mta board of directors and julie kirschbaum the proposed employment agreement has been available for public inspection since thursday february 27th, 2025 and is included in the board material for this board materials for this item california government code section 54953c3 requires the board to orally report a summary of the proposed salary and compensation in the form of fringe benefits for ms. ms. kirschbaum before taking final action to approve the employment agreement pursuant to that requirement, the board provides the following summary the proposed agreement sets an annual salary of $425,000 under the proposed agreement, ms. kirschbaum will receive fringe benefits equivalent to specified benefits provided to employees represented by the municipal executives

an on-camera interview and directed us to a prerecorded video statement from acting director julie kirschbaum>> with this state requirement we will need to move in the direction of a city-wide program. >> reporter: she says that will involve an expedited process of painting curbs red so they can appropriately enforce the law. the timeline, about 18 months. >> we can't always just follow who yells the loudest and what we need to do is look at what is really going to improve safety. >> reporter: he'd like to see a safer san francisco and california for everyone. he says rolling back the rollout will slow that process down. >> it isn't just san francisco taking its time. neither san jose nor oakland are enforcing the daylighting law. the san jose spokesperson told us they removed some metered parking, but it's expensive and time consuming to mark all of the curbs. oakland wants to see how other cities implement the law. the city council plans to make recommendations this spring. alex lee says he is confident the law will reduce traffic deaths, but he knows it will take time to adapt. >>> still a

daniel lurie is sending three city leaders, including attorney david chu, transportation chief julie kirschbaum, a the state and federal affairs manager eileen mariano, who is the granddaughter of the late dianne feinstein. the team will be lobbying for a few different things, including asking fema to reimburse the city of san francisco millions of dollars it spent on housing homeless people during the pandemic. mayor lurie told the sf chronicle he's looking to partner with senators to help san francisco tackle its budget problems. this is the first time mayor lurie is dispatching city officials to washington, d.c. well, millions of americans could be affected by two big deadlines this week. on wednesday, new trump imposed taxes on imported goods are scheduled to go into effect. and then on friday, a deadline for lawmakers on capitol hill to avert a potential government shutdown. the pivotal week comes as economists warn of a potential recession looming in part from massive cuts in government jobs and continued rising costs. nbc's julie sirkin has details from washington. reporter a trade war w

mayor daniel lurie is sending these three city attorney david chu, transportation chief julie kirschbaumand the state and federal affairs manager and the granddaughter of the late senator dianne feinstein. eileen mariano to dc. they're tasked to make sure fema keeps its promise to reimburse the city for $267 million spent to house the homeless during the pandemic. if fema declines, it could make the city's budget deficit even worse. they're also lobbying for more than $100 million to upgrade two bus yards and build new housing. pay pal park could soon become a new concert venue in the city of san jose. the san jose earthquakes are working on a plan to host 15 shows at the park each year. it would mean venue. this is all happening just as south bay leaders are getting ready to host several high profile sporting events next year, including, of course, the super bowl and world cup matches. all right, let's get to rob mayeda here now. and rob, you're tracking big changes. we have one more day of dry weather if you want to get outside and enjoy the sunshine. tomorrow is your day. it will be t

san francisco mayor daniel lurie is sending city attorney david chu, transportation chief julie kirschbaum, and the state and federal affairs manager eileen mariano. she is the granddaughter of the late senator dianne feinstein. they're looking to make sure fema keeps its promise to reimburse the city for $267 million spent to house the homeless during the pandemic. if fema declines, it could make the city's budget deficit even worse. they're also lobbying for more than $100 million to upgrade to mta bus yards and build new housing. a very rough day for your money. after president trump did not rule out the possibility of a recession, the stock markets tanked along with the 401 k accounts of many people. it comes amid the escalating trade wars with our allies, and on wednesday, a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum coming into the u.s. will go into effect. and in retaliation, the leader of ontario, canada, slapping an extra 25% charge for electricity. let's bring in our business and tech reporter, scott budman, to make sense of this really rough day and wild day on wall street. scott. yeah, i

we have a newly appointed director julie kirschbaum here to make the presentation. welcome ms..schbaum and congratulations from all of us and also our gratitude for wanting to take this on and maybe a little grace because i, i only play a cfo on tv and i did bring our our actual cfo barry marauder is here to answer all of your hard questions. but i did want to present to you all directly today kind of in my in my new role as the as the department head and i plan to make it a continued practice that you hear directly from me on the tough issues that we're facing. i appreciate all of the time you all have been taking with briefings to understand all of the issues that the mta is currently juggling and i look forward to close partnership with the board as well as with your other had the board of supervisors so with that i will start start with some bragging because i think it is important context setting that muni is playing a really a disproportion net role in the region in in terms of transit ridership and the muni system looks a little bit different regionally than it did prior

mta board of directors and julie kirschbaum the proposed employment agreement has been available for public inspection since thursday february 27th, 2025 and is included in the board material for this board materials for this item california government code section 54953c3 requires the board to orally report a summary of the proposed salary and compensation in the form of fringe benefits for ms. ms. kirschbaum before taking final action to approve the employment agreement pursuant to that requirement, the board provides the following summary the proposed agreement sets an annual salary of $425,000 under the proposed agreement, ms. kirschbaum will receive fringe benefits equivalent to specified benefits provided to employees represented by the municipal executives association under the memorandum of understanding between mta i'm sorry the municipal executives association which i will refer to as mta under the memorandum of understanding between mta and the s.f. mta the full list of benefits is set forth in exhibit a to the agreement. key benefits include five days of paid management l

julie kirschbaum last tuesday was sort of appointed to be the next director of the mta by both mayor urie and also the f.a. board of directors. >> julie is a person who has worked at the agency for a pretty long time. she's been with mta since 2007 and she served as the director of muni from 2018 to 2024. so that was right through the heart of the pandemic and all the uncertainty and all of the challenges she navigated to make sure that even in the darkest days of the pandemic muni was still delivering the essential services of getting the people to where they need to go in the city. and so this was i think the board and the mayor felt someone we could really count on with some of the challenges that are coming to be a really steady hand for the agency. she has two decades of experience in transportation and i just wanted to share with you her priorities the immediate priority she's setting out for the agency and so that is to rebuild trust with communities across san francisco clearly to focus on ensuring the financial stability of the organization which is so important and then also

mta director julie kirschbaum and new brant thank you for being on call last weekend for executing a successful and coordinated strategy to keep san francisco prepared and safe . and finally i want to thank all of our police officers fighters, our sheriff's deputies, muni drivers, dpw staff, first responders and all of our city workers for their tireless work to make these events a success. my administration is committed to building on this progress. san francisco's comeback is just getting started. thank you, mayor larry. thank you, dana. up next, we'll have our next speaker. the success of the lunar new year parade is really the heart work of all these individuals here and the dedication of the team behind it and leading the charge of the parade is a man who has worked tirelessly to bring to continue our traditions of the parade and all the light of a new year facilities. so if i can have you introduce our next speaker mr. tony lowry, the director of the lunar new year parade. let me go. thank you. thanks and good morning everyone. good morning, mayor larry. good morning president

and that's exactly what we are going to have under the leadership of julie kirschbaum . >> for too long for far too long the barrier to entry for businesses large and small has been too high. but the message from this administration is loud and clear. san francisco is open for business. if you're a business owner this is the moment to double down and lead. if you've kept your distance, now is the time to come back and invest in everything our city has to offer in return. miami's situation will work hard every single day to deliver the experience. everyone who comes to san francisco deserves. we are here to partner with you and to work across sectors to and ensure the trends we are seeing today are the turning point. we will remember in the years to come. i'm inviting all of you as industry leaders not just to witness our comeback but to be part of it. thank you all very much. san francisco is on the rise. have a great day. let's bring back the president and ceo of the san francisco chamber of commerce, rodney fong. >> thank you very much. and give our mayor a huge hand . mary laurie cer

and that's exactly what we are going to have under the leadership of julie kirschbaum . >> for too longfor far too long the barrier to entry for businesses large and small has been too high. but the message from this administration is loud and clear. san francisco is open for business. if you're a business owner this is the moment to double down and lead. if you've kept your distance, now is the time to come back and invest in everything our city has to offer in return. miami's situation will work hard every single day to deliver the experience. everyone who comes to san francisco deserves. we are here to partner with you and to work across sectors to and ensure the trends we are seeing today are the turning point. we will remember in the years to come. i'm inviting all of you as industry leaders not just to witness our comeback but to be part of it. thank you all very much. san francisco is on the rise. have a great day. let's bring back the president and ceo of the san francisco chamber of commerce, rodney fong. >> thank you very much. and give our mayor a huge hand . mary laurie cert

the board met in closed session and voted unanimously at item four to appoint julie kirschbaum as the director of transportation subject to a contract to be negotiated and approved at a subsequent meeting. >> thank you. thank you. colleagues, may i have a motion in a second to disclose or not disclose? for item four. item five pardon me? motion not to disclose item five second secretary silva, please call the roll and the motion to not disclose item five director chen i chennai director hemminger i hemminger i director henderson henderson i director lindsey high india director kahana i cookie and i chair tarlov i tarlov i thank you with that motion passes next item that yes secretary silva please call the next item places you on item number seven approval of minutes for the february 4th regular meeting directors are there any changes to the minutes? all right. >> may i have a motion and a second to oh, we'll now open public comment for item seven. >> 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 t