amending chapter 19b of the administrative code, governing the city's acquisition, retention, and use of surveillance technology to allow the acquisition and retention of face recognition technology. >> anybody in the north light court, we do have open seats in the committee room. >> now please come forward. >> thank you chair ronen, committee members for hearing this item this morning. this item is a little piece of clean up legislation following legislation that we passed earlier this year at the board of supervisors to create surveillance use policies, for all surveillance used by city departments and relevant to the department. the amendment before you acknowledges the prospects that we have under taken since

passing that legislation in the course of implementing this we learned that various city issued devices actually have -- excuse me, the amendment today essentially provides that the city may retain that use that technology, provided they do not use the face recognition function. we see this consistent to the spirit of the regulation passed earlier. it maintains the ban on the use of face recognition technology and i think supervisor peskin in our office wants to work with the city to exercise our purchase power and try to find alternative devices without that embedded feature. for now, it's a stock feature that is impossible to remove, it's necessary to preserve the city's standing. >> great, any questions? thank you so much. we're going to open this item up

for public comment. any member of the public wish to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> is there a motion? >> excuse me, there are a number of clerical amendments. i apologize. they're throughout and clean up things to make sure what we're talking about here is city issued software or devices and essentially to provide that for these software and devices, they would be subject to the rest of the chapter. do i need to be more specific about that? okay. so we would request those amendments to be made. >> and you submitted that paperwork to the clerk? >> i did. well, here's for the clerk. i submitted copies to each of your staff. i do have one copy additionally here and the red line for the clerk. >> wonderful, that's what we

needed. the red line. thank you very much. i'm happy to make a motion to adopt the amendment without objection, that motion passes. [gavel] >> i'll make a motion to move this item forward with positive recommendation. without objection, that motion passes. thank you very much. mr. clerk can you please read item number 6. >> item number 6 is the ordinance amending the administrative, police, health, planning, business and tax regulations, and campaign and government codes to change the name of the office of cannabis to the office of cannabis regulation. >> thank you.

>> good morning chair ronen, supervisors mar and walton. i'm the director of the office of cannabis. before i sfart my remarks about the cannabis clean up today, i want to make all aware of an amendment at the request of the mra mayor's office to split the item. this will allow more time to discuss the proposed name change. it is my hope that we can move the rest of the items forward today. >> if you want to briefly go through the summary of the legislation. >> yeah, in my remarks i will go through all of it. do you want to address the split first or do you want me to read everything? >> go ahead and read everything. we'll decide whether or not to do that motion after public comment. >> all right, thank you. first i want to thank everyone for having the office of cannabis to this hearing. this is referred to as cannabis clean up legislation, not to be

confused with cannabis 3.0, which is much anticipated this winter. the subject of today's hearing narrowly addresses some administrative technical changes that would clarify provision 16 of the police code and align this code with state legislation. my remarks will list the items introduced in my presentation. this ordinance which create as new cannabis business permit type for cannabis nursery, mirroring the license nursery code under state law. the state no longer allows applicants to apply for a cannabis business license as a member of -- to apply under this

framework in order to conform a state law. if state law were to change on this topic, we would be happy to revisit this item. for existing operators, this ordinance would further clarify the processing order of permits as outlined in section 1606c of the police code, for temporary permit holders and article xxxiii permit holders, m.c.d.s as priority group 4. in addition to further the goal of enhancing public health and safety, state in section 1601 of the san francisco police code, this ordinance would require cannabis distributors to notify the office within 48 hours of learning cannabis products in their possession failed testing standards. as this legal industry matures, enforcement will become a priority and more focused core function of the office of cannabis. this ordinance would further support and encourage the individuals who have elected to

transition from the unregulated market to the regulated market by providing a tool to the office of cannabis to thoughtfully address violations associated with equity applicants that have pending permit applications with the office. to conclude this presentation, i like to reiterate that this ordinance is being referred to as cannabis clean up legislation, different from cannabis 3.0, which will be a completely different conversation, including a whole host of exciting topics and is anticipated by stakeholders this winter. the purpose of bringing this cannabis clean up operation to you is to refine our regulations to reflect and align with the spirit and intent of our process here in san francisco. while today's presentation is more narrowly focused to the items before you today, i hope you will listen to the broader equity interest that may be shared by members of the community during public comment

and i'm happy to answer any questions. thank you so much. >> great, thank you so much. any questions? nope? thank you. we're going to open this item up for public comment. anybody who would like to speak, please go ahead and come forward. you can line up to your right, my left. good morning. >> all right. so good morning supervisors. i am speaking in front of you today, representing a diverse collective of cannabis business hopefuls, soon-to-be operators and allies to the equity group s.p.c. we convened a meeting this past saturday to discuss the clean up legislation brought forwath tod with over 25 black and brown cannabis stakeholders and few allies. at the end of the meeting, we asked ourselves a few questions. one of them is why is the city

concerned with making minor changes when we have bigger problems? the office of cannabis community re-investment fund has not been funded yet. in order to benefit these minor changes, we need the funds to be funded. according to the re-investment fund, the dollars should be used in order to address racial disproportionate arrests, generational poverty, community degradation, loss of education and employment opportunities, and burpdens from the failed wa on drugs. also workforce development, access to commercial real estate and access to investment financing. the access to commercial real estate and investment financing is crucial during this time period where we have our operators draining out their capit capital without being

operational. we ask to have more support in getting money into the fund and we can set up our community for success. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning again supervisors. i'm from the engleside community and our community has been left out of the equity justice when it comes to cannabis. i'm here today speaking in opposition of item 2 of the cannabis regulation, not allowing equity applicants to apply for a permit as a cooperative. forming a cooperative is the only way that the 200-plus equity applicants can own anything in this cannabis industry. they're all monopoetalized by the wealthy investors. 1.3 million was given to the community by the state, and it should not be siphoned off through administrative fees to the city and torattorneys.

congress is going to have its first vote to remove cannabis from the controlled substance coming this month and descheduling cannabis as a schedule one substance. i'm hoping that this ordinance that you guys are working on will allow cooperatives. thank you. >> hi, just the last note to anybody in the overflow room, there is seating in the committee room and we ask that anyone in the overflow room please come up to the committee room. thank you. >> good morning supervisors. thank you for having us. my name is braham goodwin. i'm one of the founders of the san francisco social club and the democratic club.

we've been working to get access for people for medical cannabis and access in general. i just like to speak to something important, which is we worked with the office of cannabis and they done a good job. the resources they have, relatively speaking, are limited. there's a queue of about 300 applicants. i would just mention to all three of you that a lot of jobs could get created that aren't getting created. a lot of revenue could come to the city that would help in some of these areas that are not available because of the lack of resources and importantly, there are many storefronts in many communities that live on hate, that could be used as businesses

for cannabis and operations like that. i really urge you to look at this because i think the investment that you would make by expanding the resource of the office would come back big time and help you in a lot of these other areas, and lot of the issues that people are talking about. thank you very much for your cooperation and for your look at this. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> my name is perry jones, i'm a san francisco native. first of all, i would you tell me like to give thanks to the office of cannabis for allowing the work they're doing and the community group in the audience that's been showing support towards the development of upcoming operators and entrepreneurs such as myself that have been impacted by the w.o.d., the war on drugs. mainly i hope that it doesn't be

tok tokenizeked when it comes to those who live in this community, and business owners, being able to contribute to the committee and give back, and some of us who have been taken away from the community to have the opportunity to give back. having a collective with the permitting, we all know that san francisco is expensive to live in and to start a business. when it comes to planning and commissioning, it seems that it's red lined. what it takes to get through a conditional hearing, it takes a lot. it makes us investable. who will want to invest when you have to wait a certain amount of time. just as the terms are permitable, i think it would be a good idea to have people in these groups to do business with each other and we nvr had a chance to do that. i think it would be a good thing and way for us to contribute back to our community. there is money that could be made, opportunities that could be made and also showing the different face of business when

it comes to cannabis, which use to be a taboo. >> thank you, next speaker. >> hello again. even though everything has already been said, i would like to say and let the record reflect and let the city know that i am also too impacted by the war on drugs being born and raised in bay view, hunters point but i'm not necessarily looking to be a dispensary. i'm not looking to be a cultivator, so i'm being left out of the movement because those are the only things lined up. i am an educator. i have spent 30 years of my life going to school trying to be an educator, an activist and voice for the community. the funds released could help me start the california let's talk

cannabis movement. i didn't initiate that. that came out of california. that's the movement that california, the public health is using to get the conversations going so that we can educate the youth, so that our youth won't be thinking they can drive around smoking weed. i don't need to be a dispenser, but i do need to benefit from the aftermath of the war on drugs. thank you. [applause] >> good morning, my name is rami. i am an equity applicant. the city's concern for this piece of clean up legislation is in vain until funds are dispersed from the community investment fund through the office of cannabis for the purposes of workforce development, commercial real

estate, and investment funding. thank you. >> thank you. if there are any other members of the public that would like to speak, please line up so we can go one right after the other. thank you. next speaker. >> good morning supervisorser terrance allen, served as your three year chair of the cannabis legalization task force. i've been taking time to build my own equity business in the castro. i come before you because there are three legs that you're hearing the community speak of. one is the need to release and invest in the equity programs that you all established so carefully. the second is one that i thought i would never stand in front of a public body and say, the need to begin the conversation about moving those that remain in the unregulated market into the regulated market. we have a very draconian policy that says if enforcement hears that you're in the unregulated

market, then you're banned for 10 years. that draconian policy does not afford the opportunity of the cannabis, the office of cannabis to move people into the regulated market. we need to give them the power of coercion, suggestion, and the beginnings of enforcement for that to happen because those who have been waiting in line for the regulated market are running out of resources to do that and those who maintain 1 foot in the unregulated market seem to have an unlimited amount of money due to black market sales. so, with those two things, i urge you to move this forward and the third, the office of cannabis was never designed to handle 300 permit applications. we have to give them immediate resources to get this project moving, whether a city department can give up those

resources after they have them is a question for the future, but if we don't afford those resources now, this entire program continues to grind as opposed to ushering forward a new day for san francisco and their equity members. thank you very much. >> thank you, any other member of the public wish to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> supervisor walton. >> thank you. first of all before i make a motion, i do want to say that i share the same concerns about not allowing cooperatives, but in this case we're bound by state law so we're making a change and hopefully that changes in the future. this is definitely administrative to being in line with state law. i do have a quick question. can i move to duplicate the file and amend a new file with the circulated amendment or do i have to do them one at a time? >> you can duplicate the file as a single supervisor, you don't need to make a motion to that.

just say i like to duplicate the file and then you can amend either one or the other. >> i like to duplicate the file and amend the new file with circulated amendments that strike the reference to the name change in the new file. >> thank you. >> oh, to amend. i wanted to make a couple comments. thank you. i, i just wanted to -- i do think we have to make these amendments in order to comply with state law. i wanted to echo a lot of the concerns i heard from the public, particularly the community re-investment fund, anxious to get that funded and distributed so that we can make

equity real in this industry and right the wrongs of the failed drug war that has decimated so many communities. so i just, you know, i don't think we should stop these cosmetic -- well not cosmetic changes, but these changes to comply with state law, in order to get to the meaty work we need to do in order to have some reparations injustice in these communities, but i just wanted to make that comment that i'm anxious to get that work under way and it's a huge priority as well. with that, i will second the motion to amendment the duplicated file and without objection that motion passes, and then the original -- or that duplicated file is the one then that we will send to the full board and i'm happy to make a motion to send that with positive recommendation. without objection, that motion passes. [gavel] >> thank you very much.

>> and the action on the original file? >> and the original file, if we could leave it in committee to the call of the chair, that would be great. >> that will be continued to the call of the chair. >> thank you, we are very encouraged by your remarks over the community re-investment fund and funding it because i think it's very important and needed. >> thank you. so. -- so much. >> make sure i have this correct. the file has been duplicated. the original file has been continued to the call of the chair. the duplicated version has been amended, and referred as amended to the board. >> yes, that's right. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. and if you could please call item number 7. >> item number 7 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to affirm the county agricultural commissioner's authority under state law to certify and inspect farmers'

markets and producers, and to enforce state law governing the direct marketing of agricultural products to consumers. >> thank you, claudia, the director of the real estate division. before you is an ordinance amending the administrative code dealing with farmers markets, including the city owned and operated a main any flea and farmer's market. it's the longest operating farmer's market in california. most are operated by non-profits and receive public funds or private fundraisings efforts. the real estate division, which took over responsible from the parcel and the operations of the mark over a decade ago increased

fees because they have not been increased for over a decade and cover expenses for the operation of the site and the markets because it runs as a deficit. that would close the gap, but it wouldn't completely get rid of it. we did a survey of other markets in the area and for example, a heart of the city, which is in the u.n. plaza, a non-profitly run but received a lot of gifts and private funds charges $55 a stall per day. that's more than what we're proposing. we sent the proposed change in fees to the city attorney, who then under took and rewrote the entire sections because it hadn't been done in so long and there were things that needed to

be cleaned up. it relasz places the agricultural commissioner. the agricultural commissioner is not a building or facility or land management person. it doesn't have the resources to operate and manage the facility in the markets. the real estate division has been managing and operating the land for over a decade. it transfers responsibilities from the agricultural commissioner to the director of property to approve applications for permits to sell products at the city operated farmer's market. it allows the director of permits or suspensions there of. it allow it is director property to impose fees and to appoint and form an advisory committee

for the alamani farmer's market and guidelines to rule the market. the heart of it is to increase the fees that an individual farmer and/or flea market vendor would pay. currently it's $50 a day, just during the summer, we would like to raise it to $50 a day all year round. it wouldn't go down $10 during the winter months. if a farmer went everyday that the farmer's market is open and it's open every single day, every saturday of the year, they only closed once, that particularly farmer would pay an additional $240 a year in fees. the vendors, which are usually food trucks, would pay $85 a day, up from $60 a day, pretty much what they're having to pay in other markets. that's why we went to that.

the fees for the flea market vendors would be $50 a day, which is just every sunday, up from $45. the revisions also increase the certification fees paid by the markets themselves. so the markets have to be certified. we are a certified farmer's market. that certification is done by the agricultural commissioner under the department of public health. they are recommending that the farmer's markets with less than 16 vendors stay at $500. markets with 16 to 45 vendors go up to $1,000 per year from $500 and markets with over 45 vendors would be $1,500 a year, up from $500. the department of public health can wave the fee for city operated farmer's markets. we would ask them to allow us to

wave our fee. it also authorizes the agricultural commissioner to charge $113 per hour for inspections unrelated to the issuance modification or renewal of a farmer's market renewial certification. and also fining the illegal use of the premises. there have been car shops and others that go on to the property because it's a huge vacant space and actually set up businesses and try to run businesses on the market. we had to kick them out when there wasn't a law to do that, it was very difficult to have the police enforce it. we just asked them to do that. we're putting up gates, which we think will prevent anything from occurring in the illegal use of the site. the agricultural commissioner

had to leave, he had another meeting. i'm here if you have any general questions. >> yes, i'm wondering what outreach you done to the farmers themselves. i know in the relative scheme of things, not the hugest increase, but it could be substantial. >> so there wasn't any formal. we don't have that committee anymore. it was years ago, i think it was when it first came over to the real estate commission. we had a committee which consisted of the various people that the mayor chose and farmers and the manager. people left, other people didn't want to do anymore and it was no longer in existence. that's why we're putting it back in the code so we can have it under the direct property. both the manager on site and the

manager, her supervisor walk the stalls every saturday, basically. so when we kind of did this, i think they did an informal test of it and they know who will be there during the winter and who isn't. not all the vendors sell during the winter because they don't sell winter crops. they get other vendors that come in to do it. they didn't seem to be bothered and half of them felt they were paying that any way. they didn't know they were being charged less during the winter months. they didn't think it would be a very large issue. >> supervisor walton. >> thank you, just along those lines, why the additional 244 vendors that are there more frequent? it seems that you said vendors who are there more frequently -- >> well, that's just if a farmer went every saturday, the whole

year round, that would be the additional cost. most of them don't go all year round. you have summer ones and winter ones. >> got it. >> thank you very much. really appreciate it. thank you. we will open this item up for public comment. feel free to come forward if you like to speak. good morning, or good afternoon, i keep saying that. >> good afternoon, my name is ashley. i'm speaking on behalf of what this lady is just talking about. i lived -- my family lived at 376 bradford street since 1962. i was born -- i was raised right there at the alamani's farmers market. i feel this is overblown as far as the outrageous changes in the prices and the opportunities for people to have an opportunity to make some money down there or be involved in it.

it looks kind of like shedding people, shedding vendors out and other vendors come in. i don't really know. i do believe that to do this, they do need some type of committee, some type of investigation to find out the difference in what is going and what's not happening there because it is something that really worked for the people that are there, all the people that come there on saturday is awesome. so, i don't know how the vendors -- i don't really know. i just happen to be here to hear this, but i live right there. i know about performance market. she also spoke about the sunday where they do the flea market there and -- my time is up, but a lot needs to be done in regards to the clean up, in regards to the stuff that's

around there on sunday, if you would come by and see how that is. a lot more needs to be done and i don't know where, but i'll see what's going on. thank you. >> thank you so much. any other member of the public wishing to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> i'm going to comment because i'm the supervisor of the area where the farmer's market is. in my conversations with folks at the markets, they seen increases for some time. i think it will be okay and it's not going to dissuade people from selling at the market. i would also -- sorry, we're not allowed to have a conversation. i'm happy to talk to you after the committee meeting is over, but i also just wanted to let you know that this is a site in the district that i had my eye on forever. it's both an incredible blessing

for the neighborhoods on the two days that it's operating and can cause some issues on the five days that it's empty. we are looking into the possibility of what we can do to activate that site all the time without ever disrupting the market because it's such a historic and plays an important role in the neighborhood. to be continued, if you have a couple minutes to stay after. this is the last item. i would love to chat with you about it. moving forward on this item, i'm happy to make a motion to send this forward with positive recommendation and it looks like there's no objection. without objection, that motion passes. mr. clerk are there any other items on the agenda to? >> that completes the agenda for today. >> then the meeting is adjourned. thank you. [♪]

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>> for joining us here today. we all know that our public transportation system in san francisco is important to our present and it is definitely critical to the future of our city. as our city grows, as our economy grows, as we build more housing, as more people work here, we know that we can't continue to grow in those areas without thinking about

improvements to our public transportation system. as someone who grew up in this city, i relied on muni, the 31, the 22 philmore, the 44, you name it, i was on those buses. the 19, i know the routes by heart. but the fact is, you know, we need to do better. we need to make sure that people, especially people who rely on muni to get to work, school, doctors appointments, so many of our seniors who can't drive and need to pick up their medications and other things, we need to make sure that our public transportation system is reliable for all of our communities, in all parts of san francisco, especially on those communities that have consistently been neglected. it means safer streets for

pedestrians and bicyclists and all of its users. we know over the years the city is a lot more congested than it has ever been, but we also know to make it a better city and to reach our climate goals, we have to leave it less congested. we have a lot of work to do and we are doing the work. in june we created a working group with city leaders and staff and industry leaders with the goal of making this better. i am looking forward to seeing the recommendations coming out. over the past few years we have made some significant investments. we committed to doubling the pace of building more protected bike lanes. we established a quick build program to increase the delivery

of low-cost units. and we expanded our focus on traffic safety. thankfully the voters gave us one more tool to improve streets with the passage of proposition v. this will allow us to invest $30 million in light rail vehicles anduses as well as street safety improvements. so the work continues and we will continue to do the work that we can to move these objectives forward as quickly as possible. these objectives are the responsibility of the san francisco municipal transportation agency. the m.t.a. managing our streets, public transportation, other mobility options like bike shares and e-scooters, and a lot of public infrastructure projects, like the central subway and van neessb.r.t.

this is a system that looks at day-to-day operations as well as looking at the future and how we make sure that the challenges that existed now don't continue to exist in the future. this requires a strong vision and strong leadership. so today i'm proud to announce that the s.f. board will be recommending -- the s.f. m.t.a. board will be recommending jeffry tumlin as the next director of s.f. m.t.a. this is jeffry. you can clap. [ laughter ]. >> mayor breed: jeff is an international transportation expert who brings over 25 years of experience of improving transportation in cities. he was recently the interim director at the oakland department of transportation,

where he laid the foundation for the agency's future success with a lens on environmental benefits and equality. i believe jeffry will do the same at s.f. m.t.a. throughout his career, he has been known for bringing a visionary perspective on transportation in cities and helping to implement innovative ideas that are desperately needed. he will be joining the city as a long-time resident of noey valley and will be the first lgbtq director in s.f.'s history. i look forward to working with jeffry to help us deliver a great transportation system in san francisco, and i want to thank the board, including the president of the board who is here today, malcolm heinikie and gweneth borden, thank you for your leadership and coordinating

the interview process and everything that you did, to make sure that we found the best person possible to do the job to make our public transportation and infrastructure and all that we need to do to improve mobility in san francisco in a safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly way to choosing that person who could do just that. ladies and gentlemen, jeffry tumlin. >> good morning. my name is jeff tumlin, and i have been in the transportation industry for a long time, for 25 years, advising cities and transit agencies how to clarify their values and then use transportation investments to make those values manifest. i like asking questions about what is most important, what

does success look like, and more importantly how would we measure whether we were actually successful or not. that's where my technical work comes into play, trying to use tools to be able to measure social equity and environmental outcomes and to align our transportation spending in order to best achieve the public good. i ended up in this industry against my better judgment. i discovered very early in my career and sort of by accident that we in transport have a bigger impact on public health outcomes than the medical industry does. we have a bigger impact on economic development, than economic development programs do. and more importantly, we are arguably the biggest driver of opportunity. we decide how many jobs people can get to in a reasonable commute time. we determine whether children

can get safely to school, which impacts their academic performance. we are fundamental drivers of economic opportunity or destroyers of economic opportunity. we have resources. if we use those resources wisely, we can correct the ways in which my industry has historically destroyed opportunity and wealth for people of color. early in my industry's history, if you wanted to build a highway project, you got extra points for removing light. light of course being defined as african-american and latino ownership. the city and county of san francisco did not escape that dark period in our industry, and we have a key responsibility to correct for the past and to

equalize opportunity for everyone. we can also do what some mobility tech companies want us to do, which is to provide more exquisite convenience for the privilege. i'm committed to doing the former, and using transportation as a tool to make san francisco achieve its potential. that includes addressing problems like the fact that 25 people have died in our streets this year and were on track to injure nearly 3,000. we lose in injuries and fatalities about 647 people in san francisco. i want to change that. you can see from my social media presence that i've long been an outspoken proponent of changing core practices in my industry and using the power that we have

in transportation to reduce climate change, improve quality of life, foster small business success, and advance equity. i've reached the point in my cle career, however, where it's time to stop advising and start doing. i've worked all over the world, and san francisco remains the only city that i felt was my home. san francisco has assembled all of the pieces that we need in order to create dramatic and progressive change. we've got a visionary m.t.a. board that i cannot wait to work for. we have the most talented agency staff in the industry. we have a tenacious and hard-driving mayor who i know will make a great partner. we also have a progressive board of supervisors ready to ask the

tough questions. i am ready to serve all of them. i don't have a 30 or 100-day plan. my first task is to listen carefully to staff. we do have the most incredible assembly of talent of any city in the country. i trust their professional expertise. it is my job first to listen and then secondly, and more importantly, to remove obstacles so that they can do their good and productive work. i do not know all of the answers yet. it's going to take me a while to learn from staff what the best answers are. i want to close by saying that we have talent, resources and some clarity about what our resources are in san francisco, but there remains a gap between san francisco's potential and its current reality. i am deeply excited to do the

hard work to close that gap. we have the tools and all of the resources that we need, unlike really any city in the world. i can't wait to get started, particularly with the help of all of you in this room, the press. with that, i'm happy to take questions. malcolm, did you have words to say? >> absolutely. i know i stand between you and the questions for our new director of transportation. i am the chair of the new m.t.a. board. if i seem excited, it's because i am. we are in the process of hiring a star for san francisco. we are very excited here today. the first person i want to thank is is the mayor, not just because of her commitment and support, but also i want to thank the mayor for not just her

support and partnership in this, but the fact that you challenged us you were the result of a challenge to get a bold leader to take this agency forward. i'm grateful for that challenge. that challenge led us to an international search. we searched far and wide. i want to thank the search committee for the wonderful job that was done to conduct a truly international search that led us to someone in our backyard, a san franciscan to run our agency. what has struck us about jeff more than his expertise, dedication, and his experience is his passion. you just heard it. he recognizes how transportation affects people's lives, making it better when it goes well and worse when it doesn't. with that, we are very excited. i wish jeff the absolute best.

i know he won't need luck because he's a true professional and i'm excited to see him be a star and a partner. in my closing comments, i would like to say this, the last few months have been tumultuous at the agency, but not as much as without a director. the acting director kept the ship steady, was professional, calm, and an absolute pleasure to work with. thank you for your service. with that, i will turn the podium back to the super staff to answer our questions. thank you for the questions. >> what questions do you have? >> [ indiscernible ].

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