. >> i'm a small business owner, with my wife, we operate a small business on gary boulevard, and we have been serving the community over a decade. i'm running because i'm deeply troubled by the current state of our district. we now have more homenessen campmented, closed businesses, and increased crime. the richmond district has been neglected by city hall for too long. it's time for new city leadership at city hall. it's time for a supervisor who will put the richmond first. i'm the only candidate with extensive civil rights experience needed to effectively represent the richmond district. first, the richmond and san francisco more broadly must build more affordable housing. second, i will fight to expand healthy san francisco so that uninsured middle class residents will receive health care coverage. additionally, i am the only major candidate in this race to oppose any tax increases swoosh the covid-19 -- during the covid-19 pandemic. we should not kick people when we're down. let's first look at our current spending and fight government waste before we increase teaks. we net bet

they're coming to the intersection of gary boulevard and goff street these changes came after a car hitnd killed a person in august in that intersection as a result, portions of geary from laguna to golf and then steiner to scott and also baker to saint josephs will have their speed limits reduced from 35 miles an hour to 25 miles per hour. and some sad news tonight cecilia chang, a trailblazing pioneer know america has died chang whose son philip co-founded the national restaurant chain pf chang's arrived in san francisco from china back in the 1950's to help out some friends open of a new restaurant will those friends ended up bailing out but chang you know did it all in a row. that is how and run which is an iconic san francisco restaurant on polk street was born the cause of her death is unknown. she was 100 years old. quite a life and legacy. >>coming up next trouble on wall street here because of the pandemic in part how that is impacting. everybody's money tonight. plus another night of civil unrest in philadelphia and a few minutes we will hear from walter wallace is children. y

. >> i'm a small business owner, with my wife, we operate a small business on gary boulevard, and we have been serving the community over a decade. i'm running because i'm deeply troubled by the current state of our district. we now have more homenessen campmented, closed businesses, and increased crime. the richmond district has been neglected by city hall for too long. it's time for new city leadership at city hall. it's time for a supervisor who will put the richmond first. i'm the only candidate with extensive civil rights experience needed to effectively represent the richmond district. first, the richmond and san francisco more broadly must build more affordable housing. second, i will fight to expand healthy san francisco so that uninsured middle class residents will receive health care coverage. additionally, i am the only major candidate in this race to oppose any tax increases swoosh the covid-19 -- during the covid-19 pandemic. we should not kick people when we're down. let's first look at our current spending and fight government waste before we increase teaks. we net bet

if you put the bus in the middle of gary boulevard or middle of van ness a avenue the person has to get to and from this busy road and risk their life to fall of of the we'l wheelchair. we wish you stop promoting this bus traffic transit. thank you. >> co-chair pelzman: thank you. next caller please. >> this is roger. president of the transport workers union local 258. i want to highlight what the riders, passengers have been stating. one of the ways in which we can provide better more accessible service for the wheelchair community, for the at-risk community, for the community that are special needs community, by bringing back the light rail vehicles back on the surface. we have been pushing and pressing the agency to bring back the light rail vehicle service. from what i understand, sfmta is the only public transportation system in the united states of america that has completely shut down its light rail vehicle service. why? we have no idea. when i say we, i mean local 258, light rail vehicle systems are bigger. they are stronger. they have more space for passengers. they are safer f

many of the clients that i serve at the senior center that i work at that is located on gary boulevard, ride transit. and the 28 and the 39 to get to food pantries and to get to the doctor and more. like rob anderson and miss miles already tried a decade ago to advance these arguments holding up the transportation infrastructure for years. they have farcical evidence, while the state is on fire. and the western one-third of the u.s. was on fire and this is just the beginning. focusing again on public health, my sister who works as a stylist and lives in oakland recently was able to start working again in downtown s.f. she called me after her first day and said that she felt safe riding transit and a bit nervous riding bart because of crowding but fearful on 38 because of the crowding on there. now she, a healthy individual in her late 20s, feels unsafe, i have to wonder how older adults, those who are immunocompromised feel and especially those who can't rent the zip car or don't have a car to drive as an alternative. i suspect that this is a reality that they are removed from, that th

. >> i'm a small business owner, with my wife, we operate a small business on gary boulevard, and we have been serving the community over a decade. i'm running because i'm deeply troubled by the current state of our district. we now have more homenessen campmented, closed businesses, and increased crime. the richmond district has been neglected by city hall for too long. it's time for new city leadership at city hall. it's time for a supervisor who will put the richmond first. i'm the only candidate with extensive civil rights experience needed to effectively represent the richmond district. first, the richmond and san francisco more broadly must build more affordable housing. second, i will fight to expand healthy san francisco so that uninsured middle class residents will receive health care coverage. additionally, i am the only major candidate in this race to oppose any tax increases swoosh the covid-19 -- during the covid-19 pandemic. we should not kick people when we're down. let's first look at our current spending and fight government waste before we increase teaks. we net bet

. >> i'm a small business owner, with my wife, we operate a small business on gary boulevard, and wee been serving the community over a decade. i'm running because i'm deeply troubled by the current state of our district. we now have more homenessen campmented, closed businesses, and increased crime. the richmond district has been neglected by city hall for too long. it's time for new city leadership at city hall. it's time for a supervisor who will put the richmond first. i'm the only candidate with extensive civil rights experience needed to effectively represent the richmond district. first, the richmond and san francisco more broadly must build more affordable housing. second, i will fight to expand healthy san francisco so that uninsured middle class residents will receive health care coverage. additionally, i am the only major candidate in this race to oppose any tax increases swoosh the covid-19 -- during the covid-19 pandemic. we should not kick people when we're down. let's first look at our current spending and fight government waste before we increase teaks. we net better

. >> i'm a small business owner, with my wife, we operate a small business on gary boulevard, and we have been serving the community over a decade. i'm running because i'm deeply troubled by the current state of our district. we now have more homenessen campmented, closed businesses, and increased crime. the richmond district has been neglected by city hall for too long. it's time for new city leadership at city hall. it's time for a supervisor who will put the richmond first. i'm the only candidate with extensive civil rights experience needed to effectively represent the richmond district. first, the richmond and san francisco more broadly must build more affordable housing. second, i will fight to expand healthy san francisco so that uninsured middle class residents will receive health care coverage. additionally, i am the only major candidate in this race to oppose any tax increases swoosh the covid-19 -- during the covid-19 pandemic. we should not kick people when we're down. let's first look at our current spending and fight government waste before we increase teaks. we net bet

boulevard in golf streets. the city is reducing the speed limit from 35 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour this happened along portions of gary from laguna to golf steiner to scott and baker to saint josephs the changes come after a deadly crash that happened between a car and a pedestrian back in august. well the fbi is now involved in a possible hate crime investigation in the east bay, a lafayette family discovered a swastika and the word trump spray painted on their home. the family reported the graffiti to the police tuesday morning and the mayor of lafayette mike anderson wrote a statement saying that there is no place for hate in lafayette. well neighbors and the victims themselves believe that the vandalism was politically motivated. biden harris flags and black lives matters posters are visible at their home. >>these are some dark times. and we're going through you know it's manifesting behavior in our community we're. >>above that it obviously it's not case. >>well so far police have not shared any information on who may be behind that graffiti. to the north and now fairfield police are offering a $10,000 reward to

gary russ. i've lived at 500 north in district eight, just where the city closed twin peaks boulevard on march 8. i'm calling in on item 94 for my request for strong support for continuances or, if not accepted, the appeals. the city closed twin peaks boulevard without any input from our neighborhood and without any kind of ceqa review whatsoever. the city's premise for doing this was to create added recreational space, there by increasing social distancing and reducing therefore covid spread. and here's what happened six months ago. there's been no increase in social distancing whatsoever at daytime when there is minimum fog, hundreds of people -- i saw mostly tourist park on burnet avenue, crest line, palo alto, and then, they walk up about a half mile to see the view. no social distancing, no masks, no effort to enforce social distancing on twin peaks at all. at night, young people gather on burnette avenue, zero masks, zero social distancing. no net benefit from closing twin peaks boulevard. closing twin peaks boulevard has driven crime, late night, noisy, alcohol and drug-fuelled partying,