together on this. i just thought of the word law enforcement. it's a tough term, i think -- i think myself. i think of police as having a roll in our society. the u.s. has a huge prison population relative to the entire population of the country. that indicates that there's something -- something wrong and it needs to be addressed. we live -- we all need to live in a far more civil society. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. hell hello, -- >> hello, supervisor. i love all of you, but i came in late as i always do about that trans -- i am so sick and tired about being confused as a transgender, and at least once a month, i get my ass beat like

a man, and i'm sick of it. and most of the time, it's by some male security that works for somebody, and like i tell them, you need to get a female. what we need is more females that are put in security positions so that when they're interacting with a female, they can just say come on, ma'am. and i just had to do it today with lutheran social services, and i'm going to leave it at that because i feel like i have a relationship and an open-door policy with some of you all's offices, but some of you need to get some candy. thank you. >> president yee: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. my condolences to supervisor safai. i hope he rests in peace, your father. we sat down with kate teran.

we're told she cannot do a buy back, that that's above her. who's above the m.t.a.? the s.f. board of supervisors, m.t.a., and mayors, past mayors are guilty. it's malfeasance. it's harmful act, contrary to the law, wrongful, used especially in violation of public trust. i cannot go visit my family for thanksgiving because i have this medallion payment strangling me. how long are we going to delay? how long are we going to wait? happy thanksgiving. >> president yee: thank you.

next speaker. >> my name isally geller from walk san francisco and on behalf of walk san francisco, we offer our condolences to supervisor safai. we are very grateful to the board of supervisors for taking a strong stance for our city's children today. united nation's convention on the rights of a child offer a holistic way of san francisco strengthening ways of caring for our children. in order for san francisco to be a truly child friendly city, we want to be sure that we're creating safe streets for walking, biking, scooting, and playing for all children in every neighborhood. if we all work quickly toward this vision, we will all benefit every age and every ability. child friendly streets will benefit all our lives and our communities, and it will set

our city apart in the best possible way and lead other cities to follow. thank you all. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is nick pasquariello. i'm delivering you a letter from the californians association of retired americans. this is to every member of the board of supervisors and to every member of the library commission. dear mary wordwell. the san francisco public library recently made major changes in its core borrowing procedures that adversely affects its most vulnerable population, seniors, low-income and disabled library users. in mid-september without any prior notice, the san francisco

library eliminated public notices which let library users know which materials they requested are available for pick up at branchs. these notices greatly encourage borrowing of library materials. without them it's impossible for thousands of library users without internet access to use the library premises. the latest report reports that 300,000 san franciscans do not have internet access from their homes, including me. in making this decision, the library staff did not take into account this block of library users. they presumed all users have internet access which would allow them to receive notices via the internet. they did not take into effect all of these san franciscans who have no way of placing materials on hold for pick up.

this greatly disadvantages 138,000 patrons from using the library. quite simply, if a patron cannot know if a book is available, they will likely not use the library. this action by the library violates its public obligation to serve all users equally and at the same level of service. it may also violate -- thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> i came today -- linda chapman from knob hill. -- nob hill. i came today to represent the poor people of san francisco. when i saw the flier at an interfaith event, and the huge

page of national support from fack, tea facebook, tears came to my eyes. so you know, carr is getting tgetting -- cair is getting the word out. this is where i left off when i went to resurrected city, when i had the honor of my life of working in president johnson's poor people campaign and helping organize a local version of george wright's campaign. and then in the 60s, we lost all the voices -- the important voices. bobbie kennedy, martin luther king, and humphrey, and a few years later, george wiley. i came back to san francisco

expected to devote my life to this kind of thing here, and everybody was off on the environment. and then, on the groups of, you know, affirmative action for women and for black people, and chicanos. well, my job in the federal service was affirmative action. but to see, forgetting poverty, poor people, the democrats turned their back on it after that. i only here middle classes mentioned once in a while, we must -- you cannot imagine unless you're lived in those -- you've lived in those circumstances -- >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> clerk: yes. we'll come and pick that up. thank you. yes, please. thank you. [speaking spanish language]

>> clerk: ma'am, are you translating for you? >> sorry. let me get her notes. >> clerk: oh, sure. let me pause your time. >> hi. my name is sylvia, and i am

here supporting the resolution in favor of asylum because i think that all humans deserve respect and to be treated well and they deserve protection from violence. thank you to all of the supervisors that supported this resolution. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. [speaking spanish language] >> hi. my name is wendy cortez, and i am here to raise my voice. [speaking spanish language] >> -- for all of those who have

threats because of their -- because of violence and discrimination. [speaking spanish language] >> there's a lot of women and children who die because they don't have anywhere to flee to. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i'm also here to speak in support of supervisor ronen's proposed resolution affirming san francisco's commitment to its asylum seeking residents and we're so grateful for the supervisor's support and the resolution of the cosponsors. i'm here from the center for gender and refugee studies and

as attorneys we're fighting to overturn this ruling in the courts. every day, we're seeing the devastating impact it's having on asylum seeking women, children, and families. we face a steep uphill battle, but no matter who's in the white house, the u.s. government must continue to uphold its moral and legal obligations and provide every asylum seeker to present their case before a judge. we know that litigation victories alone do not create lasting change, and we know from our experience that real change will require a ground swell of public support for the communities we serve, and it is our hope that by advancing resolutions like this one and in welcoming cities like san

francisco to help us support asylum seekers, that will allow us to get the victories that we need and to allow our next administration to restoring justice to our asylum system a priority. i did mention this morning, a similar resolution is before the los angeles county board of supervisors, and it passed unanimously and we're hoping that san francisco can do the same today. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. my name is maria adrena and i work for san francisco recreation and parks department. i am here to thank you on behalf of recreation and parks and san francisco children and nature for adoption the resolution of the u.n. convention of the rights of the child. rights of the child work to address the disparities along

socioeconomic and racial lines to ensure all the children have the opportunity to play, learn, and grow in nature. time in nature vershas been significantly proven to improve all aspects of development, including the decrease of negative emotions such as anger, if a seeifatigue, and s and the growth of creation, confidence, and more. on october 18, 2014, the san francisco board of supervisors unanimously endorsed the community based effort to establish the san francisco children's outdoor bill of rights proclaiming every san franciscan child has the right to feel safe in the outdoors, to play anyplace in the city, to play in the sand and mud, and to steep under the stars -- sleep under the stars, just to name a few. in 2016, san francisco became a

member of the national initiative, and today, with the adoption of this resolution, san francisco continues to recognize its ongoing commitment for the rights of children including their rights to experience sustainable childhoods. thank you for your ongoing commitment and vision for a child friendly city that includes accessibility to nature and kid friendly programming. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. [speaking spanish language] >> hi. my name is juana florez. i'm here in support of the resolution for asylum.

we want to thank hillary ronen and all the supervisors who are cosponsoring this resolution because we believe that the right to asylum is a human right. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is lourdes martinez, and i just wanted to share with all of you a message that we gave down stairs during the press conference. that we at mujeres thinks that this begins with justice and the healing of our immigrant community begins with accompaniment. a sister of mine who will speak in a moment spoke of a great success that we saw in immigration court due to accompaniment, and our resolution is a great example

of this accompaniment that helps the heelialing of many wn that are arriving here in san francisco only to face the hate of the trump administration. we encourage you to stay connected to this movement and hopefully, we will eventually overturn what the trump administration has done and, you know, win asylum protection for women fleeing gender-based violence. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> hi. i'm sophia manjares, and i want to thank hillary ronen. as we know, asylum is a human right, and we hope that san francisco continues to be a trailblazer for other cities so that we can see changes at the federal level. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker.

>> hello. last night, i went to a screening of a great film called last man in san francisco. showed the impact of gentrification and how it destroys communities. san francisco is destroying its soul by pushing out the locals in this city. we need to protect our culture and make sure we don't lose anymore artists in the culture that makes our city so wonderful to live in. on a separate note, there's not enough trash cans between 25 and 26 on south vanness in district 9, and we would like to request more trash cans as ones have been recently removed. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. my name is lilia montecitos.

as an immigrant survivor of domestic violence, i support the asylum resolution because it protected human life. it was a long road to get my freedom back. the city lacks of support for victims of domestic violence. let's take a step to help those who need it. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. [speaking spanish language]

>> my name is ana delgado, and earlier during the president conferen -- press conference, i had the opportunity to show the testimony of one of the members where we had the opportunity to take her to court where the judge shared she did not qualify for conventional asylum. [speaking spanish language]

>> unfortunately, it's complicated because she was eventually granted humanitarian asylum but unfortunately that was because of the severity of the three years of abuse that she endured, physical, emotional, sexual. and unfortunately, she survived, but the thing is, it's not just -- when we leave our countries, it's not just the violence that we experience when we leave those countries, it's not just the violence of crossing through the multiple

borders a lot of times, and it's not just, like, the violence of the yeleras, the ice boxes, as they call them, so there has to be relief at some point. [speaking spanish language] >> and that's why we're passing -- we're grateful for your support in trying to pass this resolution. this is all our grain of sand, right? and we look forward to helping push this in other cities, as well, sacramento, alameda, oakland, washington, everywhere. so, you know, we're just starting with our grain of sand but hoping it gets a lot bigger. thank you. >> president yee: thank you.

next speaker. [speaking spanish language]

>> hello. my name is dora ramirez. i'm with muja, and i am to share with you guys. i'm from guatemala, i'm recently arrived, and i'm asking your support with this resolution because a lot of times when we're recently arrived, it's very difficult. a lot of doors are closed in our faces, and that's why it's very important for me to be able to make these connections with muja to be able to receive

the support that i receive by ask you guys to support in the ways that you can, which is with this resolution. thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> following me, i want to say i feel a little odd when i'm the largest stature person in the room. i'm not of large stature. the events of the last few days, i just want to commend this board as a general thing. i know that the typical political career is not particularly long. the most -- the meeting one. some of them are quite long, but the meeting one is not, and i want to -- whatever changes are coming to this board, i want to thank the people here. i think all of your parents

should be proud of you. there's been kind of a civility with this board. it started with mayor ed lee, and it went through mayor london breed, and it's through to the current board. and i hope it continues, and i want to thank you. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i i'm edward with the original equity group. i just want to extend my condolences to supervisor safai on the loss of his father. normally, i stay in my lane when it comes to cannabis equity, but i do want to say i was disappointed with the appointment of susan diamond to the cannabis commission. >> clerk: sir, excuse me. i'm pausing your time. that item was addressed at committee, so you cannot speak about miss diamond.

>> okay. i'll move on. the vacancy tax that wasn't spoken about today, i'm not in support or opposition for. the fund that's going towards small businesses, i do want to see that fund split between the office of cannabis's community reinvestment fund, which is still waiting to be funded since 2018. again, equity applicants are verified most vulnerable business population that we have here in san francisco, and i know this is not an urgent matter for the board, but i would like to see that amendment in the vacancy tax. i do want to congratulate the board for passing item 39. there are some changes i would like to see, but i'll take those comments offline. again, thanks for your time. >> president yee: thank you. any other public comments?

seeing none -- okay. come on up. if there's anybody else, please lineup, otherwise, there will be the last one. >> well, with the new d.a., we're definitely running into a situation. i believe there'll probably be an uptick in tent encampments and public urination. i'm wondering what does your police department choose to do about it and what this body chooses to do about it? ultimately, i would request that you create more infrastructure and more legal infrastructure. the other thing i'm concerned

about is your navigation centers. it seems like they're violating the laws that this body has created. let me see if i can pull this picture up. thank you go to this picture? if you look in the middle upper, i believe that device is a camera in people's sleeping area. i'm wondering, in what legal area is any of that even legal. do i have a right to put a camera in any of your bathrooms or bedrooms, and why is a contractor being allowed to deal with this? this image right here, this is also your navigation center.

this is a very clear violation of your laws about bedding and -- and spatial. the jails that i've been in, they provide more space between individuals, so you have this problem. the other problem is the jeff kozinski reports -- >> president yee: thank you very much. okay. this concludes public comment. okay. madam clerk, please call the for adoption without committee reference calendar item. >> clerk: items 53 through 63 were introduced without reference to committee. a unanimous vote is required

for resolutions. alternatively, a member may require a motion to go to committee. >> president yee: would any of my colleagues like to sever any items? supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: item 55. >> president yee: supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: 53. >> president yee: and i'd like to sever 56. so colleagues, can we take -- no. okay. colleagues, can we take the rest of the items minus 53, 55, and 56, same house, same call? >> clerk: roll call, mr. president. we need a roll call. >> president yee: roll call. >> clerk: okay. on items 54, 55, 57, 58, 59,

60, 61, 62, and 63 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: okay. madam clerk, please call item 53. >> clerk: item 53 is a resolution to declare the week of november 17 through the 23, 2019 as united against hate week in the city and county of san francisco. >> president yee: supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: colleagues, november 17 through 23, which we are in right now is the united against hate week. it's a call for local civic action by people in every bay area county to stop the hate and implicit biases in the bay

area. [inaudible] >> supervisor mandelman: the number of hate crimes committed across the united states has increased dramatically in the past several years including san francisco where hate crimes increased 61% between 2017 and 2018. with this resolution, san francisco will join berkeley and oakland in participating in united against hate week. i want to thank the organizers of the united against hate week and others. i'd also like to thank my

cosponsors for their support. >> president yee: okay. thank you. colleagues, can we take this same -- on item 53, same house, same call? without any objection, then, it passes unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, call item number 55. >> clerk: item 55, resolution to affirm san francisco's support for asylum seeking residents fleeing gender-based persecution and decrying the federal government's ordinance criminalizing domestic violence. >> president yee: supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes. i wanted to thank everyone for

their fierce support [speaking spanish language] >> president yee: okay. colleagues, can we take this item, same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk -- where am i? please call item 56. >> clerk: item 56 is a resolution to declare november 20, 2019 world children's day in the city and to affirm the city and county's commitment to the united nations convention of the rights of children. >> president yee: colleagues, let me indulge you a little bit for a moment here. i believe this is the first time this body has voted on such a resolution to acknowledge the world children's day which lands on -- tomorrow, on november 20 of every year. this year marks the 30th

anniversary of the united nations convention of the rights of children which provides basic human rights principles that ensures that every child is protected from violence and poverty. but beyond that, it provides this very basic notion that children deserve to have their voices heard as part of any community or governing structure. of all the united nation members, the united states is the only one to have not -- to not have ratified the convention of the rights of children. i think all of you -- i want to thank all of you for joining as cosponsor, and i guess, if i can, have -- officially have supervisor walton and supervisor safai join us also, for this important resolution to on call out the importance of this convention. but to also motivate to us to

become what is globally known as a child friendly city. a child friendly city is a concept that is trying to challenge the realization of the rights of children in an increasingly urbanized and decentralized world. what we are also seeing is that climate change, we need to start designing cities that are environmentally resilient, and that is what child friendly cities are all about, a city designed with children and youth in mind is a city that is sustainable and safer for all residents. last year, i attended the child safer city conference in vienna, austria, and heard about all the wonderful things cities like san francisco were doing all over the world. but what i found so fascinating is that cities were reimagining public spaces to be playful,

imagin imagi imaginative and accessible to children of all ages. can we imagine what san francisco would be like if we placed children at the center of all the decisions that we'd be making, influencing the build environment around us. imagine every city street where a children could bike and walk on their own to school without fear of being hurt in a dangerous environment. imagine every new housing unit being designed so that families of all types to could expand multigenerational units that accommodated children, growing teens, and parents who are care giving. imagine public space being

inviting to children so they could actively and creatively explore beyond just the confines of parks and playgrounds. the possibilities are endless, but we need to make this conscious decision that child friendly city is what we aim to be. over the course of past years, we have been able -- been part of these discussions with planning to push for family friendly design guidelines fashioned around vision zero, but i want to think bigger. i want to thank our department of children, youth and families, our youth council, our department of public works and rec and park for helping us move this conversation along. i also want to acknowledge parents who have come together to really galvanize around this

effort. parents like serina unger who i believe made a statement today in public testimony who is an urban planner by profession but was so passionate about this idea of child friendly future, she has taken it upon herself to present this idea to many, many groups who would listen. the other aspect of the child friendly city which i believe is so incredibly incredible is the idea that children and youth should be participating in meaningful ways in decision making. i know we do a great work with the youth commission and many of our own districts have youth councils like in district 7. but the child friendly city pushes this further. it is about ensuring that every child, even preschool age residents, should be able to

engage and provide input on what they want to see in their lived-in environments. yesterday, the youth commission voted to support our resolution and also asked for a friendly amendment which i have distributed to all of you, and i'll talk about it in a second. as a city, we have always placed the needs of communities most impacted by our environmental, racial, and economic injustice at the forefront. they are -- they are asking us to -- to really include the need -- to explicitly prioritize the need of black and brown communities in addition to other communities with high needs. in all my years as a parent and educator, i have never been more obsessed about a concept like this. i really hope that we as a city

can pursue this idea. as a grandparent, i want san francisco to become the place that my children can grow up and establish their roots. when i see all this new development and all these millennials, i am praying that they will choose to stay here. when we lose the children, we lose the vibrancy and diversity of our community. the stakes are high. the resolution is calling on san francisco to rise to the occasion and help us become a part of this global child friendly cities movement. i think we are ready and we can possibly become the first in the united states. so i want to point out again it was the youth commissioners who advocated for the amendments, and i totally agreed with them. so basically, we're adding on page 5, line 16, to include the

wording, "particularly marginalized black and brown children and youth." so that's my motion. could i have a second on that? thank you, supervisor peskin. without any objection, then, the motion passes, then, for the amendment. [gavel]. >> president yee: so madam clerk, what do i do? >> clerk: you can take it without objection as amended -- or same house, same call as amended. >> president yee: okay. can i have this same house, same call as amended? without objection, this item passes unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: so madam clerk, i think that's the end of our agenda, but please read the in memoriams. >> clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved memorials.

on behalf of supervisor mandelman, on the late jack porter, and on a motion made by the president and on behalf of the entire board of supervisors, on behalf of the late atta safai. >> president yee: okay. colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. please have a safe travel. i will see you in a few weeks. madam clerk, is there any further business for today? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> president yee: so we are adjourned. [gavel]

>> 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 ].

[♪] meeting of the sfmta board of directors to order. secretary boomer, roll call, please. >> thank you, madam chair. director borden? >> here. >> borden present. director brinkman. >> present. >> director eaken? >> here. >> director heinicke is anticipate. >> director rubke? >> here. >> director torres? >> here. >> madam chair, directors, you have a core quorum. the ringing of a use of cell phones and sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at the meeting. any personal responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. devices set on vibrate do