fact number two, excellent connectivity to the union square market street station. there is a direct connect to the concourse well underneath apple store for the union square market street station providing an excellent collection point for our patrons to head from the north-south, east-west direction. having a direct connection underground for our patrons to go to will help the traffic on the surface. very high court or ridership levels. i'm opening day, we anticipate 44,000 riders per day. in 2030, 65,000 per day. on a national level, these levels are unheard of for a light rail system. we are actually, on a per-mile basis, the t-line will be one of the heaviest used in the nation. agency's operating budget. the cost to operate the central subway in 2019 will be bought $1.67 million. this represents a quarter of the overall operating budget. the civil grand jury report is essentially 38 findings that were split, 50% dealing with the agency, the remaining half dealing with the central site. these are the following categories at the agency has responded to come a poi

jury report, the direct connectivity will be eliminated by the central subway alignment and transfer between union square, market street station the helm street station is terrible. it is an unreasonably long walk, especially for the elderly and disabled. these two items are especially egregious to neighborhood people, and we would like to draw your attention to those. it also, after the civil grand jury report was developed and turn in, we would also like to draw your attention to the development that, which is manifest at the present time in the central corridor developers and speculators buying up a half mile on stockton going into the central subway. one of the things that has happened in other large municipalities has been a ring around different municipalities in chinatown that have completely changed the character of that chinatown because it is all high-rises and large developments. thank you so much. supervisor campos: thank you. is there any other member of the public who has not spoken who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you again to the civil grand jury for their presentation. than

the first phase that was completed. we're getting linked up with new stations for people going to union square or chinatown, no.- south. of our new homes and additional residents that will move into the city, over 10,500 new homes are being built in the southern part of the city. that is going to be our new area of living. we have cleared it out. we have done it right. we have used redevelopment tools to make sure our future has adequate capacity. the central subway is vital for our future. it will be transporting 73,000 passengers a day to add to our over 700,000 transit riders in the city. that is our future. i am glad to share it with you. i know you are talking about and focusing on the future of all of the counties. the san francisco transportation authority and the mayor do support of the work you are doing. i 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

the t made to market street and bart and muni. there will have to go to union square and then walk back through a tunnel three football fields long to get to the station. i would say to the people of the southeast of the city that they are really going to lose with the central subway. the truth is that the mta's own statistics on how many people in chinatown are going to actually use the subway and get on at the washington street stop is a very low. it is 20% of the ridership. many of the people in chinatown are not going to be using this subject, even according to mta's own statistics. >> this is the highest-rated new start project in the country. there has been some criticism by the candidates saying there's not enough new ridership. guess what, the transit administration has changed their criteria. what they say is that you want to reward city's federal building transit and not just say new riders, which is about suburban extensions into cities. right now, there are about 25,000 riders on the t. that will go to about 49,000 in 2019. it will go to $100,000 in 2013 when we are able to go to north beach. we have an 18% contingency on this project. $27

the goal and how many stations and subways do you plan to -- >> we're heading to about 15 different subway stations dispersed through the five burroughs of new york. people are heading to union square. the idea is not to shut down the subways. it is not to inconvenience the 99%. the idea is to bring people out from the burroughs. have them speak about their issues of hardship and personal problems and connect to the ideas of wall street. then they will take it to foley square for the community groups. >> reporter: that will be for the big march at 5:00 across the brooklyn bridge. >> it will be a really big march. >> reporter: on the pedestrian walkway, you can march. you cannot block traffic. are you going to abide by that? >> most people will head to the pedestrian walkway. some people may decide to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience. if writing letters to our congress people were sufficient, if voting were sufficientering with would be doing that. but it is not getting the job done. we have to shake it up. we have to get our voice across. some people may choose to take the roadway but certainly we are totally against any form of actual violence. >> reporter: thank you for yo

the christmas season. reporting live in union square in san francisco, linda yee, cbs 5. >>> bart police stepped up security at downtown san francisco stations today. there were extra officers and k- 9 patrols to stop black friday crimes. so far bart says there haven't been any incidents. >>> when we talk about chinese immigration we are usually talking about them settling here at gold mountain. something different is happening in this economy. some immigrants are discovering better opportunities going back home or not coming to the u.s. at all. sharon chin reports. >> reporter: one person immigrated from china a year ago with his wife and 10-year- old daughter to find a better life. but adjusting to the new life in san francisco chinatown has been painful at times. [ non-english language ] >> it's a big drop from where he was in china. in china he is more like middle class family and now in the u.s. he is like at the bottom. >> reporter: thanks to this employment center, shen, who is a legal resident, has part-time jobs cooking and caring for seniors near his chinatownment tal. a far cry from his teaching job and spacious home in china. som

but as you see, to proceed for the union square station, it is expected in september, a year from now, surely followed by the chinatown station and the most ghani station. construction is not scheduled to be completed by november 2017, and they will be in service in december 2018. here you have your funding plan, 1.57 $8 million. as i mentioned earlier, the economy situation, but that the federal level and the state level is costing a certain level of anxiety, i will say. however, the mta and staff have been working productively to look at ways in which any delay or shortfall could be addressed, working with mta, working together to advocate for any fallback position in in case they are needed. that concludes my presentation. i am if available for questions, and the joint program manager for the subway is also here. supervisor campos: thank you very much. colleagues, any questions? let's open it up to public comment. if any member of the public would like to speak on this item, please come forward. >> supervisors, what i would like to see here is this, we learned a lot from what happe