the legislation before you today would extend the pedestrian safety advisory committee for a year, andy may of 2020, the committee would have the opportunity to make recommendations for any changes they'd like to see in terms of structure, duty, members, etc. i'm happy to give more background or answer any questions you may have. representatives from sfmta janet martinson and michael jacobs are here to answer any questions. >> chair ronen: thank you. any questions? seeing none, thank you for being here and thank you for this work. any member of the public wish to speak ? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: anyone make a motion? [inaudible] >> chair rone >> chair ronen: and that motion passes. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: mr. clerk, is there any other items on the agenda today? >> clerk: that completes the agenda. >> chair ronen: thank you very much. the meeting is adjourned. [gave [gavel]. >> chair peskin: good afternoon. welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the of the board of supervisors for today, monday, october 28, 2019. i am the chair, a

the resolution was passed by the pedestrian safety advisory committee last night. from here it will go to the board of supervisors and they will take it into consideration. almost 20 years ago, john local w john lowell was jogging when a speeding car hit him in the mission district. he sustained severe injuries that left him permanently disabled. he thinks san diego needs more signage and physical reminders to slow down. >> i was thrown, i believe, 20 feet in the air and landed on my side and sustained traumatic brain injuries. speed was a factor in the severity of the injuries i sustained. >> an sfpd traffic inspector says there's been 26 traffic fatalities so far this year. aside from this resolution, there's also vision zero which aims to end to get zero fatalities by 2024. reporting live in san francisco, lauren martinez, abc7 news. >>> we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. share them by joining our building a better bay area group on facebook. >> in about an hour, the remains of a korean war veteran will arrive at sfo. he will be greeted

extend the sunset date for the advisory committee to october 1, 2020 and require the committee to recommend changes to its structure and doubts. duties. >> the pedestrian safety advisory committee was enacted in 2002. it was the first and still is the own committee dedicated to pedestrian's safety. we have division zero coalition, but that's made up of mostly city departments. although, over the years it has had many iterations, peacing act is as relevant today as it was 17 years ago. in order to strengthen the peace act, this legislation requires that within six months, peace act will submit to the board, recommendations on possible changes to their structure or duties. and the voice of the pedestrians among all street users must remain strong and at the forefront as they are the ones most impacted. we must all be committed to the vision zero and i'm thankful on the peace act for their dedication. i look forward to collaborate stronger policies and get us to zero. so thank you to my cosponsors, supervisors hainey, ronanr,n and martin and furer. this is passed unanimously. please call 29 and 30. >> items 20 and 30 together are two motions to approve the treas

advisory committee and committee on city workforce alignment. >> colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? this has passed unanimously. please call item 8. >> an ordinance to amend the code for the safetyory committee to october 1, 2020 and to require the committee to recommend changes to its structure and duties. >> i'm 9 to amend various codes to renew and extend a prior waiver and refund of investigation fees to provide a two-year extension of medical cannabis dispensary permits and temporary business permits and a three-year extension of temporary retail use authorization and to affirm the sequa determination and make the appropriate findings. >> colleagues, same house, same call? without objection, this passes unanimously. please call item number 10. >> an ordinance to amend the business and tax regulations code to add provisions to the traffic mitigation tax and make conforming non-substantive change. >> supervisor peskin. >> i wanted to use this as an opportunity to thank everyone of my colleagues on the board of supervisors. mayor breed and most particularly the electorate of san francisco for d. >> same house, same call without objection. this ordinance is passed on first read

fog advisory for the golden gate bridge right now. >>> and number seven, the pedestrian safety advisory committee approved a resolution to set maximum speed limits at 20 miles per hour in san francisco. that proposal will go to the board of supervisors who may take it into consideration. >>> a rash of random attacks has the chp warning drivers to avoid a stretch of highway at night. profrnlg >> projectiles have hit cars in prunedale. majority of them have been on 101 on san juan road between highway 56. six more cars were hit last week. one driver had cuts. mostly attacks happened on mondays, thursdays and fridays between 7:00 and 11:00 at night. >> it's on the left-hand lane. the fast lane. all of a sudden my window exploded. >> the chp has not gotten specific with the type of projectiles but they do not appear to have come from a gun. >>> a warning to costco members, don't be fooled. costco says a $75 coupon people are sharing on social media is a hoax. the company is not giving away $75 coupons. cstco posted a message on its facebook page urging people to stop sharing this. costco says we love

>>industry and safety advisory committee voted on a resolution to set maximum speeds to 20 miles per hour on the smaller neighborhood streets citywide the id any place where you see is a speed limit france's monterey boulevard where i lived. >>it's going to 25 mile an hour posted speed limit that one change the streets the jayson 2 inches terrorist. those little the neighborhood streets. those are the down to 20 miles an hour. >>john winston agrees enforcement of the law and better engineering of the streets also needs to be addressed. but says studies show speed is what kills. >>if you're going 20 miles an hour. you're much less likely to kill somebody when you have them the money going 25 miles an hour. you know this may be controversial, but i think people have a right to be spaced out on the street a little bit once in a while the price for for not total attention all the time said that the debt. >>now as i mentioned this is a baby steps here there's some changes that need to happen at the state level before the board of supervisors can even really look at this right now across t

. >> a member of the city pedestrian safety advisory committee will introduce a resolution tonight to set a maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour. city wide. >> just 20 miles per hour. what do you think of that proposal? will it make streets safer or cause congestion. >> go online and weigh in. the speed limit in most areas is 25 miles per hour. >> this idea was actually has been around the block before. in 2015. suggested lowering the speed limit to 20. in certain areas after a report found speeding to be a problem in the city. >> the plan went nowhere. back in august we put the different speeds to the test. >> we measured out a 30 foot braking distance and got to work. our first run was a 20 miles per hour. this traffic cone might be a person or bicyclist. stopping not so easy. then we took it up to 25 and hit the brake. on both runs the cone wasn't harmed. we increased speed to 30. not a safe speed for any school crosswalk. watch what happens when i try to stop in time. our cone wound up under the car. and i was a nervous wreck. >> that was scary. >> such an eye opening report.

>>pedestrian safety advisory committee voted on a resolution to set maximum speeds to 20 miles per hour on the smaller neighborhood streets citywide the id any place where you see is a speed limit. france's monterey boulevard where i lived. >>that's going to 25 mile an hour posted speed limit that one change the streets the jayson to terrorist. little the neighborhood streets. those are good on to 20 miles an hour. >>john winston agrees enforcement of the law and better engineering of the streets also needs to be addressed. but says studies show speed is what kills. >>if you're going 20 miles an hour. you're much less likely to kill somebody when you have them the money going 25 miles an hour and you know this may be controversial, but i think people have a right to be spaced out on the street a little bit once in a while the price for for not paying total attention all the time said that the debt. >>now there are some changes that need to be made at the state level before this can even get to the board of supervisors right now there is a push to get rid of what's called the 85th percen

>>pedestrian safety advisory committee voted on a resolution to set maximum speeds to 20 miles per houraller neighborhood streets citywide the id any place where you see is a speed limit. france's monterrey blvd out where i live. >>it's got a 25 mile an hour posted speed limit that one change the streets the jayson to it just hurts. those little neighborhood streets. those are to 20 miles an hour. >>john winston agrees enforcement of the law and better engineering of the streets also needs to be addressed. but says studies show speed is what kills. >>if you're going 20 miles an hour. you're much less likely to kill somebody when you have them the money going 25 miles an hour. you know this may be controversial, but i think people have a right to be spaced out on the street a little bit once in a while the price for her not paying total attention all the time should not be death. >>now there are some changes that need to be made at the state level before this can even get to the board of supervisors right now there is a push to get rid of what's called the 85th percentile rule which mean

. >> a member of the safety advisory committee is introducing the resolution at tonight's meeting.imit in most residential areas is 25 miles per hour. >> this idea has actually been around the block before. back in 2015 supervisor eric marr suggested lowering the speed limit to 20 in certain areas after a report found speeding to be a problem in the city. that plan, however, went nowhere. >> let's take a look at what you think. on the bottom of your screen the results of our vote. the vast majority saying it causes more congestion. >> we'll keep the poll results open, so please, we'd love to hear from you. >>> a heads up about a traffic disruption for the next two weeks at salesforce's dreamforce c convention held tu must say coney center. >> howard street will be closed between third and fourth so there will be extra congestion between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. >> it's like walking or bus. >> public transportation is your best bet. we have the powell street station. >> the convention begins november 19th, wraps up on the 22nd and all traffic issues should clear by the 24th. >> if th

in the reauthorization, secretary chao this summer established a 22 member safety oversight and certification advisory committee to advise the department on policy-level topics related to certification including organization designation authority or oda. the reauthorization also require the faa to establish an oda office within the aviation safety organization to ensure consistency in oda oversight functions throughout the agency. we formally established the oda office in march. the 2018 act requires the faa to reviewing these plans from airlines. in june we also directed the arac to evaluate a reauthorization requirement for airlines to install secondary cockpit barriers in new passenger aircraft. the faa is committed to implementing congress' mandate for this safety and security enhancement, and we're working with the arac to ensure it's done correctly. the faa is making good progress on several requirements ranging from contract towers and environmental concerns with firefighting agents to streamlining the passenger facility charge program. we're acutely aware of the need to continue balancing the interests

in order to support the advisory committee, particularly interested and to apply my expertise in order to advance biodiversity and resiliency efforts, bike and pedestrian safety. more generally to review and commenting on the san francisco rec & park strategic capital and operation plans. as a volunteer leader with friends of the urban forest. i am meeting on engaging with san franciscans. helping in the plant trees in our neighborhood. professionally i am about public hearings. if appointed, i will apply this expertise in communications and stakeholder engagement to serve as representative of the advisory committee to my district and the community at large. lastly, i am happy to take any questions from the rules committee getting my qualifications. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. we appreciate your willingness to serve. any questions? i don't think we have any questions. thank you so much. i will now open up this item to public comment. if you wish to speak, and's your time. seeing none. public comment is closed. is there a motion? >> i move -- . >> supervisor mar: i recommend appointment of james falino to the rec & park open space advisory committ

advisory committee for special education. i'm also the parent of an 18-year-old who got her driver's license less than two weeks ago. highway safetys a little more forefront for me than it was a few weeks ago. as we've been hearing this year, transportation budget has increased by 38% since 2014. we've added 27 buses to the routes in the past five years. and that's had a big impact. traffic has had a huge impact. at the beginning of the school year, we had a shortage between 20-25 -- i'm not sure how many drivers, but 20-25 bus routes that were unable to be covered. the c.a.c., we're hearing anecdotally from our families that routes this year are increasing and students are picked up half an hour to hour earlier to accommodate traffic and ridership on existing buses. this is having impact. having said all that, me, as a parent, i expect my teachers of my children to be highly qualified and credentialed in the subject matter fields and i fully expect that to beginning of the day when they're picked up at the door. there is a tension of not having enough drivers and getting students to school. and our environment. and any number of