the agency plans to install the gates at the san leandro and glen park stations later this month. south bay representative sam liccardo was home from washington this weekend and held a town hall in mountain view today. the line to get into the event in the mountain view high school gym stretched down the block. constituents we spoke to are angry about a variety of issues, but the common thread was the trump administration's executive orders and its steep cuts through the so-called department of government efficiency. many say they want to know what they can do to stop elon musk. it's illegal. nobody elected him. he's just doing a hatchet job, and he's doing it with 19, 20, 21 year old tech bros who don't understand what a government is. a government iss not a business. a government takes care of its 365 million people. this is absolute crap, period. liccardo acknowledged the fraught and uncertain position the country is in. he encouraged people to keep speaking out. he also plans to continue to hold town halls, unlike republican lawmakers, who have been advised to stop holding pub

the agency plans to install the gates at the san leandro and glen park stations later this month.l, march is women's empowerment month, and we're sharing stories about female trailblazers. susan lynch was one of just a handful of femal train operators working for the bart agency in 1973, a year after bart opened for service, and after graduating from mills college, lynch applied for the job. she worked nights out of the hayward station as a test driver. her job was to drive the trains back and forth, making sure the tracks wouldn't fail. she says she loved her job, but it wasn't always easy being one of the only women. well, it's very difficult. i mean, at that time, women didn't do jobs like that. once i was driving passengers, i would stick my head out of the window to make sure people didn't get caught in the doors. and i would see young girls, and i could see that they were impressed. they liked seeing her up there. after driving trains for a few years. lynch hung up her operator hat to work on her film northern lights that's actually about to be rereleased, but she says she m

the agency plans to install the same gates at the san leandro and glen park stations later this month. march is women's empowerment month, and we are sharing stories about female trailblazers. susan lynch is one of them. she was just a handful, one of a handful of female train operators working for the agency. in 1973, a year after bart opened for service. after graduating from mills college, lynch applied for the job. she worked nights out of the hayward station as a test driver, so her job was to drive the trains back and forth, making sure the tracks wouldn't fail. she says she loved her job, but it wasn't always easy being one of the only women. was very difficult. i mean, at that time, women didn't do jobs like that. once i was driving passengers, i would stick my head out of the window to make sure people didn't get caught in the doors. and i would see young girls, and i could see that they were impressed. pretty cool. after driving trains for a few years, lynch hung up her operator hat to work on her film northern lights. and by the way, that's actually about to be rereleased.

i commute by bike from my home in glen park to presidio middle school in the outer richmond. my life improved significantly when i began commuting by bike. and i'm grateful for san francisco's existing infrastructure for making my commute possible and relatively safe. and i am not alone. there are bikes parked every day at the bike rack in front of presidio. >> and every day i see parents with children biking to school in both glen park and the richmond. my wife might be the only person in glen park who owns a cargo bike but not a child seat for it. we bought a cargo bike with the hopes that maybe one day we'll need a child seat. it's very clear to me that many families and school staff need safe biking infrastructure to get to school every day. >> however, not everyone can commute to schools the way i can. >> parts of the cycling network are less safe for me and for families who want to bike to school. the rolling plan identifies many schools that are not within a quarter mile of a safe bike route. in addition, there are bike roads that are mostly safe but have small gaps or

for the glen park elementary school. their names i've forgotten. oh, rhonda and simon and they are people that i personally respect. and i want the students to understand that the adults here are making very difficult decisions about how we maintain our transportation are taking these issues very, very seriously. and your comments are very much appreciated. thank you. secretary silver, will you please call the next item? >> next item. very good places you on item number 11 new or unfinished business by board members? colleagues, do you have any new or unfinished business for today's agenda? all right. we'll close that item. secretary silva, please call the next item places you on item 12 general public comment. members of the public may address the s.f. mta board of directors on matters that are within the board's jurisdiction and are not on today's calendar. members of the public wishing to provide comment will have two minutes each. there will be a warning sound at 30s and a chime when the time is up. >> i do have spea

. >> some of the neighborhood in d8 are the castro and glen park and noe valley and diamond heights andlley. >> hello, i'm supervisor mandelman the supervisor representing d8 the board of supervisors. >> i had also been interested in politics and puck life and group in san francisco and when i was in high school i had a 13wrir78 with periphery on the board of supervisors. and as i got involved in um, in local affairs hi was grown up at the some point make sense to run so i did. >> so you had i was running in no charge back. focused on homeless and the mental health issues as priorities for me and the district. my mom suffered from mental illness for a big county executive of hero adult life got sick when us very sick my was 10 or 11 years old i move to san francisco she was not able to take care of of me by my grandmother i followed her life and try to help her anti she on the other hand, she lived institutions and board cares in homelessness shelters for a period of time and i thought there are folks with those sits needs have informed my governance and priorities as an office official

in this ranging from you know some of the natural natural areas and mclaren park or golden gate park or glen canyon to you know very very elevated horticultural spaces like our botanical garden or the japanese tea garden or the conservatory of flowers we have a wide range of skill and one of the things that i don't know if my staff will highlight but i want to share with you is our partnership with local 261 which is our the the gardeners union. we are 15 years into a absolute best in class horticultural apprenticeship program in which people come in and they it's a mix of hours worked and time spent at city college we are able to vet our staff through that apprenticeship program and ensure that we only end up with the folks that are really most dedicated to the craft and it's been a wonderful success, a wonderful, wonderful partnership and it's absolutely elevated our professional standards. we actually don't put up with mediocrity in our park system. so i you know, we'll earn your trust. >> i feel good about that. well, thank you very much for coming today, charles that you place importanc

to answer the call and combooshg on a call >> some of the neighborhood in d8 are the castro and glen parkley and diamond heights and coal valley. >> hello, i'm supervisor mandelman the supervisor representing d8 the board of supervisors. >> i had also been interested in politics and puck life and group in san francisco and when i was in high school i had a 13wrir78 with periphery on the board of supervisors. and as i got involved in um, in local affairs hi was grown up at the some point make sense to run so i did. >> so you had i was running in no charge back. focused on homeless and the mental health issues as priorities for me and the district. my mom suffered from mental illness for a big county executive of hero adult life got sick when us very sick my was 10 or 11 years old i move to san francisco she was not able to take care of of me by my grandmother i followed her life and try to help her anti she on the other hand, she lived institutions and board cares in homelessness shelters for a period of time and i thought there are folks with those sits needs have informed my governance a