measures that are under way in the hospitals and jails as we heard from speakers today. given that many of these policies have been passed in san francisco quite some time ago, the adoption of this program offers a fresh opportunity to have updated comprehensive food standards across the city purchasing operations, but most importantly the gfpp offers a clear pathway to measure and benchmark progress. that accountable measure we heard earlier. >> thank you. >> i'm just going to call a few more names. eli, andrew, susan, carrie, catherine.

>> i'm the seniorsy advocate you've heard a great deal with the work that the organization has done in evaluating the program in the oakland school district, i don't need to repeat that here, but we want to emphasize that our organization sees this initiative important enough that i made it here today. this is not actually my normal realm of work, i tend to work in sacramento, but we really believe the city of san francisco could do something here to help california to make sure it meets with the rhetoric

of being a global leader. we hope you'll continue, thank you. >> i'm a volunteer with food san francisco and also a conscious consumer. i'm here on a personal note because for ten years of my life i suffered severely from depression. and when i was 18, i attempted suicide and shortly after i was put on zoloft and when that didn't work, well beau well. and prozac, and then i was told he could no longer write me prescriptions because i had moved. being the 22-year-old i was, i

had no idea how insurance worked to i decided to wean myself off of it. by myself, just doing research online. and that is when i discovered quality food and nutrition and i was able to get out of that state of being addicted to anti-depressants and it's been four years since and i have not had a depressive episode. it was important to come here today because we are dealing with health institutions and jails, a lot of which deal with mental illness. and i am somebody that knows the power of nutrition and quality food. so i support this measure. thank you so much for your time. >> good morning.

i'm an attorney with the human trafficking project at asian pacific island outreach. the five values should guide city food procurement because a valued workforce is a valuable workforce. it's synonymous with respecting human life, not sacrificing human dignity. workers in agriculture, fishery and livestock industries are some of the most vulnerable in the country. they're comprised of immigrants, both documented and undocumented. and they're engaged in one of the top three dangerous occupations. payment to the workers to help feed the rest of the nation is stock at poverty level wages. the food and drinks we consume may have been farmed and fished by workers in involuntary serve attitude. while it may not be the majority, it is rife.

this program is the best choice for procurement standards because it takes a holistic approach to the food system. it's community investment, self-investment, creates a model that will equally benefit those that are part of the chain of production as well as those in the community that will ingest what is created. san francisco hospitals and jails should adopt this policy. individual consumers have the power to demand that the supply chain be transparent which assists in the fight against exploitation and trafficking and those fed in the hospitals and jails have no say where the food is coming from. we're like a brother and sister keeper, and helping them to choose wisely, thank you. >> good morning, i'm the policy director at farm forward. i want to thank the supervisors for taking time to hear testimony on this issue. farm forward's mission is to end

factory farming and support food choices that reduce animal suffering. industrial production of animals is wourch the leading contributors of environmental pollution, including climate change. it includes more greenhouse gases than trains, planes, automobiles combined. there is an immediate need to address this problem. and the good food purchasing policy has a strong framework for city of san francisco, school districts, to use their purchasing power and to leverage the food that they buy to change the way animals are raised for food. we know this can be effective. the farm forward has been working with the purchasing policy as well as universities and businesses across the country, university of california, office of the president, to chain their

procurement -- change their procurement policies and led them to buying the chicken that they buy from the certified higher welfare sources, one of which is produced here in california. so we know that institutions can be part of the solution and we're eager and looking forward to working with the community partners in the room to support san francisco in this transition. thank you so much. >> next speaker, i'll call a few more names. albert. maria. victoria, and dr. tom newman. >> i'm the research and program manager of defense. our work is focused on environmental sustainability and empowering local communities. we believe that the value of the program, that of environmental sustainability and local economies, would be a great step forward for the food procurement

policy. because of the education to sustainable production practices and the support of regional economies by sourcing from locally owned food processing operations. we also appreciate supervisor fewer's thoughtful and hard work around the issue and look forward to helping see the policy move forward in the future. thank you. >> i'm going to call the rest of the cards. maria, lucy. and meta. >> good morning, thank you for having the hearing. i'm the food and agriculture policy director. we are here nnd spur supports this every because of the benefits into local food purchasing and the benefits of sustainable agriculture and healthier food access. i want to thank, we've been working on this and want to thank the hospital food team and

the sheriff's department for engaging on this. we're asking them to do something out of the norm and that takes work. they've been great partners. i want to thank supervisor fewer. los angeles and oakland have shown this can work. it doesn't necessarily have a higher cost. there can be extra work involved for everyone up and down the departments, but it can work and it doesn't have to cost more. and that's really important. another thing you're seeing the value to the city is in in room. there are very few frame works that gather this many people who care about food from a lot of angles. antibiotics, labor, sustainability, this framework tries to address all of them in a way that is easier for agencies to handle and cities to set policy. san francisco has the opportunity to be the first county to adopt this across all

the agencies that are offering food directly to people in city and county run institutions. and what we'd love to see the board do is a couple of things, first, call on the agencies to submit baseline assessments within a few months. use that information to set goals and then institutionalize those goals with a follow-up resolution or ordinance. that way we can have a well thought out milestone of where we want to go and start implementing this and truly adopt is to align money with values. thank you. >> good morning, honorable members of the committee. i'm senior director of state legislation for the american society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. on behalf of the spca and the 6.5 million supporters including thousands here in san francisco, i'm please to speak in support

of the policy. the spca has been a strong and consistent supporter of the policy given that one of the five core values is sport for ethical standards of animal welfare. 10 billion land animals are raised for food, from birth, the vast majority live in inhumane conditions. farm animals have very few protections. however the principle set forth set in motion the change that could lead to improvement this their lives. the policy encourages the use of animal welfare certification programs and reductions in the reliance on animal forced foods. you have the opportunity to establish a humane and sustainable standard for the community by ensuring that public funds are spent in a manner consistent with the city and county environmental values. by adopting the program, you have the opportunity to use your purchasing power to source healthy high quality foods that

support a strong economy, fair treatment of workers, fair treatment of animals and sustainability. we encourage you to -- for consideration and on behalf of the spca i thank you for your humane leadership. thank you. >> hi, i'm from pesticide action network. we support the adoption of the program. the most important thing that resonates with our organization is the fair labor standards as well as protection for farm workers and farming communities, children who live in farming communities because there will be stricter environmental standards. as per 2014, the department of public health report, half a million children in just 15

counties were exposed to pesticides within a mile of their schools. this will continue unless cities, counties, take action to put dollars toward safer procurement and supporting farmers, form workers and communities to move toward agricultural policies and practices that are health protected and protective of the environment. we're strongly behind this and hope that san francisco will make a big stride and provide leadership on this. and protect communities across california and beyond california in this matter. thank you. >> hello, i'm dr. tom newman. past chaired on cofounder of ucsf sustainability committee and represent physicians for social responsibility in the san francisco bay, which i chair and

i'm so concerned about climate change sustainability i moved out of my comfort zone to testify at a board of supervisors and wrote all my comments, but realize you're all on board and know about the greenhouse gas footprint of animals having the biggest greenhouse gas footprint and water. and i want to mention the antibiotics that is another big thing as a pediatrician. so was happy to see that having meat raised nonantibiotics was part of it. i want to thank you for what you're doing. and strongly support this move to include the department of public health and the sheriff's department in the good food purchasing program.

>> my name is christina. i'm here on behalf of the animal legal defense fund. it's a membership organization with 250,000 members nationwide, including 2000 in san francisco county. they support the adoption of the good food purchasing policy by san francisco hospitals and jails. the emphasis on reducing the total volume of animal products purchased as a strategy for improving environmental sustainability and animal welfare is essential to the overall well-being of individuals. reducing the dairy consumption will have direct and beneficial impacts on the environment. reducing consumption of meat and dairy is one of the most

impactful for mitigating climate change. jails and hospitals would reduce the carbon footprint. finally because meat and dairy are recognized to contribute to heart disease, diabetes and cancer, reducing consumption of both is a critical component of hospitals and jails. we strongly support and ask that you do as well. >> thank you for giving time and attention to the good food purchasing policy and all the folks that turned out to testify. i'm the heal food alliance, agriculture labor, we're a national alliance of 50 organizations that represent different sectors of organizing for food and farm justice, including 350,000 workers that are across the food system, as well as environmental groups like concerned scientists an

pesticides at work, and a bunch of farmers around the country as well. you're already aware of many of the impact of our current food system, how exploit it is for workers. 6 of the 8 worst paying jobs are food system jobs. it contributes to a third of greenhouse gases, as well as the health impacts you're heard about, increasing diabetes, obesity, heart disease and so on. large institutions like schools and hospital and prisons, currently purchase about $150 billion worth of food every year. and so investing in good food purchasing policy is an opportunity to di vest from those frame works. we encourage san francisco not only to adopt the framework but also to fully adopt and

implement the good food purchasing policy here. there is a couple of examples we've seen from los angeles. essentially that they've already reduced their carbon footprint by 22% by adopting this program. and we know that adoption of gfpp increases competition and helps drive the market force. to make a point, we've seen in l.a. that every dollar that is spent on food has the ability to bring in between $1.60 and $3.12 that can be invested in local jobs, creates local revenue and so on. we strongly support you. >> my name is sophie, i'm an organizer at the russia opportunity center of the bay area. rock is a national nonprofit center that advocates for increased wages and working conditions. we understand the connection within the food chain and want

to support all workers from the farm to the fork. i'm here today to support the good food purchasing policies and its values because we know healthy environment and good jobs are necessary to maintain healthy communities and sustainable economy. thank you. >> good afternoon, i'm also here on behalf of the restaurant opportunity center, and here to voice my support for the good food purchasing program and all of its values because of how holistic they are and particularly the valued workforce component. at rock the bay we believe that ensure safety of the food, we must ensure the safety of the workers. and as we all know, workers are ones that run the food system and that's right hand that feeds. we're excited that labor is a component of the policy and are

excited to voice our support. thank you. >> good morning, i'm also here with the russian opportunity center our focus is worker advocacy and we here complaints and abuse of the food service workers in this area of the country. so i think supporting the good food purchasing program is essential because they focus on the safe and healthy working conditions of our food service workers. thank you. >> good morning, i'm albert, i'm from born and raised in mission value, native san franciscan. i've been over in the southeast district all my life. i'm here to speak to the public

safety and neighborhood committee regarding specifically jeff sheehy, i believe you're district 11? what district are you? 8? mandel street is a death trap. this is public safety and neighborhood service committee issue. >> no, i understand, we're now on item number 4. which is -- no problem, we don't have general public comment at committee. we have it at the full board of supervisors on tuesdays. that way you'll have an opportunity to speak to the entire board of supervisors. >> someone was killed on mandel yesterday and i was [inaudible] >> if you could come back on tuesday to speak to the full board, that would be the

appropriate -- >> trying to get it reconfigured. >> if you'd like to talk to the office, you can do that, i'm hillary ronen, i'm district 9. district 9. >> my neighborhood. >> supervisor ronen: is there any other member of the public that would like to speak to item number 4? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> any questions from my colleagues or comment? >> i would like to thank you for your work on this, supervisor fewer. i hope that you do additional work on this at the full board and i will be cosponsor of that when you do. on so many levels i feel very connected to this and have appreciated the comments of all of the members of the public today. i used to be the worker rights attorney and represented a lot of restaurant workers, so i wanted to thank rock bay area

for coming out. i know the need for advocacy on workplace conditions and treatment of workers in the restaurant industry and the food industry. i want to say as a mother of a-year-old in the public schools who eats the breakfast every morning, that is incredibly important to me to make sure she starts out the day in a healthy way. it's so refreshing to hear so many talk about the impact on the climate of food production in our country, because it is not something you hear regularly. you hear so much about fossil fuels and when you learn -- i learned recently what an impact food production has on climate. and it was shocking to me. i didn't know it because you don't hear it often. so hearing your voices talk about that today was hopeful for me. and hearing the impact on mental health and on the health of all

of us that the importance of eating fresh antibiotic-free, i know supervisor sheehy has done a ton of work on the issue. i'm really just grateful to supervisor fewer for holding the hearing. all of you coming out today and i'm really excited about the next steps we'll work on collectively. supervisor sheehy? anything? no. >> i want to thank everybody for coming out today. i was a big fan of the program to begin with, but actually i really learned a lot today through all our testimony about the other benefits of it that i didn't even realize. i have a question for alexa. i noticed that what we received from los angeles was that they worked closely with the department of public health and we heard from the department of

public health about challenges they may have in implementing the program, can you address those challenges and how maybe we can partner with los angeles city and county around the issues they had working with they're public health department. >> sure, we have worked closely for years with the los angeles county department of public health. they have a wonderful team that is focused on transforming their procurement policies within the counties. i know they would be more than happy to lend their perspective on the work they've been doing over the years. i think one of the challenges that was mentioned was working with the group purchasing organization and some of the distributor existing distributors in the supply chain. the experience of l.a. county department of public health has been one in which they begin a conversation with their current

vendors and find the vendors receptive to addressing the concerns of their client. and they'll do anything to keep that business. so often the vendors have never been asked for the type of information, or the type of changes before. and it's just simply a matter of starting this conversation, seeing what is possible and recognizing that this is a journey, not a sprint. and change will take time. but you'll never get -- nothing will ever change unless you start the process. and so i would be happy to connect to the appropriate people at l.a. county. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. so i think today we've seen that actually the power of our procurement dollars could really extend far beyond just the millions that we spend on the actual food. that it actually has an added benefit. not only to the people that are

eating the food, the people in custody, but also the deputy supervisors a-- sheriffs and th people who are in hospitals, but the people in human trafficking and i want to recognize the teamsters. because it's true the teamsters were the first people to come to me and say, we have a problem and we'd like to work with you on this. they're the ones that connected me to the good food purchasing program. i'm so happy to here that san francisco unified is on its way and the hope san francisco county can be the first county in the united states, as we lead the way on many things here, to be the first county to adopt this program for hospital and sheriff and maybe other cities and counties will follow suit. so thank you very much today to everyone who came out. and our office will be pursuing this and next steps to bring it

to the full board. and thank you to my colleagues for listening to the public testimony and educating ourselves around this very important subject. thank you very much. [applause] >> supervisor ronen: this hearing has been held and filed. are there any other items on the agenda? >> there is no further business. >> supervisor ronen: this meeting has been adjourned.

>> good afternoon, everyone. this meeting will come to order.

welcome to the january 24, 2018 regular meeting of the rules committee. our clerk is alyssa summerall and i'd also like to thank samuel williamses and high -- maya hernandez from sfgov tv. >> items acted upon today will appear on the january 30 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> great. thank you. thank you, ms. summerall. can you please call item number one? >> item number one is a hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending november 30, 2018, to the ballot

simplification committee. there are two seats and two applicants. >> great. we have two applicants, unless there is any initial comments from committee members. let's hear from mr. scott patterson first. if he is ok. great. please come forward. >> hello. thank you for having me here today. i'm scott patterson, candidate for the ballot simplification committee. my family traces its roots in san francisco back to when they immigrated from italy in 1881 so we've been around for a long time. i've been a member of the faculty at san francisco state university as a professor of broadcast and electronic communication arts for over 20 years. for 10 of those years, i served as chair of the department. i've also been a member of the national academy of television arts and sciences which has brought me before you today. i'm currently serving as a governor in that organization. i live in the richmond district

and my wife and i have lived there for well over 20 years and we're child-free. i look forward to any questions you may have. >> great. any questions from committee members? yes? supervisor yee? >> i'm sorry. mr. patterson? >> hello, yes. >> yeah. could you -- i didn't get a chance to meet with you or meet with anybody in my office. so, can you just tell -- give a little more background, your background so i could get to know you? >> i'm trained professionally as a music recording engineer. i hold three degrees in the field of communication, ending with doctorate in communication from the ohio state university. i've worked professionally in television and in radio stations across the country. with wgbh in boston being the largest station at which i worked.

i currently teach in the becca department at san francisco state university. it is the acronym we use because it is a mouthful. i teach courses primarily in music recording engineering and electronic media research methods which are the writing intensive courses in the department for required of all students before they graduate to demonstrate their writing ability. >> mm-hmm. and what made you interested to be part of this committee? >> two reasons, primarily. i think voting is the single most important act that any member of a democracy can engage and i always vote. and i want everybody to always vote. and secondly, i believe that the ballot simplification committee work product is an exceptional aid in that voting process. i have had the opportunity to

vote in elections in other states and the ballot that is prepared here is just superior. i think the work of the ballot simplification committee goes long way toward doing that and i'd be very interested in helping with that project. >> ok. sounds good. and i -- i'm asking more about you, mainly because -- mainly because this is a very important committee, as you seem to agree and how we write up the initiatives and the ballot initiatives and these summaries and so forth is to make sure that our voters understand exactly what's going on and with no deceptions is really important for not only myself but probably all of my colleagues. i really appreciate, number one, you seem to have a very good background for this type of work and, number two, your willingness to even do this.

thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> thank you, supervisor. i have a few questions for you. so my question is less and your experience. i think you're really well-qualified. i just want to know about the commitment and make sure you're prepared for the level of commitment that this requires. have you attended any of the ballot designation hearings in the past and are you -- >> i have not, no. i'm not -- i've read the website and the materials and seen the minutes of the meeting and i've participated in their work product. but i've never been a part of their process. >> right. so i mean, you have wonderful recommendation on behalf of the nominating organization. so, that's important. the thing that i know from speaking with ms. packard and the familiarity of this committee is that this is -- this can be pretty intense. we members of the board of supervisors and others often like to put a lot of things on the ballot.

it just ends up happening. that's san francisco culture, as you know. so at times you might be doing 9:00 to 5:00 four or five, six weeks so this is a commitment and sometimes of about a month of your life without any compensation. so i just want to make sure, since i didn't have an opportunity to meet with you, that you're fully aware going in, eyes wide open, at the level of commitment that this really important body requires. >> i'm prepared to donate that effort to the organization. i think that i understand that it's a lot of work. i've done a lot of writing. and writing takes time. and that it's a committee. and writing by committee takes more time. and i'm aware of that. my work schedule and other obligations allow me to have the time to spend to devote to this committee. >> great. i just wanted to make sure. i think eyes wide open is really important because the amount of time that this takes and the amount of intensity and

the amount of scrutiny and the amount of importance of this body requires that level of commitment. so, if you're prepared to make that commitment, i think that the your background and qualifications are up to the task and you have, as i said, nice recommendations from the nominating organisations. so i appreciate that. any other committee members have any other questions? >> no. >> ok. seeing none, i think what we need to do is hear from the second -- yes. the second applicant. and then we can take public comment. so, thank you, scott. if there is any other questions, we'll call you back up. >> thank you. >> ok. and so now let's hear from our second applicant, ms. betty packard. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> and shall i say that i have chaired this commission for the last 15 years, been on the

committee for now 21 years. i am very proud of this committee. i am very proud of the members on it. i am proud of the work that we have done. if you want a little bit of my background, i have 63 years of journalism experience behind me, starting when i was very young, as a reporter for the "indianapolis time requests . i have taught journalism, both high school and college. i have been editor of four national magazines. when it comes to the print side. i've been a tv host. i've done a little bit of everything. which is interesting. one year i interviewed peter druker who said to me really creative people change jobs about every five years in order stay creative and i think that probably fits me, exempt when it comes to the ballot simplification committee. [laughter]

>> and i know you were giving me a little bit of background. but if you could just talk a little bit about the level of commitment. i think that is important for the public to hear and some of the work that you do. >> well, by law, we have to be finished 90 days before the ballot is -- before the election. and we usually work for two solid weeks before then. this last election, we had to work for three weeks because of the 25 measures on the ballot. what happens is, as a city attorney comes to us with a draft, sometimes we love it. sometimes we don't. sometimes we tweak it. sometimes we tear it apart. and sometimes we accept it. but in all terms, we wind up rewriting it into legible, 8th grade terms for the average voter. and then from what we do, we go to public comment, people tell us what they think of what we've done. then we go back and review it

again. and then at the end of that period, we come up with a draft which is then available for appeal. and people always try to appeal what they think that they want. and then we reschedule it in 72 hours plus so that it fits the sunshine law. and then we go through it all, the whole series all over again until we come up with a final draft and that is what's on the first page of the every initiative in the ballot handbook. >> all done within 90 days of election. >> it's done within two weeks, three weeks at the max. >> but all your work has to be done prior -- >> 90 days prior. which puts us sometimes in a problematic situation when the supervisors wait until the last week of our session to finalize something on the ballot and

then it becomes -- >> ?raoel we don't do that. [laughter] >> oh, yeah! oh, yeah. and then it becomes lots of fun for us. and really intense and sometimes then we have to ask for a waiver on the sunshine in order to get it all in. but that is how we do business. >> great. well, thank you for that. and as i said, thank you for your continued commitment to this really important committee. you've been on since 1997? >> '97, yes. it seems like i shouldn't even be that old. [laughter] >> ok, thank you. any other questions or comments from committee members? ms. packard? ok. seeing none, thank you, ms. pack ards. if we have anymore, we'll call you back up. we'll go ahead and take public comment on this item. any members of the public that wish to testify on item number one? please come ford want state your name. if you have any developments, you can hand them to the clerk. you have two minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm nancy warfel. i want to tell you what a

tremendous public service this committee is and ms. packard is outstanding. i have been before her several times on issues that every verb, noun and grammatical structure has been examined and i cannot tell you how important it is that the attention that this committee gives to the structure of the english language in order to be clear and accurate is important. even if the people that read the ballots don't understand what went in to put these words on the page. i want to say thank you. and i want to welcome scott over here. if he is successful. this will be the time of your life. we are going to put you through paces like you never believed the public was capable of doing. but that is what democracy is all action and i just want to say i love this committee and i wish it had more coffee, tea, doughnuts or whatever you guys want because you do a public service like nobody else. thank you. >> thank you.

any other members of the public wish to comment on item number one? seeing none, public comment is closed. i'd like to entertain a motion to move this forward. >> sure. i'll go ahead and move that we appoint scott patterson to seat one and betty packard to seat two with positive recommendation to move forward to the full board. >> to the ballot simplification committee. without objection, that item is moved and ordered. thank you. congratulations and thank you again for your commitment. ms. summerall, please call item number two. >> item number two is a charter amendment for the june 5, 2018 election, to eliminate the municipal transportation agency's jurisdiction over traffic and parking legislation, grant the authority to the board of supervise source and create a livable street, commission and department to manage park and traffic.

>> hmm. great. thank you. this is my item. i'm going to go ahead and say a few words. so, committee members know this, but general public, just want to reiterate. we introduced myself and supervisor peskin introduced legislation yesterday, which establishes a procedure for the board of supervisors to review certain m.t.a. decisions. and just to remind members of the public the genesis of that is, after talking to many of our colleagues and working with individuals in the public, there's a lot of general frustration about the -- what i want to call the neighbourhood issues. issues that are more relevant to our constituents in our districts. not to say that they're not city-wide issues. but they are issues that we hear about the most. for lack of a better term. so, issues that revolve around traffic calming, stop signs, parking, preferential parking, curb management, and these

impact us and we hear about them, i would say, probably on a daily basis. and so i approach supervisor peskin and we started a dialogue about the history and the design of taking what was the department of parking and traffic and the sfmta and merging it into one agency and removing any oversight or influence from this body. and i think that there were -- there was good intentions ins that movement. i think that the idea was to allow the experts and policy experts and policymakers and planners to take these policies and implement them without, i guess, political influence and i think some of those things have worked really well. but at the end of the day, i think what has happened, as i've said to you, we've been consistently bombarded in our

positions about complaints and about the areas that we've referred to that we ultimately have no authority over. but we get a lot of the responsibility. so ultimately we move forward with an idea to keep one commission for this agency, all the commissioners still would be appointed by the mayor so we're not getting into and rehashing old debates, but the commission would remain the same. their level of expertise would remain the same. but what we would do is we would create a department of livable streets. and in that department, there would be a certain level of authority that is described, as i've said to you, with regard to traffic calming stop signs, pedestrian safety, vision zero, curb management, bicycle lanes, all the things that are just outside of pure muni and the idea would be that muni

could then focus on muni's core mission, which is a first class, world class public transportation system. in the interim, what we decided to do yesterday is access what is already in the city charter and it allows for, through the legislative process, our body to create a review of certain m.t.a. decisions. with regard to the creation and elimination of preferential parking zones, the creation or elimination of parking metre zones, limitation on the time period for which a vehicle may be parked. disability parking zones, curb space management, private transportation programmes involving preferential parking or curb space management. so these are some of the things that we have interim authority over so we're going to move that legislation through the legislative process. hopefully my colleagues here will be supportive of that and

we'll work with them and work with members of the public and sfmta on that. in the interim, we have decided to postpone our ballot measure and reserve the right to come back for the november ballot. hopefully in the interim, sfmta has proposed some additional stems that they feel will be more responsive to the members of the public. they will be more responsive to our district offices. and they will be coming around to you and you to present this plan that they intend to implement to be more responsive to the needs of the districts. and so we want to see that and give that some opportunity. i'm going to actually ask tom mcguire to come forward and say a few words because they presented us with an interim communication and outreach and follow-up strategy. you don't have to get into the

minute detail, but some words on top of the great work that dylan does in keeping our offices informed. but you have a new strategy and a new design on how to be more responsive to us. in the meantime, we're going to postpone our ballot measure and give some opportunity to see this legislation, hopefully our board will pass that. and we will then begin having the opportunity to review some of the things that i've described. mr. mcguire. >> ok. thank you. tom mcguire, sustainable streets director for the sfmta where i oversee many of the functions and programmes that the supervisor described in his discussion regarding public and traffic regulation around the city. we appreciate the opportunity to say a few words about this whole legislative area today and some areas -- ways in which we think we can do better. we certainly understand that this proposal, as well as the

legislation that you and supervisor peskin introduced yesterday, was borne out of real frustration with the way the sfmta is doing business, particularly at the neighbourhood scale, in terms of responding to requests around things like stop signs and safety areas. safety programmes. it's our intention, as you said, to outline over the next 90 days for each member of the board of supervisors as well as for our m.t.a. board ways in which we can be more responsive, be more proactive, and also be more accountable to you and to all 800,000 users of the transportation system and what you'll see, as we bring out the details of that, will be more proactive community-based planning, an approach that we've seen some success with in areas like the western addition. [please stand by] [please stand by]

talk about community planning, an area where we've heard legitimate feedback is when we