the top priority. if not able to fund all. and directing staff to work now to get the wheels moving to implement as soon as possible assuming they authorize the funding as result of that review. i mentioned we are currently in labor negotiations, you have a question? >> i do, in fact on the fare increase. how does the increase occur? does the board vote for it? or is that formula driven by charter? >> it's formula driven by mta board policy. and they adopted the formula result as part of the budget. it's coming to you as part of the budget. >> right, if you don't like the fare, i could vote the budget down, but not the fare down? >> you can vote the whole thing down. >> got it. so what is the 25 cents index or

increase, called increase, how much does that bring in this terms of revenue overall? >> the fare revenues overall is $200 million, 20-25% of the budget. in terms of what that quarter, what percentage of those fares come through the cash fare. >> so the incremental 25 cents in the fare can bring in more cash than years ago. >> okay, what was the cost of the metering? >> the gross cost was $11 million. >> so we eliminated sunday metering but raised fares on riders? >> there are a lot of things that are happening in this budget and those two are two of

those things, that's correct. i mentioned we are currently in the final stages of our labor negotiations. and don't know the outcome of those. and point of reference regarding salary, for every 1% across the board salary increase, it costs us $5.5 million. once those negotiations are done, we will have to incorporate whatever cost in the budget and rebalance. so i guess where we are is just getting our budget finalized through budget and finance committee and the board of supervisors. these are some of the deadlines that are in place, that are relevant to our budget. again assumed in our budget, and with regard to the fares the ind indexing will take place on

september 1, to give us outreach and changes. i am happy to take anymore questions. >> okay. colleagues any other questions for mr. ruskin? okay. we are done with our three departments for today. we will open this up to public comment. anyone that wishes to publicly comment on items 1, 2 or 3, please come forward. >> i filled out a card, mr. chair. gilbert krizwell. new district 8, where did the surplus go? i remember the last time that mr. riskin was here, they had a surplus. the mayor and mta have turned

their backs on people living with disabilities and people with h.i.v. making us wait until after the november election, why wait, do it now. reject the mta budget, freeze them out until seniors and people with disabilities ride muni for free. until the mta and the mayor care about seniors and people with disabilities. and people living with aids and h.i.v. give us some relief now. this crisis of affordability, this crisis of housing, this crisis of transportation has an effect on everyday citizens. this age crisis, let's talk about the give aways already given away, the google buses, gen-tech buses, sunday freebies,

a revenue program for the mta that could pay for the program for seniors and those with disabilities. you want people to vote for your november ballot? why don't you give us a free ride. thank you. >> next speaker. >> morning, supervisors, thank you for having this meeting. i am a senior in disability action. in regards to the mta budget, i first want to acknowledge the great work with riskin and the commissioners and the board. especially the board of supervisors, yee and mar and co compost, and kim. and because of the work we support the mta budget the way it is, based on all the work that is going on.

especially with all the issues that came up. that affect seniors and people with disabilities. vision zero. the free muni. equity. there is a lot work that has been done. but also we support it because of the commitment that the mta commissioners that have put further to resolve some of these issues that have not been resolved yet. again the same issues i mentioned. we support it and we very looking forward and encouraged to continue this work with mta especially start, the holiday season start when everyone is in a good mood, and work on these issues and we can move forward and provide the type of muni service, mta service we look forward to. >> thank you very much. are there any other members of the public that wish to comment on items 1, 2 and 3.

seeing none. public comment is closed. supervisor mar. >> i want to thank mr. riskin and mrs. bose and martinson, for the hard work moving forward so many big items to improve our transportation system, and i know like others that the november ballot and future ballot s are critical for fundig for our transportation system. i want to applaud you and i know that you are balancing and juggling quite a bit. and i wish you luck in the labor negotiations and i know how that impacts the overall budget as well. and in your slides you said there is 24 different bargain g ing -- bargaining units and my hope is that the employees receive something positive.

and i hope that in the zero vision and walk and hope that funding for the other bus rapid systems throughout the city is a key part for the future. and like senior and disability action, as we expand free muni for younger people. that we have equity in mind to think about lower and moderate income with disabilities and seniors as well. and i know that you are working on that as well. i thank you for presenting the budget. i have concerns like supervisor avalos but i feel that you are working in good faith to keep us informed on the moving pieces as well. thank you. >> thank you to all department heads for coming today. colleagues i suggest, i would like to entertain a motion to continue items 1, 2 and 3 to next week's meeting.

just quick. before we do that, just in terms of intentions. i think that child support services, my sense that we are going to be okay with their budget. and i don't think they need to come back next week. we are going to make amendments next week to the retirement budget, and director hewitt wants to be back. and mta, we will be in touch. whether there are continued questions before we pass it out. but we will continue, and that is part of the items for next week as well, but we will be in touch about that. can i have a motion to continue items 1, 2, 3. >> moved. >> motion and second. madam clerk, call item 4. >> item 4, resolution concurring with the controller's certification that services previously approved can be performed by private contractor for a lower cost than similar

work performed by the city and county. >> good morning, mr. chair and members of the finance committee. as we spoke to this item yesterday, there are a number of enterprise departments that have ongoing contracted services and the certification is required by the controller that it is indeed less costly to provide the services through contracted out services. rather than for civil service, and before you today is citation processing, and towing services, and paratransit services, security and shelter, transit services for the mta. >> okay. thank you very much. and to be clear, we can't pass this out today? >> you can pass it out today, you have the public utilities commission next wednesday, however, this item has been agendaized for today, you pass it out today if you wish. >> we have not agendaized this

for next week yet. colleagues any preference? i am comfortable to pass it out today unless we want to hold it over to the other departments. good, we will entertain a motion to do so. first open up to public comment. seeing no one left in the chamber. anyone else that wants to publicly comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. with that supervisor breed you want to make a motion to move item 4 forward? >> motion. >> second. >> we can take that without objection, madam clerk, any other business in front of us? >> no, mr. chair. >> thank you, we are adjourned. [gavel]

>> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at

common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of

small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard of. no such thing. >> there is no such thing. >> we are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. there is no relationship. i have heard it's hot or cold weather or rain. i'm not sure which is the myth. >> how about time of day? >> yes. it happens when it's least convenient. when it happens people say we were

lucky and when they don't. it's terrible timing. it's never a good time for an earthquake. >> but we are going to have one. >> how about the ground swallowing people into the ground? >> like the earth that collapsed? it's not like the tv shows. >> the earth does move and it bumps up and you get a ground fracture but it's not something that opens up and sucks you up into haddes. >> it's not going anywhere. we are going to have a lot of

damage, but this myth that california is going to the ocean is not real. >> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of

magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this thing called the triangle of life and up you are supposed to go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. is there anything of value to that ?

>> yes, if you are in your room. you should drop, cover and hold onto something. if you are in school, same thing, kitchen same thing. if you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, it's not a bad place to be. >> the reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you are not going to be able to get up and go anywhere. you are pretty much staying where you are when that earthquake hits. you are not going to be able to stand up and run with gravity. >> you want to get under the door frame but you are not moving to great distances. >> where can i buy a richter scale? >> mr. richter is selling it. we are going to put a plug in for cold hardware. they are not

available. it's a rather complex. >> in fact we don't even use the richter scale anymore. we use a moment magnitude. the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma

prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for role call please. >> mr. haney. >> here. >> miss mendoza-mcdonnell. miss wynns.

miss few few. fewer. >> here. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. er. >> here. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> thank you, approval of board minutes. the regular board minutes meets of april 8, 2014, may i have a motion and second please. >> i move the adoption of the minutes . >> second. >> role call vote please. >> mr. han main. haney. >> yes. >> miss norton. >> yes. >> miss wynns. >> i. >> miss fewer. >> yes. >> miss [inaudible]. >> mr. logan.

>> yes. >> thank you, that's six is. >> item b. superintendent carranza. >> the time and clock is ticking and the school year is winding down and i'd like to take this opportunity to recognize our many outstanding teachers and principals. and although they've been advertised in the newspapers, i'd like to remention their names because of the excellent work they do so i'd like to read the names of the mayor's teacher of the year awardees. we're going to point