i know my colleagues are very familiar with what the mtc is, but for members of the public who do not know, it is a regional bay area nine-county commission that plays a significant role in distributing transformation -- transportation dollars throughout the bay area. it is a significant project. when we look at san francisco, and has played a key role in funding a lot of different projects, whether we are talking about doyle drive for the central subway or a number of different projects. there are currently 19 members. we have two of them. last month, the commission voted, over san francisco's objection, to ask the state legislature to amend state law to expand the mtc from 19 to 21 seats by giving an extra seat to alameda county and to santa clara county, recognizing the significance of oakland. i have no dispute with recognizing the importance of our sister cities, san jose and oakland, but what this will do if enacted is further dilute san francisco's role in the mtc and our ability to obtain adequate transit funding for this city, which is so critical in our regional transportati

mtc hopes to adopt the combined scs in april of 2013. focusing for a moment on the initial vision scenario, next slide, this will reflect jurisdictional input into the process on where they expect to grow and what kind of growth they expect to implement. where should the growth be? if there is not enough growth based on voluntary funding, we will go ahead and distribute the rest of the growth. development areas in san francisco like the eastern neighborhoods and a bit to the south, last time around when we added up the growth with local jurisdictions, it only added up to 50% of the need in the region. where does the rest of the 50% of the housing go? the staff will take an initial pass at that, distributing growth where they think it should be most sustainably be placed. the initial visions scenario will show much how much, -- will show how much travel results in this with greenhouse gas limited as a result of the initial vision. what did we learn about this in terms of transportation performance member -- transportation performance meas

i sit on one of the equity working groups with mtc. i wanted to raise a question or to request. the whole bay area is looking to san francisco as providing leadership in this area. i think it is great to have the participation of staff from the planning department in a number of these discussions. i think one of the challenges we face is to get real numbers about what we can get in terms of affordability over this next time. i think some of the previous commentators raised this concern about not portable housing. it does not do as good if we build affordable housing at the same time we are losing it through displacement and gentrification. a recent study from abag called "development without displacement" researches displacement effect in san francisco from 1996 through 2006. the data results were stunning. another is not time to cover all the data in there. there is information worth considering. one of the findings was that a replacement levels in areas that are considered high transit in san francisco have the highest rates of displacement. the communities that were being dis

transit is something the mtc is acknowledging. we have led a transit system ability project. looking at the region, the bay area has six transit operators. are there ways to better produce transit in this region than to have 26 operators? are there other ways to create more stable funding options, whether from automobile user fees, parcel taxes, gas taxes, sales taxes, and a range of potential sources? that discussion is happening in parallel. we cannot be pursuing this growth policy without a having the resources not only to pay for the capital, but the operating funds to run that service. commissioner borden: would that be our get out of jail free cards? you just discussed a constraint scenario we had to take into account with the public plan. we have the reality that we do not have the funding for existing transit. >> this time around, the mtc has offered to you as discretionary transit sources for the first time. in the past, those funding sources were considered committed or non-discretionary. mpc is putting on the table certain funding sources, including transit funding

he finally got the green light from mtc. it will be in the commission as the first hurdle. you wouldn't typically expect a policy hearing this early. it depends on the pressure they bring to bear. i haven't heard of any special efforts. i would not be surprised to hear them pushing for a hearing. they would waid for other bills. we are monitoring this on a regular basis. >> ab-57? >> it is b.e.a.l.l. just a comment, the assembly transportation committee is not represented well by the bay area, with one person. susan from contra costa county. we will have to look for allies in other areas who probably don't care about this battle or concern. so it will be more difficult and i can report that amiano is on this. he started charting out the game plan to go after the bill and make changes that are needed. your delegation is on top of this. but the bill is not set. >> mr. chair. this is a signifigant policy issue, clearly. one i am sure will get a lot of debate. i am aware that commissioner wiener introduced a resolution opposing the change. i do not know, but i -- mark is not ab

and steve, who serves as the mtc executive director. the purpose was to kick off a six-month effort to identify sustained options beyond the current model which relies on funding on partners beyond the mta. the budget scenario for caltrans is extremely dire. that includes the elimination of service south of san jose and the closure of stations as soon as july 1, 2011. for some of our new were board members, i served as the executive director. i also serve as a board member. i will be attending that meeting. various ideas being discussed include everything from agency consolidation, fare increases, advertising revenue, savings from advertising negotiations, funding from sites which include developer fees that would support transit operations. ultimately, there was recognition that a permanent, sustainable operating source will include some sort of voter action. the campaign will look at possible options over the next month and over the next six months. we will keep you up-to-date on those matters. >> it was very interesting that todd tra

in order to hit that area, mtc assigned a certain level of housing production growth in each of the various sub- jurisdictions in the bay area. in santa sysco, based off of -- in san sysco, based off -- in san francisco, based of projections, these numbers illustrate the amount of housing units that need to be produced over the next 25 years to hit that 50%. but a segregated into the two columns. as we saw earlier, priority development communities have borne the brunt of displacement and gentrification in this city. to explain a little bit further, the orange number is based on projections. in the party development areas, we have to hit about 33,000 units. citywide, we have to hit about 40,000 units. basically, our debt is about 245 million in priority. president olague: we may end up asking you more questions, based on the presentation. agon turklin? >> i swear this is not a prop. i just picked her up from day care. it really is about the children. that is why we are here. [laughter] that is why you are going to do the right thing. i am the regional planning director of spur. i have not be

information was compiled from looking at the background photos -- background data, and also data from mtc on what they predict as the housing target growth to meet the 50%. based on predictions, we would have to build about 50,000 units, with about 33,000 below market rate. i see below market rate and not affordable, because that captures moderate income units and a very affordable units for low income. the amount of units is tremendous. it equals roughly 60% of the housing growth will have to hit over the next 25 years or so. when you look at the production rate from 99 to 06, what stood up to us is that if you project that ford from 2010 to 2035, we come out to about a 17,500 unit shortfall in party district areas. the thing that is problematic. i think somebody stated earlier. if this is based upon projections, and this was the time when we had the largest and fastest rate of growth in the city, in which you're able to capture a lot of value from market rate development -- but it really shows is that even if we tax market redevelopment, we are not going to hit affordable numbers. i thi

now, the mtc says they didn't get any complaints from passengers and that no one reported it to cops. the question is, is it real? there's no proof. the user who claims it says he shot that video yesterday. from the bus to the train, if you think you're seeing more cops on b.a.r.t. trains, you're right. it's not a mirage. b.a.r.t. has increased patrols on trains, and you can thank the feds for it. it's part of counterterrorism strategy. cheryl hurd joins us with more on why the feds are all of a sudden ponying up this cash, cheryl. >> reporter: well, the money to fund this new elite team is coming from the federal government. now, they won't be hanging around the b.a.r.t. station. they'll primarily seen on the trains. >> anybody could have a weapon and do damage. people don't care about the police anymore. >> reporter: that may be the opinion of some, but b.a.r.t. has a plan to make sure its passengers are safe on trains. >> we've identified some vulnerabilities. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. has a new critical asset patrol team. >> high visibility police officers trained in counterterrorism

the mtc is making it easier for commuters to rely on bart, buses, trains and ferries.will create new customer kiosks where customers can quickly load and exchange cards or get managers for their questions or complaints complaints. they will also find clipper customer service agents in 100 walgreens stores. >>> a warning from one of our viewers that received a letter that appeared to be a property tax assessor. and it was personal information like the exact amount of her bill. she knows that's public record. we did have some video but looks like we are having some problems. basically here we go it is right there. this letter right there said it was from the property tax assessors but in fact it wasn't and requested some sensitive information. because they had some private information like that information on her tax bill but it was not legitimate. we found some with ratings listed from a to f. while the company has addressed many of the complaints this serves a good reminder that just because something looks like a government document doesn't mean it is. bottom line, if

with respect to current spectrum policy, mtc has three specific recommendations that will help close the digital divide facing minorities as producers and consumers. first, we would like low power television stagtss to be aloud to participate in dtv intentive auctions. the bill is flowing around congress and ambiguous whether they would be. a handful of full power ssks tagss are minority owned anymore. 15% of low powers are minority owned. these are experienced entrepreneurs who produce compelling content that will be very useful in driving minority broadband adoption. second, we have asked the commission to authorize am radio stations to migrate to analog television channels 5 and 6 and be transformed into fm stations. fm sound you hear if you tune that way. two-thirds of minority owned radio stations are ams and most minority owned am stations are burdened with inferior technical facilities, historic legacy. the exodus would triple am stations' value. third, the commission should encourage consumers to conserve spectrum like they do any other finite resource. conservation impacts l

he says the mtc has figured out what has been causing this problem. >> problem is that the card reader would go into a beeping loop if more than one card entered the field of that card reader. >> he says the contractor maintaining the readers has written a software patch to stop the noise. >> your viewers will not experience this anymore. >> jen says that is a relief. >> we have a new form of payment and want it to be more convenient. >> and if you have a problem that needs fixing upload your video just click on the link and be sure to include your number and e mail address. >> still coming up at 6:30 the president's dinner with titans of technology. what they hope to come away with after a sit down. >> and also bear hunt planned for lake tahoe this fall. why this could make a bad situation worse for campers. >> update on the bay bridge that is ahead of schedule but you're going have to change your driving h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h

with respect to current spectrum policy, mtc has three specific recommendations that will help close the digital divide facing minorities as producers and consumers. first, we would like low power television stagtss to be aloud to participate in dtv intentive auctions. the bill is flowing around congress and ambiguous whether they would be. a handful of full power ssks tagss are minority owned anymore. 15% of low powers are minority owned. these are experienced entrepreneurs who produce compelling content that will be very useful in driving minority broadband adoption. second, we have asked the commission to authorize am radio stations to migrate to analog television channels 5 and 6 and be transformed into fm stations. fm sound you hear if you tune that way. two-thirds of minority owned radio stations are ams and most minority owned am stations are burdened with inferior technical facilities, historic legacy. the exodus would triple am stations' value. third, the commission should encourage consumers to conserve spectrum like they do any other finite resource. conservation impacts l