. >> good afternoon, chair, director riskin. i'm happy to see you all. my name is kathy di luca and i'm the policy and program director for walk san francisco. thank you director riskin for mentioning walk to workday. i couldn't not say that. we're really excited about it. so board members, today you are here being asked to certify the budget meets the agency's goals. and as you know one goal is vision zero. the goal to end all severe and fatal traffic crashes by 2024. i'm here today to ask you if your comfortable enough in these numbers to certify that they will get us as far as we need to get to reach vision zero. we have six years left. this is a two-year budget so it really matters. and unlike vision zero, unlike a lot of the city's policies is time bound. so something where we have a limited amount of time to get there we need a strategic plan, analysis, we need to know the numbers will get us there. so i would ask you today do you have the information that you need to be confident this budget and the draft five year c.i.p. which is coming soon, wil

ed riskin, head of mta, but today's approach, we know is the way to go. we have to be a more resilient city. we talk a lot about prevention, don't make yourself an easy target, but there are other things we can do to be more resilient and prevent the crimes from happening in the first place. the things that have been implemented here, the fencing installed, to stop unauthorized entry, the lighting and the surveillance cameras to discourage would-be thieves, this is a team effort. and this is what collaboration brings to the table. again, go back to mayor farrell and his leadership and before him, mayor lee in order to force this issue, force a collaborative partnership that has led us to some success this year. we are working hard to continue the effort as the mayor said. this is going to be spread to all the city parking garages. although the deployment is part of that factor, we'll do what is necessary in terms of having the visibility and the presence to make sure that people know we're out here. that was part of our doubling of the foot beat. the peop

riskin said they're prepared for the conflicts that will inevitably come with this elevator shift. >> certainly i think there's a potential for that and that's exactly why these are folks who are equipped and trained to be able to handle that. >> reporter: as for whether it will work? >> it will work, but once you go on break then what happens? >> i don't know. let's hope it does. >> reporter: this is a pilot program. they're starting with civic center station and powell station and if it works, they'll expand to other b.a.r.t. stations. they'll be working from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. inside the elevator and you'll start seeing attendants by the end of the month. in san francisco, susie steimle, kpix5. >>> berkeley is evicting dozens of people who have been living in their rvs along the water front. last week police handed out notices to about 20 rv owners parked there telling them they have to leave. people living there say it's better than living on the streets. >> when you're capable of keeping a vehicle to live in, it's so much healthier and so much better for you, so much less risk. >>

to john ram and planning, ed riskin and the mta. that was a collective effort from the city family. as elaine mentioned, huge thanks to lieutenant-governor, alan and especially thank in closing to our late mayor ed lee who worked very, very hard on this for his entire time in office. and i just think he would be proud of being here today. congratulations, everyone. [applause] >> thank you, elaine, and thank you, mayor farrell. i'm larry bear from the giants and i have to say this is truly an exciting day for the organization. it has been mentioned, it was a decade in the making. i think maybe a little north, 1, 12 years, i was just sitting here thinking nobody on the giants roster right now was actually on the roster when we started this project. i believe bruce was a rookie manager at the time for the giants. but really valuable, important projects are worth taking the time and being very carefully done. i have to -- there is a number of people we want to thank because they led with their hearts in making this project happen. they understood the vision, saw the vision and led with

. >> chairwoman, director riskin and board members, my name is ed olsen. as a third generation san francisco i'm a member of citizen policy committees including connect sf and vision zero. and i am here to urge your support for connect sf vision report. as we approved a similar resolution last night at the market cac. i com the staff for their outreach in training of our committee as well as of the public and the stakeholders to understand the multifaceted issues surrounding this effort. however, since this is a 50 year plan with commitment to review and update i ever five years, i urge as a matter of civic education, during the plan's life, we engage our community's either through extra sessions at our local libraries or schools to educate our citizens in these multiple issues and the process of scenario planning which could help all planning agencies such as yours in our city. i am very grateful that our connect sf plan is regionally oriented and ex 'em police car of such thinking but particularly that it compliments and implements the strategies of visi

. >> and directors riskin, when we're asking new elevators, are they similar to what i've seen in some of the bart stations where they're glass-sided that feel open and have more visual impact. >> it will be different at every location. i mentioned the last meeting, we were soliciting feedback on the castro he will straight o eleva. the ones, for example, at van ness will be incorporated into a building. either our building or the adjacent quarters. they won't be free standing on the sidewalk like the art elevators, the one in powell station is in the station. it really is very site-specific in terms of what they will look like and how they feel but we're mindful of the look and feel of some of the existing ones and taking those lessons to inform future elevator development. >> excellent. thank you. director ramos. >> yes, thank you. this is a lot of work and i've got a bunch of comments. given that it's a beautiful day out there i won't keep us there all day. burke some of the more immediate things that come to mind that i want to make sure we address. i want to thank mr. grew better