cta is the largest tenant organization in san francisco. there are several members with this mission in mind, to educate members to become their own advocates. i also have the honor to be elected as the president of cta this year, and i hope to be more active advocate and to develop our membership base across different neighborhoods to come together to fight for our rights. i would like to thank the president for recognition of my work but i would like to recognize that this honor belongs to everyone of our board members and members of cta. i appreciate the support from our members as well as staff, and i would like to express my deepest gratitude to my family for giving me motivation as well as a rallying in support behind me, and also my wife who does all the house chores. thank you. [applause] supervisor chiu: our next commendation today will be offered by our colleague from district four, supervisor carmen chu. supervisor chu: thank you and thank you to everyone who has come today and congratulations to all the other awardees. as we hav

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the network camera allows the cta, chicago police department, chicago office of emergency management communication to gain a clearer picture of an emergency situation and respond accordingly. we also plan on richer for ncta fleet with security cameras. these are new cars on the order that will come equipped with cameras but we feel it's critical to have the entire fleet retrofitted. all of the buses in the fleet over 1700 of them have been a quid with cameras since 2003. in the recent years the transportation security administration has provided additional resources in the form of visible intermodal and fiber teams as commonly known. richard licht on the airports and on the transit. they provide a random unannounced clearly visible supplemental security presence. ncta also received calls from the explosive detection team. the canines are funded through the dhs and part of the chicago police department transportation section. they are paired with canellos to protect the process it used to respond to reports of unintended suspicious items. they are trained to find in protest explosive

. >> prior to joining the cta mr. rodriguez served as the commissioner of the chicago to part of aviation and as a long and distinguished career in the various levels of the chicago government. with that i'm pleased to recognize you for five minutes. >> thank you for a edge, chairman, ranking member thompson, a representative from my committee and members of the committee think you for your opportunity to participate on the chicago transport. ncta provides 1.7 million trips each day on one network including the el oral david surface that has come come to symbolize. the second largest agency in the region this chicago transit authority continually examines ways to measure for the 60 security of the customers and employees to focus on three key areas, infrastructure improvement, working through communications coordination operational security. torch of this year they were achieved high schools to the scores and a program for transit. the baseline system for the security enhancement known as base was developed for the co

the cta at sf, which is what is called, is the newest initiative by canadian consulate to stimulate canadian business growth by connecting them to silicon valley. the launch is tomorrow, and opens the accelerated program to eight new companies at a time to participate in silicon valley's if the system for three month term. this partnership is a testimony to the importance canada places on local san francisco community partnerships. this will be canada's second bay area community technology accelerated program, modeled after its highly successful program in sunnyvale. canadian companies participating in the program will have access to networking events, mentors, potential customers, partners, and investors, and interaction with like-minded entrepreneurs. office space is fully covered for up to 12 weeks and for dissipating companies are responsible for work permits, living expenses, travel, etc. the living expenses will take place tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. at rocket space. thank you. the best i will submit. >> thank you. supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: thank you. yesterday at land u

their plans are still very fluid, but on their website, or on the cta web site, there will be more information for people. >> thank you. supervisor chu: thank you for your presentation. just a couple of questions -- the numbers that i saw here with regard to the ada reductions, there were three scenarios. one was a flat situation where it would be a reduction of $19 per ada. the second was the $330, and you laid out another one, which is if it wasn't all cuts budget, potentially $825. just wondering what the $330 [inaudible] what assumption is that tied to? >> that is what -- the failure to extend the temporary taxes -- let's say the temporary tax extension would have brought in additional revenue to the state of $3.4 million. -- billion dollars. of which, $2.1 billion would have been to fund k-12 education. failure of that tax extension, the $2.1 billion shortfall now translates into a cut of $330 per ada for all school districts. >> the $330 is basically the interpretation of losing the $2.1 billion across the state and education. ok, and the $825 reduction, is that assuming that all of the

the cta wants lawmakers to vote on tax extensions to avoid deeper cuts. >>> governor brown will release its revised budget on monday. he will propose eliminating the california appeals board. that will save $1.2 million. the board is made up of former lawmakers. it's been highly criticized. they each make $128,000 a year despite meeting very rarely. >>> republican lawmakers are presenting their own solution for solving the states budget crisis but it's not without controversy. coming up at 4:45 how their plan to spare education could effect the states neediest people. >>> in a few hours the man accused of trying to storm the cockpit of a jet heading to san francisco is due back in court. a judge will hold a bail hearing from al-murisi. the 28-year-old immigrant should remain behind bars. she calls him a flight risk and possible danger to the community. >>> san jose state university has identified the three people who died in this week's murder suicide. 25-year-old caliguiran and thomas kyle williams were accounting majors that would have graduated last month. the woman's husband shot an

cta resend security bulletin to employees to make short trainedtrains and buses are safe as people remain extra vigilance. t. at chicago's airport did psa said you will see security measures like additional random screenings and canine teams and some measures you may not see like the detection officers. travelers we talked to are alert to but not worried. -security at tonight's bulls game had bomb sniffing dogs. >>security at the lake use in a gun has been punched up with security round the clock since october. >> we're constantly struggling to insure that every person who enters into this building is secure and at the same time, creating a warm and inviting community. >> and with osama bin laden death just like after 911 everyone is being asked to be on alert and to report anything suspicious. >> when we come back, chicago has a new top coming up, ron emmanuel. and it may get warmer but maybe not tomorrow. look, we've all dealt with the itching of athlete's foot. i can't just wash it away. killing it takes clinical strength. i only use lotrimin ultra. its powerful formula can even cure s

the cta wants lawmakers to vote on tax extensions to avoid deeper cuts. >>> we are learning about one area where governor brown plans to make cuts when he releases his revised budget on monday. his proposal will call for eliminating the california unemployment insurance appeals board. that will save $1.2 million. that board is mostly made up of former lawmakers and it has been highly criticized because they each make about $128,000 a year despite rarely meeting. >>> time now 6:05. the entire senior class at a high school in hayward is being punished following a big food fight in the cafeteria. allie rasmus is live at leadership high school where parents will be showing up to get the punishments reduced. >> reporter: those parents are upset. the food fight was o.k. ark -- was orchestrated by a group of 30 students and in that case it's not fair to punish the entire senior class. this food fight and this is amateur video of it happened yesterday. it was supposed to be just a senior prank but the schools principal today ktvu one of the students got hurt in this food fight and had to be c

the cta wants lawmakers to vote on tax extensions to avid deeper cuts. we are learning about one area when governor plans to relieve cuts. his proposal will call for eliminating the california unemployment insurance appeals board. if you never heard of it, it could save $1.2 million. that board is made up of former lawmakers and it has been highly criticized because they each make $128,000 a year despite rarely meeting. >>> san jose state university has identified the three people identified in the murder suicide. 25-year-old marcory caliguiran and 26-year-old kyle williams were both accounting majors that would have graduated last month. the woman's husband napoleon caliguiran shot and killed them at a parking garage and turned the gun on himself. the tragedy has stunned a lot of people that knew the to victims. >> we knew he would hawk -- walk her to that parking. >> the motive of the shooting is still not clear. one professor tells ktvu the two students were not romantically involved. williams also was married. >>> santa clara police are investigating

according to an independent study the cta spent over $200 million to influence public officials in 2010 making them the most powerful lobby in the state. opponents say that money is better spent in school districts for children, not special interests. >> maybe it's protestors are using kids as human shields. at the end of the day that's what they're doing. >>> california's high-speed rail project will benefit from florida's rejection of federal funding. the department of transportation had awarded more than $2 billion for high-speed trains in florida after florida's governor cancelled the project. dot spread that money around to other states. california will receive $68 million for cars and locomotives. another $300 million will go towards a segment of the planned high-speed service between la and san francisco. >>> it's the best selling truck in all the lands. and it just hit a bump in the road. the potentially dangerous problem that could prompt a recall. >>> can you name nip american tennis -- any american tennis player in the top ten. i'm dennis, o'donnell. give you a few minutes to