at&t, lennar corp.. they stepped up and said this is such a wonderful idea of a public-private partnership aimed at making sure that hot spots along the t line and san bruno were going to be safer. to have 12 residents of san francisco, many of them living in district 10 speaking a total of eight different languages and communicating with not only the operators of our municipal transportation agency -- i see deborah johnson here this morning. thank you for being here. 311 as well as department of public works, the whole sfmta organization, police department, board of supervisors, city administrator's office, working together, have produced an opportunity in a public-private relationship to hire these 12 individuals. we have done a pilot program and the results are stunningly positive. when you engage the public, when you engage the ridership of muni, engage people in the community and ask what they are most concerned about, public safety is always on their mind. along with the board supervisors, we work

lennar has dedicated -- it is the $80 million community benefits package. this fund -- the dollars that are available right now is about $500,000 pot, so that money comes from lennar, and it is actually monitored by the foundation. there is a district can committee that is set up that is responsible for administering the funds and overseeing the program. i may miss one organization, but -- and the labour council. they monitor and decide how the funds get administered. supervisor chu: the number of students you cited earlier -- i think you said 50 to 70 who were at the first meeting. how many slots do you have available for the program? >> we have 100 total. we can serve up to 100. the budget and program were designed for up to 100. we are focusing hard to get that 100, but we also want to make sure we provide a quality service. we will have a more finalist on monday in terms of who is eligible. we are hitting the ground running today, but we want to make sure that it is effective. supervisor chu: is that summer slots or year-round? >> this this summer. but

we have a great program for them all set up with a new lennar development at candlestick park. i think they will recognize that and come back. >> was there anything magical that happened in your district as a result of the world series? >> i imagine there were a lot of districts in district 7 he sat and cried when they watched the celebration like i did. i think those are the magical moments. a lot of parents and children region that whole week of the world series was one i will never forget, particularly the day of the parade. it was not just my district. that was a magical time for this region. >> in your regdistrict, deal have any particular projects to give us insight on? >> one was a basic infrastructure thing that was a big deal. san francisco circle. not a lot of people realize that more cars travel through one of those intersections than any other in san francisco. we had to shut that down and completely rebuild the intersection for the muni winds utilities, and overheads. we pulled it off. we got through it. now we have pedestrians walking through safely. we have the t

it will cost to lennar million dollars. this is the party worried about fiscal responsibility.this done today. republicans continue to practice the politics of confrontation and hostage-taking i. it is damaging the livelihood of people across our nation. we have been for months now holding 350 million americans in the entire country hostage to the threat of taking us over the press of this into default. 75,000 people are now over the press of this. america is losing ground. this is why. every day because of republican hostage-taking. it helps is where toward a long- term compromise. there is a bill in the house of representatives. if speaker banner would simply a agreed to a unanimous consent agreement. if you get past this within hours, i will report it. we need to act on this issue now. they demanded. a good friend of mine, senator jay rockefeller. >> it is very easy to solve this. it is a very easy. all we have to do is have the house and us are reasons to them and we accept it. the leader talked about the fact that we're now in our 21st extension to reauthorize a four- year