fta, specific to van ness. so our ability to move that type of money or those dollars on to something else is a little difficult minus if we come in less than anticipated on the total project. since the project budget is complete and this project is not past the contingency, we recommend that the budget contingency remain in place, hopefully until the project is done. if other contract modifications or additional staff time is required during the delivery of the project, we have in the past borrowed money or reallocated it. we will talk about this as director heminger said later today based on the cash flow needs of the project of the mta. we would wait until the end of the project. >> i have to correct something i said earlier. the 18 months goes back to june of this previous year of 2020. so this is -- just enough funding to get through december of next year. >> chair borden: are you saying there's not extra money -- there's not a cushion as you thought previously? >> no, i'm sorry. >> chair borden: director

fta, specific to van ness. so our ability to move that type of money or those dollars on to something else is a little difficult minus if we come in less than anticipated on the total project. since the project budget is complete and this project is not past the contingency, we recommend that the budget contingency remain in place, hopefully until the project is done. if other contract modifications or additional staff time is required during the delivery of the project, we have in the past borrowed money or reallocated it. we will talk about this as director heminger said later today based on the cash flow needs of the project of the mta. we would wait until the end of the project. >> i have to correct something i said earlier. the 18 months goes back to june of this previous year of 2020. so this is -- just enough funding to get through december of next year. >> chair borden: are you saying there's not extra money -- there's not a cushion as you thought previously? >> no, i'm sorry. >> chair borden: director

after receiving his letter from buchanan, cornelia van ness roosevelt passed it along to king, who wrote back immediately to his former mess mates in washington. again, the full quote is worth reading and analyzing. i am selfish enough to hope you will not be able to be here to procure an associate, will cause you to feel no regret at our separation. for myself, i shall feel lonely in the midst of paris, for there i shall have no friends with whom i can commune as with my own thoughts. as was typical in his correspondence with buchanan, king responded with sentimentality. understandably, he did not wish to feel replaceable by another congressman after spending the better portion of the last 10 years living with james buchanan. his impending isolation in france would further prevent communion, a word to use here and other letters to mean sharing his thoughts with his friends, where he capitalized in reference to political friends or allies. although king brought relatives and staffers with him overseas, the transatlantic separation cut him off from his network of political friends at home

moises garcia, 1457 van ness, 94100. >> president mccarthy: thank you for that, mr. garcia. >> one more caller is in the queue. >> president mccarthy: sonya? next item, sonya. >> clerk: i forgot to unmute myself. 4a is commissioner's questions and matters. inquiries to staff. at this time, commissioners may make inquiries to staff regarding various documents, policies, practices and procedures, which are of interest to the commission. >> we will go through the normal way. vice president sam moss? >> vice-president moss: no, i'm okay right now. we can keep going. >> president mccarthy: thank you, vice president. commissioner alexander-tut please. >> commissioner alexander-tut: yes, i have a question somewhat regarding what -- (indiscernible) so let me know if this is -- anyway, let me know if this is inappropriate, but around a better forum for this, but i was curious also regarding the article -- is somebody who is -- whoever it is, i don't care if they're on this commission, but someone who is not a professional who works in d.b.i. all the time, is there a place whe

the daughter of cornelius van ness, she enchanted buchanan from the moment of their meeting in the late 1820's. as buchanan admitted many years later, "you captivated me at once, i have ever since remained faithful and true and am in now, my old age your devoted friend. secretary of state william marcy confirmed that buchanan still, "takes a wonderful interest in the family," and once courted one of the daughters himself. although cornelia had declined these advantages, they still felt affection for one another." she married james roosevelt of new york city, who later served a single term in the house of representatives from 1841-1843. during that time, the couple hosted numerous social gatherings, in the process, the intimate circle of the buchanan and roosevelt expanded to include william rufus king. one year later, the new connection led king to stay with the roosevelts in new york city, as he prepared to travel overseas as a new american minister to france. from this triangulated relationship follows some of the most intimate correspondent ever written by the two bosom friends. in a

moises garcia, 1457 van ness, 94100. >> president mccarthy: thank you for that, mr. garcia. >> one more caller is in the queue. >> president mccarthy: sonya? next item, sonya. >> clerk: i forgot to unmute myself. 4a is commissioner's questions and matters. inquiries to staff. at this time, commissioners may make inquiries to staff regarding various documents, policies, practices and procedures, which are of interest to the commission. >> we will go through the normal way. vice president sam moss? >> vice-president moss: no, i'm okay right now. we can keep going. >> president mccarthy: thank you, vice president. commissioner alexander-tut please. >> commissioner alexander-tut: yes, i have a question somewhat regarding what -- (indiscernible) so let me know if this is -- anyway, let me know if this is inappropriate, but around a better forum for this, but i was curious also regarding the article -- is somebody who is -- whoever it is, i don't care if they're on this commission, but someone who is not a professional who works in d.b.i. all the time, is there a place whe

including the cpmc campus here on van ness says the healthcare workers with the most patient interaction will be the first to receive them. an emergency room nurse at kaiser in los angeles was among the first in california to get the covid vaccine. with the governor by her side. >> what i want you to know, help is on the way. >> reporter: john marin at walnut creek is expecting 5,000 doses. 2,000 doses went to zuckerberg san francisco general. from stanford to kaiser northern california, ultra cold freezers have been installed. ready to sort through thousands of viles of the pfizer vaccine. at oakland international airport, fedex planes are bringing more doses packed in dry ice. they plan to begin vaccinations on wednesday. >> a little bit different than the other vaccines like the flu vaccines. patients need to be observed for ten minutes. so they will be vaccinated in the private room right now. >> reporter: they plan to wrap up their program to vaccinate as many as a thousand people a day. they are ready to treat anyone who has an extreme allergic reaction. >> it is extremely, extreme

peninsula drive times 101 from v van ness avenue to sfo 12 minutes.outhbound 101 to shoreline boulevard about ten minutes. rahel, i'll send it over to you. >>> good morning. i am rahel solomon from cnbc. wall street looks set to open lower this morning following a record-setting session yesterday. the dow, nasdaq and s&p all closing all-time highs or optimism of vaccines and a new stimulus package from washington, despite economic data and rising covid cases. the stimulus talks really coming down to the wire with funding expiring for the federal government at midnight on saturday and elsewhere in focus today nike reports earnings. t coca-cola cutting about 17% of its global workforce. so this is part of a larger restructuring aimed at tearing down its brands. the company says about half of the layoffs will be here in the u.s. where it has more than 10,000 workers. the pandemic has hammered coke's business as sales at public places such as stadiums and movie theaters dried up due to the lockdowns. coke says it's reducing its brands and has shed underpe

. >> one person was hurt after they crashed at the opera house in van ness streets in san francisco. it ended up going down the steps and nearly into the building itself. a tow truck was needed to lift it off the sidewalk. >> firefighters arrived on boat to rescue two people out for a morning swim near san francisco's legion of honor. the two got caught up by dangerous surf and got stranded on the rocky cliff. rescue swimmers navigated the rough surf to get them off to safety and they were able to walk off on their own where they were evaluated by the medics, but they appeared to be okay. >> he is the most prominent infectious disease expert in the country. and on his 80th birthday, what dr. fauchy is saying. >> sandhya patel will be here. >> merry christmas. >> he still managed to d we are the thrivers. women with metastatic breast cancer,... ...standing in the struggle. hustling through the hurt. asking for science, not sorrys. our time... ...for more time... ...has come. living longer is possible- and proven in women taking kisqali plus fulvestrant or a nonsteroidal aromatase inhi

moises garcia, 1457 van ness, 94100. >> president mccarthy: thank you for that, mr. garcia. >> one more caller is in the queue. >> president mccarthy: sonya? next item, sonya. >> clerk: i forgot to unmute myself. 4a is commissioner's questions and matters. inquiries to staff. at this time, commissioners may make inquiries to staff regarding various documents, policies, practices and procedures, which are of interest to the commission. >> we will go through the normal way. vice president sam moss? >> vice-president moss: no, i'm okay right now. we can keep going. >> president mccarthy: thank you, vice president. commissioner alexander-tut please. >> commissioner alexander-tut: yes, i have a question somewhat regarding what -- (indiscernible) so let me know if this is -- anyway, let me know if this is inappropriate, but around a better forum for this, but i was curious also regarding the article -- is somebody who is -- whoever it is, i don't care if they're on this commission, but someone who is not a professional who works in d.b.i. all the time, is there a place whe

a quick check of your peninsula drive times, southbound 101 from van ness to sfo 11 minutes.e'll have a traffic report in just a few minutes. >>> thanks so much. developing this morning strong winds are fueling an out-of-control wildfire in southern california. the bond fire started from a house fire on wednesday in orange county's silverado canyon. it has exploded in size burning some 6,500 acres. several communities there have been evacuated and two firefighters injured. they are now in the hospital. the fire is just about 10% contained. power is also out for 50,000 homes due to high fire danger. >>> back here in the bay area get ready to pay more money for your power bill. puc approving a new rate hike set to take effect in march. average monthly household bills will rise 8% or more than $13. over the year that's $150 or so. pg&e says that the money will go to improvements to help lower wildfire risk. >>> president-elect biden says he will ask americans to wear masks during the first 100 days of his administration. >> now, scott mcgrew, you suspect we will be wearing those

it will be early march before working is done up to the van ness. we can extend into the subway, at the same time we would extend the t up to west portal. we do have a shuttle that we anticipate launching at some point that would go from west portal to the embarcadero. that will really depend on when demand picks up in the subway given as we're moving in purple tier. we're not sure when the demand picks back up. we'll be able to add a shuttle at that point. just as a reminder, the l, k and m will remain as bus subs throughout the spring. when the subway does return in march, we need to make some operational changes prior to covid. the subway experience, lot of reliability issues and crowded trains and platforms. one of the major reasons, we had too many lines going in through one track in the subway. really in order to improve subway performance as we talked about back in middle of september, we're proposing to take the j out of the tunnel. when rail was initially reinstituted in august, the j stopped near side of market. we called that phase one of

shutdowns reduced capacity, dining and take-out only service glide handed out over 1400 holiday meals on van ness avenue today. >>yeah, you know i think the pandemic has hit all of us it's certainly our you know they're they're you know they're suffering the most of the most marginalized in the most in need it's you know, this is a tough time for everybody and especially you know like i said our community. >>some starbucks coffee was also handed out during the event's breakfast and lunch will also be served on christmas day. and kron 4 is teaming up with the super bowl of caring to raise 1 million meals for families in need. so if you'd like to donate grab your phone scanned the qr code on your screen or text. the words, n y e donate to 2, 6, 9, 8, 9, you can also visit tackle hunger dot org and pick a local charity to help. >>much more coming up here on kron 4 news at 3 including a warning from police in the north bay following an attempted first robbery and one petaluma parking lot why they are choppers to be vigilant during those last minute trips to the stores. plus you're traveling to the si

pretty normal traffic flow through there and southbound 101 from van ness avenue through sfo. it's looking good so far, so just continue to drive safe out there. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> pigs even horses. next on "today in the bay" bringing your pet along for emotional support when you fly getting harder to do. we'll explain exactly which of your furry friends may suddenly be grounded. >>> if you're planning to buy a gift online, it would be very good to get it done soon. i will tell you why. >>> plus . ♪ so call me maybe the other boys try to chase me ♪ ♪ here's my number call me maybe ♪ >> you remember that song. i want to ask you a question, do you think a new christmas classic? the new holiday song from pop star. stick around for it. in a land not so far away. people are saving hundreds on the most reliable network with xfinity mobile. they can choose from the latest phones or bring their own. and choose the data option that's right for them. they even get nationwide 5g at no extra cost. and since they are on the carrier rated #1 in customer sa

and if that doesn't work, we'll send in rosie o'donnell and jonathan van ness.nt trump had lunch today with vice president mike pence trump had the pancakes, while pence had a strange feeling that none of this was worth it. "are we going to stay in touch, sir? "who the [ bleep ] are you?" [ light laughter ] white house coronavirus task force member dr. scott atlas called on people in michigan to, quote, "rise up" against new coronavirus restrictions is he an actual doctor or is this like in comic books where "doctor" just means he's evil you know, because no one would be afraid of a guy who called himself mr. octopus. "and is there a mrs. octopus?" [ light laughter ] vice president mike pence and second lady karen pence attended the space-x rocket launch yesterday in florida it's the only thing he's ever watched that had an "x" in it. sony's playstation 5 game console was released last week, and almost immediately sold out in the u.s. and japan. also selling out in the u.s. and japan, me. the national weather service last night issued a rare tornado warning for

when you add that to the van ness b.r.t. delays, which is nowhere near as complicated as these other projects, i just -- i'm -- as i said in the newspaper the other day, i mean, you're out of excuses. i don't even know what to say. commissioner yee. >> supervisor yee: i think you said it well. i share that frustration. and the part of the presentation is i'm listening to almost a recycle of probably what i have heard ten years ago, in terms of here's our capital plan and we're trying to be comprehensive and blah, blah, blah. and some of these issues seem to like -- i'm glad you're taking that approach, it shouldn't have taken us this long to think about it in the comprehensive way you're talking about. although even though it's comprehensive possibly, the implementation of what you're talking about is still going to be piecemeal. in terms of the rail grinding, maybe i'm mistaken. i thought we did it recently? is that -- am i mistaking that with bart? didn't we have some rail grinding somewhere? >> bart does have a longer-sta

it will be early march before working is done up to the van ness. we can extend into the subway, at the same time we would extend the t up to west portal. we do have a shuttle that we anticipate launching at some point that would go from west portal to the embarcadero. that will really depend on when demand picks up in the subway given as we're moving in purple tier. we're not sure when the demand picks back up. we'll be able to add a shuttle at that point. just as a reminder, the l, k and m will remain as bus subs throughout the spring. when the subway does return in march, we need to make some operational changes prior to covid. the subway experience, lot of reliability issues and crowded trains and platforms. one of the major reasons, we had too many lines going in through one track in the subway. really in order to improve subway performance as we talked about back in middle of september, we're proposing to take the j out of the tunnel. when rail was initially reinstituted in august, the j stopped near side of market. we called that phase one of

director brinkman will remember being at the ground breaking of this, seeing red paints for the van ness b.r.t. project. so, this year, or this coming 2021, we will be focussing on these priorities here again enumerated but by no means listing any kind of particular order of preference. they are all very important but just to give you some back story here, and to get a little detail on what you are seeing here, of course the san francisco county transportation authority always is our key partner in lots of different things as we are working with them to, whether it's congestion fee analysis or doing what we can to get funding, any time there is any kind of legislation or legislative approval that's needed we'll be working with them on a regular basis, and i would encourage you if you ever have the time, i know that you have literally dedicated thousands of hours in volunteer time, which i deeply am appreciative of and i'm sure everyone in the agency appreciative of, if you could squeeze out a little more, i would encourage you to watch those sfmta meetings that happen every other tuesday

that was a big commercial busy near van ness. designed for people who live in other neighborhoods to come to? or more children in the surrounding area to use the large park? >> i truly believe in as much as it is a neighborhood park, i live in the bay view and go there quite a bit. i have heard folks in the bay view that go there and it's a destination park and the scale allows it to be neighborhood focussed but the plaza itself is big enough for big open events. it's a combination. >> that's good given the budget that's nice to see people know about it who don't live near it and used by other people. >> and to be honest, this project i've gotten more feedback from folks that don't live in the neighborhood that have passed by and said whoa, this is a huge transformation. we feed parks like this as a day in the park for families and what i mean by that is that where families can come on a saturday and be able to participate in numerous activities. we have a children's playground. we have over 10 soccer field to the north. we have

that was a big commercial busy near van ness.igned for people who live in other neighborhoods to come to? or more children in the surrounding area to use the large park? >> i truly believe in as much as it is a neighborhood park, i live in the bay view and go there quite a bit. i have heard folks in the bay view that go there and it's a destination park and the scale allows it to be neighborhood focussed but the plaza itself is big enough for big open events. it's a combination. >> that's good given the budget that's nice to see people know about it who don't live near it and used by other people. >> and to be honest, this project i've gotten more feedback from folks that don't live in the neighborhood that have passed by and said whoa, this is a huge transformation. we feed parks like this as a day in the park for families and what i mean by that is that where families can come on a saturday and be able to participate in numerous activities. we have a children's playground. we have over 10 soccer field to the north. we have a bi

it is essentially important for our customers to follow protocols when they come to 49 south van ness to drop plans or apply for non-planned permits on. behalf of the commission i thank all of our customers in advance for their diligence and ongoing support and, again, i thank d.b.i. leadership and staff for their ongoing heroic work during this complicated and still threatening circumstances. i also want to respond to the arts guild in the chronicle titled "san francisco building department is a mess." not only was i frustrated with such an infactually in my opinion incorrect piece, but i also felt for the employees who have overcome so much in these difficult times. i wanted to address inaccuracies in the article and correct the record. we all know some changes have -- we all know that some charges have been filed against high-profile department heads but they were from other departments. no one name or face defines our department. the -- excuse me, the mission was mentioned yet again, and despite the fact that the records show that d.b.i. performed well. this permit set in planning