california alone we have over 28,000 students and we have large number of students in the university of san francisco according to the city and also the state university in san francisco. so we see large opportunities and we hope that the the planned visit of the governor to some to india this year will also strengthen the the partnership between california and india because california is an important trading partner of india. we have close to 12 billion of bilateral trade in merchandise goods. and also i think indian companies also invested a lot in the bay area. so according to the world trade center, los angeles in california we have to 22 indian owned establishments creating law and order and employment and also paying wages of $1.44 billion every year. and in san francisco bay area alone we have 7000 employment creation and around 160 companies indian owned companies. but we have a large number of indian-americans who are entrepreneurs. they are creating hundreds to thousands of jobs in the bay area. so also the indian diaspora is contributing a lot. and we hope that alone madam agenda is due in

well, let's discuss this further with our panel of guests today in san francisco, professor stevens soonest. he's professor of politics at the university of san francisco and tell of eve, my red zone shine is senior israel analyst at the international crisis group. i'm in ramallah heavy. i would need political scientists and full. i'm a senior advisor to the palestinian liberation organization. welcome to all 3 of you. thank you for joining us today. and i've talked with you more of, we've seen this operation by israel centering on jeanine over the last couple of weeks of the official reason of the comp down seems to be to respond to a spike, to shootings and stabbings and recent weeks and to crack down on what they say is home us, but saw most speculating, it might also be to appease is riley settlers who, when that was cause a ceasefire deal. went on there watching run page. what's your view on exactly what is rouse doing and why it's doing it? as well as hard not to pay attention to the fact that israel started this operation and really restricted the movement on the west bank. i started a lot more of what it's already been doing fo

billy riggs is a transit expert and professor at the university of san francisco. >> the challenge nows one of reinvention. but at the same time, it is a way to get riders back and get butts in seats. it is not making service less frequent. it could be you make service more frequent on your high-capacity routes. >> reporter: muni is bringing back the 30 three express helping get riders down to san francisco during the morning routes. however, there will not be evening commutes at this time. >> the thing is bringing in new customers. the u.s. really struggled. >> reporter: the msnta is looking at a million dollar annual deficits starting 2026. pandemic relief funds will run out. operational costs have gone up, but ridership has not fully recovered. levin says well solutions are in the works, and more are being pushed for. >> there are plans being worked on at the local level and the regional level and the state level two bring in funding to be able to maintain and improve service. >> reporter: she says the discussion needs to go beyond avoiding disaster and towards a stronger public tra

. >> reporter: billy riggs is with the university of san francisco. >> the challenge is one of reinventionone of opportunity. but, at the same time, the way to get riders back and get butts in seats is not by making rides less frequent. but it could be you make service more frequent on your high capacity routes. >> reporter: muni is bringing back the 30x marina express helping get rider to downtown san francisco during the morning commute. however, there will not be afternoon or evening service at this time. >> the key thing is bringing new customers. that is where public transit agencies specifically in the u.s. really struggle. >> reporter: the sfmta is looking at a 300 million-dollar annual deficit starting in 2026. federal pandemic relief funds will run out. operational costs have gone up but ridership has not fully recovered. while solutions are in the works and more are being pushed for. >> it is not too late. and there are plans being worked on at the local level and the regional level and the state level to bring in funding. to main tan and improve service. >> reporter: she says th

riggs is a transit expert and professor at the university of san francisco. >> the challenge now is one of reinvention and one of opportunity but at the same time it is the way to get riders back and get rear ends in seats, is not by making service less frequent . that should be very clear. but it could be that you make service more frequent on your high-capacity routes. >> reporter: muni is bringing back the 30 x amount expressed helping get riders to downtown san francisco during the morning commute. however there will not be afternoon or evening service at this time. >> the key thing is bringing new customers and i think that is where public transit agency specifically in the u.s. really struggle. >> reporter: the sfmta is looking at a $300 million annual deficit starting in 2026. federal pandemic relief funds that help bridge the gap of low ridership will run out . operational costs have gone up, but ridership has not fully recovered. he said resolutions are in the works and more are being pushed for. >> it is not too late and there are plans being worked on at the local level and t

university of san francisco men's basketball team handled business on their home court.ad 17 points, helping the dons defeat washington state, 7551. usf took the lead with four minutes left in the first half. they held on to that lead throughout the game. the dons will host saint mary's on thursday night. santa clara men's basketball dominated pacific from start to finish. the broncos went on a 22 to 5 run two minutes into the game, and they never looked back. they blew out the tigers 8349. christoph tilly scored a team high 19 points to log his team leading 19th double digit scoring game of the year. it was a tough night out at the golden bears haas pavilion. syracuse beat cal 7566. cal shot just 17% from the field and had stretches when they didn't even score a basket for five minutes. over in dallas, texas, the stars were out. former president george w bush and his wife laura in attendance, plus former dallas cowboys quarterback and current cbs color commentator tony romo in attendance to watch smu host stanford early in the first half. maxime reynaud knocks down this

university has required students to take a course on climate justice. not just climate change. this revised requirement is also the first of its kind within the california state university system. and joining us now from san francisco state is professor adam story. story, a co-director of the climate hq for the school. thanks for being with us this afternoon. thanks for having what went behind the decision to make this change? >> so we began climbing hq in 2022. and we're charged with transforming campus with respect to climate change. one of our early goals was to ensure all students learn about climate change before they graduate. so to that end for the last 2 years, we've been working with other parts of campus to revise any existing graduation requirements that it now emphasizes climate justice. believe this is really important because it institutionalize is as the state's longstanding commitment to climate justice in reflex are, you know, forest university's core value of social justice and a what? >> year in school kids have to take this. >> so they can to get any of the years that they're at sf state. and it's just it's just a graduation requirement similar to other requirements that they have to take in bat

university of oxford. so joining us from 10 in ecuador, far as charging a career coach, content creator, and software engineer in san francisco, and on need resume on a silicon valley insider and founder of a me dot a i was helping us helping those hiring find the right fitness, joining us today from terre wrong, thank you all so much for your time. i'm so cause i want to start with you want to just study english literature and what would you say is talk to hey, thank you for your question. i started even just as a job because it was something i was passionate about doing from when i was in the 5th grade, i kind of knew that's the field that i wanted to pursue. and all that's the reason why i went into the arts and humanities died off to my and my icbc board exam. i decided to pause to checking the education and then when we do it under graduation, followed by a masters and english teacher, joe, because i knew it from already on the on that this is something i wanted to do because i did excuse me, passionate about stories and make believe the world of imagination and all of that . so don't give you what you expected. yes, abs

pretty small universe of draft there's a challenge in the number of people available to do the work but if you picture australia in your mind on the left-hand side where we see san franciscos angeles henderson and sterling naval base are really right around. on the right-hand side is camera. that's where we are sitting now and where we see new orleans. that's where the house australian submarine commissioner government owned many say what that settling in for a minute. that's where they had their fill your operations out henderson where mike was talking about collaboration on that project together. so there is any number of threats to explore you talk about some of the hurdles get that up there. what are you thinking about how other companies one of the biggest hurdles that are u.s. companies have the capability to support australia who does not have the national capability to do that are facing just to get capability into the country? >> part of it is like i said earlier, you have to get registered to do business in australia you have to have facility clearance to you business with the australian government. the way most of us proceed on that is get a good australian con

of san francisco. >> i am a civilian volunteer with a speedy for 14 years and i earned my masters in criminal justice at university of southern california and considered an academic expert in criminal justice. and i would like you to support our request of sheriff miyamoto because having tools and having training are the safest way to keep sheriffs safe, officers safe and the public safety and having options and having training in advance of incidents happening is the way we can keep our entire communities safe. >> thank you very much. are there any additional speakers? there are no additional speakers on this matter. thank you. >> no additional speakers. public comment is now closed. >> mr. clerk i'm going to move that we continue this item to next week for a few reasons. >> one i don't think it is fundamentally appropriate to approve items when we still have an investigation in place. but i do want to allow for a full committee to be in place before we actually vote on this. so i move to continue this item to next week's meeting. >> yes. and the motion to continue the matter to february 3rd to rules committee me

san francisco. with your help we'll continue to push for a universal early care and education system. i would like to thank her for her many years serving the city and the people ofisco. i wish her the very best. as she entered retirement. i know she will be bodies. we have a resolution later on the agenda, colleagues and that will recognize her for all her work. for the years. with that, mr. president. i would like to ask monica to come up and share a few word [applause] got my precious granddaughter with me today to celebrate this honor. president mandelman, and members of the board of supervisors, my deepest thanks. for this special recognition today. as supervisor melgar said i come before this body to request your support for the early childcare service to the health and success of children and families in the city. ceo chair feedback and member of the council and in partnership with other great service agencies. supervisor melgar you have been a leader following the foot steps of supervisor yee and all my greatest appreciation and gratitude to you and your staff who have really helped protect this such an important part of the values of san francisco. a tru

university. miss lim has published several poetry collections, a children's book, and plays. well, the san francisco spca is hosting a special dog vaccine clinic later today. it's part ofing among dogs in the tenderloin and other parts of the city. the spca says there's been a dramatic increase in the number of canine parvovirus cases in the past few years. it's a very contagious illness. it can be fatal for dogs or cause seizures, dehydration and a rapid weight loss. the dog vaccinations will be available in the tenderloin beginning today at noon. >> my gut feeling is always that tariffs are not good for any economy. >> new tariffs on canada, mexico and china are set to go into effect as soon as tomorrow, with the leaders of those countries are promising in return. plus. a demonstration against the trump administration's increased enforcement of immigration laws. why? some are pledging to walk off the job in a day without immigrants. then a mostly dry morning commute. but this afternoon it will be a different story. how bay area residents are taking advantage of this break in the rain and the timing for the next round of storms. [music]. >> from ktvu fox two news. thi

the universal declaration of human and deliberately just i think i kind of knew you were going to bring that question up and tell me tell me the name of your book again it was the imperial san francisco imperial san francisco. greg has is one of the scholars that has looked at at these kind of elites and san francisco and. so i, i don't think i mean roosevelt resisted the call for. you know violent repression. he didn't believe that it was all communism. speier and they never they they tried for years to try to prove harry bridges was a communist. and and claim to have actually discovered some papers in the pentagon when was opened up that said that it was his this was his name. it was his code name or something. but i mean, so whatever was i mean, it was it was an incredible time and a movement that scared the heck out of elites. in fact, i did a paper on the bohemian grove elites and and and the other general strike. i interviewed three of them at the time who were young, young men and. how the club reacted and stuff. i the summer camp year the head the national guard for for california went up and they they all assembled to find out how they how the repression was going to happen

universities? to generate interest among graduating students who may be disabled? get them interested in applying for jobs with city and county of san francisco. do you do that? >> that's a great question. yes, within our list of out reach and recruit am we do have a student support services and various different colleges that do have contacts and reach out to them as well. we hired two diversity recruiters to deport an out reach in educating they reach out to doesn'ts and student council, support services within colleges and our organizational base organizations in san francisco so they are aware and can support us bring nothing candidates. >> short time i will cut off the -- but if you don't mind sending information to us it would be great. i'm going to ask the staff if there are questions or comments? >> no questions. >> in the interest of time i will just say we really appreciate the over view of the programs you have presented today. by the way this is eli and look ford to partnership with the career center, ableism, all components of employment of people with disabilities obviously there are still a tremendous amount of work to do we ju

universal bicycle use which doesn't help us ages allow for flexibility which will accommodate changing demand and voice and avoid costly reduce. and finally of course you all know about amsterdam but of course it's flat. unlike san francisco here we kind of have to use mountain bikes. >> so please consider the idea of more participation by the public. i just heard about this yesterday so i don't think your public outreach is going beyond the bicycle coalition. >> thank you. thank you for your comment. next speaker please. i read more speaker cards john winston fage of fisher marie herbal. good afternoon board members. i hope you'll actively listen to my comment given how long we've all been here. i come here today to speak not just for myself but for thousands and thousands of san franciscans that cannot attend board meetings due to work constraints or the need to care for the very young or elderly or disabled. i'm sure you know that my voice is their voice too. so in recent years because of radical road closures and the rerouting and squeezing of traffic as have taxpayers who drive their own vehicles and those that ride muni have developed a lot of trust and esteem for us if mta muni continues to need massive improvement