>> i am bob plantle. i have some good news, some bad news, and some suggestions based on what california walks learned last week. the bad news regarding the safety of schoolchildren. the governor vetoed assembly bill 1153, that would have doubled the fine of speeding through school zones. here in city departments lowered the speed limit, that is helpful. the governor said it was regressive to double the fines. so the suggestion i am going to make is, since both the t.a. and the city have lobbyists. they didn't seem to communicate quickly, timely and thoroughly to the city and t.a. and maybe from those agencies to advocacy groups. if we could have known of these meetings we could have generated comments from the state and the city. those lobbyists are paid, and we don't know what their instructions are. but i suggest a better communication channel throw and have staff work with the senate and assembly to find out what is coming up. the good news is that last week the california traffic control devices comm