>> good morning and welcome to the transportation, board, april, 11, could you call the roll >> commissioner breed. >> present. >> cohen. >> absent. >> far ril chl >> absent. >> kim? >> absent. >> fewer. >> absent. >> commissioner rohnen. >> safai. >> present. tang is absent and we have a kwar um. >> could we have a motion to excuse commissioner cohen? and we will take that without objection, and would you please read the second item on the agenda. >> item, 2, citizen advisory committee report this is is an information item. >> thank you, good morning. >> good morning chair peskin and commissioners. i want to start out by saying, on march 24th, two members of the cac and myself and tanen received a tour, and with one group remaining, and it was the planning department staff that have prepared the e-mail notification system. >> i am glaed to see that is getting fixed. >> thank you. item seven, most of the questions in the request, regarding the brt will be resolving around the lawsuit and so we, for that reason, we didn't get a lot of up date on that. and then the other item was by the coalit

and the national transportation board and the aviation board is investigating the crash. >>> they havetarted the increase of water in lake tahoe. they are trying to make room for all the snow as they would melt this spring, but they tell us sending more water through the city dam, they are causing some minor flooding downstream. the bike path is not your best bet. a flood advisory for the river warns a fast high water between lake tahoe and squaw creek on thursday, mostly affecting low- lying areas. and the possible site and the sound of the river running so fast and high crew onlookers. >> it's exciting. and it is always changing. >> reporter: they are hosting friends from out of town. the water was an excuse to share a bit of their history that it seems everyone was making. what a difference a year makes. and they needed to stop to take it all in and all 17 gates are open for the increase of the leases from lake tahoe as they make room in the lake, expecting an increased runoff from melting snow. a good problem to have he says. >> and like i said, tahoe, they will be a lot smaller th

agency board of directors, for a term ending march 1, >> the municipal transportation agency board of directors, for a term ending march 1, 2021. >> great, thank you mr. clerk unless initial comments from the committee let's hear from art torres mr. torres come forward mraul yes, thank you. >> yes. mr. chair a members a pleasure to be here and honored by this appointment by the mayor i have been in brooefls the last two weeks to get a sense of where this agency a moving and spoken to at least two of you earlier this week as to the issues maybe important to you and your districts as a former legislature i'm incentive nest to the community input that is important as we moved that that agency be sensitive and also a deep commitment from me to vision zero the impact on it in the city of san francisco i first moved here to san francisco in 1996 when i became chairman the democratic party and have lived in the beautiful city i'm not return to los angeles any time soon (laughter) i'm open to any questions. >> colleagues any questions forces senator torres. >> yes. hello senat

the san francisco municipal transportation board voted unanimously to ban ads that could be insultingfensive. in the past they would have violent descriptions sparking angry protests. when responding to complaints the municipal railway said they didn't support messages that couldn't move them because of first amendment protection. and the ban takes effect tomorrow. >>> on this equal payday a san francisco supervisor is pushing for a new policy that would close the wage gap at workplaces in the city. ktvu's tara moriarty reports on the newly proposed legislation. >> reporter: statistics show american women only make $0.79 per each dollar earned by men. the san francisco is $0.84. >> we till have a massive pay gap. >> reporter: that's why mark ferrell introduced his pay parody law today an effort to close the wage gap. >> as a father of a young girl, 11 years old who is going to be wild before she enters the work force, but i want every single opportunity for her to make as much if not more than men. >> reporter: the new policy would prohibit employers from asking job applicants about t

. >> for today we're adjourned thank you, everybody, >> good morning and welcome to the transportation, board, april, 11, could you call the roll >> commissioner breed. >> present. >> cohen. >> absent. >> far ril chl >> absent. >> kim? >> absent. >> fewer. >> absent. >> commissioner rohnen. >> safai. >> present. tang is absent and we have a kwar um. >> could we have a motion to excuse commissioner cohen? and we will take that without objection, and would you please read the second item on the agenda. >> item, 2, citizen advisory committee report this is is an information item. >> thank you, good morning. >> good morning chair peskin and commissioners. i want to start out by saying, on march 24th, two members of the cac and myself and tanen received a tour, and with one group remaining, and it was the planning department staff that have prepared the e-mail notification system. >> i am glaed to see that is getting fixed. >> thank you. item seven, most of the questions in the request, regarding the brt will be resolving around the lawsuit and so we, for that reason, we didn't get a lot of up dat

board of appeals. wednesday, april 5, 2017, of the san francisco pleasing the presiding officer is commissioner honda and we are joined by and joined by commissioner vice president fung commissioner wilson commissioner swig transportation authority is doug will provide the board with legal advice and cable car legal advice and cable car board's executive director. we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. scott sanchez will be here the zoning administrator and he'll be representing the planning department and planning commission and we also expect senior builder inspector joe duffy dbi electronic devices are prohibited. out in the hallway. permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal.

. >> ♪ ♪ >> good morning and welcome to the transportation, board, april, 11, could you call the rollmmissioner breed. >> present. >> cohen. >> absent. >> far ril chl >> absent. >> kim? >> absent. >> fewer. >> absent. >> commissioner rohnen. >> safai. >> present. tang is absent and we have a kwar um. >> could we have a motion to excuse commissioner cohen? and we will take that without objection, and would you please read the second item on the agenda. >> item, 2, citizen advisory committee report this is is an information item. >> thank you, good morning. >> good morning chair peskin and commissioners. i want to start out by saying, on march 24th, two members of the cac and myself and tanen received a tour, and with one group remaining, and it was the planning department staff that have prepared the e-mail notification system. >> i am glaed to see that is getting fixed. >> thank you. item seven, most of the questions in the request, regarding the brt will be resolving around the lawsuit and so we, for that reason, we didn't get a lot of up date on that. and then the other item was by

>> good morning and welcome to the transportation, board, april, 11, could you call the roll >> commissioner breed. >> present. >> cohen. >> absent. >> far ril chl >> absent. >> kim? >> absent. >> fewer. >> absent. >> commissioner rohnen. >> safai. >> present. tang is absent and we have a kwar um. >> could we have a motion to excuse commissioner cohen? and we will take that without objection, and would you please read the second item on the agenda. >> item, 2, citizen advisory committee report this is is an information item. >> thank you, good morning. >> good morning chair peskin and commissioners. i want to start out by saying, on march 24th, two members of the cac and myself and tanen received a tour, and with one group remaining, and it was the planning department staff that have prepared the e-mail notification system. >> i am glaed to see that is getting fixed. >> thank you. item seven, most of the questions in the request, regarding the brt will be resolving around the lawsuit and so we, for that reason, we didn't get a lot of up date on that. and then the other item was by the coalit

the national transportation safety board and federal aviation administration are both investigating that>>> the search continues for a santa rosa couple whose single-engine plane went missing in the sierra last week. they were expected at the airport last monday night. they were flying in from truckee, but they never arrived. the highway patrol and the air national forward are helping with the aerial search. more than a hundred adults and youth volunteers are also analyzing high-resolution photos sent back by that aircraft. the plane was equipped with an emergency transmitter but search crews have not detected any signal. >>> time is now 4:24. survivors of the holocaust were honored yesterday at berkeley's 15th annual holocaust remembrance day. it was held at the magnus collection of jewish art and life. there was poetry and music and survivors were invited to light candles. city councilmember said it's really important to keep the memory of the holocaust alive, especially with the rise in antisemimittic hate around the country. >> we survived in sectarianism and hatreds that are -- are

met in july 2016 it's the board adopted the preliminary transportation policies for the program and asked to do more work in other policy areas a number of work streams we have ongoing to get a team we're at now and the anticipated date when the first homes will be available on treasure island that guess 2020 and the ultimate date when we expect all 8 thousand new homes to be available for people to live in on treasure island is 2030 or beyond. >> i'm sorry does that include the housing on yerba buena island. >> it includes that. >> expected to open in 2020 a correct. >> so the goals of the tropical plan and the challenges it needs to address number one, mitigating the effect of all the new residential and land use on the acre range we need to get through the strategies and need to be able to pay for the new regional transit services with a committed fund we know we'll be able to rely on for foreseeable future and then another goal that we have included in response to the feedback from f this body and outreach over the last two years to support the affor

. >> reporter: tonight, the national transportation safety board says they are aware of news reports that young was allegedly texting while driving. >> we're aware of many different claims, and, of course, all conditions and factors related to both drivers will be part of our investigation. >> reporter: and the driver of that truck, jack young, was also injured in the crash. he's in the hospital tonight. we did reach out, but he and his family are not talking. david? >> thank you, clayton. >>> when we come back here, the never before seen images from 9/11, now released by the fbi. >>> and the manhole blasts, right in the middle of rush hour here in new york city. what authorities tonight believe may have been the cause. what authorities tonight believe what authorities tonight believe may have been the cause. degeneration, amd, ed macur he told ok at this grid every day. and we came up with a plan to help reduce my risk of progression, including preservision areds 2. my doctor said preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula the national eye institute recommends to help reduc

. >> good morning and welcome to the transportation, board, april, 11, could you call the roll >> commissioner >> kim? >> absent. >> fewer. >> absent. >> commissioner rohnen. >> safai. >> present. tang is absent and we have a kwar um.

. >> good morning and welcome to the transportation, board, april, 11, could you call the roll >> commissioner breed. >> present. >> cohen. >> absent. >> far ril chl >> absent. >> kim? >> absent. >> fewer. >> absent. >> commissioner rohnen. >> safai. >> present. tang is absent and we have a

the national transportation safety board and faa are investigating. >>> the search goes on for a santa rosa couple missing. their single engine plane went missing last week. mark and brenda winters were expected at the petaluma airport last monday night. they were flying in from truckee but the plane never arrive. the chp in air national guard are helping with the search. more than 100 adults and youth volunteers are monitoring high resolution photos. >>> survivors of the holocaust were honored yesterday at berkeley's 15th annual holocaust remembrance they are. that's not fair. there was poetry and music and survivors were invited to light candles councilmember sophie hahn says it's important to keep the memory of the holocaust alive especially with the rise of anti-semitic hate crimes. >> with the rise in hatred that is based on artificial lines on race. >> she also says it's important for holocaust survivors to share their stories. >>> a new report from anti- defamation league says case of anti-semitism weight of 86% in the first three months of the year. numbers include more than 15

the pilot was alone in the plane the national transportation safety board and the faa are both investigating the crash. >>> fire investigators in new york still investigating after five people died in a house fire in queens. the victims included three children into young adults. the fire started around 2:30 pm and quickly spread to the house. someone walking by saw the flames coming out of the first and second floors then call the fire department. it took hours for crews to get the flames under control. >> unfortunately they recovered all of the people from there, none of the five people in the home survive. it is a tragic loss. >> this fire was the deadliest fire in two years for new york city. the victims range in age from two years old up to 20. there was one survivor, a 46- year-old man who escaped from a second-floor window. the man is in the hospital. >>> tens of thousands of people are expected to march and rally outside of the turkish embassy. yesterday a few hundred people gathered in a parking loss angeles for a solemn ceremony. rookie has long denied that the genocide took place.

agency board of directors, for a term ending march 1, >> the municipal transportation agency board of directors, for a term ending march 1, 2021. >> great, thank you mr. clerk unless initial comments from the committee let's hear from art torres mr. torres come forward mraul yes, thank you. >> yes. mr. chair a members a pleasure to be here and honored by this appointment by the mayor i have been in brooefls the last two weeks to get a sense of where this agency a moving and spoken to at least two of you earlier this week as to the issues maybe important to you and your districts as a former legislature i'm incentive nest to the community input that is important as we moved that that agency be sensitive and also a deep commitment from me to vision zero the impact on it in the city of san francisco i first moved here to san francisco in 1996 when i became chairman the democratic party and have lived in the beautiful city i'm not return to los angeles any time soon (laughter) i'm open to any questions. >> colleagues any questions forces senator torres. >> yes. hello senat

make a few quick remarks as we are about to issue our first or asked for permission from the transportation board. to issue our first sales tax revenue bond we have function with what was in a commercial paper program in 2005. it was rolled over into a revolver, short-term loan structure in 2015. we been able to function and which short-term financing to y today. we are looking at expenditures over the next four years that have been anticipated primarily for the local match to the federal funds to replace the entire fleet. also, for the radio replacement and central control projects light rail vehicles and the procurement. those are the major cash drivers are were looking at funding over the next two years. we've anticipating these projects there under construction the contract are ready to projects on the street the radios are going into the vehicles. so were in a slightly different situation than with the general obligation bond. these projects that would be issuing debt for our under construction are heading to construction within next two years and were confidence at the bunch will be expende

make a few quick remarks as we are about to issue our first or asked for permission from the transportation board. to issue our first sales tax revenue bond we have function with what was in a commercial paper program in 2005. it was rolled over into a revolver, short-term loan structure in 2015. we been able to function and which short-term financing to y today. we are looking at expenditures over the next four years that have been anticipated primarily for the local match to the federal funds to replace the entire fleet. also, for the radio replacement and central control projects light rail vehicles and the procurement. those are the major cash drivers are were looking at funding over the next two years. we've anticipating these projects there under construction the contract are ready to projects on the street the radios are going into the vehicles. so were in a slightly different situation than with the general obligation bond. these projects that would be issuing debt for our under construction are heading to construction within next two years and were confidence at the bunch will be expende

transportation next monday. as you have now doubt heard just after our last sfmta board meeting, and after two years really of extensive negotiation, the california legislature passed and governor brown signed into law legislation that will provide long awaited and sorly needed funding for state and local transportation in california. the overall package is direct $5.2 billion annually. half to states, half to local jurisdictions. the initial estimates for us here would be on the order of $18 million toward our paving program, which is currently largely funded by the cities general fund. in addition to $27 million in state transit assistance funding which flows by formula to support the operating budge squt can be used to capital improvements and $11 million in state of good repair capital fund, about 2/3 of the-that is where the money is going. where it is coming from is primarily fuel taxes including the state gas tax, diesel tax and diesel sales tax and those increases take place november 1 as well as increase in vehicle fees including a fee on zero emission vehicles which also have a impact on the roads just like l

the transit agency will try to determine if it's financially possible of transporting these students. the board will meet at 5:00 tonight. >>> following up on a story we reported yesterday. santa clara put a $1 million rebranding campaign on hold. the money would have gone towards creating a logo and advertisements to ratchet up the county's profile, and then the county is said to have need to recess what it needs, and people don't often know what services the coundowcounty provides them. >>> this is what a safe injection site looks intra venus voted to establish a task force to examine whether to open similar injection sites in the city. there are 22,000 intra venus drug users in san francisco. >>> legislation offered by democratic lawmakers seeks to move california's primary from june shortly after the contest in iowa and new hampshire. secretary of state says california should have more clout in electing the president and when it moved up had the highest >>> after another mild morning and you will notice when you step outside it's humid and that will lead to sprinkles and light rain this mor

national transportation safety board is now investigating. >>> harvard researchers have found a pricelesserican, philadelphia history , in england. it is a handwritten copy of the declaration of independent two harvard researchers came across it searching the globe for every known copy of the declaration. they believe, it was written in america, in the 1780's. only one like it is 1776 copy that is kept under glass at the national archives in washington. >> being able to go and hold this parch. , in our hands, to look at it, closely was just extraordinary >> researchers believe the document originally belonged to the duke of richmond for support that he gave to american revolutionaries. it was handed down over generations of dukes until a local man who gave it to the record office in chichester england in the 1950's. >> how about that, philadelphia history, u.s. history, popping up. >> how about that, yes indeedy kind of cool. weather is kind of cool today. >> yes, cloudy. a little miserable. not the best day. >> yes, tell it like it is. >> saturday was miserable. yesterday turned out to b

regulation in this area, from the department of transportation, if you are involunta involuntarily denied boarding, hich he was already on the plane tis still called denied boarding, the plane has not yet that you deserve four times the price of your ticket, $1350.at so i checked this morning, the ticket on that flight is about $180, so you would get times that amount, if you denied, but rily many people, as we said, when you are on the plane, you are where you want to go and in this case, the passenger was a doctor, he said he had appointments the next and was reluctant to leave. here is regulation governing your compensation for it, but many cases, passengers don't take that choice. host: another paper highlights ontracts written by individual airlines when it comes to tickets. delta,s for contract for 46 for united, 21 for american. the length aside, what does that deal with, passenger rights and could we see changes if congress gets involved? i don't think those depends how congress would change the law and perhaps force the airlines to do something they don't do now. right now those are calle

will be available for interviews as well thank you very >> good morning and welcome to the transportation, boardril, 11, could you call the roll >> commissioner breed. >> present. >> cohen. >> absent. >> far ril chl >> absent. >> kim? >> absent. >> fewer. >> absent. >> commissioner rohnen. >> safai. >> present. tang is absent and

make a few quick remarks as we are about to issue our first or asked for permission from the transportation board. to issue our first sales tax revenue bond we have function with what was in a commercial paper program in 2005. it was rolled over into a revolver, short-term loan structure in 2015. we been able to function and which short-term financing to y today. we are looking at expenditures over the next four years that have been anticipated primarily for the local match to the federal funds to replace the entire fleet. also, for the radio replacement and central control projects light rail vehicles and the procurement. those are the major cash drivers are were looking at funding over the next two years. we've anticipating these projects there under construction the contract are ready to projects on the street the radios are going into the vehicles. so were in a slightly different situation than with the general obligation bond. these projects that would be issuing debt for our under construction are heading to construction within next two years and were confidence at the bunch will be expende

make a few quick remarks as we are about to issue our first or asked for permission from the transportation boardst sales tax revenue bond we have function with what was in a commercial paper program in 2005. it was rolled over into a revolver, short-term loan structure in 2015. we been able to function and which short-term financing to y today. we are looking at expenditures over the next four years that have been anticipated primarily for the local match to the federal funds to replace the entire fleet. also, for the radio replacement and central control projects light rail vehicles and the procurement. those are the major cash drivers are were looking at funding over the next two years. we've anticipating these projects there under construction the contract are ready to projects on the street the radios are going into the vehicles. so were in a slightly different situation than with the general obligation bond. these projects that would be issuing debt for our under construction are heading to construction within next two years and were confidence at the bunch will be expended at. >> thank you

board on topics from mr. egan. >> david pilpal here's my card. >> nice to see you touching on what director reiskin spoke about from federal transportation funding and this is very comprehensive overview that clearly the budget has changed if so it parking control officer to write that up in a memo to the board to make it summarizing the situation particularly at the federal level to some extent it seems to me to the extent that any of that happens will have consequences on the capital budget and the capital plan and will likely lead to shifts and assault weapons at mta and here for certain projects keeping them in line you've got a lot of implementations clearly will be known as time unfolds, etc. but some. >> now a culture against disabled in the city their expected to walk a quarter of a pile to a bus stop it is an ultimate insult it is disgrave it walk sf is fund by your agency is resorting to this this is disgrave and disbursable and pull those posters immediately and flap the walk sf on their hands for doing this this is an audacity and if you don't do anything about this don't be a bystander in this conflict >> thank you mr. wiene

chavez is with the board of supervisors of santa clara county and alberto lara is on the board of the valley transportation authority. welcome to the show. what are we talking about--well, describe this venture that now the county, the board of supervisors, has established with vta. cindy chavez: so, it's actually very exciting. so, the county of santa clara spends about $2 billion a year in contracts, and the valley transportation authority spends a little over $200 million a year in contracts. and what that means is that when we spend our common wealth, there's an opportunity to spend it locally with small businesses, with minority-owned businesses, with lgbtq businesses, with veteran-owned businesses. and so, vta, under the leadership of that board, did a great job of putting together a program to certify businesses and help small businesses be ready to apply for these big contracts. damian: so, those businesses are there, right? they're ready to do business, but are they just being overlooked, do you know? or why is it that not many are being contracted to these types of jobs, if they aren't? alberto l

met in july 2016 it's the board adopted the preliminary transportation policies for the program and asked to do more work in other policy areas a number of work streams we have ongoing to get a team we're at now and the anticipated date when the first homes will be available on treasure island that guess 2020 and the ultimate date when we expect all 8 thousand new homes to be available for people to live in on treasure island is 2030 or beyond. >> i'm sorry does that include the housing on yerba buena island. >> it includes that. >> expected to open in 2020 a correct. >> so the goals of the tropical plan and the challenges it needs to address number one, mitigating the effect of all the new residential and land use on the acre range we need to get through the strategies and need to be able to pay for the new regional transit services with a committed fund we know we'll be able to rely on for foreseeable future and then another goal that we have included in response to the feedback from f this body and outreach over the last two years to support the affor

. >>> and then the ac transit board of directors will vote on whether they are going to transport studentsschools in the oakland hills. bu the district said it could no longer pay after losing funding from the state. the transit agency will try to determine if it's financially possible to absorb the cost of transporting the students. the board will meet at 5:00. >>> and santa clara county put a $1 million rebranding campaign on hold. the money would have gone towards creating a logo and advertisement to ratchet up the county's profile. the county needs to reassess what it needs. supervisors agree the county has a marketing problem and often people don't know what services the county provides for them. >>> let's talk temperatures. san francisco at 52, and castro at 56. pretty mild there. a lot of us in the mid to upper 50s. 57 in santa clara. pleasanton at 55. richmond about 53. belmont, 56. today at 62 in half moon bay and santa rosa. san francisco at 62. the rest of us at 63 to 66 degrees. temperatures dropping tomorrow. 56 in san francisco to antioch and san jose and napa at 61. here's a

met in july 2016 it's the board adopted the preliminary transportation policies for the program and asked to do more work in other policy areas a number of work streams we have ongoing to get a team we're at now and the anticipated date when the first homes will be available on treasure island that guess 2020 and the ultimate date when we expect all 8 thousand new homes to be available for people to live in on treasure island is 2030 or beyond. >> i'm sorry does that include the housing on yerba buena island. >> it includes that. >> expected to open in 2020 a correct. >> so the goals of the tropical plan and the challenges it needs to address number one, mitigating the effect of all the new residential and land use on the acre range we need to get through the strategies and need to be able to pay for the new regional transit services with a committed fund we know we'll be able to rely on for foreseeable future and then another goal that we have included in response to the feedback from f this body and outreach over the last two years to support the affor

transportation authority that we do that as well. i'm very pleased that the mayor's administration is on board with this policy too and love to hear from our staff as well as kate torn from the sfmta. i think part of getting a handle on uber and lyft and transportation network companies starts with having data and i dont think anybody can be against that no matter how powerful uber may be and how many votes they might be able to rustal up in sacramento. with that i will turn it over to staff but want to thank my colleagues voting for this yesterday unanl msly at the full board. >> that is great flews. news. mta have been working together with the deputy for technology data and analysis. understanding the first step is to quantify the impacts positive and negative on the streets in termoffs conjugz, safety, equity access and slew of policy areas. the first focus of the ruzlution requesting data from california pu c which receives monthly reports from lyft and urber so that is topic of the resolution. there are other asspects less reported in the news. want to highlight the request for the delegation of some of that authority from the st

met in july 2016 it's the board adopted the preliminary transportation policies for the program and asked to do more work in other policy areas a number of work streams we have ongoing to get a team we're at now and the anticipated date when the first homes will be available on treasure island that guess 2020 and the ultimate date when we expect all 8 thousand new homes to be available for people to live in on treasure island is 2030 or beyond. >> i'm sorry does that include the housing on yerba buena island. >> it includes that. >> expected to open in 2020 a correct. >> so the goals of the tropical plan and the challenges it needs to address number one, mitigating the effect of all the new residential and land use on the acre range we need to get through the strategies and need to be able to pay for the new regional transit services with a committed fund we know we'll be able to rely on for foreseeable future and then another goal that we have included in response to the feedback from f this body and outreach over the last two years to support the affor

board that the crew started to offer vouchers for a handful of seats. united clarifying the flight was not overbooked it now says it was a crew transport issue claiming passengersembers approached the gate agent. they needed to be in louisville to work on their own flight. four seats would be needed. >> everybody was seated by then. and the fact that they told us we would not leave until four people volunteered. there was just a real sense on the plane that that wasn't right. >> with no takers, a united computer picked four passengers offering them $1,000, the airline says. all complied except for this 69-year-old man who said he is a doctor and needed to get home to treat patients. >> two police come in, in full gear, they tell him that he has to leave the airplane. >> john claussen, the man in the orange shirt sitting in front of the passenger. he saw and heard it all he says. >> how do you react when the police aren't asking questions they're just trying to forcibly remove the man. i could not believe what i was seeing or hearing. i was in shock. >> so were other passengers. many of them recording as officers dragged the man down the aisle. >> i have to go h

transportation authority that we do that as well. i'm very pleased that the mayor's administration is on board with this policy too and love to hear from our staff as well as kate torn from the sfmta. i think part of getting a handle on uber and lyft and transportation network companies starts with having data and i dont think anybody can be against that no matter how powerful uber may be and how many votes they might be able to rustal up in sacramento. with that i will turn it over to staff but want to thank my colleagues voting for this yesterday unanl msly at the full board. >> that is great flews. news. mta have been working together with the deputy for technology data and analysis. understanding the first step is to quantify the impacts positive and negative on the streets in termoffs conjugz, safety, equity access and slew of policy areas. the first focus of the ruzlution requesting data from california pu c which receives monthly reports from lyft and urber so that is topic of the resolution. there are other asspects less reported in the news. want to highlight the request for the delegation of some of that authority from the st

the national transportation safety board and the federal aviation administration are both investigating. >>> an american paramedic was killed over the weekend in ukraine when a landmine exploded under the vehicle he was riding in. the man was part of a civilian monitoring team. two european members of the team were wounded. the monitoring mission has more than 700 unarmed civilian in ukraine and the mission is to assess compliance with a two- year-old peace deal intended to bring about a cease-fire. all landmines were supposed to have been removed. >>> to inmates in arkansas scheduled to be executed today. it could be the first double execution in 17 years. they were scheduled to die by lethal injection only about an hour apart. lawyers for both men have been appealing saying the poor health could lead to extreme pain during the execution. the men would be the second and third inmates executed in arkansas this month. the state is moving forward with plans to execute several inmates before one of its lethal injection drugs expires at the end of april. >>> time is running out for the stat

especially now with a man who transferred —— transport cycling on board.s similar to the background we started in cycling. a lot of ambition. gold medal. a huge momentum that british cycling had and we are starting to get. dave and 13's recent success has recently gone royal. prince edward attended the championships to help hand out the medals. there is a different feeling now. they are managed to get themselves into better shape. on the men's side, it's a really big story. success for the slope stars at sochi, jenny jones of one a historic medal and got the ball rolling. more funding is needed and the sport as precarious as this, nothing can be taken for granted. the rest of the world a re taken for granted. the rest of the world are now aware that team gb and dave ryding are forced to be with. hopes are growing that he could win an olympic medal. the other thing they are doing in terms of funding is asking anybody who goes to a skiing holiday to fund £1 per person to help fund british hopes. i hope we see a bit more of you on the skis at it later in the

board of appeals. wednesday, april 5, 2017, of the san francisco pleasing the presiding officer is commissioner honda and we are joined by and joined by commissioner vice president fung commissioner wilson commissioner swig transportation authority is doug will provide the board with legal advice and cable car legal advice and cable car board's executive director. we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. scott sanchez will ber

transportation authority that we do that as well. i'm very pleased that the mayor's administration is on board with this policy too and love to hear from our staff as well as kate torn from the sfmta. i think part of getting a handle on uber and lyft and transportation network companies starts with having data and i dont think anybody can be against that no matter how powerful uber may be and how many votes they might be able to rustal up in sacramento. with that i will turn it over to staff but want to thank my colleagues voting for this yesterday unanl msly at the full board. >> that is great flews. news. mta have been working together with the deputy for technology data and analysis. understanding the first step is to quantify the impacts positive and negative on the streets in termoffs conjugz, safety, equity access and slew of policy areas. the first focus of the ruzlution requesting data from california pu c which receives monthly reports from lyft and urber so that is topic of the resolution. there are other asspects less reported in the news. want to highlight the request for the delegation of some of that authority from the st

transportation. >>> plus, we're on board a $2 million yacht as northern california's largest boat show sails right into richmond. ♪[music] >> the song is called built to last. the sales force tower built to do just that. a big day for those responsible for the construction of the building at first and mission in san francisco. a topping off party set for later this morning. i tell you what, she is a gem. i was on top of that platform there at 970 feet there just a few months ago. we took this 360 video looking out across the city. marin head lands there. once completed here, tallest building in san francisco. 1,070 feet. quite the sight in city by the bay. welcome to the nine. sal and gasia have the day off. i will ask allie and pam right here, are you fans of the tower? we have seen it going up over the last couple of years. >> it is rare to see that view you're looking down at the b of a building. >> it looks very small when you're up there. >> i'm kind of a traditionalist. it is weird to see the skyline change so much. >> i get you're not a fan. it is hard. it is hard to get used to. >> it is d

the national transportation safety board is leading the investigation.pokesman said a distracted -- distracted driving is one issue they will look at. >>> coming up next, a smash and grab targeting pricey jewelry in chinatown. >> see the video of the suspected thief that police hope will lead to an arrest. >> reporter: at the oakland coliseum, and chip bishop plaza, the organization pulling out the stops for fans for today and the entire season. more, later. >> a little throwback music to get you started. the going to have to push fast- forward on the ipod. if you have an easy pass come you have and easy drive into the city on what looks like a beautiful day here in the bay area. >>> happy saturday, i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm allie rasmus. it is going to be a beautiful day out there. you can already see it in the pictures we've been showing you. rosemary will tell us more about it. >>> perhaps one of the warmest days we've seen in some time. may be the warmest day of the season so far. temperatures will rain from the upper 60s at the coast to low 80s in

will be breaking ground as well, thursday the may eleventh and the transportation, authority is providing some funding and today's board action for the 73 million dollar project, this will allow for the first major ferry terminal expansion, since 2003. so congratulations to the port of san francisco and that, and the water emergency transportation authority. quick up date on the neighborhood transportation, and group one, with the study focused and ready for approval coming to you next month as well as the district four project, and district six projects and district four and in district, six, the sfmta, will be completing the construction of a raised crosswalk in early may, and we continue to also work on projects and plans, in districts three, four, 8 and 10, and 11, and given the heiigh, demand we are looking to try to augment those types of planning and project funds for the next cycle in the coming year. on balboa, state farm, and it has been received for the 1.le million dollars in the prop k, supported planning and construction funds for the sfmta and they have completed the wide area of safety, and accessibilit

in terms of providing board and lodging, food and drink, transport and guides, and also dealers and breeders specimens, dead or alive, to often rather gullible collectors. in bygone days, many of the new forest woods looked like this. butterfly paradise. after the first world war, many of the new forest's oak woods were clear felled and replaced with fast—growing, non—native conifers in a glorious experiment of which our butterflies were unscheduled victims. the conifer woods are too shady, and otherwise unsuitable, for most butterflies. national policy has now changed, gloriously. the policy is to restore broadleaf woodland long—term and also to remove altogether some conifer plantations and restore the land to open heathlands. the open heaths of the new forest, purbeck, hampshire and the western weald are renowned for their specialist flora and fauna, which includes the exquisite minuscule silver studded blue, a sapphirejewel of a little butterfly. there is much we can do to help our so—called garden butterflies. these are highly mobile creatures that drift around both the countryside and

>> good afternoon and welcome to the land use and transportation of san francisco board of supervisors for today monday, april 10, 2017, i'm the chair the committee acting it chair supervisor peskin joined by supervisor tang and sit for mark farrell supervisor jeff sheehy our clerk alicia that has bronchitis and want to thank thes at sfgovtv for live streaming this madam clerk would you or john read number one, please oh, are there any announcements. >> please silence any devices that may sound off during the proceedings. items acted upon today will appear on the april 18th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated and why not get a housekeeping motion to excuse supervisor farrell motion by supervisor tang and without objection and madam clerk can you please read the first >> number one, an ordinance item no. 1 - planning code affordable housing requirement and fee in divisadero and fillmore neighborhood commercial higher residential development potential as a result of the zoning of divisadero street neighborhood commercial transit district and the fillmore street neighborho