i'm leo levinson for the san francisco transportation agency. >> commissioner: does anyone call you the new senali. >> no one could be the senali. >> commissioner: the floor is yours. >> this is an annual event for you. we are here to demonstrate our fiduciary responsibility by having the results of the financial audit for the agency. i have here from our independent auditors, kpmg to present the results of our audit. >> commissioner: wonderful. it is up. it's on our screens and a believe it's broadcast ong -- broadcasting on tv. >> i'm a senior manager of kpmg the external auditors. i'm here to present the audit results for the fiscal year 2018. i have in front of you the slides to present. so slide one as part of our audit there were two reports that were issues. the first was the pin and the control over compliance report. both of which were clean opinions, clean reports. no findings noted which is a good thing. >> commissioner: if i can pause you if possible to move that view to full screen. i think it will be easier for the board members and the folks viewing at home. it's readable

san francisco public works. i'm going to pull up my presentation. better market street is a joint project developed by san francisco public works. the mayor's office on disability, the planning department, the san francisco municipal transportation agency, san francisco puc and the transportation authority. it extends from stuart to octavia boulevard. market street is the busiest corridor for people walking, biking and taking transit. it is our premier cultural boulevard. and mobility is a key objective of the better market street project. by mobility, we mean safety and accessibility. this slide shows why the need to improve safety and accessibility on market street is so important. the collision rate within the project area is over 20 times the state average for similar corridors. the corridor also includes three of the top five intersections for cyclists-involved injuries at octavia, gough and 5th street. and two of the top five intersections for pedestrian-involved injury collisions at 5th and 7th street. there is a high concentration of vulnerable people, including people with disabilities, children and seniors who live and work along the corridor. mid market is a high consumer area for people with disabilities and some of the fat

under pressure from city hall, the san francisco metropolitan transportation agency plans to speed up the timeline of planned bike and pedestrian safety projects. the block where rothstein was killed was scheduled to get a protected bike lane at the end of the year. now work may begin in a matter of months. tonight sfpd says the investigation into this collision is ongoing. investigators are reviewing surveillance video and they say the truck driver in this case remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. reporting live in san francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. >>> new at 11:00, six months after his death, there are still no real answers or arrests. frankie santos, father of two, stabbed to death outside of his home. tonight what you're seeing, his family was supported by a heartbroken community. nbc bay area's ian cull joins us from the santa clara county sheriff's department with details. >> reporter: the family knows investigators can't be on this case every second of every day, but they know that someone out there knows who killed frankie santos jr. it's one

. >>> new at ten 8:00, the san francisco municipal transportation agency is responding after two people died and two others were hurt in forks traffic collisions in the city yesterday. the two deadly crashes happened in are still and excelsior neighborhoods. one person was hurt when a wrong way driver crashed into a tree in the tenderloin and another was hurt in the pacific heights neighborhood. in a statement, the agency said "we never treat these crashes as accidents, rather they are a wake-up call to recommit ourselves to ending traffic fatalities on our street." >>> all the commotion, a member of the oakland school board under fire tonight for physical confrontation she had with a striking teacher during a protest and the video of the incident shows a board member putting her hand on the teachers throat. the board member tried to push past a group of picketers. >> we have reaction for both women. >> reporter: this happened during a protest yesterday when teachers lock school board members from getting inside the auditorium where a meeting was scheduled to take place. at times, the c

. >>> the san francisco municipal transportation agency is considering getting rid of regular traffic on some streets. the board of directors wants to start a study to see which is city streets could become muni only. that would increase safety. it was brought up at the regular board meeting yesterday. after one hour of public comment calling on transit officials to make the streets safer. >>> overnight the city council declared a wide shelter crisis that allows mountain view to move quickly helping people living in vehicles. the council also passed a motion directing staff to place restrictions on rv dwellers. in december the city counted 290 inhabited vehicles. two thirds were rvs. >> i had no choice. it was either live in my van or live in a park, or live in the streets. >> current city law allows people to park on the street for 72 hours. after that they have to relocate to a new spot 500 feet away. >>> the alimony alameda county board of supervisors approved the raiders coliseum lease agreement. the final hurdle will come tomorrow when the oakland city council will vote on it. th

san francisco's municipal transportation agency will meet to approve a dramatic eansion of bike sharing stations. >> right now 152 bike sharing stations, all of them located on the eastern half of the city. plans to expand bike shares to 320 citywide with 4500 bikes. mta looking at outreach since bike stations usually replace parking spots. >>> look at this. a team of engineers at m.i.t. developed the first four-legged robot that can do a backflip. so-called mini cheetah robot is nearly impossible to knock over. it itest over uneven ground twice as fast as a person's walking speed. >>> >>>ed -- the food and drug administration will approve a drug that relieves depression. esketanine a chemical cousin of ketamine, the party drug special k. it will be administered at certified treatment centers. it's the first new drug for depression in decades. the active ingredient can cause out of body experiences. drug developers say it's unlikely with low dose medication. >> that is wild. >> keeping an eye on that throughout the day. as we send it over to alexis, can we talk about that robot. i'm sti

san francisco's municipal transportation agency will meet to approve a dramatic expansion of bike share stations. right now there are 152 of them with 1900 bikes. all of them are located on the eastern half of the city. plans call to expand that up to 320 stations citywide with 4500 bikes. mta looking to do outreach in the affected neighborhoods. because as you probably have already seen and experienced, these usually take the spot of former parking spaces. >> break out the bgn the good times roll. happening today, folks will be celebrating mardi gras across the country. new orleans is prepared for today's party where police are prepared for hundreds of thousands of revelers to descend on the french quarter. today is the final day of mardi gras season which began on january 6th. laissez les bons temps rouler. >> we zoomed in on the most unhappy people i've ever seen at mardi gras or new orleans. >> mike nicco had a good time. >> should have seen video of him. >> we couldn't air that. >>> coming up next, the seven things you need to know before you go. >> the instagram picture for the da

transportation and road improvement bonds and possible action by the committee in response to such a presentation. >> good morning committee, my name is leo, i am the chief financial officer for the san francisco-will transportation agency, thank you for hearing our quarterly update today on our general obligation bond program. next slide. thank you. so the overview is that we are very excited about what's been accomplished under this program. we are conscious of the fact that we haven't expended the second issuance as quickly as he would have liked, but we are proactively working to reprogram and to adjust our program to make sure that we are able to expand the funds on projects that can move quickly and to be strategic about the way we are using these bond funds. in the overview, we have expended 90 3% of the first issuance issued in june 25th officials was issued in january 20 which about $30 million expended, and we have ten projects that have been completed to date. next here you can see an overview of the different areas in which the ponderous program i will not go over each other a summary of some of the major programs we were able to do. this shows the big picture. the total bond was authorized for $20 million.

the city's municipal transportation agency is taking the first steps toward ban to personal vehicles on some roads in san francisco. >> we could be looking at what corridors maybe particularly corridors not that great for car flow in the first place and just make them entirely red car at the time. >> reporter: the idea is still in the preliminary stage even as the city pushes forward to better market street program, the first approved car free street. better market street now under environmental review calls for widening sidewalks and bike lanes and already limited private vehicle traffic by forcing vehicles to turn off market street creating a clear path for public transit. the agency now looking at expanding the concept to other streets. >> if congestion is the problem that's slowing the buses down, not a lack of drivers or coaches, just too many cars in the way, we are disincentivizing people to take the bus. >> the opinion on the street is mixed. some who walk, cycle or scoot around san francisco barring vehicles from some streets will make it safer from them taking some of the traffic off market street would

san francisco to our knowledge is the only city in the country in which public health has the opportunity to co-chair the task force with our transportation agency. my presentation will focus on the key goals. we had 23 traffic-related deaths in 2018. our second lowest number of deaths in recorded history of over 14 100 years in san francisco. as dr. colfax acknowledged, each traffic fatality is a tragic loss of life on our streets and hits home with respect to our friends, family, loved ones and co-workers. for that reason alone we're committed to ensuring that there's no loss of life on our city streets. vision zero is co-chaired by dph and sfmta. we have a task force that meets for accountability we also report to the board of supervisors and offices of the transportation authority committee and are organized by safe streets, safe people, safe vehicles and vision contribute to all those that are critical to contributing to safe streets and legislative agenda is what i'll be describing. core principles align with public health. a focus on saving lives. on prevention and on equity. we we know we will not realize vision zero with respect to our

the transportation agency is taking the first steps for a band on personal vehicles for some roads in san francisco. >> we could be looking at corridor's that aren't that great for car flow and just make them entirely red carpet. >> the idea is in the preliminary face. better market street is under environmental review and calls for whitening sidewalks and bike lanes and has limited traffic by forcing vehicles to turn off rockets re-creating a clear path for public transit. they are looking at expanding to other streets. >> if congestion is the problem, not a lack of drivers or coaches there are too many cars in the way, we are just incentivizing people to take that bus. >> some of those who walk, cycle or scooter say the wiring vehicles will make it safer for them. >> taking some of the traffic off of market street would be better. i don't know how congested that would leave other areas. but that would be well worth it . >> some drivers see another upside. >> i think it will probably help the environment. i'm not sure, but probably. >> some drivers say banning traffic will force those cars onto th

now the transportation agency is taking the first steps on a ban on personal vehicles on some roads in san franciscoould be looking at what core doors, particularly ones that are not that great for car flow in the first place, and just make them entirely red carpet. >> the idea is still in the preliminary phase, even as the city pushes forward on the better market street program, the first approved car-free street. it is now under environmental review and calls for widening sidewalks and bike lanes and has already limited private vehicle traffic forcing vehicles to turn off market street, creating a clear path for public transit. the agency is now looking at expanding that concept to other streets. >> of congestion is the problem that is slowing these buses down and not a lack of drivers or coaches, it is just there are too many cars in the way, we are dis-incentivizing people to take that bus. >> opinion on the street is mixed. some people who walk, cycle, or scoot around say barring vehicles will make it safer for them. >> taking some of the traffic off market street would be better. i don't know

san francisco central subway project could be delayed. the examiner says the ongoing contract disputes between the transportation agency and the contractorthe governor the goal is to finish the project by december of this year but the projects independent monitor says the date could be pushed back to may 2020 if contract issues are not resolved. >>> spring-training come soon and with the bay bridge series the giants will face the a's at the coliseum. first digit one:05. before the major league regular- season starts on thursday. of course the a's in the mariners already opened their season late last week with a two-game series. the a's dropped both games. on thursday the a's will host angels while the giants open in san diego. >>> warriors blown out by 35 points. one of the worst teams in the nba on your home court. is my a little concerning and steph curry did not play but still, while steph was resting. they got hammered by dallas. 40-year-old gardner whiskey played in what is likely his final game at oracle and he went at it in style. season number 21. imported 10 points in the first four minutes of the game and got the mavericks hour