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Does have an exkugsed absence. If you could turn off any electronic sounding devices that could go off, we would ask that you take any secondary conversations outside in order for the meeting to provide as efficiently as possible. If you would like to speak on an item today, we would ask that you complete a blue card and get it to me. Each person will have three minutes on Public Comment on each item unless otherwise announced by the president of the commission. And if there is an item of intere...

What are the technologies and what theyre doing in San Francisco and what the latest discoveries are that we can possibly use to help improve our city. Finally, as someone you know, i celebrated my 60th birthday last week. [applause] and my staff gave me an ipad, and is looking at it i might have to go and join your classes to be able to appreciate all the applications that we have there. So do not be surprised if the guy next to you has a mustache. When i leave here this morning, i will be goin...

This is the meeting of the recreation. Call role. Commissioner boner. Harrison. Present. And commissioner levoton does have an exkugsed absence. If you could turn off any electronic sounding devices that could go off, we would ask that you take any secondary conversations outside in order for the meeting to provide as efficiently as possible. If you would like to speak on an item today, we would ask that you complete a blue card and get it to me. Each person will have three minutes on Public Com...

Interpreters and others. We have nearly 1. 5 million calls and have those we have 16 thousand plus that required assistance other than english. This represents about 1. 1 percent of calls that were placed to 311. We did incur the language. We monitor the Language Line calls we have to make sure their answering quickly so we do monitor that and we do in partnership with the other departments we had complaints of our reps not connecting quickly enough so at this point we see an average of connecti...

Competitive edge our ambassadors and interpreters are out on the streets everyday trying to talk to communities residents and others about language rights and services and our cb o partners are out there doing the work of clients also telling me that you know, i have the right to request translation and interpreter. My ideal would be to have every single employee tell them they can assess those services and we can move forward with the Community Partners theyre doing the heavy lifting in educati...

Public hearing or wosh workshop, i would appreciate that there is time on the agenda so the others could be heard. I would like to announce that the board approved in the meeting the issuance of bonds. Your staff has it on agenda to get your improvement with bawsca to work it out. And appreciate all the work of the attorneys and outside attorne attorneys. And we worked well together, this matched what our board approved. No need to go back for other approvals. I hope we can go forward today and ...

And bawsca would be teed up to the bonds in january. Thank you. Commissioner moran. I would like to make a comment. This is amazingly good. Its something where a need was identified that turned out to benefit us and bawsca. Bawsca had to do the heavy lifting, between legislation and corralling many members, more than on this commission. And one that the agency could not have done. So i think it really marks a real step forward. And a tremendous accomplishment on bawsca and our own staff. And its...

Affordable if you have train yourself on some of the equipment that we have and the resources that we have and be able to do that for the various Senior Centers that you live and work in and enjoy yourselves in. Youre going to be able even to read a book online or be able to just have a game and download a game and play with your friends as well. We are all lucky to live in San Francisco, because so many of our Technology Companies have located their headquarters here in San Francisco. [cheers a...

Derek lamb, an aging Service Program specialist for the newly reorganized administration for Community Living here in region 9, the department of health and Human Services. He has over 23 years of experience in the field of aging and longterm support services. He served as the aging Service Program specialist since 19, ok. Not a kid would say 1906 and in 2006. 20022005. We asked him to join us here with some wise remarks. [applause] good morning, everyone. Can you hear me . All right. Well, on b...

Violence cases, but those throughout the state as well. On a more positive note, i wanted to say that this week is a celebration of our Incredible School districts arts program formerly called young in art. Its our School Districts Arts Festival being held across the civic center plaza, the Asian Art Museum this week. I dont know if any of you have been enjoying the art and the performances, but i have as well. Its a celebration of student creativity, visual literary media and performing arts in...