>> i hope you are better and come back quickly. i am testifying once again on behalf of the 800 congregations in this city and county of san francisco. a few of the leaders are present here today. the proposal that we brought forth from the until 6:00 p.m., it will place an intolerable burden. anywhere from 1 to 3 hour services, especially in the vast majority of the neighborhoods is one hour.

they are not impacted by this change. we want to point out the following. a significant number of congregants come to attend church services. they have loyalty to their city congregation and they want their children to be exposed to diversity. the city congregation, that opportunity is not necessarily available to him the in the suburbs. while in church and on sunday school, a inhibits participation. this will have a severe impact on our conversations, especially those the conduct services in native languages. having to pay for parking could

drive of the cost of church and sunday school to $100 a month or more. and i have a little more time? >> can you clarify the next problem that you see? >> many of the residents take muni to church, but the decrease in services requires many to drive across town. we worry about the increased cost of overtime. and what impact that has on the budget, there has been financial

analysis that has been generated. >> thank you. >> [reading names] >> pastor of calvary church, right on one of the corners of one of the commercial strips. when the church moved from union square to pacific heights, it didn't leave any off-street parking. it relied on our on-street parking for parishioners. converting the property into a parking lot, we continue to rely on the on-street parking. we were able to hearth in a lot that we least at the newcomers school. the remodel that school in the

past year, and we have been told that the lease will not be available in the future. we noticed it decided drop in attendance, especially among the older members of the filthy only way they can safely get to church is by driving in their own vehicle. the prospect of losing available space on sunday would mean that fewer of our older members feel like they can attend sunday services, especially with the proposed new start time for meter enforcement. the hollywood definitely experienced the negative impact of that report and it would impact the quality of life from many older members. >> members of the board, thank you for giving us this opportunity to address you. i am via executive director of the interfaith council.

the council was founded 23 years ago in response to the homeless crisis we count among our constituency a hungry -- the 800 agencies that provide essential services. our mission is to celebrate her spiritual conditions, bring people together to build understanding and serve the community. how many of my colleagues will have or share with you the negative impact of the proposed sunday metering. i would like to take just a moment to sensitize the board to of a couple of other factors of consideration. there has been a growing concern of people living san francisco because of high cost of living. they have deep-rooted connections and return on sundays for worship because of

those connections. these of the families that we wish were still here. for many of them, the sacred family at a worship worrying about feeding a meter or a parking ticket could be the straw that breaks the camel's back a severing the last connection with the city. the congregations in the city will pay the ultimate price. as the budget shrinks, so essential services in san francisco. the majority of congregations impacted are located in some of the most economically challenged if not depressed neighborhoods in the city.

>> good afternoon, commissioners. also a member of your budget advisory panel. i stand with the director and your staff and supporting the budget before you today and implementing steps. but at large, there are concerns over sunday parking as one of the issues before you. you need to direct your staff to allow the implementation to roll out two hours, three hours, four hours. i would urge you to have your staff look at this on a case by case basis. how much parking is available on sunday morning, parking can be

considered for churches on sunday as an example hoarsen and dogs on saturday. for youth past, it is a positive step. we have to go a long way. perhaps some assumptions and the second year. the chamber was back these last we left the federal transportation commission on a number of issues. we urge you to approve this budget and it moves in that direction. we look forward to working with you on the other revenue sources.

>> how we know it was a big time commitment for people, thank you. >> i am the director of the san francisco taxi coalition. i am here to talk to you today about your taxi services line- item. there aren't much changes to it. the budget is zero. i am absolutely dumbfounded. the taxi industry is one that where it is dysfunctional, very difficult to work with, but something happened that i thought would never happen. reforms started. as much as i have been critical,

i have always been supportive dealing with tax measures. what i just don't understand is you have an opportunity to raise $100 million-$300 million selling taxi permits. you have a pilot program that is hugely successful, and where you are looking to add meters on sunday, we have an opportunity to raise hundreds of millions of dollars into it in a politically correct way. there are no medallions available. there are none of for transfer. and you have this amazing opportunity for the entire taxi industry. you're looking for ways to balance the budget when this is standing in front of you. i know how the other markets work, and we did something that the other markets are now

looking at. how do we sell medallions and empower the working driver? these are so valuable, that they lined up several hundred preapproved divide them. we are allowing more medallions of for transfer. you're looking down this of the path. i asked you to please reexamined the opportunity to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. >> i have the pastor of first friendship baptist church. i stand before you to strongly oppose the enforcement of meters on sunday. i struggle with adequate parking

space to accommodate parishioners. furthermore, many businesses are closed on sunday. i don't see the benefits to enforce parking. the scripture community is severely compromised as festivals have sunday streets activities calls parishioners to make alternative parking arrangements. i urge you to abandon sunday meter enforcement by remembering the 13 stands of the prayer of st. francis. >>-doubt about this hearing literally an hour before it. haikou the small business commission, who called the small

business network, i called the district council, and small business california. not one person was notified of this hearing. we saw things in the papers, but never hours until this morning about 10:00. i am asking for the sunday parking increased small-business commission. the redistricting groups are doing it correctly. your gerrymandering year meetings against the public.

i would suggest that you start doing more outreach. i did not know about this budget advisory committee which i am not really thrilled with who i heard was on a. i think the small people, the small businesses are being ignored. the four-car parking works in one place but not another block. they think we are rich. 58% of seniors are neighbors. they can't get around because they are far enough away in our neighborhood. the marina is largely retired military for a world war one -- >> thank you.

>> i think you need to do more outreach. >> [reading names] >> i'm david varnam. muni must be speeded up, it is -- i of the card readers have been installed in nearly all vehicles, so let's get going with that. we should be tougher on fare evasion. we should publicize that there should be no warnings and penalties will be significant. on revenue, i will make it simple. lots more parking meters, commuters often use the space is there for which they should pay. god never said that parishioners are entitled to free parking on sundays.

even as if it discourages the private automobile. eliminating the work order expenses for the police department would go a long way to paying for free rides for youth, and that will help develop the new generation of lifelong transit riders. >> [reading names] >> herbert weiner, former member of muni and the center of learning in retirement. yesterday, we came up with a proposal about the parking meters. instead of charging for parking meters, why not track down the fair daughters? to many people are boarding the bus for free.

no one is stopping them. in the millions, to be fair to say. why not pay for fair inspectors -- fare inspectors? it's a win-win situation. people should not be punished for parking on sunday. you can give free passes for youth, but i think senior citizens and other people deserve a break. it is simply not fair. that is a spiritual violation. we really have to work at that very carefully. i recommend looking at the

transit effect of this project and placing it on hold. see where it is going before you put out any more money on this. these are my suggestions for cost effectiveness. don't balance the budget on the backs of religious people. >> i have a former member of the board of supervisors. and getting past the baptist church, the oldest predominately african-american community celebrating 160 years this year.

of creature had a sermon that he had at his head sermon. i am glad the god made me on monday morning. when he asked them why, he said you must've forgotten. got arrested on the sabbath day, so he must of been at his best on monday when he made me. there are people in this town that feel that the sabbath day is sacred. we are an inclusive city. we are becoming a secular city. in which we have no regard for those that do express the fact that they are believers. he says in his book, the people's religion, that african- americans are the most religious group in the world.

53% are in church every sunday, 43% of whites. we have maybe 25% of hispanics. i am not making this a racial thing, but i am saying to you that we need to be sensitive to the peculiarities of the community and make sure that the city is the verse where everybody is welcome. we need to rethink this thing and make sure that we don't further penalize the people that have been the least of those -- it happens in this city, african americans are the least of them. we are the one ethnic group that has been disproportionately pushed out of san francisco. of this measure, -- stop this measure and we'll be a real inclusive city.

>> thank you. >> [reading names] >> that is tough to follow. i am here to ask you to sever a tiny little lion that talks about the fees and fines for taxis. i put out a letter yesterday, i am hoping some of you got to see it. in 2007, the fees for doing a taxi medallion or $490. today, they are almost $1,300. they wouldn't be half of what they are right now. the only explanation i have been given is that the money collected from taxi permits and color scheme permits his to

subsidize the taxi division. i understand that. but up until a year ago, that was the only revenue coming in. became million dollars has been raised to the sale of taxi medallions. i think that it needs to be looked at. we haven't had a great increase in eight years, and 90%, 95% of the revenue. and yet the fees continue to go up a disproportionately. i won't go over those, a lot of the schedules haven't been vetted. there is one in particular how that could be illegal. i know you shouldn't be able to solicit, i am agreeing with that, but i am not sure where the other came from.

let us talk with staff and bring it back another time. >> [reading names] the last person to turn into speaker, on this matter. >> i am a proud member of the san francisco transit riders union. i would like to address the folks from the interfaith council and expressed hope you guys talk to the jewish community that has been dealing with a saturday metered parking for years. speaking on behalf of the transit riders union, we wholeheartedly support this budget that the plot of the mta board as well as the advisory group for putting the town budget together. transit first has been a monitor in this city that has been

adopted and practiced. in those as transit first until somebody starts complaining about parking and that it is transit last. we are happy to see a transit first policy implemented this year. we support this budget because of the very thoughtful components that are implementing to make buses more reliable, and new sources of revenue including sunday parking, there has been a steady in seattle that shows that businesses are benefiting from sunday metered parking in the extended hours. the transit riders union is behind you and we thank you for putting this budget together. >> [reading names] the last three people to turn in

speaker cards >. >> i'm nathan dweary, i have been the cab business for more than 30 years. i drove a yellow cab, all of this stuff. i am here to talk to you about this vehicle for higher code penalty schedule. i happen to hold an m.a. from san francisco state and the pride myself understanding the english language. i read some of these things and i have no idea what they mean. i want to draw your attention to response time goals. there is no way in this world we can ever meet these response time goals. so we can be fined every hour

every day. why is something like this on the books? if you don't understand what this is, why vote for it? >> if there is anyone else that would like to address the board of this matter, so that a speaker card. -- submit a speaker card. >> we are based in soma, i am here to speak on behalf of the residents that are against the idea of putting sunday meters. a lot of the residents are low- income families. they are already burdened with a lot of things to making sure they can feed their children, they have a bus pass. insuring that they are able to park in their neighborhoods. therefore, adding on sunday

meters would put more stress in the existing community. we hope that you would consider not passing the idea of having as and the meter. in early talking with the community about it. having a sunday meter is not one thing for the budget. >> these are the last speaker cards i have. >> i am here to speak about the parking meters here in soma. i am asking you guys not to raise the meters, because there are a lot of low-income families that don't have the money. i am urging you guys, please don't raise the parking meters. >> espinola jackson?

>> yes, espinola jackson. i am surprised to hear that you're talking about meeting in front of the churches on sundays. at level. the devil really does know how to work on sunday. we go to pray, and imagine that someone tattoo on the back that says the meter man is giving you a ticket. do you know what type of distraction this would be for the churches in san francisco? there are more churches than just the jewish church that have services on saturday. we have the seventh-day adventist me on saturdays. i would wish they you all not even think about doing this, putting meters in poor neighborhoods that can't afford it?

when i saw you getting all of this money from the city, that means some of the human services programs are being cut all across, even those schools, and i want to let you all know. do not do this. in the soma community. as the lady said, a lot of people do not have garages to park their cars. do not pass on this. vice chairman brinkman: thank you. secretary boomer: next. >>