROUNDED CHU, CFO
00:15:35 FOR SFO. GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:15:36 THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUBSTITUTION THE FILL ONES ARE
00:15:40 SITTING IN THE POSITIONS IS THE RESPONSE TO HAVE HAS CHANGED
00:15:44 AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECLASSIFYING THEM TO A HIGHER
00:15:47 POSITION TO MEET THE DEMANDS AND THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AT
00:15:51 THE AIRPORT, OPTIMIZING THE FLAT POSITIONS WE HAVE GOING
00:15:55 FORWARD TO THE NEXT TWO YEARS. >> SORRY.
00:15:58 SO IF YOU ARE ACTUALLY SUBSTITUTING.
00:16:02 SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF YOURSELF SWITCHING
00:16:05 SHOOTING A092220941 UP SORRY I'M JUST I MEAN ACCORDING TO
00:16:14 THE DIRECTOR CORN GETS EMAILED TO US THAT YOU INDICATED FOR
00:16:23 EXAMPLE AN ERROR TO TWO LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION 22
00:16:27 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO DIRECTOR OFFICE YOU ARE
00:16:32 SUBSTITUTING FROM A09 TO TWO. >> LET ME GO TO A ZERO 941I
00:16:35 DON'T NEED SPECIFIC ACTUALLY ABOUT THAT.
00:16:39 I'M JUST ASKING AS LIKE SO DOES THAT MEAN THIS PERSON AND YOU
00:16:43 SAY IT'S CURRENTLY FILLED DOES THAT MEAN THIS PERSON CURRENTLY
00:16:45 IS OCCUPYING A POSITION OF ZERO 9 TO 2 AND THAT YOU WANT TO
00:16:48 SUBSTITUTE THEM RIGHT. AND ESSENTIALLY PROMOTING THEM
00:16:52 20941 AND THEN WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE 0922 APOLOGIES.
00:16:58 DENISE PAYTON, ACTING MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE THERE'S THE
00:17:02 MECHANISM WE HAVE MIDYEAR IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FILL
00:17:06 POSITIONS AND SOMETIMES IT'S EITHER FILLING IT SPECIFICALLY
00:17:10 IN THAT JOB CLASS OR PERHAPS FILLING IT AS A TEMP EXEMPT
00:17:14 RIGHT AND THEN WORKING ON THE RECRUITMENT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH
00:17:15 AN URGENT NEED T AND YOU'LL SEE IT REALLY THROUGHOUT THEIR
00:17:18 MULTIPLE I.T POSITIONS THERE WE ARE IN AND IT'S SOMETHING I'M
00:17:25 SURE THE CITY IS EXPERIENCING AS WELL BETWEEN CYBERSECURITY,
00:17:29 BETWEEN STAYING AHEAD OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT EVEN THE
00:17:30 AIRLINES ARE INTRODUCING TO THE AIRPORT WE NEED TO MEET THAT
00:17:35 NEED AND SO THERE HAS BEEN AN ABILITY TO FULFILL AND THANK
00:17:38 YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE AS
00:17:41 WELL. BUT FILLING POSITIONS IN THE
00:17:42 INTERIM AND THEN THIS IS CORRECTING THE UNDERLYING
00:17:46 BUDGETED POSITION FOR THE NEED .
00:17:49 >> SURE. BUT MY MY QUESTION IS THAT MY
00:17:51 ASSUMPTION IS YOU NOW THEN HAVE REQUISITIONS OF A TWO WHILE YOU
00:17:56 NOW HAVE TWO POSITION RIGHT RIGHT YOU ARE YOU ARE I SEE.
00:18:00 SO SO IS IT GOING TO ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE NOT A
00:18:03 TRANSITIONING THE EXISTING ZERO 92 INTO A0941 WELL WHAT YOU'RE
00:18:09 DOING IS YOU'RE SUBSTITUTING IS SO ESSENTIALLY THAT THE THE THE
00:18:12 THERE'S NOT A VACANT OF A092 TO CORRECT CORRECT THANK YOU THANK
00:18:18 YOU I UNDERSTAND IT IS I JUST WANTED TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT I
00:18:23 DO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS SO TECHNICALLY THE CLASSIFICATION
00:18:26 OF THE JOB IS DOES PERSON OCCUPYING AS A0922 MANAGER ONE
00:18:33 WE'RE NOW GIVING A NEW CLASSIFICATION WHAT YOU ARE TO
00:18:39 SAY THIS IS A09 FOR ONE MANAGER 666 YES AND WITH THE MANAGER'S
00:18:48 SIX YOU NOW WOULD JUST OCCUPY THAT CLASSIFICATION THE
00:18:52 PREVIOUS CLASSIFICATION OF 0922 WILL NO LONGER EXIST WITH
00:18:56 CORRECT TO KEEP OVERALL HEADCOUNT FLAT AND MEET
00:19:00 OPERATIONAL NEEDS. >> THANK YOU.
00:19:03 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ANSWERS.
00:19:07 I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
00:19:08 I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER.
00:19:10 >> WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE
00:19:12 DISCUSSION LATER. AND WITH THAT WILL GO TO THE
00:19:15 NEXT DEPARTMENT IS LIBRARY AND WHILE WE HAVE THE LIBRARY
00:19:39 MR. CLERK PLEASE ALSO CALL ITEM SIX.
00:19:42 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A RESOLUTION
00:19:46 AUTHORIZING THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY TO ACCEPT
00:19:49 AND EXPEND THE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO OR
00:19:50 APPROXIMATELY 1.9 MILLION OF IN-KIND GIFTS, SERVICES
00:19:56 AND CASH MONIES FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:19:57 PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR DIRECT SUPPORT FOR A VARIETY OF PUBLIC
00:20:01 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027.
00:20:04 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU AND MR. LIBRARY LIBRARY.
00:20:15 SURE. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR JAN
00:20:19 AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MAUREEN SINGLETON
00:20:23 AND I AM THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:20:24 PUBLIC LIBRARY. I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING
00:20:28 OUR BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS RASHI, CHIARA SAINI
00:20:34 AND DAN GANESHA FOR WORKING WITH US THIS BUDGET CYCLE.
00:20:38 AND WITH RESPECT TO THE BUDGET ITSELF, WE ARE IN AGREEMENT
00:20:42 WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
00:20:46 ANALYST EXCEPT FOR THEIR POLICY CONSIDERATION WHERE THEY
00:20:51 MENTIONED TO THE BOARD THAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER DELETING OUR
00:20:58 CURRENTLY VACANT CHIEF INNOVATION AND INFORMATION
00:21:02 OFFICER POSITION AND WE ARE EXPLICITLY ASKING YOU NOT TO
00:21:06 ACCEPT THAT IDEA OF DELETING THIS POSITION BECAUSE THE THAT
00:21:10 POSITION IS ESSENTIAL TO BOTH PUBLIC AND STAFF LIBRARY
00:21:17 SERVICES. AS WE MENTIONED LAST WEEK IT
00:21:21 TAKES A VILLAGE TO PROVIDE LIBRARY SERVICES FOR OUR
00:21:25 COMMUNITY AND THAT INCLUDES HAVING THE SPECIALTY SERVICES
00:21:29 OF OUR I.T DIVISION AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I REALLY
00:21:33 WANTED TO CALL OUT ABOUT WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO
00:21:38 PUBLIC LIBRARIES. IT DIVISION IS THAT WE SEE WE
00:21:41 PLAY A ROLE IN HELPING THE CITY BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
00:21:45 THAT MEANS PROVIDING WEB WI-FI SERVICES FOR FREE ACCESS TO
00:21:52 TECHNOLOGY SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY YOU
00:21:56 ALSO HAVE OUR ELECTRONIC COLLECTIONS, OUR PATRON
00:22:00 DATABASE. AND AS I'VE SHARED BEFORE, WE
00:22:01 ARE ALSO ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN TECHNOLOGY LITERACY
00:22:08 AND ADDITION TO PROVIDING OVERARCHING I.T INFRASTRUCTURE
00:22:12 AND TAKING CARE OF CYBERSECURITY AS WAS MENTIONED
00:22:13 BY OUR SISTER DEPARTMENT AT SFO OUR DIVISION OF I.T AT THE
00:22:20 LIBRARY ALSO PROVIDES WEB SERVICES AND MEDIA SERVICES.
00:22:24 AND WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE MEDIA SERVICES IS THAT IT
00:22:28 RECORDS OUR PUBLIC PROGRAMING AND EVENTS THAT MAKES IT
00:22:33 ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO COME TO THE LIBRARY
00:22:37 LOCATION FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMING AND SO THAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE
00:22:40 WEB. >> ANOTHER BIT OF INFORMATION
00:22:44 FOR YOU AS YOU DELIBERATE THE IDEA OF RETAINING THIS CIO
00:22:48 POSITION IS THAT THEY ARE ALSO INTEGRAL TO PLANNING THE FUTURE
00:22:52 OF THE LIBRARY'S LONG TERM DIGITAL DIRECTION.
00:22:56 SO THEY'RE WORKING IN CONCERT WITH OUR CHIEF OF PUBLIC
00:23:00 SERVICES, OUR CITY LIBRARIAN TO DETERMINING WHAT ARE THE TECH
00:23:06 INVESTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING A
00:23:10 STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE
00:23:14 DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY BUT THEY FOCUS MORE ON THE
00:23:18 INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE STAFF SIDE THEY DO NOT SUPPORT OUR
00:23:22 PUBLIC SERVICE I.T INFRASTRUCTURE SO AND WHEN
00:23:26 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CYBER SECURITY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
00:23:30 YOU AWARE THAT THAT IS IN A KEY FOCUS OF OUR I.T DIVISION AT
00:23:34 THE LIBRARY NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S A BEST PRACTICE BUT OVER
00:23:40 2024 AND 2025 ON THE WEST COAST ALONE THERE WERE THREE LIBRARY
00:23:44 SYSTEMS THAT WERE ATTACKED AND SOME WERE DOWN FOR SEVERAL
00:23:48 MONTHS. SO HAVING A LEADERSHIP A
00:23:51 SEASONED LEADER IN THIS ROLE FOR THE LIBRARIES, THE
00:23:55 ESSENTIAL FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ON TOP OF ALL OF THE
00:23:59 LIBRARY CYBERSECURITY NEEDS. I ALSO WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU A
00:24:04 LITTLE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT ABOUT THIS POSITION.
00:24:07 OUR I.T DIVISION HAS A TOTAL OF ABOUT 37 FTE IS THIS INDIVIDUAL
00:24:15 HAS A DIRECT WILL HAVE A DIRECT SPAN OF CONTROL OF NINE DIRECT
00:24:19 REPORTS NONE OF WHOM ARE EMEA POSITIONS THAT ARE ALL I.T
00:24:23 CLASSIFICATIONS. >> THE BUDGET FOR OUR I.T
00:24:27 DIVISION IS APPROXIMATELY $17.5 MILLION AND THAT MANAGING THAT
00:24:33 BUDGET AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE WOULD BE A KEY
00:24:37 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHIEF INNOVATION AND INFORMATION
00:24:40 OFFICER SO IN SHORT ELIMINATING THIS POSITION WE BELIEVE WOULD
00:24:45 BE DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE POSITION OF
00:24:51 MAINTAINING A LEADING URBAN LIBRARY FOR THE CITIZENS OF SAN
00:24:55 FRANCISCO. SO WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO
00:24:59 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR US ON THE CHIEF
00:25:03 INNOVATION AND INFORMATION OFFICER.
00:25:07 >> WITH ME TODAY ARE OUR CITY LIBRARIAN MICHAEL LAMBERT
00:25:11 AND THEN ALSO OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER MIKE
00:25:15 FERNANDEZ. >> THANK YOU.
00:25:18 >> SUPERVISOR SOUDER EACH OTHER HOW LONG HAS THIS THIS POSITION
00:25:22 IS CURRENTLY VACANT. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN VACANT?
00:25:25 >> SURE. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
00:25:26 THE POSITION VACATED IN OCTOBER OF 25.
00:25:30 SO WE'VE BEEN USING THAT INTERVENING TIME PERIOD TO
00:25:34 REASSESS WHAT WE WANTED OUT OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
00:25:38 ROLE AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TRANSITIONED IT INTO A CHIEF
00:25:42 INNOVATION AND INFORMATION OFFICER.
00:25:43 SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH ALL OF THE CHIEFS ACROSS THE
00:25:47 LIBRARY TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE GETTING FROM OUR I.T
00:25:51 DIVISION THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS.
00:25:54 WHERE DO THEY WANT TO GO AND HOW DO WE INVEST IN THE
00:25:57 FUTURE? SO WE ARE PRETTY MUCH READY TO
00:25:59 ROLL ON THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS.
00:26:02 THE POSITION IS SITTING WITH DHS SR AND THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
00:26:06 OFFICE FOR APPROVAL SO WE'D LIKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE
00:26:09 FORWARD TO FILL THIS POSITION. >> THANK YOU.
00:26:14 IN THE ABSENCE OF THIS ROLE BEING FILLED SINCE OCTOBER,
00:26:17 WHERE HAS THAT WORK GONE? >> SURE.
00:26:18 SO RIGHT NOW THAT THE WORK IS ACTUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN TWO
00:26:23 PEOPLE SO THEY ARE TAKING THIS RESPONSIBILITY ON TOP OF THEIR
00:26:27 DAILY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES. THIS INCLUDES THE CHIEF
00:26:31 ANALYTICS OFFICER FOR THE LIBRARY AND ALSO OUR NETWORKS
00:26:35 AND SECURITY OFFICER. I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM.
00:26:39 THE THREE OF US ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
00:26:43 RECRUITMENT PROCESS, MAKING SURE WE ARE MAINTAINING I.T
00:26:47 SERVICES AND ADDRESSING CYBERSECURITY CONCERNS
00:26:51 AND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT.
00:26:55 >> AND SINCE SINCE THIS ROLE WAS RECENTLY KIND OF REDEFINED
00:26:59 WOULD YOU SAY THAT IT'S AN IT'S A ELEVATION OF SORTS IT'S A
00:27:03 BROADER SCOPE MORE IMPACTFUL ROLE NOW THAN BEFORE?
00:27:07 >> YEAH. YES IT'S DEFINITELY A BROADER
00:27:11 ROLE. WE WANT THEM MORE ACTIVELY
00:27:12 ENGAGED IN PUBLIC SERVICE I.T COMPONENTS INTERACTING
00:27:15 AND CONSULTING WITH PUBLIC SERVICES RATHER THAN PREVIOUSLY
00:27:19 IT WAS MORE OF A BACKUP HOUSE PERSPECTIVE AND WITH THAT
00:27:23 EXPANDED ROLE I'M PLEASED TO SAY WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE
00:27:27 CLASSIFICATION. IT IS THE SAME CLASSIFICATION
00:27:30 AS BEFORE AND WE DO FEEL THAT WITHIN THE REGULAR SCOPE
00:27:34 AND SPAN OF A MANAGER FOR. >> OKAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:27:39 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
00:27:42 >> WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO HIRE? I WOULD LIKE TO HIRE WITHIN THE
00:27:46 NEXT 4 TO 5 MONTHS IF WE DO GET THE GO AHEAD TO FILL THE
00:27:50 POSITION. SO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT YOUR
00:27:51 HIRE BY THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR?
00:27:54 YEAH. YEAH.
00:27:55 I JUST HAVE TO WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT THE TIME IT TAKES
00:27:58 TO RECRUIT ASSEMBLE PANELS, DO THE INTERVIEWS AND TYPICALLY AT
00:28:02 THE LIBRARY FOR A CHIEF LEVEL POSITION WE DO TWO ROUNDS OF
00:28:05 INTERVIEWS BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A
00:28:09 CONNECTION WITH THE MANAGEMENT TEAM.
00:28:10 >> UNDERSTOOD. >> COULD YOU GO ON TO ITEM
00:28:13 NUMBER SIX? YES, HAPPY TO.
00:28:16 >> ALL RIGHT. SO ITEM NUMBER SIX IS OUR
00:28:20 ANNUAL BUDGET TRAILING LEGISLATION.
00:28:24 THIS IS A REQUEST TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ALLOW US TO
00:28:27 ACCEPT AND EXPEND GRANT MONIES FROM THE FRIENDS AND FOUNDATION
00:28:31 OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
00:28:32 THIS ALLOWS US TO EXPAND OUR REACH TO THE COMMUNITY
00:28:36 AND ENHANCE AND CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY AT NEIGHBORHOOD
00:28:40 BRANCH LIBRARIES. THEY ACCEPT AND EXPAND FOR THIS
00:28:44 COMING FISCAL YEAR EQUALS A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY $1.12
00:28:50 MILLION OF WHICH IS DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN BOTH UNRESTRICTED
00:28:54 AND DONOR RESTRICTED. THE DONOR RESTRICTED FUNDS
00:28:58 BASICALLY ARE TELLING US THAT THEY WANT US TO SPEND ON A
00:29:02 PARTICULAR ACTIVITY OR AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION.
00:29:05 WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO
00:29:10 MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT SOME OF OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS SUMMER
00:29:15 STRIDE ONE CITY, ONE BOOK HOUR AND OUR NIGHT OF IDEAS THAT
00:29:21 I'VE SHARED WITH THE WITH THE COMMITTEE BEFORE OR JUST A
00:29:26 QUICK HIGHLIGHT ON OUR ONE CITY ONE BOOK.
00:29:29 WE ANTICIPATE MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE FISCAL 27
00:29:32 SELECTION IN JUNE, BUT I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
00:29:37 SHOWCASE THE ONE CITY ONE BOOK FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
00:29:41 IT'S THE WORLD'S I C BY FAYE FAYE LEE.
00:29:44 >> IF YOU HAVE NOT READ IT YET GET OVER TO YOUR FAVORITE
00:29:48 LIBRARY LOCATION. CHECK IT OUT OR DO AN E
00:29:51 RESOURCE. IT'S AN EXCELLENT READ AND AND
00:29:55 THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHOWCASE ABOUT THE ONE CITY ONE
00:29:59 BOOK PROGRAM IS THAT REALLY IS DESIGNED TO BE A BRIDGE
00:30:02 BUILDING ACTIVITY. SO ACROSS COMMUNITIES
00:30:05 AND ACROSS GENERATIONS WE'RE ALL READING THE SAME BOOK
00:30:09 AND WE'RE GATHERING TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THESE BOOKS AND HAVE
00:30:14 THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHATEVER IT IS THE TOPIC IS
00:30:18 THAT'S HIGHLIGHTING IN US IN A SELECTION.
00:30:21 AGAIN, THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO WITH THESE ANNUAL FRIENDS
00:30:25 GRANT MONIES IS WE CELEBRATE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BRANCH
00:30:29 LIBRARIES. WE DO A LOT OF OPEN HOUSES
00:30:30 AND IN THOSE OPEN HOUSES WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING THE ARTS
00:30:33 AND COMMUNITY CULTURE BECAUSE WE ARE PROVIDING HONORARIUMS
00:30:40 FOR PROGRAMMERS AND PRESENTERS AND ARTISTS WHO ARE OPERATING
00:30:44 AT THOSE OPEN HOUSE OR VARIOUS PROGRAMING.
00:30:49 SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY FOR OUR INSTITUTION TO SUPPORT THE
00:30:53 ARTS COMMUNITY IN THE LIBRARY. ONE LAST THING I WANTED TO TAKE
00:30:57 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE FOR YOU IS THAT THIS YEAR
00:31:02 IN 2026 IS THE FIRST TIME THE LIBRARY AT THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:31:06 PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ENGAGED IN A ONE BOOK ONE COAST ON THE WEST
00:31:11 COAST. THIS WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF L.A.
00:31:15 COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY. SO THERE ARE TEN BAY AREA
00:31:19 LIBRARIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS AND THIS
00:31:22 IS ANOTHER BOOK THAT YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE YOU GET OVER TO THE
00:31:25 LIBRARY AND CHECK OUT. IT'S GEORGE TAKEI'S.
00:31:26 THEY CALLED US ENEMY AND IT'S A POWERFUL GRAPHIC MEMOIR ABOUT
00:31:33 INCARCERATION, FAMILY AND RESILIENCE DURING WORLD WAR
00:31:37 TWO. SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO END
00:31:41 WITH JUST ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN APPROVING THE ANNUAL
00:31:45 ACCEPT AND EXPAND FOR OUR GRANT FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC
00:31:49 LIBRARY AND WE ARE ALL STILL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR
00:31:53 PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
00:31:54 >> THANK YOU. AND SO WITH THAT LET'S GO TO
00:31:58 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.
00:32:01 YES WE ARE NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER
00:32:05 SIX IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS
00:32:08 THIS COMMITTEE. >> HELLO.
00:32:11 MY NAME IS EMILY GARVEY. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
00:32:16 FRIENDS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
00:32:19 AS LIBRARY INVESTORS, ADVOCATES AND CHAMPION OF THE LIBRARY, WE
00:32:23 HOPE THAT THE FUNDS IN ITEM SIX UPHOLD THE VALUES OF DEMOCRATIC
00:32:27 ACCESS, COMMUNITY AND LIFELONG LEARNING FOR ALL SAN
00:32:29 FRANCISCANS IS AS CHIEF SINGLETON NOTED, THESE FUNDS
00:32:35 SUPPORT SIGNATURE AND BELOVED PROGRAMS THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT
00:32:37 THE YEAR ALL OVER SAN FRANCISCO AND SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD
00:32:40 VITALITY AROUND AND IN OUR BRANCHES A FRIENDS WAS FOUNDED
00:32:45 IN 1961 AND THIS RESOLUTION IS THE NEXT STEP IN A LEGACY OF
00:32:50 SUPPORT AND LIBRARY LOVE. THESE FUNDS DERIVE FROM A
00:32:54 COMMUNITY THAT IS PROUD OF THEIR LIBRARY AND ACTIVELY
00:32:57 SUPPORTS IT THROUGH SUPPORT OF FRIENDS AND THROUGH THEIR
00:33:01 PATRONAGE OF THE LIBRARY. >> THANK YOU MUCH EMILY GARVEY
00:33:05 AND SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS. >> MADAM CHAIR, THE COMMITTEE
00:33:09 TOOK YOU SAY NO PUBLIC COMMENTS PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW CLOSED.
00:33:12 COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO FULL BOARD
00:33:14 WITH RECOMMENDATION SECOND SECOND BY MR. DORSEY AND A ROLL
00:33:17 CALL PLEASE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR
00:33:21 CHANT SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY TO REFER THIS RESOLUTION
00:33:28 TO THE FULL BOARD. VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:33:32 AMBASSADOR SOUDER I MEMBER WALTON WALTON I MEMBER CHEN
00:33:36 CHEN I CHAIR CAN I CAN I WE HAVE FIVE EYES THE MOTION
00:33:41 PASSES. >> COLLEAGUES, I AM INCLINED TO
00:33:46 FOR THE LIBRARY I THINK I'M INCLINED TO IT'S REALLY BECAUSE
00:33:50 THE DURATION OF THE VACANCY OF THE LIBRARY POSITION AND I DO
00:33:54 UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S CRITICAL IT'S ITS ONLY BEEN VACANT SINCE
00:33:58 OCTOBER 2025 SO IT'S LIKE LESS THAN SEVEN MONTHS PERIOD OF
00:34:02 TIME PERIOD AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE I'M GOING TO TRUST THAT
00:34:06 YOU WILL BE HIRING SOMEONE BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR
00:34:10 AND I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BUT I AM INCLINED TO
00:34:13 REJECT THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
00:34:15 RECOMMENDATION AND THAT WE WILL HAVE THE LIBRARY TO MAINTAIN
00:34:21 THIS POSITION TO RETAIN THIS POSITION.
00:34:25 SO THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT LET'S GO TO MY
00:34:29 APOLOGIES COLLEAGUES. >> LET ME REALLY SEE THE NEXT
00:34:33 DEPARTMENTS ARE THE DEPARTMENT ,THE BUILDING INSPECTION
00:34:36 AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ALSO PLEASE MR. CLERK,
00:34:40 PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. >> YES, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
00:34:44 PARDON IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUILDING CODE TO ADJUST
00:34:48 FEES CHARGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION AMENDING
00:34:51 THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO ALLOW THEM DEPARTMENT OF
00:34:54 BUILDING INSPECTION AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO
00:34:55 CHARGE NOTARY FEES AND AFFIRMING THE PLANNING
00:34:58 DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA
00:35:00 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
00:35:05 AND I THINK LET'S START WITH THE PRESENTATION FOR THE BUDGET
00:35:09 LEGISLATIVE ANALYST THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:35:12 FIRST I WILL SPEAK TO THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE DISAGREEMENT WITH
00:35:17 THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION ARE RECOMMENDATIONS
00:35:20 FOR DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION TO START ON PAGE 22
00:35:24 OF OUR REPORT WE HAVE DISAGREEMENTS WITH FOR THE
00:35:32 FISCAL RECOMMENDATIONS NUMBER ONE.
00:35:35 NUMBER TWO, NUMBER 18 AND NUMBER 20 UH NUMBER 1 TO
00:35:41 1822. THESE ARE ALL RELATED TO NEW
00:35:42 VEHICLES OR REPLACEMENT VEHICLES THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS
00:35:46 REQUESTING THE PREMISES REQUESTING A REPLACEMENT OF TEN
00:35:50 VEHICLES PER YEAR OF THE TWO BUDGET YEARS.
00:35:53 AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD DENY TWO VEHICLES PER
00:35:57 YEAR SO THAT THEY WOULD THEN GET EIGHT NEW VEHICLES
00:36:01 REPLACEMENT VEHICLES PER YEAR AND WE'RE BASING THIS
00:36:05 RECOMMENDATION ON THE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLES PROPOSED FOR
00:36:08 REPLACEMENT OF THE 20 VEHICLES PROPOSED FOR REPLACEMENT OVER
00:36:12 THE TWO YEARS THREE HAVE LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON THEM.
00:36:15 SEVEN HAVE LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON THEM.
00:36:18 IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO REPLACE
00:36:20 THESE VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY ARE OVER TEN YEARS OLD EVEN THOUGH
00:36:23 THEY HAVE LOW MILEAGE. HOWEVER, BASED ON OUR
00:36:27 EVALUATION OF THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PLAN WE BELIEVE
00:36:30 THAT EIGHT IS MORE IS PLENTY OF SUFFICIENT AND WOULD AND SO
00:36:34 JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT FOR THE PROPOSED
00:36:41 VEHICLES FOR REPLACEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN IN USE FOR OVER FIVE
00:36:44 YEARS BECAUSE THEY ARE THOSE FOUR VEHICLES REQUIRED A PART
00:36:49 REPLACEMENT THAT WAS TOO COSTLY AND SO THEY'VE BEEN SITTING
00:36:52 UNUSED FOR OVER FIVE YEARS. WE DID NOT SEE ANY CONVINCING
00:36:58 ARGUMENT WHY THEY WHY THE WORKLOAD JUSTIFIES ALL TEN
00:37:09 VEHICLES FOR BOTH YEARS AND THAT THEIR VEHICLES HAVE
00:37:13 LOWER MILEAGE THAN AVERAGE FOR CITY VEHICLES.
00:37:16 WE ALSO SAW ON THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTATION ON SLIDE NUMBER 15
00:37:20 WE THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE A TECHNICAL ERROR IN THE SLIDE
00:37:25 WHERE THEY'RE REFERRING TO THE FIRST TWO LINES ON THAT SLIDE
00:37:29 TWO VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR LIKE A YEAR OR
00:37:32 SO AND ACTUALLY WHAT THE VEHICLES WERE RECOMMENDING NOT
00:37:37 BE REPLACED ARE DIFFERENT VEHICLES THAT AGAIN HAVE NOT
00:37:40 BEEN IN USE FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.
00:37:43 THOSE ARE OUR DISAGREEMENTS ON THE FISCAL RECOMMENDATION
00:37:47 EXCUSE ME AND THEN WE DO HAVE DISAGREEMENTS ON POLICY
00:37:51 RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO UPWARD SUBSTITUTION AS OF A
00:37:55 MANAGER ONE TO A MANAGER TWO WE ALSO RECOMMEND DELETING A
00:37:58 VACANT DEPARTMENT HAD THREE WHICH WE DO CONSIDER A POLICY
00:38:02 MATTER FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:38:05 ONCE THERE IS GREATER CLARITY REGARDING THE MANAGERIAL
00:38:06 STRUCTURE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MERGED PLANT OF THE
00:38:10 MERGER THAT'S BEING PROPOSED BETWEEN PLANNING AND BUILDING
00:38:18 AND THEN WE ALSO FINALLY UNDER POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THERE'S
00:38:26 WE'RE RECOMMENDING PUT PUTTING $272,513 OF TEMPORARY SALARIES
00:38:30 AND FRINGE BENEFITS AND THAT THAT BE A POLICY MATTER FOR THE
00:38:38 BOARD. THIS IS RELATED TO THE PERMIT
00:38:39 ASSESSED PROJECT AND THE BUDGET IS WILL ACCORDING TO THE
00:38:44 DEPARTMENT WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY TECHNOLOGY
00:38:46 EXPERT ONE AND 1976 POSITION IN ADDITION TO THIS POSITION
00:38:53 THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES TWO POSITIONS AT CITY
00:38:54 PLANNING FOR THE TO SUPPORT THE PERMIT S.F. PROJECT WHICH WE'RE
00:38:58 HAPPY TO SPEAK TO ONCE THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS CALLED
00:39:02 UP AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THIS MATTER.
00:39:05 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:39:10 HELLO SUPERVISORS, ARE WE ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN THE FEE
00:39:14 ORDINANCE OR ARE WE YOUR RESPONSE TO THE BUDGET
00:39:18 AND LEGISLATIVE AND GOT IT A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN WE HAVE
00:39:21 DISCUSSION AND YOU CAN ALSO YOU CAN ALSO PERCENTS ITEM SEVEN
00:39:24 SURE CAN YOU PLEASE BRING UP THESE SLIDE DECK IS A CAPTIVE
00:39:31 ME SO AS THE BUDGET LEGISLATIVE ANALYST MENTIONED AND BY THE
00:39:36 WAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION OVER THIS PAST WEEK
00:39:40 WE RECOGNIZE WHAT A DIFFICULT AND BUSY TIME THIS IS FOR YOU.
00:39:45 I GUESS WE WILL SPEAK TO DEBBIE FIRST ALTHOUGH OUR PRESENTATION
00:39:49 ADDRESSES BOTH TBI AND PLANNING.
00:39:50 SO DEBBIE HAS ONLY ONE VLA RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ARE
00:39:56 IN DISAGREEMENT WITH AND THAT IS THE FOUR VEHICLES DEBBIE HAS
00:40:00 A FLEET OF CURRENTLY 99 VEHICLES.
00:40:04 IT USED TO BE 114 VEHICLES AND SINCE THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE
00:40:08 NOT REPLACED ANY AND ABOUT 15 HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO CENTRAL
00:40:15 SHOPS FOR VARIOUS FAILURES CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS,
00:40:16 BATTERY BATTERY BREAKDOWNS AND TEN OF THE HALF OF THE CARS
00:40:26 THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING REPLACING HAVE ALREADY BEEN
00:40:29 TURNED IN. SO OF THE FOUR THAT THE BUDGET
00:40:32 LEGISLATIVE ANALYST IS RECOMMENDING WE NOT REPLACE,
00:40:36 TWO OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN TURNED IN YEARS AGO.
00:40:37 THERE'S THERE ARE NO VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING UNUSED
00:40:41 FOR YEARS. IF A VEHICLE IS BROKEN, WE TURN
00:40:44 IT IN IMMEDIATELY. SO THESE CARS THAT NO LONGER
00:40:47 EXIST AND WE NEED THEM TO DO OUR INSPECTIONS AND TO BE
00:40:52 PREPARED FOR ANY DISASTER THAT MAY COME.
00:40:55 >> THE OTHER TWO ARE JUST VERY OLD 2627 THERE ARE LOWER
00:40:59 MILEAGE BUT THEY'VE ALREADY HAD SIGNIFICANT REPAIR COSTS OVER
00:41:04 THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THEY ARE MORE AND MORE SITTING
00:41:10 IN CENTRAL SHOPS AWAITING FOR REPAIRS.
00:41:11 >> SO THE QUESTION IS IS A 2006 PRIUS A GOOD RELIABLE CAR?
00:41:18 PROBABLY. BUT IF WE HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE OR
00:41:19 A MAJOR DISASTER AND WE NEED TO GET INSPECTORS OUT THERE TO SEE
00:41:23 IS A BUILDING GOING TO SLIDE DOWN A HILL, IS A BUILDING SAFE
00:41:27 FOR FIREFIGHTERS OR POLICE OR FIRST RESPONDERS TO ENTER?
00:41:30 WE NEED RELIABLE CARS THAT WORK SO STANDARD AND THE CITY HAS
00:41:34 BEEN A TEN YEAR USEFUL LIFE FOR VEHICLES.
00:41:37 THESE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN ARE 20 YEARS OLD SO WE THINK IT'S VERY
00:41:44 IT'S AN IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE TO REPLACE THEM ALSO IT'S BEEN
00:41:48 THE CITY'S GOAL NOW FOR A LONG TIME TO ELECTRIFY THE FLEET.
00:41:52 WE'RE PLANNING TO BUY ELECTRIC VEHICLES SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT
00:41:56 THAT. >> CITY ADMINISTRATOR HAS
00:41:57 WORKED HARD INSTALLING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AT 49 SOUTH
00:42:01 AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO FULLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
00:42:04 SO YEAH, FOR THE VEHICLES IT IS NOT IT IS OUR INSPECTION
00:42:09 CAPACITY, OUR ABILITY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE VEHICLES TO GO
00:42:13 OUT AND DO THE INSPECTIONS. THE REASON WHY MILEAGE IS LOW
00:42:16 IS BECAUSE SOME INSPECTION DISTRICTS ARE IN THE
00:42:18 NEIGHBORHOODS DOWNTOWN BUT WE NEED THE CARS BECAUSE OUR
00:42:22 INSPECTORS TAKE BOOTS, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, CODE BOOKS.
00:42:25 THEY HAVE STUFF THAT THEY NEED TO CARRY.
00:42:28 THEY CAN'T WALK OR TAKE THE BUS AND WE NEED OUR CUSTOMERS ARE
00:42:32 EXPECTING US TO BE THERE TO BE AVAILABLE TO DO THESE
00:42:33 INSPECTIONS TO GET CONSTRUCTION FINISHED FINALIZED AND MAKE
00:42:36 SURE IT'S SAFE SO WITH THAT, ANY EMERGENCY RESPONSE WE FEEL
00:42:40 THESE VEHICLES ARE IMPORTANT AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR
00:42:44 SUPPORT IN APPROVING AND REJECTING THE BLAZER
00:42:48 RECOMMENDATIONS. >> HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
00:42:49 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
00:42:52 YOU WANT TO GO INTO ITEM SEVEN AS WELL?
00:42:53 I'M SURE WE'LL GO TO QUESTIONS FOR SUPERVISOR WALTON.
00:42:57 >> ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A PROPOSED FEE ORDINANCE SO I DID
00:43:03 A FEE STUDY BACK IN 2024. SINCE THE PANDEMIC DEMAND FOR
00:43:11 DBE PERMITS AND SERVICES WENT WAY DOWN.
00:43:15 REVENUE WAS WAY LESS THAN EXPENDITURE AND THERE WAS A
00:43:19 SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN THE DEPARTMENT.
00:43:22 THE DEPARTMENT WAS BURNING THROUGH RESERVES.
00:43:24 WE DID A FEE STUDY IN 2024 THAT CONFIRMED THAT AND RECOMMENDED
00:43:29 THAT THE DEPARTMENT INCREASE ITS FEES TO RECOVER ITS COSTS
00:43:32 RATHER THAN MAKING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE ALL AT
00:43:37 ONCE. THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PHASING
00:43:38 IN THESE FEE INCREASES SLOWLY OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
00:43:40 THE INCREASE PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 IS THE LAST ONE
00:43:45 TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE FEE STUDY AND GET US TO FULL COST
00:43:49 RECOVERY THE LAST YEAR AND PART AND PART OF THE CURRENT YEAR
00:43:55 AND PART OF FISCAL YEAR 25 DEMAND HAS RETURNED SOMEWHAT.
00:43:58 >> IT'S VERY PROMISING AND HOPEFUL DEMAND HAS BEEN
00:44:02 STRONG. REVENUES HAVE BEEN STRONG.
00:44:05 THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 27 FEE INCREASE WAS
00:44:11 APPROXIMATELY 15%. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE RETURNING
00:44:13 DEMAND AND THE STRONG REVENUES THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS YEAR
00:44:17 AND LAST WE ONLY NEED AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE OF APPROX
00:44:22 OF 2% ON AVERAGE TO GET TO FULL COST RECOVERY.
00:44:26 WE'VE WORKED WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS, WE'VE WORKED WITH
00:44:28 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THIS AND WE'VE PRESENTED
00:44:34 THIS FEE INCREASE TO OUR CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OUR
00:44:38 BUILDING INSPECTION COMMISSION AND ALL ARE IN SUPPORT.
00:44:42 >> THIS OF COURSE WE TRY TO BE AS RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS AS
00:44:46 POSSIBLE KEEP FEES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE BUT WE ONLY NEED
00:44:50 ANOTHER 2% TO GET THERE AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS WE'RE IN A GREAT
00:44:55 FINANCIAL PLACE. WE ARE NOW ON SOLID FOOTING
00:44:58 AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED RECOVERY OF CITY
00:45:01 CONSTRUCTION. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
00:45:05 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:45:06 SUPERVISOR WALTON. THANK YOU CHAIR CHANIN THANK
00:45:09 YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> I JUST QUICKLY SO THE
00:45:14 DEPARTMENT'S POLICY IS TO DECIDE A CAR IS OUTDATED
00:45:21 BECAUSE OF YEARS AND NOT MILEAGE, CORRECT.
00:45:25 >> IS THAT INDUSTRY STANDARD? >> SO CITY ADMINISTRATOR TRACKS
00:45:29 THREE THINGS TO DETERMINE IF A VEHICLE IS UNDERUTILIZED.
00:45:33 >> THEY MEASURE NUMBER OF MILES DRIVEN NUMBER OF TRIPS TAKEN
00:45:37 AND NUMBER OF DAYS USED SO ALL OF OUR CARS ARE NOT
00:45:41 UNDERUTILIZED WHEN LOOKING AT NUMBER OF TRIPS TAKEN.
00:45:45 BUT IF AN INSPECTOR'S DISTRICT IS DOWNTOWN THEY'RE STAYING
00:45:48 WITHIN A FEW MILE RADIUS OF THE PARKING GARAGE SO THEY'RE NOT
00:45:52 DRIVING VERY FAR THE MILEAGE REMAINS LOW BUT THE CARS ARE
00:45:56 IN REGULAR USE AND THEY ARE NEEDED TO CARRY EQUIPMENT FROM
00:46:00 THE BUILDING TO THE JOB SITES. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS
00:46:07 JUST FOR MY KNOWLEDGE DOES THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ALSO HAVE
00:46:12 VEHICLES PLANNING DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE ONE VEHICLE BUT I
00:46:15 DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE A FLEET LIKE DUBAI DOES.
00:46:18 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:46:22 UM I AM INCLINED ESPECIALLY GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED AT CIVIL
00:46:31 SERVICE COMMISSION YESTERDAY. WELL NO MONDAY I'M INCLINED TO
00:46:37 PUT THE PERMIT ITSELF MODERNIZATIONS WHICH IS 7.1
00:46:47 ROUGHLY $7.1 MILLION FOR 27 2627 AND THEN ALSO ABOUT
00:46:56 ROUGHLY $7.3 MILLION FROM SEVEN 2728 ON RESERVE BUDGET
00:47:03 COMMITTEE RESERVE JUST SO THAT WHEN YOU WERE READY WITH THAT
00:47:08 CONTRACT YOU COME BACK AND THEN TO WHEN YOU'RE READY TO OR
00:47:11 HOWEVER WHERE YOU SPEND IT NOT NECESSARILY THE CONTRACT ITSELF
00:47:15 BUT JUST BEING ABLE TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WHAT WHAT DIRECTION
00:47:19 YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE FOR THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS ABOUT
00:47:26 PERMIT OF CAN YOU ONCE MORE TO KIND OF EITHER YOU OR MAYBE
00:47:30 DIRECTOR KANE WANTS TO EXPLAIN AND WALK US THROUGH I THINK
00:47:34 LAST WEEK WE ASKED WHAT IS YOUR LIKE COURSE OF ACTION AS A PLAN
00:47:42 TO ADDRESS BE IT OPEN GOV, BE IT ANY OTHER SOFTWARE LIKE WHAT
00:47:47 IS YOUR TO MY YOU KNOW PLAN TO OR WHAT ARE THE STEPS YOU'RE
00:47:51 GOING TO BE TAKING IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AS A WAY TO
00:47:56 DETERMINE WHICH DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO CONTINUE
00:48:00 TO MODERNIZE PERMITTING PROCESS ?
00:48:03 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I WILL SPEAK TO THE BUDGET
00:48:07 FIRST AND THEN WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT MY COLLEAGUES
00:48:11 WILL PRESENT. >> SO THE BUDGET THE
00:48:14 LEGISLATIVE ANALYST MADE A RESERVE RECOMMENDATION TO PUT
00:48:16 PROJECT FUNDS ON RESERVE AND WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
00:48:19 SO WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
00:48:23 ANALYST'S RECOMMENDATION ON PUTTING THE FUNDS ON RESERVE
00:48:27 WITH THE RELEASE CONDITION BEING APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT TO
00:48:31 DO THE WORK NO MATTER WHAT TECHNOLOGY IT IS WHEN WHEN THE
00:48:34 BOARD APPROVES A CONTRACT THEN THE FUNDS WOULD BE RELEASED.
00:48:38 >> SO THE WAY THAT TECHNICALLY HOW IT WORKS IS DOES I MEAN I
00:48:42 THINK THAT ACCORDING TO YOU LAST WEEK IS THAT YOU HAVE
00:48:46 ENOUGH RIGHT NOW TO CARRY YOU THROUGH UNTIL SEPTEMBER FOR IT
00:48:53 THE EXISTING CONTRACT WELL BANK OF 2ND SEPTEMBER I MEAN
00:48:57 ACCORDING TO YOU LAST WEEK AND WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT
00:49:00 THEN WE'RE PUTTING THE LINING DOWN FOR PERMIT AS SAFE FOR
00:49:04 MODERNIZATION ON RESERVE FOR YOU TO HAVE TO THE WAY THAT
00:49:11 TECHNICALLY HOW IT WORKS IS THEN YOU COME BACK WITH A
00:49:15 LETTER TO RELEASE THAT FUNDS BECAUSE NOW YOU KNOW WHAT
00:49:16 YOU'RE GOING TO DO NEXT AND THEN THIS COMMITTEE WILL
00:49:19 HAVE A HEARING UPON YOUR REQUEST TO RELEASE THE BUDGET
00:49:26 AND THEN THE THE COMMITTEE WILL THEN DECIDE WHETHER THEY
00:49:30 RELEASE THE FUNDS OR NOT. USUALLY WE DO BUT WITH THE
00:49:35 UNDERSTANDING IT'S JUST THAT THE CAVEAT IS REALLY JUST FOR
00:49:38 YOU TO COME BACK INTO THIS BODY TO REPORT LIKE WHAT HAPPENED SO
00:49:45 THAT'S WHAT I AM INTEND TO DO. >> I INTEND TO DO THAT.
00:49:50 >> UNDERSTOOD. AND WE WERE JUST HOPING THAT
00:49:51 THAT COULD COINCIDE WITH THE CONTRACT HEARING ITSELF.
00:49:57 SO TAKE CARE OF BOTH. IF YOU APPROVE THE CONTRACT
00:49:58 THEN RELEASE THE FUNDS AT THE SAME TIME.
00:50:01 BUT HOWEVER HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO STRUCTURE IT WE I AM SEEING
00:50:05 DIRECTOR CUTLER SAYING YES WE ARE GOING TO WORK THIS OUT.
00:50:09 WE WILL WORK THIS OUT. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
00:50:12 >> I THINK THAT WE HAVE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT BUT
00:50:14 DIRECTOR CUTLER IF SO FIGURE THE BUDGET DIRECTOR.
00:50:20 I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY BUT YES I WOULD I WOULD PROPOSE
00:50:23 THAT I THINK WE WILL INTRODUCE THE HEARING FOR THE RELEASE OF
00:50:25 RESERVES TO COINCIDE WITH THE HEARING FOR THE CONTRACTS
00:50:28 WHETHER THEY MOVE TOGETHER. THANK YOU.
00:50:30 >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR CUTLER THANK YOU.
00:50:34 >> AND DO YOU WANT TO ELABORATE WHAT YOUR NEXT STEPS ARE OR
00:50:38 WHAT YOUR PLAN IS FOR OPEN GOV I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO
00:50:45 DIRECTOR SARA OR DIRECTOR OF PERMIT S.F. ELIZABETH WARRY I
00:50:53 THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN LIZ WATTY DIRECTOR OF PERMIT S.F. OUR
00:50:57 PLAN IN THE MEANTIME AGAIN WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF PUTTING
00:51:01 THAT FUNDING ON RESERVE FOR THAT MOMENT IN TIME IN THE
00:51:04 MEANTIME WE'RE GOING TO WE WERE ASKED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE
00:51:05 COMMISSION TO MEET WITH LOCAL 21.
00:51:07 WE'VE ALREADY KICKED OFF THAT FIRST EMAIL WITH THEM.
00:51:10 WE'RE HOPING WE CAN SET UP A MEETING PROBABLY AFTER THE
00:51:14 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND TO WORK WITH LOCAL 21.
00:51:17 SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IF WE CAN FIND ANY
00:51:18 COMMON GROUND THERE AND CONTINUE TO MAYBE DO A
00:51:21 BETTER JOB CLARIFYING THE ROLES THAT WE INTEND TO HAVE WORKING
00:51:24 ON THE PRODUCT AFTER ITS INITIAL LAUNCH WHICH I THINK
00:51:28 WAS SORT OF THE CRUX OF THE CONVERSATION AT CIVIL SERVICE
00:51:29 HEARING SEPARATELY THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION EXECUTIVE
00:51:35 SECRETARY IS LOOKING FOR PROBABLY A SPECIAL HEARING
00:51:39 TIME. THEY'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE
00:51:40 CALENDARS SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK IDEALLY SOMETIME BEFORE
00:51:42 THE 4TH OF JULY. >> THAT WAS THEIR TARGET
00:51:43 TIMEFRAME. >> SO WE'RE WORKING FULL STEAM
00:51:47 AHEAD RIGHT NOW WITH THOSE DEADLINES IN HAND AND IF ALL
00:51:54 GOES WELL AT THOSE HEARINGS THEN BASED ON CALENDARS BEFORE
00:51:55 THE RECESS WE'LL SEE HOW FAR WE CAN GET WITH THE FULL BOARD
00:52:00 AND WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL PROBABLY END UP BEING BACK
00:52:02 BEFORE THE BOARD TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OF THE FUNDS ON
00:52:05 THE RESERVE AND THE CONTRACT LIKELY RIGHT AFTER BOARD RECESS
00:52:08 LAST WEEK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
00:52:09 PERSUADING FOR BEING HERE LAST WEEK AND I HAVE THE QUESTIONS
00:52:12 THOUGH SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CONTRACT REALLY IS ABOUT PLAN B
00:52:16 MEANING THAT YOU KNOW KNOWING ALL OPEN GOV CAME IN THE SPACE
00:52:20 WHERE IT'S REALLY SO SOURCE CLEARLY IT CAME IN ALSO AS A
00:52:24 PILOT WITH WHICH EXPIRING IN SEPTEMBER ARE THERE WAYS
00:52:28 THAT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT AND HOW YOU'RE APPROACHING IT
00:52:32 THAT ALLOW YOURSELF TO HAVE A PLAN B MEANING I'M NOT
00:52:36 NECESSARILY SAYING CLEARLY THERE'S ALSO ISSUE ACCORDING TO
00:52:39 REPORTING THAT THERE'S ALSO FEEDBACK THAT IS NOT THAT GREAT
00:52:40 FOR CLARITY EVEN THOUGH CLEARLY THEY'RE LOWER IN TERMS OF
00:52:46 DURING YOUR BIDDING PROCESS. BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
00:52:48 MEANS BETTER. SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT
00:52:51 APPROACH. BUT DO YOU HAVE A PLAN B
00:52:55 SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN MEANING YOU KNOW, OPEN GOV AS A AS A
00:52:59 VENDOR MAY NOT BE THE MOST IDEAL MAYBE THERE ARE OTHER
00:53:03 COULD BE OTHER OPTIONS OR OPTIONS THAT ARE ALLOWING YOU
00:53:06 TO TAKE SOME OF THE GOODS AND THEN WORK OUT THE BAD SOME
00:53:10 OTHER WAYS BUT MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY ENTIRELY WHEN OPEN
00:53:14 GOV SURE SO WE DON'T HAVE A ROBUST PLAN B WORKED OUT
00:53:19 BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE STILL REALLY HOPEFUL THAT OUR PLAN A
00:53:23 WILL MORE MOVE FORWARD. HOWEVER WE DO HAVE AN OPTION
00:53:26 IN OUR CURRENT PILOT CONTRACT TO EXTEND FOR A YEAR BASICALLY
00:53:30 TO BASICALLY KEEP THE LIGHTS ON FOR WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BUILT SO
00:53:34 WE DON'T HAVE TO BASICALLY THROW IT AWAY OR TURN IT OFF TO
00:53:35 OUR CUSTOMERS ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, A MONTH
00:53:38 DELAY BETWEEN WHEN OUR FIRST YEAR CONTRACT ENDS OR PHASE ONE
00:53:42 AND WHEN THE CONTRACT IDEALLY MOVES FORWARD.
00:53:45 SO WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON PARALLEL PATHS TO JUST EXTEND
00:53:48 THAT SO WE CAN START TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND NOT WASTE THE
00:53:50 WORK THAT WE'VE JUST SPENT A TON OF TIME ON.
00:53:53 SO WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THAT CONCURRENTLY AS A AS I CALL IT
00:53:57 YOU KNOW YOU KNOW PLAN B ONE IF YOU WILL CONCURRENTLY OBVIOUSLY
00:54:04 WE YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL WAS TO GO FULL STEAM AHEAD WITH BUILDING
00:54:08 OUT NEW RECORD TYPES AND INTRODUCING NEW AGENCIES.
00:54:12 WE NEED TO OBVIOUSLY WAIT FOR THE FUNDING BEFORE WE CAN DO
00:54:14 THAT. SO WE DO HAVE SOME SOME URGENCY
00:54:18 THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD SO WE CAN LOOP IN OTHER
00:54:20 CITY AGENCIES THAT ARE WANTING TO BE ON THE SAME UNIFIED
00:54:22 PLATFORM. >> SO I THINK TO YOUR QUESTION
00:54:25 OF LIKE OTHER VENDOR OPTIONS WAS KIND OF WHAT I WAS I WAS
00:54:29 HEARING OF LIKE DO WE HAVE OPTIONS FOR OTHER VENDORS?
00:54:30 WE DO NOT RIGHT NOW HAVE OPTIONS TO JUST WHOLESALE PIVOT
00:54:33 AND GO WITH A DIFFERENT VENDOR. WE WOULD NEED TO KICK OFF A
00:54:36 WHOLE NEW PROCESS AND OPEN IT BACK UP ON THE MARKET.
00:54:40 IF WE WERE TO GO WITH AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT VENDOR.
00:54:43 SO THAT TYPE OF A BACKUP PLAN IS NOT ONE THAT WE HAVE SPENT
00:54:46 INVESTED ANY TIME IN BUT OUR BACKUP BACKUP PLAN IF AFTER YOU
00:54:53 KNOW THE YEAR OF JUST SORT OF KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON WE WOULD
00:54:57 NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD ANYTHING NEW SO WE WOULD NOT BE
00:54:58 DELIVERING ANY NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
00:55:01 >> WHAT I'M SENSITIVE ABOUT ABOUT WAITING TOO LONG ON ON
00:55:05 WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS THE
00:55:09 HARDEST PART OF A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION IS BEING
00:55:10 IN BIFURCATED SYSTEMS. SO OUR STAFF RIGHT NOW AT
00:55:14 PLANNING FOR EXAMPLE WE ARE ON EXCEL, WE'RE ON PTC, WE ARE
00:55:18 USING A BLUE BEAM SOFTWARE TOOL, WE ARE USING DIFFERENT
00:55:21 ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
00:55:24 OUR STAFF HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR PROPERTY INFORMATION MAP ALL TO
00:55:27 DO EVERY SINGLE SIMPLE PERMIT REVIEW.
00:55:31 OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO ONE SOURCE OF TRUTH SO
00:55:34 THAT SO THAT OUR PLANNERS AREN'T NEEDING TO DO HARD COPY
00:55:36 PAPER OR EXCEL IT TO EXECUTE IN PLANNING SYSTEM SANDBOXES
00:55:42 AND WE CAN ALL BE IN ONE SYSTEM.
00:55:43 >> SO THE SOONER WE CAN GET IN ONE SYSTEM OF RECORD THAT
00:55:46 HOLDS SORT OF ALL TRUTHS ABOUT ALL PROJECTS THE EASIER IT'S
00:55:50 GOING TO BE ON OUR STAFF. AND SO I'M REALLY CONSCIENTIOUS
00:55:51 ABOUT NOT HAVING US SIT IN MULTIPLE SYSTEMS THAT IS ONE
00:55:57 OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THIS PROJECT.
00:55:59 ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AS PART OF PHASE ONE RIGHT NOW
00:56:01 WE WILL GET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR EXAMPLE ENTIRELY OFF OF
00:56:04 THEIR LEGACY SYSTEM SO THAT THEIR STAFF IS ENTIRELY AN OPEN
00:56:08 GOV. >> SIMILARLY WITH A SUBSET OF
00:56:11 THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WITH THE THE INSPECTORS THAT ARE
00:56:13 FOCUSED ON THE TRADES OR THE ELECTRICAL, THE PLUMBING ETC.
00:56:17 THOSE SPECIALIZED BUILDING INSPECTORS BY THE END OF THE
00:56:20 FIRST PHASE WILL BE ENTIRELY WORKING ON NEW PERMITS IN OPEN
00:56:24 GOV AND WE'VE HEARD THAT FEEDBACK FROM STAFF THAT THAT
00:56:28 IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT IT'S HARD BEING IN TWO
00:56:30 SYSTEMS. SO I JUST SAY THAT FOR SOME
00:56:32 CONTEXT OF WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR BACKUP PLANS THAT IS
00:56:35 SOMETHING I'M REALLY SENSITIVE TO IN THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE DO
00:56:38 AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PIVOT AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT
00:56:42 WHAT OUR BACKUP PLAN IS. >> SO YEAH, BUT I THINK THAT
00:56:44 ADDITIONALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AT SURE THAT THERE'S
00:56:47 ACTUALLY TWO FLAGS FROM THE CONVERSATION BASED ON FROM LAST
00:56:51 WEEK I THINK THE FIRST FLAG IS THAT THEN HOW DO WE ACTUALLY
00:56:56 MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE CHECKS AND CLEARLY IT'S BEEN THROUGH
00:56:59 THE DBA DEPARTMENT AS A DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN THROUGH SO
00:57:03 MUCH AND THAT'S INCLUDING THE ALLEGATION OF CORRUPTION.
00:57:06 SO THEN WHAT THE FIRST FLAG IS LIKE HOW DO WE ACTUALLY MAKE
00:57:09 SURE THAT WE CAN CHECK THE INTEGRITY OF THE WORK IN THE
00:57:13 APPROVAL PROCESS, THE INTEGRITY OF LIKE INSPECTION AND WANT TO
00:57:17 MAKE SURE AND UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY HAS THAT
00:57:18 IN PLACE WHILE YOU'RE CONSOLIDATING AND CENTRALIZING
00:57:22 A DATA SYSTEM. AND THEN I THINK THE SECOND
00:57:27 PART IS THEN HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY SHOW A METRIC OF
00:57:28 SUCCESS? HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY MEASURE IT
00:57:32 TO SAY WELL CURRENTLY THE SYSTEM AS IT GOES TO THESE
00:57:35 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PERMITS IT WOULD TAKES THIS MANY DAY TO
00:57:38 WAIT TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS AND REVIEW TIME
00:57:42 AND THEN APPROVAL TIME AND THEN SIMILARLY FOR THOSE THREE TIME
00:57:45 TIME PERIOD SUBMISSION WAITING AND APPROVAL OR EVEN APPEAL
00:57:49 HOWEVER OR DISCUSSION FOR LIKE HEY YOU KNOW LIKE WE NEED MORE
00:57:53 INFORMATION FOR EXAMPLE I DON'T KNOW LIKE THE PLACE THAT THE
00:57:57 THE FIRE EXIT WE UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS YOUR
00:58:00 CAPACITY WHERE ARE YOU PLACING PLACING THE FIRE?
00:58:01 IS IT IF THOSE CONVERSATION OCCUR CANNOT I ASSUME CANNOT
00:58:04 OCCUR ENTIRELY ONLINE SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE BY
00:58:08 COMPARISON? >> SO IN TERMS OF THAT PROCESS
00:58:12 OF TIME REDUCTION, YES TO THOSE TWO TWO QUESTIONS.
00:58:16 >> THANK YOU. THOSE ARE BOTH GREAT QUESTIONS
00:58:17 AND THOSE ARE BOTH VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PROJECT.
00:58:19 ON YOUR FIRST QUESTION, I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE BUILDING
00:58:20 INSPECTION COMMISSION THIS MORNING GIVING THEM AN UPDATE
00:58:23 AND ONE OF THE PIECES THAT I WAS FOCUSED ON WAS TALKING TO
00:58:27 THEM AROUND WHAT I'LL CALL IT COMPLIANCE RELATED ISSUES,
00:58:30 RIGHT? >> HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE
00:58:31 NEW SYSTEM TO YOUR POINT INSURANCE THAT SORT OF THERE IS
00:58:34 NOT THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO EASILY MODIFY RECORDS IN A
00:58:38 NEFARIOUS WAY AND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO SHOWS UP EVERY
00:58:43 WEEK HAS REALLY BEEN HAMMERING HOME ON WILL THE SYSTEM DO X, Y
00:58:46 AND Z AND WE WENT THROUGH REALLY ALL OF THOSE POINTS WITH
00:58:47 THE PUNCH LINE BEING THE SYSTEM EITHER CURRENTLY DOES IT OR
00:58:50 IT'S IN FLIGHT TO ALIGN WITH ONE THE RELEVANT PERMIT WHERE
00:58:53 THAT MAKES SENSE TO TO NEED THAT FEATURE IS ALIGNED AND SO
00:58:57 WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT. MY GOAL WAS THE BEGINNING OF
00:59:02 PHASE TWO LIKE THAT IS PART ONE OF OUR OF OUR NEXT ROUND OF
00:59:07 KICK OFF WHEN WE GET INTO LARGER PROJECTS.
00:59:08 SO THE COMPLIANCE ISSUES IS ABSOLUTELY TOP OF MIND.
00:59:12 IT IS A TOP PRIORITY OF THE PRODUCT.
00:59:15 IT IS THE THING THAT IS MOST MEANINGFUL TO ME ON THIS
00:59:16 PROJECT JUST FOR CONTEXT I'VE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH
00:59:20 PRESIDENT MANTEL MAN AND SUPERVISOR MELGAR ON THE
00:59:23 SEC LEGISLATION AND OTHER PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT
00:59:27 WE'VE HAD TO ENSURE THAT THE PLANNING TO SO YOU KNOW IF
00:59:31 THERE'S A BAD ACTOR WHO'S LYING ON THEIR APPLICATIONS IN THE
00:59:35 PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT THAT COUNTS FOR SORT OF THE THREE
00:59:36 STRIKES ON THE SEC MAKING SURE THAT AS PART OF BEING A MERGED
00:59:39 AGENCY RIGHT NOW THE RULES DON'T CROSS OVER AND IT'S
00:59:43 REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AS WE'RE MERGING AGENCIES THAT THOSE
00:59:46 RULES ANYONE WHO IS A BAD ACTOR IN EITHER OF OUR AGENCIES NEEDS
00:59:47 TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN THE SAME WAY WE NEED OUR SYSTEM OUR
00:59:51 SYSTEM TO HAVE A CLICK BASED AUDIT TRAIL REPORTING ENSURING
00:59:55 THAT YOU CAN'T MODIFY RECORDS LIKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE
00:59:59 ABSOLUTELY TOP OF THE LIST AND WE'RE WE HAVE EXTREME
01:00:03 CONFIDENCE IN WHERE THAT'S GOING.
01:00:06 TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION AROUND METRICS, I ACTUALLY HAVE A
01:00:07 GREAT SLIDE IN THE PRESENTATION IF WE CAN SHOW IT OF THE
01:00:10 METRICS WE HEARD YOUR QUESTION LAST WEEK ON I WANT TO
01:00:12 UNDERSTAND METRICS AND SO I'VE GOT SOME PULLED TOGETHER HERE
01:00:15 IF WE CAN TURN TO THE SLIDE IF THAT'S IF I ALSO WANT TO MAKE
01:00:18 SURE I OWN A FLAG FOR YOU THAT SUPERVISOR SOUDER HAS A
01:00:23 QUESTION BUT WE'LL GO TO THE SLIDE AND THEN WE'LL GO TO YOUR
01:00:25 QUESTION. >> HERE WE GO.
01:00:28 SO I'LL JUST TALK ON THESE BRIEFLY.
01:00:29 OOPS. WENT ON TOO MUCH TOO FAR.
01:00:32 HERE WE GO. I HAVE TO TWO SLIDES TALKING
01:00:35 ABOUT METRICS THAT I'LL JUST JUMP IN TO HERE FOR YOU.
01:00:38 FIRST UP, WE ALREADY DO HAVE PERFORMANCE METRICS IN PLAY AS
01:00:42 A RELATES TO PERMIT SRF AND THE TWO AGENCIES SO RIGHT NOW
01:00:46 PLANNING APPLICATIONS BECAUSE AGAIN THESE ARE STILL VERY
01:00:47 SEPARATE PROCESSES AND SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM A
01:00:51 LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. >> OUR TARGET IS 90 DAYS
01:00:54 IN HOUSE BUILDING PERMITS, 60 DAYS OVER THE COUNTER TWO DAYS
01:00:57 YOU'LL SEE ON THE BOTTOM ROW OUR PERFORMANCE OTHER THAN OVER
01:01:00 THE COUNTER PERMITS, WE'RE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
01:01:04 >> AND SO I SAY THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A PAUSE AND I'LL
01:01:06 COME BACK TO THAT IN A MOMENT KNOWING THAT WE'RE NOT WHERE WE
01:01:08 WANT TO BE AND KNOWING THAT THAT JOURNEY WHERE WE WANT TO
01:01:12 BE INCLUDES COMPONENTS OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS THAT ARE NOT
01:01:16 EXCLUSIVELY IN OUR CONTROL. SO FOR EXAMPLE IF ONE OF OUR
01:01:20 PLANNED CHECKERS AT DB II ASKS FOR REVISIONS THAT THE
01:01:24 ARCHITECT OR THE HOMEOWNER THEY COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM TWO
01:01:27 DAYS TO RESPOND TO THAT COMMENT TO SEVEN MONTHS TO RESPOND TO
01:01:30 THAT COMMENT AND THAT AFFECTS THE OVERALL BEGINNING TO END.
01:01:34 OUR SYSTEM RIGHT NOW ISN'T REALLY SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH TO
01:01:39 CAPTURE ALL OF THOSE NUANCES OF IS IT BALL'S IN OUR COURT IS
01:01:43 THE BALL IN THE SPONSORS COURT. SO ALTHOUGH OUR NUMBERS ARE OFF
01:01:47 THERE'S ALSO I THINK THAT IMPORTANT CONTEXT THAT THE
01:01:48 SYSTEM DOESN'T GIVE US NUANCE. SO WHAT WE DID ACTUALLY AT THE
01:01:52 BEGINNING OF PERMIT US OFF AND WHAT THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE
01:01:54 NUMBERS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN PERMIT
01:01:58 ASSESSED UNRELATED TO TECHNOLOGY WE SAID IT IS
01:02:01 IMPERATIVE THAT ALL AGENCIES ACT TOGETHER AND WE COME UP
01:02:05 WITH A STANDARD PERFORMANCE METRIC FOR CUSTOMERS SO THAT
01:02:07 CUSTOMERS KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULD EXPECT IN TERMS OF A TURNAROUND
01:02:10 TIME FROM THE CITY AND IT NEEDS TO BE THE SAME ACROSS AGENCIES
01:02:14 BECAUSE IT WASN'T PRIOR TO A YEAR AGO.
01:02:16 >> SO THESE A YEAR AGO WERE REACH GOALS.
01:02:20 >> CANDIDLY THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN AND OPPOSITION FROM
01:02:24 DIFFERENT AGENCY LEADERSHIPS OF OF HAVING THESE NUMBERS ON THE
01:02:25 LEFT HAND SIDE THESE NUMBERS ARE 21 DAYS FOR COMPLETENESS
01:02:28 WHICH IS THE FIRST RESPONSE FROM THE CITY OF IS YOUR
01:02:31 APPLICATION COMPLETE PLAN REVIEW AT 30 DAYS THAT'S THE
01:02:35 PLANNERS AND THE PLAN CHECKERS AT DB.
01:02:36 >> I AND THEN 14 DAYS IS EVERY TIME WE ASK FOR CHANGES HOW
01:02:40 LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR US TO REVIEW THOSE CHANGES THAT 14
01:02:43 DAYS THESE WERE REACH GOALS WE WERE NOT HITTING THESE GOALS A
01:02:46 YEAR AGO. THE MIDDLE COLUMN HERE ON
01:02:49 CURRENT IS WE CAN DO HARD THINGS.
01:02:52 >> WE ARE ACTUALLY BEATING OUR PERFORMANCE TARGETS THAT WE SET
01:02:54 A YEAR AGO BY WORKING TOGETHER, MAKING OTHER PROCESS
01:02:57 IMPROVEMENTS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
01:03:01 COLLABORATION AT A LEADERSHIP LEVEL ACROSS ALL AGENCIES.
01:03:04 BUT TO YOUR QUESTION EARLIER OF WHAT IS THE METRIC OF SUCCESS
01:03:06 MOVING FORWARD AS A BYPRODUCT OF THIS NEW PRODUCT?
01:03:09 >> THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS WHERE WE FEEL WE NEED
01:03:12 TO BE TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS THE WAY THEY DESERVE AND WHERE
01:03:15 OTHER JURISDICTIONS PERFORM. >> SO A LITTLE BIT OF PARITY
01:03:19 AROUND WHAT BEST PRACTICES ARE IN PERMITTING AGENCIES ACTUALLY
01:03:21 JUST RECEIVED A COMMENT LAST WEEK WHERE THERE WAS
01:03:24 FRUSTRATION AROUND COMPLETENESS TAKING THE AMOUNT OF TIME EVEN
01:03:27 IT TAKES THAT AVERAGE A MEDIAN OF 14 DAYS AND SO THESE ARE THE
01:03:31 NUMBERS OF BASICALLY A ONE WEEK TURNAROUND FOR COMPLETENESS
01:03:36 PLAN REVIEW IN TWO DAYS THAT RESUBMISSION IS WHAT AGAIN VERY
01:03:37 MUCH A RITUAL RIGHT NOW BUT ONE THAT I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT BY
01:03:41 THE END OF THIS PROJECT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER FOR
01:03:45 CUSTOMERS. SO ANYHOW I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
01:03:47 THOSE METRICS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW TO RESPOND TO YOUR SECOND
01:03:49 QUESTION. >> THANK YOU.
01:03:51 SUPERVISOR SOUDER THANK YOU CHAIR.
01:03:55 AS IT RELATES TO THAT KIND OF THIS IDEA OF WHAT ARE YOU KNOW,
01:03:59 WHAT PLAN B IS IN THE ABSENCE OF LIKE ANOTHER OPTION, IT
01:04:02 SEEMS LIKE THE CURRENT LEGACY SYSTEM BECOMES PLAN B, CAN YOU
01:04:07 JUST PAN PICTURE FOR ME? I LIKE THE CURRENT LEGACY
01:04:11 SYSTEM HOW IT'S BEING HELD TOGETHER, WHAT THAT COSTS, WHAT
01:04:14 ITS SHORTCOMINGS AND SHORTFALLS ARE.
01:04:18 >> SURE I CAN HIT A COUPLE OF THOSE QUESTIONS MORE ON THE
01:04:19 USABILITY SIDE I MIGHT YOU TO TURN IT OVER TO ALEX ON THE ON
01:04:23 THE COST TO MAINTAIN QUESTION THE CURRENT LEGACY SYSTEM IS A
01:04:30 IT'S DOING THE JOB BUT I SAY IT'S BEING HELD TOGETHER WITH
01:04:34 DUCT TAPE IF YOU WALK AWAY FROM YOUR COMPUTER FOR ABOUT TEN
01:04:36 MINUTES IT FREEZES AND YOU HAVE TO CONTROL OUT DELETE FORCE,
01:04:40 QUIT YOUR COMPUTER. SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE ALL OF
01:04:41 OUR OUR PERMITTING STAFF YOU'RE ENGAGING WITH THE CUSTOMERS,
01:04:45 YOU'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION, YOUR SYSTEMS OPEN, YOU'RE
01:04:48 CONSTANTLY A STATE OF HAVING TO RESTART YOUR COMPUTER AND LIKE
01:04:49 FORCE QUIT TO RESTART IT. SO LIKE AS AN ANECDOTE YOU HAVE
01:04:53 TO USE F KEYS TO EXECUTE QUERIES.
01:04:56 IF YOU DOUBLE CLICK IN A FIELD IT OVERRIDES THE INFORMATION
01:04:59 THAT IS IN A FIELD. >> THIS IS NOT A SYSTEM THAT'S
01:05:03 THAT'S BEST IN CLASS. OUR OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN
01:05:07 MAINTAINING AND WORKING EFFORTLESSLY TO KEEP IT OPEN
01:05:08 BECAUSE IT'S THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW BUT IT IS
01:05:11 NOT USER FRIENDLY. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT UX UI
01:05:15 INTERFACE FOR STAFF TO USE. >> IT'S VERY ANTIQUATED.
01:05:19 IT'S NOT WEB BASED THIS WAS ACTUALLY A BIG ISSUE DURING
01:05:23 COVID. OUR STAFF DIDN'T HAVE VPNS WHEN
01:05:25 WE WENT INTO COVID. >> IT'S NOT A WEB BASED SYSTEM.
01:05:27 IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR US TO MIGRATE WHEN COVID HIT TO
01:05:30 WORKING FROM HOME AND SO I DO REALLY THINK A LOT ABOUT THIS
01:05:34 PROJECT AS FOR THAT NEXT DISASTER NOT WHAT HEAVEN FORBID
01:05:40 WE HAVE ONE BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR ONE.
01:05:41 >> WE ARE ALL FIRST RESPONDERS AT THE BUILDING AND PLANNING
01:05:43 DEPARTMENT SO ANYHOW THE SYSTEM IN TERMS OF ITS USABILITY IS
01:05:47 NOT A GREAT BACKUP. DOES IT CURRENTLY TRACK
01:05:50 PROJECTS? YES.
01:05:51 CAN WE ISSUE PERMITS AND COLLECT FEES?
01:05:54 >> YES. BUT IT IS NOT A SYSTEM
01:05:55 DESERVING OF THE YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
01:06:00 OF SAN FRANCISCO. THIS IS NOT WHAT OUR OUR
01:06:02 CITIZENS NEED. >> YOU CAN'T TRANSACT WITH IT
01:06:06 IN A WEB BASED MANNER SO OUR APPLICANTS CAN'T SUBMIT EASILY
01:06:09 DIRECTLY THROUGH THAT INTERFACE.
01:06:10 THERE'S A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES PATCHWORKS FOR OUR
01:06:12 CURRENT SYSTEMS SO IT WORKS AND MAYBE I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
01:06:15 ALEX WHO MIGHT KNOW WHAT THE COST IS TO MAINTAIN.
01:06:19 >> DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER? NO, WE CAN GET THAT.
01:06:22 >> OKAY. WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON WHEN
01:06:23 TO THE THAT SYSTEM COME INTO PLAY I'M SORRY SAY THAT WHEN
01:06:26 WHEN DID THE SYSTEM START? >> I MEAN WHEN I JUST HIT MY 20
01:06:30 YEARS WITH THE CITY AND IT WAS THERE WHEN I STARTED I DON'T
01:06:33 THINK IT WAS NEW SO OKAY AND RELATED TO THE SUGGESTION
01:06:39 TO PUT THE MONEY ON RESERVE, I JUST WANT TO CHECK IN ON THAT.
01:06:48 I MEAN IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO SLOW DOWN THE
01:06:52 IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL PERMITS?
01:06:56 I MEAN, YOU KNOW LAST WEEK FROM OUR CONVERSATION WE EXPRESSED
01:06:58 FRUSTRATION OF THIS NOT MOVING MORE QUICKLY AND SOME OF THE
01:07:01 PERMIT TYPES AND CATEGORIES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ONLINE
01:07:04 IN THE NEW SYSTEM BY NOW AND THEY'RE NOT THERE YET.
01:07:07 BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE PUTTING MONEY ON RESERVE
01:07:11 WE DON'T FURTHER SLOW IT DOWN WHICH IS WHAT OUR FRUSTRATION
01:07:13 IS IN THE FIRST PLACE SO LONG AS THE MONEY THAT'S BEING
01:07:15 UNRESERVED IS CONCURRENTLY WITH THE CONTRACT HEARING IT WON'T
01:07:18 SLOW US DOWN AT ALL. >> OKAY.
01:07:20 THANK YOU. AND YOUR CONTRACT IS NOT OUT OF
01:07:25 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, CORRECT?
01:07:26 >> CORRECT. PRECISELY.
01:07:26 YEAH. THANK YOU.
01:07:29 >> GREAT. AND WITH THAT I DON'T SEE ANY
01:07:33 OTHER SORRY. >> GO AHEAD.
01:07:34 LIKE ALEX, CAN WE CAN I CONTINUE WITH THE REMAINING
01:07:40 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DBA? >> SURE.
01:07:41 YES, PLEASE. >> SO THERE ARE TWO POLICY
01:07:44 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DBA THAT WE'RE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH.
01:07:48 >> I'M SORRY THREE ONE IS IN 92220923 MANAGER POSITION
01:07:54 THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN TAXED AND HIRED AND THE EMPLOYEE IS
01:07:58 CURRENT ON MY TEMPORARY EXCHANGE SO THE EMPLOYEE IS
01:08:02 CURRENTLY WORKING AS A CIVIL SERVICE MANAGER TO TODAY ON THE
01:08:10 BUDGETED MANAGER ONE POSITION THE POSITION IN QUESTION IS
01:08:13 THIS YELLOW HIGHLIGHT. THERE ARE THREE DIVISIONS IN DB
01:08:17 I CURRENTLY PERMIT SERVICES INSPECTION SERVICES ADMIN
01:08:20 SERVICES EACH GROUP HAS A LARGE GROUP OF PERMIT TECHNICIANS
01:08:24 WITH WHO AND ARE LED BY MANAGER .
01:08:29 THE MANAGERS FOR PERMIT SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATIVE
01:08:30 SERVICES ARE MANAGER TOS AND SO THIS IS AN EQUITY ISSUE THE
01:08:39 MANAGER TWO FOR INSPECTION SERVICES CURRENTLY SUPERVISES
01:08:43 38 TOTAL STAFF SO MANAGER TWO IS THE APPROPRIATE CLASS D H.R
01:08:50 . I RECOGNIZE THAT THEY SUPPORTED
01:08:51 IT. THEY APPROVED HIRING A MANAGER
01:08:54 OR TWO ON THIS BUDGETED POSITION AND NOW WE JUST WANT
01:08:57 TO ALIGN THE BUDGET WITH THE REALITY OF OUR ACTUAL EMPLOYEE
01:09:02 JOB CLASS. THE NEXT POLICY RECOMMENDATION
01:09:06 IS TO ELIMINATE THE DEPARTMENT HEAD ON 963 POSITION IN YEAR
01:09:12 TWO OF THE BUDGET AND WE JUST FEEL THAT THAT'S PREMATURE.
01:09:17 SO WE THERE IS A LOT TO BE DETERMINED WITH THIS MERGE WITH
01:09:20 CHARTER REFORM WITH THE BALLOT MEASURE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
01:09:24 WHAT IS COMING SO WE'RE HAPPY TO REASSESS NEXT YEAR BUT IT IS
01:09:28 VERY UNLIKELY THAT THE POSITION WOULD GO AWAY EVEN IF THE
01:09:32 DEPARTMENTS MERGE AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE DEPARTMENT HEAD.
01:09:35 THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO HAVE A BUILDING
01:09:39 OFFICIAL SO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S A DEPARTMENT HEAD
01:09:43 OR NOT, THAT POSITION IS LIKELY MAY TRANSFORM INTO A BUILDING
01:09:47 OFFICIAL POSITION. WE JUST DON'T KNOW NOW IT'S
01:09:50 PREMATURE AND THAT POSITION SHOULD STAY UNTIL WE KNOW MORE
01:09:53 NEXT YEAR. THE LAST RECOMMENDATION IS A
01:09:58 9976 TEMPORARY TECHNOLOGY EXPERT ONE FOR THE PERMANENT
01:10:02 STAFF PROJECT. SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT
01:10:07 TECHNOLOGY IS CHOSEN, WHAT PERMIT SYSTEM IS CHOSEN, WHAT
01:10:08 THE TIMELINE IS, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE TO DOCUMENT
01:10:14 PROCESSES, TO CLEAN UP DATA, TO CLEAN UP THINGS FROM THE OLD
01:10:19 SYSTEM TO PREPARE FOR THE NEW SYSTEM TO BE AN ARCHITECT OF
01:10:22 NEW PROCESSES. AND SO THIS IS A TEMPORARY
01:10:26 POSITION. IT DOES NOT LAST FOREVER AND WE
01:10:29 NEED IT TO HELP INVENTORY WHAT WE HAVE, FIND OUT WHAT
01:10:36 IMPROVEMENTS ARE POSSIBLE AND IMPLEMENT THOSE OVER THE
01:10:40 NEXT FEW YEARS AND THOSE ARE ALL THE DBE RECOMMENDATIONS
01:10:44 AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ALSO DISCUSSING THE PLANNING ONES
01:10:48 AFTER THE BILA REPORT ON THOSE .
01:10:57 >> MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
01:10:59 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING START ON PAGE 31 OF
01:11:05 OUR REPORT. >> OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
01:11:09 THE DEPARTMENT DISAGREES WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ONE, TWO, THREE
01:11:14 AND FIVE UNDER FISCAL RECOMMENDATIONS THE OUR
01:11:17 UNDERSTANDING IS THE PRIMARY DISAGREEMENT WITH ONE, TWO
01:11:21 AND THREE IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT AGREES TO MAKE THOSE
01:11:27 ONE TIME BUT NOT ONGOING AND WE RECOMMEND ONGOING AND WE BASE
01:11:31 THAT ON THE HISTORICAL EXPENDITURES FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS
01:11:43 AND THEN RECOMMENDATION FIVE IS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR THREE
01:11:49 POSITION WE'RE RECOMMENDING ELIMINATING THAT VACANT
01:11:53 POSITION. THE DEPARTMENT WE KNOW THE
01:11:54 DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE A HIRING PLAN FOR THAT POSITION
01:11:57 AND WE DON'T IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THE DEPARTMENT
01:12:02 DOESN'T HAVE AN INTENT TO FILL IT AT THE CURRENT TIME AND IT
01:12:05 MAY NOT NO LONGER BE NECESSARY IF BUILDING INSPECTION AND CITY
01:12:09 PLANNING MERGE. WE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY TOLD THAT
01:12:16 BY DEPARTMENT STAFF THAT THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE MADE
01:12:21 ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET
01:12:23 INCLUDING DELETION OF THIS VACANCY.
01:12:24 BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION INDEPENDENTLY OF
01:12:28 THE DEPARTMENT STAFF TELLING US THAT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY
01:12:32 LIST OF TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS FROM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE
01:12:37 AS OF YET. SO WE BASE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
01:12:40 ON WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN PROPOSED WHICH WAS THE PROPOSED
01:12:43 BUDGET AS OF MAY 1ST IN ADDITION TO THE FISCAL
01:12:51 RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE TWO POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE
01:12:58 DEPARTMENT DISAGREES WITH. THE FIRST IS WE CONSIDER
01:13:01 APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED NEW 1824 ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST POSITION
01:13:06 TO SERVE AS A STRATEGIC PROGRAM LEAD FOR THE ENTERPRISE
01:13:10 ADDRESSING SYSTEM TO BE A POLICY MATTER FOR THE BOARD OF
01:13:14 SUPERVISORS. THIS THIS ROLE AS OUR
01:13:15 UNDERSTANDING WOULD INVOLVE STANDARDIZING THE SYSTEM OF
01:13:17 IDENTIFYING BUILDINGS AND LOTS IN THE CITY AND IS RELATED TO
01:13:21 THE PERMIT SRF INITIATIVE. HOWEVER, WE NOTE THAT THE
01:13:25 DEPARTMENT HAS SAID THAT THE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
01:13:28 POSITION IS NECESSARY REGARDLESS OF THE SOFTWARE THAT
01:13:30 IS USED AND THE POSITION IS BEING PROPOSED AS AN INTERIM
01:13:36 EXCEPTION. SO IT WOULD START ON JULY 1ST
01:13:41 AND MOST POSITION NEW POSITIONS START OCTOBER FIRST AND WE ALSO
01:13:47 NOTE THAT IN ADDITION TO THIS POSITION THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO
01:13:51 PROPOSING A 1054 IS BUSINESS ANALYST WHICH IS THE NEXT
01:13:57 RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATION NUMBER EIGHT AND FUNDING FOR A
01:14:04 TEMPORARY 1976 TECHNOLOGY EXPERT POSITION WHICH WAS JUST
01:14:07 SPOKEN TO A MOMENT AGO UNDER GBI.
01:14:11 AND FINALLY WE WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT RESERVE
01:14:15 RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE ON PAGE 35 OF A REPORT THAT'S
01:14:18 RECOMMENDATION NUMBER NINE TO PLACE IN THE FIRST YEAR
01:14:26 $4,783,333 AND IN THE SECOND YEAR $7,383,750 THE FIRST YEAR
01:14:35 THAT WOULD BE EIGHT MONTHS FOR THE PERMIT ASSESS OF INITIATIVE
01:14:39 ON TO BUDGET AND COMMITTEE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
01:14:40 RESERVE TO BE RELEASED AT THE TIME THE CONTRACT IS APPROVED
01:14:44 BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND IN THE SECOND YEAR THAT
01:14:47 WOULD BE THE FULL AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR THE SECOND YEAR WE
01:14:51 HAVEN'T SEEN A DETAILED BREAKDOWN FOR THIS PORTION OF
01:14:54 THE BUDGET AND SO WE DO CONSIDER THIS A RESERVE PUTTING
01:14:59 PLACING THOSE MONEYS ON RESERVE TO BE A POLICY MATTER WERE
01:15:03 AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE MATTERS.
01:15:05 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
01:15:07 AND BEFORE YOU PROCEED THOUGH I'M SORRY I DO NOT THINK THAT
01:15:11 YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY DO WE HAVE THEM BECAUSE IT'S
01:15:14 DIFFERENT FROM LAST WEEK? >> YES.
01:15:18 WE HAVE A NEW PRESENTATION TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE REQUESTS
01:15:23 YOU HAD MADE IN THE FIRST HEARING.
01:15:26 >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THEM ELECTRONICALLY NOR FOR SURE WE
01:15:29 DON'T HAVE CAR COPIES I THINK SURE I HAD SENT THAT TO FRANCIS
01:15:33 YESTERDAY EVENING. DID YOU SEND IT TO THE CLERK?
01:15:37 NO, I DID NOT SEND IT TO THE CLERK.
01:15:42 HOWEVER WE HAVE IT HERE ON THE USB AND CAN PULL IT UP FOR
01:15:45 YEAH. >> COULD YOU RIGHT NOW WE NEED
01:15:48 A COPY LIKE OF YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY BUT YEAH GO
01:15:52 AHEAD AND POUR FOR YOUR PRESENTATION LIKE YES OKAY SO
01:15:59 RESPONDING TO THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PLANNING
01:16:03 THERE IS LET'S SEE WELL ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS
01:16:10 ONE THROUGH THREE THE BLR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IS A VERY
01:16:14 MINIMAL AMOUNT. NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE WORKED
01:16:15 THIS OUT. I APOLOGIZE FOR BRINGING SUCH A
01:16:18 SMALL AMOUNT TO YOU. HOWEVER WE WILL NOTE THAT ONE
01:16:21 OF THE PROPOSED TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT WAS MADE AFTER
01:16:25 THE MAY 1ST MAYOR'S BUDGET PRESENTATION IS TO INCREASE AN
01:16:29 INCREASE OF ATTRITION BY $5.3 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 28.
01:16:35 THAT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT AND MAY CREATE
01:16:40 SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES IN YEAR ONE GIVEN
01:16:43 THAT AND THE MERGE AND ALL THE UNCERTAINTY THAT COMES ALONG
01:16:47 WITH IT, WE ARE HOPING TO ADDRESS YEAR ONE NEXT YEAR NEXT
01:16:51 YEAR IS GOING TO BE A COMPLETELY CLEAN CLEAN SLATE
01:16:55 BUDGET AND PLANNING DEPARTMENTS MAY NOT EVEN EXIST AT THAT TIME
01:16:59 SO WE HOPE THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ONE THROUGH
01:17:02 THREE CAN BE HELD OFF FOR NOW WE AGREE WITH THE BLADE THAT
01:17:06 THEY CAN BE TAKEN IN YEAR ONE BUT YEAR TWO PLEASE HOLD FOR
01:17:09 NOW. >> RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FIVE
01:17:15 AS MR. CONTRA MENTIONED, THIS ONE IS PURELY TECHNICAL THE
01:17:19 INTENTION IS TO DELETE THE POSITION IT WE ARE JUST
01:17:23 COMMENTING ON THE MANNER IN WHICH IT IS DONE.
01:17:24 IT HAS BEEN ALREADY SUBMITTED AS A EARLY TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT
01:17:30 HOPEFULLY MAYOR'S OFFICE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE CAN
01:17:34 CONFIRM TO THE BE ONLY NOW BUT IT WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVELY
01:17:38 EASIER FOR THE DEPARTMENT IF IT WAS LEFT AS IT IS AS A
01:17:42 TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT RATHER THAN A BOE RECOMMENDATION THAN
01:17:46 IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDED IN TAKE IT BACK OUT.
01:17:50 THERE ARE ACCOUNTING TECHNICAL IMPLICATIONS NEXT YEAR SO IF
01:17:53 NOTHING IS DONE, IF THE RECOMMENDATION IS REJECTED THE
01:17:54 POSITION STILL GOES AWAY AND THAT REMAINS THE INTENT ON
01:18:01 THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. THERE ARE TWO FOR PLANNING THAT
01:18:06 DEBBIE DISAGREES WITH THE 1824 FOR THE ENTERPRISE ADDRESSING
01:18:13 SYSTEM CITYWIDE ADDRESSING IS A BIG MESS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR
01:18:18 A LONG TIME. IT IS A MULTI DEPARTMENTAL
01:18:21 AFFAIR. THERE ARE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
01:18:25 THAT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS USE TO ASSIGN DIFFERENT ADDRESSES
01:18:28 IN DIFFERENT WAYS. THE DATA DOESN'T AGREE WITH
01:18:30 EACH OTHER. IT CREATES A LOT OF CONFUSION
01:18:33 AND FOR MORE THAN JUST PERMITTING FOR DAY TO DAY
01:18:37 BUSINESS OF MANY DEPARTMENTS PUC, DPW, FIRE DVI WE NEED TO
01:18:44 STREAMLINE ADDRESSING. THERE'S BEEN A CITYWIDE TASK
01:18:46 FORCE THAT'S BEEN CONVENED AND I THINK THEY HAVE COME UP
01:18:49 WITH A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND ARE READY
01:18:53 TO START MAKING POLICY CHANGES. SO THIS 1824 IS REALLY NEEDED
01:18:57 REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE PERMIT SYSTEM ADDRESSING IS
01:19:02 ITS OWN ISSUE AND WE NEED THIS POSITION TO FIX THAT AND WE
01:19:05 WOULD MUCH RATHER HIRE A CITY EMPLOYEE THAN CONTRACT THESE
01:19:09 SERVICES OUT FOR LIKELY MORE MONEY.
01:19:13 LASTLY, A 1054 FOR PERMIT S.F. SUBSTITUTION IT WAS REQUESTED
01:19:23 IN PLANNING THIS BUSINESS ANALYST MUCH LIKE THE 9976 IS
01:19:27 NEEDED TO DO PREPARATORY WORK AND IMPLEMENTATION WORK FOR NEW
01:19:35 PERMIT SYSTEM PERMIT SYSTEM PERMIT S.F. IS MORE THAN JUST A
01:19:39 NEW SYSTEM IT IS ALL OF THE BUSINESS PRACTICES, BUSINESS
01:19:43 PROCESSES THAT MANY DEPARTMENTS USE.
01:19:46 IT'S HOW DEPARTMENTS TALK TO EACH OTHER AND COLLABORATE
01:19:50 AND THERE IS SO MUCH WORK TO DO ON THAT FRONT THAT REGARDLESS
01:19:54 OF THE CURRENT PERMIT SYSTEM REPLACEMENT CONTRACT IN FRONT
01:19:58 OF US THERE IS A SEEMINGLY INFINITE AMOUNT OF PREP WORK
01:20:05 IMPLEMENTATION WORK DOCUMENTATION WORK TO DO
01:20:09 AND AGAIN WE ARE COMMITTED TO HIRING CITY STAFF TO DO THIS
01:20:13 WORK RATHER THAN CONTRACTING OUT AND HIRING A CONSULTANT TO
01:20:17 TELL US WHAT WE FEEL WE CAN FIGURE OUT OURSELVES.
01:20:20 >> SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON REJECTING THESE
01:20:27 SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS. THE OTHER ONES WERE IN FULL
01:20:30 AGREEMENT WITH THE BLR AND ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR
01:20:32 COOPERATION AND THANK YOU. >> I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO PUBLIC
01:20:39 COMMENTS ON OH SORRY WOULD YOU LIKE NOW TO GO WITH THE NEW
01:20:44 PRESENTATION THAT WE THOUGHT YOU DID DOES ITEM SEVEN OH I'M
01:20:50 SORRY I MEANT THE PRESENTATION FOR TO ADDRESS YOUR YOUR OPEN
01:20:57 GOV AND PERMIT S.F. QUESTIONS FROM THE FIRST HEARING.
01:21:00 >> WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THAT.
01:21:03 >> CHAIR CHAN COMMITTEE MEMBERS WE APOLOGIZE.
01:21:07 THE PRESENTATION DID NOT GO TO THE CLERK.
01:21:08 WE ARE HAVING COPIES PRINTED NOW TO BRING TO YOU AND WE'LL
01:21:12 MAKE SURE THAT GETS TO THE CLERK.
01:21:13 I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS VERBALLY
01:21:16 AND BROUGHT UP SOME SLIDES AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING SO I DON'T
01:21:19 KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO RUN THROUGH THE PRESENTATION
01:21:20 BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT IF YOU WOULD DIRECT US TO THANK
01:21:23 YOU I THINK LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM SEVEN AND I
01:21:27 KNOW I DID NOT I PREVIOUSLY STATED BUT I WONDER MR. CLERK
01:21:34 IF I MAY STATE TO LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ONE MINUTE MADAM
01:21:38 CHAIR, WHEN WE DID TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER IT WAS UNDER
01:21:42 TWO MINUTES SO I'M SO WE CANNOT RETROACTIVELY TO SAY LIMIT
01:21:46 PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM ONE MINUTES FROM NOW IS CORRECT.
01:21:50 MADAM CHAIR THANK YOU. I THOUGHT THAT AND SO LET'S GO
01:21:53 TO A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
01:21:56 YES, WE'RE NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM NUMBER
01:21:59 SEVEN IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS
01:22:01 THIS COMMITTEE REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE.
01:22:06 >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
01:22:08 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO
01:22:11 MOVE ITEM SEVEN THE BUILDING PERMITS FEES ADJUSTMENTS TO
01:22:14 FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION SECOND SECOND BY VICE-CHAIR
01:22:18 DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE HAND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR
01:22:22 CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY TO REFER THE ORDINANCE
01:22:25 AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN TO THE FULL BOARD VICE CHAIR DORSEY
01:22:29 DORSEY I REMEMBER SADR SADR I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I
01:22:33 REMEMBER CHEN CHEN I CHAIR CHAN HIGH CHENNAI WE HAVE FIVE EYES
01:22:37 THE MOTION PASSES COLLEAGUES I THINK I WANT TO SEE IF WE COULD
01:22:43 HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION HERE RIGHT NOW FOR THE BILL.
01:22:48 >> DEBBIE I DID. I'M OF BUILDING INSPECTIONS
01:22:52 AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S THE FIRST TIME
01:22:55 THEY'RE DOING THIS IN COMBINATION TOGETHER AS TWO
01:22:58 CITY DEPARTMENTS RUNNING INTO ONE.
01:22:59 IT SEEMS TO ME THOUGH THERE'S STILL I THINK THAT THAT BOTH
01:23:03 THE PERMIT STAFF AS A CONTRACT NOT AS A SYSTEM I THINK THAT
01:23:07 IT'S A INITIATIVE THAT THE MAYOR HAS PUT FORWARD THAT I
01:23:11 THINK WE ALL CONCEPTUALLY AS SUPPORT.
01:23:14 I THINK THAT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE BUDGET ITSELF
01:23:18 IN QUESTION IS REALLY TIED TO THE CONTRACT THAT IT'S GOING TO
01:23:20 AGAIN COME BEFORE US LATER THIS SUMMER WHICH IS REALLY ACTUALLY
01:23:26 POST BUDGET AS THE REASON WHY I CONCUR WITH THE BUDGET
01:23:31 AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS RECOMMENDATION TO PUT THE
01:23:34 BUDGET ON RESERVE TO ALLOW AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MORE
01:23:38 CONVERSATION DOWN THE ROAD WHICH WITH WHAT MSWATI HAS
01:23:44 MENTIONED YOU KNOW THAT I THINK THEY'RE NOT IT SOUNDS LIKE
01:23:46 THERE HAVEN'T REALLY TAKEN THAT IDEA OF PLAN B YET WHICH WE
01:23:53 STILL AND IF THEY WERE TO THE EXISTING CONTRACT WHAT OPEN GOV
01:23:57 ACTUALLY EXPIRING IN SEPTEMBER HAS AN OPTION TO EXTEND FOR ONE
01:24:01 MORE YEAR. >> SO THAT'S ONE THOUGHT.
01:24:03 SECOND IS THAT THE STAFFING WISE THAT YOU CAN SEE BOTH
01:24:08 IN DBE AND PLANNING SOMEWHAT INVOLVED WITH PERMIT STAFF
01:24:14 AND EVEN INCLUDING THE POSITIONS THAT WHILE NOW THEY
01:24:18 SAY ELIMINATE IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW AGAIN POTENTIAL MERGER SO
01:24:22 STAFFING WISE I THINK I'M ALSO INCLINED IN TERMS OF THESE
01:24:26 POSITIONS I'M ALSO INCLINED TO PUT THOSE DOLLARS AS OUR
01:24:33 RESERVE SO THEY'RE NOT QUITE HIRE THEY'RE VACANT.
01:24:37 THEY'RE WAITING FOR POTENTIAL MERGING OF THE DEPARTMENTS BUT
01:24:42 ALSO PERMIT S.F. LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE REPLACEMENTS BEING
01:24:46 BASICALLY BUYING NEW CARS FOR NEW CARS FOR THE DEPARTMENT NOT
01:24:50 REALLY INCLUDING AT THE MOMENT. >> I THINK THAT CITY
01:24:54 ADMINISTRATOR CARMEN CHU ALSO IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A
01:24:58 FEW THINGS THAT'S INCLUDING FLEET MANAGEMENT TECHNICALLY IS
01:25:02 REALLY UNDER THE CITY ADMINISTRATORS OFFICE A
01:25:06 JURISDICTION CONVERSATION ABOUT INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND SO
01:25:10 MUCH MORE. >> I'M NOT INCLINED TO SUPPORT
01:25:14 BUYING NEW VEHICLES FOR THE DEPARTMENT IN THE FACE OF
01:25:18 BUDGET DEFICIT. >> SO I'M OPEN FOR CONVERSATION
01:25:24 . VICE CHAIR DORSEY SO THANK YOU
01:25:25 CHAIR CHEN I AM PERSUADED THAT IN THE MIDST OF CHANGE THAT WE
01:25:33 SHOULD BE SENSITIVE TO DOING THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO
01:25:37 FRUSTRATE THAT OR THROW A WRENCH IN TO THE SYSTEM.
01:25:38 I THINK WHAT I HEARD ESPECIALLY AROUND STAFFING IS A STRONG
01:25:44 PREFERENCE TO NOT HAVE OUTSIDE FOLKS I'VE BEEN THROUGH
01:25:49 IN OTHER CITY AGENCIES SOMETIMES I THINK THERE'S A
01:25:52 LEARNING CURVE WHEN WHENEVER THERE'S AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT
01:25:54 WHO'S BROUGHT IN THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE INSTITUTIONAL
01:25:57 KNOWLEDGE OF PEOPLE WITHIN WHO ARE EVEN HIRED OR PROMOTED
01:26:00 WITHIN THE SYSTEM. COULD I JUST CLARITY IS IS WHAT
01:26:06 WE'RE CONTEMPLATING HERE SOMETHING THAT IS WORKABLE
01:26:10 WITHIN THE CHANGE BUT BOTH PERMIT US IF THE CHANGE THAT
01:26:17 WE'RE UNDERTAKING THERE AND THE MERGER OF THE DEPARTMENT THE
01:26:24 NEW ARE THE I WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
01:26:30 >> I GUESS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS THE THE POLICY
01:26:33 RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE POSITIONS ESPECIALLY IF WE WERE
01:26:40 TO SIDE WITH YOU OVER THE BUDGET LEGISLATIVE ANALYST IS
01:26:44 THAT AM I HEARING THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ESSENTIAL TO
01:26:48 THE SUCCESS OF THE MERGER AND I BELIEVE SO THE MERGER
01:26:54 AND PERMIT ITSELF. SO THIS WILL HELP US BETTER
01:26:55 COORDINATE WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS WITH OUR
01:26:59 STAKEHOLDERS TO DOCUMENT OUR PROCESSES, SEE WHERE THERE IS
01:27:02 ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND JUST CONTINUE ON THE TRAJECTORY THAT
01:27:09 WE'VE BEEN ON. SO WE HAVE SHOWN THAT WE'VE
01:27:10 MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS SO FAR WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF LOW
01:27:14 HANGING FRUIT TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND NOW WE'RE REALLY
01:27:17 GETTING DOWN INTO THE WEEDS OF VERY COMPLICATED MESSY
01:27:22 TECHNICAL PROCESSES AND ISSUES AND WE NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF TO
01:27:26 HELP NAVIGATE THAT. >> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS?
01:27:40 SO I AM INCLINED AGAIN AS I INDICATED I'M INCLINED TO FOR
01:27:44 THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ALICE RECOMMENDATION ON THE
01:27:48 CONTRACT AS PUT ON RESERVE AND I AM ALSO INCLINED TO PUT
01:27:52 THE STAFF IN DOLLARS THE THE THE PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATION
01:28:00 FOR ELIMINATION INSTEAD OF ELIMINATING THE DOLLARS ALL TO
01:28:04 THE POSITIONS ALTOGETHER. I AM INCLINED.
01:28:07 >> GO AHEAD. HOW ABOUT THE 9976 POSITION
01:28:10 FUNDING ON RESERVE BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S MOST
01:28:12 CLOSELY TIED WITH THE NEW SYSTEM BUT THE 1824 FOR
01:28:16 ENTERPRISE ADDRESSING SYSTEM THAT ONE IS A SEPARATE ISSUE A
01:28:19 SEPARATE PROJECT PROGRAM TO FIX ADDRESSING IN GENERAL THAT'S
01:28:24 BUILDING NUMBERS THAT'S BLOCK AND LOTS AND LOTS SPLITS THAT'S
01:28:27 WORKING WITH ASSESSOR TAX COLLECTOR DPW, PUC FIRE ALL OF
01:28:31 THAT THAT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, A SAFETY ISSUE.
01:28:35 SOME OF THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE PUC AND FIRE THEY CONSIDER
01:28:41 THEY HAVE UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS FOR CERTAIN AREAS LIKE A FIELD
01:28:46 IN GOLDEN GATE PARK THAT DOESN'T HAVE BUILDING NUMBERS
01:28:49 ON IT. SO IT'S NOT IN MY SYSTEM BUT IT
01:28:50 NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR SOMEHOW.
01:28:52 SO THE ADDRESSING WORK IS IS SEPARATE FROM THE NEW PERMIT
01:28:57 SYSTEM. SO HOW ABOUT THE 9976
01:28:59 UNRESERVED AS SEVEN RESERVE? OKAY PROMISE AS A STAFFING ON
01:29:03 RESERVE REST OF THE GO NO CARS HOW ABOUT HOW ABOUT THE CARS WE
01:29:09 WE DO THE CARS THIS YEAR AGAIN WE HAVE BEEN LOSING WE'VE LOST
01:29:17 15 CARS SINCE THE PANDEMIC. WE HAVEN'T REPLACED ANY DB I
01:29:20 USED TO REPLACE CARS. EVERY YEAR WE'RE FINALLY
01:29:22 RESTARTING THAT OUR CARS THAT WE HAVE THE CARS ARE REPLACING
01:29:25 ARE 20 YEARS OLD. >> YEAH BUT YOUR CARS ALSO HAVE
01:29:29 LOW MILEAGE BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR SUPERVISOR WALTON
01:29:32 THANK YOU CHURCH I MEAN YOUR RESPONSE HAS TO BE BETTER THAN
01:29:36 WE JUST REPLACE THEM EVERY YEAR I THEY'RE LOW MILEAGE I WOULD
01:29:39 LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING IN FRONT OF ME THAT SAYS INDUSTRY
01:29:44 STANDARD IS TO REPLACE CARS AS OFTEN AS YOU ARE STATING WHEN
01:29:47 THE MILEAGE IS VERY LOW THAT THAT IS JUST THAT'S THAT'S
01:29:51 PROBLEM PROBLEMATIC FOR ME BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE A CAR HAS
01:29:55 BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE NORMALITY IS LOW WHEN YOU TALK
01:29:59 ABOUT WEAR AND TEAR THAT TYPICALLY IS AN INDICATOR THAT
01:30:02 THE CAR IS STILL READY FOR PERFORMANCE AND WE ARE WHAT
01:30:06 SEVEN BY SEVEN? SURE.
01:30:10 ONE OTHER FACTOR TO POINT OUT ON THE SLIDE THAT I HAD
01:30:14 PREVIOUSLY SHOWED ONE OF THE TWO CARS HAS ALREADY INCURRED
01:30:17 OVER $10,000 OF REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE COST OVER THE
01:30:21 PAST FIVE YEARS. CARS ONLY COST MORE TO REPAIR
01:30:22 AS TIME GOES ON. >> IS THAT USER ERROR OR IS
01:30:26 THAT THE ACTUAL VEHICLE? NO, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE JUST
01:30:32 MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FAILURE,
01:30:35 MECHANICAL FAILURE, ELECTRIC FAILURE.
01:30:39 SO THESE CARS HAVE COST THE DEPARTMENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
01:30:43 OF MONEY, CONTINUE TO COST MONEY IN GENERAL THESE NEW
01:30:47 ELECTRIC CARS HAVE SHOWN TO HAVE LOWER MAINTENANCE COSTS
01:30:50 AND WE FEEL THAT AGAIN THEY'RE FUNDED BY USER FEES.
01:30:55 WE'VE ALREADY BUILT THESE INTO THE FEE STUDY.
01:30:58 THEY'RE ASSUMED PAID FOR IN THERE SO THE FUNDING IS
01:31:02 COVERED. >> IT'S NOT GENERAL FUND AND WE
01:31:05 WOULD APPRECIATE SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU.
01:31:09 BUT JUST JUST THE LAST THING I'LL SAY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT
01:31:13 THE ONLY NON GENERAL FUND ITEM THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED
01:31:17 DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS
01:31:23 AND UNFORTUNATELY MAKE SOME DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT JUST
01:31:27 GENERAL FUND DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS IS
01:31:32 IS BEING ASKED TO FILL SOME OF THE PAIN AND THIS IS NOT GOING
01:31:36 TO STOP THE DEPARTMENT FROM OPERATING AND BEING ABLE TO DO
01:31:41 ITS JOB IF WE WERE TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION AND NOT
01:31:47 APPROVE THE VEHICLES THAT JUST MY STATEMENT.
01:31:51 >> SO I I AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE TO DECIDE ACTUALLY
01:31:55 IN REALITY THE RISK THIS COULD BE ACTUALLY DECIDED IN JUNE.
01:32:02 AND SO I THINK THAT WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST FOR NOW IS THAT
01:32:06 WE CAN PIN THAT ONE FOR NOW YOU HAVE TO COME BACK ANYWAYS.
01:32:12 TRUTH BE TOLD NOT FOR YOUR ENTIRE BUDGET YOU HAVE TO
01:32:16 PROBABLY COME BACK FOR YOUR CONTRACT ANYWAYS AND FOR THIS
01:32:17 FURTHER DISCUSSION YOUR VEHICLE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN JUNE AS
01:32:23 YOU KNOW FOR THE ENTIRE BUDGET AND PLUS BY THEN CITY MANAGER
01:32:28 SHRADER CHAIR WILL HAVE TO RETURN BEFORE US TO REALLY TALK
01:32:29 ABOUT HER FLEET MANAGEMENT OVERALL THIS COULD BE PART OF
01:32:32 THAT CONVERSATION BUT FOR NOW WE CAN PIN THAT THOUGHT AND FOR
01:32:37 NOW WE COULD HAVE A FURTHER THE CONVERSATION WHETHER WE WANT TO
01:32:40 ACTUALLY ACCEPT THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
01:32:43 RECOMMENDATION OR DO WE ACTUALLY ALLOW IT TO AGAIN ALSO
01:32:47 PUT ON RESERVE TO FOR YOU TO RETURN WHEN YOU'RE READY TO BUY
01:32:49 A NEW CAR. >> AND SO WITH THAT THANK YOU
01:32:52 WE APPRECIATE YOU YOU DID YOUR HUSTLE TODAY AND YOU DID YOUR
01:32:56 BEST. >> THANK YOU.
01:33:01 >> SO WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT MY APOLOGIES.
01:33:05 >> I REALLY NEED MY GLASSES. THE NEXT DEPARTMENT IS BUSY
01:33:12 AND AND LET'S ALSO CALL ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 11 TOGETHER
01:33:16 PLEASE. >> YES.
01:33:20 ITEM NUMBERS EIGHT THROUGH 11. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS THE PUBLIC
01:33:23 UTILITIES COMMISSION CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET AND SUPPLEMENT
01:33:27 ALL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AS OF MAY 1ST 2026 FOR FISCAL YEAR
01:33:33 2026 TO 2027 AND 2027 TO 2028. ITEM NUMBERS NINE THROUGH 11
01:33:36 ARE ORDINANCES ALTERING OR SORRY AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE
01:33:41 AND SALE OF TAX EXEMPT OR TAXABLE BONDS AND OTHER FORMS
01:33:44 OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO FINANCE
01:33:48 THE COSTS OF VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PURSUANT TO
01:33:49 AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY AND COUNTY ENACTED BY
01:33:52 THE VOTERS DECLARING THE OFFICIAL INTENT OF THE
01:33:56 COMMISSION TO REIMBURSE ITSELF WITH ONE OR MORE ISSUES OF TAX
01:33:59 EXEMPT OR TAXABLE BONDS OR OTHER FORMS OF INDEBTEDNESS
01:34:03 AND RATIFYING PREVIOUS ACTIONS TAKEN IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
01:34:06 ITEM NUMBER NINE ISSUE ISSUES POWER REVENUE BONDS IN AN
01:34:10 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED APPROXIMATELY 138.1
01:34:14 MILLION TO FINANCE THE COSTS OF VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS
01:34:18 BENEFITING THE POWER ENTERPRISE ENACTED BY THE VOTERS ON JUNE
01:34:22 5TH, 2018 AS PROPOSITION EIGHT ISSUING THE AUTHORIZING THE
01:34:26 ISSUANCE OF PRIOR REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS AND THE
01:34:27 RETIREMENT OF OUTSTANDING POWER ENTERPRISE COMMERCIAL PAPER
01:34:32 ITEM NUMBER TEN ISSUES WASTEWATER REVENUE BONDS IN AN
01:34:36 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED APPROXIMATELY 1.1
01:34:39 BILLION TO FINANCE THE COST OF VARIOUS CAPITAL WASTEWATER
01:34:42 PROJECTS BENEFITING THE WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE ENACTED
01:34:44 BY THE VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 5TH 2020 SORRY 2000 TO HAS
01:34:50 PROPOSITION E AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF WASTEWATER REVENUE
01:34:55 REFUNDING BONDS AND THE RETIREMENT OF OUTSTANDING
01:34:56 WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE COMMERCIAL PAPER AND ITEM
01:35:00 NUMBER 11 ISSUES WATER REVENUE BONDS AND IN AGGREGATE
01:35:03 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE APPROXIMATELY 570.5 MILLION
01:35:07 TO FINANCE THE COSTS OF VARIOUS CAPITAL WATER AND HATCH HAGEE
01:35:10 WATER PROJECTS BENEFITING THE WATER ENTERPRISE ENACTED BY THE
01:35:14 VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2000 TO AS PROPOSITION E AUTHORIZING
01:35:20 THE ISSUANCE OF WATER REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS AND THE
01:35:22 RETIREMENT OF OUTSTANDING WATER ENTERPRISE COMMERCIAL PAPER.
01:35:25 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU. >> AND CAN WE START WITH ITEMS
01:35:32 EIGHT THROUGH 11 FIRST? >> SURE.
01:35:35 GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS AND A DOWNING BUDGET DIRECTOR
01:35:37 FOR THE SFP. SO ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 11 WE
01:35:40 DID INTRODUCE LAST WEEK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT BOTH OUR OPERATING
01:35:44 BUDGET AND OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. THESE ITEMS HAVE TO DO WITH OUR
01:35:47 CAPITAL BUDGET. ONE ITEM IS THE ACTUAL TWO YEAR
01:35:50 CAPITAL BUDGET WHICH IS FUNDED IN PART FROM A REVENUE TRANSFER
01:35:53 FROM OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND SECONDARILY BY DEBT
01:35:55 PROCEEDS. THE OTHER ITEMS ARE YOUR
01:35:58 AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE DEBT TO FINANCE THE CAPITAL IN THE TWO
01:36:02 YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET. I DID NOT PREPARE AN ADDITIONAL
01:36:05 PRESENTATION IN THE INTEREST OF TIME SO I THINK THE BOE CAN
01:36:09 SPEAK TO THEIR REPORT AND WE CAN ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
01:36:11 ABOUT THOSE ITEMS. >> MADAM CHAIR DAN GOTCHA WITH
01:36:19 THE BUDGET IS LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE ITEMS ITEMS
01:36:23 EIGHT THROUGH 11 THOSE ARE FILE 26 0474 IS AN ORDINANCE
01:36:29 APPROPRIATING OR RE APPROPRIATING $1,158,611,060
01:36:38 IN FISCAL YEAR 2627 AND $1,300,411,374 IN FISCAL
01:36:44 YEAR 2728 FOR CAPITAL PROJECT SPENDING THE ORDINANCE PLACES
01:36:53 875,000,330 $731,280 IN FISCAL YEAR 2627 AND $998,678,841
01:36:59 IN FISCAL YEAR 2728 ON CONTROLS APPROPRIATE AND RESERVE PENDING
01:37:04 CONTROLLER CERTIFICATION OF THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FILE 2604
01:37:07 75 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZE ING AN AMOUNT OF ABOUT
01:37:12 APPROXIMATE 138 MILLION IN POWER REVENUE BONDS FILED 26
01:37:17 0476 IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ABOUT 1.1 BILLION
01:37:21 AND WASTEWATER REVENUE BONDS AND FIRST FILED 20 6-0477 IS AN
01:37:27 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING APPROXIMATELY 570,000,570.5
01:37:33 MILLION IN WATER REVENUE BONDS. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE PERTAIN
01:37:36 TO THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TWO YEAR
01:37:40 CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE WATER WASTEWATER POWER AND CLEAN
01:37:41 POWER SRF DIVISIONS THE SOURCES AND USES OF THESE WOULD BE ARE
01:37:47 SHOWN IN EXHIBIT STARTING ON PAGE SIX OF OUR REPORT THE
01:37:51 AVERAGE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE FOR THE PROPOSED 1.9 BILLION
01:37:55 IN WATER WASTEWATER AND POWER BONDS OVER 30 YEARS IS
01:37:58 APPROXIMATELY 139.2 MILLION OR 4.2 BILLION AND TOTAL DEBT
01:38:01 SERVICE EXCLUDING ANY CAPITALIZED INTEREST FOR
01:38:05 INTERIM FINANCING, ACTUAL DEBT SERVICE COSTS MAY BE LOWER DUE
01:38:09 TO BOND REFUNDING AND ACCESS TO STATE AND FEDERAL LENDING.
01:38:12 WE NOTE THAT THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
01:38:16 PROJECTS THAT EACH DIVISION WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT NET
01:38:19 REVENUES AND UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE TO MAINTAIN DEBT
01:38:21 SERVICE COVERAGE RATIOS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ITS
01:38:23 FINANCIAL POLICIES. WE DO HAVE A POLICY
01:38:27 CONSIDERATION IN OUR REPORT THAT WHILE CURRENT ADOPTED
01:38:31 WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES DO NOT EXCEED THE PUBLIC UTILITY
01:38:34 COMMISSION'S AFFORDABILITY TARGETS, WATER AND SEWER BILLS
01:38:36 ARE PROJECTED TO EXCEED AFFORDABILITY TARGETS BEGINNING
01:38:39 IN FISCAL YEAR 23 I SORRY IN FISCAL YEAR 2033 34
01:38:42 AND REMAIN ABOVE TARGET RATES UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 2044 45.
01:38:49 WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVING FILES 20 6-0475 20 6-0476 AND 20
01:39:00 6-0477 FOR POWER WASTEWATER AND WATER REVENUE BOND AUTHOR
01:39:04 AUTHORIZATIONS AND FILE 20 6-047 FOR THE APPROPRIATION
01:39:07 ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION TO
01:39:11 YOUR CAPITAL BUDGET. WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THE
01:39:12 BOARD REQUEST A REPORT FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES
01:39:16 COMMISSION REGARDING STRATEGIES AND FUTURE PLANS TO A MEET
01:39:22 AFFORDABILITY TARGETS FOR WATER AND SEWER BILLS AND B ESTABLISH
01:39:26 AFFORDABILITY TARGETS FOR HETCH HETCHY AND CLEAN POWER AS BILLS
01:39:29 WERE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS MATTER.
01:39:31 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:39:33 DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND QUICKLY ABOUT SORT OF THE POTENTIAL
01:39:40 DISCREPANCY OR A GAP I SHOULD SAY A GAP FOR THE AFFORDABILITY
01:39:45 RATE BY THE TIME YOU SEE 2033? >> SURE.
01:39:49 SO THE SFP YOU SEE IS ONE OF THE ONLY UTILITIES CERTAINLY
01:39:54 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND POTENTIALLY IN THE NATION
01:39:56 THAT HAS ITS OWN SELF-IMPOSED COMMISSION ADOPTED
01:39:58 AFFORDABILITY POLICY FOR OUR WATER AND SEWER BILL.
01:40:01 SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE SET A TARGET FOR HOW MUCH OF A
01:40:05 HOUSEHOLD INCOME THE WATER AND SEWER BILL SHOULD MAKE UP
01:40:09 AND WE TRY TO STAY WELL UNDER THE BELOW THAT TARGET RIGHT NOW
01:40:14 AND THE TWO YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET IN FRONT OF YOU WE ARE WELL
01:40:15 BELOW THAT TARGET. HOWEVER WE DO TEN, 20, EVEN 30
01:40:19 YEARS OF CAPITAL PLANNING ACROSS ALL OF OUR ENTERPRISES
01:40:22 AND OVER THE NEXT 10 OR 20 YEARS WE COME VERY CLOSE TO
01:40:26 JUST EXCEEDING THAT TARGET AND THAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S
01:40:30 CURRENTLY PLANNED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO INVEST
01:40:34 IN OUR CAPITAL SYSTEMS. SO BY 2033 AT THIS MOMENT IT
01:40:40 LOOKS LIKE WE WOULD JUST EXCEED THAT TARGET.
01:40:42 HOWEVER, I WILL SAY IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF OUR DISCOUNT PROGRAMS
01:40:46 FOR LOW INCOME CUSTOMERS YOU ARE STILL UNDER OUR
01:40:48 AFFORDABILITY TARGET. >> SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT
01:40:49 OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS WE HAVE SOME TIME TO LOOK AHEAD
01:40:53 AND PLAN HOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE PRIORITIZING TO THE
01:40:56 BEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LOW COST GRANTS
01:41:00 AND LOANS, REFINANCING OUR DEBT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO
01:41:04 BRING COSTS DOWN AND CONTINUE MEETING OUR OWN AFFORDABILITY
01:41:08 TARGETS TO OUR CUSTOMERS. >> IT'S A HUGE PRIORITY FOR US
01:41:12 AND SOMETHING WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON.
01:41:15 >> THANK YOU AND COLLEAGUES HERE.
01:41:16 I WANT TO CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND IS THAT KNOWING THAT THIS IS
01:41:20 THE CASE I REALLY WANTED TO RECOMMEND FOR SPU C AS THEY
01:41:27 RETURN EVERY TWO YEARS FOR THE BUDGET IS TO PRESENT TO THIS
01:41:32 BODY THAT VERY REPORT ALONG WITH YOUR BUDGET THAT IS
01:41:35 RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST ABOUT
01:41:40 THE STRATEGIES AND YOUR PLAN TO MEET THE AFFORDABILITY TARGET
01:41:46 AT JUST JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING LIKE JUST KIND OF MAKE SURE
01:41:49 THAT IS FROM NOW ON FOR KNOWING THAT YOU KNOW TILL 2033 THAT IS
01:41:54 A POSSIBILITY SO I HOPE THAT EVERY TWO YEARS WHEN AS YOU SEE
01:41:58 COME BACK TO THIS BODY IS YOU HAVE A REPORT ABOUT
01:42:02 AFFORDABILITY TARGETS THAT COMES WITH THE ENTERPRISE
01:42:08 AGENCY REPORT. >> SO THANK YOU WITH THAT I
01:42:12 DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER.
01:42:13 WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 11 YES
01:42:20 WE'RE NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH
01:42:22 11 IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS
01:42:24 THIS COMMITTEE REGARDING THE PC'S CAPITAL PROJECTS
01:42:30 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AND IN THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
01:42:41 >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SEEING NO PUBLIC
01:42:45 COMMENTS. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED
01:42:52 . COLLEAGUES I AGAIN I THINK THAT
01:42:55 WE WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS NINE THROUGH 11
01:43:07 AND THEN SORRY MY APOLOGIES IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO FILE THE
01:43:18 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OR ARE WE ACTUALLY MOVING ALL FILES TO
01:43:21 FULL BOARD WERE RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 11 WE
01:43:25 CAN ACT ON THEM TO FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD ON JUNE 2ND.
01:43:29 >> UNDERSTOOD. >> SORRY MIKE.
01:43:33 MY APOLOGIES COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE
01:43:36 ITEMS TO FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION SECOND SECOND BY
01:43:39 VICE CHAIR DORSEY A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
01:43:43 AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR CHANCE I HOUR BY VICE CHAIR
01:43:46 DORSEY TO REFER ALL FOUR ORDINANCES TO THE FULL BOARD
01:43:47 WITH RECOMMENDATION VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I REMEMBER
01:43:52 SADR SADR I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER CHEN CHENNAI
01:43:55 CHURCH AND I CHENNAI WE HAVE FIVE A'S THE MOTION PASSES.
01:44:02 THANK YOU AND PLEASE GO AHEAD. LET'S I THINK THAT I WILL HAVE
01:44:10 THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS KIND OF GO THROUGH
01:44:11 AND THEN MAYBE AS A PIECE THEY CAN RESPOND TO THE
01:44:15 RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND I
01:44:24 WILL SPEAK TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC
01:44:29 UTILITIES BUREAU AS WELL AS THE WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE AND THEN
01:44:32 I'LL HAVE MY COLLEAGUE ALEX THIBODEAUX SPEAK TO HATCHERY
01:44:36 WATER AND POWER AND THE WATER ENTERPRISE.
01:44:40 SO IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT ON THE BUREAU LIST THE
01:44:44 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT DISAGREES WITH
01:44:48 NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER EIGHT ON PAGE 60 OF OUR REPORT UNDER
01:44:51 FISCAL RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDATION NUMBER SIX PUB
01:44:57 DASH SIX IS A MANAGER'S SIX POSITION.
01:44:58 WE'RE RECOMMENDING DELETING THIS O NINE FOR ONE MANAGER SIX
01:45:02 IT HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE JUNE OF 2024 AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS
01:45:06 INDICATED THAT IT'S THERE'S DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ACTIVE
01:45:13 HIRING PROCESS IN PLACE. WE ALSO NOTED THAT THE DIVISION
01:45:17 HAS FOUR VACANCIES IN THIS JOB CLASSIFICATION, TWO OF WHICH
01:45:18 HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.
01:45:20 WE ALSO NOTE FOUR FOR THIS POSITION AS WELL AS THE NEXT
01:45:23 RECOMMENDATION I'LL REFER TO AND ACTUALLY KIND OF ACROSS THE
01:45:27 BOARD IN TERMS OF VACANCIES THAT OVERALL THE DEPARTMENT HAS
01:45:34 1800 ABOUT 1800 FTE IS THEY HAVE THE DEPARTMENT HAS ABOUT
01:45:38 430 VACANCIES OVERALL AND IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THERE'S
01:45:44 ABOUT 113 PROPOSED UPWARD SUBSTITUTIONS OF WHICH WE'RE
01:45:49 ONLY MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON THREE OF THOSE 113.
01:45:51 SO WE DO FEEL LIKE OUR CUTS ARE JUST A TINY FRACTION OF THE THE
01:45:55 ACTUAL EVEN VACANCIES IN THE DEPARTMENT.
01:45:58 THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION UNDER BUREAU'S FOR FISCAL
01:46:02 RECOMMENDATIONS IS NUMBER EIGHT PUB DASH EIGHT.
01:46:06 THIS IS ALSO A MANAGER SIX THIS MANAGER SIX HAS BEEN VACANT
01:46:11 SINCE MARCH OF 2023 AND AGAIN THE DIVISION THE DIVISION HAS
01:46:15 FOUR VACANCIES IN THIS JOB CLASSIFICATION TWO OF WHICH
01:46:18 HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS AND THEN WE MOVE TO
01:46:22 THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER THE BUREAUS WE HAVE 14 SO
01:46:28 RECOMMENDATION PUB DASH 11 ON PAGE 61 AND 62 OF OUR REPORT
01:46:35 SHOWS THAT THE BUREAUS HAVE A 14 REMAINING VACANT MANAGER
01:46:39 POSITIONS EXCLUDING THE TWO ARE THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE
01:46:43 FISCAL RECOMMENDATION AND THOSE ARE LISTED ON PAGE 62 OF OUR
01:46:50 REPORT. THEY HAVE VARIOUS LENGTH OF
01:46:51 VACANCIES BUT THE OLDEST THREE OF THE 14 ON THIS LIST I WILL
01:46:58 JUST MENTION THERE'S AN O NINE 2 TO 2 MANAGER ONE THAT'S BEEN
01:47:02 VACANT SINCE OCTOBER 2023 AN 0923 MANAGER TWO THAT'S BEEN
01:47:08 VACANT SINCE JULY 2024 AND AN 0931 MANAGER THREE THAT'S BEEN
01:47:11 VACANT SINCE ALSO BEEN VACANCIES JULY 2024 I WILL NOW
01:47:17 SPEAK TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE
01:47:30 AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS START ON PAGE 69 OF OUR REPORT.
01:47:32 OUR UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE FULL AGREEMENT ON THE FISCAL
01:47:35 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE BUT THAT
01:47:38 WE HAVE A DISAGREEMENT ON OUR POLICY RECOMMENDATION UNDER THE
01:47:44 WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE AND SO THAT IS RECOMMENDATION WWE DASH
01:47:53 SEVEN SO THIS IS THREE VACANT 900 POSITIONS 20933 MANAGER
01:48:02 FIVES 10932 MANAGER FOUR IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE
01:48:09 POSITIONS HAVE BEEN VACANT BECAME VACANT IN 2025 ONE
01:48:15 AND AUGUST 1ST AND FEBRUARY 1ST IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
01:48:19 THE WE DO CONSIDER THIS TO BE A POLICY MATTER FOR THE BOARD.
01:48:23 WE DO NOTE THAT THERE ARE 146 OTHER VACANT POSITIONS IN THIS
01:48:30 ENTERPRISE IN THE WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE OF THESE 146 26 ARE
01:48:33 BEING PROPOSED UPWARD SUBSTITUTIONS WHICH WERE NOT
01:48:36 RECOMMENDED AGAINST AND AS WE DO WITH MANY OF OUR
01:48:43 RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE NOTED THAT WHILE MANAGER POSITIONS DO
01:48:47 PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN IN MANY, MANY WAYS THAT THE GROWTH
01:48:51 OF MANAGER POSITIONS FAR OUTSTRIPS NON MANAGED POSITIONS
01:48:57 OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS ABOUT 20% TO 2%.
01:48:58 AND SO WE DO CONSIDER THIS TO BE A POLICY MATTER FOR THE
01:49:02 BOARD AND NOW I'M GOING TO HAND OVER TO ALEX THIBODEAU TO SPEAK
01:49:05 TO THE TECHY WATER AND POWER AND THE WATER ENTERPRISES.
01:49:11 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS ALEX TABATA WITH THE
01:49:16 BOARD OF SUPER THE BUDGET LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE
01:49:20 STARTING OFF WITH HETCH HETCHY WATER AND POWER.
01:49:24 WE HAVE FIVE AGREEMENTS OR FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH AGREEMENT
01:49:29 AND THESE START ON PAGE 64 OF OUR REPORT FOUR OF OUR
01:49:33 RECOMMENDATIONS. WE DO NOT HAVE AGREEMENT WITH
01:49:37 THE DEPARTMENT AND WE ALSO HAVE FOR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
01:49:40 STARTING OFF WITH HETCH HETCHY WATER POWER TWO THIS IS A
01:49:44 RECOMMENDATION TO DOWNWARD SUBSTITUTE 10933 VACANT MANAGER
01:49:51 FIVE TWO AND 0931 MANAGER THREE THE DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS THAT
01:49:55 THE MANAGER FIVE CLASSIFICATION FOR THIS POSITION IS NECESSARY
01:49:58 TO PROVIDE A COMPETITIVE SALARY FOR A HISTORICALLY HARD TO FILL
01:50:02 POSITION. THIS POSITION LEADS THE POWER
01:50:03 ENTERPRISE'S POWER SUPPLY AND ORIGINATION TEAM AND IT WAS
01:50:07 VACATED IN NOVEMBER OF 2025. THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT YET
01:50:13 SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO FILL FOR THE POSITION.
01:50:14 THE POSITION OVERSEES THE PLANNING AND OPERATIONS OF
01:50:18 CLEAN POWER AND HETCHY POWER AS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IS
01:50:21 AND ENSURES COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND IT
01:50:25 IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DUTIES AND THE SCOPE OF THIS
01:50:26 POSITION ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH AN 0931 MANAGER THREE POSITION
01:50:32 OR PERHAPS NO. 932 MANAGER FOR CLASSIFICATION
01:50:34 AND THAT THE INTENT TO CLASSIFY BASED ON PREFERRED COMPENSATION
01:50:36 IS OUTSIDE OF TYPICAL CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENT PROTOCOL.
01:50:42 THIS IS ALSO A POSITION EXCUSE ME MEO AS AN ASIDE DENIED THE
01:50:46 DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST TO UPWARDS SUBSTITUTE A DIFFERENT MANAGER
01:50:50 IN CLEAN POWER FROM A MANAGER THREE TO A MANAGER FIVE
01:50:54 AND THIS IS A TEAM THAT WORKS CLOSELY WITH ORIGINATION
01:50:55 AND POWER SUPPLY AND DOWNWARD SUBSTITUTING THIS POSITION TO A
01:50:58 MANAGER. THREE WE BELIEVE WOULD
01:51:00 RIGHTSIZE THE CLASSIFICATION TO THAT OF OTHER SIMILAR TEAMS
01:51:03 IN THE POWER ENTERPRISE. MOVING ON TO RECOMMENDATION HH4
01:51:08 THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF NEW
01:51:11 MOSQUITO DRONE AND DOCKING SYSTEMS FROM 2 TO 1 IN HATCH
01:51:15 POWER AND WHILE THE DEPARTMENT AGREES WITH THE REDUCTION
01:51:19 IN THE QUANTITY OF DRONES, THE DEPARTMENT ARGUES THAT IT HAS
01:51:23 CONDUCTED A TECHNICAL AUDIT THAT REFLECTS THE TRUE COST OF
01:51:27 A VIDEO DRONE IS $400,000 INSTEAD OF 200,000 WE REQUESTED
01:51:33 THAT THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDE WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF THIS
01:51:35 TECHNICAL AUDIT OR OTHER SORT OF SUPPORTING MATERIALS
01:51:38 SUPPORTING THIS INCREASE IN COST FROM THE ORIGINAL
01:51:39 VENDOR QUOTE THIS WAS NOT PROVIDED TO US IN THE COURSE OF
01:51:45 OUR ANALYSIS THE VENDOR QUOTE THAT WE DID RECEIVE WHICH IS
01:51:46 THE ORIGINAL QUOTE CALCULATES THE COST OF ONE DRONE AT
01:51:51 APPROXIMATELY $203,000 AND THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL HARDWARE
01:51:53 SOFTWARE AND CLOUD SERVICES. WE ALSO MAINTAIN THAT IF THERE
01:51:57 ARE DISCREPANCIES TO COSTS IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE
01:52:01 ENTERPRISE'S CAPITAL OUTLAY BUDGET COULD ABSORB THEM AS THE
01:52:04 ACCOUNT IS CURRENTLY UNSPENT BY 7.4 MILLION OR 74% AS OF MAY
01:52:10 1ST AND WAS REDUCED BY JUST 750,000 IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
01:52:11 BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION OF
01:52:17 DISAGREEMENT IS HH8 AND THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DENY ONE
01:52:23 REPLACEMENT CREW CAB FOR PAY FOR WORK TRUCK VEHICLE FOR
01:52:26 HETCH HETCHY WATER THE DEPARTMENT ARGUES THAT THIS
01:52:30 VEHICLES AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE THE EXISTING FORD
01:52:34 F-250 VEHICLE IS A 2014 MODEL WITH 160,000 MILES.
01:52:38 HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS PROPOSED AS A MEDIUM PRIORITY
01:52:41 VEHICLE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT
01:52:42 INDICATED THAT MAINTENANCE IS COSTLY OR THAT THE EXISTING
01:52:46 VEHICLE IS UNSERVICEABLE. >> MOVING ON TO OUR POLICY
01:52:49 RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE H H TEN AND H H 11 THESE ARE POLICY
01:52:56 CONSIDERATIONS TO DENY TO NEW FTE POSITIONS WITHIN HETCHY
01:53:00 WATER THAT ARE TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT CONVERSIONS.
01:53:03 THIS IS ONE 7344 CARPENTER AND ONE 7318 ELECTRONIC
01:53:06 MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN HETCHY WATER DOESN'T HAVE VACANT
01:53:10 POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN EITHER CLASSIFICATION AND THE
01:53:14 DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE WORKLOAD FOR THESE POSITIONS IS
01:53:15 PERMANENT AND ONGOING. WE HAD IDENTIFIED THESE AS
01:53:18 POLICY CONSIDERATIONS AS THEY ARE TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT
01:53:22 CONVERSIONS BUT THE DECISION TO RETAIN THESE TWO POSITIONS IS A
01:53:25 POLICY MATTER FOR THE BOARD MOVING ON TO H H 12 THIS IS A
01:53:28 POLICY CONSIDERATION TO DENY A PROPOSED UPWARD SUBSTITUTION OF
01:53:34 ONE 7488 POWER GENERATION SUPERVISOR TO 10931 MANAGER
01:53:41 THREE THIS POSITION IS GOING TO LEAD THE POWER DEPARTMENT
01:53:44 EXCUSE ME THE POWER ENTERPRISE'S ELECTRICAL
01:53:45 DISTRIBUTION CENTER WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REQUIRE NEW ASSETS
01:53:49 WITH CRITICAL DISTRIBUTION LINES IN FISCAL YEAR 2627.
01:53:53 THIS POSITION SUPERVISES HIRES AND TRAINS OPERATION CENTER
01:53:56 STAFF AND OUTLINES THE PROCEDURES, RULES
01:54:00 AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE OPERATION CENTER THAT IS NEWLY
01:54:04 ESTABLISHED. THE DEPARTMENT DID POST THE
01:54:07 POSITION IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AS A P X AND THE POSITION
01:54:10 IS CURRENTLY FILLED. THIS WOULD BE ADDING AN
01:54:12 ADDITIONAL MANAGER FTE TO THE CITY'S MANAGER CLASSIFICATION
01:54:16 SERIES AND THEREFORE THE SUBSTITUTION AS A POLICY MATTER
01:54:20 FOR THE BOARD AND THEN THE FINAL POLICY CONSIDERATION FOR
01:54:23 HETCH HETCHY WATER POWER IS H H 13 AND THIS IS A POLICY
01:54:27 CONSIDERATION TO DELETE 2O931 MANAGER THREE POSITIONS
01:54:33 AND 10562 UTILITY SPECIALIST POSITION THE 0931 MANAGER THREE
01:54:37 POSITIONS HAVE BEEN VACANT SINCE DECEMBER 25TH
01:54:41 AND DECEMBER 24TH NEITHER POSITION HAS YET BEEN REQUESTED
01:54:45 TO FILL BY THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN IN MAY 26TH OR SORRY
01:54:48 EXCUSE ME AT THIS MONTH IN MAY OF 2026 THE DEPARTMENT DID POST
01:54:52 AN O923 MANAGER TO POSITION FOR A POLL USE AND INSPECTION
01:54:58 SERVICES MANAGER. THIS IS CURRENTLY A 5602
01:55:01 UTILITY SPECIALIST IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET BUT THE
01:55:05 DEPARTMENT HAS INDICATED THAT THEY INTEND TO USE THIS AS A
01:55:06 TEMPORARY EXCHANGE POSITION RECLASSIFICATION TO OVERSEE
01:55:09 AND MANAGE THE CITY'S DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM.
01:55:13 THE DELETION OF THESE POSITIONS OR THE RETENTION OF THEM IS A
01:55:17 POLICY MATTER FOR THE BOARD. >> MOVING ON TO WATER IT IS
01:55:27 GOING TO BEGIN ON PAGE 71 OF OUR REPORTS.
01:55:30 WATER HAS FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH
01:55:33 WITH THE DEPARTMENTS ONE PARTIAL DISAGREEMENT AND FOUR
01:55:39 RECOMMENDATION INS THAT HAS CURRENT DISAGREEMENT
01:55:42 RECOMMENDATION BEGINNING WITH WATER TO THIS IS A
01:55:46 RECOMMENDATION TO DENY A PROPOSED UPWARD SUBSTITUTION OF
01:55:50 ONE 7250 UTILITY PLUMBER'S SUPERVISOR 1 TO 109 32 MANAGER
01:55:55 FOR AND INSTEAD SUBSTITUTE THE POSITION TO ONE 7128 BUILDING
01:55:59 AND GROUNDS SUPERVISOR THIS POSITION IS INTENDED TO LEAD A
01:56:03 NEWLY ESTABLISHED BUILDING AND GROUNDS TEAM WITHIN CITY
01:56:06 DISTRIBUTION WHICH IS 18 CUSTODIAL PEST MANAGEMENT
01:56:10 AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. FTE IS AND ONE CHIEF STATIONARY
01:56:11 ENGINEER. THIS DEPARTMENT ARGUES THAT THE
01:56:14 SCOPE, COMPLEXITY AND LEVEL OF JUDGMENT FOR THIS POSITION
01:56:18 EXCEEDS THE FOCUS OF THE 7120 CLASSIFICATION.
01:56:21 OUR DETERMINATION IS THAT THE OH 932 MANAGER FOR
01:56:23 CLASSIFICATION IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THIS APPOINTMENT AS THE
01:56:27 CLASSIFICATION IS MEANT TO MANAGE A DIVISION OF A MEDIUM
01:56:29 TO LARGE DEPARTMENTS AND WHILE THE ROLE REQUIRES CERTAIN
01:56:32 ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS REGULATORY OVERSIGHT
01:56:34 AND CONSULTATION WITH DIFFERENT TEAMS TO MAINTAIN THE
01:56:36 ENTERPRISE'S FACILITIES, THESE DUTIES DO FALL UNDER THE
01:56:39 ESSENTIAL DUTIES ESTABLISHED BY THE H R OF THE 7120 BUILDING
01:56:43 AND GROUND SUPERINTENDENT. THIS IS A VACANT EXCUSE ME A
01:56:46 VACANT POSITION AND THE UNDERLYING UTILITY PLUMBER
01:56:49 POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE JULY OF 2023 AND REMAINS IN THE
01:56:53 PRE-SUBMISSION STATE REMAINS IN THE PRE-SUBMISSION STAGE OF
01:56:57 REQUESTING TO FILL AN APPROVAL. THIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD DENY
01:57:01 THE ADDITION OF A NEW 900 SERIES FTE POSITION TO CITY
01:57:05 WIDE STAFF FOR WATER THREE THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO PROVE
01:57:09 EXCUSE ME TO DENY THE PROPOSED UPWARD SUBSTITUTION OF ONE 7388
01:57:14 UTILITY PLUMBER TO ONE 1824 PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE
01:57:18 ANALYST AND TO DELETE THE POSITION THIS POSITION IS A
01:57:21 RECLASSIFICATION TO EXPAND THE ANALYTICAL PROGRAMMATIC
01:57:24 AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
01:57:26 ENTERPRISE'S ASSET MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TEAM THE PLANNING
01:57:29 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ENTERPRISE'S ASSET MANAGEMENT
01:57:32 EXPERT EXCUSE ME THE DEPARTMENT ARGUES THE NEED FOR ANALYTICAL
01:57:34 SUPPORT AND ASSET MANAGEMENT IS NECESSARY AS THE DIVISION SEEKS
01:57:37 TO STRENGTHEN PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS TO EXTEND
01:57:41 THE LIFE OF INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS SUPPORTING SAN
01:57:44 FRANCISCO'S WATER SYSTEMS. >> THE UNDERLYING 7388 PLUMBER
01:57:47 HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE MAY OF 2023 AND THE POSITION
01:57:51 CLASSIFICATION IS NO LONGER NEEDED BY THE DIVISION.
01:57:54 DELETING THIS POSITION WOULD STILL ALLOW THE APPROVAL OF TWO
01:57:55 OTHER SUBSTITUTIONS IN THE ASSET MANAGEMENT TEAM ONE OF
01:57:58 WHICH IS FROM AN ENGINEER TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION.
01:58:01 OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM INCLUDE MAINTENANCE PLANNERS,
01:58:03 ENGINEERS, ADMINISTRATOR, ANALYSTS AND BUSINESS ANALYSTS
01:58:06 SOME OF WHICH ARE CURRENTLY VACANT AND DELETING THIS
01:58:08 POSITION WOULD ALLOW THESE POSITIONS TO STILL BE FILLED
01:58:10 AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE IN FUTURE BUDGET
01:58:13 CYCLES IF THIS POSITION AND CLASSIFICATION IS NECESSARY
01:58:15 AND APPROPRIATE FOR OPERATIONS .
01:58:19 >> MOVING ON TO WATER SIX THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DELETE
01:58:22 TWO NEW HYUNDAI IONIQ FIVE VEHICLES FOR THE WATER QUALITY
01:58:23 DIVISION. THE DEPARTMENT ARGUES THAT THE
01:58:26 PROPOSED BUDGET IS INCORRECT AND THAT RATHER THAN TWO NEW
01:58:30 VEHICLES ONE IS INTENDED TO BE A REPLACEMENT AND ONE IS
01:58:34 INTENDED TO BE A NEW VEHICLE AND THAT THEY ARE SEEKING TO
01:58:38 REPLACE A NUMBER OF OLDER HIGH MILEAGE GASOLINE POWERED
01:58:40 VEHICLES IN ITS FLEET THAT NECESSITATE REPLACEMENT.
01:58:43 THE ORIGINAL JUSTIFICATION FOR THESE PROPOSED VEHICLES WAS TO
01:58:47 SUPPLY NEW VEHICLES FOR WATER SERVICE INSPECTOR AND WATER
01:58:50 QUALITY TECHNICIAN CLASSIFICATIONS WHICH ARE NOT
01:58:52 INCREASING IN FTE USE IN THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS WITHIN
01:58:55 DEPARTMENT AND IT REMAINS UNCLEAR TO THE BILL WHETHER
01:58:58 THESE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES ARE MEANT TO UPGRADE A FLEET
01:58:59 GENERALLY OR IF THEY HAVE SPECIFIC PURPOSES.
01:59:02 OVERALL DELETING THESE TWO VEHICLES AS WELL AS THE TWO
01:59:06 VEHICLES IN THE AGREED UPON WATER SEVEN RECOMMENDATION
01:59:09 WOULD STILL PERMIT THE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE FOUR NEW
01:59:11 HYUNDAI ELECTRIC SUVS IN THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS
01:59:15 AND REDUCE WATER QUALITY'S RELIANCE IN VEHICLE RENTALS.
01:59:18 AND THEN FINALLY FOR OUR LAST FISCAL DISAGREEMENT THIS IS
01:59:22 WATER NINE. THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO
01:59:25 DELETE TWO REPLACEMENT FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCK VEHICLES
01:59:29 AND TO IN EACH OF THE FISCAL YEARS SO FOR VEHICLES TOTAL
01:59:33 WITHIN WATER SUPPLY. THIS IS A PARTIAL DISAGREEMENT
01:59:34 AS THE DEPARTMENT HAS AGREED TO TWO OF THE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS
01:59:40 AND MAINTAINS THAT THE OTHER TWO VEHICLES ARE PAST THEIR
01:59:42 USAGE EXCUSE ME USEFUL LIFE. DELETING THESE FOUR REPLACEMENT
01:59:45 VEHICLES STILL APPROVES THE REPLACEMENT OF SIX REPLACEMENT
01:59:48 REQUESTS FOR FORD F-150 IS WITHIN JUST WATER SUPPLY.
01:59:52 THE TWO VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS RECOMMENDED FOR DELETION ONE OF
01:59:55 WHICH IS A 2015 CHEVY COLORADO AT 90,000 MILES AND ONE OF
01:59:58 WHICH IS A 2013 TOYOTA PRIUS AT 105,000 MILES.
02:00:01 THE DEPARTMENT'S RATIONALE IS THAT THESE VEHICLES ARE
02:00:05 ELIGIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT BUT HAVE NOT REPORTED THAT THE
02:00:09 VEHICLES ARE COSTLY TO MAINTAIN OR UNSERVICEABLE AND WATER
02:00:12 SUPPLIES. FLEETS OF HALF TEN PICKUP
02:00:13 TRUCKS CURRENTLY INCLUDES 36 VEHICLES IN THIS.
02:00:17 THE APPROVAL OF THESE VEHICLES WOULD ADD TO THAT INVENTORY
02:00:21 ACCOUNT FOR THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
02:00:25 >> WE'RE ALMOST DONE. WE'RE STARTING WITH WATER TEN.
02:00:28 THIS IS A POLICY CONSIDERATION TO DENY THE PROPOSED UPWARD
02:00:29 SUBSTITUTE DOWN FROM A 72 OR FOR CHIEF WATER INSPECTOR TO AN
02:00:36 O93 TO MANAGER FOR WITHIN THE WATER QUALITY DIVISION.
02:00:38 THE DEPARTMENT ORIGINALLY PROPOSED THE POSITION AS AN O
02:00:42 933 MANAGER FIVE CLASSIFICATION AND THIS WAS AN AGREEMENT WITH
02:00:44 THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE TO DOWNWARD SUBSTITUTE THE
02:00:47 PROPOSED POSITION TO A MANAGER FOR THE POSITION OVERSEES THE
02:00:51 EXPANDED ENVIRONMENTAL AND FIELD SERVICES SECTION.
02:00:55 THIS IS ONE OF MANY MANAGER UPWARD SUBSTITUTIONS THAT WE
02:00:58 HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH IN MANAGER
02:01:02 POSITIONS ACROSS THE CITY AND THEREFORE APPROVING THIS
02:01:04 UPWARD SUBSTITUTION IS A POLICY MATTER FOR THE BOARD.
02:01:08 WATER 11 IS A POLICY CONSIDERATION TO DELETE ONE
02:01:11 VACANT O 922 MANAGER ONE POSITION WITH THE NATURAL
02:01:12 RESOURCES. THE ONGOING VACANCY HAS CAUSED
02:01:16 THE DIVISION TO NOT BE ABLE TO FULFILL ITS EXISTING
02:01:20 OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL EASEMENTS OF THE PENINSULA
02:01:21 WATER SAID. THIS POSITION IS RESPONSIBLE
02:01:23 FOR ALL COMMUNICATIONS OF OPEN SPACE DISTRICTS, CITIES
02:01:28 AND COMMUNITIES ADJACENT TO THE SFP PENINSULA IN SAN MATEO
02:01:32 COUNTY AND THE OPERATION OF EXISTING AND NEW TRAIL PROGRAMS
02:01:36 AND THEREFORE THE RETENTION OF THIS VACANT MANAGER POSITION
02:01:40 WHICH HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE DECEMBER 2024 WHEN THE
02:01:43 INCUMBENT RETIRED IS A POLICY MATTER FOR THE BOARD.
02:01:47 AND FINALLY FOR WATER 12 THIS IS A POLICY CONSIDERATION TO
02:01:51 DELETE ONE VACANT OFF BUDGET 093 TO A MANAGER FOR A POSITION
02:01:55 WITHIN WATER RESOURCES. THE POSITION WAS ORIGINALLY
02:01:58 CREATED TO REPLACE AN EXISTING PROJECT FUNDED CAT 18
02:02:01 ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY PROGRAM MANAGER WITH A
02:02:02 PERMANENT POSITION IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGET REVIEW CYCLE
02:02:07 AND FISCAL 24 TO 26. IT HAS YET TO BE FILLED BY THE
02:02:09 DEPARTMENT. THE POSITION WAS A NEW POSITION
02:02:13 RTD. >> ACCORDING TO THE WATER
02:02:16 ENTERPRISE THE PROGRAM MANAGER IS GOING TO INVESTIGATE
02:02:19 PROJECTS TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF ENTERPRISE'S WATER
02:02:24 STORAGE. AND THIS IS A PROJECT FUNDED BY
02:02:27 IN PART BY THE FISCAL YEAR THREE THE CURRENT CAPITAL PLAN
02:02:31 WHICH ALLOCATED 37 MILLION TO THESE PROJECTS.
02:02:34 THIS IS A VACANT MANAGER POSITION AND THEREFORE IT IS A
02:02:40 THE DECISION TO RETAIN IT IS A POLICY MATTER FOR THE BOARD OF
02:02:45 SUPERVISORS. >> AND THAT IS ALL FOR WATER
02:02:49 AND AG POWER. >> THANK YOU.
02:02:55 >> STONEY RIGHT. THANK YOU.
02:02:59 FIRST I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR THE ANALYSTS ALEX AND AMANDA
02:03:03 FOR DOING A REALLY THOROUGH OVERVIEW OF OUR BUDGET.
02:03:06 THERE'S A LOT THERE SO AS WAS STATED UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOT
02:03:11 QUITE IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH THE BOA.
02:03:14 WE HAVE AGREED TO MANY OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING
02:03:18 REDUCING NON PERSONNEL SPENDING, FORGOING SEVERAL
02:03:20 EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, DELETING POSITIONS AND CHANGING POSITION
02:03:23 FIT POSITION CLASSIFICATION TO LOWER ONES.
02:03:27 HOWEVER, IN ADDITION TO JUST A FEW EQUIPMENT PURCHASES WE'RE
02:03:30 ASKING TO KEEP THE REMAIN FOR POSITIONS RECOMMENDED FOR
02:03:32 ELIMINATION FROM OUR BUDGET AND TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS
02:03:36 FOR WHICH ALTERNATIVE CLASSIFICATIONS ARE PROPOSED.
02:03:39 SO I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE A BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE
02:03:42 STATE OF OUR PERSONNEL NEEDS AND THIS BUDGET AND THEN IF YOU
02:03:46 HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC POSITIONS.
02:03:47 I HAVE A NUMBER OF LEADERS HERE FROM ACROSS OUR ENTERPRISES WHO
02:03:50 CAN ADDRESS THOSE. >> SO FIRST AT THE DIRECTION OF
02:03:54 THE MAYOR AND ALSO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE PUC HAS BEEN
02:03:58 EXTREMELY JUDICIOUS IN AVOIDING NEW HEADCOUNT THIS BUDGET
02:04:01 CYCLE. >> THE AGENCY ORIGINALLY
02:04:02 PROPOSED 65 NEW FTE TO ADDRESS VARIOUS GROWING NEEDS
02:04:06 AND UTILITY SERVICES. WE REDUCED THE REQUEST TO JUST
02:04:12 42 AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BUDGET SUBMISSION AND WE
02:04:13 FURTHER REDUCED THE REQUEST TO JUST 13 IN OUR PROPOSAL TO THE
02:04:16 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND THEN IN THIS LAST WEEK WE
02:04:19 HAVE FURTHER AGREED WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO DELETE
02:04:21 ADDITIONAL VACANCIES AND DOWNWARD SUBSTITUTE TO SIX
02:04:24 MORE. SO THE BILL RIGHTFULLY POINTS
02:04:28 OUT THAT SOME OF THESE DECISIONS HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR
02:04:32 SOME TIME SO I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT.
02:04:33 YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT THE LAST 18 MONTHS HIRING HAS BEEN
02:04:36 EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE HIRING
02:04:40 FREEZES AND CONSTANT CHANGES IN THE HIRING PROCESS.
02:04:43 AT THE PUC TODAY THE AVERAGE CIVIL SERVICE POSITION TAKES US
02:04:47 EIGHT MONTHS TO HIRE. SO A VACANT POSITION DOES NOT
02:04:51 INDICATE A LACK OF NEED. WE'VE HAD TO BE ALL THE MORE
02:04:55 DELIBERATE WITH HOW WE HOW AND WHEN WE PRIORITIZE EVERY
02:04:58 SINGLE POSITION WE GO TO HIRE. AND SO YOU'RE AWARE ABOUT 30 TO
02:05:02 50 POSITIONS BECOME VACANT AT THE PUC EVERY MONTH.
02:05:03 SO IT'S A LOT TO KEEP UP WITH. IN OTHER CASES THE BCA POINTS
02:05:07 OUT THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT STAFF TO PERFORM THE DUTIES
02:05:10 OUTLINED. BUT IN THESE LIMITED CASES
02:05:13 BEFORE YOU AND AGAIN I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FISCAL
02:05:14 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE DISAGREE WITH THERE ARE EITHER
02:05:17 ALREADY STAFF IN TEMPORARY POSITIONS THAT ARE PERFORMING
02:05:20 THE WORK OR WE ARE UTILIZING A POSITION SUBSTITUTION IN ORDER
02:05:25 TO MEET THESE GROWING NEEDS INSTEAD OF ADDING NEW HEADCOUNT
02:05:28 . SO NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THESE
02:05:30 POSITIONS UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL ADD HEADCOUNT TO OUR
02:05:33 BUDGET. THEY'RE ALL VACANT POSITIONS
02:05:34 THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR BUDGET FOR MANY YEARS POSITIONS FILLED
02:05:37 CURRENTLY BY TEMPORARY STAFF FOR WORK THAT IS PERMANENT OR
02:05:41 SUBSTITUTIONS OF EXISTING BUDGET AND CLASSIFICATION
02:05:44 OPTIONS TO A MORE APPROPRIATE CLASSIFICATION THAT CAN MEET AN
02:05:46 EMERGING NEED IN THAT ENTERPRISE.
02:05:49 >> SO IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THESE POSITIONS AT THEIR
02:05:52 PROPOSED CLASSIFICATIONS IN OUR BUDGET WE HAVE OFFERED
02:05:53 EQUIVALENT DOLLAR VALUE REDUCTIONS TO THE BALLET.
02:05:57 THEY HAVE OUR PROPOSAL IN HAND. AND IF THEY AGREE TO THAT
02:06:00 ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL THAT WOULD MEAN WE ARE AGREEING TO NEARLY
02:06:06 93% OF WHAT THE BLR HAS PROPOSED.
02:06:07 SO IF YOU NEED MORE DETAILS ABOUT ANY OF THESE SIX
02:06:10 POSITIONS AT ISSUES OR ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE STILL
02:06:14 WE'RE STILL IN DISAGREEMENT ABOUT AGAIN WE'RE HAPPY TO
02:06:15 ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT
02:06:22 IF WE COULD REACH A RESOLUTION TODAY.
02:06:23 >> YOU COULD REACH A RESOLUTION TODAY.
02:06:26 SURE WE CAN TRY. VICE CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU,
02:06:29 CHAIR. >> AND CAN I ASK.
02:06:32 IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THESE ARE TIED TO PRETTY SPECIFIC UTILITY
02:06:36 RELATED FUNCTIONS. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO RECRUIT
02:06:40 AND RETAIN FOR THOSE KINDS OF POSITIONS?
02:06:43 >> YEAH, MAYBE I WILL ASK. BARB HALE.
02:06:44 ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR POWER WHO CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF
02:06:48 THE SPECIFIC NEEDS IN THE POWER ENTERPRISE AND THE POSITION
02:06:52 THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION
02:06:56 AND POWER. >> THANK YOU HANNAH.
02:06:59 BARBARA HALE, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR POWER.
02:07:02 GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S HARD IN A WORD OR TWO
02:07:07 WORDS I THINK THAT WAS TWO WORDS.
02:07:08 WE OPERATE IN A VERY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT.
02:07:11 SO FOR EXAMPLE THE O9 THREE THREE MANAGER FIVE THAT'S BEEN
02:07:18 RECOMMENDED THAT'S A POSITION ORIGINATION AND POWER SUPPLY.
02:07:22 THAT'S A FUNCTION THAT OCCURS IN EVERY PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITY
02:07:26 EVERY DAY LIKE CLEAN POWER OR SAFE.
02:07:30 >> MANY OF THE LARGE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS LIKE METTA AND GOOGLE
02:07:36 AND AMAZON THEY'RE THEY'RE PULLING STAFF FROM US FOR THOSE
02:07:40 FUNCTIONS NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE PROCURING ON THEIR OWN.
02:07:44 >> SO THIS POSITION A CORE FUNCTION VERY HIGH CONSEQUENCE,
02:07:48 VERY DIFFICULT TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT FOR FOR US THIS IS
02:07:56 A POSITION THAT MANAGES ABOUT $500 MILLION A YEAR
02:08:00 IN PURCHASES AND SALES AND THAT'S A GROWING NUMBER
02:08:04 BECAUSE OUR LOAD IS GROWING. >> BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S
02:08:08 WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY IS 420 MILLION
02:08:11 IN PURCHASES 40 MILLION IN SALES BETWEEN CLEAN POWER
02:08:15 S.F. AND HITACHI POWER. >> AND WE HAVE 20 FIVE ACRES
02:08:22 IN CALIFORNIA. >> YEAH, I THINK LET'S SEE I
02:08:27 THINK THERE'S NINE OF US JUST IN THE BAY AREA BUT FRANKLY
02:08:30 THAT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER ANY MORE BECAUSE THESE ARE THESE
02:08:33 ARE ENTITIES THAT ARE HIRING AND RECRUITING AND ARE FULLY
02:08:37 REMOTE. >> I HAVE COLLEAGUES IN THE
02:08:41 IN THE COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION SECTOR THAT CALL
02:08:45 IN TO MEETINGS FROM AUSTRALIA, FROM GERMANY, FROM NEW YORK.
02:08:53 SO THESE ARE THESE ARE VERY HARD TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN VERY
02:08:57 COMPETITIVE POSITIONS. I THINK GIVEN THE HIGH
02:09:01 CONSEQUENCE AND CORE FUNCTIONS THE MANAGER FIVE POSITION IS
02:09:08 THE APPROPRIATE POSITION AND FRANKLY WE'RE GOING TO BE
02:09:13 COMING BACK SOON AS OUR LOAD GROWS FOR A HIGHER LEVEL.
02:09:16 SO DOWNGRADING IT TO AN O9 THREE ONE IS ILL ADVISED.
02:09:21 IS IT IS IT THE CASE LIKE ELIMINATIONS TWO THESE WOULD
02:09:30 RESULT IN SAVINGS TO THE GENERAL FUND?
02:09:32 >> OR IS THIS. NO NONE OF THESE ARE GENERAL
02:09:37 FUND FUNDED POSITIONS. >> THEY'RE ENTIRELY FUNDED BY
02:09:41 RATEPAYER FUNDS. TO THE EXTENT THERE WOULD BE
02:09:45 VACANT POSITIONS. COULD SFP C HIRE A PEOPLE WHO
02:09:51 HAVE BEEN LAID OFF FROM GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS?
02:09:52 >> YEAH ABSOLUTELY. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE
02:09:55 POSITIONS WILL BE POSTED AND COULD BE FILLED BY SOMEONE
02:09:59 FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. >> SO THANK YOU.
02:10:09 I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER.
02:10:13 >> AND I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO IF I MAY I KNOW THAT YOU'RE
02:10:18 EAGER TO COME TO A RESOLUTION TODAY.
02:10:20 WE DO HAVE ITEM 12 THAT EVERY CITY COLLEGE PROGRAM AND I
02:10:24 UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHANCELLOR FROM CITY COLLEGE OF SAN
02:10:29 FRANCISCO HAVE TO ACTUALLY DEPART SO THAT SHE CAN ATTEND
02:10:32 THE COMMENCEMENT. SO IF IT'S OKAY I THINK THAT
02:10:37 WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO PIN AS A PUC FOR THE
02:10:40 MINUTE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CALL ON ITEM 12.
02:10:44 AND THAT WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE THE CHANCELLOR TO MAKE A BRIEF
02:10:48 COMMENT AND THEN WE MAY RETURN BACK TO BECAUSE I DO I AM
02:10:55 LOOKING AT RETIREMENT AS WELL THAT WE STILL HAVE RETIREMENT.
02:10:59 SO MY APOLOGY EVERYONE IT'S JUST THAT I WANTED TO GIVE THE
02:11:03 PRIVILEGE TO THE CHANCELLOR FOR THAT COMMENTS AND THEN WE'RE
02:11:07 GOING TO RETURN TO THE WEEK TO RETIREMENT AND THEN WE'RE GOING
02:11:12 TO FIGURE OUT AS A POLICY AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE
02:11:15 HEARINGS SHORTLY AFTER. SO WITH THAT, MR. CLERK, PLEASE
02:11:19 CALL ITEM NUMBER 12. >> ITEM NUMBER 12 WAS A HEARING
02:11:23 ON THE IMPACTS OF PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS ON THE VOTER
02:11:27 MANDATED FREE CITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS, IMPLEMENTATION
02:11:30 AND SUSTAINABILITY INCLUDING THE IMPACTS TO STUDENT ACCESS
02:11:34 AND RETENTION PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING THE GREATEST
02:11:38 FINANCIAL INSECURITY THE POTENTIAL ELIMINATION OF
02:11:39 UNIVERSAL FREE TUITION FOR ALL SAN FRANCISCANS AND PROPOSED
02:11:43 REDUCTION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FREE CITY PROGRAMS.
02:11:46 ROLE IN WORKFORCE PREPARATION, JOB TRAINING AND ECONOMIC
02:11:50 MOBILITY AND THE MISALIGNMENT OF CURRENT BUDGET DECISIONS
02:11:53 WITH THE CITY'S STATED COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING ACCESS
02:11:58 TO HIGHER EDUCATION. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU
02:12:01 CHANCELLOR. >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS
02:12:02 AND WELCOME. THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN
02:12:05 AND MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE I
02:12:07 APPRECIATE YOU REARRANGING SO THAT I'M ABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOU
02:12:10 BRIEFLY. I DO HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH
02:12:13 ME MY VICE CHANCELLOR OF STUDENT AFFAIRS WHO IS PART OF
02:12:17 THE FREE CITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, OUR VICE CHANCELLOR
02:12:18 OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS OTHER STAFF.
02:12:21 AND THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE REALLY WISH WE COULD
02:12:25 STAY LONGER BUT WE ARE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BALANCE THIS BUSY
02:12:28 TIME OF YEAR WITH COMMENCEMENT AND STUDENT CELEBRATION
02:12:32 AND EVERYTHING. >> SO JUST BRIEFLY I WOULD LIKE
02:12:33 TO SAY I'VE BEEN THE CHANCELLOR OF CITY COLLEGE OF SAN
02:12:37 FRANCISCO FOR ALMOST ONE YEAR NOW.
02:12:40 I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES
02:12:41 PREDOMINANTLY IN CALIFORNIA. I'VE NEVER SEEN A PROGRAM LIKE
02:12:48 FREE CITY BEFORE. IT IS A TREMENDOUS PARTNERSHIP
02:12:52 WITH THE RESIDENTS, THE VOTERS, THE CITY, THE COUNTY, DCF
02:12:55 AND CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR OVER 90 YEARS WE
02:12:59 HAVE SERVED THIS CITY WITH ADULT EDUCATION WITH WORKFORCE
02:13:02 TRAINING, WITH TRANSFER AND WHAT I REALLY FEEL IS
02:13:06 UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO NOT ONLY
02:13:11 SERVE LIKE ALL COMMUNITY COLLEGES DO THE FIRST GEN LOW
02:13:14 INCOME ETC. BUT WE REALLY ARE A PLACE FOR SECOND CHANCES FOR
02:13:17 PEOPLE TO RETRAIN TO GAIN ECONOMIC MOBILITY THAT OFTEN
02:13:22 WOULD NOT BE OPEN TO THEM BECAUSE OF THE RULES
02:13:26 AND REGULATIONS OF FINANCIAL AID.
02:13:29 THERE ARE MANY AGE LIMITS THAT MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ADULT
02:13:33 STUDENTS TO GET FINANCIAL AID. THIS PROGRAM SERVES SUCH A
02:13:34 CRITICAL NEED AND NOT JUST FOR THE TUITION WAIVERS WHICH ARE
02:13:38 VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BUT THE CASH GRANTS THAT ENABLE OUR
02:13:41 MOST DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE LATER ON.
02:13:48 THERE IS A PRESENTATION THAT WE WILL SHARE DATA POINTS WITH YOU
02:13:50 BUT SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT THE
02:13:52 COMPLETION RATE, THE SUCCESS RATE OF CITY FREE CITY SCHOLARS
02:13:57 IS HIGHER THAN FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN FREE CITY
02:14:03 AND WE ARE ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN STEADILY GROWING AND 93% OF
02:14:07 ELIGIBLE SAN FRANCISCANS FOR FREE CITY ACTUALLY ENROLL
02:14:11 AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREE CITY.
02:14:12 IT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT SERVES THE CITY
02:14:15 AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE PARTNERS IN THAT.
02:14:19 >> THANK YOU CHANCELLOR KIMBERLY MESSINA THANK YOU.
02:14:23 >> AND SO WITH THAT COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO THE
02:14:27 REGULAR PROGRAMING. >> WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO
02:14:31 ACTUALLY NOW THE NEXT CITY DEPARTMENT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:14:35 RETIREMENT OR I SHOULD SAY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
02:14:52 MADAM CHAIR DIANE GONZALES FROM THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
02:14:56 ANALYST'S OFFICE FOR THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
02:15:00 THE IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DEPARTMENT AGREES WITH ON
02:15:05 THE FISCAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RECOMMENDED AND NUMBER THREE
02:15:09 AND FIVE AND DISAGREES WITH THE REST SO I WILL GO OVER THOSE
02:15:13 DISAGREEMENTS. >> SO RECOMMENDATION ONE
02:15:20 AND FOUR ARE SOMEWHAT RELATED IN THAT THEY BOTH ARE UNDER THE
02:15:25 ACCOUNT OF NON PERSONNEL SERVICES.
02:15:29 WE LOOKED AT THE LAST THREE YEARS OF SPENDING IN NON
02:15:32 PERSONNEL SERVICES AND FOUND THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS
02:15:35 CONSISTENTLY UNDERSPENT IN THAT ACCOUNT IN THE CURRENT YEAR
02:15:38 THERE IS THERE WAS AN AVAILABLE BALANCE OF OVER $10 MILLION AT
02:15:42 THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH AT THE CONCLUSION OF LAST YEAR
02:15:47 THERE WAS AN AVAILABLE BALANCE OF ALMOST 5 MILLION AND WITH
02:15:52 1.6 MILLION CARRIED FORWARD IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR FISCAL
02:15:55 YEAR 2324 AND THERE WAS AN AVAILABLE BALANCE OF 2.8
02:15:59 MILLION AND 1.99 MILLION WAS CARRIED FORWARD IN THIS
02:16:02 ACCOUNT. SO THAT COVERS UNDERSPENDING
02:16:05 IN BOTH RECREATION ONE AND FOUR.
02:16:08 AND OUR RECOMMENDED REDUCTIONS ARE JUST A SMALL FRACTION OF
02:16:12 THOSE UNSPENT MONIES. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO IS
02:16:18 SIMILAR. >> THIS IS A REDUCTION TO
02:16:22 MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO REFLECT ACTUAL NEED AND WE
02:16:33 FOUND SO THIS IS JUST REALLY A VERY MODEST REDUCTION OF
02:16:39 $25,000. WE FOUND THAT THE DEPARTMENT
02:16:41 AGAIN CONSISTENTLY UNDERSPENT ALSO IN MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
02:16:44 WITH CARRY FORWARD BUDGETS OF OVER OVER $100,000 IN THE
02:16:48 IN THE LAST TWO YEARS IN EACH YEAR FOR THE CURRENT YEAR WE
02:16:55 FOUND THAT THERE'S ALMOST 450,000 IN UNSPENT
02:16:58 AND UNENCUMBERED FUNDS AS OF THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH WE
02:17:02 UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEPARTMENT PLANS THAT SOME OF THESE THAT
02:17:08 ABOUT $191,000 OF THIS CORRESPONDS TO A PLANNED OFFICE
02:17:13 RELOCATION PROJECT AND EXPECTS A YEAR END AVAILABLE BALANCE OF
02:17:18 247,000 WHICH IT PLANS TO CARRY FORWARD SO THE REDUCTION OF
02:17:23 25,000 IS SIMPLY ABOUT 10% OF THAT.
02:17:26 >> WE ALSO HAVE SO THAT IS FISCAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
02:17:30 WE ALSO HAVE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH THE
02:17:34 DEPARTMENT DISAGREES WITH. THAT WAS IT WOULD BE SIX, SEVEN
02:17:39 AND EIGHT ON PAGE 82 OF OUR REPORT RECOMMENDATION SIX WE
02:17:46 STATE THAT THE BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER DELETING A VACANT 0922
02:17:50 MANAGER ONE POSITION WHICH WE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2024 BUT HAS
02:17:53 NEVER BEEN FILLED. SIMILARLY WE HAVE A00952 DIRECT
02:18:03 DEPUTY DIRECTOR TO POSITION WHICH WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT
02:18:07 THE BOARD CONSIDER DELETING. IT'S A VACANT POSITION.
02:18:12 IT'S BEEN VACANT SINCE APRIL 2023 AND FINALLY RECOMMENDATION
02:18:18 EIGHT IS AN 1116 MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR AND WE OUR
02:18:22 RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER DELETING THAT
02:18:24 POSITION WHICH HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE AUGUST OF 2022 AND HAS
02:18:29 NEVER BEEN FILLED. WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY
02:18:30 QUESTIONS ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
02:18:32 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
02:18:42 >> PLEASE THANK YOU CHAIR CHEN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
02:18:47 >> I'M ALISON ROMANO, CEO AND CEO OF THE RETIREMENT
02:18:50 SYSTEM AND THANK YOU TO THE BLR FOR ALL THE WORK AND ALL THE
02:18:54 GOOD DIALOG THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS I COULD ADDRESS TO
02:18:58 START WITH THE THREE AREAS WHICH WE DID NOT REACH
02:18:59 AGREEMENT ON WITH RESPECT TO CURRENT EXPENSES, MATERIALS
02:19:03 AND SUPPLIES AND PROFESSIONAL AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES.
02:19:07 WHAT WE PUT FORWARD IN THE BUDGET REFLECTS WHAT WE EXPECT
02:19:10 TO SPEND IN THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR WITH RESPECT TO OTHER
02:19:14 CURRENT EXPENSES WE DO NOT AGREE WITH THE REDUCTION
02:19:18 BECAUSE THE EXPENDITURES ARE BOTH PROJECT DRIVEN
02:19:21 AND TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN UPGRADING AND SECURING KEY PENSION
02:19:25 TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS IS A PRIORITY AND A SUBSTANTIAL
02:19:29 PORTION OF THAT BUDGET GOES TO SUPPORTING THOSE SYSTEMS.
02:19:32 SIMPLY PUT OUR PENSION ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM IS THE
02:19:36 BACKBONE OF BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO
02:19:40 MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. >> THE WE WE DISAGREE WITH THE
02:19:44 PROPOSED REDUCTION THERE BASED ON UNDERSPENDING BECAUSE PRIOR
02:19:48 UNDERSPENDING AGAIN WAS LARGELY DRIVEN BY ANTICIPATION OF A
02:19:52 MOVE THAT HAS BEEN DELAYED. WE DO NEED UPGRADED COMPUTERS,
02:19:56 LAPTOPS AND EQUIPMENT AND WE DO NEED TO SPEND TO TO KEEP THAT
02:20:02 MODERN EQUIPMENT IN THE HANDS OF OUR STAFF WITH REGARDS TO
02:20:06 PROFESSIONAL AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES AGAIN HERE WE DO NOT
02:20:11 AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THE THESE EXPENDITURES MAY
02:20:14 FLUCTUATE YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON OPERATIONAL NEW NEEDS
02:20:18 AND INCLUDE SUCH AS EXPENSES AS ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICERS
02:20:22 AND MEDICAL EVALUATIONS RELATED TO DISABILITY PROCESSING.
02:20:26 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
02:20:29 IT IS NOT OPTIONAL AND WE NEED TO BUDGET FOR THOSE EXPENSES
02:20:33 ACCORDINGLY. I CAN ADDRESS THE POLICY
02:20:40 QUESTIONS ON THE STAFFING AS WELL.
02:20:41 >> THE 0922 AND 0952 FUNCTIONS ARE RELATED TO THE
02:20:48 ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT IS
02:20:51 SOMETHING VERY STANDARD FOR LARGE PENSION ORGANIZATIONS.
02:20:55 >> IT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THINKS ABOUT ENTERPRISE RISK.
02:21:02 >> ENTERPRISE STRATEGY ENSURES THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT
02:21:05 CONTROLS IN PLACE. THIS IS NOT A PROGRAM THAT CAN
02:21:06 BE BUILT OUT OVERNIGHT. >> WE NEED PEOPLE WITH THE
02:21:10 TALENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE 1116
02:21:14 MANAGING DIRECTOR AND INVESTMENTS, THIS POSITION
02:21:18 HAS BEEN OPEN FOR SOME TIME. >> IT WAS A PRIORITY THIS YEAR
02:21:22 BUT WE ULTIMATELY HAD A ANOTHER 116 POSITION THAT BECAME VACANT
02:21:25 AND WE HAVE HAD TO PRIORITIZE FILLING THAT IS THAT ROLE
02:21:30 OVERSEES A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO SO
02:21:36 ONCE THAT POSITION IS FILLED WE WILL SEEK TO FILL THE OPEN 116
02:21:43 . >> THANK YOU.
02:21:44 JUST KIND OF I THINK I WILL DEFER TO VICE CHAIR DORSEY
02:21:51 AND KIND OF CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE LEASE
02:21:52 THAT WHERE WE'RE AT. YEAH I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT I
02:22:00 THOUGHT IT'S NOT GOING FORWARD I MEAN I THINK THE QUESTION IS
02:22:03 THAT LIKE YOU KNOW IF WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD THE LEASE WHERE
02:22:10 WHERE WOULD IT BE FOR NEXT LIKE I, I MEAN I THINK LET'S HAVE A
02:22:14 CONVERSATION NOT AT THE MOMENT I THINK LET'S PIN THAT THOUGHT
02:22:18 IF I MAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THESE BUDGET
02:22:22 LEGISLATIVE ANALYST RECOMMENDATION ARE ASSOCIATED
02:22:25 WITH THE LEASE AND THE MOVE AND ALSO PURCHASE OF THE NEW
02:22:30 EQUIPMENT A WHILE IN TERMS OF NOT JUST WHETHER YOU NEED A
02:22:37 LOCATION, NEW LOCATION OR NOT SOUNDS LIKE YOU STILL NEED SOME
02:22:38 EQUIPMENT UPGRADE BUT I LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE STATUS OF THAT
02:22:44 AND AND ABOUT THE BUDGET LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
02:22:45 RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE SO IF IF THAT WORKS
02:22:53 FOR YOU I LIKE TO PIN THOSE THOUGHTS AT THE MOMENT BOTH
02:22:56 IN TERMS OF IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BUDGET AND I JUST SAY AN
02:22:57 ANALYST RECOMMENDATION AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT
02:23:03 IN AGREEMENT WITH THEM SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH
02:23:05 THAT CONVERSATION. OKAY.
02:23:08 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
02:23:09 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
02:23:12 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
02:23:12 SO WITH THAT COLLEAGUES I THINK I'M GONNA CONTINUE I THINK THAT
02:23:19 CLEAR TODAY IS CLEAR. >> I KNOW THAT BOTH OUR AIRPORT
02:23:24 AND I SPOKE WE HAVEN'T HAVE RESOLUTION AS WELL AS THE
02:23:28 RETIREMENT SYSTEM. I AM OPEN TO DISCUSSION FOR AS
02:23:34 YOU SEE I DON'T HAVE NAME ON THE ROSTER AT THE MOMENT.
02:23:42 >> WE WILL CONTINUE TO ITEM 12 VICE CHAIR DORSEY I'LL SPEAK TO
02:23:49 YOU KNOW I'M PERSUADED THAT THESE ARE DIFFICULT FOR THE SFP
02:23:54 YOU SEE I AM PERSUADED THAT THESE CAN BE DIFFICULT
02:23:58 POSITIONS TO FILL AND I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS AN EFFECT
02:24:04 TO THE GENERAL FUND AND IN FACT THERE MAY BE AN ADVANTAGE TO
02:24:09 THE EXTENT THERE'S LAYOFFS ELSEWHERE THAT WE WOULD FIND A
02:24:10 SORT OF PLACE WHERE THERE COULD BE A SOFT LANDING FOR PEOPLE
02:24:14 WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR CAREERS TO THE CITY AND COUNTY
02:24:17 OF SAN FRANCISCO. I'M SENSITIVE TO THAT.
02:24:20 I WOULD BE INCLINED TO SUPPORT THE POSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT
02:24:27 IN TERMS OF RETAINING ITS POSITIONS.
02:24:31 BUT I THINK I'M ALSO UNSYMPATHETIC TO SOME OF THE
02:24:32 THE VEHICLE REQUESTS WHICH ARE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT I'M
02:24:40 HEARING FROM SOME COLLEAGUES AS WELL FOR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS
02:24:42 . >> AND JUST THROUGH THE CHAIR
02:24:43 FOR A MOMENT WE HAVE PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE REDUCTIONS FOR
02:24:47 EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE REQUEST THAT WE'VE MADE.
02:24:54 >> SURPRISE SUPERVISOR WHARTON CHURCH AND THEN THANK YOU.
02:24:59 WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS TODAY, RIGHT.
02:25:02 >> I THINK AS I SAY, EXPECTING US TO.
02:25:06 >> SO SHE'S STANDING THERE WAITING FOR I DON'T I DON'T
02:25:07 THINK I I'M NOT INCLINED TO BUT I MEAN I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:25:11 MS.. DOWNING ACTUALLY HAS THAT SHE
02:25:14 DID THE WORK AND SHE'S WAITING FOR US AND I CAN UNDERSTAND IT.
02:25:18 I'M NOT INCLINED TO RESOLVE EVERYTHING TODAY.
02:25:22 >> IT'S YOU KNOW, FOR SPU AND FOR AIRPORT AS WELL AS FOR
02:25:26 RETIREMENT. >> SO YET THROUGH THIS YEAR IF
02:25:30 I MAY OFFER ONE LAST PITCH WE'VE SPENT THE LAST TWO WEEKS
02:25:36 LOOKING AT THE BALANCE RECOMMENDATIONS PREPARING
02:25:37 COUNTERPROPOSALS AND EXPLAINING OUR RATIONALE AND I BROUGHT
02:25:40 SOME TEN OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
02:25:45 I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT IN FRONT OF YOU IN JUNE AND SOME OF
02:25:51 THOSE DECISIONS ARE ARE ARE LARGELY GENERAL FUND DECISIONS
02:25:54 . >> SO WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT WE'D
02:25:55 BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS TODAY THAT YOU'D BE
02:25:58 OPEN TO OUR COUNTERPROPOSALS AGAIN WHICH GET US TO 93%
02:26:01 AGREEMENT WITH THE VLA AND THAT WE CAN YOU CAN MOVE ON TO OTHER
02:26:06 THINGS. SO I WANT TO OFFER THAT ONE
02:26:09 LAST TIME IF YOU'RE NOT READY TODAY WE WILL SHOW UP AGAIN.
02:26:12 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE NOT THERE YET IF I MAY I MEAN ANY
02:26:16 ANY COLLEAGUES CAN OBJECT AND I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S
02:26:20 STILL SOME THOUGHTS AROUND PLANNING AND I AS WELL THAT
02:26:24 WE'RE NOT QUITE COMPLETELY THERE YET.
02:26:27 SO I THINK WE'RE NOT THERE YET .
02:26:31 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE
02:26:31 CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:26:34 AND I THINK THESE CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE.
02:26:38 >> THANK YOU. AND SO WITH THAT COLLEAGUES, WE
02:26:40 WILL NOW CONTINUE WITH ITEM 12. AND WITH THAT WE ALREADY HAVE
02:26:46 HEARD FROM THE CHANCELLOR AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO
02:26:50 TO MS.. DIRECTOR SHERRY'S SHERRY STASI
02:26:57 SMITH FROM DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR
02:27:01 FAMILIES. >> OH, GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:27:08 THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN AND SUPERVISOR WATSON, DORSEY
02:27:12 SATTER AND CHEN SHUI STACY SMITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR
02:27:16 THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES.
02:27:19 SO I WAS ASKED WHY FREE CITY IS HOUSED AT DCF.
02:27:24 >> IT'S I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BRIEF EXPLANATION AS TO WHY SO
02:27:30 A FREE CITY COLLEGE IS HOUSED UNDER DCF BECAUSE IT'S A DIRECT
02:27:34 CONTINUATION OF THE CITY'S LONG STANDING CROSS-SECTOR
02:27:35 PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE COLLEGE ACCESS AND COMPLETION FOR SAN
02:27:40 FRANCISCO YOUTH. >> THIS WORK BEGAN IN 2010 WITH
02:27:43 THE LAUNCH OF THE BRIDGE TO SUCCESS INITIATIVE WHICH
02:27:47 FOCUSED ON INCREASING COLLEGE ACCESS BOTH MATRICULATION
02:27:51 AND DEGREE COMPLETION FOR LOCAL STUDENTS.
02:27:54 AS A PART OF THAT INITIATIVE, DCF SERVED AS THE GOVERNMENT
02:27:58 AND CITY PARTNER WITHIN THAT ALLIANCE HELPING ALIGN THE
02:27:59 CITY'S YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH THE EQUITY GOALS WITH
02:28:03 THE ACADEMIC OBJECTIVES OF S.F. CITY AND CITY COLLEGE.
02:28:07 WE ALSO SERVED AS A FISCAL AGENT FOR THE INITIAL FUNDING
02:28:11 FOR THAT PROJECT FREE FREE CITY COLLEGE BUILDS UPON AND EXPANDS
02:28:15 THIS FOUNDATION. THE PROGRAM CONTINUES THE
02:28:18 PARTNERSHIP AMONG CITY COLLEGE S.F. USD AND THE CITY TO REMOVE
02:28:23 BARRIERS TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND SUPPORT LONG TERM
02:28:26 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS HOUSING
02:28:30 FREE CITY WITHIN DCF ADVANCES THE DEPARTMENT'S CORE MISSION
02:28:34 AND OUTCOMES THROUGH REQUIRES ONGOING WORK WITH S.F. USD
02:28:37 INCLUDING DUAL ENROLLMENT INITIATIVES, FREE CITY SUPPORTS
02:28:42 DC DC Y S GOALS THAT CHILDREN AND YOUTH ARE PREPARED FOR
02:28:45 COLLEGE WORK AND PRODUCTIVE ADULTHOOD.
02:28:46 THE PROGRAM IS THEREFORE NOT ONLY ALIGNED WITH DC WHERE CITY
02:28:50 PRIORITIES BUT ALSO COMPLEMENTS THE DEPARTMENT'S BROADER
02:28:53 EFFORTS TO CREATE EQUITABLE PATHWAYS TO EDUCATIONAL
02:28:57 AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. >> GIVEN DC Y.
02:29:01 S ESTABLISHED LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THIS WORK PROPOSITION W
02:29:02 DESIGNATED DC Y AS THE FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR FREE CITY
02:29:06 COLLEGE LET'S CONTINUING THE DEPARTMENT'S LONGSTANDING ROLE
02:29:09 IN STEWARDING AND COORDINATING THESE CROSS-SECTIONAL
02:29:13 EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS. >> THANK YOU.
02:29:16 THANK YOU. >> AND NEXT WE WANT TO WELCOME
02:29:21 I BELIEVE THE ALLIE CHRISTY OUR PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD TRUSTEE
02:29:28 FROM CITY COLLEGE IS HERE AND WE WANT TO WELCOME HER
02:29:31 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TRUSTEE I, I SHOULD HAVE I SHOULD HAVE
02:29:35 BROUGHT YOU ON FIRST AS AS A ELECTED OFFICIAL.
02:29:39 >> MY APOLOGIES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:29:42 CHAIR TEN ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MONICA LOU FROM OUR
02:29:46 COLLEGE DO THE PRESENTATION FIRST AND THEN I'LL BE GOING A
02:29:47 LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:29:49 THANK YOU. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PLUS PRESS
02:30:18 DO YOUR PRESENTATION ALREADY LOADED UP.
02:30:21 >> YES, IT'S RIGHT HERE. OKAY.
02:30:22 ALL RIGHT. OH, OKAY.
02:30:32 >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:30:33 I'M JUST MY NAME IS MONICA LIU. I'M THE DEAN OF ENROLLMENT
02:30:38 SERVICES HERE AT CITY COLLEGE OF THE SOUTHERN CISCO.
02:30:44 >> I'M HERE TO GO OVER THE OVERVIEW OF THE FREE CITY
02:30:47 COLLEGE PROGRAM. >> FREE CITY WAS ESTABLISHED
02:30:52 THROUGH VOTER APPROVED CITY FUNDING IN 2017.
02:30:55 THE PROGRAM PROVIDES TUITION FREE CREDIT COURSE FOR ELIGIBLE
02:31:02 SEVEN CISCO RESIDENTS ATTENDING CITY COLLEGE FREE CITY IS A
02:31:09 FOUR ALSO FOR LOW INCOME PARTICIPANTS WHO QUALIFY FOR
02:31:14 THE STATE'S CALIFORNIA COLLEGE PROMISE GRANT WHICH IS CCP G
02:31:21 THE FREE CITY PROGRAM PROVIDES $46 FOR EACH UNIT DE TECH
02:31:29 RECOGNIZING THE TUITION FEES ARE NOT THE FULL COST OF
02:31:34 ECONOMIC NITY COLLEGE EDUCATION FREE CITY IS A JOINTLY
02:31:43 ADMINISTRATOR BY CITY COLLEGE OF SOME CISCO IN THIS CITY
02:31:47 AND COUNTY OF SAN CISCO THROUGH DC Y F THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS
02:31:51 COLLEGE ACCESS, WORKFORCE PREPARATION, ECONOMIC MOBILITY
02:31:59 AND STUDENT SUCCESS. FREE CITY HAS BECOME ONE OF THE
02:32:02 SEVEN CISCO'S MOST VISIBLE DIRECT EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS
02:32:10 THE ADMINISTRATE TIFF STRUCTURE IN OPERATION APPROXIMATELY 36
02:32:17 STAFF SUPPORT THE FREE CITY ADMINISTRATION CSUF INTEGRATES
02:32:21 THE FREE CITY ELIGIBLE BILITY SCREENING DIRECTLY INTO THE
02:32:26 STUDENTS REGISTRATION PROCESS EACH SEMESTER THE PROGRAM
02:32:33 UPGRADES SPAN STUDENT AFFAIRS FINANCIAL AID ADMISSIONS
02:32:38 AND RECORDS THE PROCESS OFFICE ARTS AND STUDENT SERVICES CORE
02:32:42 FUNCTIONS INCLUDE RESIDENCY VERIFICATION, FINANCIAL AID
02:32:45 COORDINATION OUTREACH DEP MANAGEMENT INSTILL
02:32:50 IN REINSTATEMENT THE COLLEGE HAS CONTINUE STRENGTHENING
02:32:55 OUTREACH MARKETING AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY.
02:33:05 WE ALSO YEAH WE'RE ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE PARTICIPATE AN
02:33:13 OVERVIEW FOR 24 2520 THOUSAND 243 STUDENTS USE FREE CITY
02:33:23 BENEFITS 93 PUTS IT PARTICIPATION AMOUNT
02:33:27 ELIGIBILITY STUDENT 32,007 AWARDS ISSUE ACROSS THREE
02:33:35 ACADEMIC TERMS THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION LEVEL IN THE PAST
02:33:42 FIVE YEARS THE AWARD DISTRIBUTION 63% RECEIVE THE
02:33:49 TUITION WAIVER ONLY 30% RECEIVE A FREE CITY CASH GRANT AND THEN
02:33:56 THE COURSE GRANT PARTICIPATION CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN 75% OF
02:34:00 CSUF CREDIT POPULATION QUALIFY FOR FREE CITY.
02:34:07 NEXT SLIDE I'M SO I'M SO THE THE IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
02:34:11 IMPACT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE IMPACT ACROSS SOME OF CISCO
02:34:21 THE FREE CITY PROGRAM SERVES STUDENTS ACROSS EVERY MAJOR
02:34:26 SUMMER CISCO NEIGHBORHOOD THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION AREAS
02:34:30 INCLUDING INCLUDE THE INGLESIDE EXCELSIOR CRACK THE AMAZON
02:34:35 THAT'S THE HIGHEST IN THE STUDENT WHO PARTICIPATE WITH A
02:34:42 14%. AND THEN NEXT IS THE MISSION
02:34:45 FOR THE HIGH WHAT 9% AND BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT 7%.
02:34:49 >> AND THEN THE OTHER AREAS WELL THE FREE CITY AS A
02:34:56 WORKFORCE IN ECONOMIC MOBILITY STRATEGY MORE THAN 20,000
02:35:04 SERVICES CAN BENEFIT FROM THE FREE CITY PROGRAM DURING THE 20
02:35:10 2425 ACADEMIC YEAR. >> THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS
02:35:13 TRANSFER PREPARATION WORKFORCE UPSKILLING CAREER RETAINMENT
02:35:18 AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY STUDENTS USE FREE CITY TO ACCESS HIGH
02:35:22 DEMAND WORKFORCE PATHWAYS INCLUDING HEALTH CARE
02:35:26 TECHNOLOGY. AUTOML TIVE AND SKILLED TRADES
02:35:30 FREE CITY SUPPORTS ADULT LEARNERS, WORKING FAMILIES
02:35:34 AND RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AND CAREER CHANGERS.
02:35:38 STUDENTS CAN CONSISTENTLY DESCRIBE FREE CITY AS A PATHWAY
02:35:43 TOWARD LONG TERM ECONOMIC STABILITY NEXT I'LL TURN OVER
02:35:50 TO OUR VICE CHANCELLOR OF FINANCE ALSO THANK YOU DEAN LOU
02:36:00 CHAIR CHAN MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS
02:36:05 COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO
02:36:08 LISTEN TO OUR ASK WHAT I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING HERE IS
02:36:13 AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM COSTS AND SO YOU SEE HERE
02:36:20 IN THE LEFT COLUMN THE TUITION WAIVERS AND CASH GRANTS THAT
02:36:27 THE COLLEGE INCURRED OVER THAT THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND IN
02:36:34 ADDITION TO THE STUDENT DEBT THAT APPROXIMATES JUST UNDER
02:36:41 12,000,012 MILLION IN OPERATING COSTS TO SUCCESSFULLY ROLL OUT
02:36:45 THE FREE CITY PROGRAM, THERE WERE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT
02:36:52 WOULD ADD TO THAT OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURE.
02:36:57 BUT THE COLLEGE WHILE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING OUT A
02:37:01 MECHANISM WITH DCF HAS OPTED TO ABSORB THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE
02:37:05 COSTS TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM AND TO KIND OF JUST
02:37:12 PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT PROPORTION.
02:37:16 THE PROPOSED CUT FROM 9.3 OF THE CURRENT YEAR TO 6.5 IS
02:37:22 APPROXIMATELY A 30% REDUCTION. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT
02:37:29 20,000 CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS THAT TRANSLATES INTO
02:37:33 THE CITY OF THE CITY COLLEGE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROPERLY OR
02:37:38 ADEQUATELY SERVE APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THE PARTICIPATION
02:37:46 RATE. SO IF WE HAVE 20,000 STUDENTS
02:37:49 AND WE HAVE A 90% PARTICIPATION RATE THAT'S 80,000 18,000
02:37:52 STUDENTS. SO THE CUT WOULD TRANSLATE INTO
02:37:57 THE COLLEGE NOT BE ABLE TO ADEQUATELY SERVE APPROXIMATELY
02:38:02 6000 SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S A HUGE PROPORTION.
02:38:06 AGAIN, THE COLLEGE HAS OPTED TO ABSORB THESE ADMINISTRATIVE
02:38:13 COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RUNNING THE PROGRAM BUT THAT'S PROBABLY
02:38:18 NOT A SUSTAINABLE OPTION AND SO THEY ASK FOR FISCAL 27 IS TO
02:38:26 MAINTAIN THE CURRENT FUNDING OF 9.3 MILLION WHICH ESSENTIALLY
02:38:32 COVERS THE FREE TUITION FOR SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS TO ATTEND
02:38:39 CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO TURN IT BACK OVER TO TEEN LOU.
02:38:56 >> ALL RIGHT. >> SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR
02:39:01 ENROLLMENT GROWTH. WE ACTUALLY PROJECTING ABOUT
02:39:07 ROUGHLY 2% ANNUAL INCREASE IN OUR ENROLLMENT AND WE
02:39:11 CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL REDUCE
02:39:15 THE BARRIER FOR STUDENTS TO MOVE ON TO NEXT.
02:39:22 >> ALL RIGHT. >> AND THE FREE CITY
02:39:27 PARTICIPANTS ATTEMPT TO COMPLETE MORE UNION THAN THE
02:39:30 NON PARTICIPANTS AND PARTICIPANTS PERSIST FROM A
02:39:35 PHOTO SPRING AT A HIGHER RATE WITH THE PROGRAM SUPPORT
02:39:42 AND ALSO THE EQUITY POPULATIONS.
02:39:42 THE AUDIENCE PERSISTS AT THE RATE COMPARABLE TO THE NON
02:39:46 EQUITY PEER OVERALL THE PROGRAM IS SUPPORTING LONG TERM
02:39:50 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN A WORKFORCE PREPARATION AND WE'RE
02:39:57 LOOKING AT WHO BENEFIT THE MOST FROM THEIR FREE CITY PROGRAM
02:40:05 100% OF THE FREE CITY CASH GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE
02:40:09 ECONOMICALLY UNDERSERVED. STUDENTS INCLUDE FIRST
02:40:13 GENERATION STUDENTS FOSTER YOUTH VETERANS, CAL WORK
02:40:16 RECIPIENTS AND WORKING ADULTS. MANY STUDENTS EXPERIENCE A
02:40:20 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL NEED DESPITE RECEIVING THE
02:40:24 EIGHT FREE CITY REDUCE AFFORDABILITY BARRIERS IN ONE
02:40:28 OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
02:40:33 THE PROGRAM HELP A STUDENT REMAIN ENROLLED DURING PERIODS
02:40:34 OF FINANCIAL INSTABILITY. THANK YOU AND AS WE CONTINUE MY
02:40:41 APOLOGIES TO INTERRUPT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I DO
02:40:45 SEE THAT THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE I MAY LOSE QUORUM
02:40:51 BY 5 P.M. IT SEEMS SO IT MEANS THAT I AND THIS BODY SO I JUST
02:40:59 WANTED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE TIME OF THE PRESENTATION IF WE
02:41:00 CAN ACTUALLY BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT TO GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT
02:41:04 SO IF WE COULD FINISH THE PRESENTATION WITHIN THE NEXT
02:41:07 FIVE MINUTES ALL TOGETHER I WOULD SO APPRECIATE THAT.
02:41:11 >> THANK YOU CHAIR THANK YOU. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD
02:41:15 AND HIGHLIGHT A FEW FROM THE PRESENTATION.
02:41:19 YEAH. SO WE WANT TO ALSO LIKE
02:41:23 HIGHLIGHT HOW AND ALL THESE STUDENTS THAT WHO PARTICIPATE
02:41:26 IN THE PROGRAM REALLY BENEFIT FROM THE CONTINUING SUPPORT THE
02:41:33 ONGOING FUNDING THAT WILL SUPPORT MORE STUDENTS IN THE
02:41:36 FUTURE. >> THANK YOU.
02:41:47 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR CHEN.
02:41:51 HELLO. MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET
02:41:52 AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. I WILL TRY TO BE REALLY QUICK.
02:41:56 I JUST WANTED TO REALLY GROUND SOME OF THIS CONVERSATION
02:41:59 THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AROUND FREE CITY.
02:42:03 I'M ALSO A TRUSTEE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY
02:42:06 COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY
02:42:08 COLLEAGUES TRUSTEE MARTINEZ AND TRUSTEE CHONG WHO ARE ALSO
02:42:11 HERE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY AND I PREVIOUSLY USED TO MANAGE THE
02:42:19 FREE CITY PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH
02:42:20 AND THEIR FAMILIES BACK IN 2019 WHEN THIS WAS WHEN THE TEN YEAR
02:42:24 AGREEMENT WAS UNFOLDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNTY OF
02:42:26 SAN FRANCISCO. >> I THINK THAT AT THAT TIME
02:42:31 WHAT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF FREE CITY WAS
02:42:36 THAT THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO WAS WILLING TO INVEST IN THIS
02:42:40 RADICAL IDEA THAT ALL SAN FRANCISCANS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS
02:42:45 TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND THAT WE SHOULD ELIMINATE AS MANY
02:42:49 BARRIERS AS POSSIBLE FOR FOLKS TO TAKE CLASSES TO EXPAND THEIR
02:42:52 MINDS. AND SO SOME OF THIS IS HARD TO
02:42:56 FINANCIALLY CAPTURE BUT I TRULY BELIEVE JUST IN MY OWN
02:43:00 BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION POLICY THAT WE HAVE FUNDAMENTAL
02:43:04 TOTALLY SHIFTED THE COLLEGE GOING CULTURE IN SAN FRANCISCO
02:43:07 . >> AND SO THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
02:43:08 ASSUMED THAT THEY COULD NOT GO TO FREE CITY OR TO GO TO
02:43:12 COMMUNITY COLLEGES BECAUSE IT WAS EXPENSIVE.
02:43:15 >> IT'S COMPLICATED AND THIS PROGRAM CHANGED THAT.
02:43:19 >> SO TO BUILD THIS CULTURE AND THIS IDEA TOOK TIME
02:43:23 AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THEN TO
02:43:28 TAKE IT BACK. >> SO I THINK THAT FREE CITY IS
02:43:31 JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT AND IT'S BECAUSE OF
02:43:35 THE RETURNS THAT WE ALSO GET THAT TAXPAYERS ACTUALLY ALSO
02:43:40 GET YOU GET A MORE EDUCATED WORKFORCE AS WE MENTIONED
02:43:43 IN THE PRESENTATION AND YOU HAVE ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR
02:43:46 FAMILIES AND YOU ALSO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT
02:43:51 NOBODY CAN TAKE. SO THIS IS REALLY A SHARED
02:43:54 ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY WITH DCF AND CITY COLLEGE
02:44:01 AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THIS THIS IS A
02:44:05 PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
02:44:08 >> CITY COLLEGES ENROLLMENT IS GOING UP.
02:44:09 PARTICIPATION FOR FREE CITY IS THE HIGHEST IN HISTORY.
02:44:14 THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE MADE IS WORKING AND SO WE
02:44:20 REALLY WANT TO BE PARTNERS IN THIS AND TO NAVIGATE
02:44:24 NAVIGATE THIS PROCESS TOGETHER AND SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
02:44:28 SHEDDING LIGHT ON THIS ISSUE. >> THANK YOU.
02:44:42 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME FROM THIS? HI, MY NAME IS ALISA MESSER.
02:44:46 I AM A FACULTY MEMBER AT CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
02:44:51 I WORK WITH AFTRA 2121 AND AND I SIT ON THE FREE CITY
02:44:56 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND HAVE SINCE WE STARTED SO I AM HERE
02:45:00 AS A MEMBER OF THE FREE CITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH
02:45:04 ANOTHER MEMBER AND HELLICAR CAMPOS WHO IS COMING UP BEHIND
02:45:08 ME AND WILL TRY VERY QUICKLY. I WANT TO THANK DEAN LOU
02:45:12 AND EVERYONE FOR STEPPING IN BECAUSE THE CHANCELLOR HAD
02:45:16 TIMED OUT FREE CITY IS REALLY A SAN FRANCISCO VALUE AND I THINK
02:45:23 TRUSTEE TRUSTEE SPOKE TO THAT REALLY WELL JUST NOW.
02:45:27 IT'S A DREAM THAT THAT MEANS THAT SAN FRANCISCANS CAN
02:45:30 IMAGINE SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT HAPPENING IN THEIR
02:45:34 LIVES. AND I HAVE MET STUDENTS WHO SAY
02:45:35 OH, WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL I HEARD THAT CITY
02:45:38 COLLEGE WAS FREE AND I KNEW THAT I COULD GO TO COLLEGE.
02:45:43 RIGHT. THAT'S VERY REAL.
02:45:45 IT'S VOTER APPROVED AND I THINK IT'S NOW PART OF SAN
02:45:49 FRANCISCO'S ETHOS. THERE ARE TWO BIG COMPONENTS.
02:45:52 THE FIRST IS THE TUITION AS YOU'VE HEARD AND THE OTHER IS
02:45:56 THE GRANT AND THAT GRANT IS IN LIEU OF TUITION WHICH GETS
02:46:00 PAID BY THE STATE TO MAKE UP FOR THE COST OF ATTENDANCE
02:46:02 IN THIS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE CITY.
02:46:05 SO THE I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SKIP MY SLIDES
02:46:12 AND WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THE WE THE COLLEGE HAS PREPARED TWO
02:46:16 DOCUMENTS FOR YOU THAT I BELIEVE THE CLERK NOW HAS
02:46:20 AND WILL AND HAS BEEN PROVIDED. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
02:46:24 THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS ONE IS ABOUT THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL
02:46:25 BUT THE OTHER IS ABOUT THE THE STUDENTS, THE LOW INCOME
02:46:28 STUDENTS WHO WILL IN PARTICULARLY BE
02:46:32 IN PARTICULAR BE EXCLUDED FROM THE FREE CITY PROGRAM ACCORDING
02:46:37 TO THE CURRENT BUDGET PROPOSAL. THE BUDGET PROPOSAL DOES NOT
02:46:41 ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN THIS PROGRAM AND THIS PROMISE OF
02:46:45 ACCESS FOR ALL AND IN FACT IT EXCLUDES SOME OF OUR MOST
02:46:48 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND THAT IS VERY
02:46:52 IMPORTANT FOR EQUITY AND I THINK FOR SAN FRANCISCO
02:46:57 OVERALL. SO I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM ONE
02:46:59 OF THESE STUDENTS FOR A MOMENT AND THEN I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO
02:47:02 HAVE SOME AMAZING PUBLIC COMMENT AND HELP.
02:47:03 >> ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS VERY
02:47:10 QUICK BUT MY NAME IS ANGELICA CAMPOS.
02:47:11 >> I AM THE ELECTED STUDENT TRUSTEE ON THE SAN FRANCISCO
02:47:14 CITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. >> REALLY QUICKLY THIS FALL I
02:47:18 WILL COMPLETE MY HEALTH SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE
02:47:22 WHICH IS A PATHWAY THAT'S ALLOWED ME TO SUPPORT
02:47:25 AND EDUCATE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ACROSS BOTH CSUF
02:47:29 AND SFE HIGH SCHOOLS. >> BUT YOU KNOW EVERY CITY FOR
02:47:33 ME THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS MADE THAT POSSIBLE JUST A
02:47:34 LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FREE CITY AND HOW FREE CITY HAS
02:47:38 MADE THAT LAST SCHOOL I MENTIONED POSSIBLE FREE CITY IS
02:47:44 AGAIN NOT JUST ABOUT TUITION, IT'S ABOUT SAFETY COMMUNITY
02:47:45 SAFETY. IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY WELL-BEING
02:47:48 AND ABOUT PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
02:47:52 STUDENTS TO RETURN TO THEIR COMMUNITIES WITH KNOWLEDGE
02:47:55 AND RESOURCES THAT SAVE OUR LIVES.
02:47:56 FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW THIS PAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE FREE CITY
02:48:01 CLASS AND BECAUSE OF MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROGRAM
02:48:04 AND THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS I'M IN, I DON'T LEAD OVER 60 PLUS
02:48:08 PRESENTATIONS IN S OF USD TALKING ABOUT INTIMATE PARTNER
02:48:12 VIOLENCE PREVENTION WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY
02:48:16 IMPORTANT. THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF LIKE
02:48:17 SOME OF THE PROGRAMING THAT YOU KNOW FREE CITY IN SOME OF OUR
02:48:20 CREDIT CLASSES OFFER UP OUR STUDENTS IF WE'RE THINKING
02:48:23 ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE LIVES OF SAN FRANCISCANS YOUNG,
02:48:27 OLD, WHOEVER AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST A FEW FEW COMMENTS
02:48:31 AND I'LL TRY TO WRAP IT OUT. YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE DAY AS A
02:48:34 STUDENT LEADER ON CAMPUS OUTSIDE OF YOU KNOW, MY SEXUAL
02:48:38 HEALTH EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE I WORK ALONGSIDE SO MANY STUDENTS
02:48:42 HERE THAT ALL ARE TRYING TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
02:48:46 SO WE HAVE RETURNING STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO RESKILL.
02:48:50 WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM THE FREE CITY PROGRAM THAT
02:48:54 ARE GOING TO BECOME OUR FIRST RESPONDERS SO OUR EMT IS OUR
02:48:57 YOU NAME IT OUR FIREFIGHTERS. >> YOU KNOW OUR I ALMOST HAD A
02:49:02 HOTLINE CALL IT BUT I MEAN WE DO WE DO WE DO HAVE STUDENTS
02:49:04 THAT GO ON TO BECOME SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO PICK UP THE
02:49:08 PHONE CALLS WHEN WE CALL 911 AND THEN WE HAVE FIRST
02:49:12 GENERATION STUDENTS, OUR SFD WITH STUDENTS WHO DO DUAL
02:49:14 ENROLLMENT WHO GO ON TO FREE IT TO BECOME FREE SAY FOR FREE.
02:49:17 SO THESE STUDENTS AND THEN WE LAST BUT NOT LEAST SUPPORT
02:49:23 VETERANS AND DISABLED STUDENTS, WORKING CLASS STUDENTS AS A LOT
02:49:28 OF OUR STUDENTS HERE TODAY ACTUALLY TOOK TIME OFF FROM
02:49:29 WORK TO BE HERE. >> THESE ARE NOT ABSTRACT
02:49:35 NUMBERS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER ABSTRACT NUMBERS
02:49:36 ON A SPREADSHEET. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE WITH REAL
02:49:40 RESPONSIBILITIES AND REAL HARDSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE TO
02:49:43 OVERCOME AND TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN A CLASSROOM.
02:49:46 >> FAST FORWARD MANY OF THESE STUDENTS YOU KNOW, WE TALKED
02:49:51 ABOUT IN PART OF THE PRESENTATION HAVE BARRIERS.
02:49:54 WE I SAW IN THE PRESENTATION SOME OF THE STUDENT
02:49:58 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE SERVE ARE THE BAYVIEW ARE THE TENDERLOIN
02:50:01 ARE THE RICHMOND DISTRICT AND EVEN IN NORTH BEACH A LOT
02:50:05 OF THESE STUDENTS YOU KNOW, ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE COST OF
02:50:09 LIVING, STRUGGLING WITH THE COST OF, YOU KNOW,
02:50:13 TRANSPORTATION AND THE RISING COST OF LIVING IN S.F. AND THEY
02:50:17 COUNT ON FREE CITY TO MAKE THAT AG HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESS
02:50:23 ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. >> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU KNOW
02:50:25 A LOT OF OUR GRANT SUPPORTED STUDENTS ARE AMONGST THE
02:50:28 POOREST AND MOST DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE
02:50:31 SAN FRANCISCO AND FREE CITY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL
02:50:36 BENEFITS AND INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE.
02:50:37 >> SAN FRANCISCO TO A MORE BETTER JUST PLACE FOR ALL OF US
02:50:42 ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, VULNERABLE TO THINGS
02:50:47 LIKE DRUG ADDICTION AND HOMELESSNESS AND YOU NAME
02:50:51 IT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL END WITH.
02:50:53 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
02:51:05 >> AND I THINK THAT WITH THAT THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
02:51:09 >> LET'S GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT YES RIGHT NOW OPEN IN PUBLIC
02:51:14 COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER 12 IF WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE
02:51:19 COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE AND BEFORE I DO
02:51:23 SO SINCE YOU SINCE MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE CHAMBER DID
02:51:27 JUST JOIN US FOR THIS HEARING, I DID WANT TO LAY DOWN A COUPLE
02:51:31 OF RULES PURSUANT TO OUR RULES OF ORDER 1.3.1 THERE ARE
02:51:34 CERTAIN THINGS PROHIBITED IN THESE CHAMBERS, ONE OF WHICH
02:51:38 ARE HANDHELD SIGNS. SO IF YOU DO INSIST ON HOLDING
02:51:42 UP A SIGN I WILL ALSO INSIST THAT YOU HOLD IT.
02:51:46 NO, NO HIGHER THAN YOUR FACE BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE DO HAVE THE
02:51:51 ENTITLED RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SEE OUR PROCEEDINGS UNIMPEDED.
02:51:57 >> SECONDARILY, APPLAUSE OR VOCAL EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT OR
02:52:01 OPPOSITION. >> YOU DID HEAR THE CHAIR SAY
02:52:05 THAT WE ARE TRYING TO HEAR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE BEFORE
02:52:09 WE LOSE QUORUM SO IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR.
02:52:12 HANDS UP IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR.
02:52:15 >> THUMBS DOWN BUT IT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM MORE
02:52:19 PEOPLE IF WE DON'T HAVE TO PAUSE FOR APPLAUSE BREAKS
02:52:20 IN BETWEEN. AND WITH THAT FIRST SPEAKER,
02:52:23 PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS STEVEN BRADY.
02:52:26 I'M AN AUTOMOTIVE INSTRUCTOR AT THE EVANS CAMPUS IN THE BAYVIEW
02:52:31 PRIOR TO CITY FREE CITY. YOU KNOW A LOT OF OUR CLASSES
02:52:35 WERE KIND OF HALF FULL AND STUFF BUT I JUST LIKE TO
02:52:38 LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT FOR THE FALL I ALREADY OWN OUT FOR A
02:52:42 WEEK MY ALL OF MY AND MY COLLEAGUES CLASSES ARE ARE FULL
02:52:46 AND WAITLISTED FOR THE FALL. THIS IS DUE TO FREE CITY.
02:52:50 AND ON TOP OF THAT I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION IT ALSO HELPS
02:52:54 TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A FULL CAMPUS THE THE THE BAY PLAZA
02:52:57 AND OUR STUDENTS GO OVER THERE TO EAT LUNCH.
02:53:01 IT DOES A LOT FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THE AREA THAT WE
02:53:05 HAVE A VIBRANT CAMPUS AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY FOR THOSE
02:53:08 OF YOU WHO ARE IN OUR BUDGET MINDED IF YOU THINK OF IF YOU
02:53:13 BOUGHT A STOCK TODAY FOR $46 AND YOU WAITED 19 WEEKS AND AND
02:53:20 YOU GOT A RETURN OF AD FOR $449 FOR THIS STOCK BECAUSE THE
02:53:26 STATE ACTUALLY GIVES $400 FOR EACH UNIT OF EDUCATION.
02:53:31 YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A UNIT FOR $445 WHICH IN A FOUR YEAR
02:53:34 COLLEGE WOULD BE $1,000. SO YOU'RE SAVING THOSE STUDENTS
02:53:40 $1,000. THAT'S A HUGE GIFT AND IT'S ONE
02:53:43 OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO THE BEST CITY IN THE
02:53:45 WORLD. SO PLEASE, THAT $60 MILLION TO
02:53:48 THESE KIDS YOU'RE TAKING AWAY IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE 3 MILLION.
02:53:52 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MUCH STEPHEN
02:53:55 BRADY. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:53:56 HI, MY NAME IS WILLIE. >> MY NAME IS WILLIAM WHITMORE
02:54:02 AND I TAKE I'VE BEEN TAKING CLASSES AT CITY COLLEGE FOR
02:54:03 QUITE A FEW YEARS. WHAT I LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I
02:54:07 HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHO SPENT NINE YEARS ON A PARK BENCH DOING
02:54:11 DRUGS AND HE GRADUATED CITY COLLEGE THIS JUST TWO DAYS AGO
02:54:18 WITH A FULL RIDE TO SANTA BARBARA BECAUSE OF FREE CITY.
02:54:22 YOU KNOW, THIS HAS TREMENDOUS IMPACTS FOR MANY, MANY PEOPLE
02:54:26 WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND.
02:54:34 >> I TAKE COURSES TO GET A BETTER GRASP ON THINGS I WASN'T
02:54:42 ABLE TO DO WHEN I WAS I DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE.
02:54:46 SO THIS GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK IN AND GO YOU KNOW
02:54:50 I WANT TO I WANT TO GET MY A'S AND FINALLY GET A DEGREE.
02:54:55 I'M 68 YEARS OLD, RIGHT. THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW,
02:55:00 68 YEARS OLD AND 20 YEARS OLD, IT'S A GREAT MESH.
02:55:01 YOU KNOW, I TAKE CLASSES WITH STEPHEN BRADY AND I SEE ALL
02:55:07 ACROSS THE BOARD THE RESULTS OF A FREE CITY YOUNG PEOPLE THAT
02:55:15 WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
02:55:16 THE TRADES AT AT EVANS ALL THOSE PROGRAMS THESE PEOPLE
02:55:22 COME TO BACK INTO SAN FRANCISCO THEY BECOME GOOD EARNERS.
02:55:27 >> THEY PAY TAXES AND THEY SUPPORT THEIR BUSINESSES.
02:55:30 >> THERE'S THANKS. >> THAT'S GOOD.
02:55:35 THANK YOU MUCH MUCH MORE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE JUST FOR
02:55:40 CLARIFICATION THAT BEEP MEANT HE HAD 30S LEFT RIGHT?
02:55:44 >> YES. OKAY.
02:55:45 THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:55:48 MY NAME IS SABRINA HALL AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT EXACTLY
02:55:52 WHO'S STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY .
02:55:55 I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT
02:55:58 TO BE EXACT, BUT I RESIDE IN DISTRICT NINE.
02:55:59 I'M A POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR, AN HONOR STUDENT, A STUDENT
02:56:03 SENATOR FOR S.F. OCEAN CAMPUS. I'M THE REGION THREE
02:56:07 COMMUNICATION OFFICER OVER ALL 14 BAY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
02:56:10 >> I'M ALSO THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR POSITIVE DIRECTION
02:56:13 IT'S EQUAL CHANGE RECOVERY CLUB AT CITY COLLEGE.
02:56:17 >> I'M NOT JUST HERE SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
02:56:18 I AM STANDING HERE AS THE VOICE FOR REAL FLESH AND BLOOD PEOPLE
02:56:21 WHOSE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS DEPEND ENTIRELY ON THE CHOICES
02:56:25 YOU MAKE IN THIS ROOM TODAY REGARDING FREE CITY.
02:56:26 >> SO LET ME BE COMPLETELY PLAIN, DIRECT AND UNBOTHERED BY
02:56:29 POLITICAL POLITENESS. DO NOT TOUCH DEFUND IT FIRST
02:56:32 FREE CITY REJECT THESE PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS POINT BLANK PERIOD.
02:56:36 FREE CITY IS NOT A LUXURY IS NOT SOME EXTRA DISPOSABLE LINE
02:56:40 ITEM YOU CAN GET TO CASUALLY SCRATCH AWAY WITH THE PAIN WHEN
02:56:43 YOUR NUMBERS GET TIGHT. FREE CITY IS THE FOUNDATION OF
02:56:44 LIFELONG. IT IS AN OPEN DOOR FOR BLACK
02:56:48 AND BROWN FOLKS FOR STUDENT PARENTS, FOR BROTHERS
02:56:50 AND SISTERS NAVIGATING RECOVERY AND FOR THE EVERYDAY WORKING
02:56:52 CLASS IN S.F. WHO ARE OUT HERE DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING TO
02:56:56 BUILD STABLE LIVES, GET AN EDUCATION AND BREAK
02:56:59 GENERATIONAL CYCLES FOR OUR FOLKS AT POSITIVE DIRECTIONS
02:57:03 AND FOR THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ACROSS S.F. CAMPUSES, ACCESS TO
02:57:07 HIGHER EDUCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HEALING
02:57:10 RECLAIMING OUR POWER AND ACHIEVING TRUE ECONOMIC
02:57:11 MOBILITY. WHEN YOU PROPOSE CUTS THE FREE
02:57:14 CITY YOU ARE LOOKING OUR COMMUNITY DEBT AND AI
02:57:18 AND TELLING US THAT OUR GROWTH, OUR FUTURE AND OUR
02:57:19 SELF-DETERMINATION DON'T MATTER ENOUGH TO PROTECT.
02:57:22 YOU ARE TELLING US THAT THE DOORS THAT FINALLY OPEN UP FOR
02:57:25 US ARE BEING SLAMMED SHUT RIGHT BACK IN OUR FACES.
02:57:26 THIS BUDGET DECISION IS DIRECT SHAMEFUL MISALIGNMENT TO THE
02:57:29 CITY'S STATED COMMITMENT. >> OUR STORIES MATTER.
02:57:33 OUR EDUCATION MATTERS. OUR PRESENCE IN THESE
02:57:36 INSTITUTION MATTERS. WE ARE ASKING THIS COMMITTEE TO
02:57:38 SHOW SOME REAL BACKBONE, SOME REAL COURAGE.
02:57:41 STAND UP WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY KEEP S.F. RUNNING
02:57:44 AND COMPLETELY FUND FREE CITY. STOP THE CUTS, PROTECT OUR
02:57:46 COMMUNITIES AND FULLY FUND OUR FUTURE.
02:57:49 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU SABRINA.
02:57:50 ALL NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
02:57:56 HI, MY NAME'S ROBYN PUGH. I'M THE INCOMING PRESIDENT FOR
02:57:59 AFGE 2121 THE FACULTY UNION AT CITY COLLEGE.
02:58:00 >> AND I TEACH BUSINESS CLASSES THERE INCLUDING REAL ESTATE
02:58:04 CLASSES AMONG OTHER THINGS. >> AND I WANT TO SAY I'M REALLY
02:58:07 PROUD OF THE WORK THE AFT 2121 DID WHEN WE WORKED WITH LABOR
02:58:10 AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS TO MAKE THE FREE CITY PROGRAM A
02:58:15 REAL ONE OF A KIND PROGRAM THAT SAN FRANCISCANS CAN COUNT ON.
02:58:19 >> WHEN WE WERE BUILDING THE FREE CITY PROGRAM FOR SAN
02:58:23 FRANCISCO WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL AND WE MADE A POINT
02:58:25 TO INCLUDE PASSING REVENUE WITH PROP W TO SUPPORT IT.
02:58:31 >> FREE CITY IS GOOD FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
02:58:33 IT'S GOOD FOR SAN FRANCISCANS. >> AND I ASK YOU TO FULLY FUND
02:58:36 IT. PLEASE FUND FREE CITY.
02:58:39 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH ROBIN PUGH.
02:58:40 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:58:43 MY NAME IS JAMES TRACY. I'M THE CHAIR OF LABOR
02:58:47 AND COMMUNITY STUDIES DEPARTMENT AT CITY COLLEGE OF
02:58:50 SAN FRANCISCO AND I WAS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE ORIGINAL FREE
02:58:54 CITY CAMPAIGN BACK IN 2016. SAN FRANCISCO WENT THE OTHER
02:58:57 WAY WHILE THE REST OF THIS COUNTRY WAS GOING THROUGH THE
02:59:01 PATHS OF DIVISION AND XENOPHOBIA.
02:59:04 WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO MAKE FREE CITY OF REALITY AND WE
02:59:08 WERE GOING TO OPEN OUR DOORS TO IMMIGRANTS, TO WORKING CLASS
02:59:12 STUDENTS. AND NO MATTER WHAT YOUR POLICY
02:59:16 PRIORITIES I'M ON THIS BOARD CITY COLLEGE DELIVERS AND FREE
02:59:20 CITY MAKES THAT POSSIBLE. IF YOUR PRIORITY IS IS MAKING
02:59:23 LIFE BETTER AND WELCOMING NEWCOMERS TO SAN FRANCISCO WE
02:59:27 TAKE CARE OF THAT TOO AND MISSION EVENTS ARE BRIDGING
02:59:32 THE ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE DIVIDES IN THIS PLACE.
02:59:35 WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME. IF YOUR PRIOR PRIORITY IS
02:59:40 INCREASING SOBRIETY IN THIS IN THIS CITY WE TAKE CARE OF
02:59:47 THAT THROUGH OUR AMAZING HEALTH OUR HEALTH PROGRAMS EVERY
02:59:51 SINGLE LAST SEMESTER. THE BEST PART OF MY JOB IS THE
02:59:55 PHONE CALLS. >> I'M IN THE CONSTRUCTION
02:59:58 TRADES NOW I'M A DRUG COUNSELOR NOW I LEARNED ENGLISH NOW
03:00:03 AND I'M GOING AND I'M MOVING FROM ESL TO TO REGULAR STUDIES
03:00:06 AND THAT'S WHAT WE GET. >> THAT'S THE PRIVILEGE OF
03:00:08 BEING A TEACHER AT CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:00:14 PLEASE DO NOT GO ROLL BACK THE CLOCK PLEASE FULLY FUND CITY
03:00:18 COLLEGE FREE CITY. >> THANK YOU.
03:00:22 THANK YOU MUCH JAMES TRACY NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
03:00:29 CHANG AND THE REST OF THE BOARD.
03:00:30 MY NAME IS CONNIE FORD. >> I'M A LONG, LONG TERM FAN OF
03:00:37 CITY COLLEGE WAY BACK IN THE DAY I GOT MY FIRST LABOR
03:00:42 EDUCATION THROUGH CITY COLLEGE. MY SON WHO DROPPED OUT OF HIGH
03:00:46 SCHOOL WENT BACK TO JOHN ADAMS TO IN CITY COLLEGE AND GUIDANCE
03:00:50 G.E.D. AND THEN THIS IDEA OF A FREE CITY GUARANTEED FOR
03:00:54 EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN THE CITY CAME FORWARD AND I HAVE BEEN
03:00:58 WORKING ON THAT WITH THE LABOR MOVEMENT THAT I LED FOR A WHILE
03:01:02 AND I HAVE I HAVE SERVED ON THE FREE CITY COLLEGE COMMISSION
03:01:06 NOW SINCE THE BEGINNING. I AM THERE WE ARE THERE ALL OF
03:01:12 THESE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ARE THERE.
03:01:13 IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT NOT TO TAKE ANY MORE MONEY.
03:01:17 WE STARTED OUT WITH MAYOR ED LEE WHO WAS GIVING US 17
03:01:21 MILLION TO START OUT WITH. THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO AND NOW
03:01:25 EVERYBODY HAS BEEN CUTTING IT AND CUTTING IT TO THE FACT THAT
03:01:29 THE MAYOR OFFICE HAS CUT IT IN THE IN QUADRUPLE IN HALF.
03:01:36 YOU KNOW, SO IT'S DOWN TO GETTING US THE LAST 3 MILLION
03:01:39 BASICALLY AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT OUR PROGRAMS.
03:01:43 WE HAVE TO CUT OUR STUDENT POPULATION FOR THE FIRST TIME.
03:01:45 SO PLEASE PUT BACK THAT MONEY. LET US WE CAN SURVIVE WITH $10
03:01:51 MILLION. THAT'S ALL WE NEED FOR NOW
03:01:52 AND WE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT.
03:01:55 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNTY FOR NEXT SPEAKER.
03:01:58 >> MY NAME IS WORKING HERE OTHER LAGUNA AND I LIVE IN THE
03:02:03 MISSION. >> I HAVE BEEN A STUDENT AT
03:02:04 CSUF FOR TWO YEARS AND THESE YEARS HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE.
03:02:07 >> TWO YEARS AGO SOME FRIENDS AND I WERE WONDERING HOW WE CAN
03:02:10 COMMUNICATE OVER LOUD CROWDS AT A PARADE FOR HELPING WITH BIKE
03:02:13 SECURITY, WE DECIDED TO START TAKING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
03:02:17 AT CSUF. I KNEW LITTLE ABOUT THE AMAZING
03:02:20 DEAF COMMUNITY AND DEAF CULTURE THAT I WOULD LEARN ABOUT NOW
03:02:23 ONE OF MY FRIENDS WORKS AT A AS AN EDUCATOR WITH DEAF CHILDREN
03:02:26 AND THE REST OF US ATTEND DEAF EVENTS ALL OVER THE BAY AREA
03:02:28 WITHOUT FREE CITY WE WOULDN'T BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
03:02:31 WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD LEARNING ABOUT THIS
03:02:34 AMAZING CULTURE WITHOUT FREE CITY I WOULD ALSO NOT HAVE BEEN
03:02:38 ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY DEAF COUSIN FROM PERU FOR THE
03:02:41 FIRST TIME IN YEARS AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'LL ALWAYS BE
03:02:43 THANKFUL FOR FREE CITY HELP ME AND MY FRIENDS PROTECT PEOPLE
03:02:46 AT PARADES FREE CITY OPEN DOORS FOR US FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
03:02:50 >> FREE CITY HAS RECONNECTED ME WITH MY FAMILY.
03:02:54 MY STORY IS JUST ONE OF MORE THAN 20,000 S.F. RESIDENTS EACH
03:02:57 YEAR HELPED BY FREE CITY. SO PLEASE PLEASE I URGE YOU TO
03:03:01 RESTORE THE CUTS AND SUPPORT FREE CITY.
03:03:04 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:03:08 >> NEXT SPEAKER SO GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS OH SO
03:03:20 MANY RERUNS OF CASTANEDA I'M ON ONE S.F. BRANCH COUNCIL I HOPE
03:03:25 FOR. >> I'M ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE
03:03:28 POSITIVE DIRECTIONS EXCHANGE RECOVERY CLUB ON CAMPUS ALSO
03:03:32 I'M A MEMBER OF THE POSITIVE DIRECTIONS CLUB CBO ON A STREET
03:03:40 I DID 17 YEARS BEHIND A WALL AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED.
03:03:43 I'M A RISING SCHOLAR ABOUT 3.9 GROUPS ON AVERAGE.
03:03:46 I'M I'M ONE OF THE CORE MEMBERS OF THE STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE.
03:03:52 >> I HAVE ABOUT ONE MORE YEAR INTO OUR GRADUATE AND I'LL
03:03:57 GRADUATE WITH FOUR DEGREES AND YOU DON'T ME GETTING OUT 17
03:04:05 YEARS GETTING OUT, HITTING THE STREETS FREE CITY SAVED MY LIFE
03:04:09 FOR A CITY THE LAST TWO YEARS IT PAID FOR MY EDUCATION SO
03:04:13 PLEASE I URGE YOU TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUDGET
03:04:19 AND FUND CONTINUE FUNDING FREE CITY BECAUSE IF WE DON'T THAT'S
03:04:23 LIKE BUILDING A WALL BETWEEN US AND OUR EDUCATION.
03:04:26 >> SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
03:04:31 >> SO I GOT AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
03:04:35 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS SOPHIA FLORES
03:04:42 GUEVARA AND I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS AND I'M A SINGLE MOTHER
03:04:51 OF THREE CHILDREN FROM THE MISSION DISTRICT.
03:04:52 I'M A RISING SCHOLAR AND A MEMBER OF POSITIVE DIRECTIONS
03:04:55 EQUALS CHANGE. >> I HAVE SURVIVED ADDICTION,
03:04:59 HOMELESSNESS AND MANY BARRIERS THAT TOO OFTEN PUSH MANY
03:05:02 MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES OUT OF EDUCATION INSTEAD OF WELCOME
03:05:06 WELCOMING THEM IN. AS A LATINA WOMAN, A MOTHER
03:05:10 AND SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD TO FIGHT FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY I
03:05:11 KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO WONDER IF THE DOORS OF HIGHER
03:05:14 EDUCATION WILL STAY OPEN FOR PEOPLE LIKE US.
03:05:17 FOR STUDENTS IN RECOVERY, UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS, LOW
03:05:21 INCOME FAMILIES, WOMEN CARING FOR CHILDREN AND LOVED ONES
03:05:25 AND THOSE TRYING TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES AFTER HARDSHIP
03:05:26 PROGRAMS LIKE FREE CITY ARE NOT LUXURIES THEY ARE LIFELINES.
03:05:30 >> CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO GAVE ME THE
03:05:33 OPPORTUNITY TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF AGAIN.
03:05:36 IT GAVE ME THE HOPE THAT IT GAVE ME COMMUNITY PURPOSE
03:05:40 AND ABILITY TO CREATE A BETTER FUTURE FOR MY CHILDREN WHILE
03:05:43 SERVING OTHERS AROUND ME. >> BECAUSE OF THAT SUPPORT I
03:05:45 HAVE NOW BEEN INSPIRED TO STEP INTO STUDENT LEADERSHIP
03:05:48 AND WILL SERVE AS STUDENT CHANCELLOR FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL
03:05:51 YEAR. >> I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT
03:05:56 WHAT HAPPENS IF WE STOP INVESTING IN STUDENTS WHO ARE
03:05:58 ALREADY CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF SURVIVAL EVERY SINGLE DAY.
03:06:02 >> EVERY EDUCATION SHOULD NOT ONLY BELONG TO THE WEALTHY
03:06:06 AND PRIVILEGED. OUR COMMUNITIES DESERVE ACCESS
03:06:07 TO HEALING, OPPORTUNITY AND DIGNITY TOO.
03:06:10 PLEASE PROTECT FREE CITY COLLEGE AND CONTINUE INVESTING
03:06:14 IN STUDENTS WHO NEED THE MOST WHO NEED IT MOST.
03:06:18 >> WHEN YOU SUPPORT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS YOU ARE SUPPORTING
03:06:21 MOTHERS, IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE IN RECOVERY JUST AS IMPACTED
03:06:23 STUDENTS, CAREGIVERS AND ENTIRE FAMILIES WHO ARE SIMPLY ASKING
03:06:26 FOR A FAIR CHANCE TO SUCCEED. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO
03:06:30 SOPHIA FLORES GUEVARA NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
03:06:33 >> WELL, YOU NEXT YEAR SAY YOUR NAME.
03:06:40 ANITA. I THINK.
03:06:44 >> RIGHT. PLEASE BEGIN.
03:06:45 HI, MY NAME IS AND SIR. I WANT TO GO TO CC AS IF IN THE
03:06:51 FUTURE BUT THAT WILL ONLY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FREE CITY.
03:06:59 >> THANK YOU LISA. NEXT SPEAKER I LOVE YOU.
03:07:03 >> MY NAME IS LUIS TO CARE ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO IS TO CARE
03:07:07 ABOUT FREE CITY. PLEASE FUND IT FOR THANK YOU
03:07:10 MUCH NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOT MY NAME IS LAURA COHEN
03:07:18 AND I LIVE IN THE TENDERLOIN AND I'VE BEEN TAKING CLASSES
03:07:21 SINCE 2019 AND I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO CRY BUT THE CITY COLLEGE
03:07:28 HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR ME. THE CITY WANTS THE DOWNTOWN
03:07:31 AREA TO LOOK NEW AND FRESH AND BE FULL OF FLOWERS
03:07:35 AND THERE IS A FLOWER STAND THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE LOUIS
03:07:39 VUITTON. >> I'M A MACY'S AND I HAVE BEEN
03:07:43 GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN THAT FLOWER STAND.
03:07:44 BUT I NEED TO COMPLETE MY DEGREE AT CITY COLLEGE
03:07:50 AND THERE IS THE FLORISTRY PROGRAM THERE WHICH I HAVEN'T
03:07:52 TAKEN CLASSES FROM OR WITH SINCE 2019.
03:07:55 THE MAN WHO RUNS THAT STEPHEN BROWN HE TRIED TO GET SOMEONE
03:08:00 TO BECOME HIS SUCCESSOR. HE HAD HER LINED UP FOR ONE
03:08:06 YEAR. THEN WE HAD CITY COLLEGE GO
03:08:07 THROUGH A ROUND OF CUTS AND NOW HE IS THE ONLY PERSON WORKING
03:08:11 IN THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT. THAT'S ONE TEACHER RUNNING THE
03:08:14 ENTIRE DEPARTMENT AND THAT IS WAY TOO MUCH TO ASK OF ANY
03:08:19 SINGLE PERSON. >> SO IF WE WANT OUR DOWNTOWN
03:08:22 TO LOOK GOOD, IF WE WANT TO HAVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THEN
03:08:25 WHY ARE WE NOT INVESTING IN CITY COLLEGE?
03:08:27 THAT IS YOUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RIGHT THERE.
03:08:30 >> AND I SAT HERE AND I WATCHED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GIVE
03:08:34 THE POLICE OFFICERS A 14% RAISE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
03:08:41 >> SO RIGHT NOW THE POLICE OFFICERS THE LOWEST PAID POLICE
03:08:42 OFFICERS ARE GOING TO GET MORE THAN THE HIGHEST PAID TEACHERS.
03:08:45 WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT US? >> I REST MY CASE.
03:08:49 I YIELD MY TIME. THANK YOU MUCH FOR CALLING.
03:08:52 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS EDDIE ESCOTO.
03:08:56 I STUDY AT CSUF. I STUDY BIOLOGY FOR MEDICINE.
03:09:03 I WAS BORN IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. >> I MOVED ACROSS THE CONTINENT
03:09:07 AND BECAME A SAN FRANCISCAN FOREVER ONLY BECAUSE I KNEW OF
03:09:11 RECEIVED FREE CITY COLLEGE. I COULD NOT AFFORD SCHOOL IF IT
03:09:14 WASN'T FOR FREE CITY. THAT'S WHY I MOVED ACROSS THE
03:09:18 ENTIRE CONTINENT. >> YOU'LL FIND THAT VIRTUALLY
03:09:22 ALL OF MY SCHOOLMATES ARE IN THE SAME POSITION THAT I AM.
03:09:24 >> OBVIOUSLY YOU SEE FROM MY CASE THAT FREE CITY SAN
03:09:27 FRANCISCO IS NOT ONLY A BEACON OF HOPE AND AN EXAMPLE FOR THE
03:09:31 ENTIRE NATION. >> IT IS AN ENTIRE FOR IT IS AN
03:09:35 EXAMPLE FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD. AND IF YOU ALLOW MAYOR LURIE TO
03:09:41 TAKE AWAY OUR FULL FUNDING, YOU WILL NOT ONLY BE YOU WILL BE
03:09:46 TURNING SAN FRANCISCO INTO A DISGRACE OF DEMOCRACY.
03:09:49 YOU WILL BE TURNING IT INTO A DISGRACE WHEN IT ONCE WAS THE
03:09:54 EXAMPLE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND I WANT YOU
03:09:58 TO THINK ABOUT THAT. >> THANK YOU.
03:09:59 JUST GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
03:10:01 >> HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BISSAU DIEGO AND I'M
03:10:06 A CCF ALUMNI. I WENT TO SEE I SLIGHTLY CALL
03:10:11 IT 20 1822 AND I WAS I WAS TAKING CLASSES AND I, I
03:10:17 STRUGGLED A LOT BUT I GOT A SUPPORT SYSTEM LIKE THE LORD
03:10:20 DSPS AND A LOT OF SERVICES AS A COLLEGE AND AND I WAS WORKING
03:10:24 HARD AND IT WAS HARD WORK AND I GRADUATED 2018 GOT MY AS DEGREE
03:10:31 AND AND I JUMPED AT UC DAVIS AND GOT MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE
03:10:34 2022 AND I KEPT WORKING HARD AND AND I CAME BACK AND I SEE
03:10:38 IT AND BACK AT 24 AND AND I HAD TO GO TO EUROPE OR A MASTER
03:10:42 PROGRAM WHICH I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM AND NEXT YEAR AND AND MOST
03:10:45 IMPORTANTLY MY FOUR FOR 26 I'M GOING TO SAY AND I DID ALL THIS
03:10:52 BECAUSE WE SAID YOU HELP ME, IT'S SUPPORTING ME AND I FEEL
03:10:53 LIKE 16 YEARS AGO AND I STILL LIKE HAVING A SUPPORT SYSTEM
03:11:00 FOR US FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STILL HELPING OTHERS LIKE
03:11:03 LIKE LIKE ME AND A LOT OF FISHER AND SO I THINK PLEASE
03:11:06 PLEASE CONTINUE FUNDING FREE STUDY AND KEEP GOING ON
03:11:11 AND YEAH. >> THANK YOU.
03:11:12 BYE BYE. >> THANK YOU MUCH FOR
03:11:14 ADDRESSING THIS CONTROVERSIAL NEXT SPEAKER.
03:11:21 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LILY AND I'M A
03:11:22 CHINATOWN RESIDENT. CITY COLLEGE CHANGED THE
03:11:25 DIRECTION OF MY LIFE IN WAYS I NEVER EXPECTED.
03:11:29 I CAME IN UNSURE OF MYSELF TRYING TO BALANCE SCHOOL WORK
03:11:30 AND FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES ALL AT ONCE.
03:11:33 WHAT I FOUND AT CITY COLLEGE WAS NOT JUST AFFORDABLE
03:11:36 EDUCATION BUT A COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVED STUDENTS LIKE ME WERE
03:11:40 WORTH INVESTING IN. THROUGH CITY COLLEGE I BECAME
03:11:41 INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY HEALTH WORK AND SERVED IMMIGRANT
03:11:45 AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. MY PROFESSORS AND COUNSELORS
03:11:49 DIDN'T JUST TEACH ME. I DIDN'T JUST TEACH CLASSES.
03:11:53 >> THEY CHALLENGED ME TO GROW INTO A BETTER STUDENT, A BETTER
03:11:54 PERSON. FREE CITY MADE THAT POSSIBLE
03:11:57 INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER I COULD AFFORD ANOTHER
03:12:01 SEMESTER. I WAS ABLE TO FOCUS ON
03:12:04 LEARNING, SERVING MY COMMUNITY AND GROWING INTO THE PERSON I
03:12:06 WANT TO BECOME. >> WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
03:12:09 FUNDING FREE CITY THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A SCHOOL BUDGET.
03:12:13 THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER THOUSANDS OF SAN FRANCISCANS
03:12:16 WILL STILL HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY STABILITY AND HOPE.
03:12:20 >> BEING THE FIRST CITY IN THE COUNTRY TO PROVIDE FREE COLLEGE
03:12:24 EDUCATION, FREE CITY HAS ALREADY HELPED 120,000
03:12:28 RESIDENTS PURSUE EDUCATION AND REBUILD THEIR FUTURES.
03:12:32 CC S.F. OPENS DOORS FOR FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS WORKING
03:12:36 ADULTS IMMIGRANTS, PARENTS AND SENIORS AND SO MANY OTHERS
03:12:40 WHO DESERVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.
03:12:44 I'M STANDING HERE TODAY BECAUSE CC S.F. INVESTED IN ME BEFORE I
03:12:48 KNEW HOW TO FULLY INVEST IN MYSELF.
03:12:51 >> I HOPE WE CONTINUE PROTECTING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
03:12:55 FUTURE STUDENTS TO SAN FRANCISCO.
03:12:58 PLEASE KEEP YOUR TEN PROMISE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU
03:13:02 LILY. NEXT SPEAKER POLICE.
03:13:06 >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAN AND MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.
03:13:10 MY NAME IS MICHAEL RUE PAYNE. I'M A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT, A
03:13:13 FORMER CITY COLLEGE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT WHO TOOK CLASSES AT
03:13:17 BOTH THE OCEAN AND CASTROVILLE INSEAD CAMPUSES.
03:13:21 I'M HERE TO STAND WITH THE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, FACULTY
03:13:25 AND LABOR WORKERS DEMANDING THAT YOU STOP THE PROPOSED CUTS
03:13:29 TO FREE CITY COLLEGE FUNDING IN 2017, SAN FRANCISCO MADE
03:13:36 HISTORY VIA PROP W I VOTED FOR IT AS THE FIRST CITY IN THE
03:13:40 NATION TO OFFER TUITION FREE HIGHER EDUCATION.
03:13:43 IT WASN'T A HANDOUT. IT WAS A PROMISE FUNDED BY THE
03:13:47 VOTERS TO ENSURE OUR WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORS, IMMIGRANT
03:13:51 COMMUNITIES AND STUDENTS OF COLOR COULD THRIVE IN AN
03:13:53 EXPENSIVE CITY. THESE PROPOSED CUTS WOULD
03:13:56 UNILATERALLY STRIP AWAY CRITICAL GRANTS FROM OUR MOST
03:13:59 FINANCIALLY STRAPPED STUDENTS. THE DATA SHOWS THAT WE SAW
03:14:03 EARLIER THAT THIS PROGRAM WORKS .
03:14:07 FREE CITY COLLEGE RECIPIENTS ENROLL IN MORE UNITS, SUCCEED
03:14:11 AT HIGHER RATES AND BUILD SAN FRANCISCO'S VITAL WORKFORCE.
03:14:15 OUR FUTURE NURSES, EMTS, FIREFIGHTERS AND TRADESPEOPLE
03:14:19 OVER 9000 STUDENTS FROM EQUITY POPULATIONS.
03:14:23 WE RELY ON THIS EXACT FUNDING TO COVER BASIC EDUCATIONAL
03:14:27 COSTS. AS A FORMER STUDENT WHO
03:14:31 BENEFITTED DIRECTLY FROM ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE OF CITY
03:14:32 COLLEGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAMPUSES, I KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW
03:14:35 ESSENTIAL THIS INSTITUTION IS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH EQUITY
03:14:42 OPENING DOORS AND FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THIS CITY.
03:14:43 CUTTING THIS PROGRAM VIOLATES THE TEN YEAR COMMITMENT TO OUR
03:14:47 COMMUNITIES. WE URGE YOU TO STAND BY THE
03:14:51 CITY'S RESIDENTS REJECT THESE CUTS AND FULLY FUND THE
03:14:54 PROGRAM. FREE CITY COLLEGE MAKES
03:14:55 POSSIBILITIES. THANK YOU.
03:14:58 >> AND THANK YOU, MICHAEL REPAY NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
03:15:01 GOOD AFTERNOON. >> MY NAME IS MAGGIE HARRISON.
03:15:04 I'M AN 18 YEAR ENGLISH FACULTY AT CITY COLLEGE AND 12 YEAR
03:15:08 CHAIR OF THE WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES DEPARTMENT.
03:15:09 >> AND IN THIS POSITION I HAVE BORNE WITNESS TO THE IMPACT OF
03:15:12 FREE THE FREE CITY LEGISLATION. >> I'M HONORED TO HAVE
03:15:16 PERSONALLY WORKED WITH HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHOSE LIVES HAVE
03:15:20 BEEN TRANSFORMED WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION
03:15:24 BECAUSE OF THIS POLICY. I WAS ABLE TO HEAR SUPERVISOR
03:15:28 CHAN SATURDAY NIGHT ACTUALLY MAKE AN ARGUMENT IN A DIFFERENT
03:15:31 CONTEXT FOR SAN FRANCISCO BE SERVING AS THE MORAL
03:15:35 AND ETHICAL CONSCIENCE OF THE NATION AND THAT THAT'S OUR ROLE
03:15:40 HERE. >> WHEN SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS
03:15:43 PASSED FREE CITY WE SAID THAT POVERTY SHOULD NOT BE A BARRIER
03:15:48 TO HIGHER EDUCATION, THAT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND ALL OF OUR
03:15:52 COMMUNITY MEMBERS DESERVES THE SUPPORT TO GROW AND TO DEVELOP
03:15:55 AS CRITICAL THINKERS AS CREATIVES, AS SKILLED
03:15:59 CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR WORLD. >> DON'T GET ME WRONG.
03:16:02 FREE CITY DOES NOT ELIMINATE THAT INEQUITIES THAT WE FACE
03:16:06 AND NAVIGATE BUT IT MAKES SUCH A SIGNIFICANT AND TANGIBLE
03:16:10 DIFFERENCE. IT'S A MANIFESTATION OF OUR
03:16:11 CITY'S VALUES. THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS
03:16:15 GLORIOUS. ON DAYS LIKE TOMORROW WHEN WE
03:16:19 GET TO CELEBRATE THE GRADUATION OF AND THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF
03:16:22 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO NEVER WOULD HAVE HAD ACCESS WITHOUT
03:16:26 THIS LEGISLATION, FREE CITY MAKES ME PROUD NOT ONLY AS A
03:16:30 CITY COLLEGE FACULTY BUT ALSO AS A SAN FRANCISCAN.
03:16:34 >> SO I IMPLORE YOU TO MAINTAIN THE FREE CITY FUNDING FOR OUR
03:16:39 NEIGHBORS WHO DESERVE THIS ACCESS AND TO HELP SAN
03:16:41 FRANCISCO LIGHT THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE NATION AND TO
03:16:45 CONCRETELY SERVE AS THE ETHICAL AND AND MORAL CONSCIENCE OF THE
03:16:49 NATION. >> THANK YOU MUCH MEGHAN
03:16:53 HARRIS. AND NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
03:16:55 >> I'M MICHAEL LYON. I USED TO TEACH PHYSIOLOGY TO
03:16:59 NURSING STUDENTS IN THE EVENING SO I WOULD WALK INTO CLASS
03:17:06 AND SEE A COMPLETE CLASSROOM. >> PROBABLY THREE QUARTERS OF
03:17:13 THE PEOPLE WERE WAITING AND THEY HAD THEIR HEADS DOWN
03:17:16 AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF REST BEFORE CLASS
03:17:21 BEGAN BEGAN BECAUSE THEY'D BEEN WORKING HOURS AND HOURS
03:17:24 AND NURSING HOMES AND OTHER KINDS OF REALLY HARD JOBS.
03:17:32 >> BUT WHEN I STARTED TALKING EVERYBODY WOKE UP THEIR HEADS
03:17:39 WENT UP. >> THEY WERE EXTREMELY THERE.
03:17:42 >> THEY WERE FANTASTIC STUDENTS AND SEVERAL YEARS LATER I HAD
03:17:49 TO HAVE SURGERY AT KAISER AND IF I DIDN'T HAVE ONE OF MY OWN
03:17:54 STUDENTS AS A NURSE. >> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
03:18:00 YOU WHEN YOU CREATE A WORK FORCE AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS
03:18:07 A TERRIBLE SHORTAGE OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS BUT THERE'S A
03:18:10 SHORTAGE OF ALL KINDS OF WORKERS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
03:18:14 >> SO YOU HAVE TO DECIDE DO YOU WANT THE CITY TO GROW
03:18:18 AND PROSPER OR DO YOU WANT IT HAD TURNED THE CITY OVER TO
03:18:22 HAVING IT JUST GO DOWN THE DRAIN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
03:18:30 PAY THE BILLIONAIRES HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
03:18:33 THAT'S HOW IT IS THAT THE WORKING CLASS OR IS IT THE
03:18:37 BILLIONAIRES? >> THANK YOU MUCH MICHAEL RYAN.
03:18:38 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, I'M A LONG TIME BORN
03:18:47 AND RAISED SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT.
03:18:48 >> I CAN GO ON ABOUT MY ISSUES BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
03:18:51 THERE'S SIMILAR ISSUES. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.
03:18:55 IT'S ABOUT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT IS AFFECTED BY FREE
03:18:59 CITY BLACK AND BROWN JUSTICE IMPACTED AND SYSTEM IMPACTED.
03:19:02 AND I'M JUST YOU KNOW, I GOT A SECOND CHANCE WITH FREE CITY.
03:19:07 I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL ME NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO
03:19:10 IT BUT THIS FREE CITY GAVE ME THE SOCIAL JUSTICE TO TAKE MY
03:19:14 EDUCATION BACK TO DO GOOD FOR OTHERS.
03:19:17 >> AND I'M JUST REALLY DISAPPOINTED IF THIS PROGRAM
03:19:21 GETS CUT. THIS IS NOT JUST A PRIVILEGE.
03:19:22 THIS IS A RIGHT FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND I USED TO BE A
03:19:25 GAY RECIPIENT AND I WANT A REAL CHANCE ON A REAL JOB NOT
03:19:29 TEMPORARY JOBS. A PH.D. IN RESUME WRITING I
03:19:33 WANT REAL SKILLS, REAL JOBS NOT JUST SHORT TERM JUST TO KEEP US
03:19:40 OUT OF THE WAY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE WE'RE
03:19:43 HUMAN BEINGS. WE DESERVE THIS.
03:19:44 THIS IS A HUMAN RIGHT. THIS IS NOT A PRIVILEGE.
03:19:48 PLEASE RESTORE THE FUNDS AND PLEASE HELP SUPPORT FREE
03:19:51 CITY. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
03:19:52 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
03:19:55 >> HI, MY NAME'S CAITLIN MORGAN.
03:19:56 I LIVE ON POTRERO HILL AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME FACES
03:20:02 OF GETTING THIS FUNDING BACK BECAUSE CHAIRWOMAN CONNIE CHAN
03:20:06 IS RUNNING FOR SENATOR RIGHT NOW BEFORE ANY O CONGRESS RIGHT
03:20:10 NOW CONGRESS I'M SURE SHE REALLY WANTS THAT AND I THINK
03:20:14 THAT IF SHE'S GOING TO BE RUNNING CLAIMED TO CREATE PLANS
03:20:18 LIKE THIS FOR CALIFORNIA IN GENERAL OR THE US THAT
03:20:24 KEEPING THAT FUNDING HERE IN THIS CITY IS AN IMPORTANT
03:20:26 STEP TO THAT AND SHE'S ALREADY SAID THAT SHE OPPOSES MORE CUTS
03:20:29 AND I HOPE SHE KEEPS HER WORD FOR THAT.
03:20:30 >> THAT'S WHAT I GOT. >> THANK YOU MUCH CAITLIN
03:20:34 MORGAN. THE NEXT SPEAKER.
03:20:36 >> HI, MY NAME IS MARIA DEREK. AS SOMEONE WHOSE DAD NEVER WENT
03:20:44 TO A HIGH SCHOOL AND WHOSE MOM GOT HER ASSOCIATES LIKE LATER
03:20:48 IN LIFE AND BOTH OF WHICH STRUGGLE WITH ADDICTION YOU
03:20:51 KNOW I TRIED GOING TO S.F. STATE BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO GO
03:20:55 FOR LONGER THAN A YEAR AND EVEN JUST IN THAT YEAR I OH LIKE
03:20:59 $5,000 IN DEBT WHICH I REALLY STRUGGLING WITH.
03:21:03 AND SO FOR YEARS I WASN'T GOING TO SCHOOL UNTIL I FOUND OUT
03:21:05 ABOUT FREE CITY AND IT JUST GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY AFTER
03:21:11 BEING A LIKE IN AND OUT OF PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTIONS IT WAS
03:21:14 LIKE A LIKE A BEACON LIKE A LIKE A FRESH HOPE FRESH START.
03:21:21 AND SEEING LIKE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE FEEL THE SAME
03:21:25 WAY WAS REALLY HEARTWARMING. >> AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HAVING
03:21:33 MY COUSIN LIVING OVER IN RIVERSIDE I YOU KNOW, IN A
03:21:36 IN A CITY WHERE YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE LIKE FREE COMMUNITY
03:21:40 COLLEGE AND SEEING THE STRUGGLE WITH THAT, IT JUST MADE ME
03:21:46 REALIZE THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT EVERYONE
03:21:48 DESERVES AND I WOULD HIGHLY, YOU KNOW, URGE YOU TO OPEN YOUR
03:21:54 HEARTS AND PUT YOURSELF IN THE POSITION OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT
03:21:58 ABLE TO AFFORD HIGHER EDUCATION AND TO HELP THEM IN ANY WAYS
03:22:02 THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO. >> THANK YOU.
03:22:05 >> THANK YOU MUCH. VERY DARK.
03:22:06 THANKS SPEAKER. HELLO.
03:22:09 MY NAME IS VIC CHUNG. >> I USE THEY THEM PRONOUNS.
03:22:13 I SERVE ON THE HARVEY MILK BOARD AS WELL AS THESE CITY
03:22:20 COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
03:22:24 >> I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR
03:22:28 PRESENTERS REALLY TOUCHED ON AND REALLY HIGHLIGHT THESE
03:22:31 POINTS IS THE PROPOSAL THAT IS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE US IS CUTS
03:22:35 TO GRANTS RIGHT. >> AND THIS IS ABOUT ACCESS TO
03:22:40 THOSE WHO ARE MOST MARGINALIZED .
03:22:43 >> IT ALSO MEANS THAT IT WILL COST US ENROLLMENT AND IF YOU
03:22:47 AS SOMEONE I LIKE TO THINK OF AS A NOW AN EXPERT IN OUR
03:22:51 FUNDING FOR FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, OUR DISTRICT RELIES
03:22:55 ON ENROLLMENT IN ORDER TO FOR THAT IS HOW WE RECEIVE OUR
03:23:02 FUNDING. >> SO IF WE MAKE OUR
03:23:03 INSTITUTION LESS ACCESSIBLE IT WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT FOR US
03:23:07 TO BRIDGE A GAP THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN FUNDING AT THIS
03:23:11 MOMENT BECAUSE OF ENROLLMENT. SO YOU WILL YOU WILL LENGTHEN
03:23:15 THE TIME IN WHICH WE CAN ACTUALLY STABILIZE THE
03:23:19 INSTITUTION IN THE LONG RUN. >> YOU MAKE THESE CUTS AND I
03:23:23 ALSO WANT TO SHARE A PERSONAL STORY.
03:23:26 >> I GOT IN I RETURNED TO CITY COLLEGE AFTER I GRADUATED FROM
03:23:30 UC DAVIS AND WORKED FOR A FEW YEARS.
03:23:33 I DIDN'T IT TOOK A WHILE FOR ME TO REFLECT ON MY EXPERIENCE AS
03:23:38 A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
03:23:41 AND IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE FREE CITY PROGRAM THAT I
03:23:43 ENROLLED IN CITY COLLEGE AGAIN .
03:23:46 AND IT WAS THROUGH THAT. AND THANK GOODNESS I DID
03:23:47 BECAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC IT WAS IN THAT MOMENT THAT I
03:23:50 NEEDED TO LEAVE MY HOME BECAUSE IT WAS MOST DANGEROUS.
03:23:54 AND BECAUSE I HAD ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES AT THE COLLEGE I.
03:23:58 I THEN TURNED THAT TRAUMA RAN FOR STUDENT TRUSTEE, OBTAINED
03:24:02 THE LOVE FROM THIS COMMUNITY AND THEN RAN FOR THE BOARD OF
03:24:05 TRUSTEES LATER. SO I'M HERE REPRESENTING THAT
03:24:09 BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF FREE CITY GAVE.
03:24:12 >> SO PLEASE FIND THE FUNDING TO FULLY FUND US.
03:24:16 >> THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED BUT THANK
03:24:17 YOU, VICTORIA. NEXT SPEAKER I'LL TRY TO MAKE
03:24:20 THIS QUICK. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAN
03:24:21 AND MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
03:24:23 MY NAME IS JEREMY LEE AND I AM A VERY PROUD THIRD GENERATION
03:24:25 SAN FRANCISCAN. >> I WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL
03:24:29 THAT AT ITS CORE FUNDING EDUCATION IS AN INVESTMENT
03:24:32 IN THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO AND WILL PAY DIVIDENDS FOR
03:24:35 YEARS TO COME BECAUSE IT'S A SMART INVESTMENT TO MAKE SURE
03:24:37 NEW IMMIGRANTS ARE ABLE TO LEARN ENGLISH AND TAKE CLASSES
03:24:40 AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF THIS CITY.
03:24:44 IT'S A SMART INVESTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT STAY AT HOME MOMS
03:24:47 HAVE THE ABILITY TO RETRAIN AND REENTER THE WORKFORCE.
03:24:51 IT'S A SMART INVESTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUNG STUDENTS CAN
03:24:52 EARN COLLEGE CREDIT WHILE LIVING AT HOME AND TRANSFER TO
03:24:55 A FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION WITH A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY IN THEIR
03:24:58 POCKETS. I ALSO WANT TO REMIND THIS BODY
03:25:01 JUST HOW MUCH OF A FIGHT IT WAS TO EVEN GET FREE CITY COLLEGE
03:25:05 IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHEN FREE CITY COLLEGE PASSED
03:25:07 IN 2016, MAYOR ED LEE DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY.
03:25:11 HIS ADMINISTRATION SAID IT WASN'T THE RIGHT TIME.
03:25:12 BACK THEN I WAS A YOUNG INTERN IN SUPERVISOR JANE KIM'S OFFICE
03:25:18 AND I STOOD ALONGSIDE THE MEMBERS BEHIND ME OF AFGE 2121.
03:25:21 WE HELD PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS. WE PUT PRESSURE ON MAYOR LEE
03:25:25 AND WE TOLD HIM TO HEED THE WILL OF 62% OF THE VOTERS.
03:25:29 IN THE END THE MAYOR RELENTED AND AGREED TO MAKE SAN
03:25:32 FRANCISCO THE FIRST CITY IN THE NATION TO MAKE COMMUNITY
03:25:36 COLLEGE FREE AGAIN. BECAUSE SAN FRANCISCO IS A
03:25:39 BEACON FOR PROGRESSIVE VALUES IN THIS NATION IN THESE DARK
03:25:43 AND UNCERTAIN TIMES THE REST OF THE COUNTRY LOOKS TO SAN
03:25:46 FRANCISCO FOR LEADERSHIP AND FOR HOPE AND BECAUSE WE ARE
03:25:50 THE CONSCIENCE OF THIS COUNTRY. >> SAN FRANCISCO MUST SHOW
03:25:54 WHAT'S POSSIBLE, WHAT'S JUST AND WHAT IS RIGHT.
03:25:55 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU JEREMY LEE.
03:25:59 NEXT SPEAKER KIM ON SAN FRANCISCO LABOR COUNCIL.
03:26:06 I'M KIND OF BEGUILED ABOUT BEING HERE TODAY AND YOU KNOW
03:26:14 WHEN THIS PASSED WE KNEW THAT THE TAX THAT WAS PASSED WAS
03:26:18 BRINGING IN WAY MORE MONEY THAN WAS BEING SPENT ON CITY
03:26:22 COLLEGE. >> THAT'S A FACT.
03:26:23 AND WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT GOING IN.
03:26:26 BUT THAT WAS THE COLLEGE'S PROMISE TO THE CITY THAT THEY
03:26:30 WOULD HELP BRING IN GENERAL DOLLARS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
03:26:34 >> BUT A PORTION OF THAT HAS TO BE SPENT ON CITY COLLEGE.
03:26:38 >> AND THE FACT THAT NOW MAYOR LURIE IS CUTTING THIS
03:26:45 PROGRAM IS OBSCENE. >> SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
03:26:48 HE'S LOOKING AT BECAUSE HE'S INVESTING IN COPS, NOT
03:26:50 IN EDUCATION. THAT'S THAT'S OBSCENE.
03:26:54 EDUCATED PEOPLE DON'T COMMIT CRIMES.
03:26:57 OUR CITY IS SAFER BECAUSE OF CITY COLLEGE BECAUSE OF THE
03:27:01 PEOPLE THEY DO IT. AND MANY OF YOU ON THIS BOARD
03:27:05 NOT ALL BUT MANY OF YOU RAN ON THIS SAFETY YOU KNOW, LET'S
03:27:09 MAKE THE CITY SAFE. LET'S PUSH HOMELESS PEOPLE OUT
03:27:13 OF THE WAY. THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
03:27:16 BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KEEP THIS CITY SAFE, YOU'RE GOING TO
03:27:20 EDUCATE ITS POPULATION. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
03:27:24 THERE ISN'T AN UNDERCLASS, A PERMANENT UNDERCLASS WHO
03:27:28 DOESN'T GET DESPERATE AND FEEL THE NEED TO STEAL IN ORDER TO
03:27:32 SURVIVE. >> THAT IS THE FUTURE THAT YOU
03:27:36 ARE SETTING UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
03:27:37 AND SOME CUTS DON'T HEAL. >> AND MAYOR LORI NEEDS TO KNOW
03:27:41 THAT SAN FRANCISCO IS NOT ABOUT JUST THE RICH AND SHAMELESS.
03:27:47 THOUGH HE WILL SELL PARTS OF THE CITY OFF DON'T STAND BY
03:27:51 THOSE BECAUSE YOU WILL PAY A PRICE.
03:27:55 >> THE RESIDENTS YOU REPRESENT WILL PAY THE PRICE BY MAKING
03:27:59 THIS TYPE OF CUT. I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR
03:28:02 ABOUT IT. >> THE LABOR COUNCIL STANDS BY
03:28:04 FREE CITY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
03:28:07 UNITED IN MUCH CAME TO BACK LINE BEFORE ADDRESSING THIS
03:28:08 COMMITTEE NEXT SPEAKER IS MY NAME IS ERIC CHRISTIANSEN.
03:28:13 I'M A COMMUNICATION INSTRUCTOR AT CITY COLLEGE OF SAN
03:28:17 FRANCISCO. I'VE BEEN TEACHING THERE FOR 13
03:28:20 YEARS. I'M ALSO THE POLITICAL DIRECTOR
03:28:22 FOR AFGE 2121 WHICH IS THE FACULTY UNION.
03:28:26 AND I'M ALSO A GRADUATE OF CITY COLLEGE.
03:28:28 AND IT TOOK ME YEARS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AS A RETURNING ADULT
03:28:31 BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND THE MONEY TO PAY THE TUITION.
03:28:34 I REALLY WISH I'D HAD FREE CITY COLLEGE WHEN I WENT BACK.
03:28:38 BUT BECAUSE OF CITY COLLEGE I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SCHOOL.
03:28:42 I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE TEACHERS.
03:28:43 EVERYTHING ABOUT IT WAS SO AMAZING BECAUSE IT GAVE ME THAT
03:28:47 SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE. AND TODAY MY STUDENTS CALL ME
03:28:50 DR. CHRISTIANSEN BECAUSE OF MY START AT CITY COLLEGE.
03:28:53 BUT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WE NEED TO RESTORE THE FUNDING
03:28:57 . >> WE NEED TO FULLY FUND THE
03:28:58 PROGRAM. AND THAT'S NOT EVEN ENOUGH.
03:29:01 >> I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY STUDENTS OF MINE ARE STRUGGLING
03:29:03 WITH FOOD OR HOUSING BASIC NEEDS AT SUCH AN EXTREME LEVEL.
03:29:10 I HAVE STUDENTS WHO EMAIL ME GOING I'M SORRY I CAN'T COME TO
03:29:13 CLASS TODAY BECAUSE I CAN'T. >> I CAN EITHER EAT OR I HAVE
03:29:15 MONEY TO GET TRANSPORTATION. I CAN'T DO BOTH TODAY.
03:29:21 THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM WE NEED TO FUND THIS PROGRAM THE
03:29:23 VERY BARE MINIMUM. BUT WE COULD DO SO MUCH MORE
03:29:26 AND WE COULD LEAD THE NATION WHAT WE DO.
03:29:29 SO I JUST ASK YOU PLEASE RESTORE THE CUTS.
03:29:32 SUPPORT FREE CITY AND WE MAKE PEOPLE'S DREAMS COME TRUE.
03:29:37 IT MADE MY DREAMS COME TRUE AND I WANT TO SEE THIS FOR
03:29:38 OTHER PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU.
03:29:39 THANK YOU, MY CHAIR. >> CHRISTIANSON NEXT SPEAKER.
03:29:44 >> HI. I TRY TO BE FAST BECAUSE I HAVE
03:29:45 TO GO TO MY NEXT FINAL AS SOON AS I'M DONE.
03:29:48 MY NAME IS JASON FLAGG. I HAVE LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO
03:29:52 FOR OVER FIVE YEARS IN DISTRICT TWO.
03:29:53 I CURRENTLY ATTEND CITY COLLEGE IN PREPARATION FOR A GRADUATE
03:29:56 SCHOOL. >> I WAS LAID OFF OF MY JOB
03:30:00 AFTER WORKING FOR MY COMPANY FOR NINE YEARS.
03:30:02 I WAS PROUD OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR FREE CITY PROGRAM WHEN I
03:30:06 HAD A JOB. BUT WHEN I REALIZED I NEEDED IT
03:30:09 TO MAKE A CAREER PIVOT MY PRIDE TURNED TO RELIEF AND GRATITUDE
03:30:13 . FREE CITY ALLOWS ME TO RETURN
03:30:14 TO SCHOOL AND PREPARE FOR MY NEXT CAREER WITHOUT UNDUE
03:30:17 BURDEN. I CAN USE MY INCOME FOR MY PART
03:30:21 TIME JOB TO FOCUS ON PAYING FOR MY INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE RENT
03:30:25 AND FOOD COSTS RATHER THAN SCHOOL FEES.
03:30:26 I AND SO MANY OF MY FELLOW STUDENTS RELY SO MUCH ON FREE
03:30:30 CITY. PLEASE RESTORE THE CUTS MADE TO
03:30:33 THE FREE CITY PROGRAM AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT.
03:30:36 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU JASON FLAGG.
03:30:37 NEXT SPEAKER. >> >> I DON'T.
03:30:43 >> GIVE ME ONE SECOND. MY NAME IS ISLA CHAMBERS
03:30:47 AND I'M A CSV STUDENT PURSUING A CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY
03:30:50 CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DEGREE. >> AND FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU
03:30:55 ALWAYS WANT TO SPEND MORE ON TRASH CANS AND COLLEGE
03:30:56 EDUCATION, WE'VE GOT A WAY BIGGER PROBLEM THAN BUDGETS.
03:30:59 >> OKAY? A WAY BIGGER ONE.
03:31:02 >> AS SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO,
03:31:04 I'VE SEEN HOW THE CITY HAS GONE FROM A PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY TO
03:31:07 A LAND FULL OF MAYBES. MAYBE I'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE
03:31:10 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. MAYBE I'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD
03:31:13 FOOD THIS WEEK. >> MAYBE I'LL BE ABLE TO PAY MY
03:31:14 BILLS THIS MONTH AND NOW MAYBE I'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO COLLEGE.
03:31:18 >> MAYBE I'LL BE ABLE TO GET A HIGHER EDUCATION.
03:31:21 >> SO TODAY I URGE YOU PLEASE DON'T REVOKE THE OPPORTUNITIES
03:31:25 OF THOUSANDS ATTENDING CITY COLLEGE.
03:31:26 REPORT SHOW THAT OVER 17% OF S.F. RESIDENTS LIVE BELOW THE
03:31:29 POVERTY LINE. ANOTHER SHOWS THAT 1 IN 12
03:31:32 HOUSEHOLDS FACE FOOD INSECURITY.
03:31:33 ANOTHER THAT ALMOST 8000 PEOPLE FACE HOMELESSNESS HERE.
03:31:36 >> LET ME ASK YA. DOES THAT MEAN THEY DON'T
03:31:40 DESERVE A HIGHER EDUCATION? YES OR NO?
03:31:43 >> DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY DON'T DESERVE TO GO TO SCHOOL
03:31:46 AND PURSUE GROWTH AND DO BETTER FOR THEMSELVES?
03:31:48 >> YES OR NO? EXACTLY.
03:31:52 THE ANSWER IS NO AND IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE NO.
03:31:53 SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE
03:31:56 BETWEEN PAYING OUR RENT AND GOING TO SCHOOL.
03:31:59 MY COLLEGE CAREER AS WELL AS MANY OTHER STUDENTS AT CSUF
03:32:01 WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE FREE CITY PROGRAM.
03:32:04 >> SO WHEN YOU THREATEN TO CUT THIS FUNDING YOU THREATEN THE
03:32:07 LIVELIHOODS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO
03:32:10 MAKE IT BY IN THIS CITY. >> THAT COST TOO MUCH.
03:32:14 BUT WHAT WE GETTING? >> EDUCATION IS COMMUNITY
03:32:15 EDUCATION IS AN OUTLET. EDUCATION IS MEANING EDUCATION
03:32:19 IS GROWTH AND EDUCATION IS NECESSARY.
03:32:22 >> DO NOT STAGNATE OUR YOUTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BETTER
03:32:27 OFF. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH
03:32:27 FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
03:32:30 HELLO, MY NAME IS MADISON RUSH .
03:32:34 I'M THE ORGANIZING CHAIRPERSON OF CSUF STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE.
03:32:36 I WANT TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE STUDENTS MANY OF THEM
03:32:38 WHO SENT ME A STATEMENT THAT THEY WANTED ME TO MAKE ON THEIR
03:32:41 BEHALF. I WAS TOLD THAT I COULDN'T BUT
03:32:43 DOZENS AND DOZENS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE EITHER IN A FINAL RIGHT
03:32:45 NOW OR ARE WORKING OR WHATEVER I HAVE A FAMILY THING CAN'T
03:32:50 COME. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY
03:32:51 ALL MATTER AND I WANT TO SPEAK IN DEFENSE OF THE 18,000 FUTURE
03:32:53 STUDENTS THAT ARE BILLIONAIRE MAYORS PROPOSED BUDGET WILL
03:32:57 ENSURE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND IN 2000
03:33:01 AND 23 I WAS GETTING A MASTER'S DEGREE REMOTELY FROM COLUMBIA
03:33:04 UNIVERSITY AND I GOT PRICED OUT OF MY MASTER'S DEGREE AND THEN
03:33:08 I SPENT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TRYING MY BEST TO GET A JOB
03:33:10 IN MY FIELD AND I WAS UNABLE TO DO IT.
03:33:12 THE I WAS EXPERIENCING ACUTE POVERTY FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A
03:33:16 HALF AND SIXTH IS THE COMMUNITY IN THE SCHOOL THAT CAUGHT ME
03:33:21 AND ALLOWED ME TO UPSKILL AND I'M NOW GAINFULLY EMPLOYED
03:33:24 AS A POLITICAL DATA ENGINEER. MOST RECENTLY I WAS DIRECTLY
03:33:28 RESPONSIBLE FOR AROUND 30,000 YES VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE
03:33:31 DEMOCRATIC REDISTRICTING IN VIRGINIA.
03:33:34 AND SO I JUST SAY THAT SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU WANT SAN
03:33:37 FRANCISCO TO BE A MORAL AND POLITICAL CENTER OF THIS
03:33:41 COUNTRY AND YOU WANT US TO SPREAD OUR PROGRESSIVE VALUES
03:33:42 AND OUR VALUES OF HELPING EACH OTHER AND MUTUAL AID, YOU NEED
03:33:46 TO INVEST IN THE STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE.
03:33:49 I WORK AT THE WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER WORKING PREDOMINANTLY
03:33:53 WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC
03:33:54 AND DATING VIOLENCE. I'M ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE
03:33:57 THAT THEY COME TO AT THE COLLEGE IF THEY NEED HELP.
03:34:00 STUDENTS ARE PULLING THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY AND THEY USE A
03:34:04 FREE CITY PROGRAM TO DO SO. THEY'RE ESCAPING DEPENDANCE
03:34:05 FROM THEIR ABUSERS AND THESE STUDENTS DO THE WORK.
03:34:08 IT'S NOT A HANDOUT. THEY DO THE VERY, VERY HARD
03:34:12 WORK OF LIFTING THEMSELVES UP AND GETTING AN EDUCATION
03:34:15 AND GETTING A JOB IN THEIR CAREERS.
03:34:16 AND I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE RESTORE FULL FUNDING TO THE
03:34:19 FREE CITY PROGRAM AND I ASK YOU ALSO TO THINK ABOUT GOING
03:34:21 BEYOND THAT AND NOT JUST GIVE STUDENTS THE BARE MINIMUM BUT
03:34:25 EXPAND THIS PROGRAM TO EXPAND SAN FRANCISCO WORKFORCE.
03:34:28 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH MEDICINE RUSH
03:34:31 OH, AND MEDICINE RUSH IF YOU CAN COMPILE THOSE STATEMENTS
03:34:35 THAT YOU SPOKE OF AND EMAIL THEM DIRECTED THEM TO THE EMAIL
03:34:38 SO THEY THANK YOU MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT.
03:34:39 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HELLO.
03:34:42 THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING.
03:34:46 MY NAME IS MICHAEL ADAMS. I'M A PART TIME STUDENT AT CITY
03:34:50 COLLEGE. I CAME TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM
03:34:51 THE MIDWEST WHERE WE HAD TO PAY FOR EVERY CLASS AND IT DELAYED
03:34:57 FOLKS GOING TO SCHOOL DELAYED FOLKS GRADUATING FOR SCHOOL.
03:35:02 I WAS IN THE CITY PLANNING INDUSTRY AND WE USED TO COME
03:35:06 AND STUDY SAN FRANCISCO AND LEARN WHAT NOT TO DO
03:35:12 IN TERMS OF URBAN RENEWAL, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC
03:35:13 TRANSPORTATION AND REAL ESTATE, REDLINING.
03:35:20 AND THEN WHEN EVERY CITY CAME ALONG I WAS VERY HAPPY TO
03:35:25 REPORT BACK TO MY FRIENDS AND ALLIES AND SIGNIFICANT
03:35:29 OTHERS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY LOOK WHAT SAN FRANCISCO
03:35:33 HAS DONE. IT'S UNLIKE MANY AND MOST OTHER
03:35:36 PLACES. SO WITH MY BACKGROUND WITH
03:35:40 DEGREES I ENROLLED IN MUSIC AND MOTORCYCLE REPAIR BECAUSE
03:35:44 THOSE WERE HOBBIES THAT I WANTED SOME MORE HELP WITH
03:35:48 AND IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ANYONE HERE TO LEARN THAT I'D SIT IN A
03:35:52 CLASS AND THERE'D BE THREE GENERATIONS OF US IN THE SAME
03:35:58 CLASS STUDYING THE SAME THING WITH SIMILAR OUTCOMES.
03:36:03 >> SOME OF THEM GOT BETTER GRADES THAN I DID SO WE THANK
03:36:06 YOU AND THOSE WHO PRECEDED YOU FOR WHAT FREE CITY OFFERED.
03:36:14 >> BUT WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION NOW AND I LIKE TO BE A
03:36:21 LITTLE BIT LESS POLITE AND NOT CALL THIS CUTS THAT YOU'RE
03:36:25 TRYING TO COME ACROSS WITH. >> THESE ARE AMPUTATIONS.
03:36:29 THESE ARE AMPUTATIONS OF PEOPLE STAYING IN THE CITY, WORKING
03:36:32 IN THE CITY, SPENDING IN THE CITY, INVITING OTHERS TO COME
03:36:36 TO THE CITY WHEN WE HAVE A GROWING LOSS OF POPULATION.
03:36:40 THOSE CUTS AS WE SAY IT'S THE COLLEGE WON'T HEAL.
03:36:47 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH LADIES FOR A ADDRESS PLEASE FIX.
03:36:49 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS SOPHIE.
03:36:57 I'M BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
03:36:58 I'M FROM THE RICHMOND DISTRICT AND I ACTUALLY VOTED FOR YOU
03:37:01 IN BOTH ELECTIONS. ANY CHANCE I HOPE YOU AS WELL
03:37:04 AS THE REST OF THE BOARD LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
03:37:06 >> SO I WANTED TO SHARE A BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND AND MY
03:37:09 EXPERIENCE WITH CSUF. >> I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AT CITY
03:37:12 COLLEGE SINCE ABOUT 2024. I'M AN ACTOR AND A PERFORMER
03:37:16 AND I CAME TO CITY COLLEGE TO TAKE CLASSES IN ACTING, SINGING
03:37:17 AND DANCE. >> I DECIDED TO GO TO CITY
03:37:20 COLLEGE BECAUSE THE FREE CITY PROGRAM MADE THESE CLASSES
03:37:22 ACCESSIBLE TO ME AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THESE CLASSES
03:37:25 BECAUSE CONTINUALLY TAKING CLASSES IS SO IMPORTANT FOR
03:37:29 PERFORMING ARTISTS. HOWEVER, ACTING, SINGING
03:37:32 AND DANCE CLASSES CAN GET EXPENSIVE VERY QUICKLY.
03:37:33 THIS IS WHY ACCESSIBLE ARTS CLASSES LIKE THE ONES PROVIDED
03:37:36 AS UCSF ARE SO IMPORTANT. IN ADDITION, SINCE BEING AT
03:37:40 CSUF I'VE BEEN SKILLS AND CONNECTIONS TO GO TO GO OUT
03:37:44 AND GET INVOLVED WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY
03:37:45 IN THE BAY. THIS INCLUDES PAID PERFORMING
03:37:47 ARTS COMMUNITIES SO I HAVE CSUF IN THE FREE CITY PROGRAM TO
03:37:51 THANK FOR HELPING TO LAUNCH MY CAREER.
03:37:52 >> I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE ARTS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO
03:37:55 THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. YOU SEE IT IN MUSEUMS, IN LOCAL
03:37:59 PERFORMANCE VENUES AND IN THE MURALS AS YOU WALK DOWN THE
03:38:01 STREET. SIXTH IS HELPING TO BUILD THE
03:38:04 NEXT GENERATION OF ARTISTS IN THE CITY.
03:38:05 THANKS TO THE FREE CITY PROGRAM PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE ARTS
03:38:08 CLASSES. HOWEVER, WITH THE BUDGET CUTS,
03:38:10 CSUF ACCESSIBLE ARTS CLASSES AND ITS STUDENTS ARE AT RISK.
03:38:14 THEREFORE I ASK YOU ALL TO DO WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT THE
03:38:18 FREE CITY PROGRAM AND TO HELP SAVE ITS BUDGET.
03:38:19 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU SOPHIE.
03:38:21 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS DEBORAH
03:38:25 WALENSKY. I LIVE AND RAISE MY FAMILY
03:38:29 IN DISTRICT FOUR AND I RETIRED FROM CITY COLLEGE IN 2017 AFTER
03:38:33 TEACHING ESL FOR 37 YEARS MOSTLY AT SITES THAT NO LONGER
03:38:40 OFFER IT OR DON'T OFFER ANYTHING LIKE JOHN ADAMS CIVIC
03:38:44 CENTER AND PRESIDIO CHURCH AND TRINITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ALL
03:38:48 KINDS OF PLACES. I'VE TAKEN CLASSES BOTH BEFORE
03:38:52 FEES THAT WERE FREE AND THEN SINCE THERE WERE FEES AND THE
03:38:57 FEES DEFINITELY WERE A DETERRENT.
03:38:58 >> MY CHILDREN ALSO TOOK CLASSES.
03:39:00 >> EDUCATION SHOULD BE FREE AND IT USED TO BE FREE.
03:39:02 FREE. CITY IS A START TOWARD
03:39:04 RESTORING FREE EDUCATION AND SHOULD BE EXPAND AIDED
03:39:08 AND MADE EASIER TO ACCESS. SUPPORT FREE CITY.
03:39:12 >> NO CUTS. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU DEBORAH
03:39:13 LEWINSKI. NEXT SPEAKER.
03:39:18 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS KELVIN ACKERMAN.
03:39:21 TWO YEARS AGO I WAS HOMELESS AND EXTREMELY SUICIDAL TO THE
03:39:26 POINT WHERE I HAD NO FUTURE OR BELIEVE THAT MY FRIEND URGED ME
03:39:30 TO TRY CITY COLLEGE BECAUSE OF FREE CITY.
03:39:34 I ENROLLED PRETTY LATE IN THE SUMMER OF 2024, GOT INTO A
03:39:38 PHYSICS CLASS AND BICYCLE REPAIR CLASS JUST TO
03:39:44 POTENTIALLY RECEIVE SOME FUNDS JUST TO GET ME BACK ON MY FEET
03:39:48 . >> OVER THE SUMMER I LEARNED
03:39:49 ABOUT THE HEARTS PROGRAM. IT'S THEIR HOMELESS AT RISK
03:39:53 TRANSITIONAL STUDIES OR TRANSITIONAL STUDENTS PROGRAM
03:39:56 AS WELL AS RISING SCHOLARS. I AM JUST AS IMPACTED AS WELL.
03:40:00 >> IF IT WASN'T FOR FREE CITY I WOULDN'T HAVE CONTINUED MY
03:40:04 EDUCATION AT CITY COLLEGE AND I WOULDN'T BE GRADUATING TOMORROW
03:40:08 WITH A 3.95 GPA TRANSFERRING TO SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY.
03:40:12 >> I'M HOUSED AND WILL HAVE HOUSING SF STATE WHICH I'M
03:40:16 REALLY PROUD OF AND THANKFUL FOR BUT I AS A STUDENT LEADER
03:40:22 NOW I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND WITH
03:40:27 ASSOCIATED STUDENTS I HEAR EVERY DAY STUDENTS I SEE
03:40:31 STUDENTS EVERY DAY WHO TELL ME THAT THEY AREN'T SURE OF WHAT
03:40:35 THEIR FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE AND I BEFORE COMING IN TODAY I
03:40:39 DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE CUTTING IT DOWN TO 6.5 MILLION.
03:40:42 I THOUGHT IT WAS 7.2. >> THESE CUTS ARE GOING TO HURT
03:40:46 SAN FRANCISCAN SO I'M BORN AND RAISED ON THE PRESIDIO OF
03:40:50 SAN FRANCISCO SO I ASK AND I URGE YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER
03:40:54 THIS FULLY FUND THE FREE CITY PROGRAM ALLOWS STUDENTS LIKE
03:40:58 MYSELF TO HAVE A FUTURE. >> I PROMISE YOU THAT WHEN YOU
03:41:01 INVEST IN SAN FRANCISCANS WHEN YOU INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY AT
03:41:05 LARGE YOU'LL SEE A GREAT DIFFERENCE.
03:41:06 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MUCH CALVIN
03:41:08 ECKMAN. NEXT SPEAKER.
03:41:11 >> HI, MY NAME IS SASHA, RIGHT? I AM WITH JOBS WITH JUSTICE SAN
03:41:15 FRANCISCO. WE'RE A COALITION OF COMMUNITY
03:41:19 ORGANIZATIONS AND LABOR UNIONS AND WE WERE PART OF THE
03:41:23 COALITION THAT FOUGHT TO WIN FUNDING FOR FREE CITY AND TO
03:41:27 CREATE THE PROGRAM ORIGINALLY OVER LAST YEAR WHEN IT LOOKED
03:41:31 LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SERIOUS CUTS TO THE FREE CITY PROGRAM.
03:41:34 WE WENT BACK TO TALK WITH OUR MEMBERSHIP AND MY GOD I'VE JUST
03:41:38 NEVER SEEN SUCH AN OUTPOURING OF OF REALLY INSPIRING, HOPEFUL
03:41:46 OVERWHELMING STORIES ABOUT HOW FREE CITY IMPACTED THE LIVES OF
03:41:50 SO MANY JOBS WITH JUSTICE MEMBERS.
03:41:51 THIS IS EVERYONE FROM YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF IMMIGRANTS OF
03:41:57 IN COMMUNITY GROUPS IN SAN FRANCISCO TO UNION MEMBERS.
03:42:01 PEOPLE USED FREE CITY TO TO START THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION
03:42:06 TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO COLLEGE TO CHANGE CAREERS AFTER THEY
03:42:14 GOT LAID OFF TO LEARN HOW TO FIX CARS AND GET A BETTER
03:42:18 PAYING JOB. WE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SOME
03:42:19 OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS IN SAN
03:42:22 FRANCISCO TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL PIPELINES TO GET FOLKS WHO ARE
03:42:29 IN LOWER PAYING CAREERS INTO HIGHER PAYING CAREERS IN PLACES
03:42:33 LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WHERE THERE'S BEEN LONG
03:42:37 VACANCIES IN CLINICIAN CLINIC POSITIONS THAT WE NEED.
03:42:43 >> AND IT TURNS OUT THAT FREE CITY ALREADY OFFERS THOSE
03:42:45 PIPELINES. AND SO THIS THIS PROGRAM IS
03:42:48 REALLY A NO BRAINER. YOU'RE HEARING ALL OF THE
03:42:52 AMAZING WAYS IT'S TOUCHED PEOPLE'S LIVES TODAY.
03:42:53 YOU CAN GO TO FREE CITY INSTAGRAM AND HEAR MORE OF
03:42:56 THOSE STORIES. BUT THIS IS THIS IS OUR PROGRAM
03:42:59 WE'VE WE FUNDED THIS AS SAN FRANCISCANS AND THIS IS THIS IS
03:43:03 ALREADY MANDATED AND IT'S ACTUALLY THIS IS THEFT IF YOU
03:43:07 TAKE THIS PROGRAM AWAY WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THIS.
03:43:11 THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT'S STILL WORKING IN SAN
03:43:14 FRANCISCO. >> SPEAKER SYSTEM EXPERT BUT
03:43:15 THANK YOU MUCH SACHA RIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
03:43:18 >> HI, I'M RISHI CASA HERE. I'M I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE OF
03:43:25 SAN FRANCISCO AND I'M A CCF CSUF STUDENT APPLYING TO
03:43:29 TRANSFERRED AS OF STATE FOR HUMANITIES DEGREE.
03:43:32 >> I'M ALSO A PART OF THE CSUF STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE CLUB.
03:43:36 I CAME TO CSUF PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE AFFORDABILITY THAT
03:43:40 PROGRAMS LIKE FREE CITY PROVIDES.
03:43:41 >> SINCE I DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A JOB, THE FREE CITY CASH GRANT
03:43:45 HAS HELPED ME COVER COSTS FOR THINGS LIKE FOOD AND BUS FARE.
03:43:49 SO I ASK THAT Y'ALL DON'T LOWER THE FREE CITY BUDGET TO THE
03:43:54 APPROXIMATE 6 TO 6.5 MILLION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR THE
03:43:58 NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. FREE CITY IS CRUCIAL FOR ME
03:44:00 AND OTHERS IN AVOIDING STUDENT DEBT AND FOR PAYING FOR BASIC
03:44:06 NECESSITIES. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
03:44:07 SHOWCASING HERE. NEXT SPEAKER WELL WHEN I START
03:44:14 THIS MISNOMERS ERICA CHAVEZ SAW ME AND I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY I
03:44:18 KEEP BUT A LA DE LA IMPORTANCIA DE LA CHERPEN CITY HALL I INNER
03:44:25 CITY HALL LAST FOR HER DAUGHTER'S POOR MOTHER STRENGTH
03:44:29 I THINK I USE THEM BEING AGGRESSIVELY MUSCULAR SAID THEY
03:44:33 INGLÉS IS A CLOSET IMPORTANT APPAREL FOR THEIR MINISTER OF
03:44:37 THE RED CROSS LA LA MORALES COMO YEP AND MCMANUS OCR
03:44:44 TAMBIEN NUESTRO TRABAJO SERA KOEHLER IS MITTAL PARALYZED
03:44:50 ABOUT HOW LAURA DELGADO BUT I LOSE LUCY WAS THERE YES LA LA
03:44:56 LA FOR THE AISA LONG RIVALS OUR CELL BURMA'S L CITY HALL GRACIA
03:45:04 THANK YOU MUCH ERIKA TRAVIS I'LL BE TRANSLATING FOR ERIKA.
03:45:08 HI MY NAME IS ERIKA CHAVEZ. I'M A MEMBER OF NUEVO SOUL
03:45:11 AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FIGHTING FOR FREE
03:45:15 CITY IN FREE CITY WOMEN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR 35 YEARS
03:45:21 TAKING CLASSES AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE
03:45:24 WE LEARN HOW TO DEFEND OUR RIGHTS AND HOW TO NEGOTIATE FOR
03:45:29 OURSELVES. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR
03:45:30 LABOR RIGHTS AND OUR JOBS. IT IS VITAL FOR OUR JOBS
03:45:36 AND FOR OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN TAKE CLASSES AT
03:45:37 CITY COLLEGE AND THEY ARE ABLE TO GRADUATE AS WELL.
03:45:40 SO PLEASE SAVE FREE CITY COLLEGE FOR ALL OF US.
03:45:44 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE
03:45:45 ASSISTANT. THANKS AGAIN.
03:45:46 ERIKA CHAVEZ FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
03:45:48 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. OH ALL I WHEN I START THIS
03:45:52 NUMBER IS TERESA PALACIO FOR YOUR SO YOU KNOW MY MS. ULTRA
03:45:59 GIVE ME WHO STRUGGLES IN CITY COLLEGE TRANSPORT ALL THE
03:46:03 UNIVERSITY THAT YOU GRAZIA SAKIS GRATIS PEREZ I SAY SAY
03:46:07 THAT I JOINED THE CITY COLLEGE TO TRANSPORT LA UNIVERSIDAD HOW
03:46:13 WOULD I ASSUME PROFESSIONAL YOU MISS INTRAMURAL USA PORKY YOUR
03:46:17 SOY TRABAJO LAURA E TRABAJO MADURO ROSA'S PARA MACIEL
03:46:25 CIGARS WHO SAYS TO YOU HE PERALES TRABAJADORES COMO
03:46:29 YOU'LL CARAMELS CASEY GARCIA THOSE L C RECALL IS GRATIS
03:46:37 BARACK YOU'RE QUITE HONEST TO THE ANSWERS TO SEAHORSE ME
03:46:41 SABRINA TAMBIEN AS TO TO THE NEW CITY COLLEGE HE SAID
03:46:44 TRANSFERABLE I'LL NEVER SEE THAT ENTONCES POR FAVOR GARCIA
03:46:47 AND CITY COLLEGE GRATIS PARA TODOS LOS TRABAJADORES CUATRO
03:46:54 MOHAMMED ZORRO. >> GRACIAS.
03:46:57 >> I'LL BE TRANSLATING FOR TERESA PALACIOS SHE HER SON
03:47:02 TRANSFERRED FROM CITY COLLEGE TO UNIVERSITY AND SHE'S VERY
03:47:06 PROUD OF HIM BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE OF
03:47:10 CITY COLLEGE. SHE WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR WORKERS
03:47:13 JUST LIKE HER TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS
03:47:15 THROUGH COLLEGE WITH CITY COLLEGE BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY
03:47:18 WAY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SO .
03:47:21 HER HER NIECE ALSO BENEFITS FROM CITY COLLEGE AND IT IS
03:47:26 REALLY THEIR ONLY MEANS OF GETTING AN EDUCATION WHICH IS
03:47:30 GRASS. YES.
03:47:31 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> YES.
03:47:34 AND THANK YOU FOR THE ASSIST AND THANK YOU INTRODUCE OUR
03:47:35 NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO BOARD MEMBERS.
03:47:41 MY NAME IS PRECIOUS WOOLACOMBE WHO?
03:47:42 I AM A SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES MAJOR AT CITY COLLEGE
03:47:46 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE STAR OF MY CITY COLLEGE JOURNEY
03:47:51 IN 2020 I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA.
03:47:55 >> AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW SCHIZOPHRENIA REDUCES LIFE
03:47:56 EXPECTANCY BY 9 TO 20 YEARS. CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO
03:48:02 DID NOT DISCRIMINATE ME OR EXCLUDE ME FROM RECEIVING AN
03:48:04 EDUCATION. >> INSTEAD THEY GAVE ME
03:48:07 ACCOMMODATIONS SO I CAN BE A SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSFUL STUDENT.
03:48:11 >> FREE CITY FOR ME MEANS THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE BATTLING
03:48:15 WHAT MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES GET A FAIR SHOT AT RECEIVING AN
03:48:18 EDUCATION AND BREAKING NEGATIVE STIGMA PLACED ON THEM.
03:48:22 WITH FREE CITY I CAN LEARN TO MANAGE MY SYMPTOMS BE A MORE
03:48:25 RESPONSIBLE PERSON AND BECOME A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR THOSE
03:48:27 LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
03:48:29 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU PRECIOUS ALL OF OUR COMMITTEE
03:48:33 FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE NEXT SPEAKER.
03:48:40 >> HELLO MY NAME IS I STREAM ON THIS YEAR AND I AM A STUDENT
03:48:45 WORKER AND RESIDENT OF I'M A STUDENT WORKER AT CITY COLLEGE
03:48:51 . >> AND I'M REALLY RIGHT NOW.
03:48:52 I'M REALLY REALLY MAD. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TELL LARRY
03:48:56 THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR MY SURVIVAL
03:48:58 AND MY EDUCATION EVER SINCE I'VE STARTED LIVING IN THIS
03:49:03 CITY. >> I WAS BORN HERE AND I'VE
03:49:06 BEEN LIVING HERE FOR OVER TEN YEARS AND I AM ALSO A STUDENT
03:49:10 THAT IS STUDYING FILM AT CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:49:14 I LEFT S.F. STATE BECAUSE I DIDN'T I WASN'T ABLE TO AFFORD
03:49:17 ANY MORE SEMESTERS AND I THOUGHT ALL HOPE WAS LOST
03:49:21 BECAUSE MY PARENTS CAME HERE SO THAT I CAN BE SOMEONE IN THIS
03:49:25 COUNTRY THAT WAS ALWAYS A GOAL. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OF
03:49:30 COLOR ON THIS BOARD HERE TOO SO I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW OUR
03:49:33 PARENTS NEED US TO BE SOMEBODY .
03:49:36 >> WHY IS THAT SO DIFFICULT IN THIS CITY IF I'M NOT
03:49:40 STARVING I'M STRUGGLING TO BE ABLE TO I'M STRUGGLING TO TO GO
03:49:44 TO SCHOOL. >> I'M STRUGGLING TO GET
03:49:48 TRANSPORTATION TO EVEN BE THERE AND THIS CITY HAS THAT MY ART
03:49:52 DEPARTMENT AND SO MANY DEPARTMENTS LIKE IT HAVE
03:49:55 RECEIVED SO MANY CUTS BECAUSE CITY GETS CUT.
03:49:58 CITY HAS RECEIVED SO MANY CUTS AND WHEN IS IT GOING TO STOP?
03:50:02 >> WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PRIORITIZE THE PEOPLE FOR REAL?
03:50:06 >> YOU WANT MONEY IN THIS CITY. YOU WANT TO CLEAN UP THIS CITY
03:50:10 . WHY DON'T WE EDUCATE THE CITY
03:50:11 SO THAT WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS FOR THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME FOR
03:50:20 LETTING MY COLLEAGUES AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN CITY
03:50:24 COLLEGE AND THIS PROGRAM. I IMPLORE YOU I SERIOUSLY URGE
03:50:29 YOU GUYS TO REALLY, REALLY DELIBERATE AND PRIORITIZE THIS
03:50:33 CITY AND EDUCATION IF YOU GUYS CARE ABOUT US SO MUCH.
03:50:37 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, ESTHER MAN TO SEE YOUR NEXT
03:50:41 SPEAKER. HELLO MY AND GOOD AFTERNOON.
03:50:47 MY NAME IS LITTLE LITTLE MAXIE MORROW.
03:50:50 I'M BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO'S DISTRICT SIX AND I
03:50:53 AM A STUDENT AT CITY COLLEGE. >> I'M HERE DURING FINALS WEEK
03:50:57 TO SPEAK TO HOW REGULAR SAN FRANCISCANS RELY ON FREE CITY
03:50:58 TO ACCESS THE LIFE CHANGING SERVICES AND EDUCATION.
03:51:02 >> CITY COLLEGE PROVIDES SO MANY OF THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE I
03:51:05 HAVE MET AT CITY COLLEGE WOULD NOT BE THERE WITHOUT FREE CITY
03:51:09 WITH FREE CITY PARENTS WHO SAVE EVERY DOLLAR TO SUPPORT THEIR
03:51:13 CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO SAVE WHILE THEY ARE IN SCHOOL.
03:51:16 STUDENTS MY AGE WHO ARE BORN AND RAISED IN THE CITY AND ARE
03:51:17 EFFECTIVELY HOMELESS WHO DO NOT GET MUCH SUPPORT CAN BE
03:51:21 SUPPORTED AT CSUF CAN FIND TEACHERS WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR
03:51:25 SUCCESS, CAN FIND CAREER SKILLS, CAN FIND PATHWAYS TO
03:51:28 UPLIFT PEOPLE WHO WORK LONG HOURS TO AFFORD THEIR RENT
03:51:32 AND COULD NOT DIVERT ANY MORE TIME ENERGY OR FUNDS TO COLLEGE
03:51:35 FEES ARE ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE AT CITY COLLEGE AT CSUF I'M
03:51:38 SURROUNDED BY SAN FRANCISCO'S FUTURE NURSES TEACHERS
03:51:43 AND FIREFIGHTERS WHO WILL BETTER OUR WORLD BECAUSE A FREE
03:51:44 CITY PROGRAMS LIKE FREE CITY GIVE PEOPLE SAFETY, OPPORTUNITY
03:51:47 AND JOY THAT WILL PROTECT SAN FRANCISCO MORE THAN INCREASED
03:51:51 FUNDING FOR OMNIPRESENT SURVEILLANCE AND SUSTAINING THE
03:51:54 POLICE. >> STATE POLICE RECOGNIZE THE
03:51:56 POTENTIAL IN EVERY STUDENT AS SOMEONE WHO IS WORTH INVESTING
03:51:59 IN, PLEASE SHOW SOME LOVE TO THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP THE CITY
03:52:02 RUNNING AND GRANT THEM THE CHANCES CITY COLLEGE PROVIDES.
03:52:07 GENERATIONS OF SAN FRANCISCANS WILL THANK YOU.
03:52:10 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, LOLA MAXIM OUR NEXT
03:52:11 SPEAKER. >> HELLO.
03:52:17 MY NAME IS ATHENA CLEAR ON A MOUSE.
03:52:18 I'VE BEEN STUDYING HISTORY AND SPANISH AT CITY COLLEGE FOR
03:52:21 THE LAST YEAR. LIKE MANY THOUSANDS OF OTHERS
03:52:24 IN THE TECH AND GAMES INDUSTRY IN THE BAY AREA I WAS LAID OFF.
03:52:29 BUT FREE CITY HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO RESKILL.
03:52:32 FREE CITY HAS ALLOWED ME TO FIND A COMMUNITY OF FELLOW
03:52:36 AND TRANS STUDENTS. FREE CITY WILL HOPEFULLY HELP
03:52:37 ME REENTER THE WORKFORCE DESPITE MY LACK OF STABLE
03:52:41 INCOME. PLEASE DO NOT ELIMINATE THESE
03:52:44 POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE STUDENTS.
03:52:48 PLEASE RESTORE THEIR CUTS AND PLEASE KNOW THAT FREE CITY
03:52:52 IS OUR FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ALL
03:52:53 OF US. I KNOW THIS IS GONE LONG.
03:52:57 I NOW NEED TO CATCH A BUS SO I WON'T MISS MY FINAL.
03:53:01 THANK YOU AND GOODBYE. THANK YOU MUCH ATHENA
03:53:04 CLAREMONT. >> NORMA'S NEXT SPEAKER.
03:53:07 >> YES. HI.
03:53:07 MY NAME IS TIM KELLY. KELLY AND I TAUGHT POLITICAL
03:53:12 SCIENCE AT CITY COLLEGE FOR 25 YEARS.
03:53:15 PROUD MEMBER OF AFGE 2121 I RETIRED IN 2022 AND NOW I'M A
03:53:20 BENEFICIARY OF CITY COLLEGE AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A
03:53:25 STORY THAT HAPPENED JUST LAST NIGHT.
03:53:27 WE WERE FINISHING UP A SCREENWRITING CLASS THAT I'M
03:53:29 TAKING AND ONE OF THE STUDENTS WAS WE WERE LOOKING OVER ONE OF
03:53:34 HIS STORIES TALKING ABOUT IT. IT WAS A SCI FI FANTASY STORY
03:53:38 AND IN IT HE TALKED ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE FOSTER CARE
03:53:40 SYSTEM HE HAD TURNED HE WAS HOMELESS AFTER HE TURNED 18.
03:53:44 HE WAS SORT OF REALLY LOST AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS HE RAN
03:53:50 INTO SOMEBODY WHO WAS A COUNSELOR AT THE GUARDIAN
03:53:54 SCHOLARS PROGRAM WHICH HELPS FOSTER YOUTH AND TOLD HIM ABOUT
03:53:58 FREE CITY AND IT WAS LIKE IN THE ACTUAL STORY THAT HE
03:54:02 WROTE AND TO HEAR IT LAST NIGHT WAS JUST KIND OF YOU KNOW, IT
03:54:06 WAS VERY COMPELLING BECAUSE I KNEW I WAS COMING HERE TODAY
03:54:09 AND NOW HE IS MAKING FILMS IN THE DEPARTMENT.
03:54:13 HE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND HE'S
03:54:16 REALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH HIS LIFE AND I'M SURE THAT SOMEDAY
03:54:21 YOU WILL BE YOU KNOW, YOU WILL SEE HIS WORK IN A THEATER ONE
03:54:27 OF THESE DAYS OR YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT ON NETFLIX OR
03:54:29 SOMEWHERE AND THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON THAT WE REALLY NEED
03:54:34 TO SUPPORT IN THIS CITY PEOPLE PEOPLE LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO
03:54:38 MENTION HIS NAME BECAUSE HE DID IT AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU
03:54:40 KNEW ABOUT IT BUT HE IS THE KIND OF PERSON YOU NEED TO
03:54:43 SUPPORT AND ACTUALLY I SEE A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE
03:54:47 IN MY CLASS AND I LET YOU GO. >> AND SO IT'S A WAY TO ALSO
03:54:50 SUPPORT THE ARTS AND SO PLEASE, THIS PROGRAM IS SO IMPORTANT TO
03:54:58 SO MANY PEOPLE. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
03:54:59 THANK YOU. >> ESPECIALLY TO OUR FUTURE
03:55:02 CONGRESSWOMAN CONNIE CHEN. >> THANK YOU MUCH.
03:55:06 10:00 KELLY. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
03:55:09 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S ADOLFO, ALASKA'S ALUM
03:55:13 CITY COLLEGE AND RETIRED COUNSELING FACULTY A CITY
03:55:17 COLLEGE. >> NATIVE AMERICANS ARE
03:55:18 APPROXIMATELY 3% OF THE TOTAL U.S. POPULATION ALTHOUGH THEY
03:55:25 HOLD THE HIGHEST RATE OF INCARCERATION THE LOWEST ANNUAL
03:55:26 HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE HIGHEST RATE DROPOUT RATES IN SCHOOL
03:55:33 AND THE LOWEST GRADUATION RATES AT CITY COLLEGE.
03:55:36 >> THE LATEST RATES SHOW THAT THERE'S 80 ONE STUDENTS THAT
03:55:40 IDENTIFY AS NATIVE AMERICANS. >> TWO YEARS AGO I WAS
03:55:41 FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT THE NATIVE
03:55:46 AMERICAN INDIGENOUS STUDIES TO CITY COLLEGE.
03:55:49 CITY COLLEGE HAD TWO MISSED OPPORTUNITIES 1 IN 1969 AFTER
03:55:53 THE CREATION OF THE COLLEGE OF ETHNIC STUDIES THAT AS A STATE
03:55:57 AND THEN AGAIN IN 2007 AT THE SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN RIGHTS
03:56:00 COMMISSION PUT OUT A REPORT ASKING FOR CITY COLLEGES TO
03:56:04 CREATE A NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM.
03:56:07 I WENT LAST NIGHT TO THE FINAL CLASS OF THE SECOND OFFERING OF
03:56:10 THE INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES AND I WAS
03:56:14 THRILLED TO SEE HOW MANY NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS WERE THERE
03:56:18 AND THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND MOMENTUM TO START A NATIVE
03:56:22 AMERICAN STUDENT ORGANIZATION. AND I ASKED TO GET A NATIVE
03:56:26 AMERICAN COUNSELING DIVISION AS PART OF THE MULTICULTURAL
03:56:28 CENTER AT CITY COLLEGE. >> PLEASE DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO A
03:56:33 THIRD MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO KILL THIS MOMENTUM THAT'S
03:56:35 HAPPENING AT CITY COLLEGE WITH OUR NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION.
03:56:38 STUDENTS ARE THRILLED. >> THEY WANT US THEY WANT THEIR
03:56:42 SHARING. THE FACT THAT THESE CLASSES
03:56:43 THAT ARE BEING OFFERED. MOST RECENTLY I WAS APPOINTED
03:56:48 TO THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AT THE AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL
03:56:53 DISTRICT WHERE I'LL BE WORKING WITH HIGHER EDUCATION
03:56:57 AND BRINGING IN NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS TO INTO LEADERSHIP
03:57:00 POSITIONS FUTURE. SO I ASK PLEASE KEEP THE BUDGET
03:57:05 FOR FREE CITY THANK YOU MUCH ADOLFO VELASQUEZ NEXT SPEAKER.
03:57:11 >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ADAM.
03:57:12 I'M A RESIDENT SAN FRANCISCO A SHOP STEWARD WITH OPIAH YOU
03:57:18 UNION LOCAL 29 AND A MEMBER OF THE HIV ADVOCACY NETWORK IN THE
03:57:20 HARVEY MILK DEMOCRATIC CLUB. I'M HERE TO DEFEND THE FREE
03:57:23 CITY COLLEGE PROGRAM AND TO URGE THE COMMITTEE TO RESTORE
03:57:26 TO THE CUTS THE FREE CITY COLLEGE PROGRAM HAS UPLIFTED
03:57:29 THOUSANDS OUT OF POVERTY BOTH BENEFITING AND INVESTING IN THE
03:57:33 FUTURE THOSE LIVING IN S.F.. THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS THOSE WHO
03:57:37 ARE LOW INCOME, AND TRANS AND MANY MORE TO PURSUE THEIR
03:57:38 EDUCATIONAL DREAMS WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THE
03:57:42 COSTS. I HAVE HELPED MANY AND TRANS
03:57:45 YOUNG ADULTS ENROLL IN CSUF IN MY DAY JOB AND THE RESULTS
03:57:48 ARE ASTONISHING WHEN CLIENTS TELL ME THEY WANT TO GO TO
03:57:49 SCHOOL BUT CAN'T AFFORD IT AND THEY LEARN ABOUT THE FREE
03:57:53 CITY PROGRAM THEY GO FROM HOPELESS TO GUSHING WITH JOY.
03:57:57 CUTTING THIS PROGRAM WILL UNDERMINE THE FUTURE OF
03:58:00 THOUSANDS ROBBING MANY OF THEIR GOAL OF EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS
03:58:03 AND ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST CITIES IN THE WORLD WITH OVER
03:58:07 50 BILLIONAIRES LIVING HERE. IT IS INEXCUSABLE TO ALLOW
03:58:10 THESE CUTS TO HAPPEN. >> OUR YOUTH, OUR COMMUNITIES,
03:58:14 OURSELVES FUTURE CANNOT AFFORD THESE CUTS.
03:58:18 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE RESTORE THESE CUTS AND SUPPORT
03:58:19 FOR OUR CITY. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH
03:58:22 ADAM NEXT SPEAKER HI MY NAME IS ALISO LEER.
03:58:29 I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO AND I WORK IN DISTRICT TEN.
03:58:32 >> I TAKE CLASSES AT FREE CITY. MY ROOMMATE TAKES CLASSES
03:58:37 THROUGH FREE CITY. MY COWORKERS TAKE CLASSES
03:58:38 THROUGH EVERY CITY. I'VE MADE FRIENDS
03:58:40 AND PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS THROUGH CITY COLLEGE FREE CITY
03:58:44 GIVE ME ACCESS TO ONE OF THE MOST MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE
03:58:45 AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED CLASSES I'VE EVER TAKEN.
03:58:48 IT'S CALLED POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE AND IT'S ONE OF THE BEST
03:58:51 CLASSES EVER. I WORK AND TAKE CLASSES AT CITY
03:58:54 AND FOR ME CITY COLLEGE IS MY MAIN ACCESS TO A CREATIVE
03:58:58 ENVIRONMENT. DANIEL LURIE AND THE PEOPLE
03:58:59 PROPOSING CUTS TO CITY COLLEGE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I
03:59:03 SIGN UP FOR DANCE CLASSES THERE'S PHYSICALLY NOT ENOUGH
03:59:06 SPACE IN THE APARTMENT THAT I PAY RENT OUT IN SAN FRANCISCO
03:59:08 TO DANCE FREELY. THESE ARE REAL LIVING
03:59:11 AND BREATHING PEOPLE TELLING YOU THAT WE NEED THIS MONEY FOR
03:59:14 OUR EDUCATION AND FOR THE SUPERVISORS IN FRONT OF ME
03:59:15 WHETHER YOU PLATFORM ON PUBLIC SAFETY OR SOBRIETY OR
03:59:18 REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN UPLIFTING SMALL BUSINESSES YOU CANNOT
03:59:22 PLATFORM YOURSELF ON THESE THINGS AND IN THE SAME BREATH
03:59:26 CUT EDUCATION. YOU CAN'T CLAIM TO CARE ABOUT
03:59:27 SOBRIETY AND REMOVE PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO INTELLECTUAL
03:59:30 STIMULATION. CREATIVE EXPRESSION, COMMUNITY
03:59:33 AND ABILITY TO LEARN AND EXCEL IN A TRADE.
03:59:37 YOU CAN'T PLATFORM YOURSELF ON STOPPING CRIME AND THEN CUT
03:59:38 FUNDS TO A MAIN SOURCE TO A MAIN RESOURCE THAT UPLIFTS
03:59:42 PEOPLE OUT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LEAD TO CRIME.
03:59:45 IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT WE EVEN HAVE
03:59:46 TO SHOW UP AND ASK FOR ACCESS TO EDUCATION.
03:59:49 PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND FUND CITY COLLEGE.
03:59:53 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ELIZABETH.
03:59:56 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. THE SPEAKER YES, GOOD
04:00:07 AFTERNOON. >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US
04:00:11 THE CHANCE TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS DIANA TRUONG.
04:00:14 >> I LIVE IN THE TENDERLOIN AND I'M A RECIPIENT OF FREE
04:00:16 CITY AS A FORMER PATIENT AND CLIENT WITH TWO OF SAN
04:00:19 FRANCISCO'S MENTAL HEALTH REHABILITATION PROGRAMS, WHAT
04:00:22 FREE CITY HAS GIVEN ME IS THE BRAVERY AND CONFIDENCE TO FULLY
04:00:26 INCORPORATE MYSELF BACK INTO SOCIETY.
04:00:29 >> WE WERE GIVEN WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY AFTER OUR REHAB
04:00:33 PROGRAMS BUT WHAT THOSE WHAT THOSE HAVE SHOWN ME IS THAT
04:00:37 NOTHING HAS CHANGED FOR ME. IT ONLY MADE ME WANT TO HIDE
04:00:41 BACK INTO ISOLATION BECAUSE A FREE CITY AND ONLY BECAUSE OF
04:00:46 FREE CITY I FEEL THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I AM
04:00:50 EXACTLY WHERE I NEED TO BE. >> FREE CITY IS OUR FUTURE.
04:00:54 FREE CITY MAKES POSSIBILITIES. >> THANK YOU.
04:00:57 THANK YOU MUCH THAT YOU AND YOUR NEXT SPEAKER.
04:01:03 GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KELLY MARINA EVA
04:01:07 AND I'M A SAN FRANCISCO NATIVE AND RESIDENT.
04:01:08 I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF PROTECTING AND CONTINUING
04:01:11 FUNDING FOR FREE CITY IN A CITY LIKE SAN FRANCISCO WHERE THE
04:01:15 GAP BETWEEN WEALTH AND POVERTY CONTINUES TO GROW, ACCESS TO
04:01:19 HIGHER EDUCATION IS NOT A LUXURY.
04:01:19 IT IS A NECESSITY. PROGRAMS LIKE FREE CITY GIVE
04:01:23 WORKING CLASS TRANSITIONAL AND PEOPLE SIMPLY REBUILDING
04:01:26 THEIR LIVES INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS, FIRST GENERATION
04:01:30 STUDENTS, PARENTS AND ELDERS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE
04:01:33 THEIR EDUCATION WITHOUT TUITION COSTS BECOMING ANOTHER BARRIER
04:01:37 . MY FUTURE BEGAN AT CITY COLLEGE
04:01:38 CASA GAVE ME THE PUSH START AND RESOURCES I NEEDED TO
04:01:42 NAVIGATE NOT JUST EDUCATIONALLY BUT MENTALLY AS WELL.
04:01:46 IT GAVE ME COMMUNITY CONFIDENCE AND DIRECTION DURING IMPORTANT
04:01:50 AND UNSURE MOMENTS IN MY LIFE. >> I AM CURRENTLY PREPARING TO
04:01:54 GO TO GHANA THROUGH AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
04:01:55 CONNECTED TO CITY COLLEGE THROUGH THE MOU PROGRAM
04:01:58 SOMETHING THAT ONCE MAY HAVE FELT LIKE A STRETCH BUT NOW
04:02:01 FEELS LIKE A REFLECTION OF WHAT SUCCESS HAS MADE POSSIBLE FOR
04:02:05 ME. FREE CITY REMOVES THE COST
04:02:06 BARRIER THAT KEEPS SO MANY SAN FRANCISCANS FROM PURSUING
04:02:10 COLLEGE JOB TRAINING AND LONG TERM CAREER GROWTH AS WE WORK
04:02:13 TOWARDS REBUILDING AND STRENGTHENING SAN
04:02:17 FRANCISCO, WE MUST ALSO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF WORKING
04:02:18 CLASS TRANSITIONAL AND PEOPLE SIMPLY REBUILDING THEIR LIVES
04:02:22 WITH THE COST OF LIVING AND OVERHEAD IN THIS CITY,
04:02:26 HIGHER EDUCATION CAN FEEL OUT OF REACH WITHOUT PROGRAMS LIKE
04:02:29 THIS FREE CITY IS NOT A HANDOUT IT IS A NECESSARY INVESTMENT
04:02:33 IN PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO STABILIZE, GROW AND CONTRIBUTE
04:02:35 BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AS A YOUNG ADULT WITHOUT MUCH LIVING
04:02:38 FAMILY SUPPORT I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO STABILIZE AND SUPPORT
04:02:42 MYSELF EARLY ON CC ALSO GAVE ME THE FOUNDATION RESOURCES
04:02:46 LIFELONG CONNECTIONS AND MENTORS I NEEDED TO MOVE
04:02:49 FORWARD IF I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
04:02:53 ABLE TO PRIORITIZE THE COST OF MY EDUCATION DURING THIS TIME
04:02:56 IN MY LIFE. I AM HERE TODAY TO ALSO
04:02:57 ADVOCATE FOR OTHERS IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES WHO DESERVE THE
04:03:00 SAME ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES AT A TIME WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE
04:03:04 ACROSS EVERYTHING SCHOOL ARE STRUGGLING WITH HOUSING COSTS,
04:03:08 TIME AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY. >> AND IF YOU WATCH KELLY MARIE
04:03:09 AND BEFORE ADDRESSING HIS COMMITTEE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE
04:03:12 EACH PARTY WE WANT TO START THIS ASSEMBLY SUPERBLY SO THIS
04:03:27 CRISIS WAS WINNABLE AND MONOTONOUSLY AND ALSO
04:03:31 CO-DIRECT TODA THE DAY LABOR DOMESTIC WORKER CENTER IN SAN
04:03:34 FRANCISCO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
04:03:39 MY NAME IS RAMONA CASTELLANOS. >> I AM CO-DIRECTOR OF THE DAY
04:03:42 LABORER HERE AT SAN FRANCISCO FORMOSA QUARANTINE YOUR SERVICE
04:03:49 TOOK MY SISTER LUCIANO BARAJAS TO SILICON LEDGE IS BETRAYAL
04:03:54 IN CITY COLLEGE PARA LAS TRABAJADORES DE LUGER GIVEN NOT
04:03:59 THE SQUALOR OF THE CLASSES THE ENGLISH FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS I
04:04:05 HAVE BEEN SITTING SEEING THIS FIGHT FOR FREE CITY COLLEGE
04:04:09 FREE CITY COLLEGE IS VITAL FOR THE FEMALE WORKERS WHO WORK
04:04:13 DOMESTICALLY AND GO TO CITY COLLEGE TO LEARN ENGLISH IS
04:04:16 MORE IMPORTANT AS THE LONGER GIVEN THE AFTERMATH CLASSES
04:04:24 THINK LESS OR LESS. ARE YOU THERE?
04:04:25 YES. AND THEY GO SEE DOLORES I
04:04:28 TRABAJAR PERALTA NEAR PALO E AND THEN THERE SEE ONLINE
04:04:32 PRE-LAW ENGLISH CLASSES ARE NECESSARY FOR THE FEMALE
04:04:35 DOMESTIC WORKERS BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY HAVE
04:04:39 TO NEGOTIATE BETTER PAY BETTER HOURS AND GET A FAIR TREATMENT
04:04:42 WITH THEIR EMPLOYER. >> I MEAN THEY WILL STUDY EXTRA
04:04:48 YOU KNOW, DO STUDIES FOR THE I'LL I'LL STUDY ORACLE MANANA
04:04:54 MONDAY ME LES THE STUDENT THIS IF I'M NOT GOING TO GO RKC
04:04:58 AROUND THE TRANSITION CITY COLLEGE IT GETS NINOS BY SOME
04:05:02 PROFESSIONALISM WHAT IS PERCEIVED TO BE DONE IN CITY
04:05:06 COLLEGE BY YOUNG MANYAMA IS ABBASSIAN THE SCHOLAR WAS THE
04:05:10 PERSON THE BOY IN THIS COURSE IS BHANGRA LANDO POOR SAID PART
04:05:14 OF THE CITY COLLEGE I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO GO TOMORROW TO
04:05:17 SEE THE THOUSANDS OF AND HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHO
04:05:21 ARE GRADUATING SO COLLEGE PROGRAMS ALL BECAUSE OF CITY
04:05:24 COLLEGE QUALITY THE STEREO ALTERED OAKLAND IN OAKLAND'S
04:05:31 ORACLE AT ORACLE AT ORACLE BOWL ORACLE STADIUM THERE WILL BE
04:05:36 GRADUATING HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE GRADUATED PSYCHOLOGY
04:05:39 PROGRAMS ALL BECAUSE OF CITY COLLEGE.
04:05:44 >> YEAH GRAB ONE THEY'LL SAY YOU KNOW THEY ME SEEK US GIVE
04:05:47 US A SECOND SUGAR YOU SEE KNOW WHEN I BOUGHT THEM THERE AT THE
04:05:49 CITY COLLEGE YES OR NO WELL THERE ARE SUPPOSEDLY IS MORE
04:05:52 IMPORTANT THAT YOU STAY THIS THING AND AND CONSCIENTIOUS
04:05:58 THEY CAN STILL COLLEGE AS WE TELL PARENTS COMMUNITY THAT
04:06:00 THEY RECURSOS MUCHAS GRACIAS ONE OF THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL
04:06:06 WHO WILL BE GRADUATING TOMORROW IS MY DAUGHTER.
04:06:07 SHE WILL BE GRADUATING PSYCHOLOGY AND HER FUTURE WILL
04:06:10 NOT BE POSSIBLE IF IT WASN'T FOR CITY COLLEGE.
04:06:13 CITY COLLEGE IS VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITY AND IT IS VITAL FOR
04:06:17 MY CHILDREN AND FOR ALL OF US. YOU MUST RESTORE IT.
04:06:19 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
04:06:22 >> HEAR ME NOW CATHY ALICE NEXT SPEAKER HELLO MY NAME IS PEACE
04:06:31 CHUNG AND I AM CURRENTLY A STUDENT AT CSUF AND MY PHYSICS
04:06:36 MAJOR MY CONNECTION WITH FREE CITY FIRST STARTED WHEN I
04:06:43 ACTUALLY FIRST LOST MY HOME. >> I WAS WORKING LIKE THREE
04:06:47 JOBS AND LIVING SLEEPING ON A CORNER OF LIKE A LIVING ROOM.
04:06:54 I BEGAN GOING TO FREE CITY FROM THAT POINT ON BECAUSE I WANTED
04:06:58 A BETTER FUTURE FOR MYSELF. I THEN WENT THROUGH THE TRADE
04:07:03 PROGRAM WHERE I MET MANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS MYSELF THAT
04:07:07 WAS STRUGGLING WITH HOUSING ISSUES AS WELL AS MANY OTHER
04:07:14 ISSUES THAT WERE STATED PREVIOUSLY.
04:07:18 >> I WANTED TO MENTION THIS BECAUSE AFTER I WAS AFTER I
04:07:22 WENT THROUGH THE TRADE PROGRAM I BE I WAS ABLE TO WORK THAT
04:07:27 TRADE WHERE I THEN FOUND MY PASSION TO GO INTO MECHANICAL
04:07:30 ENGINEERING TOMORROW I GRADUATE AND I WILL BE TRANSFERRING FOR
04:07:35 THAT DEGREE AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS
04:07:42 FREE CITY PROGRAM WAS THE ONLY REASON WHY I AM ABLE TO MAKE
04:07:46 THAT STEP. >> SO PLEASE RESTORE FUNDING TO
04:07:49 FREE CITY AND KNOW THAT EVERY CHOICE YOU MAKE IMPACTS NOT
04:07:56 JUST ONE PERSON BUT SEVERAL OTHERS.
04:08:00 >> THANK YOU MUCH. PLEASE CHIME.
04:08:01 NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
04:08:07 >> YAMAHA WAS SURE SHOOTING WAS ENGINES.
04:08:12 I CHOSE YOU TO ENSURE THAT YOU AS AS SURE WE ENJOYED SIMBA
04:08:16 AND JOE ROAMING CAN WAIT YOUR WAY BE LONG WAY OR THE MOMENT
04:08:23 WHEN I CAN. PARDON ME I THINK THAT WAS
04:08:26 ABOUT MAYBE TEN 15 SECONDS OF ME SPEAKING MANDARIN CHINESE
04:08:30 AND FOR FOLKS HERE THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS AN
04:08:34 EXPERIENCE THAT IMMIGRANT STUDENTS COME IN IN A CLASSROOM
04:08:38 OF NOT UNDERSTANDING MAYBE WHAT PEERS AND TEACHERS ARE SAYING
04:08:41 AT THE MOMENT AND I WANT TO ALSO USE THAT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT
04:08:48 CUT FURTHER EXCLUDES OUR IMMIGRANT UNDOCUMENTED
04:08:55 AND STUDENTS WITH MIXED STATUSES.
04:08:56 >> JUST LAST YEAR SEEK ASSISTANCE FOR JUSTICE ALONG
04:09:00 WITH MANY STUDENT MEMBERS WERE ADVOCATING FOR FULL BACK
04:09:04 FUNDING OF 19 MILLION. I WANT US TO REMEMBER THE
04:09:07 AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY WAS 19 MILLION FOR CITY COLLEGE THAT
04:09:10 WENT DOWN TO 11 AND NOW THIS YEAR DOWN TO 6.5 MILLION AND WE
04:09:15 WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR STUDENTS WE STILL HAD THIS DIRE
04:09:18 NEED FOR TRANSPORTATION AND CHILDCARE AND NOW WE'RE
04:09:22 TALKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY GRANTS AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
04:09:26 IMPORTANT PRICE WHEN STUDENTS COME UP HERE AND SAY THIS $5.5
04:09:33 I'M EITHER BUYING A SANDWICH OR USING IT FOR TRANSPORTATION
04:09:37 IN AND WHEN YOU TAKING AWAY THE FREE CITY GRANT AWAY IT SEEMS
04:09:41 LIKE A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY BUT THAT IS A BIG DECISION FOR
04:09:44 SOMEONE TO SAY THIS SCHOOL IS NO LONGER FOR ME AND I THINK
04:09:48 THE MANY STUDENTS ABOVE ME IN FRONT OF ME SHOW THAT THIS
04:09:52 CITY IS BUILT BY FREE CITY STUDENTS AND THE FREE CITY
04:09:56 STUDENTS ARE IN HERE AND HERE AND THE PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND
04:09:59 THE INTERSECTION OF THESE STRUGGLES THE MOST ARE GOING TO
04:10:01 BUILD A CITY TO BE THAT PROMINENT, TO BE THAT EXAMPLE
04:10:04 OF THE STATE OF THE NATION. >> SO DO NOT CUT STUDENTS SHORT
04:10:11 DURING BUDGET CUT DO NOT CUT YOUR STUDENT SHORT.
04:10:12 >> DO NOT CUT YOUR FUTURE SHORT THANK YOU.
04:10:15 >> THANK YOU MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE DANIEL S.F.
04:10:22 NATIVE AND I WAS GOING TO READ A QUOTE I'M SOMEHOW LESS
04:10:26 INTERESTED IN THE WEIGHT AND CONVOLUTION OF EINSTEIN'S
04:10:30 BRAIN THAN IN THE NEAR CERTAINTY THAT PEOPLE OF EQUAL
04:10:32 TALENT HAVE LIVED AND DIED IN COTTON FIELDS AND SWEATSHOPS
04:10:37 AND FREE CITY IS A PROGRAM THAT CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION IMPLIED
04:10:42 BY THAT QUOTE PEOPLE THAT WOULD HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY TO GET
04:10:46 THEIR EDUCATION LIKE PEACE. MY CLASSMATE THEY'RE GOING TO
04:10:50 GO FORWARD AND GRADUATE, GO TO A I HAVE CLASSMATES THAT ARE
04:10:54 GOING TO STANFORD AND BERKELEY .
04:10:57 THESE ARE GOING TO BE LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY AND THEY'RE
04:10:58 GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT BRING BACK REWARDS TO SAN FRANCISCO.
04:11:04 THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE THAT JUST COME HERE AND LIVE FOR 5 OR 10
04:11:10 YEARS AND MOVE AWAY AND USE IT AS A PLAYGROUND.
04:11:14 THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT REALLY CARE ABOUT THE CITY AND THEY
04:11:15 NEED THIS. >> THANK YOU.
04:11:18 THANK YOU. MY STAYING NEXT SPEAKER GOOD
04:11:25 AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS FRAN SEAN SMITH.
04:11:29 I WROTE FRAN SMITH ON THE CARD AS I'M KNOWN I DIDN'T I WAS NOT
04:11:33 PREPARED BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS FREE CITY AS YOU HAVE
04:11:41 SEEN HAS AFFECTED SO MANY PEOPLE MYSELF INCLUDED.
04:11:45 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO BE SO MANY PEOPLE.
04:11:49 SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL BUT IT IS A
04:11:52 BIG DEAL. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO BE THE
04:11:53 SCHOOL MASCOT FOR THE PAST SINCE 2018 AND I THANK YOU
04:11:58 AND I RECENTLY RETIRED. BUT THE REASON I'M BRINGING
04:12:03 THIS UP IS BECAUSE BEING THE MASCOT YOU HAVE TO BE A PEOPLE
04:12:08 PERSON AND I LOVE THE PEOPLE AT MY SCHOOL.
04:12:15 CITY COLLEGE IS MY SCHOOL. IT'S YOUR SCHOOL TOO AND YOU
04:12:18 NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT. >> AND CONNIE, WE MET WE MET
04:12:22 BEFORE AND I HAVE EVERY FAITH IN YOU TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT
04:12:29 AND I'M REALLY ANGRY. >> I'M REALLY, REALLY ANGRY
04:12:34 THAT THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO THAT I GREW UP IN THAT I
04:12:38 FINANCIALLY SUPPORT DISTRICT 11 IS NOT TAKING CARE OF ITS
04:12:41 PEOPLE. >> WE ARE ITS PEOPLE.
04:12:44 YOU ARE ITS PEOPLE TOO. AND YOU HAVE TO COLLECTIVELY
04:12:48 MAKE THIS WORK. >> THIS IS OUR SCHOOL.
04:12:54 >> THIS IS OUR SCHOOL, THIS IS OUR CITY AND WE HAVE TO TAKE
04:12:58 CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE CARE OF THIS CITY.
04:13:01 I TAKE CARE OF THIS AND EVERYONE ELSE DOES TOO.
04:13:05 SO THAT BEING SAID, PLEASE STOP CUTTING FUNDING TO THE SCHOOL
04:13:10 IN EVERY ASPECT BECAUSE IT ALL MATTERS.
04:13:13 WE'VE LOST SO MANY GREAT INSTRUCTORS AND COUNSELORS
04:13:17 AND PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT AND WANT TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE
04:13:21 WHO COME THROUGH THE SCHOOL AND WANT TO SUPPORT THE CITY
04:13:23 AND MAKE THIS A BETTER CITY. >> SO WE ASK THINK ABOUT YOUR
04:13:29 ETHICS COMMITTEE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
04:13:32 >> HELLO, GOOD EVENING. BEFORE MY TIME STARTS I HAVE A
04:13:34 CLARIFYING QUESTION IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT
04:13:38 ONLINE BUT WASN'T ABLE TO CAN I DO THEIR COMMENT AS WELL FOR ME
04:13:44 OH THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE SPEAKER THERE IS AN EMAIL
04:13:48 ADDRESS ON EVERY AGENDA. >> IF YOU COULD SEND IT TO THAT
04:13:53 EMAIL ADDRESS I COULD PUT IT AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILE BUT
04:13:56 BUT YOUR TWO MINUTES ARE LIMITED TO YOUR COMMENTS.
04:13:57 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
04:14:00 ALL RIGHT, I'M READY. I AM EVANGEL BREWSTER, A
04:14:03 DISTRICT TEN NATIVE FREE CITY IS MY LIFELINE.
04:14:07 I AM A BUSINESS MAJOR. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH
04:14:11 AND EVERY PROFESSOR BOTH CURRENT AND RETIRED FACULTY
04:14:15 ADMINISTRATION AND CITY COLLEGES SAN FRANCISCO TO ALL
04:14:19 MY CLASSMATES, STUDENTS AS A WHOLE WHO CAME OUT IN THE
04:14:23 MIDDLE OF FINALS FINALS. >> OKAY.
04:14:26 THANK YOU. >> AND FOR ALL OF THE OTHER
04:14:30 STUDENTS WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT WE UNDERSTAND
04:14:34 AND SUPERVISORS IZZY OR IS IT NOT YOUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT
04:14:39 BARRIERS ARE BROKEN? >> THAT'S WHAT FREE CITY DOES
04:14:46 IF YOU CANNOT FIND THE MONEY LET'S JUST TAX THE MILLIONAIRES
04:14:50 AND BILLIONAIRES, MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO THEIR FAIR SHARE
04:14:54 SO FREE CITY STAYS ALIVE. >> WHO HERE?
04:15:01 >> HERE WE ARE NOT EVEN A COMPLETE NINE YEARS AFTER THE
04:15:06 PROGRAM HAS STARTED WHEN THE VOTERS SAID YES TO THIS PROGRAM
04:15:09 AND YOU'RE NOT ONLY ASKING BUT YOU'RE CUTTING FREE CITY THAT'S
04:15:14 UNACCEPTABLE. THIS PROGRAM IS TRYING TO BE
04:15:18 RECREATED IN OTHER CITIES AND STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
04:15:21 >> BUT LET'S BE CLEAR IF IT GETS CUT HERE, YOU THINK
04:15:26 THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT?
04:15:29 NO, THEY'RE NOT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE I JUST WANT
04:15:30 TO MAKE IT CLEAR OUR FREE CITY BUDGET LEAVE IT ALONE.
04:15:33 IT WAS CUT LAST YEAR BY HALF. >> YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO CUT
04:15:37 IT AGAIN BY A THIRD. >> Y'ALL ARE THE ONES WHO
04:15:41 TALKED TO MAYOR LARRY PROBABLY DAY TO DAY MAKE SURE OUR VOICES
04:15:47 IS HEARD. AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I
04:15:48 KNOW YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO LOSE QUORUM, RIGHT?
04:15:51 WE UNDERSTOOD THAT. WE RESPECTED THAT AND I
04:15:55 APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOR SPEAKING UP AND WHO DIDN'T
04:15:56 AND YOU JUST CAME AND SAT IN A ROOM WITH US.
04:15:58 WE APPRECIATE YOU. BUT LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR I WANT
04:16:00 EACH AND EVERY SUPERVISOR TO HEAR THIS SPEECH.
04:16:04 >> WATCH THIS PART. >> THANK YOU.
04:16:07 THANK YOU MUCH. EVENTUALLY BREWSTER CAN I JUST
04:16:10 AS COMMITTEE AND BEFORE WE START TO TALK ABOUT THIS NEXT
04:16:13 SPEAKER WE ARE DOING LAST CALL ON PUBLIC COMMENT.
04:16:15 >> SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THIS COMMITTEE AND YOU WISH TO
04:16:18 DO SO, PLEASE LINE UP OTHERWISE THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL SPEAKER
04:16:21 . >> AND WITH THAT THANK YOU.
04:16:22 MY NAME IS HEATHER BRAND. OH I AM D11 BORN AND RAISED.
04:16:26 I'M THE CURRENT STUDENT CHANCELLOR AND FORMER STUDENT
04:16:29 TRUSTEE AT CSUF. >> I'M A FIRST GENERATION
04:16:32 COLLEGE STUDENT A SYSTEM IMPACTED WORKING STUDENT PARENT
04:16:35 A MOTHER OF THREE, A CAREGIVER FOR MY SPOUSE WHO IS CURRENTLY
04:16:37 BATTLING CANCER AS WELL AS MY AGING PARENTS INCLUDING MY
04:16:43 MOTHER WHO HAS ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIA.
04:16:44 >> FELICITY DID NOT MAKE COLLEGE ACCESSIBLE FOR ME.
04:16:48 IT MADE LEADERSHIP, OPPORTUNITY AND STABILITY POSSIBLE FOR MY
04:16:51 ENTIRE FAMILY. >> MY BROTHER IS A CSUF
04:16:55 GRADUATE WHO NOW RUNS HIS OWN BUSINESS HERE IN S.F. MY SPOUSE
04:16:59 ALSO GRADUATED FROM CSUF BECOMING A JOURNEYMAN HERE
04:17:02 IN THE CITY THROUGH LOCAL 39 AND HAS HELD A UNION JOB FOR
04:17:06 NEARLY 20 YEARS BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT CSUF CREATED
04:17:09 . >> MY OWN LEADERSHIP JOURNEY IS
04:17:10 DIRECTLY TIED TO FREE CITY. LAST YEAR I WAS ONE OF ONLY
04:17:14 THREE STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA TO RECEIVE A STATEWIDE STUDENT
04:17:18 LEADERSHIP AWARD FROM THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
04:17:21 >> THAT RECOGNITION WAS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF CSUF
04:17:24 AND FREE AND BECAUSE FREE CITY INVESTED IN STUDENTS LIKE ME.
04:17:28 I WANT YOU TO KNOW MY STORY IS NOT UNIQUE.
04:17:32 I AM NOT THE EXCEPTION. I AM THE RULE.
04:17:34 THIS YEAR ALONE I KNOW A STUDENT LEADER TRANSFERRING TO
04:17:38 UCLA WHOSE PARENTS GRADUATED FROM CSUF AND WHOSE FATHER
04:17:41 SERVES THIS CITY AS A FIREFIGHTER NEAR OCEAN CAMPUS.
04:17:45 ANOTHER STUDENT LEADER WHO IS JUST AS IMPACTED A CANCER
04:17:49 SURVIVOR IN RECOVERY TRANSFERRING TO GEORGE
04:17:53 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ON A FULL SCHOLARSHIP.
04:17:56 >> THESE ARE THE LIVES FREE CITY CHANGES.
04:17:57 PLEASE FULLY FUND FREE CITY AND CONTINUE INVESTING IN THE
04:18:01 FUTURE OF S.F.. >> THANK YOU AND GLAD TO HAVE
04:18:05 YOU BACK AND SEE NO OTHER SPEAKERS.
04:18:08 MADAM CHAIR THAT COMPLETES OUR TWO SENIOR MORE PUBLIC
04:18:18 COMMENTS. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
04:18:19 CLOSED. SUPERVISOR JIM THANK YOU CHAIR
04:18:23 CHAN I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR
04:18:30 EVERYONE WHO SPENDING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH US
04:18:33 AND AND YOUR YOUR VALUABLE TIME IN SHARING YOUR VOICES.
04:18:37 I MYSELF I JUST WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT I AM A
04:18:41 BENEFICIARY OF CITY COLLEGE. >> WHAT I WHEN I WAS IN HIGH
04:18:45 SCHOOL FROM GALILEO ATTENDING CITY COLLEGE TO MAKE SURE THAT
04:18:48 I GET SOME CREDIT OR WHY I WAS ATTENDING UC DAVIS AND BACK TO
04:18:52 SAN FRANCISCO FOR MY PART TIME JOB TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY IN MY
04:18:56 EARLIER YEARS. >> THERE'S YOU KNOW, WITHOUT
04:19:00 SUCCESS I WOULDN'T HAVE MY EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS AND AND SO
04:19:06 I DEEPLY UNDERSTAND THAT HOUSE AS I WAS IMPACTING SAN
04:19:10 FRANCISCO AND ALSO WITH DISTRICT 11 CITY COLLEGES
04:19:15 IN THE CORNER OF DISTRICT 11 AND DISTRICT 11 HAS THE HIGHEST
04:19:19 NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLING IN CITY COLLEGE.
04:19:22 YOU KNOW WHETHER FOR IT'S CITY COLLEGE I THINK WHAT ARE YOU
04:19:26 ARE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS YOU ARE JUST A RECENT GRADUATE OF A
04:19:30 HIGH SCHOOL AND A YOUNG ADULT OR WHETHER IT'S MY SENIOR
04:19:34 CONSTITUENTS AND TELLING ME HOW IMPORTANT THOSE CLASSES AT CITY
04:19:38 COLLEGE IS KEEPING THEM NOT ALONE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR
04:19:42 COMMUNITY FRESHLY TO COLLEGE IS TRULY AN ASSETS AND OPPORTUNITY
04:19:45 FOR SAN FRANCISCANS TO HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE TO SURVIVE
04:19:49 AND TO THRIVE IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
04:19:53 I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUNDING THE CUTS I
04:19:57 KNOW THAT POPPED UP YOU AS A TRANSFER TAX AND WE ARE SEEING
04:20:01 OUR PROJECTIONS OF LIGHT. YOU KNOW WE'RE DOING MUCH
04:20:04 BETTER IN TRANSFERRING TAX AND AND WHY IS CITY COLLEGE IS
04:20:08 STILL BEING CONSIDER A CUT IS THAT ANYONE ABLE TO COME
04:20:17 AND GIVE ME A LITTLE CONTEXT ABOUT WHY ARE WE HAVING THIS
04:20:22 CONVERSATION TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING MORE
04:20:26 MONEY MORE TRANSFER TAX. >> I KNOW THAT LIKE THE MAYOR'S
04:20:27 OFFICE SHOULD BE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BUT HOW ABOUT WE
04:20:31 LET'S HAVE LIKE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO TO TO SORT OF
04:20:34 KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY
04:20:38 AND WITH CITY COLLEGE ABOUT THE MOU AND HOW ACTUALLY IS
04:20:42 FACILITATE. I SEE THAT TRUSTEE THANK YOU
04:20:46 TRUSTEE TRUSTEE CHRISTINE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
04:20:50 >> I I'M I THINK WE BOTH KNOW WELL BUT I'M GOING TO DEFER TO
04:20:55 YOU TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND STEP YES AND SO I'LL WEAR A
04:20:58 LITTLE BIT OF MY PREVIOUS ROLE IDC WIFE AS A FREE CITI ANALYST
04:21:02 AND SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS WHY IS THERE A PROPOSED CUT
04:21:09 SPECIFICALLY? I DON'T KNOW.
04:21:13 I THINK IN THE CONVERSATIONS AT THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IT'S A
04:21:16 PART OF THE OVERALL CUTS THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS PROPOSING
04:21:20 ,HOW THEY ARRIVED AT THE 6.5 MILLION SPECIFICALLY HAS NOT
04:21:24 BEEN CLEAR IN CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WERE HAVING AT THE
04:21:28 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. IT SEEMS LIKE THE MAYOR'S
04:21:31 OFFICE, HIS PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY PRESERVE
04:21:36 JUST THE WAIVERS FOR THE PROGRAM.
04:21:40 >> SO THAT'S ONLY IF YOU ARE A SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT YOU
04:21:44 WOULD RECEIVE THE TUITION WAIVER AND TO ESSENTIALLY
04:21:47 ELIMINATE THE CUT FOR THE GRANT STUDENTS.
04:21:52 >> BUT EVEN WITH THE 6.5. DR. LIVIO SO I BELIEVE THAT
04:21:55 EVEN THE 6.5 IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THE TUITION WAIVERS ITSELF
04:21:59 TO SO HOW THEY ARRIVED AT THAT NUMBER IS UNCLEAR TO US OR WILL
04:22:06 BE GOOD TO HAVE MORE CLARITY AND WHY WHY ARE WE HAVING THIS
04:22:13 CONVERSATION? WHY ARE WE HAVING CUTS AND AND
04:22:17 I JUST YOU KNOW, WITH TODAY'S HEARING I'M CLEARLY SEEING THAT
04:22:21 THE VOTER VOTE ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FREE CITY
04:22:23 COLLEGE AND THEN I THINK THE BOARD SUPERVISORS AND THE
04:22:26 TRUSTEES SUPPORTS THIS AND ALSO AFTER 2121 SUPPORTS THIS
04:22:29 AND OUR STUDENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO CLARITY CLEARLY
04:22:33 CLEARLY THEY WE NEED THIS FREE CITY COLLEGE PROGRAM.
04:22:40 YES AND AND I ALSO WITH MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE TEN
04:22:44 YEAR MOU INCLUDED A RESERVE TO ENSURE THAT CUTS LIKE THIS DID
04:22:48 NOT SURPRISE CITY COLLEGE AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR STUDENTS
04:22:54 WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE RESERVE FUND?
04:23:02 >> I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE THE CONTROLLERS COMES BACK HERE
04:23:06 AND SO I WILL I WILL ALSO AND JUST TO BUILD ON SOME OF
04:23:14 THE QUESTIONS SO THE MOU AGREEMENT WAS A TEN YEAR
04:23:18 AGREEMENT. >> THE MOU WAS SUBJECT TO
04:23:21 BUDGET APPROPRIATE ATIONS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BUT ORIGINALLY THE
04:23:28 PROGRAM WAS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 15 MILLION PER YEAR PLUS CPI
04:23:32 AND YES THERE WAS LANGUAGE THAT WAS BUILT IN INTO THAT
04:23:34 AGREEMENT AND AROUND THEIR RESERVE AND SO IF THE PROGRAM
04:23:41 I'M JUST REMEMBERING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IF THE PROGRAM
04:23:44 EXCEEDED ONE YEAR'S WORTH OF COST, ANYTHING ABOVE THAT WOULD
04:23:49 GO BACK INTO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND AND THAT THE INTENT OF THE
04:23:52 RESERVE WAS TO BUILD A RUNWAY OF SOME SORT IF THE CITY EVER
04:23:57 DECIDED TO ELIMINATE FUNDING FOR THEIR PROGRAM.
04:24:01 AND THAT WAS THE INTENT OF IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS
04:24:05 ULTIMATELY UTILIZED USED OR WHERE THE RESERVE IS EXACTLY IT
04:24:09 MIGHT BE IN THE AUDIT REPORT AND LOOKING TO LEAST TO MAYBE
04:24:13 PROVIDE CONTEXT AND OVERSIGHTS COMMITTEE I YES THANK YOU.
04:24:16 >> I, I DO I MEAN I THINK IT MAY FALL TO THE COMPTROLLER'S
04:24:21 OFFICE TO FULLY EXPLAIN THIS BUT I THINK AS MEMBERS OF THE
04:24:24 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND I KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
04:24:28 DOING A LOT OF WORK TO TRY TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
04:24:31 IT IS THIS YEAR WE JUST GOT THE AUDIT REPORTS AND IT IS CLEAR
04:24:35 THIS YEAR THAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE RESERVES HAVE
04:24:39 BEEN DECIMATED AND ARE PRETTY MUCH GONE.
04:24:42 >> SO THOSE A LOT OF THAT MONEY SEEMS TO HAVE GONE BACK TO THE
04:24:47 CITY FOR TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IN GENERAL AND SO BUT WE'VE
04:24:54 BEEN TRYING TO GET SOME CLARITY ABOUT THAT AND ABOUT HOW THAT
04:24:58 WORKS AND AS PRESIDENT CHRISTIE SAID THIS THIS IDEA THAT WE HAD
04:25:02 A PROGRAM WITH A COMMITMENT FOR TEN YEARS THAT ALSO HAD HAD
04:25:05 SOME THINGS LOCKED IN TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT EXACTLY WHAT
04:25:09 IS HAPPENING NOW DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW,
04:25:13 BACKUP FUNDS, THAT THERE WOULD BE A RUNWAY IF CHANGES WERE
04:25:16 MADE. ALL OF THOSE PIECES THAT
04:25:17 UNFORTUNATELY IS NO LONGER THE CASE.
04:25:23 >> THANK YOU. >> JUST JUST TO CLOSE, I WOULD
04:25:28 LOVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE NUMBERS.
04:25:31 >> I KNOW MYSELF AND I ALSO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE MEMBER
04:25:36 SUPERVISORS, SALTER ALSO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF CITY COLLEGE
04:25:40 AND ENDORSED AND TOOK CLASSES ABOUT CANTONESE AND I THINK HE
04:25:43 ALSO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT, HOW IMPORTANT AND HOW VALUABLE
04:25:47 CITY COLLEGE IS AND I WOULD REALLY WANT TO OBSERVE THAT YOU
04:25:54 KNOW, THIS IS OUR CITY IS SENDING A MESSAGE THAT IF WE
04:25:58 CUT TO CUT EDUCATION, CUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE
04:26:01 ARE SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE REST OF THE CITY AND AND
04:26:06 AND POTENTIALLY CALIFORNIA AND THE COUNTRY IS SAYING THAT
04:26:09 WE ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD TO CARE ABOUT OUR FUTURE
04:26:13 GENERATIONS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN FLETCHER
04:26:17 DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN LAST SATURDAY I WENT TO THE
04:26:21 ADDICTION AND RECOVERY COUNSELING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
04:26:25 GRADUATION THAT WAS REALLY MOVING AND IT WAS THE LARGEST
04:26:29 CLASS AS I UNDERSTAND IT 42 GRADUATES WHICH IS THE LARGEST
04:26:32 I THINK IN ITS HISTORY. I KNOW THAT THERE THAT IS ALSO
04:26:36 FACING SOME STATE CUTS THAT I'VE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT I'M
04:26:40 GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO FIGHT FOR.
04:26:41 >> I'M POWERFULLY PERSUADED BY WHAT WAS SAID HERE ALTHOUGH YOU
04:26:47 PROBABLY DIDN'T NEED TO PERSUADE ME BECAUSE I'M A
04:26:48 BELIEVER THAT THIS IS MONEY WELL SPENT.
04:26:50 >> SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF ALLIES ON THIS
04:26:52 COMMITTEE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO RESTORE FUNDING.
04:27:01 THANK YOU VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CHEN
04:27:06 I'M GOING TO ANSWER A LITTLE BIT SINCE I DON'T SEE THE
04:27:10 CONTROLLERS GOING TO RETURN ANY TIME SOON.
04:27:12 I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AS BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR
04:27:16 THAT I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, DURING THE LAST TWO THREE
04:27:21 FISCAL YEARS WHENEVER THE MAYOR WANTED TO CUT CITY
04:27:24 COLLEGE, I THINK THE FREE CITY COLLEGE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
04:27:26 HAVE FOUGHT THAT CUT AND ALONG WITH THE TRUSTEE OF CITY
04:27:32 COLLEGE ACTUALLY COME THEY ACTUALLY CAME HERE ALONG WITH
04:27:36 FORMER CHANCELLOR DAVID MARTIN AND AND NOW I BELIEVE AND I'M
04:27:40 GRATEFUL THAT CHANCELLOR MESSINA MR. DE PIERRE TODAY
04:27:47 AND THAT WE ACTUALLY NOW FINALLY HAVE THIS HEARING I
04:27:48 THINK AS SOME OF US MAY RECALL THREE FISCAL YEARS AGO IT WAS
04:27:52 NOT UNTIL ALMOST POST BUDGET PROCESS AT THE BOARD SUPERVISOR
04:27:56 THAT WE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY CUTS TO FREE CITY
04:28:02 AND IT SEEMS TO BE AT THAT TIME WAS RATHER LATE BY THE TIME
04:28:07 THAT IT BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND I THINK THAT IT
04:28:11 WAS BECAUSE OF THAT I BEGAN TO JOIN FREE CITY COLLEGE
04:28:17 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE START THAT
04:28:19 PROCESS EARLY ON TO ENSURE THE CUT DOES NOT OCCUR.
04:28:23 I THINK THAT CONVERSATION IS STILL ONGOING FOR THIS TO
04:28:26 UPCOMING BUDGET WE WANT TO SEE FULLY RESTORE FUNDING TO 9
04:28:36 MILLION FOR THE VERY LEAST AND THAT I THINK THAT THERE
04:28:38 GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION ALSO AROUND THE MOU TO ALSO TO BE
04:28:42 INCLUSIVE OF LIGHT STUDENT FEE WAIVERS BECAUSE TWO YEARS AGO
04:28:45 WE ALSO ALLOCATE TO THE RESERVE $2 MILLION OF THE RESERVE TO
04:28:50 ACTUALLY WAIVE SOME OF THE FEES I THINK AS SOME OF US MAY
04:28:53 RECALL AND I THINK THAT INSTEAD OF OF THAT DOING THAT BACK
04:28:57 AND FORTH WE SHOULD JUST BE UPDATING THE MOU TO INCLUDE
04:29:01 FEES JUST TO BE WAIVE AND TO BE INCLUDED IN TO REIMBURSE
04:29:09 AMOUNTS FOR FREE CITY COLLEGE ALL WHICH IS TO SAY THANK YOU.
04:29:13 I SO APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT FROM THIS BODY AND NOW WE HAVE
04:29:16 THREE OUT OF THE FIVE AND I AM CONFIDENT SUPERVISOR WALTON
04:29:20 WILL BE JOINING US IN SUPPORT OF MAKING SURE WE FIGHT BACK
04:29:24 THE CUTS TO FREE CITY COLLEGE. >> SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND SO
04:29:35 WITH THAT THANK YOU. >> AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE
04:29:36 MOTION TO HAVE THIS HEARING HEARD AND FILED SECOND BY VICE
04:29:43 CHAIR DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
04:29:46 OH, AND BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXCUSE
04:29:51 SUPERVISOR WALTON AND SUPERVISOR DANNY SOUDER
04:29:55 WITHOUT OBJECTION AND THE ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION TO HAVE
04:29:59 THIS ITEM HEARD AND FILED. >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR
04:30:03 CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT THIS HEARING BE
04:30:07 HEARD AND FILED AND VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I REMEMBER
04:30:11 CHEN CHEN I CHAIR CAN I CAN I WE HAVE THREE IS A MOTION
04:30:15 PASSES AND AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO
04:30:26 CONTINUE ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE TO OUR JUNE.
04:30:32 >> SHOULD WE DO IS IT DATE CERTAIN OR LIKE HOW DO WE
04:30:36 INCLUDE IT INTO THE NEXT BUDGET PROCESS.
04:30:37 >> MADAM CHAIR WE CAN LET'S SEE HOW IT IS YOUR CHOICE WHETHER
04:30:44 OR NOT TO KEEP THE HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET
04:30:48 FOR THE SELECT DEPARTMENTS OPEN AND WE CAN ACTUALLY CONTINUE IT
04:30:53 ALL TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR SO WE CAN PLACE THAT ON THE SECOND
04:30:54 ROUND AGENDA. >> UNDERSTOOD.
04:30:56 SO WE WILL OF HEARD AND FILE ITEM ONE AND THEN CONTINUE ITEM
04:31:01 TWO AND THREE TO CALL A CHAIR AND MR. A MOTION TO HER ITEM
04:31:04 FILE ITEM ONE AND THEN CONTINUE ITEM TWO AND THREE TO THE CALL
04:31:08 CHAIR SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
04:31:12 >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR
04:31:16 DORSEY THAT THE HEARING IN ITEM ONE BE HEARD AND FILED AND THAT
04:31:19 WE CONTINUE THE BOTH THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
04:31:23 AND SALARY ORDINANCE FOR THE SELECTED POSITIONS TO THE CALL
04:31:27 THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I REMEMBER CHEN CHEN
04:31:34 I CHAIR CHAN I CHAN I ACTUALLY I'M SORRY I WILL NEED A VOTE TO
04:31:41 RESCIND. >> WE HAVE YET TO DO PUBLIC
04:31:43 COMMENT ON THOSE ITEMS. >> I SEE.
04:31:46 THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES TO RESCIND THE
04:31:50 VOTE ON ITEMS 123A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
04:31:55 OKAY AND ON THE MOTION TO RESCIND THE VOTE ON THE ITEMS
04:31:57 ONE THROUGH THREE AND VICE CHAIR DORSEY OH YES AND SECOND
04:32:02 AND I THANKS DOROTHY I MEMBER CHEN CHEN I HEARD CHAN I CHAN I
04:32:09 WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THE MOTION PASSES AND THEN AND LET'S GO TO
04:32:13 PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE YES WE ARE NOW
04:32:16 OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THESE ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE
04:32:19 IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS
04:32:22 COMMITTEE REGARDING THE BUDGETS FOR SELECTED COMMITTEES
04:32:26 SPECIFICALLY THE AIRPORT BOARD OF APPEALS DEPARTMENT, A
04:32:28 BUILDING INSPECTION PLANNING CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES
04:32:31 ENVIRONMENT LAW LIBRARY, MTA PORT PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE PUC,
04:32:35 THE RENT BOARD OR RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
04:32:41 NOW'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY. >> MADAM CHAIR.
04:32:46 WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SO YOU KNOW PUBLIC COMMENT PUBLIC COMMENT
04:32:50 IS NOW CLOSE COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION
04:32:53 TO HAVE ITEMS ONE HEARD AND FILE AND CONTINUE ITEMS 2
04:32:57 TO 3 TO THE CALL CHAIR SECOND SECOND BY VICE-CHAIR DORSEY A
04:33:04 ROLL CALL PLEASE AND ON THE MOTION BY CHURCH AND SECONDED
04:33:07 BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT WE HEAR AND FILE OUR ITEM NUMBER
04:33:12 ONE AND THAT WE CONTINUE THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
04:33:15 AND SALARY ORDINANCE TO THE CALL THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
04:33:17 DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER CHEN CHEN I CHURCH AND I CHAN I WE
04:33:23 HAVE THREE EYES THE MOTION PASSES AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE
04:33:27 YET TO DISPOSE OF ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE SO WITH THAT I WOULD
04:33:30 LIKE TO MOVE ITEM FOUR AND FIVE TO FULL BOARD WITH
04:33:33 RECOMMENDATION SECOND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND A ROLL
04:33:36 CALL PLEASE EXCUSE ME IS IT TOO LATE FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
04:33:43 ONE JUST OKAY. YES THE GAVEL WENT DOWN
04:33:44 AND APOLOGIES AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR CHAN SECONDED
04:33:47 BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY TO FORWARD ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE TO THE FULL
04:33:53 BOARD VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER CHEN CHENNAI CHURCH
04:33:57 AND I CHANT I WE HAVE THREE EYES THE MOTION PASSES AND DO
04:34:02 WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY?
04:34:05 >> MADAM CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS.
04:34:06 THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED