business leaders along valencia now have a petition calling for sfmta director jeffrey tumlin to lose his job over a controversial center bike lane. they say it's killing business by removing parking spots. today on our 3:00 pm program getting answers, mayor breed told our kristen sze the city is making adjustments, but she will not consider personnel changes. >> we have to make sure that, you know, people understand that there are trade offs when we make adjustments and, you know, ultimately we're going to make the adjustment. but i don't think we need to go that far to start calling for the firing of someone. >> yesterday, the sfmta told us it disagrees with the merchants, saying cyclists safety and thriving business corridors are not mutually exclusive. >> california college students who are speaking out in support of gaza took a new tactic today. students at cal state universities from across the state, including san francisco, gathered in long beach to rally outside the board of trustees meeting. they want the schools to divest from israel. some students spoke during a public com

it's cost them business, and they've launched a new petition to ask you to remove sfmta director jeffrey tumlin. first. do you agree with their assessment that that center bike lane has been a business killer? and second, would you consider their ask of you to consider either asking him to resign or otherwise? >> yeah, well, i'll start by saying no, i will not consider, you know, any feedback around personnel related issues, the city, you know, i won't discuss whether i'm going to hire or fire someone. that's just not anything i've ever done publicly. but i will say that the city is changing, and we need, as a density, as an urban environment, we need to be open to more transportation networks and different modes of transportation, including protected bike lanes. in the case of this center lane, what we have done and what the department has done, they've gone from business to business because, you know, it's clear that there's an issue with the center bike lane. and so they are making some adjustments to address the issues, especially because we know this has impacted the merchants. but there a

up next, we have director of transportation, jeffrey tumlin who leads the sf municipal transportation agency. he oversees muni, parking, traffic engineering, bicycle and pedestrian safety, transportation accessibility, so many things. i'm going to give it to jeff. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. my name is jeff tumlin your director of transportation. it is no secret that in this time in the aftermath of covid, san francisco is facing tough times. but, we are san franciscans. this is nothing new for us. every 10 to 15 years since 1849 san francisco has undergone a massive economic structual change and every single time we made the transition from bus to the next boom economy. san franciscans have lead. i'm so grateful for the leadership of mayor london breed and her vision- [applause] -and so grateful for mayor london breed's vision how to manage this next transition from boom to bust to boom again. every time this happens san franciscans, the real san franciscans, those who are committed to staying in this city no matter what-we recognize that in order to reinvent the next

they claim jeffrey tumlin and sfmta did not take merchants opinions into account when making decisions about city streets and changes to them. so now they've started a change.org petition asking mayor london breed to replace tumlin. the group behind the petition is a group that represents merchants along valencia street. in the mission, merchants have been fighting to get the city to remove a controversial center bike lane that they say is killing their businesses. their petition also claims mismanagement, with other projects that tumlin has approved. >> merchants from hayes valley, they contact us and, you know, they see us on the news and they know that we're fighting to remove this bike lane, and they made a mess out of hayes valley as well. >> sfmta responded to the petition saying in part, the authors of this petition suggest that pedestrian and bicyclist safety and thriving commercial corridors are mutually exclusive. we do not agree. >> 508 this morning to san jose. we begin with a live look. outside. we have clear skies. you can see the airport far off in the background. curren

sfmta director jeffrey tumlin spoke last month about parking behavior in the city since the pandemic. given the scarcity of parking control officers that we have faced for several years, there are people who think that the rules don't exist. so we want to make sure that we get the word out that we are finally able to start enforcing all of the rules. it puts the target on our back, and we definitely plan on seeing the aggression, the aggression from the public to come out with that message. and that was someone who works for sfmta, he says they are already facing aggression from upset drivers. this could make things worse. parking tickets in the city for blocking a pedestrian crossing or a residential parking garage can range from over $80 to over $100 for each citation. those numbers range depending on the type of violation, of course, not to mention the late penalties that can add to those missed payments. just in case you forget that you did something wrong, or broke a rule, or didn't even realize that you, you know that you may have done that now, those are not the only violations

they claim jeffrey tumlin and sfmta didn't take merchants opinions into account when making decisions about changes to city streets. now, they started a change.org petition asking mayor london breed to replace tumlin. the group behind the petition is a group that represents merchants along valencia street. in the mission, merchants have been fighting to get the city to remove a controversial center bike lane that they say is killing their businesses. the petition also claims mismanagement with other projects that tumlin has approved. >> merchants from hayes valley. they contact us and, you know, they see us on the news and they know that we're fighting to remove this bike lane. and they made a mess out of hayes valley as well. >> sfmta responded to the petition saying in part, quote, the authors of this petition suggest that pedestrian and bicyclist safety in thriving commercial corridors are mutually exclusive. we do not agree. >> new developments president biden slamming the international criminal court's request for an arrest warrant for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu an

business leaders along valencia street now have a petition calling for sfmta director jeffrey tumlinse his job over the controversial center bike lane. they say the bike lane is killing business by removing parking spots on our 3 p.m. show, getting answers, mayor breed said the city is making adjustments, but she will not consider personnel changes. >> we have to make sure that, you know, people understand that there are trade offs when we make adjustments and, you know, ultimately we're going to make the adjustment. but i don't think we need to go that far to start calling for the firing of someone. >> on monday, the sfmta told us it disagrees with merchants saying cyclists safety and thriving business corridors are not mutually exclusive. new developments in a proposal that would bolster california's protections against i. >> a bill by state senator scott wiener of san francisco has passed in the senate. this plan would force tech and ai companies to perform safety checks on their ai models to safeguard against things like cyber attacks or the creation of bio weapons. but some tech

. >> have a petition calling for sfmta director jeffrey tumlin to lose his job over the controversialke lane. they say the bike lane is killing business by removing parking spots on our 3 p.m. show getting answers, mayor breed said the city is making adjustments, but she will not consider personnel changes. >> we have to make sure that, you know, people understand that there are trade offs when we make adjustments and, you know, ultimately we're going to make the adjustment. but i don't think we need to go that far to start calling for the firing of someone. >> on monday, the sfmta told us it disagrees with the merchants, saying cyclists safety and thriving business corridor are not mutually exclusive. new developments on a proposal that would bolster california's protections against i. >> a bill by state senator scott wiener of san francisco has passed in the senate. the plan would force tech and ai companies to perform safety checks on their ai models to safeguard against things like cyber attacks or the creation of bio weapons. some tech companies and trade groups say it could curb

there really needs to be some urgency on the part of jeffrey tumlin, the mayor, the supervisor, and therchants to implement safety changes that will keep people alive. and, i find it very distressing that, we were going to have changes made in the traffic flow until, it was decided to set up this delay of the welcome committee. we don't need a welcoming committee. we need implementation. 30s will protect everyone who uses the streets around west portal. and i fear that there will be more deaths on at this area because, the sfmta is not acting with urgency, let us remember that four people have lost their lives because of bad traffic engineering on our streets. thank you, thank you. one more speaker. let's hear. speaker you've been unmuted. herbert weiner, my concern about the west portal project is that there has to be sufficient input from the businesses and also the people patronize these businesses. there has to be a balance between the safety and also the interest of people in that district. what is the problem with mta? planning is so many small businesses have gone by the wayside

up next, we have director of transportation, jeffrey tumlin who leads the sf municipal transportation he oversees muni, parking, traffic engineering, bicycle and pedestrian safety, transportation accessibility, so many things. i'm going to give it to jeff. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. my name is jeff tumlin your director of transportation. it is no secret that in this time in the aftermath of covid, san francisco is facing tough times. but, we are san franciscans. this is nothing new for us. every 10 to 15 years since 1849 san francisco has undergone a massive economic structual change and every single time we made the transition from bus to the next boom economy. san franciscans have lead. i'm so grateful for the leadership of mayor london breed and her vision- [applause] -and so grateful for mayor london breed's vision how to manage this next transition from boom to bust to boom again. every time this happens san franciscans, the real san franciscans, those who are committed to staying in this city no matter what-we recognize that in order to reinvent the next san fra

up next, we have director of transportation, jeffrey tumlin who leads the sf municipal transportationncy. he oversees muni, parking, traffic engineering, bicycle and pedestrian safety, transportation accessibility, so many things. i'm going to give it to jeff. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. my name is jeff tumlin your director of transportation. it is no secret that in this time in the aftermath of covid, san francisco is facing tough times. but, we are san franciscans. this is nothing new for us. every 10 to 15 years since 1849 san francisco has undergone a massive economic structual change and every single time we made the transition from bus to the next boom economy. san franciscans have lead. i'm so grateful for the leadership of mayor london breed and her vision- [applause] -and so grateful for mayor london breed's vision how to manage this next transition from boom to bust to boom again. every time this happens san franciscans, the real san franciscans, those who are committed to staying in this city no matter what-we recognize that in order to reinvent the next san