mr. pilpell? mr. pilpell, are you still there? >> yes. hello, can you hear me now? >> president yee: yes. >> okay. sorry. there were issues with unmuting. i'll try not to repeat what you just heard. in my october 23 appeal brief, at the bottom of page 5, i discussed, in a long paragraph, some of the issues and uncertainties around the market street subway. i don't think that that subway's reopening at any time soon. there is time to conduct environmental review here. there is time for meaningful public outreach and engagement. this may be an unprecedented time, but it is not an emergency under ceqa. beyond ceqa, the relevance of transit during the pandemic and beyond is very much at issue. if many people aren't taking transit now and in the future, the principles and assumptions, travel demand models, land use, all kinds of things that support muni are in question. supervisor preston properly started to frame that dialogue with his earlier question, and that dialogue needs to continue. planning and m.t.a. keep saying that the projects mitigate the emergency. they do

mr. pilpell.on't see any members in the roster, so let's see if we have any public comment in support of the appeals. if you support the appeal, you'll have an opportunity to come forth and up to two minutes. and for those who oppose the appeal, you'll have an opportunity later. but at this time, those who support the appeal, please press star, three, and you'll be added to the queue. madam clerk, go ahead and call the first speaker. >> clerk: okay. as operations unmute the first caller, we know there are 21 listeners in queue, press star, three to speak, otherwise, we'll take this one caller. welcome, caller. >> my name is bob planthold. i'm a transit dependent disabled person who lives in the neighborhood. this is not a response to covid, it was not an emergency response. it was in 2019 that then private citizen jeff tumlin proposed the change. they said nothing and did nothing, but i told them this is out of bounds, out of sync. it doesn't make sense for what was being proposed, so m.t.a. has b

mr. pilpell, you are becoming famous or infamous. are there any other members of the public that would like to comment on this item. >> operator: there are no other callers. >> chair peskin: seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor stefani, would you like to make a comment? >> supervisor stefani: yes. i would like to move the reappointment of jerry levine to the transportation authority board community advisory board. >> chair peskin: i'm going to do something rare. i'm going to second jerry to the board. i don't second a motion often, but i hold jerry in high esteem. roll call vote, please. [roll call] >> chair peskin: he appeared and disappeared, so he may have had to go to his other thing, so he is excused. [roll call] >> clerk: we have ten ayes. the appointment of mr. levine to the c.a.c. is approved on first reading. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam secretary, and congratulations, mr. levine. >> thank you, commissioners. >> chair peskin: next item. >> clerk: item 5, allocate $745,651 in prop k sales tax funds with cond

mr. pilpell, you are becoming famous or infamous. are there any other members of the public that would like to comment on this item. >> operator: there are no other callers. >> chair peskin: seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor stefani, would you like to make a comment? >> supervisor stefani: yes. i would like to move the reappointment of jerry levine to the transportation authority board community advisory board. >> chair peskin: i'm going to do something rare. i'm going to second jerry to the board. i don't second a motion often, but i hold jerry in high esteem. roll call vote, please. [roll call] >> chair peskin: he appeared and disappeared, so he may have had to go to his other thing, so he is excused. [roll call] >> clerk: we have ten ayes. the appointment of mr. levine to the c.a.c. is approved on first reading. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam secretary, and congratulations, mr. levine. >> thank you, commissioners. >> chair peskin: next item. >> clerk: item 5, allocate $745,651 in prop k sales tax funds with cond

mr. pilpell. moderator, are there any additional callers on the line?erator: you have one question remaining. >> next speaker, please. >> hi. it's steven miller. just quickly, on fare enforcement, wanted to say that, one, as a [inaudible] bring it back, and two, i pulled the data through public records request, and the lines that actually have the most tickets for riders are the actually higher income express lines, such as the 30 express, the 38 geary, 38-r, so it's not necessarily that people are being disproportionately targeted. i do support the addition of new fare initiatives, though, such as waiving p.i.p. tickets for lifeline -- people who sign up for lifeline or for any of the muni programs. and if we wanted to extend free muni for homeless and youth, that would be -- or all homeless and youth, that would be good, but that was eliminated in the last budget. that would have been one of the ways to address this, but unfortunately, that's not going to happen. >> thank you. is that all your comments? >> yeah, that's all on this item. >> okay. thank

mr. pilpell. moderator, are there any additional callers on the line? >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> next speaker, please. >> hi. it's steven miller. just quickly, on fare enforcement, wanted to say that, one, as a [inaudible] bring it back, and two, i pulled the data through public records request, and the lines that actually have the most tickets for riders are the actually higher income express lines, such as the 30 express, the 38 geary, 38-r, so it's not necessarily that people are being disproportionately targeted. i do support the addition of new fare initiatives, though, such as waiving p.i.p. tickets for lifeline -- people who sign up for lifeline or for any of the muni programs. and if we wanted to extend free muni for homeless and youth, that would be -- or all homeless and youth, that would be good, but that was eliminated in the last budget. that would have been one of the ways to address this, but unfortunately, that's not going to happen. >> thank you. is that all your comments? >> yeah, that's all on this item. >> okay.

mr. pilpell, you are becoming famous or infamous. are there any other members of the public that would like to comment on this item. >> operator: there are no other callers. >> chair peskin: seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor stefani, would you like to make a comment? >> supervisor stefani: yes. i would like to move the reappointment of jerry levine to the transportation authority board community advisory board. >> chair peskin: i'm going to do something rare. i'm going to second jerry to the board. i don't second a motion often, but i hold jerry in high esteem. roll call vote, please. [roll call] >> chair peskin: he appeared and disappeared, so he may have had to go to his other thing, so he is excused. [roll call] >> clerk: we have ten ayes. the appointment of mr. levine to the c.a.c. is approved on first reading. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam secretary, and congratulations, mr. levine. >> thank you, commissioners. >> chair peskin: next item. >> clerk: item 5, allocate $745,651 in prop k sales tax funds with cond

mr. pilpell, you are becoming famous or infamous. are there any other members of the public that would like to comment on this item. >> operator: there are no other callers. >> chair peskin: seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor stefani, would you like to make a comment? >> supervisor stefani: yes. i would like to move the reappointment of jerry levine to the transportation authority board community advisory board. >> chair peskin: i'm going to do something rare. i'm going to second jerry to the board. i don't second a motion often, but i hold jerry in high esteem. roll call vote, please. [roll call] >> chair peskin: he appeared and disappeared, so he may have had to go to his other thing, so he is excused. [roll call] >> clerk: we have ten ayes. the appointment of mr. levine to the c.a.c. is approved on first reading. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam secretary, and congratulations, mr. levine. >> thank you, commissioners. >> chair peskin: next item. >> clerk: item 5, allocate $745,651 in prop k sales tax funds with cond

mr. pilpell. next speaker, please. >> actually, i wanted to comment on the next topic. i'll yield my time back. >> chair fewer: okay. that's great. anymore public speakers, please, on this item? >> madam clarhair, that comple the queue. >> chair fewer: okay. public comment is closed. i'd like to make a motion to add the san francisco bay area times, the noe valley voice, and the sing hao daily, so if we could have a motion on that. >> clerk: on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair fewer: thank you very much, and we'd like to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> clerk: yes. on the motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. can you please call item number four. >> clerk: yes. item four is resolution retroactively authorizing the san francisco department of public health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of is 55,647 from the office of the assistant secretary for preparedness and response through the california department of public health or participation in a p

pilpell told me. >> clerk: i don't believe we have any callers on the line, but we should try to. >> okay. mr. kennedy, i don't know if you want to weigh-in on that. moderator, is the line open for public comment on item 16? >> operator: you have zero questions remaining. >> great, so can you call the roll on the motion to not disclose. [roll call] >> clerk: thank you. that motion passes, 5-0, to not disclose. >> great, and we'll see you all here again on december 1. enjoy the rest of what's left of your day. >> thank you. >> clerk: -- 415-600-0001. access code is

pilpell told me. >> clerk: i don't believe we have any callers on the line, but we should try to. >> okay. mr. kennedy, i don't know if you want to weigh-in on that. moderator, is the line open for public comment on item 16? >> operator: you have zero questions remaining. >> great, so can you call the roll on the motion to not disclose. [roll call] >> clerk: thank you. that motion passes, 5-0, to not disclose. >> great, and we'll see you all here again on december 1. enjoy the rest of what's left of your day. >> thank you. >> hi. i'm chris manners, and you're watching coping with covid-19. today, i'm going to be talking about checking with your neighbors. >> start off by giving your neighbor a call to see how they are or if they need help. if they don't answer, don't get anxious. try again later. check to see if their car is parked nearby. are they lights being turned on and off during normal hours? if you still can't contact them, contact your other neighbors and see if they've had contact with them recently. you can also leave a note in their mailbox, and when you do get in touch with them,

pilpell told me. >> clerk: i don't believe we have any callers on the line, but we should try to. >> okay. mr. kennedy, i don't know if you want to weigh-in on that. moderator, is the line open for public comment on item 16? >> operator: you have zero questions remaining. >> great, so can you call the roll on the motion to not disclose. [roll call] >> clerk: thank you. that motion passes, 5-0, to not disclose. >> great, and we'll see you all here again on december 1. enjoy the rest of what's left of your day. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, and welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco supervisors board today, on monday, november 16, 2020. i am the chair of the committee, aaron espeskin and joined by vice-chair, supervisor safai and the committee member, dean preston. miss major, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect the board members and the city employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, the members will be participating in the meeting re

pilpell told me. >> clerk: i don't believe we have any callers on the line, but we should try to. >> okay. mr. kennedy, i don't know if you want to weigh-in on that. moderator, is the line open for public comment on item 16? >> operator: you have zero questions remaining. >> great, so can you call the roll on the motion to not disclose. [roll call] >> clerk: thank you. that motion passes, 5-0, to not disclose. >> great, and we'll see you all here again on december 1. enjoy the rest of what's left of your day. >> thank you. >> we have private and public gardens throughout the garden tour. all of the gardens are volunteers. the only requirement is you're willing to show your garden for a day. so we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens, private gardens, some of them as small as postage stamps and others pretty expansive. it's a variety -- all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola. >> i have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important