My kids have trouble accessing content in the textbook loaded online. Sometimes physics text. Its a good idea to be using online resources, but then it brings into question my concern around access to technology for students who are expected to do their instructional kind of work is loaded on google classroom or their textbooks are uploaded. My kids are sharing the concerns, but i dont know how other than a parent sharing with principal, how that would come back to you and then us. I want to raise a question because were moving online, a lot of the instruction is moving online and that its a funny space because its not a textbook per se, but it is the curriculum materials. Kids dont have access to if they dont have access to Laptop Computers or wifi. Its my understanding that we dont have a Technology Policy around access to curriculum. Do you know about that . Not know about that . Ive asked and it doesnt seem like we have an explicit policy around ensuring students have access to online and technologybased curriculum . So that sound like its two different concerns. One being the materials themselves and being accessible online. And then the technology to actually access it. So i think part of the solution might be in looking at what is available and making sure that we have resources equityably distributed online so thats available to all of the high schools and partnering with melissa dodd and technology and making look there. She appeared. And what is available in terms of actual tools. President cook before we go into a deep discussion, this is about approving this particular item. I guess my concern though, this is a williams complaint, if kids dont have access to online textbooks. President cook maybe we can have a discussion about it outof approving this item because this is about textbook sufficiency. Can we i guess my question is, where i mean, and parents wouldnt know i feel like this could be a potential williams complaint if student dont have access to online. Would that be a williams complaint issue or is it only covering solid textbooks . Yeah, honestly, commissioner, i dont know off the top of my head. But i do know that wasnt a question that we solicited in response to this survey to meet the statutory requirements. I understand. Thats why im saying there is a gap. Because if were uploading textbooks online and expecting students to do homework and they dont have access, in my opinion its an access equity issue. So i would i want families to know they should be able to file complaints if they dont have access. And i guess im hoping that we as a district push out more information directly to families so that they can let us know where theyre having problems, that we might not be aware, just talking to principals or site leaders am leaders. Looks like an item for the next curriculum meeting. A lot of the questions were around that. And sort of the list of materials we provide. But i will hold them. What im wondering, this survey, i recall like in my classroom at the beginning of the year, our staff would go around and count the books and then log them. Is that process no longer happening and now its the principal filling out a survey and sharing we have them provided . The survey allows for us to collect information about the number of books they have in the school, so, yes, in some instances theyre counting them and saying how many they need and they ask for a specific number of books in the request. So we fill the request that they make in terms of the amount. So theyre you know, meeting their student need as well. Sometimes as the population grows, they might need more textbooks so we fill that as well. So there is a variety of ways that number is derived. Thank you. Vice president sanchez thank you. Im wondering if instructional materials also include mentor texts, for example, in elementary school, most or many of the teachers are using units of study and in those units of study, there are mentor texts used as well as so we dont have textbooks, these are novels and chapter books. And also im wondering if its sufficient to have or to not have included sufficient classroom libraries in our schools because especially in the k5 where teachers are expected to be performing or having readers and writers workshop operation. And if they dont have a robust Classroom Library, theyre unable to teach the workshops. If this doesnt apply to this item, id like to start moving that that direction as a district. To supply for teachers in the first years, who really dont have anything in their classroom. So id like to know if we can move in that direction. First, let me answer your first question, just in earls terms of what school were requesting. The majority of the Elementary Schools specifically requested homework and practice books or social studies. I would say that was probably about 80 of the requests. Are they availed of the opportunity to ask for a Classroom Library . Not necessarily a Classroom Library. That is not part of the survey. That would be in addition to technology and what is accessible. That would be a growth area. Vice president sanchez maybe we can add that to the curriculum, informational item we can pursue. Thank you. President cook roll call vote. Thank you. [roll call [ ] six ayes. President cook this public hearing is now over. Were now back to the regular session. Section j. , discussion of vote on consent calendar, items removed at a previous meeting. There are none. Section k, introduction of proposals and assignments to committee. Number one, proposals. Number two, the first read two board policy, 1312. 3. Uniform complaint procedures. May have a motion and second for First Reading to the board policy. Second. President cook lets see, we dont have any Public Comment on the item. Any board comments for the First Reading . Referring this item to the rules committee. Section f. There are none tonight. Section m, board member reports. Lets see, we have reports from our recent Committee Meetings. So this is where ill call on Committee Chairs to give updates if you had a recent meeting. Student assignment. Ms. Norton we did have a meeting. Im just pulling up my notes. That came up fast. Suddenly. We had a Student Assignment meeting on october 8. We had a good sort of overview of the process that staff gave us, as well as some comments on the plan for community engagement. We had a good discussion from staff on sort of how the district is starting to look at designing quality schools. What is going on . [laughter] i was like, what is everyone laughing . What did i say . [laughter] and then a really good discussion, the beginnings of a really good discussion. I want to thank all the commissioners that came. I think we pretty much had a full house. So that means that i think i win, right. [laughter] and we are getting closer i think to a staff proposal so i just really am glad that everybody is engaged with this process. Whatever i can do to support you in staying engaged. Because this is going to move quickly. So i do expect there is going to be were going to have a one last Committee Meeting in november. And then well do a committeeofthewhole where we will actually see what is going to go to the community for engagement on the assignment process. As i said, this is moving quickly. And but i think weve had were not i dont think there is consensus on the board yet from what i read. But i think people are asking really good questions and talking about the right thing, so i feel good about the process up to now. The next meeting is november 21st. Isnt it . Monday, november 18, at 6 00 p. M. That makes way more sense. Thank you. President cook Vice President sanchez. Vice president sanchez committeeofthewhole met tuesday. Free muni program. We focused on the free muni program that has been around, i think, going on six years in the district. And the fact that there is extremely low participation rate. And misunderstanding in a lot of the communities what constitutes free. Means there is a lot of paperwork and red tape around the program. And i would say that most of the Board Members agreed we would like free muni to be really free muni for every student. Not just in the district, but in the city. We noted that at the m. T. A. Received 38 million from the funding last november. And we estimate around 5 million to complete the freeness of free muni. So i think we know there is funding out there to make this a reality. We also noted that m. T. A. , the board itself of directors, meets monthly. And that we are committed to interacting with them to ensure they understand that this is a real need for our district and our city. Thats it. Hi. So i was just wondering if there was something that could be made about students having free bart in San Francisco, because bart is expensive. And thats the only reason i dont take bart personally. But i was wondering because there are bart stops here in San Francisco, if that could also be included. Because i think a lot of students would really appreciate that. I think it did not come up in the discussion, it was particularly around m. T. A. , but we do know that a lot of our students and members in the public as well, our own staff, especially teachers, who have to commute long distances to the city and then in the city, should be availed of at least a reduced rate. But bart is something we should be taking up as well. There is definitely money out there for that. President cook is there a free program for bart . Im looking at chief. Okay, okay. I guess you have work to do. Commissioner lopez. Ms. Lopez im reporting on the curriculum committee. Great. Okay, i had notes. Thats why im trying to find them. I know. We had a lot of items. We met last wednesday. The biggest piece, the biggest crowd drawer was the Charter Renewal for both kip, bayview and kip s. F. There was a lot of Public Comment. We discussed how many students starting in fifth grade end up leaving our classrooms. Kip is not as transparent as sfusd. Noting their board meets four times and only one during the day and no way to share with the public. Any ideas around providing families more access to substantial decisionmaking . They dont have representation. The closest is el dorado. Its a two hour thrive from drive from here. There are only three in the states, so Charter Schools dont have much representation. We voted without recommendation. Then we had a few presentations. One was special education strategy, five years strategic plan. What is going up, there is work in progress, working around transportation and placement program. And then we had a discussion on history, social studies updates. Specifically, around the 4th Grade Mission projects. And halloween and Indigenous Peoples day. Jennifer began the meeting with the land acknowledgment. And read a piece where that information came from. There is a draft of big ideas. Love and appreciate who we are, and studying the truth and beauty. Creating something that is longstanding and sustainable. Partnersh partnership. Guidance and how to share information. It will go out in the weekly bulletin, hoping that partners would publicize it. We talked about how to get information to parents involving the pacs, not just relying on principals. The equity study resolution came up and how we need a heritage calendar, not specific to one. Then my notes got spotty because this was in the third hour of the meeting. I wrote many people were happy. [laughter] that was a note that i made. And then we ended it. President cook thank you. So at the buildings, grounds and services committee, we had on monday, we got an update on the districts efforts to build more educator housing. And currently we have a tentative plan of trying to support 750 educators through a mixture of either brick and mortar or a potential program which were exploring how to execute. In the upcoming meeting which will probably be the most exciting Committee Meeting of all of 2019 [laughter] is were going to get an overview of bond financing. Oooh. Exciting. President cook which could be the cureall for housing. In San Francisco. Stay tuned. Number 2. Board delegate to the member organizations. So i just got back from louisville, kentucky, the council, the great city schools conference. Its a conference every year in a big city. 75 large urban districts, member districts, im the delegate for this board. I went with jill and eva. And a lot of workshops and sessions revolving around best practices in different districts. The one that all four of us attended that we got a lot of information out of and reported back to the superintendent and i talked to president cook about today, was using a system that will help us with our chronic absenteeism, as you know in past meetings we talked about. That was informational and helpful. Im going to put in in your email boxes, Board Members, more information about the conference. Do you want to add anything . I wanted to add just a little plug for that conference in particular to commissioners because even though Vice President is the delegate, you can still attend because were a member district. And the council, its a really interesting conference, its a Different Group of districts than you see at csba, than you see at nsba. Much higher participation. I found the valuable. You dont have to go every year, but to go once during your tenure would be interesting. The other is cube. Thats a subset of the National School bus school board association. Again, were members of all of the boards, so you can attend their events and theyre worth while. I mentioned it to one other board member. They also have a spring event, a conference, which is always in d. C. Its a legislative overview where we get an opportunity to lobby our representatives and also get to meet and chat with our best friend, who avoids us like the plague. I do concur with commissioner norton, that cube, the council of boards of education, which ive enjoyed in the past. I think it something we should reconnect with. I dont know if any of our Board Members have gone in the last three or four years. We should reconnect with them. They represent urban boards and districts, where youll be interacting with boards of color, which is not the same for the National School bus. 10,000 members and not a lot of flavor. President cook thank you, Vice President sanchez. Any other reports by Board Members . Commissioner collins . I wanted to reiterate, i appreciate the work that is going on in curriculum and instruction. Specifically the one that they were reporting out to longterm, to look at how we teach social studies, but also to specifically address indigenous History Month in november. And i wanted to make a plug for this book, an Indigenous Peoples history of the United States for young people. I think its something we should all read. Because im realizing i have been miseducated. There is a lot of history in here. Its written for young people. Its something you could read with your kids. This is the new book. The original for adults has been out for a while, but this is something we might want to adopt in our district. And i would hope that you guys are reading books like this, as were approaching really making all students cultures and histories visible. I would like to have conversations with where we should be moving as a district. Thank you. [please stand by]. President cook it was a really, really beautiful event, seeing all the students together, excited to talk about how to organize themselves to improve their sites. And so hopefully, we can find more ways to elevate them as student leaders, to bring their voices to the forefront, and i so appreciate the organizers allowing me to come and speak to the students last friday. Seeing no other updates, im going to announce the next upcoming meetings. Budget and Business Services is wednesday, november 6, at 6 00 p. M. Rules, policy, and legislation is monday, november 4, at 5 00 p. M. Creek limit program which is not as cool as buildings andti Public Comment for those who have submitted speaker cards. Section p, closed session. The board will now go into good afternoon, everyone. Lets try that again. Good afternoon. My name is harold shields and im proud to be the Community School director here at burton high school. We are here today to celebrate one of our very successful programs, the ace program which was a sixweek learning workbased opportunity for our students. Before i introduce the High School Choir in the city of San Francisco that is the best, i want to say thank you to mayor breed for her opportunities for all initiatives and thank principal thomas for working with us, as well as my staff sara kong and mubina shaik for organizing and directing the success of our summer program. Here we have Career Pathways where we try to ensure that our students have access to college and careerreadiness opportunities. We are doing our absolute best to ensure that our business and Industry Partners here in the city recognize the talent that our students have here at burton and the rest of the city, so that our talent here locally can stay here locally and be part of our future workforce. Now, without further ado, the burton High School Choir. [ applause ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [singing roar] [ ] [ cheering and applause ]. Mayor breed hello, everyone. Im San Francisco mayor london breed, and i am so excited to be here today. Hello. First of all, i love katy perrys version, but i will buy that single if you guys to upload it. Beautiful. Thank you so much to the amazing choir that burton has been traditionally known for every since i was in high school, which wasnt actually that long ago. Burton always had an incredible choir and was an incredible force in this city for academics and so many things. So it really is an honor to be here, because this initiative, opportunities for all, is something that is near and dear in my heart. I am so fortunate because when i was in high school, you know, there was not really a lot of opportunities to learn and to grow and to figure out what i wanted to do in life. I grew up in the western edition in the philmore community in Public Housing where my grandmother raised me. It was so easy to turn to some of the negative activity that existed in my community. There was drug using, drug dealing, theft, all kinds of stuff that honestly, sadly, so many of the people that i grew up with ended up going down the wrong path. I think that a really important turning point in my life happened when i got that first job. I was 14 and i got a job through the mayors Youth Employment and training program. [ laughter ]. Mayor breed and i was able to earn my own money because my grandmother was getting welfare and food stamps and all this stuff for us and we didnt have a lot. The ability to earn my own money and make some choices for myself, but also choices for my future, was so important. Because it wasnt just about the money that i earned, it was about the skills that i earned. You wouldnt believe it. Im mayor now and i dress nice, but i showed up the first day of my internship with some of you might have done this, with a seethrough shirt and the cutoff jeans and all that kind of stuff. It was the style back then, but the fact is thats really not how youre supposed to show up in a workplace. The people that i worked for, they didnt just fire me and say youre not dressed appropriately. They took the time to explain to me why in this environment it was important to address like a professional. When i answered the phone like, who you looking for . What do you want . They said, no, they turned it into a script saying this is london breed, thank you for calling. How may i help you . They didnt just give up on me. I was a handful as a teenager, believe it or not. And this internship opened the doors of opportunity for me to not only work in the summer and get paid to work and buy my own School Clothes and all the things that i really wanted, but it gave me an opportunity to learn and grow. And, in fact, because of the relationship that developed during that internship, i was given a job yearround. So after school i would go straight on the bus to philmore and oak to the family school. I would work and do my homework there. I had an incredible number of adults who were great mentors and supporters. Its where i learned about College Opportunities and what i can do with my future. Before that, i dont think i had any plans what would happen in the future. What i saw around me was something completely different. Here was a door that was opened. So when i became mayor, there was nothing more important to me than making sure that young people in the city have access to a paid internship in any capacity to learn about any industry you want. Because let me tell you something, not everybody i grew up with got the same opportunity. So many people that i grew up with, including my family members, ended up in the criminal justice system, ended up, sadly, on drugs, ended up, sadly, dead from gun violence. I cant help but think where did we go wrong and how do we make sure as a city that no one falls through the cracks. Thats why i started opportunities for all because i never ever want any young person to be turned away for an opportunity to learn to grow and thrive. Thats why were taking this message to you because we want you to be a part of opportunities for all. We want you to know about the possibilities, whether its working for any City Department or running the airlines. Today were joined by united airlines, who i basically reached out to along with so many other companies in San Francisco. We have all these Tech Companies and healthcare companies, all this network, theres so many opportunities, where you can not only work for these companies, you can start your own and you can run these businesses. So we want you all to be exposed to whats possible. The way that youre successful is when you know whats out there and you decide what you want to do in life. So today united has agreed to an incredible partnership, where they are not only investing the dollars to help pay for the internship, they are providing students with paid internships, to work in various capacities on the airlines, theyre providing transportation to the airport, and theyre providing airline tickets. [ applause ]. Mayor breed so im going to let janet talk a little bit more about the details of what this means, but i also want all the young people who are here today to understand the importance of thinking about your future, because before you know it, youre going to be 18. Like my grandmother did, she was making me if any for my own toilet paper. Ms. Brown did not pay. I had to give her rent money when i was working and everything else. At the same time, it wasnt because she was trying to punish me. She was trying to get me ready for the real world. She was trying to get me ready to take care of myself. Ultimately, when you become adults, youre going to have the responsibility of taking care of yourself. Ultimately as mayor, because of what happened in the past in this city and the loss of so many of my friends and family members, i want to make sure that we dont continue to make the same mistakes. I want you all to grow and to thrive in this city. I want you to be able to afford to live here when you become adults. Thats my goal, the future of San Francisco, and you all, all of you here, at burton, you all are the future of San Francisco. So i just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you all so much for just really being here and expressing interest in this incredible program. We came here because we wanted to bring the program directly to you. I also want to recognize jenny lam who is one of the members of the school board. [ applause ]. Mayor breed all of the students here and also ivar from the airport. Hes the guy who runs the airport. Take a good look at ivar. Hes going to be retiring soon, so whos going to take over his job . This guy makes some real money running the airport. I want you to think about that in terms of these opportunities. Janet from united, please come up and share a few words. Thank you so much, mayor breed. Lets give her a round of applause. If i may, i just want to say when i hear your story, its an unbelievable inspiration to me and i know it is to so many of you. Its not just getting a job, but mayor london breed is managing and running one of the most complex cities in the world with lots of challenges. Every day she works on machine solving. And then to come and spend the time with us to inspire. Please give her another warm welcome and round of applause and it thank you for your leadership and inspiration on this. We appreciate it. I would like to make a few introductions. Matt miller, my colleague is San FranciscoVice President hub who runs our operation. Behind me, you have lots of our employees in various roles that we do at s. F. O. I just want to share with you why united is here. We have been in this community for 90 years. We are part of the fabric of San Francisco. We have 12,000 employees throughout the bay area region, where they work, live, play, and volunteer. So we are deeply wedded to all of the issues within this region in San Francisco, and we very much want to be part of the future and making sure that the future is bright. There is no better way to do that than to invest in students and in very meaningful ways. So i could not be more proud of the fact that we are here to announce a 300,000 partnership with opportunities for all. [ applause ]. While the money is significant, what im most proud of is this is a partnership with opportunities for all for the long term. We want to ensure that the students that come and work with us in various internships have meaningful skills that will give you a lifelong set of factors and skills that you could apply to jobs with us, hopefully, but jobs anywhere. As the mayor said, its aviation, its tickets to go see the world. We travel to more locations within california and we have San Franciscos gateway to the world. We are very excited to offer this opportunity and very excited to partner with the mayor. On behalf of everyone with us today at united, we want to thank you for being here. We want to invite everybody who is interested in applying to come and join us. We very much would like you to make an application for one of our internships. Its now with great honor that i get to introduce one of our employees who is a United Customer Service representative and a boys and girls club 2015 youth of the year and is the product of one of these types of internships. So please join me in welcoming carmen sousa. [ applause ]. So im carmen sousa. I, like many of you, am a San Francisco native and born and raised in the mission. I went to school all over the city in the bayview and the tenderloin in the mission, all over the place. So i first started off also through the mayor i also started working at 14th through mayeep and was able to get all these different Job Opportunities and eventually started working with the boys and girls club which i was a longterm member with since i was 6 or 7 years old. Through that club and mayeep, i was able to learn all these different Job Opportunities and how to jobreadiness programs, like job resumes and all that. So [ applause ]. And so i first got introduced with united with the boys and girls club when i first turned 18 years old. Luckily through them i was able to learn even more, not only with the boys and girls club and mayeep was ready to get me ready for a new job, but i feel united was able to push me with an extra step knowing this is a real job with real responsibilities, youre dealing with real people. I just wanted to let you all know that anything is pretty much possible. Ive been working with united for four years now and been able to travel all over the world. Its been a really great thing for someone from the city whos never been even outside of california. Thats it. Great job, carmen. Born here and flying all over the world could be you as well. Thank you. Our appreciation to mayor breed for being the inspiration for this. Thank you all and have a great day. Mayor breed last but not least, sheryl davis who runs the program, the director of the Human Rights Commission here in San Francisco. Sheryl and i did a lot of work togeth together. Everything centred around helping to make sure that young people grow and thrive. Now we have a bigger platform to do it and impact the entire city. So we are counting on you, young people, to step up and step out and be successful because im going to be retiring in a couple of years. So i want you to be prepared to take my place. Thats the whole point. I could tell you got me. Youre ready, yes. So with that, sister davis, can you come on up and tell the young folks how they can apply for opportunities for all because i want you to start now and i also want to make sure that we grow this program so its not just the summer. We want to make sure that we are doing this yearround and we are going to hold all the Big Companies accountable who do business accountable to participate in this program which is a future for our young folks all over the city. Ms. Davis. Thank you, mayor. Give another round for mayor breed. I see you guys are already colorcoordinated. Youre ready to step into it. I would say the quick way to do this is harold shields here. He is going to be point for us to coordinate some of that. I saw patsy and john also. I know that they are doing work here and supporting the community. Saida is here from hope s. F. All of these are partners. Principal thomas knows how to get in touch with us. We want to start the process. If you are serious and ready, united has a plan. Were working with them to get folks through that. I see the collective team and others. There are lots of people here. I would say you start with knocking on harolds door, making sure hes got your name and number and hes connected. Hes got all the stuff. We do have the app. You have to go to opps. Org and thats where you register. We can get you all of that. Harold is going to make sure you dont get lost in any of the process. The united process is a very specific process. Anybody whos ever had to go through security at the airport, its 20 times harder to get a job at the airport. We want to get you ready for that. We will help you. I think we have to start now for you to have a job in three months at the airport. Lets get it started. Im here today. Cathy and amelia. Oppsforall. Org is where you go. Thank you. [ applause ]. Go back to class. [ laughter ] manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperity. Im kate sosa. Im cofounder and ceo of sf made. Sf made is a Public Private partnership in the city of San Francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in San Francisco. Sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other Small Business support organizations who provide more generalized support. Everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. For example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide Small Business owners with education. We have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city Seas Partnership with Small Business, creating a 100 Company Selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or twoperson shop, and who dont have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help Companies Set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in San Francisco. Im amy kascel, and im the owner of amy kaschel San Francisco. We started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. San franciscos a great place to do business in terms of clientele. We have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. I think its important for them to know where their clothes are made and how theyre made. My name is jefferson mccarly, and im the general manager of the Mission Bicycle company. We sell bikes made here for people that ride here. Essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. Our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. We care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. When people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. Its a pretty fun shopping experience. Paragraph. For me as a designer, i love the control. I can see whats going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. Going through the suing room, im looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look . Is this what shes expecting, maybe if weve made a customization to a dress, which we can do because were making everything here locally. Over the last few years, weve been more technical. Its a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right decisions are as a Small Business owner. Sometimes its appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to talk to each other. We need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. Moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how theyre going to use it, whether its the end piece or a he hwedding gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so thats the direction i hear at this point. The reason we are so enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that were sharing the opportunities that weve been blessed with economically and socially as possible, afternoon. Welcome to thesag Commission Regular hearing for thursday, october 24, 2019. I will start off by saying those members of the public that do not have a seat will have to leave the room. We have made accommodations in room 416 as an overflow room. If you go to room 416, you are able to watch and listen to the proceedings. Until such time people vacate these seats you have to stay there or outside of this hearing room. Once we begin taking Public Comment, you will be entitled to enter the room and submit your testimony for which ever item you were hear for. I would like to remind the public we do not tolerate