of supervisors, however, if we were not granted additional maintenance resources we simply had to reline our assets with the resources we have unfortunately that is no a great policy for san francisco it results in uneven care so a quick overview of how the maintenance transfer has occurred basically the public works code allows for this the authorization already existed in the code it makes sure there are no maintenance need at the time of transfer we have to prune it before we transfer to the property owner so nevertheless, to see with the lack of maintenance we have to do lieu of a lot of maintenance before we transfer the trees this takes a lot of time you mean the department is responsible for 9 thousand strez trees in the medium we can't assign them to property owner remembers departmentally owned parcels or state owned parcels where we can't controversy transfer the responsibility some of the challenges that property owners are unable or unwillingly to care for trees the property owners are facing costs because prior the city take care of those the department of public works is co

we'll be relining and constructing the sidewalks. we are including new curb ramps throughout including curb ramps which today there are not always curb ramps. county -- count down signals throughout the project to ensure pedestrian accessibility on market street and proposing to replace the bricks to improve traction and eliminate the wide joints that causes difficulty today and we'll create streetlight zones that will allow people to use the market street in a more constructive way. transit improvement includes longer and wider for longer bus capacity and you will see there is a minimum of eight 8 feet so the transit ramps from the buses can deploy. there will always be the ada curb ramps access at every stop in the new proposal. the bus fleet will be up grated as part of the separate project to increase transit accessibility. in addition we are looking at upgraded transit shelters, transit only lanes, speed transit, intersection and traffic improvement also to speed transit and to give transit priority and consolidating and priorit

. >> they are a necessary evil, they are too big to fail, nation's housing market has become reline on them -- rely ant on them, you see that with mortgage rates. i think. charles: you talk mors motor mo. >> 632,000. point is that much easier to get a conforming mortgage, that bank can sell back to fannie or freddie. so that is important, we look at how big of an impact housing has on our economy, is a necessary evil. charles: maybe they are too big to fail, but they should not be too big to unwind, let stand on their own. they should not be puppets for the government. >> they are most politically powerful instution in united states they are huge monster. it is not going to happen overnight, but privatize is only viable option, that will increase competition, then we will have a situation where we don't have a company too big to fail. >> it could take up to 10 years. >> some are willing to take piecing much it. >> the havoc is would reek to get it to that point would be a disaster. >> you talk about bigger loans -- they are not selling those back, it is tougher to get the loans. charle

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