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Thank you for having the space here tonight for us to talk. Thank you for all your hard work on dgo 7. 04 and thank you so much for taking the time to include youth voices in this process. Project what is really excited and really grateful to know that the chief is designing officer trainings on trauma and its effect on children. We feel that this is a really important opportunity to continue to include youth voices and to include the impact on children when their parents are being incarcerated....

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...

I actually dont have any questions because i worked with mr. Pemberton, he is my nominee so obviously i support him. He has not only grown up in the district gone to Public Schools but hes spent his whole career working with children, youth, families. Now in his new role, in the sunset beacon, its a huge nonprofit. Im so excited that you wanted to serve and dedicate what little time you have to doing this so i really look forward to working with you in this capacity if you are approved today. Th...

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...

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 terms of being enrolled in these programs, going from less th...

Has not only grown up in the district gone to Public Schools but hes spent his whole career working with children, youth, families. Now in his new role, in the sunset beacon, its a huge nonprofit. Im so excited that you wanted to serve and dedicate what little time you have to doing this so i really look forward to working with you in this capacity if you are approved today. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Its good to see the sunset district represented today so well. Okay, we will open up this...

Know the difficulty of being able to afford that and i look forward to trying to work with cpac to develop solutions to make sure we can get access to all of these in the city. Thank you very much. Great, thank you. Colleagues, any comments or questions . Supervisor tang i actually dont have any questions because i worked with mr. Pemberton, he is my nominee so obviously i support him. He has not only grown up in the district gone to Public Schools but hes spent his whole career working with chi...