those what we're interacting with other parties in the cpi case. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. or i'm available for separate briefings if you want more detail on the pcia case. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner, anything? doyne any public comment -- doy >> president kwon: any public comment? next item. >> madam secretary: considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission and acted upon by a single vote. there will be no discussion unless the public questions in which it will be removed from the calendar and considered as a separate item. >> i'll move approval.

>> second. >> second. >> discussion? public comments? all in favor. >> aye. >> opposed. pass passes. no closed session. do we have any other new business from the commissioners? with that, this meeting is adjou adjourned. thank you.

. >> well, welcome, everyone to this fabulous rooftop of a monumental announcement. my name is debbie raffel, and i am the director of the san francisco department of environment. and today, i am joined by president london breed and by don falk, the ceo of the tenderloin neighborhood development corporation, affectionately known as tndc. and with us we've got representatives some of the dozens of community partners, we've got the library here, we have our light bulb company manufacturer -- not manufacturer, but seller here. so we've got the whole system

on the roof today to celebrate this amazing event. i have the fabulous job of being in a department, leading a department that takes big idea and makes sure those big ideas are translated into action on the ground. and we're here because of one of those big ideas. last year, the department of the environment set an ambitious goal. we wanted to get 100,000 led light bulbs into the hands of the people who need it the most, and it's just like this one that i happen to have here. when many of us look at this, we see a light bulb, nothing spectacular looking in that. but our goal was to get this gem into hands of residents who are low income, formerly homeless, disabled, receipt vans, disabilities, we wanted

everyone in san francisco to have the opportunity to benefit from this seemingly small action. we didn't only want to deliver bulbs to people, we needed to make sure that they were actually installed. it does no good to give somebody a beautiful bulb and have them put it in their storage closet until later. we needed to make sure they were put into place. this project of this scale had never been tried anywhere in the united states. 100,000 bulbs is certain bei ambitious. facts about led: they use one sixth of the energy. they cause less to power because they're so energy efficient. they reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and they last 25 times longer. those are some impressive facts. so what are the facts for residents? that means that for a person

who puts an led light bulb in a fixture, they need 25 less light bulbs that they're ever going to have to install because these last so long. and that difference gives tremendous safety and opportunity for people, especially for those who are mobility challenged. picture your elderly grandmother and a light bulb goes out. how is she going to change that light bulb, or a person with a disability that has a light bulb go out? what are they to do. it also means our most vulnerable will not be left in the dark because these light bulbs are so long lasting. and even more and equally impactful is that the quality of the light who are so much better, so people who have a hard time seeing all of a

sudden can see. so something as simple as a light bulb can actually transform somebody's sense of well-being, their sense of safety, and their ability to enjoy life. and what does this mean? what are the facts for the affordable housing providers? it means if they don't have to change a light bulb, that it's reduced cost for operations and maintenance. it frees up thousands of hours in terms of bulb replacement, so that those maintenance people can work on delivering on services. it doesn't mean that they're sitting there playing solitaire, they are incredibly busy people. so not having to change a light bulb means they can tend to all sorts of needs in the buildings that they work in. so these sorts of actions have all sorts of ripple effects, ripple effects that affect our communities in all sorts of different ways. and today i'm proud to announce that we have 60,000 light bulbs

that have been distributed. we are making history today. we are saving energy, we are saving the climate by reducing our grun house gas emissions, we are delivering benefits to those who need it most, and we are improving the quality of life for all californians. and i am incredibly honored to introduce somebody to you and welcome somebody who truly gets it in every bone of her body. this is a woman who cares about vulnerable communities every day of her life. she understands that environmental benefits must be available to everyone in san francisco. president london breed has championed initiatives like safe medicine did i see posal, clean sf, and she's continued to champion these initiatives, especially ones that protect

the environment as well as health and safety. so please, let's welcome president london breed. [applause]. >> president breed: thank you. thank you all so much for being here today. thank you, debbie, very much for this initiative. i'm really excited to especially be on this property because this was a part of rad phase one, where we have been able to rehabilitate thousands of public housing units all over san francisco. so some of you may know, i grew up in public housing. i lived there more than 20 years of my life without showers, with rodent problems and other challenges that exist with no help on the way. when i first became a member of the board of supervisors, i told the mayor, mayor lee, that public housing was my number one priority, and he believed me, and he supported me. and we worked together with so many nonprofit organizations who help with housing, like tndc and don falk to

rehabilitate public housing. so the site we stand on is connected to another site. and because of the work we've been able to do, 60 residents, 60 units which include over 100 residents, they now have a clean, affordable, safe, rehabilitated place to call home. and i'm so proud of the work that don and tndc has done to make that dream a reality, so thank you so very much. [applause]. >> president breed: you know, we are doing in san francisco what we do best: to fight climate change, and as debbie has said, we and through ourests at the board of supervisors that i've been so fortunate to lead, we have basically introduced -- or we have passed legislation with the toughest styrofoam ban in the city. we have passed legislation for our safe medical dispose i can't believe which keeps tons of unused and expired

medication out of the bay and landfill. we're getting to zero with waste and in reducing the amount of waste in the black bins and focusing more on recyclables as well as our green bins, which i know sometimes don't smell very good, but it's saving the planet. and we have passed, after 12 years of fighting cleanpowersf, the single most important thing we can do to combat climate change. san francisco has been an environmental leader all over the country. so this is why i'm so excited about this program and what this will do. it's a greater initiative to trying and make sure, especially in our most vulnerable communities where you know seniors are on a fixed income, where they can't always afford to not only purchase light bulbs on a regular basis, but sometimes they have challenges with replacing those light bulbs. and so i'm really excited for this incredible opportunity to

not only make sure that we are providing these free of charge to our most vulnerable residents, but we are also taking it a step further. and so i know michael lambert is here from the san francisco public library, and so i am really, really excited that the library is our partner in this effort. and as a result of the work done by the department of the environment and the san francisco public library, we are announcing that there will be free light bulbs -- there will be free -- oh, i'm supposed to grab this box. there will be the opportunity for residents of san francisco to pick these up at any public library in san francisco while supplies last. and let me just say this: there is one catch. you've got to have a library card. so sign up, check out a book, return the book, get your light bulb while supplies last.

i mean, what -- this is like one of the best things that san francisco can offer to its residents. the goal is, of course, we want to combat climate change. but more importantly, we want to make sure that these bulbs and access to things like that that are usually typically expensive, that all san franciscans have the benefit of accessing them whether they're able to pay for them or not. and so there are how many libraries in san francisco? >> 28. >> president breed: 28. i know the western addition is one of my favorites. we have one on larkin, our biggest in the city, and main branch and other locate the communities, stop by, use your library card for this great opportunity. and let me just say that these light bulbs make a difference, as debbie mentioned before, because i know mya is an artist, and for ten years didn't have the light that he

needed to paint. and so that's one of the stories i've heard about as a result of the changes in his light bulbs and the briethnegh in his home, he's able to paint again. so i think as someone who ran an art center and understands those kinds of needs, what an amazing change that a light bulb can do in somebody's life, as well as young people. getting young people excited about the opportunity to take these bulbs home to their parents to try and use those. so i just think this is an incredible program. i'm excited about this opportunity. i'm so glad that there's so many people here today, and hopefully, we can get the word out to residents all over san francisco that this is an incredible opportunity. san francisco is a step further in addressing climate change. we will continue to do all we can to address this particular issue with bold, creative initiative that's will continue to allow us to be a leader in the environmental issues throughout the country. so thank you all so much for being here today.

[applause]. >> thank you, president breed. that was wonderful, and totally inspires and motivates me to think about what is possible when we have bold leaders like president breed to put us out there and so thso we can be on the cutting edge and continue to move forward. there are many of you out there today that are part of our community story. we partnered with 45 community organizations and city agencies. so would you please raise your hand if you are part of our community of communities and -- so right now, raise your hand. high. oh, wonderful. let's give you -- thank you. thank you for your support and partnership. [applause]. >> and we're at a very special

place today, and with a very special person, as well. don falk of tndc. tndc has been a phenomenal partner, and don and his team have blown me away with not only their commitment to the mission of supplying housing, but their willingness to work with us to help us as a city agency make things even better for their residents. it's truly a partnership, and i think we each elevate each other as we get to know one another, community and government together. the mission of tndc is completely aligned with sustainability and environmental stewardship, and it's understanding the importance of that intersection that is going to enable this planet to heal itself. nothing -- we can have nothing less than an understanding that it's everyone's role to think about these issues day in and day out.

and tndc has already installed 2,400 led light bulbs, so they are -- they are committed, don's staff is committed. so let's welcome don falk. [applause]. >> thank you for that warm introduction, and thank you president breed for your leadership on all of these issues. let me start with a few words about tndc. we're a nonprofit developer, owner, manager, and service provider with over 3600 homes in the tenderloin and throughout san francisco. over 80% of our tenants have incomes under $1,500 a month. in san francisco, under $1500, and nearly 25% entered our housing coming out of homelessness. every day, our staff of 400 people is working with san francisco's most vulnerable and marginalized people.

951 eddy street is former public housing, but under the leadership of london breed and the late mayor ed lee, tndc now operate these buildings. in this building and next door live 100 seniors and people with disabilities including many medically frail people. in 2012, tndc enters the national better buildings challenges, we we committed to reduce energy consumption in our portfolio by 20% in the following ten years. we are well underway to meet this goal, and the department of the environment has been a critical partner in the work. since 2016, we have converted five properties to 100% led lighting. these five properties represent over 1,000 homes in which with the support of the department of the environment, we installed ov installed those 2400 led bulbs.

in support and in partnership with the department of the environment, in 2018 we will install bulbs in another seven properties. and of course, it's the impact on people of the work that matters most, and it begins with the idea that led bulbs last 25 times longer than incandescent bulbs, so that saves money for tenants who need every single dollar. every dollar matters. it also reduces maintenance staff hours spent on light bulbs, because think of of these old buildings, because to replace a light bulb here requires two people and a ladder. so it makes the affordable housing more affordable, both for us as operators and fore tenants, and those cost reductions are permanent. and it's important not to overlook that led bulbs are brighter, which is especially important for older people.

these bulbs make a daily difference in the quality of life for our tenants. this project delivers all of that without even talking about the environment. so the project represents the kind of public private partnership that is a win-win-win. financial savings to low income people, better lighting and visibility, and of course a more environmentally responsibly way of operating. and how great to be making this announcement during april, earth month. so before closing, i just want to acknowledge and recognize and encourage you to seek out after our event here three of the people who were instrumental in bringing this about: ruchi, cynthia and paris of tndc staff. on behalf of them and on behalf of all of tndc, we're grateful to the city's support and proud to be of service to our community and stewards of the environment. thank you.

[applause]. >> wow. thank you don, thank you, paris, thank you, sin that you, thank you, ruchi. amazing team at tndc. i want to give a few other shout outs to people who aren't here. cristin from community outside. we have the sfriesk unified school district, and we're working with them to distribute 20,000 of the bulbs, and we're not making it easy on those students. we're making sure they have understanding of what we are giving them. so when they get a box like this, it comes with a curriculum and it comes with a homework assignment. make sure you install this back at home. explain to your parents what a treasure this box is in terms of improving the quality of life at home. so thank you, san francisco unified school district. i also want to mirror president breed thanking the libraries.

michael lambert, who is the acting city librarian, and his staff are phenomenal partners. not only are they allowing us to distribute at their 28 libraries and book mobiles, they're allowing us to store the light bulbs as we figure out how to get them through the city. and i want to say it's not only earth month, but it turns out it's national library week this week, and even more amazing, it is national book mobile day. so when you go down stairs, and you see the book mobile, give the driver a little bit of extra love, because it is national book mobile day, and we are distributing light bulbs in book mobiles, too. and i'm told the theme this year of national library week is libraries lead. and of course i'm sure they spelled that l-e-d. so as president breed said, it's while supplies last. so people, go out, bring your library card and get some

wonderful light bulbs. i also want to acknowledge a very important partner to us, and that is pg&e. the way pg&e came into this story is they issued a challenge to san francisco. they said if you can step up and bring tremendous benefits of energy efficiency to at least 600 businesses in a small amount of time, we will give you a prize, an award. so of course we're competitive people. we took that challenge, and of course, being the overachievers that we are in the san francisco, that 600, we beat that by quite a bit, and we made significant benefits to our businesses -- small and medium sized business community. we are taking that money and putting it back in the community. so there is a tremendous cycle of benefits to the businesses and the benefits to the residents. we're taking that money and we're using it to improve the lives of all san franciscans, so thank you pg&e for that

belief in us and for allowing us to prove ourselves again. i want to thank my team, luke and becca, raise your hands. so they are intrepid passionate, tenacious professionals. the distributors are here, as well, from smith buchols. they are important partners, because not only did we say to them, can you please bring the price way down, we also said, can you please redesign the box because we want to be able to hold it, and then, can you put this image on the box because we want people to be able to know what to do with them. and they said yes, yes, yes,

and they were able to do it. i want to truly thank our president london breed, for her belief in and inspiration in o department. i want to thank tndc and all the organizations who made this a reality. our future is brighter with led's. thank you for joining us today. [applause]. light for our city

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challenging year for our residents here in san francisco and for our visitors and everyone else who parked their cars on the streets of san francisco. nearly 31,000 cars were broken into in 2017 in our city, which is a crazy number. a total of 25% increase over the year before. and let me say i'm going to be the first to tell everybody and to make sure the residents of san francisco know that we believe that this is completely unacceptable. the status quo on our streets is completely unacceptable, and we have to do things better. our city cannot continue to thrive if people are afraid to leave their car unattended when they're here to live, when they're here to work, when they're here to shop or visit any of our amazing attractions here in san francisco. as i said many times before, parking your car in san francisco should not be a game of roulette. and i will say that since becoming mayor and previously as a member of the board of supervisors, i was the first one -- one of the first people to point out the problem and to acknowledge the problem,

though, and i think it's critically important. and also to acknowledge the work that our police department has done in response to this epidemic that we are seeing and we have seen in our streets beginning really in earnest last year. and the first to commend our police department for the efforts that they have done. you know, chief scott did not point fingers or blame others or make excuses. our police department went to work. last year at the end, they doubled our foot patrols here in san francisco, creates a unit specifically to deal with property crimes in san francisco, and we dedicated more resources at our district stations to report and investigate these crimes. and today as you've seen in the papers, we're proud to announce that there are results from some of these efforts. for the first three months of 2018, we have seen an over 17% decrease in our auto break-ins. we are seeing real progress.

but again, the status quo is not okay on our streets, and as a city, we are not going to rest on our laurels. we have a ton of work left to do. we will continue effective, targeted campaigns to address this challenge. so today, we're doing a few things. first of all, we are rolling out officially across the entire city of san francisco, our park smart campaign. what you see on the bus behind us, it will provide more informational resources to our residents and to our visitors. we are canvassing our car burglary hot spots and posting public messages throughout the city of san francisco that if you love it, don't leave it. and i want to thank in particular kelly nice and his entire team for their work on this advertising campaign. we do not want to give thieves the opportunity to take possessions in our cars.

and i want to say this is a very coordinated effort between our police department, numerous city agencies, our community partners, and officials from the tourism industry. this initiative is a key part of our effort to make sure crimes don't occur in the first place, and i'm going to quote chief scott in saying a crime prevented is much better than a crime solved. we are complementing these efforts as well with greater resources fore investigative teams. today we're expanding new efforts to expand fingerprint training at our different police stations throughout the city of san francisco. some three dozen members of the captain's staff from all police stations will have fingerprint training. they'll be joining our officers on the force who already have these skills, and by expanding these services and this training, we're going to expand our fingerprint database, providing new resources to crack down on car break-in

offenders, and particularly those who are serial offenders, and we've seen some of them being caught in our papers over the last few weeks. we know these measures, however, together are simply not going to solve the car break-in epidemic here in san francisco, we they are important next steps and important next steps to residents of the city, to visitors of the city to make sure they know and everybody knows that we are moving forward, and we recognize the issue and we are going to continue to do more. this approach is also going to include additional staffing in our police department. earlier this year, i asked chief scott to conduct an internal staffing analysis within the police department so we can determine the resources that we need within our police department to make sure we tackle this epidemic. let me say this very loud and clear: we have some of the best police officers in the country. the men and women that serve us in the san francisco we should be incredibly proud of, and we

need to give them our respect every single day. they put our lives on the line to protect us here in san francisco, but we need more of them, and i am committed to funding additional increases in our police department as we roll through our upcoming budget season here in san francisco. i am also urging our criminal justice partners, our judicial branch, our public defender and district attorney to work together on our proposal to have one judge specifically dedicated to auto break-ins. we need to make sure that there are consequences to the actions that are happening on our streets. like the other major issues facing our city, we are not going to solve this alone or with one single solution. by exploring a wide range of options and by collaborating together, we are going to make -- and let me say this, we are going to continue to make significant progress in this area. i want to close by thanking a number of different people and

groups who have been involved -- first of all, chief scott, to you in particular, to the entire police department, many of which are behind me today, to our 311 department, to the office of economic and workforce development, to our department of emergency management, to our office of short-term rentals, sf travel, and the partnership with our tourism industry, our community partners today, like troy from our fisherman's chafsh community benefits district. i mentioned kelly nice, but i'm going to mention him again, from nice advertising. thank you for their incredible help. and everyone else in the entire city family and every single resident that is demanding that we make san francisco and we are working to make san francisco a much safer place for everyone. so thank you all for being here today, and with that i would like to introduce the chief of our police department, chief bill scott. [applause]. >> first of all, let me say thank you to mayor farrell for

the leadership that he's providing on this issue. as you stated, collaboration is the key. it takes all of us working together to fight crime. to my left, i have some of san francisco's finest, our police officers from central station. we have our community, troy, and members of our community. we have our parking department here. it's a collaborative effort. no one entity can take on this issue alone, and we are so proud that we do have collaborative partners in this city. we're thrilled to be working with our fellow city agencies, our community ners, our leaders in the tourism industry, and we as a police department, as i said, we can't do it alone. that said, the news that the mayor just reported is very encouraging. but in addition to that, i'd like to point out, too, first three months of this year, our homicides are down by almost one-third. our burglaries are down, and we know as the mayor stated that our auto burglaries are down, and we will not rest on our

laurels. those of us that have been in this business know that we have more work to do. now the mayor has outlined some steps that we have already taken, but i want to put some context to what that means in terms of the drop in auto burglaries. we're talking about 17% for the first three months of the year. that's over 1,000 less victims, 1,000 crimes that we believe were prevented. doubling our foot patrols, we know that especially hads deter crimes, and these officers standing behind me are some of the best in what they do. we've reallocated resources towards our property crimes. last week, those investigators put together a spring of investigations that led to the arrest of several serial burglars in our city and the region. i want to go back to something

that the mayor said and something that you'll hear me say over and over again. when we talk about crime and particularly auto burglaries, prevention is the key. prevention is the key. we're asking people not to make themselves easy prey. make no mistake, we're not blaming people for being victimized. that is not what we're trying to do here. this is about doing everything possible to keep your property safe and to avoid being an easy target for somebody who's willing to take your belongings. the park smart message isn't just a reminder to drivers, it's a reminder to those that want to prey on others that we still have police officers that will make arrests. we still have undercover plain clothes officers doing surveillance. we still have a district attorney that are going to charge those crimes. we still have prisons, and we still have jails. that is a a part of law enforcement that will never go away, but we want to turn the

tide a little bit because those things are very important, and we will continue to do them, but we have to put more emphasis on prevention. we talked about the fingerprinting, and the mayor mentioned this. you know, we've had a lot of good arrests, and we know we need to increase our fingerprinting capabilities, so as the mayor said, we're training 36 personnel to do just that. we're encouraging people if they do have an auto burglary, go get your car fingerprinted. we need to get those fingerprints in our databases so we can help solve some of these crimes. in addition to that, with the mayor's leadership and guidance, we hope to have more officers in the field. we encourage the public, if you see something, say something. we encourage you to call us when you see these type of crimes or any type of crimes being committed. together, we will continue to make this city safer for everyone. again, i'd like to thank mayor

mark farrell for his support and his leadership on this issue. we could not do this without strong leadership, and that's what it's going to take is leadership from all of us to turn the tide on these crimes and make our city safer. thank you. [applause]. >> and with that, i'd like to introduce actually one of the two people that helped create the park smart slowigan, and that's commander david lozar. >> well, i want to begin by thanking our mayor, mark farrell, and our chief david scott. a little history about park smart. back in 2014, i served as the captain of central station, paying very close attention to all the auto burglaries that are that were taking place, and as the chief has mentioned,

arresting those responsible is a primary duty of ours, but what's equally or more important is prevention, the message that those that come to our city, who enjoy our city, the mer chapters and the residents and the visitors to simply keep their car empty. it was back then, supervisor mark farrell, district two, we worked together on putting ambassadors up on lombard street, and they had a goal of messages all the visitors coming through about leaving their cars empty. i'm sure mark farrell, you remember when we worked on that, and thanks to you, we got the ambassadors up on lombard street educating everyone. but i went to my police advisory board at central station about needing their help, and the community is very important in education and crime prevention messages. and i went to troy campbell who's the executive director of the fisherman's wharf district. and i said troy, we have to get a message that catches people's attention as they come through.

we thought about park smart, and so locally here, we put up our signs, letting visitors know they need to keep their cars empty while visiting san francisco. we're excited today because our mayor and our chief have decided to roll this out citywide, and inviting the marketing person -- marketing people that definitely contributed, the nice marketing firm, as you see the bus behind us. we're taking it to a whole new level in 2018. so we're grateful, we're grateful for all of our community partners. we're grateful that we're able to get the message out on crime prevention, and as we work on getting the message out of crime prevention, you can see the results that are taking place. with that we'd like to invite up our community partner, the executive director troy campbell, who was behind this from the beginning, to say a

few words. thank you very much. [applause]. >> good morning. so again, another round of thank yous, but thank you, mayor farrell, chief scott, commander lozar for making this a public service announcement. i would also like to thampg the d.a.'s office because we were awarded a neighborhood justice fund grant last year that helped us produce more of those materials. when park smart message was skeeved by the central station police community advisory board, it relied on cid, dic's, community organizations, all to put up the money to produce these materials and share them in their respective areas, however the goal was always to get this to be a citywide initiative and have it proliverate across the city. so for me, this is a great day. this psa is something that everyone can help do to help curb this issue.

fisherman's wharf alone, we had 45,000 people a day that we're turning over, so just handing outpost cards with this message is not sustainable, so having it in static locations on signs, on meters, on buses, i think is going to do a lot in helping get this message out. will it solve this problem? no. it's one cog in the machine with the d.a.'s office, with the mayor's office, with the police department to help curb this problem. and i just want to ask everyone out there listening to me, to make it part of your vernacular. when you're talking to visitors, friends, anyone you run into at a cafe, the importance of this he is a message. this is something that people need to know, to park smart. thanks. [applause]. >> so thank you, troy, for that and again for all of your leadership here, and thank you all for being here. we're wrapping up right now this part of the press

conference. what i want to do is direct everyone. commander lozar is going to lead everyone there on a fingerprint demoto see what we're doing, so if you have any questions or want to see that, go over there. i just want to thank those behind me, and all of those who made this happen, in particular, our police department and the men and women who keep us safe every single day. thank you for being here.

>> on december 28, 1912. san francisco mayor, sonny jim rolph stared into the crowds of those who have gathered. a moment in history. the birth of a publicly own

transit system. san francisco municipal railway. muni as it would become to be known. happy birthday, muni, here is to the next 100 years. the birth of muni had been a long-time coming. over the years the city was disjointed privately owned companies. horses and steam and electric-powered vehicles. creating a hodgepodge of transit options. none of them particularly satisfying to city residents. the city transit system like the city itself would have changes during the san francisco earthquake. the transition that will pursue from this aftermath would change

san francisco's transportation system once again. facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new

geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach.

in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city, and she entered a charter placed on the november ballot. it passed overwhelmly.

the california street cable railway was purchased by the city in 1952. there were cut backs on the cable car system and in 1957 only three lines would remain. the three lines that exist today. in 1964 the cable car's future as part of california's transit system was sealed when it was proclaimed a national historic landmark. in february, 1980, muni metro were officially inaugurated. in that same year, muni received its first fleet of buses equipped with wheelchair lifts.

in 1982 when the cable car had a shut-down, they added an alternative attraction to the cars. the festival was a huge hit and would continue for the next four summers in a permanent f-line that would extend all the way to fisherman's wharf, by 2000 the f-line was in place. and in 2007 muni extended the third line to the southeast corner and returning to third street. for the first time in 60 years. in the course of last 100 years, muni's diverse workforce forged by men and women of innovation have reflected the many cultures that flock to the city. muni's ground-breaking

antidiscrimination has guaranteed equal opportunity for all. the city's policy mandates the course for the future, as they work diligently to increase options and increase multialternatives, and deduce -- reduce the carbon footprint. it continues to improve the systems. during this sen -- centennial year we reflect on the transit system. driven not