accident that -- the word accident isn't appropriate -- in the tenderloin that took the life of sophia lou and wanted to thank supervisor kim for her concern, supervisor mar for his remarks. this would be inconceivable under other circumstances. the regulatory agency such as the cpuc could allow vehicles to operate without the insurance needed to protect the public, and yet that seems to be exactly what has taken place here. and the company itself uber is attempting to deny responsibility because their driver who was logged in seeking a passenger, but didn't have one, you know, he did not have an uber passenger in the back seat. many of us in the taxi industry participated in the cpuc's rule making proceedings, and we urged them over and over again, we warned them time after time about the gaps in insurance and it fell on deaf ears. and, so, i hold uber responsible. i hold the cpu crushtion responsible. and i think there is some responsibility on the part of the city because you could have nipped this in the bud before these companies had any car of authority when they were operating witho

accident that -- the word accident isn't appropriate -- in the tenderloin that took the life of sophia lou and wanted to thank supervisor kim for her concern, supervisor mar for his remarks. this would be inconceivable under other circumstances. the regulatory agency such as the cpuc could allow vehicles to operate without the insurance needed to protect the public, and yet that seems to be exactly what has taken place here. and the company itself uber is attempting to deny responsibility because their driver who was logged in seeking a passenger, but didn't have one, you know, he did

sophia lou, mr. eng, and ms. isabelle [speaker not understood]. >> madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today, planning departmentthv. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome back. congratulations, supervisor tang. and we are adjourned. [gavel] man: 60-inch screen, high-definition. football season is coming up. you can watch it right here. what do you think? i'll take it. huh! huh! now, that's what i'm talking about. you're right. i don't need it. >> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license, then submitting

meeting in the memory of san francisco residents donald, michael [speaker not understood], and sophia lou. and want to acknowledge that two of my colleagues will also be requesting in memoriams for two facilities in their districts as well. i wanted to speak of two of our residents here in the tenderloin. first donald [speaker not understood] whose members of family and neighbors are here today. [speaker not understood] operated on iroquois hotel in the tenderloin. was born on april 9, 1964, in san francisco to the late walter and lina and raised in oakland. he attended the renaissance arts school in oakland and later united indian nation school. donald was a proud native american of navajo nation and known this the tenderloin for his talent [speaker not understood] and style. donald constantly [speaker not understood] whether it was the niners, the giants, the a's or the raiders, his tenant manager at the iroquois actually joked about how donald always stopped by his office to see if there were calls or e-mails from his favorite team or if any free merchandise had come. donald is known f

. >> authorities have identified them as sophia lou. >> the number of u.s. arrests -- dui arrests was about the same since previous years. it happened over a two day period and statewide there were 124 124 dui of arrests. >>> and elected officials can be getting a raise. they recently had a 3% pay raise and some department heads could get a further pay boost. they already released information for elected officials and they make more than 17 $7,000 and the county controller makes $188,000 and the district staff makes 27 $7,000. >>> police in our reek why are -- eureka are investigating the murder of a popular priest. it happened at st. bernard's church after he failed to show up for mass. he has become an important part of the community since he arrived two years ago. >> this is an absolutely tremendous loss -- tremendous loss. >> they are currently looking for the car and have not identified any suspects or a motive for the killing. >>> a memorial service is being held for the hit 90s show, fresh prince of bellaire. >> a pub publicist for the actor said aver

sophia lou, mr. eng, and ms. isabelle [speaker not understood]. >> madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today, planning departmentthv. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome back. congratulations, supervisor tang. and we are adjourned. [gavel] good morning. welcome everyone welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget & finance committee meeting are. i'm that supervisor farrell and i'm joined by supervisor avalos and we'll be joined by supervisor mar. i want to thank jennifer leo and is clerk linda wong. also to the people in the audience if we don't get through the yawned in time we'll be breaking for the swearing in of a member. madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> >> yes. please silence all electronic devices. and all copies of documents shall be submitted to the clerk. the items today will be on the january 14th agenda >> thank you very much. we're going to take one item quickly out of order so call item 5 first, please >> it

sophia lou, mr. eng, and ms. isabelle [speaker not understood]. >> madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today, planning departmentthv. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome back. congratulations, supervisor tang. and we are adjourned. [gavel] >>> i would ask that you shut off any electronic devices that may go off during the proceedings. if you wish to have a private conversation, please take it outside. if you would like to speak on any item today, if you can please complete a blue card. it will help the process move quicker. you have 3 minutes on each item unless the president of the commission says otherwise. and last please address your comments to the commission during public comment on items in order to allow equal time for all. neither commission nor staff will respond to any questions during public comment. the commission may ask questions after. with that, commissioners, buell, we are on president's report item 2. >> thank you. we have spe

i want to talk about a death of a child sophia lou the night of new eaves night in the tenderloin and the driver of the vehicle that struck her and her mother and brother was a driver for a company called hoover and you maybe familiar with uber, but the company put out the word after this accident took place that they would not be responsible for this accident because the driver was not providing service on their system at the time. the driver was logged in and by his admission was looking for a ride at the time. california public utilities commission calls these personal ride service tnc. we call them illegal taxis and that's an issue to be decided. it is required for them to have a million dollars in liability insurance but the statements are ambiguity and uber is not taking respond for the accident and the policy is a secret and it's fair to presume it doesn't cover the situation and others have similar policies when they don't cover accidents when there is no person in the vehicle and the personal insurance won't accident the accident and they have told them the insurance policies

a memorial now stands on poke street where 6-year-old sophia lou was hit and kill on new year's eve. >> more enforcement is definitely a key. >> reporter: the mayor's office announced a pedestrian safety campaign, that includes more motorcycle units patrolling, and a public outreach campaign, with the goal of reducing pedestrian deaths by 50% in seven years. >> it's actually not a very ambitious goal. >> reporter: natalie says a plan called vision zero aims to eliminate all traffic deaths in ten years. targeted enforcement is part of the plan, along with education and engineering, things like reducing speeds and the number of lanes on streets. in the short term, she says temporary -- >> it shortens the crossing distance, but allows drivers to more easily see someone is going to be in the cross walk. >> reporter: with the public health crisis on the streets, she says it's time to accused. walk sf will be taking that plan to a meeting tomorrow night at city hall where members of the board of supervisors will be considering pedestrian and bicycle safety. >>> want to give you more detail

sophia lou, mr. eng, and ms. isabelle [speaker not understood]. >> madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today, planning departmentthv. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome back. congratulations, supervisor tang. and we are adjourned. [gavel] ♪ >> i am so looking forward to the street fair tomorrow. >> it is in the mission, how are we going to get there? we are not driving. >> well what do you suggest? >> there are a lot of great transportation choices in the city and there is one place to find them all, sfnta.com. >> sfmta.com. >> it is the walking parking, and riding muni and it is all here in one place. >> sitting in front of my computer waiting transportation options that is not exactly how i want to spend my saturday night. >> the new sfmta.com is mobile friendly, it works great on a tablet, smart phone or a lap top, it is built to go wherever we go. >> cool. >> but, let's just take the same route tomorrow that we always take, okay? >> it migh

i also wanted to say that given the death in the deadly december that we just faced, that sophia lou would have been 7 years old today. it was her birthday, according to her mother, and the harm of juan lou, the mom, and her little tiny brother anthony, it's horrifying, the experience that that family must have gone through. and as a dad, i can't imagine the loss of my daughter at such a young age. so, i express my deepest sadness and condolances to the family and the whole sherman elementary school community as well from teacher janet coupsctionv who started the effort to raise some funds for the family ~ to the whole sherman elementary community as well. ~ coons. i hope we support with the you caring.org for the sophia memorial. i just wanted to add that there is a connection with uber and ride sharing companies with the lou spaeerctionv and the hitting of the mom and young brother as well. and i just wanted to say that today i'll be looking closely with my office at the various factors of the regulation of new -- this new so-called ride sharing private sector companies like uber s

spread across the corner of polk and ellis, you know the crash that took the life of six-year-old sophia lou and left her brother and mother hospitalized on christmas eve was horrific. >> the girl is screaming. she's kicking her foot up in the air. she has those tennis shoes on when you run, and the mother was out, gone. >> this information released about the crash by supervisor jann kim on her nas book page this afternoon may be just as disturbing. before the driver of this suv was arrested on vehicular manslaughter charges, he, quote, self-identified as an uber driver. >> the driver said, "i had a green light. i had the right of way. who saw it? i need a witness. i had the green light. i had the right of way." he's approaching the kids, and the kids are hurt. >> later in a statement on official letterhead, kim backed off instead stating the driver was a non-tafk see for-pay driver. during protests months ago, cab companies warned a death like this could happen with the loosely-regulated ride share or tnc services like uber or lift. uber released several statements wednesday first saying, "

sophia lou, mr. eng, and ms.sabelle [speaker not understood]. >> madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the body?

[speaker not understood]. 16-year-old sophia lou shouldn't have been killed. she would have been 7 by now and she deserves so much more. this is our culture and this culture needs to change. no loss of life or death is acceptable when there is clear evidence that we can prevent these deaths and injuries from happening in the first place. it's engineering enforcement and education solutions that will bring us to vision zero. envision zero he, the plan to eliminate all traffic fatalities for all roadway users in 10 years. i'm confident that mta has the most talented and committed staff in the country. in the past six months i've seen mta install our first and second temporary improvements, developed a walk first strategy and planned some of the most innovative street design solutionses. but i've also seen strong safety projects be stalled and watered down. and now we're calling on you to commit to vision zero by expediting safety projects. funding the education of drivers who are disproportionately responsible for hitting and killing people. installing more [spe

sophia lou, police say they were hit by him and now sophia's mother and brother were hurt.ed -- logged on to the app and was available to pick up passengers. >> available to pick him as a driver which is the very essence of those drivers and without those, i believe he has no business. >>> and he was not actually working for the company at the time of the den. they say the company is denying them and the drivers have held protests over the issue but they are always happy to listen to any help they can give. >>> they are putting the final touches on a big display in new york city helping them get pumped up and they are already pumping up and they have been turned into a giant. super bowl experience and it movement and you need to stay right here, pam, me, sal, steve, watch the super bowl right here on channel 2 and kickoff is at 330 sunday afternoon. >>> and at the 6:00 hour, memorial services are for bart, he was accidentally killed pie a fellow officer. >> he was not reckless. >>> coming up, ktvu channel 2 news speaks to the brother, at the center. why it is one of the bes

corner where she was struck and kille killed, there's a small memorial to a small child. 6-year-old sophia lou her mother and brother hit crossing the street in the tenderloin on new year's eve. today police identified the driver as 57-year-old man who faces charges of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and failure to yiel yield. >> we believe the pedestrians were far enough in the crosswalk to see them and yield to them. >> today the car service uber said we can confirm the driver in question was a partner of uber. and that we have deactivated his uber account. this is not the first time an uber driver has been involved in a pedestrians accident. last march this geyser occurred after an uber driver and another car crashed. shearing off a fire hydrant. these pictures were provided by attorney doug atkinson who says his client, 25-year-old clare barber a passerby was hit by that flying hydrant. >> she broke her leg underwent leg surgery and she may also require back surgery. >>reporter: in september the california public utility commission took the first step in regular letting what i

sophia lou, mr. eng, and ms. isabelle [speaker not understood]. >> madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today, planning departmentthv. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome back. congratulations, supervisor tang. and we are adjourned. [gavel] (music) >> herb theatre,open rehearsal. listen to the rehearsal. i think it is fun for them, they see our work process, our discussions, the decisions we make. it is good for us. we kind of behavior little bit when we have people in the audience. msk (music) >> we are rehearsing for our most expensive tour; plus two concerts here. we are proud that the growth of the orchestra, and how it is expanded and it is being accepted. my ambition when i came on as music director here -- it was evident we needed absolutely excellent work. also evident to me that i thought everyone should know that. this was my purpose. and after we opened, which was a spectacular opening concert about five weeks after that the economy co