Include reinstatement of the disproportionately deleted senior classes in particular, although i support a reinstatement of all of them. Its often said these days that sitting is the new smoking, and if so we all have done damage to our health over the past hour and a half. But there is new research that shows that another aspect of modern living is detrimental which is loneliness. Although it doesnt affect seniors only, it does affect them because of a loss of a partner or friend, because of more people being childless. The effect is so great that it is more dangerous to our health than obesity. Loneliness is the same as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. While i dont suggest restoring these classes will cure the issue of loneliness in our city, it is something that should be considered in addition to the benefits of lifelong learning. Speaking personally, when i returned to the sculpture class i had started just a couple of months before my husband died, i found the focus of turning a lump of clay into the semblance of a human being focused my attention, and that zenlike focus and the atmosphere created an oasis to the outside void of my grief. To the whole aspect, i prosecuted fraudulent forprofit colleges for years and they attract students with things that are not true and saddle them with debts. Community colleges are places where students should be focused, but because of these failures it is easier for these fraudulent schools to attract them. Minorities, firsttime students, returning veterans are more vulnerable, but so are seniors my name is joyce bosk and ive been enrolled in the Adult Classes at fort mason. Im basically here to plead to keep those classes going. The figuredrawing classes, life figuredrawing is an amazing class for seniors. Its an Incredible Community from people all over the world who work together. Yes, i agree, its a wonderful bit of medicine to help people, older people who are isolated to continue to work with other people and to continue having a healthy working environment. There seems to be almost an assault or an attack on the whole city college institution. Thats whats very concerning. We have our teacher adult drawing class offered to continue the class as an extension class and students in the class said they would continue to pay to have a place to work and produce artwork. We thought that was all Going Forward and now were told that city college or fort mason, were not sure who exactly, decided they would not allow this to continue. It looks like theres a whole assault on the city college system. This is a system thats so necessary for the most needy people in the society, to move forward to get training for work, to develop careers. Its been such a valuable asset in San Francisco in our community. While im very concerned, i dont know how we can find out more about why these cuts are being made, whose decisions whos made the decisions and on what basis these decisions are being made. I hope something only one shot at Public Comment per person. Seeing no other Public Comment, Public Comment is now closed. Thank you so much for coming out today and sharing with us your thoughts. Supervisor walton. The first comment is on page 3, line 18, i want to add the word written in front of the word agreement. Then on page 3, line 19, change the date from june 30, 2020, to march 15, 2020, in terms of when we are to be in receipt of the first report. And also on page 3, line 21, change the date from august 30, 2020, to june 30, 2020, to align with the city budget timeline. Thank you very much. So im assuming those are not [ indiscernible ] thats great. Lets take a vote on this. Supervisor mandelman. Thank you, chair fewer. I want to say that i appreciate this ordinance and appropriation comes from a place of love, love for city college. And i think there is tremendous love in San Francisco and across this state for city college of San Francisco. I think and you can see that. I experienced that in 2012 and 2013 well, the fall of 2012. The accreditor for community and junior colleges in california had announced that city college was a mess and it was going to be seriously considering terminating city colleges accreditation. Terrible news. At the same time on the ballot that fall there was a parcel tax for city college. In the midst of a flurry of pretty bad news about city college and the way city college was operating, San Francisco voters by more than twothirds voted for that parcel tax. And San Francisco voters and this body have again and again expressed our desire to support city college in doing more than what other Community Colleges in california do. It is worth noting that city college of San Francisco is the only Community College in california that in addition to the appropriations it gets from the state gets a local sales tax. That was through the voters. While i was on the board, we increased that parcel tax that had been enacted just prior to my joining the board. Very few Community Colleges in california have a parcel tax. City college has come to the voters of San Francisco with request for very large bond issues over the years for facilities, and each time the voters have said yes. This march the voters will be asked to approve a nearly 1 million bond measure to support city college. And then just a few months ago, this body voted to approve an annual commitment to the Free City College program of 15 million a year, which is i dont think thats been done in any other county in california. So there is no lack of love for city college and a recognition that if we are going to expect this institution to do more, then we need to give it the resources to do it. But i really do not understand this particular proposal and i dont understand it for the reas reasons, you know, i emphasized in my questions before city college has not officially asked for this. It is not clear what they will do with it. It feels a little bit like a blank check, but i know the author does not want it to be a blank check. And in that case, i wonder if it has any significance at all. And although that is harsh, supplementals are a big deal. They are, as a policy matter, something that i think we should be very, very wary of. Each year this whole building goes through a process where we make incredibly difficult tradeoffs to arrive at an annual budget. There are losers in that process. Some of the folks who lose out are the thousands on our streets every single night who dont have a place to go. And the people who would be taken to Psychiatric Services because they are in acute psychiatrist crisis but are not because we dont have the spaces for them there. And the people who would be let out of jail and sent to a s subacute site are not because we have not funded them. Or the families that get displaced from San Francisco because we have not provided enough funding to build the homes or provided the subsidies to allow them to stay in San Francisco. Each of those is a heartbreaking tradeoff that this board and the mayor engages with through a process. The problem with a supplemental is considering any particular expenditure in isolation, they are all worthy. When you add them up, they vastly exceed our capacity as a city. So i dont want to ever vote for or approve a supplemental, unless there are extraordinary circumstances, a clear need that is absolutely necessary and that it is unlike any of these other needs that i have just identified, not something that could have been anticipated. Perhaps a case like buffin, where it is demanded that we end cash bail, the right thing to do and we have to do it and have to allocate the money to do it and we cant wait for the budget. But in this case we have a Government Entity that isnt even asking us for this money, and yet some folks are saying we want to make this appropriation. I think thats wrong. That doesnt mean that i do not believe this body shouldnt engage in a conversation about potentially more Financial Assistance for city college. City College Needs to get its fiscal house in order. This has been going on for a decade, and there is a set of tensions and political dynamics and changes in state law that has made it incredible difficult for city college to do the things it has needed to do to make its revenues equal its expenditures. But i thought i had hoped when i was on the board we were on a path to getting there. It appears that that has not happened, that the hopes that were there for Free City College, that we could grow our way out of the problem has not materialized. So i really want to know as we go forward in this conversation, what is happening with city colleges finances and what are we talking how much does it take for us to stabilize this institution . What cuts does this college have to accept and which of its centers perhaps cannot continue to operate . Thats a conversation thats been going on for ten years. Which programs or commitments do they have to backtrack on and what is our additional commitment of money, whatever it is, what are we getting for that . We should not throw money at city college, unless we know city college is doing what it needs to do to operate a tight ship and we are making the investments particularly in lowincome kids, in folkses and communities of color, making sure that we are doing the things city college ought to do, supporting older adults, whatever the things are, we need to make sure were getting our moneys worth. So i have requested that the controller do a thorough analysis of city colleges finances to ensure this is a conversation the board will be having over the next few months so we know and there will be confidence that when city college does or doesnt make the cut, that thats something that does or doesnt make sense. How much of the money is being redirected away from all those other authorities needed and what is it going for . I think that is the path forward. I also want to say a little word about staying in our lane. City college is a difficult place for faculty and students to be sure, but it is an incredible place for the members who do not have the resources that they need, whose deferred maintenance of those institutions is one of the reasons theyre coming with a bond measure and it is a challenging place for the administration and the trustees. It was an incredibly frustrating thing for me when i was a trustee on the City College Board and i was grappling with really hard tradeoffs and tough choices and being yelled at by some of the folks who are here today. I think this should be a partnership, not us backing the city College Leadership against the wall and assuming theyve done things wrong. They may have, we may find that out, but i dont know that now. I will be appreciating this has come from the same place of love of tremendous support for the college over the years. Thank you, supervisor mandelman. I think we can take these amendments proposed without objection. Thank you very much. To move this to the full board with a positive recommendation as amended, a roll call vote, please, madam clerk. Clerk on the motion to recommend this item to the full board as amended. [ roll call ]. Clerk there are two ayes and one no. Madam clerk, do we have any other business . Clerk there is no other business. Thank you very much. This meeting is adjourned. [ ] go. Shop and dine the 49 promotes local businesses and changes san franciscans to do their shopping and dooipg within the 49 square miles by supporting local Services Within the neighborhood we help San Francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant so where will you shop and dine the 49 hi in my mind a ms. Medina hi. My name is carmen chiu, San Franciscos elected assessor. In our seven mile by seven mile city, we have over 210,000 properties and close to 90 of their are residential like the homes you and i live in, so you might ask, how can we possibly value all these properties . Well, to better understand our work, we need to explain the states proposition 13 law. In 1978, california voters passed proposition 13. Under prop 13, we value your property at market value when you first buy it. Every year after, that value goes up by the c. P. I. Or the California Consumer price index. But if the c. P. I. Is more than 2 , prop 13 caps the increase at 2 . Well walkthrough the maximum increases prop 13 would allow. Lets take a home with initial value of 400,000. In the second year your assessed value grows by a maximum of 2 , growing from 400,000 to 408,000. In year three, that 408,000 is increased by 2 to roughly 416,000. Every year, the value grows by the maximum rate of 2 , and that is called your prop 13 value. Keep in mind as time goes by your prop 13 value may not be the same as market rate. What do we mean by that . Lets say over the last ten years, home prices in San Francisco have gone every roughly 10 every year. Despite that, your prop 13 value is capped at 2 growth creating a difference between your market value and prop 13 value. Know that the value recessed when theres a change in ownership. A change in ownership means that the property has a new zoner. Maybe through a new owner. Maybe through a sale, a gift or adding or dropping names through title. At that time the home will be assessed a new market rate. That value becomes a new starting point for the property. Just like before, the Growth Continues to be limited at 2 until the next transfer happens. Remember, the new owners are responsible for paying taxes at the new level from the first day that they own it. Value might also be added when construction happens on your property. That would be another instance when growth in your value might exceed 2 . Here, we would add the value of construction on top of your existing prop 13 value. Every july, well let you know what your assessed value is by sending you a letter called a notice of assessed value. You can use that information to estimate your property taxes early. Please note that a separate office called the treasurer Tax Collectors Office will send you a letter in october and theyre responsible 230r collections. For more information, visit our website, in this San Francisco office, there are about 1400 employees. And theyre working in roughly 400,000 square feet. We were especially pleased that cleanpowersf offers the super green 100 clean energy, not only for commercial entities like ours, but also for residents of the city of San Francisco. We were pleased with the package of services they offered and were now encouraging our employees who have residence in San Francisco to sign on as well. 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The motion carryies. Now item number 4, the directors report, executive director Shireen Mcspadden. Good morning and happy new year. Is this mic on . So i feel like we just met because the holidays kind of sucked up much of december, so i dont have a huge amount to report. I was in washington dc the second week of december which was actually after we met last month. And i was there for the meetings and they are the National Association of area agencies on aging. The december meeting is when we put together the policy priorities for the next year. So we spent quite a bit of time working on that and the issues that came up were the ones that you would expect. Things like aging and homelessness, food insecurity, the big kind of big ticket items and basic needs issues that are kind of hitting older adults across the country. So i think everybody was really saying we are experiencing the same issues. There also continues to be a lot of focus on workforce, both for the workforce issues we have around care giving and gerontology and things like that, but also there was a big focus on the need for jobs for older adults and the need for support for jobs for older adults and advocacy and all of that. So its always interesting to be there and hear from other people across the country and also kind of sobering to realize that these issues are really so widespread and nobody is surprised by that, but really just the stories are really sobering about what people are dealing with. And i think the fact that older adults get overlooked in big conversations so often. So theres a lot of need for advocacy like what we have in San Francisco, across country. The second thing was i think the big thing that happened in december and into january was that i think all of you read about city college, and i believe we actually spoke about it at the last meeting because it had just happene