recently approved phase one of the geary b.r.t., i hope this hearing will be an opportunity to discuss the policy in terms of what should be allowed in red carpet lanes moving forward. we need to understand what effect these private buses have on muni service before moorely giving them access to our public infrastructure. there needs to be a discussion about how to prioritize red lanes as public infrastructure for both public leoned and publicly operated transit. the rest, i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. supervisor kim? okay. supervisor mandelman? >> submit. >> clerk: supervisor safai, you asked to be referred. >> first, i'll ask to adjourn the meeting in memory of one of our long time constituents, velma witt. she went home on august 19, and passed in peace. she was raised in louisiana graduating from dillard university in 1944 and immediately made her way out to san francisco to find work and support the war effort. the city is where she met her husband, cletus, settling down in lakeview, an area of my district, and raising her family. her daughter, beverly, said she taugh