we're working on the california and fulton corridors. as the committee had delved into discussions for what safer streets look like for the safety project, one of the needs and suggestions for my neighbors was to look at strengthening bike east-west conducivety and improving safety on anza. this will look at the crash history, traffic counts, speed surveys and more on the corridor for potential improvements for the corridor, 1.5 miles from argelo to south avenue. and i know many residents do explore further blocks. i know in my neighborhood the flow of our streets change gradually. we have a bike lane well utilized that we can look to as an example and i look forward to engaging in this process and discussions with my neighbors and stakeholders to hear from them and gather feedback. thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed and commissioner furer, would you like to make the motion? >> yes. i would like to make a motion to approve this item, thank you. >> is there a second for that motio

will become the country for peace corridor. in new delhi veteran foreign policy expert money shankar aiyar attributes this primarily to the sikhs in pakistan this is a symbol of the importance. to reconcile this community with them. and don't forget that it is probably the sikhs who suffered the most a partition the sikhs who lost the most at partition and the sikhs also who retaliated the was at partition. the history of the sikhs is one of glory and misery triumphs and defeats of suffering and inflicting pain and nowhere is this legacy more visible or tangible than in. the cradle of sea culture and indian point. among deep in his wife stepped up to visit his brother who lives nearby and now have their nice with them to visit the 1st and only partition museum on the indian subcontinent. the museum was opened in 2017 a town hall of them gets up to mark the 70th anniversary of partition most of the collection comprises photos and memorabilia of people directly affected by the partition ruins and life size replicas bear witness t

we thought that corridor was going to be much more activated. so the building across has been vacant for a number of years and that didn't help the situation and we didn't have uses and the embassy were spending a lot of staff time at the beginning of the day to clean up the parklet and they decided it was not worth it. that's why we logged they're reversible and tried to keep the applicants conscious about the design so if and the time comes they're able to do that without a lot of resources. >> thank you so much. >> commissioner dwight. >> thank you for your presentation. i remember when the program started. i'm a supporter of it. how have you seen the application process. you don't have a proactive program so it has to be people who become aware on their own behalf and come up with enough money. what's the activity like now? below where it's been in the past? >> in mission we used to do rsp cycles. i think it would be 30 days when the rfp was open. it was building momentum. we had a couple open houses to make sure everybody knew about it and

each corridor has its own personality. our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. >> you are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping small businesses grow. >> it is more environmentally friendly. >> shopping local is very important. i have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. by shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. it is really good for everybody. >> shopping locally is crucial. without that support, small business can't survive, and if we lose small business, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. >> it is important to dine and shop locally. it allows us to maintain traditions. it makes the neighborhood. >> i think san francisco should shop local as much as they can. the retail marketplace is changes. we are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with pro

take the van ness corridor. you don't give a damn how many businesses left the city and county of san francisco. and you don't give a damn that many of those businesses were there for 25, 30 years. now we were there and the chair has made a statement about he knows and he saw what transpired when the first time around they worked on market street. and at that time the department of transportation paid the businesses some money. they did not do this with 3rd street. now back to market street. go on market street and go on -- going in the area of union square and see how many businesses now are closed. it doesn't even feel like christmas. in union square there are businesses that are closed. now i believe in needs assessment from engineers. not having some people forming committees and let's talk about this, that and the other. [bell dings] engineers -- we are so stupid on van ness, that for every one day we work, three days we do not work. and it took somebody one and a half years to find out, oh, how to mix this

we thought that corridor was going to be much more activated. so the building across has been vacant for a number of years and that didn't help the situation and we didn't have uses and the embassy were spending a lot of staff time at the beginning of the day to clean up the parklet and they decided it was not worth it. that's why we logged they're reversible and tried to keep the applicants conscious about the design so if and the time comes they're able to do that without a lot of resources. >> thank you so much. >> commissioner dwight. >> thank you for your presentation. i remember when the program started. i'm a supporter of it. how have you seen the application process. you don't have a proactive program so it has to be people who become aware on their own behalf and come up with enough money. what's the activity like now? below where it's been in the past? >> in mission we used to do rsp cycles. i think it would be 30 days when the rfp was open. it was building momentum. we had a couple open houses to make sure everybody knew about it and

on terrorists which it claims are using civilians as human shields and farming and humanitarian corridors we are appalled by the significant escalation and syrian regime and russian violence. is not due to the operations of the syrian armed forces. but the constant and deliberate provocations of the terrorists the lives of millions of civilians are now at even greater risks as the combined forces of the assad regime russia the iranian regime and has escalated. the problem of can't be resolved as long as the terrorists that have been recognized as such by the security council continue to rain there it comes as the syrian army recaptured all of it live provinces largest and most strategic towns and no money to form a hotspot for them to government protests been held by rebels since 2012 moscow open humanitarian corridors for those seeking to leave the areas before the operation the u.s. insists all offensive should be stopped the result is broke as the of reports it seems washington has all the different standards for its own actions. the fall of the new month came as a shock to everyone wa

each corridor has its own personality.ur neighborhoods are the engine of the city. >> you are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping small businesses grow. >> it is more environmentally friendly. >> shopping local is very important. i have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. by shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. it is really good for everybody. >> shopping locally is crucial. without that support, small business can't survive, and if we lose small business, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. >> it is important to dine and shop locally. it allows us to maintain traditions. it makes the neighborhood. >> i think san francisco should shop local as much as they can. the retail marketplace is changes. we are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with produ

the terrorists are to blame using civilians as human shields and firing at humanitarian corridors. we are appalled by the significant escalation in syrian regime and russian violence in the escalation and it is not due to the operations of the syrian armed forces but the constant and deliberate provocations of the terrorists the lives of millions of civilians are now even greater risks as the combined forces of the assad regime russia the iranian regime and has escalated their offensive to cement a military not a political end to the conflict in syria. the problem of can't be resolved as long as the terrorists that have been recognized as such by the security council continue to rain their. it comes as the syrian army recaptures one of its limp promises largest and most strategic towns are all newman the backing from the russian military the former hot spot for anti-government protests had been held by rebels since 2012 ask how to open humanitarian corridors for those seeking to leave the areas before the operation the u.s. and says that russia and syria should stop the offensive a

for anti-government protests have been held by rebels since 2012 moscow had opened humanitarian corridors for those seeking to leave the areas before the operation u.s. insists that the offensive should be stopped but as more and gustier reports it seems that washington has rather different standards for its own actions. the full of my new month came as a shock to everyone it was a cradle of the revolution laith of the jihad against asaad rebels 2nd largest remaining city and they gave it up without a fight a fight for the city that is it but cells had been a battleground for the past month. in december the syrian military set off an operation taking dozens and dozens of towns and villages in me a week's the promise he kicked in russia and turkey mediated a ceasefire which didn't last the islamists seemingly couldn't keep their fingers off the trigger. about islam and the reason for the escalation is the reason is the militants control totally or nearly totally by chop out all nusra and i shop which all nusra has turned into and uses as a cover constantly bring the ceasefire the cease fir

to take what hayes valley knows works and prove that it can work in other commercial corridors and othereighborhood streets across the city. i couldn't get up here today and speak without mentioning the great changes we are going to see coming on page street and to thank as well the hayes valley neighbors and merchants and supervisor brown for your leadership with a key connector for those who bike and transforming it to a safer place and not a freeway off and onramp. i can't wait to ride my bike on this street and with that i want to introduce or neighbors here and the great space that we are standing in front of. douglas burn hum from the proxy. >> hello everyone. i am the founder of envelope, texture andy sign. we are the crea turs and curators and stewards of proxy. today i am here as a witness. a wit to an exemplary public process by the s.f.m.t.a. on this street closure. kc and mark and the whole s.f.m.t.a. team have been incredible leaders in this project. i want to sort of give my take on it. their process here. they had a rigorous pace of public meetings and information sessions

uses as a cover constantly bring the cease fire with the cease fire arrangements create special corridors for noncombatants so they can leave the combat zones by the way the terrorists keep striking those corridors hindering the departure of peaceful civilians trying to retain them as human shields are seen at all before in ghouta rebels caged the women and pensioners on roofs to prevent strikes i was in aleppo at the end when those same rebels held hostage 200000 civilians refusing to allow a single person human shield to leave the city and you wouldn't even know reading recent headlines it's the usual stuff assad is guilty of every scene and every hurt in syria ruthless actions by russia the iranian regime hizbollah and the assad regime are directly preventing the establishment of a ceasefire in northern syria we condemn these barbaric attacks and call for an immediate cease fire one would think if you really want to the cease fire you stop flooding rebel armories with weapons and advanced guided missiles but ok so what would america do if it was a to. x. during the season how would it

dtx to include penn avenue and the second crossing and the second tube planning with the capital corridor. that whole set of projects including the business plan going south would be needed. iit would be hard to ask other agencies to pay into that even though they benefit from that. that is part of the coordination roll for san francisco on rail matters. i think we will ask for contributions from the other agencies to support the dtx rail program and projects. we each need to staff up as pointed out not only by the peer review but the peer review that everyone needs to staff up on rail. the staffs is thin. now we see the renaissance of an interest in pursuing the agenda. we need to build capacity. >> mr. wil labr un. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you for taking care of this issue, which is long overdue. it seems to me with what is happening with the central subway and involving the project from last 10 years expanding that contract for another two years is not the smartest thing to do. with regard to costs, if you terminate these contracts instead of expanding two years, you are pro

we're working on the california and fulton corridors.ommittee had delved into discussions for what safer streets look like for the safety project, one of the needs and suggestions for my neighbors was to look at strengthening bike east-west conducivety and improving safety on anza. this will look at the crash history, traffic counts, speed surveys and more on the corridor for potential improvements for the corridor, 1.5 miles from argelo to south avenue. and i know many residents do explore further blocks. i know in my neighborhood the flow of our streets change gradually. we have a bike lane well utilized that we can look to as an example and i look forward to engaging in this process and discussions with my neighbors and stakeholders to hear from them and gather feedback. thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed and commissioner furer, would you like to make the motion? >> yes. i would like to make a motion to approve this item, thank you. >> is there a second for that motion? second

and just be proactive about the corridors. a lot of potential to fill the store fronts, to promote small and local businesses, services, arts, non-profited, et cetera. but it's just going to require work on the part of this department. thank you. >> president melgar: thank you. any other public comment on this item? okay, public comment is closed. >> because i haven't spoken, i echo so many of the things my fellow commissioners said and the comments of the last speaker. i think just having this piece of legislation be the start of a conversation and opportunity to do deeper engagement, have more nuanced conversations and solutions that are community driven to the future of the commercial corridors are important. i know that several supervisors who engage their communities ahead of this legislation are already thinking about how to continue to engage their communities. so i would move to approve. >> president melgar: commissioner diamond. >> commissioner diamond: i wanted to add my voice to the chorus. even though i wasn't here

some of you may not know this but valencia street is its own commercial corridor. found this incredible space on 17th and valencia on the second store of harrington's. a huge space, hadn't been activated, the landlord liked it. it was just sitting there vacant. i worked with katie at oawd. we had come up with a set of terms that was going to work. she went through the planning code and it turns out that on valencia, second floors of valencia street frontages are not allowed to have food and beverage specifically. so we had to crush that. and actually after that point i thought i might not be able to open up the space because we couldn't find a space big enough. so i think it's great we are removing n.c.d.s for everything. this is a great step, and we should all monitor it in the future and make sure as things are proposed to change that small business voices are heard. thank you. >> commissioner huie. >> i had a few questions. one was what are some of the criteria that your supervisors went through in order to identify these additional named commercial districts? a

each corridor has its own personality.ur neighborhoods are the engine of the city. >> you are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping small businesses grow. >> it is more environmentally friendly. >> shopping local is very important. i have had relationships with my local growers for 30 years. by shopping here and supporting us locally, you are also supporting the growers of the flowers, they are fresh and they have a price point that is not imported. it is really good for everybody. >> shopping locally is crucial. without that support, small business can't survive, and if we lose small business, that diversity goes away, and, you know, it would be a shame to see that become a thing of the past. >> it is important to dine and shop locally. it allows us to maintain traditions. it makes the neighborhood. >> i think san francisco should shop local as much as they can. the retail marketplace is changes. we are trying to have people on the floor who can talk to you and help you with produ

mr prime minister you talked about minorities your governments because of poor corridor or is a long indian 6 to visit a really important place of pilgrimage here in pakistan and you got a lot of applause for that do you think it can help. to improve the relationship with india. you see. i have been i have not understood that what was the mindset. i mean no logical mind would not go toward solving. and i'm talking about indian leadership and pakistani leadership any logical mind would want to have peace and solve our issues through dialogue that's logical because you know when you when you trade we know in european union that once trade start between 2 countries then the standard of living goes up and both the countries even if you suffer for it imbalance forest for a short time but eventually everyone benefits from trade so this is the what are i had in mind when i spoke to the indian prime minister when i 1st won the elections and the whole idea was that you know to alleviate poverty in the subcontinent the best thing would be for india and pakistan to start trade are you planning

air is going to moderate some, so, the show changes to rain in places like chicago, along the i-80 corridor. then back to snow, not a ton of accumulation as the coastal low takes shape during the day on saturday. that will slow it down, but it will be rain along i-95. we're looking for another accumulating snowfall for the interior northeast this weekend. david? >> all right, rob, thank you so much. >>> and next tonight, the u.n. calling for investigations of a possible link between saudi

time that humanitarian corridor between oakland and there will probably be a 4th and. present fire being agreed in over 25 day already there are violations. both high but i think russia. government. genuinely want to try to avoid where it would be on by syrian forces from what they were in rebel held in libya because of the humanitarian suffering and they do genuinely want the car to use so far but but by the very nature of them are they there are they are probably into something worse to come if eli is giving people a chance to get out of that area to get to some safety whether you perceive the safer to be on that side or not is there worse to come there what you think is going to happen over the coming well after the shooting the $25.00 days old was going to happen after that. if you in every possible way. ironically were trying to retake the next life. if you. grab like you were probably 3 or 4 more to come that being we working in ainslee is the next thing that we could we include the. now in the moderate muslim. syrian army camp on the edge of that now without pay

the corridor looking wet and still mild around the span of rain to the south but all day we struggle three degrees above freezing of the north. so you can appreciate as the north. so you can appreciate as the sun goes down here, the temperatures will fall with some showers and frost, there's an anticipation of ice here. and we may just skip the frostburg road temperatures may dip towards freezing by dawn so we will be keeping a close eye on the risk of ice in this part of the world as well. but otherwise, friday looks like a decent day. yes, it will be cold it will be scraping the cars, but it looks as if rain should hold off the most six of the far west of the island until the far west of scotla nd the island until the far west of scotland and the non—western isles. in the north and the south and those of us are a changing weather script. mild atlantic air coming in and strong south—westerly wind which is already being warmed about and some appreciable rains as well be picking up appreciable rains as well be picking upa lot appreciable rains as well be picking up a lot of moisture w

the granite rock provides the most ideal conditions for a bunker beds are stacked neatly in the corridors when fully operational there's room for $900000.00 people in the city's shelters which has more than helsinki's current population so visitors will also be able to find shelter here they would work as a legal community a community here kind of like you know 3 shifts we have if there is like such 6000 people we have the beds for fall 2000 at the time so one is sleeping one is having a rest or free time and one is working so that people would work here who do the finns feel threatened by they won't say on camera but look around the city tells you a statue of the russians are still stands here a reminder of the history that the finns share with their neighbors to the east it's a relationship that has not always been peaceful something the finns never forget. a judge in the u.k. has ruled that veganism qualifies as are protected philosophical beliefs under british law paving the way for vegans to sue their employers if they feel they've been the target of discrimination the case involves

to support our thriving -- the thriving of our corridors and businesses. i also just recall that two hearings ago we had a project that we also considered that was formula retail. and approved that because we also felt like just given this corridor, having a thriving business there would be helpful. and that was nothing to say for all of the community support that has come out talking about how they actively use this space, talking about how it supports small and local businesses and how the space would be activated after hours. i see this as an invitation to take a nuanced approach. so i'm fully supportive of this project. >> commissioner fung: planning, quantitative metrics perhaps provide an indication. they're not always the sole answer you know, for the planning issues and land use issues we face. and you have to have a qualitative overlay on top of that. the logic says, you're there now, they're moving one door, the number stays the same. you know, just the frontage, linear footage, i understand provides an indication, however, you know, the logic he

and their egress corridor. if they're shifting by a foot in that direction, they don't have enough space. that has to be solved. again, the survey being preliminary, i don't see any reason they wouldn't have had that finalized. i deal in your veies for these type of issues regularly. the only reason i can think of that you don't get the survey finalized and keep it preliminary, you don't want it recorded on title so people know what is going on. that's not how this process is supposed to work. and i would encourage the board to ensure it's fixed. lastly, to bring it back to the privacy concern. these windows that they're talking about adding, there are a number of them. and they do create a privacy impact in my client's home. you saw they're going to be looking from this balcony down into her kitchen, her bedroom, her yard. throughout her home from a higher vantage point, which is more significant privacy impact. i appreciate they're talking now about making this fixed window instead of a sliding door, but if t

it's hard looking at just a picture of a corridor, knowing how many corridors are in that building, toactly what we're looking at. if the control room can take the democrats as they're walking past. there is manchin. there is tester. >> that's the lunch room right there. that room is very interesting. there's a great story about that room. that is the room that lbj took over when he was majority floor leader. >> his hideaway. >> it was his office. and that's where he had his office. and when he became vice president, he kept it. much to the chagrin of the senators. he decided he would keep that as vice president. that's why it's called the lbj room. finally, when he was no longer vice president, the senate was able to claw it back. and ever since then it's been used for a meeting room. >> just saw kamala harris. i believe we saw doug jones. this is a tough angle because we have to catch them on the fly. reporter pleading with capitol police, but i'm allowed to go down there, please, i'm al loutd to go down there. >> no, you're not. >> no, you're not. not today. you might be able to go

we were just sort of hit with patients on trolleys in the corridor.—in—law george waited 25 hours in hospital corridors, much of it on a trolley, before he was finally given a bed on a ward — even though he'd had major surgery recently and another potentially serious condition. it was mayhem. there were trolleys everywhere, there were people trying to move trolleys in between the corridors to take people into x—ray and other departments to get them seen. we were quite distressed by it all. mark doesn't blame staff at shrewsbury hospital, who he says were working flat out. a trust spokesperson said there was very high demand on services and apologised that some patients were waiting longer than they should. with pressure across the system, the number going through the doors the numbers going through the doors of a&e have gone up from just over 1.5 million a month a decade ago to more than 2 million last month, but the proportion treated who are assessed within four hours in england has been falling steadily from the 95% target to just below 80% in dece

now we have 1,000 additional containers to roll out into commercial corridors. and high traffic areas where traditionally you see more litter. and we're currently work on a plan that, i think, makes the most sense. based on the current design of the can. so this particular can is actually a little too wide for most service entrances and so we need to find an area where it will fit. the mission district, in particular, they have narrow doors is this can may not work for that area and we're working with the area to make a more narrow version to work across sanfrancisco. so we're in the process of identifying the next area. i think we're leaning towards market, mid-market area, market street, mission street, that corridor, just because it may work best in that area at first. [ laughter ] >> i know you'll vote for that. your colleagues may disagree. but i can promise you we'll continue pushing this. so i hope by the end of february, all 1,000 cans will be delivered and then the vendor has promised us april delivery on the revised version with a narrower base so that

and just be proactive about the corridors. i think there is a lot of potential to fill the store fronts, to promote small and local businesses, services, arts, non-profited, et cetera. but it's just going to require work on the part of this department. thank you. >> president melgar: thank you. any other public comment on this item? okay, public comment is closed. >> because i haven't spoken, i echo so many of the things my fellow commissioners said and the comments of the last speaker. i think just having this piece of legislation be the start of a conversation and opportunity to do deeper engagement, have more nuanced conversations and solutions that are community driven to the future of the commercial corridors are important. i know that several supervisors who engage their communities ahead of this legislation are already thinking about how to continue to engage their communities. so i would move to approve. >> president melgar: commissioner diamond. >> commissioner diamond: i wanted to add my voice to the chorus. even tho

there was in the region of got to be at least 20 people on trolleys around the corridors.pital corridors, much of it on a trolley, before he was finally given a bed on a ward, even though he'd had major surgery recently and another potentially serious condition. it was mayhem. there were trolleys everywhere, there were people trying to move trolleys in between the corridors to take people into x—ray and other departments to get them seen. we were quite distressed by it all. mark doesn't blame staff at shrewsbury hospital, who he says were working flat out. a trust spokesperson said there was very high demand on services and apologised that some patients were waiting longer than they should. with pressure across the system, the numbers going through the doors of a&e have gone up from just over 1.5 million a month a decade ago to more than two million last month, but the proportion treated who are assessed within four hours in england has been falling steadily from the 95% target to just below 80% in december. what do you say to some patients who have waited many hours, over

there was in the region of got to be at least 20 people on trolleys around the corridors.rs in hospital corridors, much of it on a trolley, before he was finally given a bed on a ward, even though he'd had major surgery recently and another potentially serious condition. it was mayhem. there were trolleys everywhere, there were people trying to move trolleys in between the corridors to take people into x—ray and other departments to get them seen. we were quite distressed by it all. mark doesn't blame staff at shrewsbury hospital, who he says were working flat out. a trust spokesperson said there was very high demand on services and apologised that some patients were waiting longer than they should. with pressure across the system, the numbers going through the doors of a&e have gone up from just over 1.5 million a month a decade ago to more than 2 million last month, but the proportion treated who are assessed within four hours in england has been falling steadily from the 95% target to just below 80% in december. what do you say to some patients who have waited many hour

we do have sunshine around the corner dense fog advisory in effect right now for solano county 80 corridor between sacramento and delay how affected over towards benicia as well as some very foggy conditions here. now skies will clear out and then you've got plenty of sunshine to expect this afternoon under the sunny skies temperatures will begin to rise from the 40's where most of us are right now eventually on up into the 50's and even 60's. napa see helene and santa rosa you're in the 30's right now and us will see some of the bigger changes thic afternoon as your daytime highs as well rise into the 60's later on today. robert thank you john over to the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is looking good into san francisco, 80 west. no reports of any major trouble spot so come on in some of you started heading back to work couple of days ago so not everybody has the whole week off if so if you have to use it. >>it's only 9 minutes to make it off to fremont street now we do have a little problem on highway 4 as you work your way between martinez and hercules this is highway for east and frankl