and reduced lunch programs. we are not able to move that over. what we have to do is recreated in a way that can be set up so we can gather the same kind of data, but we have to do it in a separate new infrastructure. it is a redundancy. it is a bureaucratic mess, but it is what we have to do in order to follow the law and not risk funding for our free lunch program. the next two items on your i want to talk about is that with 12,000 passes, there is significant risk in being able to move that kind of money. we are talking about roughly the value of passes would be at $250,000. setting that up either at the sites or even at the central location requires an amount of risk. you are putting staff at risk. there are security issues. there is the ability for us to be able to accept that and be able to move it back all in a way that is safe for our staff, save for the district, and keeps us financially viable so if there s any loss, we are able to secure it. the last issue here is
has introduced this resolution, and i want to thank the offices of other supervisors that have been working on this. i want to thank the youth commission, community-based organizations that have also partnered with us. i want to thank the school district, the mta, and its board of directors, and here, we have the department of children, youth, and their families, and i especially want to thank the mayor because in a very short time, since assuming the office of mayor, he has made it clear that this is a priority for him, and he has been asking questions as to why this had not been implemented. so we are here today with some developments that we believe are very positive in making the implementation a reality. the resolution before today urges the mta board of directors to use funds previously approved to provide free youth passes to 12,000 low-income eligible you for the last three months of this fiscal year. we believe that this approach is the most expeditious way to implem
if you can please come forward and speak, you each have two minutes. thank you. good afternoon, a supervisor. my name is joanne and i am a member of power. i want to make a quick comment. i would like to see the comments come first for the experts come and speak. sometimes, we do not get our answers from the experts. we take our comments and leave, but we do not get there in point that their input on what we commented on. i have three kids and one adult child. i have a budget of $980 a month. i spend $450 on rent. i spend a $200 on fast passes to get on unique a month. get on muni a month. this is for a family of four. the would like free passes. it would stop the children from getting on the back door to try to get their education. also, i would like to see it because 80% of my neighborhood does not know anything about what is going on down here. i would like to see some of the outreach go into my neighborhood so they would know what is going on about these test passes
to implement the program. we need to make good on the promise that we made to our low income children and their families, and we need to do that as soon as possible. that is why my office, working with a number of organizations, has introduced this resolution, and i want to thank the offices of other supervisors that have been working on this. i want to thank the youth commission, community-based organizations that have also partnered with us. i want to thank the school district, the mta, and its board of directors, and here, we have the department of children, youth, and their families, and i especially want to thank the mayor because in a very short time, since assuming the office of mayor, he has made it clear that this is a priority for him, and he has been asking questions as to why this had not been implemented. so we are here today with some developments that we believe are very positive in making the implementation a reality. the resolution before today urges the mta
partnered with us. i want to thank the school district, the mta, and its board of directors, and here, we have the department of children, youth, and their families, and i especially want to thank the mayor because in a very short time, since assuming the office of mayor, he has made it clear that this is a priority for him, and he has been asking questions as to why this had not been implemented. so we are here today with some developments that we believe are very positive in making the implementation a reality. the resolution before today urges the mta board of directors to use funds previously approved to provide free youth passes to 12,000 low-income eligible you for the last three months of this fiscal year. we believe that this approach is the most expeditious way to implement a program whose funding has already been approved and set aside by the mta board of directors. again, i want to thank the co- sponsors of this resolution supervisor john avalos, the chair of the