and i know that the mta -- sf mta all right did a report on fi the suitability of five of the parking lots for housing. those five that were studied assumed the lots would be developed in the current zoning. i'm asking you to ignore the current zoning because that report made it seem like none of the lots were feasible for development, really. what i extrapolated from that report was that at least one of the lots could be developed as midi middle income or mixed income housing that generated revenue for the mta, which makes me think that maybe some of the other lots could, too. and the mta already generated nontax nonfare bus versus a revenue when they redevelop for hotels. so this is an idea that would generate revenue for the public and also provide the middle income housing that the city needs. it's -- i think that this is something that would be broadly exciting for the -- for citizens and -- in san francisco because there's a lot of talk out there about value capture, right? when people were discussing sb 827, there was so much concern that we weren't going to be capturing the va

so when we gave the mta commission or i should say the voters gave the mta commission the ability to legislate, that was a pretty amazing thing. i mean, it's very rare that a bunch of elected officials actually cede power to a bunch of unelected officials. it's important for me to say that. there are second acts in american life, because here i am a decade later getting to talk about it, and i'm actually -- i'm saying that on the eve of this board being asked tomorrow to reconfirm because the mayor appoints, the board confirms two members of the commission. and this is not -- i'm not pointing this at staff -- who at least in this supervisor's case, these individuals have not even reached out to my office. they may have reached out to other offices actually after i brought this up to the mayor's liaison to the board today, which i didn't have to do, but i did. one of those two members reached out. but we are the confirming authority for a shadow legislative branch of government, and those members feel so autonomous, that they don't even have the courtesy or respect to reach out to see

sf mta has a personal responsibility to help people get out of cars. thank you. mr. golden, welcome back. >> i'd like to voice my dissatisfaction at the 1250 total scooter cap. if we want to reach our mode share goal as a city, we have to increase the choices of mobility. this cap only gives us a small fraction of the number of tnc's on our streets. if somebody's deciding between a car and a scooter, and the nearest scooter is six blocks away, but they can get an uber in two minutes, their choice is clear. if this permit limits this too much, we will have lost the chance to add this low impact mode to our choice of options in the city. as to our issue of sidewalk parking, i think we've misappropriated the space dedicated to storing our different mobility devices. we've devoted many square miles on our streets to the storage of cars, but almost none to storing bicycles, scooters, etcetera. the result is a storage of bikes and scooters on precious pedestrian space. we shouldn't ride our bikes and scooters on the sidewalks. why are we parking them there? i'm primarily a

in support of this program, we've also met and shared information with mta staff over the past couple weeks through full-time employment. this is a great thing, and i'm here to ask you to support that and allow line bike to help you assist this situation and help you to come up with more safety ideas so they can be a part of this family of the city and county of san francisco. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> james, johnson casey seran, brian hopper. >> yes. good afternoon. my name is james spingola. i work for a developer for the west mission. this morning, i wanted coffee, and i sent a young man that i knew from the western addition. i don't know if you know line maps, but i actually took a picture. can i just put it under there? >> well, i don't know. >> well, i took a picture. he was actually standing them up. i said what are you doing? he said i have a job. so just the expression on his face, and saying he had a job. i have to give kudos like line bike who came into the community. i looked up and jobs were out there, so when you have a young men, 18 to 24 year old, actually

i'm planning director of the sf mta. the item before you today pertains to the transportation plan for one of the major changes that is underway in the landscape of san francisco, so very different scale of discussion than your previous item. this is the candlestick point and hunters point shipyard master plan. so k ofi bonner, regional director of five point, which is the developer, as well as the regional vice president of commercial, residential and entitlement are here today, and you will be hear from five point later on. after this presentation, therese brekki will walk you through the project, and then chris mitchell who has been embedded in the technical transportation for this project for a very significant portion of his life for this point will bring you through the transportation plan. also -- >> that's how he feels about this meeting. >> i believe so. also here today are lei leila hussein and sally hirth from ocii. it's the predecessor to the san francisco redevelopment agency and is responsible for implement

sf mta was in there with us. you provided your staff. we also have counseling from sf cta, the mtc, and all the major agencies in the city. we had actually put together a master plan and conducted a larger feasibility study. what i need from you and i'm going to implore that you give us your blessing today. i'm going to say that, to move this forward, but i'm going to ask for special request. where we are at right now, you will find that a lot of studies have taken place. i need for your leadership to begin the master plan. the city obligations is the developers you have just seen, they've done their due diligence. it's making sure that the developers inside the transportation. we are taking that model in the tdm. what is lacking right now is the implementation of the long range transportation plan which you, sf mta, sf cta, with the water emergency transportation is also in the area, all of you need to come together, vice chairman, to help us out. so thank you for your time on passing this project. >> thank you. dr. honeycutt. >> good t

i know there's been a sort of halting of this problem of late, but there have been talked with sf mta that would help attempt to get more services to those individuals living in campers. so i know that this is on our list for things that we might be able to see on appeal, but today, i'm using this opportunity to say that i want the department and the board to really move forward with that idea that you had chaired with me, director, because i do like it very much, and i think it's a great way for us to address the issues that we see with the campers, but yeah, helping the individuals in need. okay. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: yeah. i just have a couple of things that i wanted to ask. so i just wanted to ask director reiskin to come back up for a second, if he has a minute. so i just kind of wanted to go back to my issue about the -- the staffing and the reorganization, and i know we talked about that. and we've talked about that for a long time. but what's a firm date in terms of your community response tea understanding as to why these bike stations are not included in our

and thank you to everyone on sf mta and everyone else who was here for this item. madam clerk, is there any further business? >> clerk: madam president, there's no further business. >> supervisor tang: okay. we're adjourned. - working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city that's on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. after all, we're at the meeting of land and sea. - our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and world- class style. it's the birthplace of blue jeans, and where "the rock" holds court over the largest natural harbor on the west coast. - the city's information technology professionals work on revolutionary projects, like providing free wifi to residents and visitors, developing new programs to keep sfo humming, and ensuring patient safety at san francisco general. our it professionals make government accessible through award-winning mobile apps, and support vital infrastructure projects like th

and thank you to everyone on sf mta and everyone else who was here for this item. madam clerk, is there any further business? >> clerk: madam president, there's no further business. >> supervisor tang: okay. we're adjourned. ♪ >> not only did the total death on our streets from traffic collisions decrease dramatically in 2017, pedestrian deaths did as well. since 2013, fewer pedestrians have been killed on our streets. this is really good news. you know, no one wants to see the accidents on the side of the road, no one wants to experience going to a crime scene on the road knowing your loved one has been hit by a car or sadly tragically killed. this is about bringing that number of 20 from 2017 down to zero. we don't want another death on our streets because of human error, because of anything that we can avoid. if we change our behavior, we change our roads and we do a better job here in the city and county of san francisco. >> my ask of the public, number one be aware of your surrounding, be aware of the law, be aware of the street signals and crosswalks and try

so i first wanted to say as the sf mta i support these emerging options. we are happy that the private sector is getting involved and providing innovative new ways for people to get around the city as the scooters provide a last mile solution. we are really excited to see that continue. however, we are proceeding with some cautious optimism because we know that there are potential issues with this and have been issues on the streets and we want to make sure that as we step in as a governmental agency we have the opportunity to make sure these things are meeting the public interest. so a little bit of background on the scooter system themselves. you may have seen these on the streets. they have been out there for just about six weeks in san francisco and in a few other cities in the u.s. a little bit longer. they are really new. it's a new model. it's similar to what you see in our dock less bike share system, you use the app to find a scooter near you and to unlock the scooter and then you can drive it to your final destination which you don't need to have

it replaces the sf mta logo known as the grand union.er public testing and design with focus groups as well as lots of conversations internally, we selected this design to you know identify the agency. making a visual connection with the iconic muni worm. when we tested this with people, they recognized there was a clear connection between sf mta and muni. they iced words like comforting and warm to describe the new look. i want to let you know that the beloved logo will still remain on all of our uniforms and it continues to reflect our muni services. this new symbol reflects our transit roots, and the m. logo stands for municipal in our name. we think this will fit in really well. the blue color is representative of our heritage of the former department of parking and traffic, and our connection to the city and county of san francisco. through this new look we're showing that we all belong to a single transportation agency, and that we're one agency connected. whether you take muni, walk bike or drive, we want you to understand it's mu

tom mcguire, director of the sustainable streets division at mta. the bulk of the presentation will be done by my colleague, who is the acting head of our bicycle section. i just want to give a little bit of background here. on april 17th the board of supervisors unanimously passed an ordnance that requires companies who offer shared motorized scooters on the streets of san francisco obtain a permit to operate from the sfmta. today we are here to consider enacting that permitting system to we can put in place the board of supervisors vision for that ordnance and the themes you will hear from the presentation and in all of our comments is that we believe that any use of the public right of way, sidewalk, street, bike lane, ought to be in the public interest and we think that a scooter permitting system, any scooter permitting system could authorize us to put in place should prioritize public safety, public equity and focus on accountability by operators. we'll go through each of those points in our presentation. we encourage you to allow us to carry

and thank you to everyone on sf mta and everyone else who was here for this item. madam clerk, is there any further business? >> clerk: madam president, there's no further business. >> supervisor tang: okay. we're adjourned. >> hi. i'm shana longhorn with the san francisco league of women voters. i'm here to discuss prop h, a measure that will be before the voters on june 5th. the san francisco police commission is a civilian body that sets residence lation for the police department tazers are weapons that discharge electrical currents into an individual. auto mated external defibrillators are portable electronic devices that are used following a heart attack. san francisco police officers do not currently use tazers. about half of police department patrol vehicles versus defibrillators. any policy control on tazers or defibrillators cannot be changed by the commission. tazers may be used when a person is actively resisting, assaulting or exhibiting any action likely to result in serious bodily injury or death of another person, themselves or a police officer. prop

i understand that we should have worked more cooperatively with the city and the sf mta. i'd like to focus on we have followed the law. we met with the city attorney and he believes that our issues were some of our users were not following the law. we think we can solve all of the issues with parking and riding with education and enforcement and some simple things like painting squares on sidewalks for parking. what i'd like to focus on is bird trips can solve car trips. 40% of car trips are under two miles. the average bird trip is 1.5 miles. a bird trip is a fraction of the ride share trip. it's accessible transportation for those who need transportation with zero emissions. we add scooters only when they're used on average three times a day, and every night they're all moved. i read a column in the chronicle on sunday entitled road rage by willie brown and it said i was one of the thousands people stuck in traffic in downtown san francisco this week, and the numbers are growing daily. it took 15 minutes to go three blocks. finally, i started to work. it ended, no wonde

in addition to working with sf mta, chariot invests in the community. chariot employs the entire workforce half of them who live in the bayview. they pay for each driver to complete a commercial driver's licensing program. they pay for the cost of the program and the drivers to sit through the program at $16.50 an hour. we are proud of our partnership with the teamsters local 665 who negotiated good wages and benefits for the members, setting the bar for micro transit in the bay area. they reduce congestion by removing ten single occupancy vehicles per chariot on the road. we're committed to safety as he ca -- accessibility with a fleet of wheelchair accessible vehicles we have and we have an in-app function that you can request a wheelchair accessible vehicle through the app. we're also providing service to areas of -- >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, again, directors. i did spend much of the morning looking over this report. i think it's a good first step. i hope that some effective regulation comes out of it. but i wanted to specific

now mta at only 18 years has also had three logos. historically, the best logo, i think was the original o'shaugnessy logo, the logo still seen on tokens. this is the first time i've heard about it. i don't know if board members have heard about it before. it wasn't in the budget. if there was stakeholder outreach. it was another example of stakeholder outreach. it's just a bad choice, a bad priority, a bad distraction for an agency that has real issues to fix, so i can't say enough bad things about it. i just -- and you know as director torres pointed out, if there are staff and resources that went into this, they could be redirected elsewhere to fix things. i'll talk about twin peaks under a different item. >> thank you, mr. pillpal. mr. wiener? >> herbert wiener. there's some things that are missing in the executive director's report, such as a service level, missing, late, broken buses, bicycle violations, bicycle injuries to pedestrians. now it was pointed out in a previous meeting, i can access this on-line. i think it should be

sf mta should consider limiting the number of scooters stocked

i can reach out to the mta representatives on that and work on getting you an answer if you like. for the most part, our streetscape projects incorporated any safety improvements that the mta recommended were added to those projects. some of that included bulb outs, including visibility. there was streetlighting added to some of the projects. intersection improvement, signal changes, all of those things combined, obviously, the paving and curb ramps also enhanced the safety of the intersections. but those are the lions share of the elements we would add. >> according to the report, 50% of the deaths in crosswalks are people who are 65 or older. so it seems like there is a population that is certainly heavily impacted by this. one of the things that is a correlary to safety for seniors is the accessibility of handicapped parking. when was the last time that you people or anyone took analysis of whether or not we needed more handicapped parking available? i know for example in the castro, right by the walgreens, which is a place you would expect to park handicapped, eight spaces hav

i want to thank the mta for san francisco people struggling.will help them as they find themselves in a desperate situation. people for example like pamela who is a disabled senior who got her car towed for the first time for her 49 year driveing drive -- driving history. she paid it was unable to pay her rent and the citation and was worried she would be evicted. she went to project homeless connect who i believe was able to help her pay her rent and citation to prevent her eviction. the reforms that are before you today would have made a big difference for pamela. people living in poverty have a hard time coming up with the couple hundred dollars all at once. these reforms before your will significantly lower tow fees and boot fees for people under 200% of the federal poverty line and allow people to pay off their citations that led to the tow or boot over time through a payment plan or by doing community service. it's my understanding the these reforms would have been in place pamela would have needed to come up with half of what she did and

and the mta in general. and then, the understanding and the way that the city charter is setup and the way that the -- the current structure is that we essentially have no authority over the mta, and the voters made that decision. we went through a series of legislative moves and charter amendments in '99 and 2007. but embedded in the charter was also the ability -- and as supervisor peskin pointed out when we also started this conversation is that we'd never exercised certain aspects that -- of the charter that the voters gave us, and that's the piece of legislation that you see in front of us today. i'm going to let supervisor peskin talk about some of the points that he made, but i think in its inception about separation of powers and the way of removing politics from the sf mta, the intent was never to create one final authorizing area, it was more about trying to remove politics but in effect, we ended up putting one elected official in charge of by appointment power for the commissioners, as well as th

drivers have been coming to the mta for a couple of years now asking for help and the mta has been unresponsive to them. most drivers have given up on the mta and don't bother to go. there was a consultant's report put out in the last couple of weeks, completely dropped the ball, did not discuss it. and this is an issue not only here in san francisco, it's an issue in new york and other places. last week the "new york times" wrote an editorial which entitled what will new york do about its uber problem, and i would like to read you just two sentences from that editorial. says over time the city should consider whether it owes something to drivers who sunk their savings into taxi medallions. many drivers went into debt to buy these permits because the city promised them a monopoly on picking up passengers a promise it has not been able to keep. so, the situation here in san francisco is far worse because these drivers who bought the medallio medallions were on a waiting list, many for 10, 15 years or more, the city pulled away the right to a medallion at a nominal price and forced them to buy th

i'm just curious is mta here? something from mta? >> supervisor peskin: dylan is here. >> supervisor yee: so, is mta taking any position on this? >> through the chair, to the commissioner, i know that we are working -- we are working with the mayor's office and the state legislative committee. we have concerns on the bill as well. and we've also been working directly with chair peskin in his capacity as supervisor: >> supervisor yee: ok. i'm hoping that you'll -- mta will take quicker movement in opposing this. this certainly, even though it gives local control, it certainly doesn't match our goals of vision zero. and i'm seeing -- i mean everybody is focussing these scooters on the sidewalks, they're traveling pretty fast as they are now. i'm urging that mta quickly adopt opposition stance on ab 2989. >> thank you, point well taken. i'll convey that to folks back at 1 south ns. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: commissioner yee i will communicate with the city lobbyist so they don't allow a repeat of what happened in the assembly of

ed riskin, head of mta, but today's approach, we know is the way to go. we have to be a more resilient city. we talk a lot about prevention, don't make yourself an easy target, but there are other things we can do to be more resilient and prevent the crimes from happening in the first place. the things that have been implemented here, the fencing installed, to stop unauthorized entry, the lighting and the surveillance cameras to discourage would-be thieves, this is a team effort. and this is what collaboration brings to the table. again, go back to mayor farrell and his leadership and before him, mayor lee in order to force this issue, force a collaborative partnership that has led us to some success this year. we are working hard to continue the effort as the mayor said. this is going to be spread to all the city parking garages. although the deployment is part of that factor, we'll do what is necessary in terms of having the visibility and the presence to make sure that people know we're out here. that was part of our doubling of the foot beat. the peop