to do more we want to activate this space and make sure that the cafe is on we're going to work on mta to make sure we get moving quickly and a place for people that buy food and pastries and what have you it is station but activate it and that takes resources and working with the chinese consolidate ben last night association and working with the chinatown administering thank you, eva for today and as well as c y c the incredible working we're going together to make sure that chinatown is the supported but activated. we have events and activities by people working with a various nonprofit groups and organization here celebrating art and culture and celebrating the experiences of the chinese community specifically in chinatown is what in movement it all about to why are we here to make it clear every weekend during the spring and summer months this plaza will be activated on the weekend and to 5:00 p.m. to get over at the station and who is going on i need to stop for a moment before i head over to capital or to any place else he came here to visit and enjoy the great performs for visi

and that's how the mta was created. and for that the subway system was taken away from. new york city, with john lindsay's permission because lindsay didn't have the money to maintain subway system. so that's how the whole thing was put together. so by the time moses came back, he didn't have a job and he had nothing. he could do about it. and it was nelson rockefeller with john lindsay who was able to get that done but had to do it when he was out town. so finally somebody said enough of this. we've, you know, deal with it. we have sent him out of town earlier. god and thank god they didn't have cell phones because somebody would have called him up. that's the point. you know i didn't read the power broker, but i'd seen the the effects of his work in the bronx especially because i lived in the bronx for a number of years and even conjunction with the museum him the placement of the museum where were we going to put this museum that would be accessible to the majority of people who lived in the bronx and really there is

this is my a small planning director at mta. i just want to introduce our team and send a little bit of the context for the conversation. we're going to have today. and of course, welcome to the new directors. so grateful for your service and joining us, we're going to be talking about the active communities plan today. we've been here once before and we're going to be here a little bit more. so we wanted to explain a little bit why and what the purpose of this process is and why we're doing this plan. so, of course, for most of san francisco's recent history government systems have designed and delivered streets for people walking for transit and for people in cars and everything, not in these categories, really moving by that kind of 3 to 20 mile an hour speed, including people in power chairs and scooters and bicycles on skateboards have really been left out of the system. and people navigating a system that's not designed for them often live in survival mode. they're at risk and they feel like they don't belong. they tend to

he was the deputy mayor of new york, head of the mta i think two times. his current work as the vice dean and the coo not to mention he ran for republican mayor and this is an amazing fact, he was endorsed by every daily newspaper in new york including "the new york times." so i don't know if you will recognize job there's a documentary on rudy giuliani that i've seen several times. he's on the phone and the first thing he says because joe was the man running the city. and he closed the new york city subway and then elevated some before hurricane sandy. and he was affectionately and it goes to show his sense of humor because he wasas the guy to get rid of rats in new york. you cannot beat that. so, welcome. [applause]ed i have some questions for these esteemed panelists, and i'm going to start with a question for everyone because this is sort of about the third act and about new york. thank you so much. >> it's a question about what you do with your lives and when youak change your lives and what makes you want to change. each of you worked in private ent

he was head of the mta i think two times.rent work as a vice dean and coo of nyu langone hospital. not to mention that he ran for republican mayor. this is an interesting and amazing factoid. was endorsed by every daily newspaper in new york including the new york times. i don't know if you will recognize joe, but there is a document on rudy giuliani that i've seen a number of times. when 9/11 happened rudy giuliani was on the phone and he said get the joe. he was the one really running the city. joe wisely closed the new york city and then elevated some of the subway before hurricane sandy and he was affectionately and it goes to show his sewonderful sense of humor and e embraced it because he was a guy to get rid of rats in new york. [laughter] you cannot eat that man. welcome joe lhota. [applause] [laughter] okay. iin have some questions for thee esteemed panelist. i will start out with a question for everyone. this is a little bit about third act and a little bit about new york. thank you. thank you very much. you know, i

he was in the mta two times. his current work is the vice dean and coo up and away you langguth hospital. not to mention he ran for republican mayor and this is an interesting and amazing factoid, was endorsed by every daily newspaper in new york including "the new york times." i don't know if you'll recognize joe but he is a documentary in rudy giuliani that i've seen several times. giuliani was on the phone of first thing he said was get me lhota because joe was the man running the city. joe wisely closed the new york city subway and elevated some of the subway before hurricane sandy and he was affectionately and it shows his wonderful sense of humor known as the czar because he was the one to get rid of the in new york. welcome joseph lhota. [applause] >> i haveso some questions for e esteemed panelists and will start out with a question for everyone because this is sort of about the third act and new york. thank you so much. it's a question about what you do with your lives and when you change your mind and w

at the rally, the mta said that they would try and implement the changes within three weeks. but one group, safe street rebel, said they are tired of waiting. take a look at this. after the rally, they put in their own barriers to eliminate that second turn lane. they and many other community members say they want the city to act more quickly to protect. podesta signs in san francisco, a ktvu fox two news oakland police are now releasing a picture of a person who they say may have killed another driver in a hit and run crash. officers say the person pictured here may be connected to the crash that killed 94 year old fung hai chang and hurt her daughter. it happened june 3rd, near 45th, and bancroft in east oakland, just a few blocks north of international boulevard. police say the suspect's car ran a stop sign hitting the car that chang was riding in. officer leaders are now offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. the san mateo county coroner's office is now working to identify a man killed by a train, caltrans, as a northbound train hit the man around

but all in-house within public works. >> i see for mta and public works as well? >> mta mainly have facilities and rail, so facilities is buildings, but we also work on the rail side if along the rail lines there are fences that need to be repaired or issues like that-it is just different agencies within the same agency, and for public health, there's different agencies within them. sometimes for the clinics and their facilities, other times it is for safe sleep sites and things of that nature. >> thank you. >> yes, sir. >> one quick question. thank you. for the waiting client approval, it is at 20 percent, how long do we-does it usually take for those approvals to turn into-get the approval? is it a couple months? i noticed the last time we got this prezen sentation, we had 48 and now 49. all the ones from the last time still haven't been approved, so just wondering on average how long it usually takes? >> it depends on the agencies. some agencies tend to shop you around and kind of find the funds. usually it about 18 # 180 days. it expires and then we have to re

. >>> our other top story, the san francisco mta removed several makeshift plastic post installed by a group of so- called renegade safety advocates. these makeshift posts were in response to a crash that killed a four-year-old girl who was walking at the intersection of fourth and king. the goal is to slow traffic down by reengineering the intersection. the city agency is now installing their own traffic measures. >> the newly installed plastic post on ft. street and king are officially called delineators. they were both bolted into place today for people who live and walk around in the neighborhood they are a welcome addition. >> this should have been done a long time ago. >> i've almost gotten hit a few times. >> she says she nearly has been hit a few times by drivers while she was pushing her grandkids in the stroller. she said drivers cross into the crosswalk like nothing and they drive like crazy. this is in response to a fatal crash last week that killed a four-year-old as his father was pushing him in a stroller. the father has been arrested with several crimes including vehi

to have that perspective on the mta. so, look forward to working with you. and thank you. thank you. >> can we open up to public comment? >> members of the public who wish to speak joining person should lineup at this time. . for those remote on the call in line press star 3. to enter the speaker liven for those in the queue wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted that will be your queue to begin your comments. first in person speaker >> good morning chair and supervisors i'm patricia list executive officer of the housing authority of oakland, california the national president of the national association housing and development officials i'm here to support this phenomenonal nomination and tell you about the perspectives of mrs. henderson impact officer for the housing authority she links policy with applications to make our housing authority served over 17,000 individuals in the city transit ride torse have healthy, safe community where they live and connection to workforce develop the, health care. nutrition, sxejz safe communities. she cease transit as a c

delivering the mta portion of the training. gregory from public works delivering that portion and then just kind of connecting the dots with that visual representation of the individual who's representing that department. so i just wanted to plug that in. this moment, if i may. thank you. and you guys have done a great job. i mean, the fact that we have parklets has been, you know, a gift and an aid. i do have one last question, which is it's going to be really expensive to take them down to get to get rid of the materials that were used. right. that's costly. is there anyone to help with that? that i heard something about the boy scouts wanting the materials or something. there was a great rumor about the boy scouts, but we were unable to verify that we did pursue it. but newly you can apply for a shared spaces equity grant for removal of your shared space. so that would be $2,500 towards the removal of your shared space. okay yeah. and just, you know, it we do know the disposal and the rental of a truck is probably the most c

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city add administrators office to public works, mta and puc. there were 2 groups that were part of this effort. a round table consisting of then individuals. all throughout the organizations and then there was a management working group, which consisted of over 21 individuals. we look at the organizations that are listed i wanted give highlight on the number of individual this is put time and effort in not only giving guidance but putting hours and months of effort into -- getting you to this point. next slide. so the approach started with that executive round table quick off short low after -- this board issued the directives. and then consisted of multiple work shops, surveys. there were 3 workshops this were highlighted. but the approach was to look at case studies and, projects to try to garth up lessons learned. and translating that to common themes. there was a capitol project survey. and there was also surveys in third party interviews amongst the different organizations but also with certain individuals that might have had positions wit

sf mta says the reason they have the center bike lanes is it helps the businesses.hey can still have parking places near businesses and still have bike traffic. >> just trying to keep everybody safe with either outcome. kelsey, thank you so much. >>> levi's stadium is david: i'm david goldberg, a bilingual elementary school teacher and president of the california teachers association. as we start a new school year, there's something new happening in california's public schools. jessie: they're called community schools. david: where parents and families, students and educators are making decisions as one. damien: it's a real sense of community. leslie: we saw double-digit gains in math, in english, and reading scores. david: it's an innovation that's transforming our public schools. narrator: california's community schools: reimagining public education. >>> let's get to our all-important weather forecast. we have seen it all. >> yeah, little bit of cloud to ground lightning , which is rain that evaporates before it hits the ground. we are not going to see much of tha

and then it got to when did the mta put pen to paper? >> so i considered 2021. as the start of like this iteration of the project with the side running designs. you remember this during the pandemic had our emergency transit lane program and decided that it made sense to pursue side running lanes through most the richmond where there were already 3 travel lanes and that spurred the discussion around this . is work we go heard this from stake holders saying this is working l why don't we do this as a part of the brt >> got it. i have a couple more brief questions. in general how far in advanced do we bring merchant in projects. years, right a standard operating prior? >> typically for a project like this like i would want to include them at the beginning like in the stake holder interview stretch project before you have put pencil to paper. do we have a calendar with the upcoming major projects are in commercial corridors what people can vow? how often did we make are we projecting 5 years or 10 years out so we know the work is coming? director tumlin? in project

it is time to audit the mta. and find out where the money is going. budgeting it important for those who need come over for from the bridge this it is a motor vehicle screen for the director. if you would come and come to meetings without head in his laptop he would realize it snot just about him but the regular people of san francisco that need parking. thank you very much. in next speaker, please. good afternoon this is gene. i'm a d 1 resident and member of save muby a transit organization. i'm speaking on my behalf today. i very much understand the need for additional funding to support municipal and he bart i don't have i car i use public transit. i have concerns about the proposal. the two-year period of time to resolve the issue is too long and encourage you to have one year and as several speakers address thered is a need audit at mta. there are questions faith the there will be recommendation in addition to supporting this legislation the state legislation that you also ask mta to do a financial and [inaudible] and a performance audit so we c

. >> reporter: asf mta spokesperson says they have been working with neighbors about the improvement plan and they have reduced the number of parking spaces that will be lost and they estimate it will take three months to complete and changes should help reduce any transit delays when the sewer improvement project delays. in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> back to school for more bay area school districts and many are finding the person teaching their class is only a substitute. california is facing a teacher shortage so severe that the state school superintendent held a summit to try to recruit more teachers. here is nbc bay area's damon trujillo. >> reporter: we are at captain jason doll elementary and at the first day of school there is already a substitute on campus today. the first day of school has been a thrill in miss ariella's first grade class. it's the upper grades at franklin mckinley school district that are cramped. >> our goal was to try to keep our fourth and sixth grade class at no more than 28, but that proved to be impossible. >> a teacher sh

. >> all mta trains and all that [ bleep ], i know y'all are not in school yet, so clear y'all [ bleep ] schedules. >> reporter: cenat posting this to his 6.5 million followers on twitch, a livestreaming service, mainly for gamers, where he ranks as one of the most subscribed users of all-time and has 15 million followers across all social media the nypd saying the crowd, made up of mostly underage kids, went from unruly to violent fast. >> they destroyed food carts, they destroyed stores. >> reporter: street artist franklin says he was too close for comfort. >> i saw people fighting around me, i saw two guys pushing, they went down, so i was really scared >> reporter: leaving a cyber celebrity to millions now in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. >> george joins me now from union square park in new york. george, are we hearing anything from the social media star >> reporter: cenat's reps say they are cooperating fully with authorities. in a statement they just released, they say the are disheartened by the disorderly conduct and do not condone the behavior jose >> george solis i

the aim of that sf mta project is try to include -- improve transit times. the concern they have is that part of that project will remove parking spaces in the richmond district and they say that's going to have a detrimental effect on businesses that our barely hanging on since the pandemic and jenelle, tomorrow there will be a meeting with the sfmta about that project and they are asking people to support them on their side of what they say is a project that could be potentially delayed. >> so parking or the lack of parking. the sfmta project, what other concerns do businesses have? what are they also struggling with to stay open? >> this demonstration comes just one day after the chairman of a pretty long-standing business in san francisco, dumps, published a full-page letter in the san francisco chronicle asking the governor and the mayor to improve the situation when it comes to public safety, open air drug markets and homeless encampment in the city. he says things need to be improved in order to have people come back to the city and for long-standing

there's no word when those changes will happen, but sf mta says a priority. last year, 39 people died from traffic related accidents, the most in san francisco. in the last 15 years. walk sf's rally where parents will walk with strollers and hear from local leaders will start tonight at five. reporting in san francisco, i'm james torres ktvu fox two news. what was tropical storm hillary has now moved on after leaving widespread destruction in parts of southern california and beyond. as nicole valdes reports, people across the region are now cleaning up as people in the southern states brace for a different tropical storm. as heavy rain and gusty winds pummel the gulf coast, many out west are still cleaning up after something they'd never thought they'd say. a tropical storm. it could have been worse , but the mud is something i'm going to have to work on. crews have been out trying to remove all of the mud. tropical storm hillary left behind and clearing downed trees and power lines. many people here trying to salvage whatever they can from their homes. it's

sima american company mta he deleted thousands of user accounts belonging to palestinians on whatsappcording to the al-mayadeen network, the purpose of this action is to silence the voice of palestine and prevent information about the oppression of the palestinian nation to the world community, come to your arms, baby, the digital space is expanding in the world, limitations and palestinians are explained that the company hacked thousands of user accounts on whatsapp without any prior notice, so emad is not one of the mouths of the palestinian journalist that their user account has been closed and their purpose of this action is to shut down its playstation dogs in helping the palestinian issue. that the palestinians from it for they use whatsapp to convey their sufferings. whatsapp is the most popular among palestinians, and restricting palestinians' activities in it closes the way of transmitting the truth . following the closure of whatsapp accounts , dozens of personal user accounts and palestinian channels on facebook and instagram were also closed . the standards that this based

does not hold any ill regard to those activists and he appreciates that they are trying to get the fs mta to work with them and trying to get pedestrian safety to some of these more dangerous intersections. >> it sounds like everyone has the same goal. looking forward to your full story at 6:00. >>> let's talk about more fallout from the tech scandal involving east bay police officers. the fate of a murder trial hangs in the balance. the contra costa county says the officers who violated the act shared racial text during the investigation. the judge will have to decide if the murder case can continue. the defendant's attorneys are pushing for a dismissal. >> we want the court to exercise the full extent of its authority to try to restore some integrity to the policing from the antioch police department. >> tempers also flared outside of the courthouse as the mother of one of the murder victims express outrage that justice for her son could be impacted. >>> a san jose man has been arrested for the stabbing death of a six-year-old nephew and 71- year-old grandmother. nathan addison was sche

.: those with the sf mta t us they are excited for what self-driving means going forward, but do not support funny four hour access across the city. this professor echoes those thoughts. >> 20 years ago working on the last 2%, so the companies say it will be fixed right away, but we keep hearing that year after year. j.r.: going forward, it is the cpuc that will make the final decision on expansion. the professor would like to see the cpuc to require a backup driver to drive in the -- sit in the passenger seat, so if there is a problem, they could get in the driver's seat and move the car out of the way. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. dan: thanks very much. san jose police say the stabbing deaths of the woman and her grandson were isolated incidents and there is no ongoing threat to the general public. the woman and the young boy were found dead in their apartment complex on friday at the vista apartment complex at parkmoor avenue and menker avenue. officers had no information to release about a specific suspect or motive at this time. >> anytime our community in the city of san jose, we ar

theris special cable car services, including hato the stars, go to the san francisco mta website for the full list of details for today's event it will conclude with a tribute to the late tony bennett who, over 61 years ago recorded that san francisco favorite i left my heart in san francisco. we will be hearing that and different parts of the city still paying tribute to the cable car and halfway to the stars, all these references to the beautiful way that san francisco, it is a packed house, what can i tell you. all these beautiful ways to pay tribute to san francisco. >> i love all the costumes, too. a lot to celebrate, thank you very much. now we want to take you to a live look, a meeting between contra costa district attorney and the fbi. they are talking about recent human trafficking arrests all part of a mission called operation country to crack down on human trafficking in the area. human trafficking has been a big concern across the bay area, in march a task force released a report saying in 2021 165 cases of human trafficking. we are streaming this news conference live on

the mta will decide whether to begin construction this fall or wait until the start of planned water sewer construction in that area in 2025. business owners on gary boulevard have lashed out of the plan because it would get rid of several parking spaces on geary boulevard. it's a big topic. it is for sure. all right. 539 is the time. steve is covering a lot in weather today, not only here, but also up in the mountains where i think it's going to become very active here over the next five, seven days. and maybe beyond. i mean, there could be some copious amounts of rain coming up. i'll show you why in a second. upper low there underneath the fox two is tapping into moisture. monsoon, tropical and sending it towards us. and there's a pretty good line of thundershowers forming now, some of this activity has moved into benicia, vallejo, maybe out towards american canyon, hidden brook. a little bit of activity popping up there over the east bay as well. that line looks to be lifting a little north. but concord, buchanan has had some rain. thank you for that report. also, maybe out toward

because -- we have been working with the mta and with the all the folks that run the businesses there and -- we have plenty of written proof and e mail chains of what we need friday them. and -- they were never able to meet us and put cones out was not that complicated. so, but now the city reversed the decisions. we are going become to speak with the businesses mta and with the supervisor of that district dean preston. i poke to him today. and my fire marshall is speaking to one of his aids tomorrow of we did not ask for a lot. it is not challenging. what we asked for and it was not done. and we have lots of issues trike to get through there. and -- just a simple requests. hopefully we can work that out. they can keep the businesses and streets closed opened to foot traffic. we met with the nert board and they are a wonderful group of people who just give and give and give. and really help cappine tom run the nert program. and so, i we had a good conversation with them. and we had some ideas -- of how we can -- do more things together. do trainings together and other things. now we d

mayor london breed directing s f mta to make immediate citywide street safety improvement in the wake of that to 4 year-old little girls death. she says our streets and roads in san francisco should be safe for everyone to enjoy without feeling their lives are in danger. which is why i have directed the sfmta to take immediate action to prevent this from happening again. we will continue to invest in and prioritize improvement to help prevent anyone, especially our children from being hit injured or killed by a driver. oakland police are investigating 3 shootings that happened yesterday morning. 2 people died as a result of those shootings. the first one happening about one 30 on east 15th street and 20th avenue officers arrived on scene and they found a victim suffering from a gunshot wound. that person was taken to the hospital and they're listed in critical but stable condition tonight. the second shooting that happened before 03:00am near 17th street and san pablo avenue. that victim was found suffering from a gunshot wound but died at the scene. the 3rd shooting happened just bef

on friday chief luttropp and fire marshal kaufman and i met with the mta over at many in the mission. many pulled together a bred breaking scenario for us and i thought it was a positive meeting, and we are finally getting some of what we need to get from them in terms of-we'll see how it works out, but getting in way ahead of everybody else when some street change is going to happen. and we were able to see maps and just have a good conversation so i look forward to improving that sort of communication flow. and then really a big one, you may or may not have seen on monday chief luttropp and i were at the california puc testifying about autonomous vehicles, and cruz and wamo were there and i want to say chief luttropp did a great job and it was a mic drop ending for him, for us in terms of what he spoke about, and you know, it's just-we have all seen it, it is just frustrating and when cruz and wamor are being disingenuous what is happening, so we said our piece, we have been doing what we can to tell our story and how these vehicles impact us and what chief luttropp talked about at

tomorrow, the san francisco mta is set to vote on a plan for transit only lanes along geary boulevard in the richmond district. the moody and taxi only lanes would run between 15th avenue and 33rd avenue. the agency will decide whether to start construction this fall or wait until the start of planned water and sewer construction in the area in 2025. business owners on geary boulevard have lashed out at the plan because it will eliminate a number of parking spaces on geary boulevard. still to come. good news out of the sequoia national park. the hiker who went missing and how he made it back safely. also, a possible break away from pkg. and coming up, the bay area city considering starting its own utility and west coast rap is up first. coming up at 90s. $100,000 worth of merchandise stolen from a southern california nordstrom. the search for the dozens of people involv against tonight's west coast rap . 23 year old katherine holt died saturday after falling 30ft from a rope swing at folsom lake and hitting the rocks below calif state park say she was with friends at the time of the a