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Close down the successor agency, i would simply say, lets figure out how we make it better, which was actually what we were trying to do here. applause and, so, i am not going to justify any fiscal financial mismanagement by anyone, but i do want to make sure that i know what it is but it is based on facts. [speaker not understood]. applause and thats why thats why the Mayors Office the matt report is important. If we can get reports from persons in various areas and thats exactly why we have be...

But one thing that i would say, its interesting to have this conversation because, you know, there is clearly things that need to be addressed. You know, the question is does it rise to the level of losing accreditation. A little while ago, this committee had a hearing where we heard from our external auditors, and the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency was actually found to have a Material Weakness, which is as high a noncompliance of the audit as it gets. And it had to do, by the way...

Justify any fiscal financial mismanagement by anyone, but i do want to make sure that i know what it is but it is based on facts. [speaker not understood]. applause and thats why thats why the Mayors Office the matt report is important. If we can get reports from persons in various areas and thats exactly why we have bens office engaged and why we have kates office engaged. So, these are going to be ways in which, again, we look at it from a very different perspective, being mindful about the fi...

Not happy that that happened, but instead of saying, lets close down the successor agency, i would simply say, lets figure out how we make it better, which was actually what we were trying to do here. applause and, so, i am not going to justify any fiscal financial mismanagement by anyone, but i do want to make sure that i know what it is but it is based on facts. [speaker not understood]. applause and thats why thats why the Mayors Office the matt report is important. If we can get reports from...

Having worked on and being an important player in the changes that happened in the School District, im all for those standards. But lets take that example, the payroll as an example. One of the things that does worry me, and i wonder if the mayor has this concern, if you guys have this concern, right, we have known about this payroll issue i think for quite sometime, have hadthctionv we . ~ havent we . I dont know not with the example that i gave. Okay. But we know that, we know that the structu...

Not happy that that happened, but instead of saying, lets close down the successor agency, i would simply say, lets figure out how we make it better, which was actually what we were trying to do here. applause and, so, i am not going to justify any fiscal financial mismanagement by anyone, but i do want to make sure that i know what it is but it is based on facts. [speaker not understood]. applause and thats why thats why the Mayors Office the matt report is important. If we can get reports from...

Investigations, we did audits, and some folks even went to prison, as you know, because of that work. And, so, im all for financial responsibility, fiscal management. What i am having a hard time understanding is specifically what is it financially speaking, in terms of fiscal management, what is it that city college is not doing . I have yet to hear a clear articulation on that. applause and, so, i could have told you what was wrong with the School District before, right . I could have told you...

Auditors, and the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency was actually found to have a Material Weakness, which is as high a noncompliance of the audit as it gets. And it had to do, by the way, Material Weakness around finances. And, you know, what i im not happy that that happened, but instead of saying, lets close down the Successor Agency, i would simply say, lets figure out how we make it better, which was actually what we were trying to do here. applause and, so, i am not going to just...

Agency was actually found to have a Material Weakness, which is as high a noncompliance of the audit as it gets. And it had to do, by the way, Material Weakness around finances. And, you know, what i im not happy that that happened, but instead of saying, lets close down the successor agency, i would simply say, lets figure out how we make it better, which was actually what we were trying to do here. applause and, so, i am not going to justify any fiscal financial mismanagement by anyone, but i ...

Those things havent been addressed. And as the standards rise and things need to be met differently and the population changes and we have more students at the college, all of those things, you know, tighter structures are all thing i think we would all want in place. You know, San Francisco unified is a much better place for it. And were seeing now the School District actually is very focused on student achievement and youre starting to see those improvements. But we had to make some really har...