very few of you all know that the san francisco county transportation authority extended it -- extended monies at one time to build a three conduit's under a creek, all of which failed, costing us millions of dollars. the citizens advisory committee to the cass san francisco transportation authority not once addressed this issue. another issue, the muni maintenance facility, cost overruns that adversely impact the entire area. now, if we're talking about candidates who are seeking to give input so that, say, the bayview hunters point has good transportation, then, ok, i challenge the cac to extend the third street light rail to balboa. not in the direction of in which the light rail moves now, but in the opposite direction. because the third street light rail is a white elephant. it starts at fourth and king and ends at the middle of nowhere in visitation valley, and we have spent $700 million. for a long time, nobody said anything about it. but now, suddenly, when discussing about the central subway, they are trying to say that a phase one of the third street like real works, when it d

other locals who help us, the executive director of the san francisco transportation authority, supervisor mirkarimi participated in a number of our events and has always been supportive in the city leadership. the mayor has provided us with his support of the activitying that we do -- of the acts that we do, and senator leno has his eye and support for small businesses and recognized one of our programs and one of our small businesses who works on the doyle drive construction contract. during one of our ground-breakings, we were lucky to have julie berry, who is also present here, who does concrete work. cam-con is the small businesses she operates. she came to us with three employees after she did get a contract. i believe she has raised up to 10, and she has brought at least one, maybe more, concrete pump trucks. six now. well, that is even better. so we have good examples of those who really want the contract, work at it. we provide the opportunity, and the rest of it is with those who have the skills to come forward. as i mentioned, paul, julie, and michael sitting next to julie, is a

quality of life for the employees of the municipal transportation agency and the residents of san francisco. the san francisco transportation authority, november 1. i would like to say thank you for your dedication for the past 20 years. you are quite an asset to the agency. thank you. ayes -- [applause] >> thank you. i think this is the greatest thing since the fast pass, and this helps out a lot. i tell people if they do not know anything about it or if they want to know the best thing about it, if they lose it and they register and, you can call us and get your money back on the card when you receive a new one, and the fast pass, so that is great, especially for the people that i work with you are homeless or disabled. they get robbed, or they lose them. i think when we get the kinks out, it is going to be great. it is already great. president nolan: thank you for the astounding work for this population. [applause] >> the next people, this group of folks, who also like to work in the background, i guess with the exception of one, saying it is the best thing since the clipper comic it is sf park, a concept that has very rapidly gon

the san francisco transportation authority and the mayor do support of the work you are doing.want to praise you for coming here and sharing your ideas. the best ideas are about to come. one of the most serious things we can do is that we have got to move our cities forward. we have got to move our neighborhoods forward. we have to contribute to moving our state forward. we cannot sit back and watch our infrastructure decay. we have to make sure the right investments are made and that we make those investments. not investing in transportation means we would not have a company like twitter, zynga, a sales force. all those companies are coming here in part because they know we have invested properly in our transportation infrastructure. that is how their work force gets around. that is how they get around the city. welcome to san francisco. thank you. i hope you have great ideas and cooperation. thank you. [applause] >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a munic

in 2006, the mayor and the chair of the san francisco transportation authority convened the working rick to ensure that this could be constructed a soon as possible. the working group recommended the creation of a special zoning district permitting and limited number of tall buildings including two on public parcels. the zoning district developed in the plan and analyzed would generate additional revenues for the plan in three races. first, the sale of the public property is, the land between the streets will produce revenues for the transbay program. the amount of that revenue hinges on the value of development. while we are all concerned about shadows, we're pleased to see that the shadows from buildings has minimal shadow on city parks and they will be defused due to the districts of the parks and the new buildings. given the significance of the revenues from these property sales to the program and the importance of the program to the city and region, we don't believe that these weren't the reduction of the proposed sites. because of the draft the i are analyzing new height limits, th

to big projects, we need, through accountability and transparency, either the san francisco government transportation authority needs to find out whether the citizens advisory committee has the right of representation -- for other people who are in the know about transportation issues and environmental reports. other data is linked with transportation. they could give that input. i have been following the project. more or less, it was supposed to cost $900 million. suddenly, it will cost $1.6 billion. it is very good to represent, but what i am looking at for the citizens of san francisco is to leave the ship. there is a big difference between being a representative and being a leader. when statements are made about huge sums of money, we do not want people paying from the constituents. we vote for you. they could meet -- good leader knows their way, shows the way, and goes away. some representatives are in the pockets of big developers. if you read the newspaper, there was some mention about so and so and so and so, talking about this. i am saying that the cac is not aware of that, they should be made aware o

my question is, we see the san francisco county transportation authority expended millions of dollars, and how come we cannot get, say, $200,000 for this project? what is it then makes them so poor? what is it that makes them like funding for such an important thoroughfare as an 19th avenue? those are my questions from listening to the deliberation. and i find it very difficult that while somebody comes here and gives you a presentation that none of you ask such questions, because i know for a fact, as i have towed you -- maybe you do not understand, that's sf county transportation authority wasted millions of dollars on the three conduit's which are white elephants. they tried to dig out these three conduits' and failed, because they did not do an assessment. i feel i am not aware of this situation, but i know for a fact, and maybe you all do not know, because sometimes you rubberstamp that the san francisco county transportation authority has wasted money in the past. [bell rings] and we need to find out why they cannot find $200,000 so that they can fast-track this project? $200,00