office, i have not received more positive feedback on an issue, and i think supervisor peskin will allagree, as well,o i'm going to allow him to make some comments on this issue. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair safai. we've been to enough meeting that we have the same rap pretty much. if you will. i associate myself, as i say with your comments. >> supervisor safai: i'll do that before you get up -- i just want you to say a little bit about the late 90's and 0 2008, because i think that's important for the public. >> supervisor peskin: sure. so just by way of history, the function that's now municipally used to be a part of the public utilities commission, the same puc that does water and power and

office, i have not received more positive feedback on an issue, and i think supervisor peskin will allagree, as well,o i'm going to allow him to make some comments on this issue. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair safai. we've been to enough meeting that we have the same rap pretty much. if you will. i associate myself, as i say with your comments. >> supervisor safai: i'll do that before you get up -- i just want you to say a little bit about the late 90's and 0 2008, because i think that's important for the public. >> supervisor peskin: sure. so just by way of history, the function that's now municipally used to be a part of the public utilities commission, the same puc that does water and power and sewer. and that ultimately was, in 1999, as the result of a charter amendment, proposition e, became its own independent, what we call the sfmta. and certain powers and authorities that the board of supervisors had relative to budgetary authority -- when i first became a member of the board in 2001, the board of supervisors would literally approve each and every yellow, red, white, blue cu