locally i have had the pleasure of hosting a multidepartment meeting with mtc and the representative and several department heads, and riskin, and director ram from the planning department to talk about implementing the plan bay area here in san francisco and certainly, the two major problems or challenging that we are facing is the need for affordable housing and the need for transportation, infrastructure and services and so we identified a few exciting initiative and some are advocacy and some are coordination to work with the inner east bay and coordinate our land use plans and in addition to look at a transbay, study to focus on the core of the region and to provide more options and advanced planning on long term solutions for the bay bridge consider door and including the service and, we will keep you posted on that as well. and the transportation program, as i mentioned earlier continues to be developed at the state level, we have in the previous rounds given our input on that along with the other folks around the state, despite the advocacy, the guidelines continue to identif

here region ly the cap and trade discussions will be happening tomorrow at mtc continuing on the framework that was introduced last month that we discussed in my last report talks about a very significant investment in the 3 major transit operators bart and muni and ac transit and the change since that time has been a proposal to change the core capacity formulas to savor some of the smaller operators proposes 30 percent to the big 3 and seventy percent to the other operators. the regional transit ridership is about eighty percent carried by the big 3 operators and the balance carried by the other operators so that will continue and hope there will be more time to make that formula more equitable across the region. so we're monitoring the transportation california and alliance for jobs proposal for statewide vls and if passed the fifty percent threshold could generate the estimated 25 billion dollars statewide and for san francisco slightly less about 57 million per year compared to 73 if we were to pass it locally. the active transportation program we've reported on in the pass past this

that's mtc. >> sorry, that's my acronym handicap that i have. the idea would be -- we look at the bill or we're looking at the bill as a framework to insure the budget act provides the strategic fund council which we support and recommends support but we want it to be amended to it assures the majority of the funds come to the region in the state so the decisions can be made at the regional level rather than at the state level in terms of what projects gets fund. four bills that were recommending an oppose, ab 4271 by frazier deals with contract change orders. this recommendation came from the staff and i think it makes a lot of sense. it's really micro managing how construction contract and how the change order should work. it goes through a lot of detail that's unnecessary so we're recommending opposed at this point. that was on page 12. the ab 2650 is a bill that would stop the high speed rail bonds from being sold any furthest bonds being sold in any allocated or unallocated bonds would help payoff the bonds that exist and that's on page 18,

firearm and can i sell handmade a medal in team and corn and wheat only and may need to mail them the mtc i'm pretty glad that we can get out and got it out. aitken will so that you tie this in the mean he tends to end the demand of the cute kid to moment the medium of making fun of by david sort of shock not know what the my human and that the profile will pay five times into the compound causal cop out by the pp and non comic. nineteen sixteen the twenty three year old home too so i was already in the showdown. because of her outstanding performance in assisting appealing. she was named harold. in nineteen sixty own shoes on and on to me were incited to participate. the militia conference within the central leaders including the laundry done and itchy. this song is close to eighty years old she remains are interred she spends her time playing croquet. whenever people ask to talk about war experiences he emphasizes how much they've been to make today's peace process. all too so her husband james who truly living the life together in shock. just before the kmt only continued to assault ch

the mtc, the metropolitan transportation commission that runs the clipper program has been working to get as many vendors and location for clipper cards. there's some limitations or barriers to vendors wanting to participate in that program, so i'm not sure that we could commit to by ex date, we'll have this many vendors. they have been trying to make it less burdensome, but i'm not sure what thresh old we'll be able to measure by. we could discontinually check in and say this is how many vendors we have or just to remind you, we wouldn't be creating any -- we would be creating an incentive for people on clipper, not penalizing those who aren't on it under this proposal. someone had talked about what if we went up to $2.50, that would go beyond the indexing plan and that's not what i would recommend. but the concern about clipper accessibility to get one in the first place and reload, that's a legitimate one. if we were to do this, we would do another big outreach push in terms of trying to get clipper cards into people's hands the way we did a couple of years ago when we were elimina

of caltrans, the head of the california transportation commission and steve who is the head of the mtc and chairman. now what they wanted to do was not just talk about those items and many other items that will be fixed, they wanted to know about other long-term kind of things and they wanted to hear direct from caltrans other than the way they normally hear about it, which is usually in the news. based on these punch lists that we showed you yesterday, the questions the oversight committee is most interested in boils down to three main questions. what major items are still unresolved? what items will require more than the planned amount of maintenance? and what potentially embarrassing issues still remain that lawmakers in the media will widely publicize? >> we have a draft report on the maintenance issues and it still needs some work. so we're going to take a few more weeks and work on it and get it in the shape we want so it fulfills our purposes of laying out the issues we are worried about when we maintain this bridge. >> the final report will focus on extra maintenance brought on

leaders in meeting submitted this year's draft budget to the mtc on wednesday defence spending has been increased to more than one hundred thirty billion dollars. the nation's defence budget has seen double digit growth almost every year since nineteen eighty nine. we continue to carefully monitor china's military developments. i need to encourage china to exhibit greater transparency with respect to its capabilities and intentions. sexy added that the united states also expressed concern in november when china set up an air defense identification zone over the east china sea with no prior notice. china does not offer a breakdown of its defence budget. furthermore analysts believe the spending plan does not include research and development costs for foreign purchases of defence equipment. you and i. policymakers at the european central bank and decided to keep the key interest rate of change they want to see how economic trends in the eurozone will develop amid concerns over very low inflation. the ecb board members gathered in frankfurt on thursday to draw monetary measures for the sin

most of what it knew of the actions nonpartisan trying to undertake in the mtc nato russia council in all buildings nations these actions and know what's helping to create an atmosphere of dial up and construction corporation john kerry admits it then we need this kind of atmosphere that it's very difficult to stabilize the situation in an atmosphere of the alternate hands of france. we have agreed that we need to house all ukrainians to implementing agreements that way achieved off every twenty cents to visit with both. and that lead to the russian foreign minister and the us secretary of state john terry kicks off with a jack. i nodded and said that any carry his son in law brought hinted at the fall right organizations in ukraine one thing coming of the tool in ukraine since the beginning you can head to our t dot com to see a timeline of the fence in the country because one thing the albany to snack on rt into snow thousands of men as well as i gearing up to monitor the phrase anniversary of the death of glitch comments coming. taken at the end of the legacy of the family there in

to all who participate in contests of last year at the mtc delhi the draft proposals to toughen thirteen. all the attention grabber. he's not taking the train for free a legal holiday. his proposal for the year is also very controversial topic now. kim told the dean of the chinese cover of the billions of us don't the psychological bureau. the departed to use them very well. today you can turn to the department has never to complete forecast an earthquake. to argue that if i were spending a lot of money every year. one government department. she expressed that the deep psychological bureau conducted without going for us to lead us. three hundred ninety million dollars the summer hike to take undertaking delete it all and got thirteen. coventry cost to continue the practice of it. discover department to make any innovation and earthquake technology meanwhile bolted into the double cork out of the previous year. you could conduct administrative functions of the department to replace other in that department. to argue that it's just not worth the money and the current bedding isn't transpar

the mtc says the changes will make better use of the existing hov lanes, improve travel times for solo drivers and keep over all traffic moving along what is currently a very congested route. >> reporter:in the south bound, direction the hot lanes will extend from rudgear road in walnut creek to alcosta boulevard in san ramon. northbound, the new lanes will stretch from alcosta to livorna road. >> reporter:converting the hov lanes to hot lanes will involve re stripping the lanes, installing signs, video cameras, and fastrak readers. the entire project is expected to cost about 45 million dollars. return to index of stories... >> reporter: allthe conversion is just one part of a long term plan to create 270 miles of express area. in contra costa county, charles clifford kron 4 news. a rally today in san francisco. calling for changes in the state law >> pam: the group - disability rights advocates - announced its landmark settlement with the federal national park service today. it includes increased wheelchair access. as well as braille, audio and tactile signs. three -million dollars w

. >> reporter: the mtc says the fult list of the mindings will not be available for at least a week. >>> while this recent rain may not end the drought. but it is making a dent on our roads. literally. rainwater has been getting into cracks in the road, creating potholes like these. the san francisco department of public works says there has been a 25% increase in pothole. last year, they filled 1,600 of them. it's happening all over the bay area. >>> the family of lynn spaulden, the woman who was found dead in the stairwell of san francisco general hospital has filed legal action against the city. the legal claims the hospital and the sheriff's department for her death. vic lee on the story. >> you have to provide a safe environment in this kind of hospital so that the patients who come here to be treated are safe and secure. >> reporter: spalding family aattorney haig harris says san francisco family hospital failed to do that for 57-year-old lynn spalding. she was admitted september 19th for a bladder infection, when she became disoriented. two days later, spalding vanished. and 1

of caltrans, the head of the california transportation commission and steve who is the head of the mtc what they wanted to do was not just talk about those items and many other items that will be fixed, they wanted to know about other long-term kind of things and they wanted to hear direct from caltrans other than the way they normally hear about it, which is usually in the news. based on these punch lists that we showed you yesterday, the questions the oversight committee is most interested

i'm not leaving the mtc at that time. the two kids.between eighteen eighty the rolling to a mainstream pontiac and again and again during the years and years he went and he was in a collaboration was too skinny and unlawfully and was out something that like mine the mind. the problem in the sin audio only devote to some photos and local elections to give the national election for the presidential election eighteen percent. that's its giants. we've all the aunties and information remains isolated. the key question in front is the position of the right to the record he can write you recall is that the nineteen nineteen. thanks to my ah ma say no when i had made an alliance and is the smallest amount for the regional crime scene. so question is could it be possible today in front in news local elections elsewhere a mini mix mix mix you know the odds that this is the key question is being somewhat cool context and i truly truly believe that the local reasons including in terms of corruption that will mean we should consider these thoughts

metropolitan transportation commission, where she was responsible for strategic financial planning and mtc management of federal, state and regional fund sources for transit, highways and roadways and other modes, state and federal legislative advocacy and public affairs and community outreach. she received her bachelor's degree in environmental policy and planning analysis from the university of california davis. and joint masters of city planning masters of science and city planning civil engineering science degree from uc berkeley. please help me in welcoming our very accomplished trees mcmil n mcmillan. thank you. [ applause ] thanks so much for hanging with us. it's been quite the week. we've made a lot of progress together. we've been working shoulder to shoulder up until now but boy, there's another road we're going to have to travel. as you heard this morning, secretary fox is a dynamic and forward looking leader with a commitment to public transit growing out of his own personal experience experiences not just as big city mayor but someone who grew up using transit. it's a pleasur