now you're starting to see the bart board this past week approved a budget that maintained some service levels but did take some of their expansion vehicle projects that had been funded from these formula grant money it close their budget. you're starting to see agencies look to that source which is under their control. these decisions are happening at each individual transit agencies management and board and their discussions about the budget and priorities. it's a tougher decision to make with trade off because they may not have as much expansion money to trade off. whether that trade off is with capital maintenance. certainly they wouldn't want to dip into safety projects. cal train for example, can do that. bart has already i believe begun to do that in a limited way in using their expansion capital vehicle funds. >> : how that decision is made, i think when it gets to the maybe hood level this impack whrz we caimpactswhether we canr bus line or not. there are trade offs here and there are opportunities to use some of the capital formula funs in this way. i look forward to continuin

now you're starting to see the bart board this past week approved a budget that maintained some service levels but did take some of their expansion vehicle projects that had been funded from these formula grant money it close their budget. you're starting to see agencies look to that source which is under their control. these decisions are happening at each individual transit agencies management and board and their discussions about the budget and priorities. it's a tougher decision to make with trade off because they may not have as much expansion money to trade off. whether that trade off is with capital maintenance. certainly they wouldn't want to dip into safety projects. cal train for example, can do that. bart has already i believe begun to do that in a limited way in using their expansion capital vehicle funds. >> : how that decision is made, i think when it gets to the maybe hood level this impack whrz we caimpactswhether we canr bus line or not. there are trade offs here and there are opportunities to use some of the capital formula funs in this way. i look forward to continuin

now you're starting to see the bart board this past week approved a budget that maintained some service levels but did take some of their expansion vehicle projects that had been funded from these formula grant money it close their budget. you're starting to see agencies look to that source which is under their control. these decisions are happening at each individual transit agencies management and board and their discussions about the budget and priorities. it's a tougher decision to make with trade off because they may not have as much expansion money to trade off. whether that trade off is with capital maintenance. certainly they wouldn't want to dip into safety projects. cal train for example, can do that. bart has already i believe begun to do that in a limited way in using their expansion capital vehicle funds. >> : how that decision is made, i think when it gets to the maybe hood level this impack whrz we caimpactswhether we canr bus line or not. there are trade offs here and there are opportunities to use some of the capital formula funs in this way. i look forward to continuin

especially last week when we were talking about bart drivers making $93,000 and being a middle-class salary. we're all on board there. caltrain as it is, we need to pass a clean tax bill. caltrain is consistently more reliable than bart or sfsta is. i'm a former caltrain rider and i don't ride it right now but i don't trust san francisco to have control of caltrain. we need a regional system that is above local politics, not one beholden to local whims. samtrans runs the day-to-day operations for exchange for giving up that $40 million demand. and the regional blue ribbon task force is underway. pass a clean measure for the voters to vote on and not one with this poison pill that puts caltrain funding in jeopardy. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next caller, please. >welcome caller. you will have up to two minutes. >> caller: hello. my name is alan. and i'm calling in to express my support for the tax measure as a whole. but to express my -- i guess disappointment -- and disagreement would be added governance reforms have been added to this legislation. caltrain needs to be treated as a trans

now you're starting to see the bart board this past week approved a budget that maintained some servicetake some of their expansion vehicle projects that had been funded from these formula grant money it close their budget. you're starting to see agencies look to that source which is under their control. these decisions are happening at each individual transit agencies management and board and their discussions about the budget and priorities. it's a tougher decision to make with trade off because they may not have as much expansion money to trade off. whether that trade off is with capital maintenance. certainly they wouldn't want to dip into safety projects. cal train for example, can do that. bart has already i believe begun to do that in a limited way in using their expansion capital vehicle funds. >> : how that decision is made, i think when it gets to the maybe hood level this impack whrz we caimpactswhether we canr bus line or not. there are trade offs here and there are opportunities to use some of the capital formula funs in this way. i look forward to continuing that conversat

now you're starting to see the bart board this past week approved a budget that maintained some service levels but did take some of their expansion vehicle projects that had been funded from these formula grant money it close their budget. you're starting to see agencies look to that source which is under their control. these decisions are happening at each individual transit agencies management and board and their discussions about the budget and priorities. it's a tougher decision to make with trade off because they may not have as much expansion money to trade off. whether that trade off is with capital maintenance. certainly they wouldn't want to dip into safety projects. cal train for example, can do that. bart has already i believe begun to do that in a limited way in using their expansion capital vehicle funds. >> : how that decision is made, i think when it gets to the maybe hood level this impack whrz we caimpactswhether we canr bus line or not. there are trade offs here and there are opportunities to use some of the capital formula funs in this way. i look forward to continuin

especially last week when we were talking about bart drivers making $93,000 and being a middle-class salary. we're all on board there. caltrain as it is, we need to pass a clean tax bill. caltrain is consistently more reliable than bart or sfsta is. i'm a former caltrain rider and i don't ride it right now but i don't trust san francisco to have control of caltrain. we need a regional system that is above local politics, not one beholden to local whims. samtrans runs the day-to-day operations for exchange for giving up that $40 million demand. and the regional blue ribbon task force is underway. pass a clean measure for the voters to vote on and not one with this poison pill that puts caltrain funding in jeopardy. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next caller, please. >welcome caller. you will have up to two minutes. >> caller: hello. my name is alan. and i'm calling in to express my support for the tax measure as a whole. but to express my -- i guess disappointment -- and disagreement would be added governance reforms have been added to this legislation. caltrain needs to be treated as a trans

now you're starting to see the bart board this past week approved a budget that maintained some servicedid take some of their expansion vehicle projects that had been funded from these formula grant money it close their budget. you're starting to see agencies look to that source which is under their control. these decisions are happening at each individual transit agencies management and board and their discussions about the budget and priorities. it's a tougher decision to make with trade off because they may not have as much expansion money to trade off. whether that trade off is with capital maintenance. certainly they wouldn't want to dip into safety projects. cal train for example, can do that. bart has already i believe begun to do that in a limited way in using their expansion capital vehicle funds. >> : how that decision is made, i think when it gets to the maybe hood level this impack whrz we caimpactswhether we canr bus line or not. there are trade offs here and there are opportunities to use some of the capital formula funs in this way. i look forward to continuing that conve

project to build a six-story apartment complex near the pleasant hill bart station could move forward tomorrow. contra costa county's board of supervisors is set to reject two appeals against the del hombre apartments. they claim there isn't enough parking and will cause traffic problems. >>> major clinical tries are under way in the u.s. to test vaccines for covid-19. you've heard that officials from the cdc and pentagon plan to conduct site visits to different states, including here in california in order to develop vaccine distribution plans based on what they learn. all this week we intend to answer questions about efforts to find a vaccine. tonight a look at the players and potential vaccines now in the pipeline. >> reporter: the race to develop a covid vaccine is not only shifting into high gear, it turns out drug companies are following wildly different maps to find the finish line. >> the most important thing in a vaccine is the idea. >> reporter: ucsf professor dr. jay levy is tracking efforts worldwide, including the roughly half dozen domestic vaccine trials now getting under way in the united states. he says o

. >> this summer, i rely on bart to get there two days a week, and i also rely on board for all otheriking or walking distance as well, and if classes were being held in person, i would be taking bart to school too. >> reporter: bob general manager says it needs funding to be included in the next relief bill to fill the gaps left by the precipitous drop in ridership since the pandemic. the agency is saying it's critical not just to their health, but the overall economic health of the nation. >> we need congress to act now. there is an urgent need. you know, at its core, the economy cannot, and it will not recover without transit. >> reporter: transit agencies point out many of them have been running, albeit at a reduced capacity through the pandemic to get essential workers to and from their jobs. congressman jerry nadler from new york was on the call with transit agencies and said he's urging his counterparts on both sides of the aisle to come up with $32 billion. >> it's the minimum we need. we are being very conservative, but the fact is the mass transit cannot survive without at l

. >> this summer, i rely on bart to get there two days a week. i also rely on boardor all other travel. if classes were being held in person, i would be taking part two school too. >> rob powers says his agency is ready to serve the public but needs funding to help fill the gaps left by the precipitous drop in ridership since the pandemic. it is critical not just to their health but the overall economic health of the nation. >> we need congress to act now. there is an urgent need. at its conot recover without transit. >> transit agencies point out that many have been running at a reduced capacity through the pandemic to get essential workers to and from their jobs. one congressman was on that call and said he is urging his counterparts on both sides of the aisle to come up with $32 billion. >> it is the money we need. we are being conservative. they cannot survive without at least that kind of money. i anticipate that as the pandemic goes further, we probably will need more money. >> senator chuck schumer is working on hammering out that next relief package. he says

bart, should work for youth and make them equitable. the easiest way for this to be done is to include youth. we recommend that the sfmta needs to make fair policies that work for youth and board of supervisors needs to provide funding that is constant and dedicated to train muni, caltrain and bart. we are 'em that the sfmta -- recommend that the sfmta stop working to enforce fares. we also recommend the board of supervisors, h.s.h. work to eliminate fare -- [inaudible] -- $2 million to eliminate this fare, however, this will be offset by admin costs. we also recommend there is increase of funding for the sunset park and increase in funding for improvements to other experiencing extraordinarily high youth ridership. we recommend that the board of supervisors provide funding to muni static electric bus pilot project to give muni more experienced operators of electric buses. this would cost $4.1 million to $5.3 million. we'll now pass it back to commissioner click. >> thank you, commissioner. so, lastly, i'll just touch briefly on the commission's own budget, which we've talked about during this budget cycle. back in february, our staff worked with the clerk and board on raising

executives there pushed to remove bannon from the board for not investigating improprieties allegedly tied to him. he went on to write for bannon's bright barteatedly filed for bankruptcy, faced more than a dozen state tax leans. the third con spear tor, timothy shay. the denver real estate agent sells a pro-trump energy drink that comes in a can with a picture of trump in a superhero costume. >> how serious are the charges? >> the actual charges, anderson, one charge each of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, i should say wire fraud, each carry a maximum sentence of up to 20 years a piece. they are serious. steve bannon pleaded not guilty. the other three men were arrested in their hometowns. they posted bail and are free now. >> what about the people that gave them money? >> yeah, that is the sad part. there are lot of people who gave money thinking it was going to build a wall. they did build some wall on private land in new mexico, but i've got to think there's hundreds, maybe thousands of people out there wondering if their money went to the wall or their money went to actually feeding the luxury lif

board. start a woman tomorrow. you will notice it more toward the into the weekend into the weekend. >>> reimagining enforcement in the bart system. what they are considering as an alternative to bart enforcement. >>> a creative effort aimed at stopping the spread of covid- 19. >>> now you can have the morning headlines delivered to you by signing up for the new ktvu newsletter. go to ktvu.com/email and sign up for the daily service. superfast internet. it's a beautiful thing. superfast internet with an xfinity flex 4k streaming device included? even beautiful-er. and now flex also comes with peacock. ooh la la. this rare bird lets you stream tons of movies, shows, news, sports and more. and with flex, it's all at your beck and call... show me parks and rec! see? the best really did get better! magnificent. switch to xfinity internet and get a flex 4k streaming device with peacock premium included for no additional cost. one fact remains unchanged. blood is needed every day by patients facing a range of serious illnesses. if you're healthy, please schedule an appointment to donate by visiting red cross blood dot org. >>> w

divide and anyway, i think the policy change during bart done can's director ship and some of those were cranky about that because we sat as a full board and reviewed all of the -- and blue shield was not allowed to offer retiree benefits. they wanted out of the medicare business but prior to that every vendor we have whether it was foundation and blue shield, whether it was regardless of who it was, they all had to offer retiree benefits and most of the building problems came from (inaudible) people and i think mitchell is aware of that. that's my comments, thank you. >> i apologize for that new title. so, i think what i would like to do is maybe, since commissioner scott is the chair of governance and has a commissioner scott looks at this with his committee and discuss this further and and back with decisions with ways to rectify this and commissioner scott or someone to sit in on the deliberations or something and there are several options and this is not the forum to us go over the history completely and to change what is currently our policy so, if i can go to the chair of that committee it will be the next step. >> for the covid

they wanted to have more police presence around the bart stations at that time and i believe this is one we got a call from many of people on the board and that was about the beat package, also. i think it was a $2.4 million increase, if i'm correct. >> it was. and at the bart, that specific overtime was the specific time but i have our chief financial officer, patrick leon and i'll slide over and let him get the mic. >> for any overtime added, if it was in the general fund, it would be included within the line for crime response, critical incidents and hospital watch, et cetera. and if it was included as a part of the annual project fund, then it would be -- then it would not be included within this table, but i would have to get you the numbers separately. >> what's the annual project fund? >> i'm sorry. within the general fund, it's cacategorized into three differt funds. there's an annual operating fund. there's an annual project fund and then there's a continuing project fund. for an annual project fund, it's supposed to be for projects that are allocated on an annual -- just for and annual year. and any amounts that are not exp

board of supersizor supe. speaking in favor of this >> : i'm the only one leftlivin. for the last decade-empty land whether publicly owned or not five minutes from bart station. we have a chance to develop 17-acres of land where half is affordable housing. i think we should take it to allow neighbors like mine to stay in this city. thank you. >> : thank you. next speaker, please. >> : hi. i'm a san francisco resident. bring it back to the idea that there's five hundred fifty below market rate housing, hows of folks who have been displaced or in precarious situations right now have housing near transit, bart, college, high quality schools and beautiful parks. i agree when the conversation started when the program was presented he wanted a use it or lose it amendment for this project. i agree. a lot of the opposition-we do these these housing now. there's tons of public benefits for this project. thirty years of planning around the empty parking lot. there's a parking garage. i believe there's a transit rich spot. we absolutely need those five hundred fifty affordable units. they are not needed in five years, they are needed now. approve it as it is. a

board of supersizor supe. speaking in favor of this >> : i'm the only one leftlivin. for the last decade-empty land whether publicly owned or not five minutes from bart station. we have a chance to develop 17-acres of land where half is affordable housing. i think we should take it to allow neighbors like mine to stay in this city. thank you. >> : thank you. next speaker, please. >> : hi. i'm a san francisco resident. bring it back to the idea that there's five hundred fifty below market rate housing, hows of folks who have been displaced or in precarious situations right now have housing near transit, bart, college, high quality schools and beautiful parks. i agree when the conversation started when the program was presented he wanted a use it or lose it amendment for this project. i agree. a lot of the opposition-we do these these housing now. there's tons of public benefits for this project. thirty years of planning around the empty parking lot. there's a parking garage. i believe there's a transit rich spot. we absolutely need those five hundred fifty affordable units. they are not needed in five years, they are needed now. approve it as it is. a

bart san francisco international airport. i want you to please save caltrain. i want to lend my voice. i'm asking that you save caltrain. thank you. >> next speaker please. >> anyone else who wish to address the board on matters not on the agenda, please dial 10. are there any remaining -- there are no remaining callers under general public comment. >> we will close public comment and move on to our next item. >> thank you. the next item is the consent calendar. i will read the consent calendar item. if anyone wishes to address any matter that is on the consent calendar after i read it, the chair will open for public comment. the phone number to use is (888)808-6929. [please stand by]. >> this is a request approval of the workers competence investigative services with the past investigations to provide comprehensive workers compensation for an amount not to exceed $3,750,000 in the term of five years with options to extend the contract and 10.6 for facility rehabilitation for pilot program to electric to upgrade the infrastructure and install city-furnished battery bus chargers at the wood's busyard in the amount of 2,690,000 for a tem of 270 days. and item 10.7, authorizes the director to execute