and with that, i'd like the introduce our leader in this effort, assembliman phil tang. [applause] >> thank you so much, mayor breed, for your leadership on this issue of homelessness. i know that we had an opportunity to work together when you were president of the board and i have no doubt that you're going to be working on this issue every single day as mayor. i also wanted to thank supervisor hillary ronen who had approached my early on to talk about how we can fund navigation centers in her district and also in san francisco. and i would be remissed not to thank late mayor ed lee who brought me aba-57. it was really a team effort where the citied that idea of we need to work together to solve this problem. this is a state-wide problem. we have 134,000 homeless people in the state. it is a state of crisis. we have 7500 people here in san francisco. but these people aren't numbers. they're lives. they're lives that missed different paths, that have taken very challenging directions. but we as a city have not given up on them. we as a state have not given up on them an

ladies and gentlemen, phil tang. chair of the budget committee.[applause] >> thank you mr speaker and mr mayor. yourself, leader pelosi, have always set the example for what responsible legislating is. for not just san francisco, before the bay area. i think we see our responsibility in ourselves, all of us to make sure that san francisco and the entire region gets the resources it needs to continue to be the economic powerhouse that it is. we have seen what happens today when we do not have enough housing at enough transit. we've done a phenomenal job creating jobs. our economy is doing incredibly well and we have a chance at a challenge to move people around. that is what this transit hub is. this transit hub signals not just to san franciscans, but really people all over the bay area and people all over northern california that we are a region. unless we think regionally, but it can move people regionally and house people regionally. we will not be successful. they used to be a time when the city could go it alone and do it by itself. but that

david hsu, phil tang and as well as supervisor jane kim who is with us here.this is a representation of what can happen when people work together. public, private, nonprofit. community. the word community has the word unity and it. if there is anything that demonstrates the unity of our community, the work of our skilled building trade workers to make this possible, let us applaud our union members who made all of this possible. [applause] >> when you see and when you tour, you will see the beauty that our artists at their architects made here. so typical of san francisco. san francisco is the city that knows how. mohammed, thank you for your ongoing leadership. we have come together again and again the first to break ground, and then to pour cement, and then to unveil the penrose awning. i understand sir penrose is here with us. that beauty up at all. and today, to cut the ribbon. for something so spectacular, we will say to the rest of the country that these initiatives in our community are of national significance and modelled for the country. of all the th

this is exactly why myself and our aseptemberably man phil tang, this is why we do this work, to make a difference in the lives of people who need us toke

unfortunately, phil tang had a fantastic piece of legislation and it got held up in committee. i think there was some internal sacramento politics that got in the way of that one. those are a couple of significant bills. >> president hillis: any additional general public comment? seeing none, we can move to the regular calendar. sorry, sorry. commissioner richards, my apologies. >> commissioner richards: two things. interesting points around the demo calcs. i've been waiting for supervisor peskin to get something out there rather than do an analysis. maybe if staff can work with supervisor peskin's office to get an idea of where we are on that, that would be great, before we would embark on any additional look at the demo calcs. 1369 sanchez was a d.r. and one that came through this commission and looked closely at this. and made some changes to it. it would be ballsy to demolish without a permit. and i know d.b.i. slaps on it. i can't wait to see if it's a demolition. that would be astounding for such a high-profile project. >> commissioner fong: i know we've talked about it b

for which we are profoundly thankful and want to formally thank the author, our assembly member, phil tang, which will, if it becomes law, will help us go forward with a per ride tax on tea nc in the city and county of san francisco in 2019, november. with that, mr watts, thank you for your work on that bill on surviving the session. the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair peskin and commissioners. i am pleased to be here today. this is a good point in time as a chair alluded to, to take stock of where we are in the cycle. the legislature adjourned two weeks ago and the government does have two more weeks to dispense with somewhere between 800 and a thousand bills. we will be seeing a number of packages of approvals and vetoes start flowing out of the governor's office and this week. following that, at the election, as you all no kak is november 6 th. the stop in the legislature following the election cycle is for the legislature to convene for the new 2019 legislative session on the 3rd of december , for one day. they can introduce bills by custom on that day. there is usually a handful.

. >> reporter: assemblyman phil tang says the new wait times are still unacceptable. >> we know thatt happen overnight, that improvement happens over time. this problem came up overtime as well deployment of the real id. >> reporter: officials say they've hired hundreds of new workers, brought back retired workers and are loaning people from other state departments to help speed up the lines. in some offices they are extending hours and opening on saturdays. >> i noticed the help outside and that was terrific. it's like oh, this is where you're going to go now. >> reporter: the dmv says it's also improved its technology and website to better help customers. >> it's kind of reactive instead of proactive. >> reporter: they offer a new feature where you can get text alert when it's almost your turn to allow people to get coffee or do something else. the problem is a lot of customers don't know about it. you have to ask the worker for that option. in oakland, i'm da lin, kpix5. >>> some folks in san francisco are trying a new tactic to keep crooks away from their cars. they are leaving n