chair nolan: next speaker, please. >> welcome back, chairman nolan. it is no longer spring break at city college. i want to stick to the policy points wheat expressed. -- we expressed. the funds our climate initialed -- initiative dollars. the first two line items in the funding sources charget, they ae listed as operating dollars. those are impacts as youth lifeline funds. we are grateful for the board supports, consideration, and hard work on this. we are hopeful that you will let to go for free for all. we are excited about the possibility. thank you. chair nolan: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i am organizer. i want to address the staff report that you presented. one of the big arguments. making is that making bus maintenance of a trade-off is a random attempt a last-minute attempt to limit the board's choice on free muni for all youth only. sfmta has presented budget increases for maintenance and other high priority areas. this is the first time we have ever heard about this. given the size of the additional increases, we feel that ther

president nolan: is there a motion on 7.3? >> yes. president nolan: any further discussion? all in favor? next item. >> moving to close session. president nolan: is there a second? any further discussion? all in favor awe? will -- we will go into closed session. thank you.

president nolan: comments or questions from members of the board? >> you do have public comment on the executive director's report. q>> francisco de costa, eric williams, no. gordon rowe, herbert weiner, emile laurence. president nolan: who else? >> tone lee. >> commissioners, good evening, once again. i want to speak on one topic very briefly that is not discussed but can be brought up under ongoing business. you have a new directive to the ramp taxing holders which are threats to remove the ramp or the rap taxes if they do not pick up enough handicapped. i do not know how many bands are out there but they cost -- vans are out there but they cost 2000 bucks. if you do not pick up enough paratransit, you can be suspended. the revenues from your van will go to the city and county of san francisco. the letter is not signed. it is not signed by any person from the sfmta. it has a group of different amalgamations in terms of who put it out. there is this. even the sfmta admits that the paratransit pickups that the van picks up are not necessarily wheelc

president nolan: is there a motion on 7.3? >> yes. president nolan: any further discussion? all in favor? next item. >> moving to close session. president nolan: is there a second? second? any further discussion? clerk: closed session. the board of directors voted unanimously. the board also discuss litigation and labor negotiations but took no action. >> good morning. we are here to celebrate the reagan really we are here because of the timing. tomorrow is the anniversary of the san francisco earthquake. it was the earthquake that made us look for other sources of water that were reliable and robust for the entire area. it was the earthquake and the pressure after that that said you need to upgrade to make sure we will continue to get water for two and a half million people the has led us to this program. there are a few projects left, but we are in the middle of the really large regional projects. about $2.5 million is being spent right now. the first person to speak about that is merely -- mayor lee. >> thank you to the commissioners who are here, the whole staff. you hav

chair nolan: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i am the past president of san francisco ministers conference. as i travel across this country, san francisco is constantly on people's lists. they have good -- because of our diversity in this city and because it is a city that people like to come back to once they visit. i used to be proud of this city. i'm beginning to think differently. there is a negative spirits in this city and it starts right here. anywhere we can get some money, let's try to get it. even if it means closing churches because the people will not be able to pay to park. thank you. [applause] >> he is the last person. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman. i am a taxi driver. i would like to support -- they are the mainstream of this city. sunday, a lot of people come to the city, they eat in restaurants, shopping. everybody feels safe for sunday parking. you are going to lose a bunch of money for the city revenue. we have 10,000 american people retiring every day in this country. they are only driving on sunday now be

chair nolan: good afternoon. >> it is great to see you guys again. i want to second one of the comments made earlier. we have seen it before, we know what it will look like. we have assumptions. it is not going to be a beautiful sight. what person is going to have the job to make sure that it is done right? that is one of the things i want to highlight. i am kind of disheartening to hear support comes down to trade-offs between maintenance and this program. we support car drivers. i see drivers all the time and died commend them for the work -- and i commend them for the work that they do. i support them, and i hope they support us, too. thank you for your time. and being involved in that this discussion with us. a year ago, we were totally not even thinking about this. [applause] chair nolan: i declare the public comment period is over. this will be the last speaker. >> [speaking spanish] >> good afternoon, everyone. i did been a member of the organization power for 12 years. >> [speaking spanish] >> @ power, we speak clearly and what we are talking

president nolan: thank you. we have a motion and second to improve the capital budget as described by mr. reiskin. is there any further discussion? if not, we have a motion and a second. all in favor? the ayes have it, we have a capital budget. >> item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. director heinicke: my question on new is -- or unfinished business relates to the taxis and the plan for how we're going to address medallion transfer and reform, all the things that are in the pipeline. my understanding is we as a board are waiting for a staff proposal for what to do next with the medallion reform proposal. at the same time we have out the study to review public convenience and necessity, how many more cabs either peak time or full time. primarily full-time can be accommodated and are needed by the people who run our cab companies. after that point it would be a means of coming up with the proposal that addresses the needs within the context of a new proposal. and the last time we sp

tom nolan. [applause] director nolan: thank you very much. it is an honor to be here on behalf of the mta board this morning. every time i have a chance to speak about being on the mta board, i begin by saying how proud i am of what we do. every single day, we move 700 people throughout the city, and we did it very, very well. all kinds of different modes, we do it on behalf of the people. i am delighted to be joined this afternoon by the vice-chair. thank you very much for being here. we are very fortunate to have the leadership of ed reiskin, who has done an outstanding job for the agency, and we look forward to his continued leadership. i also want to take a moment to acknowledge two of my predecessors as chairman. mr. flynn, assuredly the gold standard in san francisco. thank you for what you have done, and my immediate predecessor, let us with a great deal of compassion and dignity through some extremely difficult times over the past several years. thank you for being with us. was it over the course of the last hundred years, and unique

vice president brinkman: thank you, chairman nolan. i will echo what my colleagues have said and i think it is important that we make this easily accessible, that we have the burden of paperwork as low as we possibly can so that we catch the students and families that we want to catch. having said that, i think -- i will say i support the staff proposal for low-income free muni for use and i will make a motion to that. i want to again thank everyone involved because you taught us a lot of things we did not know. especially those of us on this board to do not have children in the san francisco school district system. i did not realize there was such a crunch on a lot of the families, so i appreciate you showing us that. i did not realize there's no money available for field trips for kids. i think director heinicke mention his kids or class gets one trip a day. i wonder if there was is that sit unused and kids would love to go on field trips we could work towards. someone in city hall brought that we do not have a good sense of where th

president nolan: thank you.we have a motion and second to improve the capital budget as described by mr. reiskin. is there any further discussion? if not, we have a motion and a second. all in favor? the ayes have it, we have a capital budget. >> item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members.

chair nolan: thank you very much. clucks my name is david brown. i am a pastor at -- >> my name is david brown. i am speaking against the parking meter -- the enforcement of parking meters on sunday. when our church moved from union square in 1902, we chose not to buy land or parking lots and to rely solely on the use of on street parking. many in our congregation use public transportation, as for many, that is not a viable option. calgary would definitely experience a negative impact should this proposal goes forward as currently drafted. the quality of life for many of our members would be diminished. chair nolan: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i am a member of congregation emanu-el. i ask you to rethink the proposal to activate parking meters on sunday. such an action will affect sunday services and make it more difficult, if not impossible, to worship and participate in services. why am i concerned? it does not affect the synagogue or me, why should i care? i care for two reasons. it affects people in the city. t

tom nolan. [applause] director nolan: thank you very much.is an honor to be here on behalf of the mta board this morning. every time i have a chance to speak about being on the mta board, i begin by saying how proud i am of what we do. every single day, we move 700 people throughout the city, and we did it very, very well. all kinds of different modes, we do it on behalf of the people. i am delighted to be joined this afternoon by the vice-chair. thank you very much for being here. we are very fortunate to have the leadership of ed reiskin, the leadership of ed reiskin, who has done an outstanding

chair nolan: that would conclude the public testimony. we have before us the budget as presented, including these items. director heinicke: let me start with this. at the beginning of this process, we ask you to scrutinize the work orders and make sure these were situations where there were was a proper nexus to the agency and this was a proper expensed to our money. we were looking at relatively lean times. let me focus on the police work order and the motorcycle unit. i will ask you to address that work order. your view that it is a proper work order for us to be pain. follow up with the two questions -- is this something we could revisit during the budget cycle as we discuss things with the police department? i assume it is, but i want to make sure. i realize that is a broader discussion about staffing priorities, but there was comment raised that perhaps we could be using pco's instead of police officers to handle certain tasks. that would be less expensive to the agency. i have a few more questions, but let's start with this. >> we p

nice catch on the foul ball by nolan reimold. 4-1. nolan reimold digs himself up.olan reimold. 4-3 white sox. two outs. adam jones keeps the game alive with his fourth home run. he is on a tear. in the 10th, the bases are loaded. matt wieters breaks the game open. a grand slam. his second home run of the night. 10-4, orioles win. the orioles are in first place in the american league east. one more look at matt's gran slam swing. the capitals against boston in d.c. the caps take the lead on a great effort from alex ovechkin. 2-1 capital's. caps down 3-2. the game is tied at 3. zdeno chara with the shot. the bruins win 4-3. 7:00 p.m. tonight, the nfl schedule is released. i say the ravens will play against the denver broncos and peyton manning. >> thank you. 6:27. 68 degrees on tv hill. still ahead, a look at what is coming up on 11 news today. >> city of fire trucks could soon have advertisements on their side. >> the space shuttle discovery is about to go to d.c. for one last mission. ♪ oh yeah, this is what a weekend getaway should feel like. and does. if you're h

and with nolan really intriguing in the lead off spot what buck showalter is doing with him. he really has a tremendous batting eye, you might argue he has the best batting eye -- >> -- yeah -- >> -- threat in the lead off spot the opposing pitcher has to treat him differently because he is a threat just like that to make it a 1-0 game, so the batting eye getting on base, the power threat, in fact you know your -- your point about the runs scored, you go around the infield, then the outfield and the dh, really and dino is the only guy in the starting line who is not a really power threat, all right, maybe him too, buttery but every other position there is a guy that can hit it out and that leads to runs. >> you got that and that and that and i talked to -- >> -- guys -- >> -- man they will tell you that is the challenge. >> -- uh-huh -- >> -- show people we are better because they don't know how good with are, that is the message i am getting from them. >> will, there is no doubt about it because everywhere you look it is well, they are going to finish 5th again -- >> uh-huh

big play from nolan reimold. 4-1 chicago. nolan reimold at the plate.number 3 and this closes the gap, 4-3. adam jones on fire. a brand new ball game. 4-4. into the tenth. matt wieters hit a grand slam. two home runs last night for matt. the orioles are all alone in first place. the yankees lost to the twins. that was worth one more look. stella cup playoffs --still ellicott playoffs. the caps against boston. the caps in the red jerseys. alex ovechkin, counsel for alex ovechkin. the caps led 2-1. caps down 3-2. the game is tied at 3. boston wins it. zdeno chara with the shot. joe flacco on hand for ravens conditioning. the nfl schedule will be released tonight. t like christmas around here -- it is like christmas around here. >> we will be tracking the roads for the 6:00 hour. >> dear ready to pay the price for a diesel-friendly car -- get ready to pay the price. >> weather-wise, things are pretty quiet right now. it is warm and it will get even warmer this afternoon. >> sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. 1 accident of note and we're check

anoche en chicago, nolan reimold jonroneÓ por cuarto partido consecutivo e hizo una impresionante atrapadazquierdo, y los orioles de baltimore vencieron 3-2 a los medias blancas. wei-yin chen se llevÓ su primer triunfo en grandes ligas en el segundo juego de su carrera, tolerando solamente dos anotaciones y seis hits en 5 innings, ademas el dominicano wilson betemit se fue de 3-0 por los oriles. por la mls, vuelve la accion esta noche y en el estadio robert f. kennedy. dc united que viene de ganar de visita recibe 1-0 a new england revolution, juega esta noche contra impact de montreal en su primera visita a la capital. dc united ha tenido poco tiempo para preparse tras su viaje a boston, sin embargo el tecnico ben olsen sabe que en casa se tiene que ganar, y de lograr esa victoria, dc united estaria amaneciando en el segundo lugar de la tabla de sicion residente de texas, porque cumplio su sueno de ser batman por un dia... el menor sufre de leucemia, por lo que la organizacion heujer pcta >> no puedo creer que hayas llamado a santiago, para preguntarle donde quedaba la llave de paso.

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we called tom nolan mr. transit, which means rick will be mr. streetcar. nobody has worked harder to bring historic street cars back to san francisco. from the trolly festival of 1983 that was championed by senator feinstein to the f line of today, rick has been on that mission here today, the f line is america's most popular streetcar line, and it is the only guy in the bay area to actually pay the proper fare when he gets on and off the streetcar. i know you other people have not done it regularly. please welcome rick. [applause] >> thank you. i just wanted you to know there is a future after radio. [laughter] that was a long time ago, i can tell you. senator feinstein, mayor lee, and they are brown, supervisors, other officials and guests -- mayor brown, supervisors, other officials and guests, muni is today what it is because of people like mr. flynn devoted their lives to it. i am joined by several directors, including our vice president, who leads a lot of our efforts. doug is the man who, when he was deputy mayor and planning commissioner, had a lot

. >>> nolan reimold continues -- hopes to continue his hot streak. into the season as a question mark as a regular in the lineup. he's answering another highlight catch. and at bat, none hotter than nolan reimold. he has homered now in four straight games. all of them on the road. that one helped power the birds to that 3-2 win last night. >>> former oriole jamie moyer has pitched his way into baseball history. now, with the colorado rockies, he threw 7 innings in a win over the pad padres. at age 49. moyer is the oldest pitcher to earn a victory in baseball history. he's been in the majors for 25 years. that's longer than some of his teammates have been alive. moyer on winning, at age 49. >> slowly living the dream. and i still believe i had the passion for the game. and, you know, it's a special night for me. >> moyer's win was the 268th of his career. that ties him with jim palmer. on baseball's all-time victory list. >>> well, no one has won more -- basketball games than tennessee's pat summit. but her legendary coaching career comes to an end. s

nolan reimold will not be in second field. once again, dealing with a neck strain. is back in the lineup. he'll be the orioles designated hitter. orioles will be taking their swing at toronto blue jays. kyle drebeck, coming into town. having a good start to his season so far. orioles are going with right- hander. orioles and jays, both part of a four-way tie for first place in the american league east. now, being in first place early this season, gives orioles fans a good reason to feel good. and they need hope after 14 straight losing seasons. now, hamill has a good perspective on this. he was a member of the tampa bay rays, during their run of 10 straight losing seasons. he experienced the rays araising rise. hamill tells me that he believes, based on what he experienced with tampa tampa bay, he can see the same thing happening here in baltimore. >> a lot of similarities. a lot. you can be down in the dumps. and you can only go up from there. i'm obviously speaking from insurance. -- experience. but there's too much talent here to not be successful. we've got a lo

chef mary nolan told me, it's like having the real thing without the guilt.secake will run you 500 calories, easily, depending on the size. but one of these smaller ones, 150, maybe 2300 range. >> reporter: but the problem is, a little bit of dessert can still go a long way. >> it's easy to meet a lot. i was in a meeting one day that lasted a few hours and i definitely eight around, like 35 to 35 of them. >> 35 cupcakes! that's almost 1,800 calories. >> reporter: how many do you think the average person might eat? you know, by themselves, they don't look satisfying, like you're going to need more than one. >> to me, i think a box of six is the perfect amount for one person after dinner. >> reporter: that's fine, but it's about 300 calories. 12 cupcakes, 600 calories. >> if you have 12, then you're having about one normal sized cup cake, which isn't even that bad. >> reporter: i suppose, but it does raise the question, is the mini trend more about packaging than actually eating less? >> that's where the self-control comes into play. let's say it was a special

[roll call] i will note that the gechairman nolan cannot be with us today. he wishes he could be here. can we wish you well and we cannot wait for you to come back. item three -- the ringing and the use of cell phones are prohibited. any person responsible for one going off in the room may be removed from the meeting. the board respectfully request that cell phones be placed in the off position. if i could just let you know that we had arranged for two overflow rooms for today. 408 and 416. if there are people who wish to address the board on any matter, we will give ample time for them to make their way to this room. item four, approval of the minutes. >> any comments on the minutes? >> that is approved. item five, communications. there will be no discussion of anticipated litigation in closed session today. with the concurrence of the board any important decisions we have before us today, i am going to move general public comment to later in the agenda. we will see how the agenda goes. it looks like we will move to later in the agenda. we have a request to

cannabis, cocaine, or any other drug, so all the federal drug laws are unconstitutional, a legal, and nolan void, and i urge this commission to strongly send a message. >> thank you, starchild. each public comments person will bee allowed to minutes. -- two- minutes. >> i am an ex attics -- adict. i won the employee of the month award, and one day i was let go. my job was everything to me. but was the structure i had to learn in the program, because i did a program for 15 months. i am now the proud, law-abiding taxpaying citizen who lost my job. now i am unemployed, and it is devastating, so today i am doing things to better my future. next month i am going to try to get a certificate of rehabilitation. i am in america, and this is the land of opportunity. people from other countries come here, and they get a chance to make their lives and right, and i want the chance to make my life right. from the mistakes i made in the past. >> i am going to call the next five. [list of names] >> commissioners, first, i would like to thank you for calling this an important hearing on the war on drugs. sa

organization to come up with the designs and one of this things that he has done and known best for is the nolan ryan design that now stands outside center field at the ballpark in arlington. that of course the home of the texas rangers. now each month leading up to september another sculpture will be revealed. frank robinson is going to be this weekend then robinson, weaver, palmer, murray and then in september, september 6th. cool rip kin jr.. we're going to be talking to greg bader about this and what's going to be expected for fans this weekend because fans who come for the special ceremony won't walk away empty- handed. they will have a special gift as well. that's coming up as we continue with live reports outside camden yards getting ready for the big unveiling. charlie crowson, abc2 news. >> and speaking of the orioles, the o's won 3-0 wednesday night against the blue jays. jason hammel pitched seven innings of four hit bill. two homers after limiting toronto to one run on tuesday. the o's became the first team this season to shut out the blue jays. the orioles are 4-1 against toronto af

nolan -- bottom nine, 2-0. >> >> off the left wall.wo men score on that double and it's all tied up at two apiece. next batter, wilson -- it with men on, he makes contact. out of the park. 3-1. walk off homer. go tell it on the mountain. orioles win, they are 14-8 and like i said in first place over tampa bay. here's mat afterwards. >>> we'll enjoy it for the rest of the day and move on to play the yankees later this week. >> they are in new york tomorrow through wednesday. >> >> chicago white sox pitcher, gavin floyd, flirting with a no- hitter. dustin to break up the no no. in the battle of the soxes, white over red 4-1 >> yesterday, ravens show cased their top three choices from the recent nfl draft >>> can't wait to contribute in any way needed. i'm willing to do whatever it takes. >> >> mean tile time, no nascar, to day, but last night in case you weekend buffs missed it, kyle bush beat dale ernhardt, jr. to take the richmond 400. >> >> >>> finally, nba, game one eastern conference playoffs. hawks jumped on the boston celtics in a

they had tom selleck and nolan ryan, you know, trying to portray that as the agenda of the gun lobby. george zimmerman is the nra. he is the creation of the nra. he is the creation of the politicians who have done their bidding. and we need to take all this outrage that's focused around this trayvon martin tragedy and hold our leaders accountable. and yes, i do believe that this one is different. anything else? we can -- what's that? so do we want everybody to sign these now? all right. so i guess what we're going to do now is we are going to the -- all of the 32 that are here, we're going to start by signing this statement of principle against arming dangerous people and, again, to remind you, this is the very simple statement we're going to be asking our elected officials to sign. do you or do you not believe that these people listed on this list should be able to buy a loaded, hidden -- should be able to buy a gun, carry a gun, own a gun anywhere in our country? thank you. so i guess we want to go in alphabetical order? >>> defense secretary leon panetta and chairman of the joint c

cannabis, cocaine, or any other drug, so all the federal drug laws are unconstitutional, a legal, and nolan void, and i urge this commission to strongly send a message. >> thank you, starchild. each public comments person will bee allowed to minutes. -- two- minutes. >> i am an ex attics -- adict. i won the employee of the month award, and one day i was let go. my job was everything to me. but was the structure i had to learn in the program, because i did a program for 15 months. i am now the proud, law-abiding taxpaying citizen who lost my job