. >> 10.4, the transportation code to increase the penalty of the amount of traffic for riding bicycles on sidewalks. --

. >> 10.5, division to of the transportation code to set standards for advertising and other displays on the interior and an exterior of taxicabs, and requiring that the dispatch number for the vehicle displayed on the exterior of the taxicab. you have a number of members of the public waiting to speak with you. >> that afternoon. >> good afternoon, directors. my name is charles. i am here on behalf of the luxury cab company. i have an item overhead that i hope we can display. this has to do towith wrap and partial wrap ads. i think that this might be a confusing issue to the public. how do i do this? do i raise it higher? basically, this is a revenue issue for the taxi cab companies. full wrap ads are confusing to the public. they do not recognize the vehicle as a taxicab. here is one of the regular ones on the top. the lower portion is a mock up of a taxi to be calling door or partial wrap ad. you can see that these key elements are on the panel here. and the number to call for a taxi has been moved forwards or backwards. i believe that this vehicle, the mock up is still clearly ide

area, the port -- i would like you to consider the amendments to the port harbor traffic code to a line with the existing transportation code that will allow for the installation of parking meters on port streets within mission bay along china basin street, mission bay, north and south, 16 street once it is constructed, and illinois st. all within mission bay. in addition, we would like to eliminate the two hour time restrictions. and allow the staff to have the discretion on where certain time limits might be placed, for instance in front of regional- serving parks. and some of the commercial businesses, port commercial businesses within mission bay. the cost of the amendments would be $244,000 within the instafor the installation of pag meters. we received about $31,000 a month and projected revenue, so we anticipate with a three-month ramp up for installing the meters and getting the program under way that the return would be after about 16 months for the port. i do want to point out revenue is not the primary reason we are installing these. it is more for parking management and transportation management. it approve

the procedures are so burdensome and time-consuming. -- pain even for unjustified tickets and booting. to further reduce chances of protest, a transportation code contains only a fraction. producing more fees and the opportunities to protest expire. even if the waiver requests that must be included are never sent and must be repeatedly requested. the mta often breaks its own rules and time limits and yet demands strict compliance from drivers for the slightest things. the mta allows up to two us to process payments -- two months to process payments. there accountability is almost nonexistent. the mta middle management claims that no one can change the divisions. the government agencies are helpless and have the last words. i do not have the time to present the further details, but i would like to pass this on to the board members. chairman nolan: absolutely. next speaker. secretary boomer: [reading names] beatrice. >> that afternoon. my name is jane, and i empower. and also part of a youth coalition. -- and i am with power. but we are hoping you can take action soon on this proposal. i think -- thank ed reiskin and his staff for all of their wo

the 94124 zip code. over 1000 families and 600 adults who live in the southeast receive public benefits, including job search training, child care, and transportation. with our recent renovation, we are able to provide more direct services to our clients, including employer hiring advance for both private-sector and public-sector jobs. more importantly, our renovations and expansion here has allowed our clients the ability to receive services here in the community and not have to travel to 170 otis. it has taken as years to acquire additional space. if we are asked to give back any portion of the space, we will have to look for other space. i thank you for the opportunity to address you and hope that you can consider our request. [applause] >> i have just been handed a note about and i am not sure what it means, something about a red honda and a blue car. ok. president kennedy. >> i would like for us before we call the cards to recognize the people who have made this room look nice today. decorative plants, we want to say thank you. we want to say thank you and san francisco fallujah -- foliage. i do not know she is gone yet or not. and the southea

the municipal transportation agency, the fire department, police department, department of public health, and the sheriff's department. the report also revealed that 858 employees are on track to exceed the requirements of and the restrictive code section 18, section 18.13b, which prohibits overtime hours in excess of 25% of regularly-scheduled hours in any fiscal year. through this hearing, we want to hear from the mta, fire department, police, and sheriff's department, so we can better understand why we are where we are. one of the things i would like to know more about is whether or not insufficient staffing or other staffing issues are primary causes of this issue. the hearing will include a discussion of whether hiring sufficient, permanent, and skilled staff is a smarter policy than spending millions of dollars on overtime. again i want to thank supervisor farrell for his sponsorship. the last item is an in memoriam for an important and special person, the mother of our amazing interim clark, who does a tremendous job for us in the district 9 office. his mother, dora, passed away at the age of 89 in march 7, 2012, in oahu, hawaii, where she lived her entire "life. she worked as a typist. she was a mother to two sons and o

the trannie diversions. that's code for, cramer, i'm short, so help me out by bashing the market. to which i say that cramer, like homey, don't play that. sure enough, today the transports exploded higher, much higher than the averages to the point where they're on the verge of taking out their highs here. the bears are banks the whole scenario on a collapse in the trannies and send all the yogi, the boo-boos, the gentle bens back into hibernation. rails have been the worst. as natural gas has come down in price, the weather stayed warm, the rails got crushed. not good. but today the rail execs explained the rest of products are going mad. they say the rails will make their numbers if not exceed them. oil prices isn't the price of crude lower on fears the governments around the world will open the strategic petroleum reserves. even though it was denied, the airlines took off anyway. short sellers cowered and then covered as bargain hunters came in. i don't think oil will come down until we as a nation broke opec's choke hold by switching to natural gas, something that could be done in just a few years if the government got behind it. still, to see the rails and airlines

under the code is also very specific facility is defined as a cart in conjunction with the commissary or other permited food facilities where it is distributed at retail. it does not include a transportersed to transport packaged foods to a facility or other food sources to consume for purposes of a mobile food caterer. in this specific case, it must be a commissary, food for consumption. again, had we known that it was their business plan based upon that discussion, it is the wrong permanent tie. it doesn't match what is defined. in this specific case, it is a little different. the department, based upon the late-night request for the applicant for an evaluation. we were not able to get a response from the police department and we wound the receiving correspondence to the permit officer with a recommendation for denial of the sperm that. the station capt. does not want her, specifically, the food court to have extended hours. therefore, they directed us to deny the permit. they changed her time based on disinformation. we correspond with the police department once again. and we were informed by the permit officer that the capt. does not want the facility there at all, specifically. ba

transportation, jelica travels independently to a meeting across town. she uses a vibrotactile crossing signal to make her way across the street. she signals the bus driver about her special needs with color-coded cards. the driver knows to stop and traces the route number on her hand, indicating she is boarding the correct bus. translator: i know people are shocked at seeing a cane, and they're shocked at seeing tactile communication, and it's true--it is shocking-- but it's so much better than pretense or denial because then you end up looking really stupid. narrator: at her destination, jelica meets her scheduled support service provider, or ssp. the ssp provides visual information and guidance. today she meets with a representative from seattle's aging and disability services division to discuss the annual walkathon fundraiser. the walkathon is an activity that brings hearing, deaf, and blind residents together to learn more about each other. part of jelica's job is to raise money to keep the agency functional. each year, this fundraiser promotes awareness and support for the deaf-blind service center and its programs. "hey, everybody! you guys ready? "this is the second group. "we're going

the tax code, the real dean ice posts the effective corporate tax rate in this country? they gave some examples recently in the wall street journal. utilities, 14%. transportation, 19%. real estate, 23%. manufacturing, 26%. all below the nominal tax rate of 35% right now. >> yesterday, the financial times, and i was just looking for that which had a headline on the issue. they said the effective corporate tax rate was about 31.5%. i get a lot of different calculations that people make, but it is all comparative. let's stick with the comparison. if you take the comparison on effective tax rate, u.s. versus other nations, we are still at the highest. on the actual nominal rate, we are the highest. japan drops below us. we think that is a factor. i don't ever say that is the only. it is change that and life gets great. it is a part of it and it is a big part. we do not have today a tax code that has been modernized since 1986. if you think about it, that is before we had common internet usage or before we had the 24/7 business news coverage cycles. a lot has changed in that time. >> let's go back to the phones. we have bill from corpus christi, texas. >> caller: good mo