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balton kukox. jen ruhau and kevin chin. and maria. it doesn't have to be in the order. if your name was called, please come forward. and try to keep leo chi up here for the time. hi, good morning. my name is kay lee erickson. i work here at the richmond village. began at washington high school. my question and sort of comment is one about youth workers' rights and my question is to mayor ed lee, do you have a plan regarding undocumented youth and their access to jobs during this budget year? because one of the issues that we come across daily and annually is the access our youth ha...

to be very fortunate to have the funding for a program called a generating leadership opportunity work force. however, at this round of funding we don't get to fund that. it directly shows from the department youth and families, there's no need employment programs for the api population in the city of san francisco. especially target high-risk youth, many youth from the ages 14 to 21 involved in the criminal justice system who have a lot of charges. and the other one i want to encourage some support in is that we need to have a courageous conversation, you know. starting with ourselv...

difference be contributed to help backfill the cut that our members are facing. and i know that sometimes for people who make less, 11.54 doesn't sound like such a bad deal. but in san francisco, the livable minimum wage for a 40-hour week is $12.43. so, our members are not making that. and our average members work only 21-1/2 hours, so that 11.54 has to be stretched out. when you take that 6, 21-1/2 hours and stretch it to a 40 week, that's like $6 an hour. so, help us help our seniors and disabled, keep them at home, keep the costs down, keep them out of our institutions, and keep ...

and last year i had the pleasure of working with united way and match bridge and i participated in a real estate management program [speaker not understood]. with that i was a six-week internship learning about accounting, learning about the different styles of real estate management, property management, you know, also insurance. a lot of different stuff, budgeting from homeowners association. i had the pleasure of working with that. after the six weeks my supervisor asked me if i wanted to be permanent. and i immediately said yes because, why? it was a chance for me -- because my m...

thank you. thank you. (applause) >> all right, thank you, linda. so, now i'd like to call up caroline from the jewish family and children services. anyone from jfcs here? okay, all right. so, i guess we'll move on to public comment, then, or summer jobs, actually, here. >> good morning, everyone, mayor lee, supervisors, department heads. eric mcdonald chief operating officer for united way of the bay area. we are thrilled to be partnering again with mayor lee, city departments, and our private sector leaders to provide jobs and internships this summer. last summer mayor lee raised hi...