we heard about the gap previously. today's presentation was saying, given the joint experiences of the two agencies and partners, where do we think we can realistically go with it? we had meetings with different organizations. today, what is problematic to me is not that we identify we have a gap. people have identified that it is not unusual for a project this large. what is problematic is i hear two different perspectives. one that is very concerned about figure out how we are going to close the gap, and the other agency completely confident that we can make it. that, to me, is problematic, to hear that we have such diverse perspectives. i think we need to come together again. i would be supportive of having another meeting. it is important to keep this issue hot on our list. to the extent that the mta, ta supervisors can help with something, we need to be clear about what they are and exactly what it is we can do, whether it is telephone calls or something else that we can do. this project is important to many of us

the gap you have been trying to close is a wonder $37 million gap. $100 million of that will come from state bond money is. -- $137 billion gap. we did not otherwise count on that state but monebond money cs that correct? >> yes, that is correct. commissioner chiu: other pieces coming from savings from current projects. the question i have is, is this money that otherwise would have been used -- will there be more products delayed as a result of the use of this money? it was not counted on for other projects, right? >> going back to -- currently, the agency, under prop1a, has a balance of $137 million where it can reprogram the funds to a project, and the requirement for that bond fund is that it shows connectivity to high-speed rail. the agency decided to utilize central subway as a way to demonstrate

what is currently shown is the $137 million funding gap which is part of today's discussion. earlier this year, sfmta convened a mind the gap committee, which was comprised of members of the sfcta, mayor's office, and others to explore a number of the funding options we are about to present to you today. this slide show the proposed capital funds committed to fully fund the program. only capital programs are -- funds are being used to fund the central subway program. no operating funds are being utilized for the central subway program. the alliance structure of the funds used to fill the remaining gaps of the funds are used here. $31 million in prop k, $32 million in problem be. the combination of these funds, along with a projected savings from current capital projects are what is identified as a solution for closing the remaining funding gap for the central subway program. as a maximum -- since central subway have received the maximum allocation under prop k, as you can see, the items identified under kapor reprogramming, a number of projects would require the reprogramming

we're a word to allocate $200 million, a combination of mtc and mta to close a gap. in 2008, 2009, we were able to get the fda to increase their cotton addition to 60% of their cost, which is significant. we also included a federal annual contribution. we started out at the federal government agreed to $100 million, but they increased that to $150 million a year. we also were able to pass a high-speed rail measure. the mta has $16 million allocated to that. $27 million has over all gone to the central subway project as of today. we have also started to receive bids from projects, much less than engineer estimates. we are happy that the cost will go down. we are also forming a mind the gatt committee, made up of members from all of our partners in the project to look and ways to close the local gap. so what is remaining in fiscal 2010, 2011 is for all of us to sit down and focus how we can come up with the $137 million, as well as the other funds coming from the federal government. question about the state funds being available as to when we thought they would origina

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two years ago, the funding gap for the central subway program was six under $50 million. staff has been working diligently with our funding partners to seek additional sources of funding and to date has been very successful in reducing the gap from six under $50 million to the $137 million that was in the -- from $650 million to the $137 million that was in the report. we were briefed on the agency progress in closing the funding gap, and our plans in seeking new funding sources going forward. i understand what resulted from that meeting is we are going to go back to them at their next meeting to communicate to the committee more detail about our plans in the future. this year's new start financial plan, he took a new approach to the vision and has plans to fully fund all capital initiatives for the agency over the 20-year period. this is in reference to the article saying we have a drop dead date of february. february is the new submission date for the new lease of middle of the financial plan. when we made the initial submission with the new starts program this year, up

they have already run mediated the gaps and are today painting the graffiti. i think this is a good thing for the neighborhood and would not have been accomplished without the good offices of the supervisor. clearwater was happy to influence american -- clear wire was happy to influence american tower to do that. the wireless industry tries not to bring appeals before you. we did everything we could to directly address the issues the neighborhood was concerned about. we were only able to find that through meetings with neighbors and supervisor campos. there is an executed document now. american tower is stepping up to clean up that side. we think the ceqa issue is a red herring. we encourage you not to require an eir, to allow the categorical exemption to stand, and to go on to the second part of this permit. president chiu: colleagues, any questions to the real party of interest? seeing non-, let me ask for individuals who wish to speak -- seeing none, let me ask for individuals who wish to speak to step up to the microphone. >> board members, i am in recent

we thought that would help to close that gap. just to go through the alternative, as with all projects, the first is the baseline for the do nothing. what this really consists of is buying newer vehicles, putting in new shelters, having the off- port fare payment. the project would improve current conditions out there by -- improved run times by about 3%. not a marked improvement, but it would create a different experience. where we have really seen a difference is where we go into alternatives. alternative two is a sideline bus rapid transit with curve boarding -- curb boarding. vehicles would be boarding in a protected lane. this would increase ridership and reduce run times, so it would be a marked improvement there. there are some specific issues with this, in that there are the right-turning vehicles, and that is a potential conflict to slow this down. alternative three is a center- lane bus rapid transit with right-side boarding. this would improve ridership a little bit more. probably generate about 52,000 riders. the esti

. >> that gap is a gig gap and recent numbers suggest that that gap has not changed. >>> good morning. it's 6:16. we are taking a look at satellite. this is a backdrop just from 210 this morning where you can see those clouds just to our north and west. there has been intrusion in some clouds with northwesterly flow starting to invade. there may be a mix of clouds which may cut down on sun glare for the morning commute. this is going to be a mix for morning hours looks like we should improve as we head through this afternoon. the sky and the winds. temperatures stayed chilly. we start off at 38. which is actually above normal. the cloud cover for that. we're still oozing in a fresh surge. they're normally much cooler that's a sign of cloud cover acting as a blanket over night. and we have those breezes still out at northwest rather dusty. occasional 10 to 20 miles an hour. watch the hours shrink up. we should have near -- very light breeze during the day. so it looks like an improvement watch the wind push from the south and southwest. that is going to be the push of warmer air as we

we addressed that and reduced our spending and billed that gap without raising taxes.e're going to do the same thing this time. >> you're saying no tax increase? >> absolutely not. >> you don't need neither federal stimulus dollar. >> we've turned back stimulus dollars through race to the top. they tried to black mail us with unemployment insurance money which was our dollars to begin w they had strings attached. >> we'll take the dollars from washington, my hope is that we can come up with ways where we don't send so many dollars out to washington, d.c.,. >> there is a big victory in the legislature, pretty close to almost a veto-proof majority in the house. there is no excuse for republicans not getting what you want. it's done if you're legislature, what are the two, three main priorities? >> we work together. it's not just what i want. we work with the lieutenant governor and speaker. but keeping the texas tax burden light, the regulatory climate predictible and fair, we may expand, you know we've had sweeping tort reform in the nation. paying great dividends. >> h

in this state does not bridge the educational achievement gap and as some people call it the racial gap we're not going to have the workforce of the future to keep this state and country competitive. we need bold innovative ideas like national hispanic university, like the latino college prep, really reaching down and doing the hard work to make sure these kids have the opportunities to learn. and guess what? they can learn. it just takes hard work and people working together to make it happen. it happens with partnerships. you've got to partner with the parents also, get them involved in the process. >> how smart is that pipeline, the one between nhu and latino college prep? >> it's a fantastic pipeline. we call it the eight-year pipeline. we're moving students seamlessly from ninth grade to the baccalaureate. we partner with san jose state. some of our students after two years go on and major in engineering at san jose state. some have gone on to santa clara. some go on to law school. we're really promoting that they continue. higher education familia. that's what it is. we're the hig

support of the health care service master plan, the health care service master plan will identify gaps in service and medical underserved areas and will help meet the health needs of all communities in the city. i had an incident when my grandma had hurt herself and my dad and uncle brought her to the chinatown hospital but because they lacked the right department she was sent to ucsf. however, because they didn't speak english, my aunt was contacted whenever a translator was needed or she would stay at the hospital the whole day. more translation services are needed and the health care service master plan will identify this need. please vote in support of this master plan. it's time we had a plan in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. i know that we have a number of high school students that need to get back to doing their homework. deann. sam lee. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm a member of the chinese progressive association. i eam a volunteer -- i'm a volunteer in a youth program. we campaign for health care and education issues. i am in support of the health care services

the master plan will identify gaps in services and medically underserved areas. access to health care cannot be decided by business plans of corporations. access to health care needs to be dictated by the needs of residents and not their ability to pay for it. the goal of the health care master plan is to encourage smart and equitable health-care planning. i do not think there's anything wrong with that. i will just echoed the concerns of the planning commissioners that spoke earlier that this plan was needed a long time ago and should have been adopted quite a while ago. i think there is nothing wrong with having more information. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is sigmund king. i am also from the bernal heights neighborhood center. this process is very community oriented. it is about planning. as supervisor maxwell mentioned before, i think it is very important that we move forward with this right away. i think an important point to highlight is that it is a living document which has regular updates with community input into th

made a comment about two state transportation bond measures you are looking at that might fill that gap? >> yes, it is very promising. there is two transportation initiatives that the central subway could benefit from. one of them specifically with the proposition 1a, the high- speed rail initiative. central subway is a direct link to high-speed rail, and proposition 1a set aside funding from the high-speed rail initiative to support local transit agencies to provide into connectivity to high-speed rail, and central subway will definitely provide direct connectivity to high-speed rail, so that is one of many possible sources that the chief financial officer will be presenting to the plans and programs. supervisor chiu: first of all, thank you for that presentation. i wanted to ask specifically around the commercial stabilization program and what your thoughts are given that there has not yet been an identification of funding for the program. in recent weeks, we have seen some issues arise around the city college construction project and the impact that has had on some of the commercial

a big gap and these numbers suggest that gap has not changed. >> reporter: and the report suggests that what is needed is more intensive exposure to reading and writing. students who regular wrote long answers to questions about their reading in class scored much higher than those who didn't. also key, experts say, continuing to teach reading well into middle and high school, diane. >> and we just saw in china, they go to school an average 41 more days every year. >> reporter: and it is how you spend that time, because there was an interesting finding in west virginia. students who read in class at least 20 minutes did much better on these tests than students who read less than 20, less than five minutes. >> so making the time count. >> reporter: exactly. >> okay, thanks, ron. >>> coming up, it was one of your burning questions and e-mails about china. we give you the answer. games with my grandchildren. so now,d great news! for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is

it suggests that this gap is even bleaker and bigger than anyone first realized. our ""education nation"" report tonight from nbc's ron allen. >> the class of 2010. >> reporter: this year, the entire senior high class at chicago's urban prep graduated. 107 students, all african-american young men. while at the same time, according to a new report, most black male students performed worse than their peers balmost every measure. in fourth grade, only 12% do well in reading compared to 38% for white male students. by eighth grade, only 12% of black male studentare proficient in math. compared to 44% of their white peers. national, less than half of alblack male students graduate from high school. far below the 78% national rate for public schools. after that, among college students, only 5% are black men. >> african-american males are simply not getting the instruction, the qualified teachers, the resources, the materials that they need to succeed. >> reporter: the study says the obstacles begin before the school bell rings. black families have higher unemployment. o

, spending gap in productivity gap.the tax gap is the amount of taxes that are legally 02 federal government today, but not family collection. the irs estimates that there is a $345 billion tax gap ever hear. that figure was in 2001. iris does not know the current tax gap. there's $345 billion every year legally owed paid. that's about half the total budget deficit currently projected for 2015. the target for the commission to reduce the deficit. there are three sources of this room for a $5 billion tax gap. 80% is from understated income were overstated deductions and credits. 10% from non-filers and 10% for taxpayers who fail to pay their taxes on time. if we can put a man on the man, we can think about landing an astronaut on mars, we can collect more. and we should not cut one dime in federal benefits or raise one dime in federal taxes and so we have done everything we can to let the taxes that are already owed. these taxes without raising taxes on anyone. the spending gap is the amount of fraud, waste and errors in

this woman, working in the government climate change unit, says that the growing gap between the rich and the poor is a problem that many are worried about. the nation's soaring wealth is written in the skyline. beijing is being turned into the city's own version of manhattan. >> the great development is not just the landscape of cities. hundreds of millions have been lifted out of poverty. lives and expectations transformed. some have become very rich indeed. >> having built many of the new skyscrapers, in an ordinary home she is today billionaire property developer. one of the richest women in the world. growing wealth means growing political pressure for change. >> as the people become richer, better traveled, better informed, people want more freedom. people want more say in their lives. they want to make their own decisions. all of that is in the expectations of the people. >> as the diners feast of roast duck, china's success is based on a difficult balancing act. the rich and the for hungry for change in their lives, bbc news. >> talks in the haitian capital of port-au-prince,

we are seeing an intensity gap and an enthusiasm gap that is almost double 1994. we see a generic ballot advantage that is double what we saw in 1994. i think in the house, we started off with a target of making 60 races competitive and ended up with 100 races being competitive. right now, my count would be -- we only need 39 to get control. i think we're past that by six or seven seats in terms of definitely going in the republican column with another 43 tossup seats. if i had to get a floor for tomorrow night, i would say 56 or 57 seats. i would say more likely we will be toward the top of that ceiling, in the high 60s. if i were to bet, i would say 65 or 66 seats are very likely for tomorrow night. in terms of the senate, i have always been one that believes if you look at the senate, the senate tend to be more susceptible to waves than even the house. i see as at 48 seats already with four tossup seats. all we have to do is one half of the tossup seats. this is the type of election where anything close goes our way just like in 2006, anything close went to dem

if you look at that as a gap analysis we don't think that will be the same case. there are roles and we've heard some tonight. access, cultural access, those sorts of things are important. but based on geography, most likely health services will not be delivered primarily around geography, especially for specialty services. we've done a very good job of using clinics in san francisco and we should continue to do that and build that out. but for specialty services, that's probably not going to be the model. it also doesn't look as regional care. san francisco is an economic driver around the medical industry. we bring people -- people come here for medical services. it doesn't talk about that at all. we need to be dealing with those issues. so we would love that this get -- [inaudible] so we have more time to discuss shoots with you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker, please. -- discuss the issues with you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker, please. we also have randy and abby. and any member of the public who would like to speak. >> good evening. jerry

. >>> we look at america's broad band gap. a government report finds a sizable racial divide when it comes to internet juice. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm tony harris. those stories and your comments right here, right now in the cnn newsroom. >>> at this moment, elizabeth smart is set to be back on the witness stand in her words, she was raped at least every day during her nine months of captivity. moments ago, she arrived at the courthouse in salt lake city. video from moments ago. no cameras are allowed inside federal court where her accused kidnapper is on trial. but her words are creating terrifying disturbing images. ben winslow recaps her family. >> reporter: she told the jury about the night she was awakened by a stranger way soft but very serious voice. i remember him saying i have a knife to your neck, don't make a sound, come with me or i will kill you and your family. she described the fear she felt. i knew how deadly the situation was. i was scared, extremely scared. she was forced to put on her sneakers, led ou

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we understand the desire of the city in creating a plan to identify the goals and gaps in the care of our residents. however, as the medical society we disagree on the method proposed by the campos ordinance. we propose developing a continually improving set of health care goals to address these disparities. the task of health care delivery and any major metro area is more complex in comparison to other tasks of city government that fall under the purview of the planning departments. it is not appropriate or analogous to compare our services to those such as where city streets will be built, commercial or residential zoning located, proposed retail stores built, or where other freezing rain structure such as water mains or electric lines be constructed. one significant problem i see coming down the road is the accelerating speed of technological changes in our medical system and the creation of a new federal health care reform system. this will likely make any plan outdated by the time it is voted on. the campos ordinance limits choices by requiring any new medical facility. we are ex