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Pedestrians of the importance of safety when using our roadways. According to the police, in all four of the crisis, the drivers were made at the scene cooperated. It does not appear that drugs or alcohol played a factor. Diana says drivers, nonetheless, should be extra cautious, given the consequence of the crash between a car and someone on foot or a bicycle. If there is a collision , the person thats more likely to not withstand that is the bicyclist or the pedestrian. Reporter there is no si...

Thank you for your time and your consideration. My name is [speaker not understood] im the supervising attorney at the evictions defense collaborative. It is the primary agency that helps tenants respond to their eviction lawsuit. We do have some limited resource he to help some tenants, but the vast majority of tenants we do not have the resources to represent. In my role as the supervising attorney i oversee a lot of the litigation that happens and im very aware of the value that attorneys add...

Evictions, but there is a dearth of attorneys who get paid to represent tenants who cant afford it. But on the flip side there are attorneys that make a living on representing landlords to evict tenants. Lets just level the playing field. Really consider what it would take to make sure that there is the proper full scope legal representation because at the end of the day were not asking to increase the number of housing units. Were not asking to build huge development. Were just asking for peopl...

So, these organizations, the eviction defense collaborative, mother brown, power, casa justa, coalition on homelessness, we heard from the San Francisco Bar Association, the Asian Pacific islander legal outreach, tenants together, the Tenants Union, the tenderloin housing clinic, Legal Assistance for elderly, the housing rights committee, the Bayview Hunters Point Community Legal Services, and then any other member of the public who would like to speak. Please go ahead. Thank you very much. Good...

courses are offered during the summer. there is a problem with that. if you are not keeping track of what classes are offered in the summer program and what classes students need to make sure they get access to those classes, there is a [speaker not understood]. >> you heard both presentations, one from the san francisco unified school district and the other one from dcyf. could you give me your gut reaction or some -- if you can -- or you can give me some kind of -- some thoughts that...

gist its more of a stamp. to the best of my knowledge, i see [speaker not understood] in the chamber. he might be able to speak to it a little bit because i think he helped run some of the program, the credit recovery. but it was a successful summer program. this year, this exact body heard the report -- the data from last summer because i agree with you. we have to -- if you dont make it the first time, you have to give a fair opportunity to get back in there and do it again. so >> so...

it the first time, you have to give a fair opportunity to get back in there and do it again. so >> so, mr. chair and coleman to that point, not all a through g courses are offered during the summer. there is a problem with that. if you are not keeping track of what classes are offered in the summer program and what classes students need to make sure they get access to those classes, there is a [speaker not understood]. >> you heard both presentations, one from the san francisco unified...

at burton there were 23 students, 18 that graduated, two that had the a through g, and about three that dropped out. im going to introduce kevin bogus who is going to read a statement because our young person had to leave. >> so, im going to read a statement from one of our youth making a change members. im going to read it as she wrote it. my name is [speaker not understood] and i am a senior at balboa high school and i am a leader with ymac and coleman advocate. my experience being a...

helped run some of the program, the credit recovery. but it was a successful summer program. this year, this exact body heard the report -- the data from last summer because i agree with you. we have to -- if you dont make it the first time, you have to give a fair opportunity to get back in there and do it again. so >> so, mr. chair and coleman to that point, not all a through g courses are offered during the summer. there is a problem with that. if you are not keeping track of what c...

well? >> yes, we did. >> we did. how would you evaluate that program? >> we are waiting for the district to release the data on the completion of rate for the students. we have not been able to get that yet. so, thats something we have to follow-up on. >> have you had a chance [speaker not understood] also new to the committee, have you had a chance to look at the data from last summer? >> yes and yes. and i cant tell you that. right now i have to -- what is your specific question? >> ...