it was very obvious that director tomlin knew if he wanted to make a difference, he had to go to the epicenter of equity, and he came to us. i would like to acknowledge that kimberly ackerman, who's here, the director of san francisco's h.r., she came in to us to create an action plan to change outcomes. director tomlin, what sealed the deal, when you asked us what you could do to seal the deal on this change?

without further adieu, director tomlin, please. [applause] >> when i spoke up this morning with my eye swollen shut, the first thing i did was cancel most of my meeting and convert the others to conference calls. but i also knew that i had to show up here because it is here where we are coming to honor our heros. our charlotte brown and mary ellen pleasant are our heros. they fought hard in the 1800s because it was right. and they secured the right for everyone -- african americans, yes, and everyone to access public transportation because public transportation is for everyone. these women are heros. these women were also supported by lawyers and paralegals who did the hard work, underpaid, that was necessary to take their case all the way to the supreme court. these women were also supported by their families who did the work at home, the cooking and the cleaning and the thankless tasks. when charlotte brown and mary ellen pleasant were ready to give up because the fight seemed hopeless, they were told no, fight on. the cause is j

tomlin. i'd like to reiterate that we will not be enforcing the parking permits, residential parking permits. there will be no ticketing for residential parking permits as well. we will have an update from dr. susan phillips with the department of public health. >> thank you. good afternoon. on dr. susan phillips deputy health officer and director of disease prevention and control for the san francisco department of health. we all know the coronavirus emergency is changing rapidly. i'd like to thank the mayor for her leadership in supporting the shelter in place order issued by our health officer and also issued by the health officers of the five other most populous bay area counties. we believe this is necessary to preserve health and will save lives. we think the people of san francisco for the cooperation which we can see just outside of city hall and on the streets of san francisco right now. we want to think san franciscans to do what they can to help preserve lives. our stay-at-home ord

around things related to muni and mister tomlin is here to provide you with an update. >>good evening. my name is jeffrey tumlin director of transportation for san francisco. as the mayor has already said this is an evolving situation for all of us and policies will continue to evolve along with advice from the mayor's office and the department of public health for the latest information you can always go to our website at s f mta dot com. as mare already said effective midnight tonight, we will no longer be enforcing the rules for street sweeping. but she also said it's important that our streets not be allowed to get filthy so if you can move your car for street sweeping please do so this will allow the street sweepers which are continuing to operate to be able to keep our streets clean. in addition citations that were issued today for street sweeping violations, those will be waived, but you will need to follow the waiver procedures on our website and as we announced yesterday, we are waiving all late fees and late penalties and deadlines for the duration the health

as director tomlin noted, we look at the actual person using the fare media. to your point if we hit the point of the dropoff because lifeline is too expensive, we want to collect a certain amount of fare. that is the proposal before you today. >> who gets the reduced fare monthly pass? >> that is a good. question. the people who qualify for life line meet an income requirement. there are people who like persons with disabilities or seniors who would never meet the income requirement and could pay the full cost and this will provide a discount. those are the people who wouldn't meet the income requirement for lifeline but are in special groups where we provide a discount. >> that includes youth presently but that is going to go away. >> yes. >> it is a differential fare. >> earlier in the presentation you underscored there are certain reliability improvements we are not able to make because of the balanced budget. could you speak what that means and when the budget might be online to implement those improvements. >> i would direct julie to talk about what we a

i think it would be great to have director tomlin here at a future meeting and talk, as we drill downo some of the details here. i had a couple of comments and questions. one is just on the -- i understand the comment that the recommendations here are driving the budget process. i appreciate understanding -- ie goal -- or is there a commitment in the budget process to have the proposed budget reflect fully funding all of the shortfall in hiring that is needed by this target of summer of 2021? soor is that still up for discussion? i'm wondering if there is an m.t.a. commitment that the budget that is being developed now will reflect fully funding the gap identified in hiring by the working group? >> the sfmta board is deeply committed and focused on operator hiring and has strongly endorsed our plan to go to a class every five weeks. and is also supportive of my work to use existing vacancies to make sure we're increasing the trainers in order to keep up with that. so we're very much on track with full board support to address the operator shortage. we're -- right now the m.t.a. board

as director tomlin said, today is not an action item. this is a third in our presentations of background on the budget starting with our board workshop and the last board meeting where we talked about fares. this time we will be talking about particularly fees and parking policy and citations and fines. we'll be asking for some feedback from you as we do this because we're going to use your feedback and the information we get back from those public events that we talked about to come back to you with a balanced budget proposal on march 17, which will also not be an action item on that day, it will be an opportunity for more feedback to put this into a balanced budget. we will come back on april 3 for a possible action item. there will be one more chance if we can't reach consensus on that day. so today there is the background board item, that is the large document, contains the entire run of these fines and citations. many pages as you've seen. we're not going to go in detail on many of those. many are just being tweaked, to go up with i

as director tomlin said, today is not an action item. this is a third in our presentations of background on the budget starting with our board workshop and the last board meeting where we talked about fares. this time we will be talking about particularly fees and parking policy and citations and fines. we'll be asking for some feedback from you as we do this because we're going to use your feedback and the information we get back from those public events that we talked about to come back to you with a balanced budget proposal on march 17, which will also not be an action item on that day, it will be an opportunity for more feedback to put this into a balanced budget. we will come back on april 3 for a possible action item. there will be one more chance if we can't reach consensus on that day. so today there is the background board item, that is the large document, contains the entire run of these fines and citations. many pages as you've seen. we're not going to go in detail on many of those. many are just being tweaked, to go up with i

as director tomlin said, today is not an action item. this is a third in our presentations of background on the budget starting with our board workshop and the last board meeting where we talked about fares. this time we will be talking about particularly fees and parking policy and citations and fines. we'll be asking for some feedback from you as we do this because we're going to use your feedback and the information we get back from those public events that we talked about to come back to you with a balanced budget proposal on march 17, which will also not be an action item on that day, it will be an opportunity for more feedback to put this into a balanced budget. we will come back on april 3 for a possible action item. there will be one more chance if we can't reach consensus on that day. so today there is the background board item, that is the large document, contains the entire run of these fines and citations. many pages as you've seen. we're not going to go in detail on many of those. many are just being tweaked, to go up with i

the director of transportation jeff tomlin tweeted this photo after hearing from riders. the new cars will feature forward and rear facing seats instead of single long benches. these new trains will feature indentations and bucket seats for less sliding around. >> all right. >> okay. >> interesting. >> all right. >>> 6:38 is the time. hopefully traffic is not interesting. i've got to tell you, sal, when i left work yesterday, i headed into the city. noticeably less crowded at the toll plaza. >> yeah. fewer people who and now here we are in 2020 the technology is a lot more. i want to tell you about a crash that happened on 80 westbound. at 680. a motorcycle accident. they were sending rescue teams out. one of the responding fire trucks, one of the longer ones with a hook and ladder kind of thing got rear ended here and, now, there are two separate injury crashes and fairfield commute is awful. from fairfield over the to cordelia junction. they had to send more emergency vehicles. this is a look at 80 after that. carquinez bridge to the macmaze 24 minutes and at the bay br

collaborators with you on this one, reba -- who else is with you on this one >> reba, keith urban, chris tomlinn this moment. >> we wrote this a year ago based on where the world was kind of at for me it was kind of like what do you say, because there's a million ways to go about it. for me it was how to be a light in a dark place. how to just spread light in a place that seems like you can't, you know. so we wrote this song on the road. i think it was in canada and then, when this all started happening, it just felt like this is the perfect time to put a song like this out it's always been one of my favorites. i'm glad it's finally out for people to hear. >> it's a gift it's called "be a light. can you play it for us. >> yeah. i'll play you like a verse, chorus or so >> okay. >> all right here we go ♪ in a time full of war, be peace ♪ ♪ in time full of doubt, just believe ♪ ♪ yeah, there ain't that much difference between you and me ♪ ♪ in a time full of war, be peace ♪ ♪ in a world full of hate be a light ♪ ♪ when you do somebody wrong make it right ♪ ♪ don't hide in the dark, you were born t

"grace & frankie," two friends played by jane fonda and lily tomlin.ey could not be more polar opposites. it's kind of, like -- they could not be more opposite. it's kind of like a modern day version of lucy and ethel, but have you guys seen this at all? i'm in season six right now. >> you're way ahead of me. there are six seasons. >> we have a lot of time. >> yep. >> a lot of laughs in that one. i have seen it as well, and the way they come together is -- you can't even describe it. you have to see it, everybody. i love that. we can binge that together later on, and next, for anyone with little ones at home, we know how important it is to keep moving. how about bringing recess indoors? the website, gonoodle has tons of kids up on their feet, busting a move, and take a look at these guys doing the banana, banana meatball dance at home. yes. it's all about moving and mindfulness which sounds pretty good right about now, and while you're at home -- meatball? >> the meatball dance. >> what is the meatball dance? >> i don't know. i was just watching it. oh

when it comes to the intentions that director tomlin talked about, i feel when we're at an injunction, it's important to fall back on goals. i don't know that our goals around subsidizing car ownership, i don't think we have any goals around that. part of the challenge, quite honestly, that's getting in our way of achieving that ambitious mode-sharing goal is that we prioritize that not just in san francisco, but all across the country to our policies. i would like to state an intention that sfmta not be subsidizing car ownership because i think it undermines our agreed-upon and velveted goals. when you're talking about subsidizing the tow program, i don't want transit riders to be subsidizing car ownership. to me that's completely backwards and undermines our goals. i heard everything that the speakers said that $100 is overly burdensome for a lot of people. that's a really fair point that needs to be addressed separately, but i don't think we should be subsidizing car ownership. equity considerations aside, i don't think we should be subsidizing car ownership as an agency. >> you me

as director tomlin noted, we look at the actual person using the fare media.to your point if we hit the point of the dropoff because lifeline is too expensive, we want to collect a certain amount of fare. that is the proposal before you today. >> who gets the reduced fare monthly pass? >> that is a good. question. the people who qualify for life line meet an income requirement. there are people who like persons with disabilities or seniors who would never meet the income requirement and could pay the full cost and this will provide a discount. those are the people who wouldn't meet the income requirement for lifeline but are in special groups where we provide a discount. >> that includes youth presently but that is going to go away. >> yes. >> it is a differential fare. >> earlier in the presentation you underscored there are certain reliability improvements we are not able to make because of the balanced budget. could you speak what that means and when the budget might be online to implement those improvements. >> i would direct julie to talk about what we ar

as director tomlin noted, we look at the actual person using the fare media.to your point if we hit the point of the dropoff because lifeline is too expensive, we want to collect a certain amount of fare. that is the proposal before you today. >> who gets the reduced fare monthly pass? >> that is a good. question. the people who qualify for life line meet an income requirement. there are people who like persons with disabilities or seniors who would never meet the income requirement and could pay the full cost and this will provide a discount. those are the people who wouldn't meet the income requirement for lifeline but are in special groups where we provide a discount. >> that includes youth presently but that is going to go away. >> yes. >> it is a differential fare. >> earlier in the presentation you underscored there are certain reliability improvements we are not able to make because of the balanced budget. could you speak what that means and when the budget might be online to implement those improvements. >> i would direct julie to talk about what we ar

as director tomlin noted, we look at the actual person using the fare media.to your point if we hit the point of the dropoff because lifeline is too expensive, we want to collect a certain amount of fare. that is the proposal before you today. >> who gets the reduced fare monthly pass? >> that is a good. question. the people who qualify for life line meet an income requirement. there are people who like persons with disabilities or seniors who would never meet the income requirement and could pay the full cost and this will provide a discount. those are the people who wouldn't meet the income requirement for lifeline but are in special groups where we provide a discount. >> that includes youth presently but that is going to go away. >> yes. >> it is a differential fare. >> earlier in the presentation you underscored there are certain reliability improvements we are not able to make because of the balanced budget. could you speak what that means and when the budget might be online to implement those improvements. >> i would direct julie to talk about what we ar

without further adieu, director tomlin, please. [applause] >> when i spoke up this morning with my eye swollen shut, the first thing i did was cancel most of my meeting and convert the others to conference calls. but i also knew that i had to show up here because it is here where we are coming to honor our heros. our charlotte brown and mary ellen pleasant are our heros. they fought hard in the 1800s because it was right. and they secured the right for everyone -- african americans, yes, and everyone to access public transportation because public transportation is for everyone. these women are heros. these women were also supported by lawyers and paralegals who did the hard work, underpaid, that was necessary to take their case all the way to the supreme court. these women were also supported by their families who did the work at home, the cooking and the cleaning and the thankless tasks. when charlotte brown and mary ellen pleasant were ready to give up because the fight seemed hopeless, they were told no, fight on. the cause is j