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Comment today . Testing 123 good morning all. Is on how many people in the audience intend to testify today . Given the number then we will give everybody 2 min. That will get us out of here by late tonight. [laughing] goahead width so you heard that 2 min. On Public Comments. If you would like to make general Public Comment that means is on just general comment im not on an item thats on the agenda. That is on item 4 and that its continued on item 10. When you do make Public Comment we ask that...

Comment today . Testing 123 good morning all. Is on how many people in the audience intend to testify today . Given the number then we will give everybody 2 min. That will get us out of here by late tonight. [laughing] goahead width so you heard that 2 min. On Public Comments. If you would like to make general Public Comment that means is on just general comment im not on an item thats on the agenda. That is on item 4 and that its continued on item 10. When you do make Public Comment we ask that...

Commissioner, how do you [inaudible] for coppola Public Comment today . Testing 123 good morning all. Is on how many people in the audience intend to testify today . Given the number then we will give everybody 2 min. That will get us out of here by late tonight. [laughing] goahead width so you heard that 2 min. On Public Comments. If you would like to make general Public Comment that means is on just general comment im not on an item thats on the agenda. That is on item 4 and that its continued...

Comment today . Testing 123 good morning all. Is on how many people in the audience intend to testify today . Given the number then we will give everybody 2 min. That will get us out of here by late tonight. [laughing] goahead width so you heard that 2 min. On Public Comments. If you would like to make general Public Comment that means is on just general comment im not on an item thats on the agenda. That is on item 4 and that its continued on item 10. When you do make Public Comment we ask that...

Community learned that lovell had been killed, but the support didnt end. From this tragedy that thank has happened just to see the outpouring of support and the phone calls that weve gotten and the friends that that care about this family and about this this girl. That is just a testimony to her, the person she was in the short 13 years that she was here. Reporter and even now, the community is coming out in force to pay their respects to lovell. All this is the people that knew her coming toge...

Clarifying when some of the timelines would be for compliance. Just to quickly go over that we are adding into our definition section advisory body, city boards and city commissions. We are giving formerly tier 2 departments until next fiscal year to comply with the parts specifically regarding interpretation and translation. We recognize they may need to make some budget asks to comply so we want to encourage them to do so. We are clarifying telephonic messages do not include employee mailboxes...

Well, why dont they sign up . And they said, well, i have no idea. I guess they dont need it. Well, how could they sign up if they dont know about the program and even when they sign up, everything is in english and they dont know how to fill out these forms. Thats when i went ahead with my organization and say, well, were going to do it ourselves. Within two years they went up with the percentage that was a lot more what it looked like in the city in terms of going for the Chinese Community in ...

Programs . Oh, not too many. They dont feel like they need it. What do you mean they dont need it . Certainly income eligible they are. Well they never sign up. Well, why dont they sign up . And they said, well, i have no idea. I guess they dont need it. Well, how could they sign up if they dont know about the program and even when they sign up, everything is in english and they dont know how to fill out these forms. Thats when i went ahead with my organization and say, well, were going to do it...

70s and 80s. Nothing was translated and when i asked for it, ill give you a good example, they had a couple thousand slots for subsidized child care and they would come and say, well, how many, you know, people from this community are actually in these programs . Oh, not too many. They dont feel like they need it. What do you mean they dont need it . Certainly income eligible they are. Well they never sign up. Well, why dont they sign up . And they said, well, i have no idea. I guess they dont n...

Out these forms. Thats when i went ahead with my organization and say, well, were going to do it ourselves. Within two years they went up with the percentage that was a lot more what it looked like in the city in terms of going for the Chinese Community in terms of being enrolled in these programs, going from less than 10 percent to near 30 percent. So a lot of it is because of the Language Access and i get it, you know . In fact, as this stuff is happening even today a neighbor knocked on my do...