. >> supervisor mendelman. >> like some of my colleagues, i had reservations about this measure, but at our hearing at public safety and neighborhood services, we heard very compelling testimony from folks in the american heart association, professors and many people coming forward to say that no, vaping is not harm reduction, that as supervisor brown said, that much of the progress made in reducing nicotine addiction and people using cigarettes is eroded toward people rushing towards ecigarettes. i'm convinced over the short-term, at least, until the fda evaluates this product, it's a reasonable thing for san francisco and totally consistent with our public health goals to move forward with this legislation. the lingering concern i did have at the end of that hearing was around potential impacts on small businesses and particularly on the grocers and i want to thank supervisor walltop and supervisor fuer for your work to reach out to those grocers and to do more than just off them hopes and prayers as we did in the past but to get this working group going forward and to then come fo

. >> supervisor rafael mendelman is part of the team that will develop the road map to make muni more reliable. something that has alluded the agency. >> why have we, over that entire 20-year period, really not been able to deliver the kind of transit that san franciscans expect? >> another member of the group. roger marenko. president of some 2,000 muni train and bus operators. marenko has criticized some in the past. for those who are exposed to criminal behavior. >> it's a start. it's definitely a start. and it's nowhere near the finish line. it's t it say start. >> general manager of the public utilities commission will be part of this group. the chief operating officer of los angeles mass transit systems will be part of it as well as the head of transit systems in atlanta and bost ofnlt the group is expected to provide their report in january of 2020. i'm andre senior, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> dmv offices statewide will be closed for several hours next month. so workers can work to expedite applications. all of the industry business centers will be closed until 1:00 p.m. on july 24th