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we provided with housing, employment, and healthy living services to maintain their independence and interdependence. mr. clarke already talked about the difficulty of finding housing for youth raised in san francisco. it drains san francisco of its use and affects the youth and the city by separating them from each other. it makes it harder for them to maintain connections they have had as youth. this project is unique. i believe it should be recognized as a model and replicated across the country. you are utilizing the strength of local organizations to maximize the strength of the city s greatest asset which is our young people. i want to point out that for young people in foster care in san francisco, they are often moved to other county to grow counties to grow up. it is harder for them to come back when the emancipate. most of the youth we work with, we house in alameda county because of the difficulty of finding affordable housing for transitional housing. it i ....
knew that my career would be placed on hold. moving back to san francisco independent skills living program referred me to first place you. after entering the program, first place taught me how to manage my time, money, pay bills on time, and the job searching. it got me back into school. after leaving first place for years, i maintained a 3.5 gpa, started nursing school in the fall, and continue living on my own. i am also keeping a job. without first place, i would still be sleeping from couch to couch with my career put on hold. first place is a great program for all youth to exit out of care to achieve their dreams. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker, please come forward. i am kathy peck. and the executive director and founder of a nonprofit organization that provides free hearing screening to youth in the san francisco bay area and in oakland and many other school districts. i am also a neighbor in the area on lance st. we own a home. it is in 1880 vic ....
basketball coaching. this is a very important project not just to the african-american community but the community of san francisco as a whole. the idea of transitional housing for youth, if you go down to mcalester and market or any parts of the tenderloin, you will see where a lot of foster youth and a graduate in two. they really do not have places to go to. it is really important. there s a lack of affordable housing in the city. this is a good project. it is a win-win for everybody. i understand the concerns of neighbors. i would be more concerned about a muni bar in my neighborhood than booker t. washington center. i hope you vote to approve this. thank you for your time. supervisor mirkarimi: come on up if i have called you. my name is donald clark. i was in foster care from 11 to 19. my transition from foster care was not good. i always favored being independent. now i am in the process of graduating to my own place. i am in the process of that and can see wha ....
chairman ford: good morning, i would like to call to order the meeting of the transbay joint powers authority december 9 meeting of the board of directors. madam secretary, please call the roll. mr. chairman, you have a quorum. chairman ford: let s work our way through the agenda. note communications. chairman ford: let s go to the next item. new and old business. chairman ford: any new or old business? director daily? director daly: just because of the timing of this, i wanted to mention some of the things happening with child-care, specifically in the plans and programs committee. there does seem to be serious movement there to figure out this issue. i know our staff and this board has discussed this item previously, and i have taken a look, and it seems to me, in terms of goals of building a complete neighborhood, obviously, the best transit serves neighborhoods, but also includes things like child care. i think there is no disagreement on that point. where the ....
most recently, a letter from the council on aging, requesting that we provide restrooms at the temporary terminal. one of the issues has been security as well as completing the temporary terminal phase two. we have been working closely with our various stakeholders, particularly our main tenants that the temporary terminal, to find a way to provide restrooms to the transit users. i am happy to report we will be providing restrooms to the transit riders, and we are currently working out a deal with ac transit. we will be presenting those deals in january. we will be providing restrooms. chairman ford: thank you. any questions? that conclude your report? any questions of the executive director? ok. next item. public comment on the executive director s report. my name is john kaufman. i drive through the attempt i goes through the temporary terminal every day. i am here to thank and congratulate the authority for moving from a fairly hostile position to where you hav ....