the burden in terms of additional transportation cost. the item was continued as rachel indicated. we look forward to working with matt haney. and with this board here and the current board, the transportation authorityoard. a couple of things that were brought to our attention as part of the committee meeting, and discussed yesterday. these were items that our committee said, hey, we want you to follow up on. all of them are listed here. and we ill will do that. we will explore these additional affordable program issues and i want to note that resolution urging the city to contribute funding here, is something we're working with in that regard. so that concludes our presentation. we're available for any questions. >> president tsen: first, i'd like to hear from the public, if there is any questions on this item. >> good afternoon. i'm sherry with one treasure island. i just wanted to say that one treasure island, we're committed to being a partner and making this less painful for folks. but one of the things that we've worked on and have discussed with rachel over the last few years is our providing a supplemental van service that could potentially help folks go to grocery stores or appointments in

the transportation authority board of commissioners will be talking about the westbound lane tonightt their meeting at 7:00. for now, reporting live, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> thanks, bina. the state of union showdown appears to be over. >> the president is officially postponing the address until the shutdown ends. that ends a week-long stalemate. in his tweets, he said i will do the address when the shutdown is over. i'm not looking for an alternative venue for the state of the union. there is no venue that can compete with the history, tradition and importance of the house chamber. i look forward to giving a great state of the union address in the near future. the president is basically backing down after house speaker pelosi told him he wouldn't be allowed to deliver the address in the house. pelosi has said the address shouldn't be delivered while the government remains closed. >>> as 800,000 federal workers are now on the verge of not getting their second paycheck, people in the bay area are coming forward to help. >> a gas station owner in fremont is offering free gasolin

the feedback will going to find report being presented to the county transportation authority board ultimately it is up to the state legislators to decide on the fate. >>> keeping food safe is not an easy task and the new tools that farmers are using to stop the spread of the deadly e. coli outbreaks. >>> years a live look outside at oakland 880 with traffic moving along at this point in the freeway. we have a traffic update after the break. the latest innovation from xfinity isn't just a store. it's a save more with a new kind of wireless network store. it's a look what your wifi can do now store. a get your questions answered by awesome experts store. it's a now there's one store that connects your life like never before store. the xfinity store is here. and it's simple, easy, awesome. few minutes. >>> it is 5:44 am. >>> his a live look from the transamerica tam. we are tracking this next strong storm when the rain anwi >>> valentine's day is only two which away with two major chocolate makers being fined. they say that ghirardelli and russell stover sold packaging oversized and containing l

. >> the residence feedback will going to find report and presented to the san francisco county transportation authority board of directors and ultimately it is up to the state legislators to decide. >>> this could set a record for the most expensive homes ever sold in the city. the price tag is $41 million and it takes up the entire top floor at the new avery high- rise on folsom street at the trans bay transit dinner. it has gorgeous views and state- of-the-art design, as you can see. >> that is beautiful, $41 million. >>> in the meantime, first-time home buyers with less expensive homes hope to get help with the down payment. >> last year the san jose state english professor says she was living out of her car due to the high cost of living and it turns out there are many people like her. they showed up yesterday to hear about the new loan program at the university. were relatively modest home at $700,000 the buyer would have to put down $140,000 in cash to get a mortgage >> this is a huge idea for me. i want to plant to myself here. >> the money comes from the affordable housing bond approved by county vot

jones currently represents district 1 and serves on the santa clara valley transportation authority board of directors. >>> learning isn't just for kids. happening today in santa clara county, new parents can learn how to better support young children. the resilient families education program is aimed at parents and care-givers of kids age 3 and under. you can learn about the program and other resources available at two low dags indications today. the events run from 11:30 this morning until 1:30 this afternoon. >>> first the giants ballpark was renamed from at&t to oracle park and now we're learning oracle arena in oakland will also get a new name. but we don't know the new name yet. the ceo, mark hurd, said the deal is with the warriors. but the team, as you know, is moving to chase center in san francisco. so the arena in oakland will be renamed once the nba season is over. >>> the streaming competition is heating up. a movie and tv website owned by amazon has launched a free streaming video channel. it's called imbd free dive. customers can watch hit tv shows and movies without purcha

our team will be at the meeting on february 7th to provide an update to the board to. this is a water emergency transportation authority, our ferry partners, and along with private partners that we are also discussing potential services with. we are also continuing to do work on the autonomous vehicle shuttle planning and system engineering. the contract was met last year. this was a federally funded grant program that allows us to provide a first last mile distribution folks to and from the neighborhoods back eventually connecting to a.c. transit bus service, munimobile service and water ferry services we are also conducting a lot of outreach and coordination meetings with the bay area toll authority on the bike connection that will be an exciting long-term project to add a bicycle production maintenance path to the island to san francisco, touching down in district six, south of market area, and in the vicinity of essex. in addition to the ramps program , that our deputy is working on, pretty much the only connection we are not working on is a gondola, i mean that is a little joke. i mean we can work on those. we hav

the beginning of february. looks like we'll have another chance. we'll be dry. >> kyla, thank you. >>> tonight, the marin board of transportation, will decide whether or not to send letters to the caltrans bay area authorityto speed up the process to begin allowing cars on the westbound lane. according to the marin journal. pedestrians and bicyclists will be able to use that by spring. but now, transportation officials are hoping that cars will be able to access that lane sooner. there's supposed to be a four- year trial period. but the metropolitan commission wants to cut that down to 6 months. 82,000 cars use the bridge in the westbound direction every day. >>> san francisco's supervisors are considering attacks on empty store fronts and residential properties. boarded up store fronts have become a common site in san francisco. some of the supervisors say landlords are intentionally keeping their properties vacant. try to get higher rent from potential tenants. they are proposing a tax, both commercial and residential landlords with three or more units. if the property is left vacant for six consecutive months, owners would pay $650 a day until the property is leased. >> this is not designed to be a rev

the district said that the school board will consider the plan in february, and vote on it at a later date. >>> there's a plan the charge people money could drive on the tourist attraction. the transportation authority is considering a $5.00 of two $10 fee two drive down lombard street, touted as the most crooked street in the world. the consideration will be on john street at 10 am. >>> overnight president nicolas maduro released a video message on facebook pleading with americans not to allow president trump return his country into the "that mom and latin america." this message came after the white house imposed sanctions against the venezuelan state oil company. president trump said all options remain on the table but that stand is not supported by all members of congress. >> i oppose any military intervention in venezuela which would undermine their effort of democratic movement in venezuela. >> is drove u.s. oil prices 2.5% higher yesterday. >>> it is 6:38 am. >>> the hollywood star that is a victim of the hate crime, coming up. >>> fitting two bay area quarterbacks head-to-head and in the bay area account as well, and details on this friendly wager. >>> the jumpstart for the dow jumping 250 po

saying, this is her 760th meeting of board of supervisors or committee, excluding transportation authority, excluding m.t.c., bcdc, and she took more than 11,700 votes in the last eight years. >> supervisor yee: i want to say of all three of you, you have such a thing in common -- tenacious, really organized, passionate people. so i want to just put it out there that all three of you are that way. and three very smart human beings that i've learned a lot from. and it's -- so, jane, it's one of these things where i feel like you're -- you and katy to a certain extent, you are like daughters. and i don't say that in a disrespectful way. it's like -- >> president cohen: that's good to hear. >> supervisor yee: you, too. >> president cohen: oh, continue, please. [laughter] >> supervisor yee: it's one of these things, where i watch you and i watched you grow and i feel so proud of all three of you, jane, and katy and malia, because it's like, man, i wish my daughters would be like that. and you guys are just incredible. but getting back to some things. i really appreciate what you've done on the board. i wish i could have served all eight years with you in terms

board meeting for december 18th and for the members of the public for coming. today's special meeting is adjourned. >> good morning. welcome to the san francisco county transportation authorityy, december th. our last meeting of the calendar year. mr clerk up can you please call the roll? [roll call] >> we have a coram. >> thank you. we will skip over the chair's report and go directly to the executive director's report. ms. miss tang? >> good morning, commissioners pick today i would like to start with an update on the cost of a compact. this is the committee to house the bay area at all levels, and their effort of the regional level to increase housing production, preserve existing affordable housing, and protect vulnerable populations. there has been a whole series of policy workshops and meetings with all of our representatives at the table as well. we have heard there is a strong interest in the part of our legislators in sacramento to help pass legislation consistent with the cost at compact ids. there are about ten strategies that could be impacted. all matter of strategy. some of them are quite significant. we would like to come back to you next month with an informa

board meeting after i have the opportunity for further discussions of the delivery strategy with stakeholders at california high speed rail, caltrain, city and county of san francisco, and the san francisco county transportation authority. if approved and formally adopted into the transbay program, it is indisputed that the first task will be to prepare a scoping document in the form of a high level preliminary report to determine the scope of work and obtain take holder concurrence on that scope. there will be followed by performing the required environmental studies necessary to obtain environmental approval. it is expected that the scope of work and environmental studies would be funded by the san francisco planning department. at this time, i would like to ask martha velez, the tjpa facility manager to provide you with a brief update on our efforts to minimize costs while the transit center is temporarily closed. martha? >> happy new year, directors. martha velez, transit center facility manager. first, aside from the daily operations, tenant improvements, and continuing leasing efforts, an area of focus over the next few months for the transit center will be operations working closely with webcor on commissioning