[gavel]. Chair haney all right. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the january 10 meeting of the joint city, School District, and college select committee. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence all phone and electronic devices. Documents to be submitted should be submitted to the clerk. Chair haney thank you. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, chair haney. On the call of the roll [roll call] clerk mr. Chair, you have a quorum. Chair haney thank you. Madam clerk, will you call the first item. Clerk item one is a hearing on how 300 classes impact students of lowincome and people of color. Hearing High School Students who take city college of San Francisco classes to meet College Entry requirements, and any proposed cuts need to be hearing heard. Chair haney president cook, and thank you for calling this hearing. President coo what we also did was make sure that there was opportunity for city college trusties to be a part of this conversation, as well. So we reformed the committee to include the board of education, city college trusties, and the board of supervisors. And the reason why im putting that context into place is because i figured it is imperative that we have this platform to have these discussions about what we do for the education of our students in both the School District and in city college. And im going to talk a little bit about why were here today and what this hearing is about, but i wanted to provide that context about how we fought to make sure that this committee was in place and how imperative and important it is that we all participate and show up to these Committee Meetings because we fought hard to bring this committee back. So i want it to be on record the importance of this committee, i want it to be on record its something important that we had to fight to get back again. And unless we show up and unless we participate, i dont want us to be in danger of losing this Important Committee again. So on december 10, i with supervisors haney, mar, introduced a budget ordinance for 2. 7 million to help restore the 300 classes cut by city college. This is scheduled to be heard on wednesday, january 15, at 10 00 a. M. Today, ive called a hearing to discuss the impacts of these cuts on our lowincome community, people of color, and everyone else devastated by these cuts. Ive also directed the s. F. College administration and everyone else that we consider city educators report on this cut at this joint select hearing. The purpose of this is twofold. One, two discuss the spring cuts of the 2020 semester. The way city college has handled this has brought us to where we are now, with the city stepping in to handle this. We deserve to know how and why these cut classes were chosen and how they will impact our students. We need to make sure that High School Seniors are still able to take classes needed for graduation or college enrollment. We need to be able to make sure our students are able to complete classes needed for job certification requirements, and we need to make sure our Senior Community is able to continue taking classes that provide muchneeded stimulation and enhanced learning opportunities. Secondly, id like to discuss how these decisions are made in general. In order to avoid this type of crisis from happening again, its our responsibility to take a hard look at the process city college goes through to arrive at decisions like these and make sure that city college is making them equitiably and with proper city input, and we need to have a discussion on how we can support city college in the future and over the longterm. However, were missing crucial people. Our city College People that sit on this committee are unable to be here. City college is unable to be here, also, today. Even though this is a regularly scheduled meeting that has been on the calendar for months. For this reason, i am requesting that we continue the meeting until the next meeting date until february 14 at 10 00 a. M. We will still hearing Public Comment on this item if we have members of the public who wish to speak. Im looking forward to addressing this issue so that we can address the needs of all Students Affected by class cuts at city college. So if there are members of the public that wish to speak on this item, you are welcome to come up to the microphone. And you have two minutes. Good morning, supervisors and committee. Im Peter Warfield with elders for sorry, equity for older students, and we can be reached at equityforolderstudents a at thank you for providing Equity Funding for the 300 class cuts, including 90 of the Older Adults Program. I understand that there are only six remaining of the Older Adults Program out of 58, but last year, there were 76 older adult classes, and now were down to six for the spring, so were down to 90 . Its an almost complete destruction. Everybody is affected by the cuts. I was just talking with a latino student who said he cant get the classes that he wants at the time that he wants and that could interfere with a whole range of issues. And as city college shrinks, everybody has fewer opportunities. Im also concerned with what teachers have called the midnight massacre, which was apparently done with no consultation of deans or chairs and literally the night before spring registration began. Weve heard multiple different statements from the chancellor about how he couldnt handle the money, but then, he sent out multiple letters saying dont send the money. So please go forward with this [inaudible] thanks. Good morning, members of the board of supervisors, my name is marie jobling, and im the cochair of the dignity fund coalition, and im here to support whatever leadership you feel you can take on this issue. Were pleased that the department of disability and aging services was able to help begin the process of rebuilding these classes and saving the ones that are at the senior centers, and theyre meeting down stairs and theyre meeting right now, that commission. Its how can we as a city Save City College in the broader sense of the word. I have comments in writing and id be happy to come back when you continue this hearing. Thanks. Good afternoon, supervisors. Happy new year. My name is harris edgeline, and i am a community member. I appreciate you putting this off until we can have a proper hearing on this, and not just he say, she say stuff, you know. I appreciate you holding it all to the next meeting, but is that going to affect when its supposed to go to the budget and finance committee next wednesday . And also, i think were already facing a big crisis in San Francisco alone with housing, alone with the education that gives us proper economics fully living in San Francisco. So if we cant get the education we need to create economics to stay in San Francisco, were challenged. Were facing a homeless crisis of adults, and if the children cant take classes to meet the Economic Needs of the future of San Francisco then were really going to have an issue with more Homeless Children on the street. So thank you for calling this hearing, and i look forward to the full hearing and, you know, giving my support to you guys. And hopefully, this cannot be an issue again. Thank you. Good morning, supervisors. My name is merrill lee hearn. I am a student at fort mason ccsf campus. First of all, id like to thank you for making sure this meeting took place. We werent sure since the trusties were not able to come today that the meeting would be able to go forth, and im very glad to see that you have scheduled another one, a continuance for it, because there are many issues that need to be talked about here. I am representing an organization that we brought together as this unfolded, and its equity for older students, and im very glad to see this group is being represented by this committee. We are probably one of the most permanent of groups, populations at the school. And when you think about it in terms of income, many people, seniors, going to take these programs, are living on pensions, are living on social security, so this is one of the few things that they have that they need to feel connected, to feel vibrant in the community. I also would like you is that pardon me . You have 30 seconds. Thank you. Id also like you to know that as far as getting any kind of warning about things, just last night, since our classes were cancelled under the olad program, the Older Adults Program, the Sculpture Program and drawing program at fort mason decided they would go under [inaudible] thank you. Can you hear me . Hello. Thank you for having this meeting, as well. Im a ccsf student, and i live here in district six. So i take night classes because i work during the day, and i have found that ccsf has been a Wonderful Community for meeting a lot of the other people in San Francisco . But my art and language classes are no longer present. Theyre getting cut, especially the night ones, and that makes it the wait list much longer for the remaining classes. And so i believe that ccsf is really a community college, and as part of that, its really a vital part of the community. I meet so many older students and longterm residents who i otherwise would not have been able to meet because i just would not have interacted with them . And i find it to be a very wonderful part of the San Francisco community. So i find it very painful to see my teachers, such as my parttime ceramics teacher are losing their jobs at the very last minute with almost no notice. And i have friends through my classes that are no longer able to complete their engineering degrees, even, because their classes are being cut at the last minute. So i urge you to reinstate classes and find a more stable and permanent form of funding for this vital part of our community. Thank you. Chair haney thank you. Any other members of the public that would like to comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel]. Chair haney i also just wanted to make a comment and to thank you, supervisor walton, for bringing this forward and for also reminding us of how important this committee is, and the work that we do here. We will have this hearing, and i think because of the urgency, we obviously wanted to have it sooner, but we will have this meeting in february. I apologize to the members of the public who came, and any confusion about when it was going to happen. And were going to certainly do whatever we can to support city college and provide additional funding as needed to maintain these courses. I think this is an urgent concern for us, as well, and we absolutely agree that these courses are essential for our older adults, four or our communities of color, and to other general san franciscans. I want to open it up for other members of the committee to make any comments, and then, we can supervisor walton, did you want to go first . Supervisor walton well no, i just wanted to say im sorry for not opening it up to Public Comment. Chair haney supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer i just wanted you to know that i chair the budget and finance committee, and therell be an opportunity to hear it then. Chair haney supervisor collins . Commissioner collins i just wanted to thank supervisors and specifically folks who have made this put this on the agenda, and im just really im very supportive of city college in general but also really want to know specifically how this is going to impact students that rely on dual enrollment and students that are entering ccsf, so i just really appreciate this conversation. Chair haney thank you, commissioner collins. Supervisor walton . Supervisor walton and again, i want to thank chair haney for emphasizing how important it is we have this conversation today. As many of you know, we do know that 300 supplemental or so classes were cut. This is something we considered an emergency and a crisis and something we needed to jump on right away. We did have this actual Committee Meeting scheduled on the calendar for quite sometime. We all knew about it, and the topic of discussion, of course, couldnt be more timely than to address the class cuts at city college and what were trying to do as the board of supervisors to preserve as many classes as possible. So i want to thank everyone for coming out. We will i will be asking that this body continue this hearing to the call of the chair, and hopefully, we can address it sooner or later. I want to thank budget chair fewer for making sure that we got the supplemental on the budget Committee Meeting for next wednesday. I truly appreciate that because this is important. And so with that said, i will make a formal request that we could continue this to the call of the chair. Chair haney great. We will take that without objection clerk is there a second . Chair haney oh, is there a second . Second that. Chair haney we will take that without objection, and are there any other items, madam chair or madam clerk . Commissioner collins i just wanted to put on the record if there are questions we will be able to get answered . Chair haney sure. Commissioner collins id like to know how this will impact certain demographics, and how this will impact certain students, such as dual enrollment. Chair haney great. We will note that and notify city college for that hearing. And we will note the time and date for that. Anything else . Clerk theres no further business. Chair haney all right. Meeting adjourned. Thank you, everyone. 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