>> (speaking foreign language.) >> hi, everyone i'm a member of the community tenants association and involved at the international hotel. i represent seniors residents in america in san francisco. we want you to continue to make progress to continue to provide services and care for elderly at other countries to provide city transportation we want san francisco to use the example as to really prioritize the needs

of those folks forgotten in the industry >> i think supervisor campos aids have left the room go ahead, sir. >> (calling names). >> . >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good afternoon. i'm the president of the community

tenants association we're the largest organization in the city and all our one thousand plus members are low income we have over one hundred and 20 members we regularly have filled the offer flow room and collected cards.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> public transit is a net when it comes to increasing the moebltd of seniors resident most that dent and for miss many of us the cost of transportation is important we rely on ssi income it runs 23 there's this year it may not sound like much but some seminars couples can only afford to buy one muni pass.

if we can help to awe at least this by providing free transit to seniors and disabled folks it will hope folks who struggle to pay their rent in this city >> (speaking foreign language.) >> the city is getting increasingly high and if we want san francisco to help our needs in the community mta fairs need to have free transit for those who need it the most of the and affordability needs to grow

across the board thank you very much. >> thank you (clapping) (calling names). >> good afternoon, sir. >> i'm a special education student. and a proud member of the muni access or macro u mac so many of you may not know this but disabled folks under 3 get free education and we often are over looked and sometimes students can get the services up to 8 years and in transition we learned to be more independent and traffic trained and access the community and get valuable job skills without access to a having pack we'll be cut off from our community so, please

ask the one hundred and 15 students 18 to 22 to the free muni program to make sure that the students have opportunity and thank you for providing a fully accessible and inclusive transportation system >> platform a representative from supervisor campos office is in the room. okay. what would you like to hear from her >> i'm here representing supervisor campos. we've been involved in the muni program and appreciative to you. from the beginning that was a real desire from the community and to support of the idea of 18-year-old we're very much wanting to make sure that 18-year-old can be included. as was mentioned the gift from

google is more than what is needed for 5 to 17 years old there will be a small make up will of money left and the school district can cover the difference don't wait until after november thank informs the implementation of mta and the hard work of the community. and it's a big priority for our office, and, secondly, in changes to our asserting that the city recognized we want to institutional this and as we talk about the tails of two cities we feel this is a strong statement to say that this is a policy that san francisco prioritize and urge you to make that important change to the fair

>> thank you. next speaker, please (calling names). >> good afternoon, sir. >> hello, i'm dan incremental i'm the access arts student. hello director nolan and members of the board i'm proud to be here in front of you. morning to tell you about something important. i'm proud to be a member at the mac community and special education transition student. we think of the students with disabilities in the san francisco unified school district are not able to be benefiting from the free muni program. we don't think those students were left out and proposed but

that the community wasn't aware that we are here and we're of the district students that rely on a d pass to have access to our community including united states in our budget will cost so little by enriched the lives of the so many muni have helped me to gain independence at the public utilities commission and other members of society and thank you for listening to me today. i hope you take this acknowledge and for young transition students with d passes in the upcoming budget >> thank you, sir (calling names).

>> good afternoon. >> hi, good afternoon. thank you for allowing me to be here today. i'm a student teacher in a transition for children between 18 and 22 in the art. so the community we access the community through the services of mta. which opens the doors for independents for our students. we chose the students to travel in the community throughout different places in san francisco. currently our students between 8 and 22 are not eligible for the free muni program that will help the protecting students with muni. since our students are over 18 the primary benefits for them is

ssi. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon i'm going to be be wearing two hats i'm here 0 represent the one hundred and 50 students are there in the special education i've heard from many people the goal for freeing e freeing muni to youth they can get to and from school 0, however, if the program is only for 18 many of the special education programs won't benefit those programs are servicing the

22-year-old i want to encourage the board to offer any student for a pass so you'll students can benefit in the program. i'm going to switch hats and speak at the chair of the advisory committee i'm sure you're aware of the committee recently expressed their support to make sure that the p d d helps with the acquisition of new vehicles to help with the sizeable population growth and training staff and street inspectors and other front line operators so we can achieve our improvements in the city. thank you for making those items happen in the future >> thank you.

>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> are those folks here? >> is juanita here? no. betty trainer >> good afternoon ms. trainer. >> thank you very much i'm betty trainer the president of the board of seniors and disability action first thank you for including the free minnesota for seniors in our budget report. we've been working with the youth coalition for free minnesota we also dprrl support and the estimation to 18 as quickly as possible. i came here with over 21 post

kartsdz we've alluded to we've collected that many postcards from seniors and persons with disabilities that want to support of the free minnesota and some of them have a few comments. the low income seniors depend on on muni and sometimes have to choose between buying a pass and food and often the benefits are not enough to last through the most. seniors need to shop and go to doctors appointment and don't have the money i need every penny i have for food and shelter i live in poverty and just get by each month. it prevents people from being

home by and finally anthony says hurry up >> thank you (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon my name is donna i'm open staff at the senior and disable action you've seen the ground flow of support for the proposal to extend the free muni for youth low income youth to include 18-years old and include seniors and people with dabldz disables with folks open low income. you'll be getting letters but i'll read the names of orchestras that have step

forwarded the chinese community development center and california reliance of retired americans the housing rights committee and the housing center of san francisco the urban staff and walk san francisco and aids legal referral panel and family services agency and community living champion the great panthers and meals on wheels the equity center and the delores center community center and jobs with justice. so in this period of really increasing severely increasing economic inequality in san francisco we feel like the city has union opportunity to do the right thing by extending the program to include low income

seniors and people with disabilities and the time is now not in november. and we really urge you to vote yes on the proposal as quickly as possible and as others said it's a question of justice >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> first a point of clarification are restill ton item 11? because i see item 9 flashes on the tv screen so we're talking about the budget is that right. first of all, those are my concerns the total amount of vehicles on the muni fleet must be increased. there's a growing population in the city and a growing ridership you have to increase the fleet

that should be transit first. secondly, i advocate the food pass for seniors they have to walk a quarter of a mile to the bus and no increase in paratransit the people who can't am late and are forces to wake a quarter of a mile that's adding insinuate to injure there should be an elevation of the structure of muni because this is so important for service deliver we see this in accidents and breaks down something has to be done to recommend muni and the problem will city remain and there should be no increase in busy fairs i believe that prop a the bus fair increases are

contingent on performances that's been so lacking that it is to the point of a crash, in fact, i think the accident has already happened you can't increase the fairs abused you haven't performed inadequately like in proposition aa you'll be acting outside the >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon, sir. >> it's pete apologizes for it being did the on my lace name we're here to expand the safety net california has the distinction of being the highest poverty state in california so we see extending youth to the

18-years old as well as people seniors and folks with disabilities so this city can continue at the state level when you going into the state capital they'll see that san francisco is trying to do thing right it helps build the community and we really urge you to do this soon not november. thank you very much supervisors >> thank you. next speaker, please (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. thank you for having this heartening and the topic of the budget open 3 points as it relates to financing and quickest forwards towards people with disabilities

in san francisco. it's hiring the contractor to provide assessable sidewalks and ramps that is not being carried out right now. castro street between 17 and 19 and stockton and the katrero project i encourage you to follow up with the contractors to insure the effective funding for the staff members to check the sites. i encourage you to fund the program for free muni and low income people and seniors and people with disregard. and the third point i seek is for the prosecuting percentage in the budget for the next year to be increased the percentage

is not enough to meet all the programs designed in vision zero to reduce pedestrian fatalities so store so, please i seek our willingness and the ways to provide funding towards programs for assessment and equality towards seniors and folks with disabilities. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon on the other microphone please. >> hi, directors i'd like to take this opportunity i'm jessica i'm the executive director of senior and disability action. i was going to talk about the economic devise but that's it that's been talked about.

if you - it's another reason for people to have free muni. we've seen the success of free muni for youth i want to see that continue and go to 18-years old and seniors. i want to urge you to not make that appropriations bill. first is the talk of reducing the fair if you do change that it's imperfect to institute free muni for seniors and folks with disabilities. the second thing is the ballot initiative this fall with the financial situations it self-makes sense to tie this to the november ballot and we know the benefits people can't afford

to get around and place we want people to go to. things have to be done now. thank you very much and >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> mr. hickman here? >> nope. barbara, tony be katie. stephanie >> good afternoon. >> hello can you hear me. i'm barbara i'm 71 my husband is 75 we're part of the work fabric of the city. we're the people that drive the cabs you ride in we clean the dishes in restaurant you eat in

we're secretaries and law firm folks we do the jobs that are not high paid they kept it running through the 70s and 80s we're not the high tech types we're not earning or one hundred thousand we're seniors earning 20 or thirty or 40 thousand a year if we're lucky. take you're old income and reduce it by one quarter how many times you would be eating out or taking our clothes to the laundromat just think what it means to our own lifestyle i

that's not a guilt trip we're asking for the senior disability group to have free muni for seniors and disabled and extend the pass to 18-years old. considers the money in the real estate market and any food high-end food this is nothing we're asking for. we're asking for a little social justice for those who have transcribed and live in the city and would like to continue to live in the >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> any of those folks here? i don't see >> any of those gentleman or ladies.

stephanie, nicole. bob allen or mecca. >> nicole's here. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon board members and director reiskin thank you four allowing us to be here. so i wanted to recognize that, yes this is a great increase in since previous years. and you know the amount that's going i'm nicole snider the amount that is going towards vision zero and bike safety is not enough that's the same amount of money you adapted when you adapted the zero.

it's disappointing we 1r7b9 seen anything to help us achieve vision zero. the results are 24 percent even if people walking in san francisco for all trips, however, if i look at the actual costs from pedestrian injuries that we're spending every year it's $560 million and we're exacting some of that and with the ballot purse we need 50 million a year we're not close enough so while we're excited this is more than historically we spent historically i encourage you to look at the operating budget and the revenue

services that fill the gap for pedestrian safety we're not going to see the changes until you put action behind >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> and (calling names). >> good afternoon mr. allen. >> thanks for the chance to be here. i want to objectively what jan powers said to get everyone on the same package how we're working with the staff in a deep way to address the funding going forward and those communications have been beneficial. we think this as necessary appetites as we look at working people in the city being able to, you know, support and get a progressive coalition which we

hope we can do we've made progress in the exist portion we're not just policy focused but doing the work and those folks the youth from chinatown from cc power and the allies with the positive message has been constructive and this gives a positive look. we want to see the institutional improvements so we can moved with the conversations and looking at the 18 transition that's the varying costs of the program that we shouldn't have to waitil