to you monthly and we will be back again next month with a project that we will be submitting to the rtc. >> in terms of communications, how often is that happening? >> we have been attending several of the monthly meetings. we can certainly invite them back. supervisor campos: great. why not -- thank you very much, thank you all. thank you to abag for being here. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on this item? if so, please come forward. seeing no one, public comment is closed. next item? >> item number 7. update on regional transportation plan/sustainable communities strategy and san francisco transportation plan call for projects. >> if i may, we have an action item still on the agenda. looking at the clock -- supervisor campos: let's move on to item no. 8. >> item #8. recommend commitment of up to $150 million in additional state regional improvement program funds, with conditions, to the central subway project to provide supplemental assurances to the federal transit administration in support of the san francisco municipal transportation agency's plan to cov

usf has found space for rtc but not for upward bound -- found space for rotc but not for upward bound. thank you. the rest i will submit. supervisor campos: thank you. colleagues, i have a couple of items. the first is an item that i discussed earlier during the consideration at the mid market tax incentive proposal, and that is in recognition of the need to address the large number of vacant buildings in the mid market area and throughout the city. i have made a request of the budget and legislative analyst to analyze the number of vacant buildings in san francisco, the average size, the length of time they have been vacant, and the types of businesses previously renting those locations. we want the budget analyst to help us determine a size threshold for tax and vacant buildings in a way that not only helps prevent blight and promotes public safety, but also discourages large commercial property owners from keeping commercial rents artificially high. we also want to know ways in which we can also help address this issue without impacting negatively small property owners. this we bel

union city, fremont rtc in some light rain. little wet. rain over redwood city it disappeared in the last few minutes. police: layup to the bulk of it is moving to the south. sundanese widespread rain with rain and some of these heavier pockets falling about 1/5 of an inch per hour. pretty impressive downfalls or gamete rainfall, short-lived it's just to there and then it's moving on it will accumulate much of anything throughout the day. tier of the day ran into boulder creek. from santa cruz and san jose. heavier showers off to the east of the summit. in terms of total accumulation may be a hundred-2 hundreds of an inch. it is not that big rainmaker is just a widespread. cold air behind as it will drop are temperatures throughout the day, temperatures could drop another five more degrees here the for the morning is over. it will be chilly out there this morning for you the chance of thunderstorm activity here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. and the wettest of the days will be today to mark chance of slate rain here an

you could rtc that back up that red and yellow on your speech to the screen. if your coming in the westbound direction to the of smog pass expect delays of up to 10 minutes. california highway patrol is on the screen to the truck is on its way. this is the only slow on the problems brought. and live look at the approach to the bay bridge westbound 80 looks good. reading lights are off. cemetery bridge same story a bit foggy you could hardly make out the tail lights traffic is nice, light. golden gate, wet it a bit foggy but traffic is nice and light. drive time is just 23 minutes. >> justine: thank you, we will take a quick break coming up, and other air traffic controller has been suspended we will tell you why the faa is even more embarrassed this time. james lick, things are running smoothly. we'll be right back. >> justine: could tuesday morning, a high of 72 decrees, a little break in the rain today. -- good tuesday morning. next chance of storm is wednesday, thursday. full forecast in a minute. faa has suspended another controller. and a manager. reporte

to mal cold front, you can rtc on the map.ng the north bay sprinkles not a whole lot but mostly we will see that temperatures cool off. we will have our here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. coming up. stick around for that. love is the word for the rest of the bay bridge not tracking and the hot spots we will start to take bridge checked light traffic westbound the volume is building that still no delays or problems. san mateo also a good one know wind advisory is this morning for any of the bridges. headlights are the cars heading towards hayward. light traffic. golden gate, 101 problem for you for your trip from the walter tunnel down to the north end of the bridge. easy ride across the span. still enjoying get conditions ran interstate 80 from the upper to the lower. 12 minute drive time. >> mark: thank you, developing story of oakland hundreds of people are at the coliseum getting free medical exams. thousands have taken advantage of the opportunity that started saturday and did tonight. >> will: and the debt, cold

and thank you to the rtc for the work you're doing. you guys made it happen. and we republicans are flying high because nancy pelosi is flying coach. this is very good news. there are a number of people in this room who have been extraordinarily helpful to me during my eighth campaign for president last time around. sam is one of those. i see a whole series. there were many people who were a part of that team. i'm sorry i did not get the job done. i wanted to become the nominee. of course, if i had become the nominee, i would have become the one who lost to barack obama. when the economy got in real trouble, it was hard for republicans. but, boy, we have come back in a massive way thank you to your leadership and your effort. now i also saw a number of you at the tribute a week ago in washington, d.c. at the county center for dirt herbert walker bush and his contribution to volunteerism to the points of light foundation. if you watched it, you saw there were a number of country performers. i like country music. i am not -- i am not an extraordinary fan, but i

there's a live look outside the mount tam, you can rtc care are shaking. -- you can already see that camera shaking. >> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a quick riches, beginning with the bay bridge ride, the terra traffic is pretty light. no issues. san mount tam, highly 92 traffic as far number of directions. looking ahead, one last look, golden gate, no worries. i would say this headlights on your screen but we don't see any. traffic is pretty light here. >> justine: it is the perfect time to commute. no one is on the road. storm tracker 4, while the weather is hitting the nation today that big system heading chicago rain now that will then move over to the east coast. that storm system that is moving across the great lakes is bringing a mix of rain and snow showers. people will go up to gusty winds and frosty day. strong storms that blew through palm beach uprooted a large tree sending an news curb running for cover. >> it was upon us within seconds. my photographer and i were in the midst of an interview when the sky turned black. when it purchased around ankara formation

part of what we talked about before, they feel a sense of the rtc on every single bill coming up as opposed to looking at the broad budget. there is no sense of loss of urgency. the question, and i think it is still a question, is, can they come to grips with the reality of the budget as opposed to the campaign rhetoric about the budget cov? the rhetoric was not particularly helpful in terms of getting us toward the solution we want. democrats would have you believe it could be only be solved without raising taxes on upper- income people. it is not true. we are faced with the situation that we have to talk about social security, medicare, revenue, and defense, all of which are more ethical than taxing somebody else or finding waste, fraud, and abuse. >> the sense of urgency, it takes me back to my point about their votes between now and 1995. since then, those parties have had the experience of gaining power, reading what they think is their mandate, and that being thrown out either because they misread the mandate or did not deliver on their promises. that is in part why they have a more s

part of what we talked about before, they feel a sense of the rtc on every single bill coming up as opposed to looking at the broad budget. there is no sense of loss of urgency. the question, and i think it is still a question, is, can they come to grips with the reality of the budget as opposed to the campaign rhetoric about the budget cov? the rhetoric was not particularly helpful in terms of getting us toward the solution we want. democrats would have you believe it could be only be solved without raising taxes on upper- income people. it is not true. we are faced with the situation that we have to talk about social security, medicare, revenue, and defense, all of which are more ethical than taxing somebody else or finding waste, fraud, and abuse. >> the sense of urgency, it takes me back to my point about their votes between now and 1995. since then, those parties have had the experience of gaining power, reading what they think is their mandate, and that being thrown out either because they misread the mandate or did not deliver on their promises. that is in part why they have a more s