caltrain said it was d.p.w. and d.p.w. said it was caltrain. the level of coordination between the two city agencies, i understand when i called d.p.w. or maintenance issues in the city, they respond. i have had nothing but frustration with dealing with caltrain and properties along the freeway. whatever agreements are going to be finalized here, we need to have -- and this is as supervisor kim said, on a separate note, we need to have a higher level of communication. i appreciate the fact that jeremy is on board and he has been communicating with our department but i need them to step up and do a better job in terms of coordinating. they finally replace a pothole but they -- there is still trash that has been here for almost a year. it has never been picked up. it is embarrassing. it is embarrassing because thousands of people enter the freeway that way every single day. and trash is there all the time. and sand and discarded materials and what makes it even worse is the maintenance yard is the next exit. i am sorry. i wanted to put that on th

and caltrain and he visits his friends in l.a. in the time it takes for me to visit my friend in san jose. some day that will happen. someday we will celebrate that. until that happens, we party on today here in california, here in san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> as i stated, it is one relay process after another for the resources that are needed to. san francisco has always been blessed in the halls of the legislature, even though we have very few members, so to speak, in terms of members. our members always seem to project themselves and present themselves and their colleagues embrace them and give them great assignments. the man that i am about to present to you is exactly in that category. you want to be nice to him because he is the budget chair. that means if and when there is a need for some immediate financing, he has the authority to leverage on behalf of san francisco in this region, on behalf of this project and we will hold him exactly to that. he did not have to leave the assessor's office and go to sacr

caltrain, state of good repair categories. the sales tax has been funding the sf -- has been alleviating sfmta of providing the capital member share of caltran's annual capital budget for the last -- since 2003. the funds are predicted to run out in this five-year period, most notably around fiscal year 2021, so we'll need to be having some additional conversations going forward about -- about that. muni vehicles, facilities, and guide ways, several place holders that you'll see in these categories, these are the biggest cash flow drivers for prop k, and the base drivers of our financing program. you can see the highlights in front of you, muni guide ways includes the quint street-jerrold avenue connector road, which the board approved several years ago to mitigate the impact of the closure of clint street. on the major capital side, each -- [inaudible] >> -- b.a.r.t., caltrain, and muni all have their own set aside, but there is also a discretionary fund and set aside funds, in case the parties had projects ready to be advanc

ers from "the >>> new numbers giving us a look at just who is riding caltrain. the transit agency is seeing a surge of passengers from the south. more people from south of san jose are climbing on board. kpix5's len ramirez on the economic reality that has caltrain thinking about expansion. >> reporter: caltrain ridership is headed south and that's a good thing for the commuter rail line. >> judging by how packed 101 is, i don't think it's a big surprise. >> reporter: deb davis is on the caltrain joint powers board which is looking for ways to accommodate a surge in ridership south of san jose, although numbers are up across the board. the biggest jump is on the gilroy extension from san jose up 15% from last year which translates to about 800 weekday riders. >> people want to takehe train use it'sless stressful and they know what time they'll get there. >> reporter: if this is how busy 101 is in the middle of the day, you can imagine the morning and evening commutes, but the biggest reason may be skyrocketing home prices in san jose and north county. it's force

the effect on this caltransoperation -- caltrain's operation, it's probably a century. i believe the c.t.x. should be allowed to go on first without being tangled up in this uncertainty. i've seen in the press already where they say that. well, that's not true. this is a brand-new thing. the heavy lifting of the transportation part of this study is yet to come because caltrain is currently doing an extensive operational and maintenance study, the results of which are not out here. that involves things like the relationship between that yard and this particular decided. it's certainly better than third street. that doesn't make it the best, nor does it make it necessary to decide it right now. thank you. >> supervisor pe:

the last caltrain leaving san francisco is at 9:15 tonight. the sand trans will run less frequently today. service will not go on routes that don't usually run on sundays or routes that go to schools. >>> today the chp and the nevada highway patrol are teaming up to combat distracted and aggressive driving along interstate 80 . the is a joint effort that follows the death of a chp officer on interstate 80 by a suspecteders were hurt on the same stretch of highway by a driver that wasn't paying attention to the road . the chp says one in 10 people hold a cell phone while driving. officers see people doing a lot more than that >> i have seen people shaving behind the wheel, putting makeup on, reading books but you name it. i have pretty much seen it expect the enhanced enforcement effort along interstate 80 will continue through today to wrap up the holiday weekend. >>> chp is considering patrols all over the state as drivers start coming home from holiday weekend getaways. so far statewide more than 600 drivers have been arrested for allegedly

new numbers indicate that more people are using caltrain compared to last year. 65,000 people use caltrainn an average weekday. that is up 1.5% from 2013. santa clara county has the highest average weekday ridership with 20,000 passengers. the average weekday trip is about 23 miles. >>> a caltrain extension to the salesforce transit center in san francisco is one step closer. according to "the san francisco examiner," the san francisco county transportation authority approved a route along pennsylvania avenue for the extension. them plan is for the downtown to connect to a high-speed rail system. the report says several regional and state partners will also have to approve the project before it can move forward. >>> our time is 4:45. a major upgrade is in the works for commuters who use popular clipper card is. according to the press democrat, the transportation commission is considering a $195 million revamp. this would affect passengers on almost 2 dozen bay area public transit lines. the plan calls for upgrades for station and vehicle card readers. there will also be a mobile phone app

staff explained the answers were dependent on the still pending caltrain and high-speed rail authority blended service business plan. the c.a.c. recommended to adopting pennsylvania avenue alignment. that concludes my report. thank you. >> thank you, mr larson. are there any questions for chair larson? seeing none, his or any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item three, approve the minutes of the july 24th, 2018 meeting. this is an action item. >> colleagues, before we take a motion to approve the minutes, there was a few typos in there that have actually been fixed and those were posted online. i just want to let everybody know that. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion to approve the minutes for july 24th made by commissioner tang and seconded by commissioner ronan? that item, a roll call, please. [roll call] we have approval. >> all right. the minutes are approved. next item, please. >> item four, a point to members to the citizens advisory committee. this is an act

caltrain will add positive train control to its rail system. it monitors train movement, speed and could help prevent accidents like collisions and derailments. the smart train is the only other bay area transit system with this safety feature. >>> san jose police are testing out a new nonlethal weapon designed to stop suspects in their tracks. kpix 5's kiet do took one for the team and tried it out. >> are you ready? >> um, no, but does that matter? >> reporter: we are deep in the bowels of the san jose police department's training facility and i'm about to get shot with an experimental new device called a bolawrap. >> the bolawrap. >> bola. >> reporter: it looks like a cross between a remote control and an electric razor. it shoots two metal pellets with hooks on the end connected by a kevlar string. you just load the cartridge. point the leader and push the trigger. i'm ready. whoa nelly! here it is again in slow motion. the pellets are shot out using a 9-millimeter half charge blank at 380 feet a second, one quarter of the speed of a 9-mill

caltrain advises people to give themselves lots of extra time. that work will run through the spring. we'll be back in a moment with more. nominee brett kavanaugh happening while you get ready. his accuser is going to testify -- we )ll bring it to you live. and we )re tracking the commute nightmare surrounding the transbay transit center. join us tomorrow from fast, reliable internet is crucial. does it every go down? yes. can't do my job. business grinds to a halt. our gig-speed network not only downloads files up to 20 times faster, we go beyond fast with 4g backup for complete reliability. but not to that. i want that. (laughing) for a limited time get fast, reliable internet for a low price. call now. comcast business. beyond fast. scouts" - part of the uniform is being recalled tonight. >>> new at 11:00, a heads-up for parents of boy scouts. part of the uniform is being recalled tonight. the boy scouts say it's because the colored portion of those le. the recalled slides are the red wolf, green bear, orange lion and the blue webelows. parent

we also had a multiagency caltrain drill in july at the bayshore caltrain station, and the scenario was that a train crashes into a vehicle, there's a fire, there's multiple people trapped, and so it's working with different agencies to make sure we're communicating, we're not duplicating efforts, and we're all working towards the same end. so it was with caltrain, san mateo county sheriff, north county fire, and ourselves, so that is a success. officer's academy is coming up for all lieutenants and captains who have yet to go through an officer's academy. i have the tentative schedule i just got today, and so we're looking good, and we're dialing in on that. it should start september 17, so that's super important training for our officers -- our new and used officers. e.m.s. academy and in-service -- e.m.s. in-service training, actually, they put 965 members through 3,628 hours, and including in that was the annual rescue captain training, which they integrated medical strike team leader training into that. you probably know last year in sa santa rosa, we sent up a strike team of ambul

. >>> no caltrain to san francisco for months. starting october 6th there will be no weekend service saturday and sunday to the two san francisco stations. 22nd street and the main san francisco station at 4th and king. bayshore eanding the caltrain tunnels to make the switch to electric trains. caltrain will be running buses to and from san francisco. so give yourself extra time. this construction is expected to last into spring of next year. >>> drivers in the south bay are one step closer to a faster commute. they are adding express lanes like these on highway 237 west of 880. they're converting existing carpool lanes. vta expects to open those lanes next summer. >>> the coolest new space in san francisco is an office building. normally we send our nbc bay area sky ranger to get views like this. but not this time. we didn't have to. we were indoors. look at that piano. one of the many highlights of today's tour of the top floor of the salesforce office tower in san francisco. the view, spectacular. 360 degrees. more than 1,000

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more people are using caltrain compared to last year. 65,000 people use caltrain on the average weekdaym 2017. santa clara county has the highest ridership the average weekday trip is 23 miles. >>> the extension to the salesforce transit center is closer according to the examiner. the county transportation authority approved the route along pennsylvania avenue. the plan is for the downtown extension to eventually connect to a high speed rail system. several regional and state partners have to approve the project before it moves forward. >>> a major upgrade is in the works for those who use popular cars. the metropolitan transportation commission is considering a $195 million revamp that would affect passengers on nearly two dozen bay area public transit by >> it calls for upgrades for station and vehicle card readers. there is a mobile phone app that allows passengers to add money to accounts and real- time. if it is approved, passengers could see upgrades by 2021. >>> the san francisco based online consummate door is closing the distribution center and moving the operation to phoenix,

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. >>> a heads up if you rely on caltrain to get around. month, two san francisco stations will have weekend service impacted. includes to fourth and king street station and the 22nd street station will also be closed so workers can work on caltrain's election project. this will go every weekend from october 6th through next spring. >>> next, the 7 things you need to know as you start your day. >>> b.a.r.t. is taking a page out of muni's book when it comes to ideas how to protect riders. >>> these googles aren't meant to help you sleep better on a plane. how one airline is taking in-flight entertainment to a new level. >>> we want you to listen to a 7-year-old sensation who stunned a crowd in los angeles. ♪ o say can you see >> that is 7-year-old malae performing before a major league soccer game yesterday. she got to sing the anthem after winning a contest on instagram. take us to break. ♪ the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ gaining access to your direct deposit information. how to protect your pay, next. every chip will crack

continue coordinate with the city and caltrain and high speed rail. so the considerations, by extending the parsons, it puts us in perexpect position for the project to be shovel -- perfect position for the project to be shovel ready. this puts us in the best position and allows us to stay on schedule. the team has participated in recent studies and peer reviews to move this as well as the r.a.b. study forward. team is well versed in agreements between with tjpa partners. that's including all of this. this extension will provide the project dwsh-position the project to proceed with the design build or design bid build in the future, so we've got to bring this to the 30% design level effort, we're going to package this, we'll be working with this in the summer to make that decision. we'll be doing a new contract for someone to pick this up, take the 30% design, and either package it as a design build projector complete the design. so -- and we want to get this -- this construction bid documents -- complete them in 2020 to be -- so they'll be able to ad

the plan area the near the rail yard where the caltrain line terminates which will be electrified. the plan will generate half-million dollars for additional local and regional transportation structure and $100 million for complete streets on all of the major roadways. these will be suitable for walking, biking and transit. in addition the area will leverages the transportation demand management program for alternative transportation modes. the combined effect means this is an area with sustainable transportation where people will be able to travel without private vehicles. this has additional benefits for environment, traffic, safety and public health. it also striving to be ader by maximize -- leader. it will invest money on the streets and parks and breathing and air quality on the i-80 freeway that would benefit existing residents. buildings in the plan area will exceed the already ambitious requirements by using 100% greenhouse gas free electricity and green roof and solar panels. the last topic is what it is doing to address community development needs and specifically gentri

the next phase, bringing caltrain and high-speed rail to the salesforce center is critical to the region. today as we take time to celebrate, explore the transit centre, is a celebration time. but as we know on monday, we have to roll up our sleeves and get hard to work and bring the train to the train box two stories below us. my role today is to acknowledge, not only the thousand men and women that worked there, by the many partners that have been part of this vision and this dream. i will read a whole bunch of names, and at the very end we will give them a round of applause. our face two operators who will be here by the time your son is 16, before, caltrain and high-speed rail, our contractors and designers, adams and associates architects, pwt landscape architecture, w. s. p. era, this is a funny language we speak. these days. turner, joint venture mcdonald, and gelati construction. give it up for some of our partners here player . [♪] >> again, thank you and congratulations to everyone that is part of the transbay salesforce center family. let's bring on the trains. thank you, ever

officials are not sure why he was on the tracks but the caltrain was not carrying any passengers and crew on board was not physically hurt . the tracks were closed to all traffic for about an hour while the man was taken from the area and investigators were able to examine the tracks and surrounding property. >>> jimmy garoppolo will get an mri on his knee today. the team fears he could miss the rest of the season because of a torn acl. >> that is the play where he went down. you can tell right there it buckles. the chiefs beat the 49ers 30 a- loss is a garrotte below who was carted off the field. cj besser took over at quarterback. after the coach had coach talked about losing his quarterback . >> any time you lose your starting quarterback it is a big deal. we also lost our starting running back. obviously, i feel for him personally. i know how disappointed he is. i haven't seen him yet, but i feel for him. >> that's going to be a bummer. we don't know what it is yet, but if he's out cj played a lot of games for us last year. he knows the offense. it is one of those things, you hav

a caltrain extension is one step closer.ccording to the several cisco examiner, the san francisco county transportation authority approved a route along pennsylvania avenue for the extension. the plan is from the downtown extension to a high-speed real system. reports that several regional and state partners have approved the project before it moves forward. >>> a major upgrade in the works for commuters who use clipper cards for the metropolitan transit -- and the system is considering a 195 the revamp. one that would affect passengers on nearly two dozen bay area transit line. the plan calls for upgrades for station of vehicle card readers. it will also be in mobile phone app that allows passengers to add money to their accounts in real time. if the plan is approved, passengers could see all of these upgrades by the year 2021. >>> that i believe you can do anything. kenny fix the commute? >> i am trying to. >>> one of the think that will help you is information. if you are driving to san francisco, there was a problem in s

the last caltrain leaving san francisco tonight is at 9:15.on sunday schedules. >>> this is the last day of the chp's maximum enforcement crackdown for the labor day weekend. chp patrols were beefed up and focused on interstate 80. alyssa harrington is out there right now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are in berkeley where traffic is moving quickly along i-80. across our state it has been a deadly labor day weekend. here is a look at some of the numbers provided by the california highway patrol. since the holiday weekend began 12 people have been killed. 10 motorists and two pedestrians. officers have made 685 arrests for dui. chp teamed up with the nevada highway patrol for the i-80 challenge. that's a two state crackdown. >> if you're going to a party maybe you don't dry there at all if you know you're going to have alcohol. or if you do think about, while you're thinking about what your way to where think about what you're going to do to get home safe. that is your responsibility and we ask you to take it. >> reporter: last m

argues that the one vassar project will encourage automobile transit, because it is not close to caltrain or b.a.r.t. they are not correct. one vassar, an important node, an area close to the central subway, it is also close to the transbay terminal. sfblu also argues that the plan will increase cancer risk by 226 per 1 million. this is not an accurate characterization of the eir's cancer risk assessment. there are two cancer risk assessments in the eir. one is under a hypothetical scenario which places all planned traffic as if it were fully built out instantaneously on top of conditions in 2014. this is the 226 per 1 million cancer risk. the other risk assessment is for the actual plan fully built out in the year 2040. this risk is 8.1 per 1 million. this is a realistic assessment. sfblu's heavy reliance on the other number is misplaced. one vassar respectfully request the board of supervisors grant our appeal and reverse the planning commission's decision to certify the environmental impact report. thank you for your consideration. >> supervisor kim: thank you very much. at this time,

our future residents and workers will take advantage of the space facility when electrified caltrain arrives to improve did you environmental impacts. it will you abuse di reject -- e appeal. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good evening. the san francisco housing action. misinformation is thrown around a lot in the hearings. there are concerns to address and talk about. i think it is slightly disingenuous for folks coming up here to talk about fears of cancer when planning explained ultimately unfounded when we look at the data and implementation of the plan. with that i encourage you to reject the appeal. bringing it back out i agree with supervisor kim. we look at jobs and housing at the regional and city level and have a conversation about it on the neighborhood level. we know cars are the number one polluter in the state of california with the co2 emissions. we want to do what we can to insenty vice people to get jobs in housing and mass transit. it is talked about that 75% of the city is for single family homes. it is illegal to build affordable house you go in 75% of san francis

land bank soft sites four future developments such as caltrain. nexus study on did you jobs linkage fee, prop k. requiring predefinedefine popos designs that took you ideas in the workshops from betsy carmichael and residents and workers in the area. require living walls and roofs in all new development regardless of height and use type. a study to understand the market rate to affordable housing. ce for all cannabis dispensaries. require child use facilities. require city agencies work to incorporate the designs into new projecteds. aggressively purchase rent controlled buildings. we need more funding to purchase the buildings. i hope this body can consider new strategies. there are threw new hotel projects not considered as ky sites. 399 fifth street and 300 fifth street. they are in the youth and family and since the purpose of the sud including expanding the stock of affordable housing. we urge you to consider these sites to address the huge house position im ball lance in the plan. balance in the plan. >> next speaker, please. >> i am erica.

the last caltrain leaving san francisco tonight is 9:the scene. the san trans will run less remotely today . the service will not go on routes that do not usually run on sundays or routes that go to schools. >>> air quality is not good today . the is a spare the air day partly because of smoke from wildfires but also from pollution caused by cars. so far this year this is the 11th spare the air day. alerts are called when the bay area air quality management district says the ozone pollution is unhealthy and you are asked to avoid driving if you can and don't burn anything outdoors. at the sausalito arts festival this holiday weekend organizers knew about the problem but didn't worry about it. >> we can't do anything. that's nature. that's nature of disasters. >> i'm from walnut creek and it's definitely in our area and we felt it. coming outside my car is covered in set. i work in san francisco and it was an air quality we had to issue -- we had to do with. last year's fire i thought was worse than this year. >> higher temperatures increased the c

this is caltrain's eight casualty this year. >>> eight people were arrested in connection with the rash of thefts across the bay area. sources tell us that the suspects could be linked to as many as 45 grab and go left at apple stores in the bay area and across the state. you've probably seen the surveillance video showing these, the most recent happened yesterday afternoon at the apple store in emeryville. hours later, eight suspects were arrested in oakland, seven adults and a juvenile. >> we are aware of the arrest and we are working on the situation but have no comment at this time. >> we are told that the california department of justice is now involved and that more rest could be on the way. >>> candidates in oakland mayor's race squared up tonight during a mayoral forum. >> i'm ready to continue the work that i have started and deliver a thriving equitable city. >>> and we cannot fix it with the city administration that disrespects, disregards and all but ignores the voices of her most impacted community oakland numbers. >> now to berkeley where the city council has been the poli