trained in environmental forensics, both here locally, state and federally by the usepa in the training center in georgia and i worked for the district attorney's office in san francisco for nine years before becoming elected supervisor. >> and you spent most of your adult life in san francisco. >> yes. >> why did you make the choice to live in the city? >> oh, my god, i had never been west of the mississippi until i came here. growing up, we read a lot in our household but many of the books that i was drawn to were from authors who either came from california or spent substantial time in california dealing with so many eras that i think we're just awesome. and it all came to life with me as soon as i touched ground injust wanted to be here. >> what motivated to you get involved in politics? >> i think i have to give some of that credit to my family. my mother growing up for me in the '60's, '70's, was very involved in the women's movement and in the anti-war movement and would often take me to protest and to lectures. she was also involved union labor as her family had been for a coupl

usepa also acknowledged that they had no objection to the project. the navy, the coast guard, in particular, have been involved in the project since day one for the last three years. they're all very supportive. we had a public hearing held in march and took public comment in. not a lot of public controversy here. i think everyone recognizes this is an important safety project that, quite frankly, needs to be built here. the sooner the better. in april, the project development team made up of transportation authority staff, caltrans, federal highway administration, the coast guard, and the treasure island development authority, we all unanimously selected alternative 2b. this shows an overview of the costs for the project, roughly a total cost of just unde under $100 million, $94 million, $95 million range. we do have funding for this project. happy to report that we have program funding from the highway bridge program, federal funds, as well as the local seismic bridge retrofit account. any and all local match will come through the treasure island d