. >> clerk: item 10, van ness bus avenue traffic project, and the update.his is an information item. >> okay, i don't know whether miss jackson or mr. reves are going to lead us off. this has been an issue that has been kicking around for a while. i have to say that i am delighted that i'm actually seeing the bus rapid transit start to actualize itself, and the center aisles along van ness are actually starting to take shape. you know, we all know that this project is behind and we've all been i think laser focused on the impacts to small businesses up and down the van ness corridor and we've had previous meetings about that. so with that i see miss jackson, should i turn it over to you, jada? >> thank you, chair. good morning, everyone. i hope that everyone is well. >> (indiscernible). >> so i will speed through so that you will like me even more. i will share my presentation. can everyone see the first slide or the second slide, rather? >> yes, we can. >> so i will give a bit of brief background and an m.o.u. assigned in 2018 by sfmta, and fpsuc, and oewd

now the massive project will improve transit service in the area and also address congestion along van ness avenue which is always been an issue height that work will be performed from 09:00pm until 07:00am tonight the northbound traffic will be shifted between filbert in sacramento streets and then tomorrow night southbound traffic will be shifted as well. all right coming up next on the kron 4 morning news, the pandemic has changed the way we work and socialize. >>learn why many people don't plan on returning to the workplace even after the pandemic ends we'll be right back stay with us. >>welcome back everyone, the pandemic fundamentally change the way we work and socialize although a vaccine looks like it's on the horizon. yes, it seems unsuccessful a lot of people just they want to continue working from home once the pandemic ends seabreeze ship has details. >>when the pandemic first began officers like this emptied out people were told they had to work from home, but after 9 months of doing that a lot of folks are now saying hey i never want to come back to the office again. >>when wo

project that's a project will improve transit service in the and address congestion along van ness avenue that work will be going on from 9 at night until 7 o'clock tomorrow morning tomorrow evening, northbound traffic will be shifted between filbert and sacramento streets on the evening of november 17th that's tuesday night southbound traffic will be shifted between the streets. meanwhile santa cruz county deputies warning folks tonight that they're seeing plenty of catalytic converter thefts just this month alone there have been 20 cases and the most recent was caught on camera take a look at this. deputies now looking for the 2 suspects that you see on your screen who are caught stealing a catalytic converter from a toyota prius that was parked right in the victims own driveway. the scene happening thursday and the 2 suspects were driving what appeared to be a black honda civic police believe the suspects could be responsible for even more thefts in that area. the elusive bigfoot returning to its home in santa cruz county. the 4 foot tall statue carved from a log vanishing along with a

i saw one on van ness smoking at the bus stop because they have nothing better to do. you're not supposed to smoke at the bus stop but they're violating the muni rule right now because instead of enforcing the rules you're letting everybody ride for free and that's contributing to some of the overcrowd. a lot of people are riding the busses to nowhere right now. they resumed fare collection in crescent city and they found after they went back to fares, ridership dropped by 50% because there were a lot of people riding around in circles to nowhere and the drivers were complaining. there's no social distancing and it's losing a lot of revenue. how's muni supposed to provide service for essential workers. it doesn't look like the federal government's going help us out. >> next speaker, please. >> caller: i'm mary mcgwire. i'm a cab driver and someone said every time the mta feels cornered they lash out at the cab drivers and once again director has propped medallion from picking up at the airport and once again who suffers is everyone who doesn't own or drive a medallion

. >> for san francisco's massive project to improve along van ness avenue, it will pave with concreteit will run the bus transit system along the center median. the project began in 2016. it was originally scheduled to be completed last year. that's been pushed back to 2021. we're getting in the rainy season now. >> we are. >> we have to get used to this idea, we need the rain, as you mentioned. i want to show you systems that are headed our way on live doppler 7. it looks impressive. the first system is sending more clouds than anything. and it's pushing the marine layer a little towards the coast and towards the bay tonight. the second system here is the one that we're watching friday night into saturday. i want to show you a beautiful view right now. a look at the fog that is rolling into san francisco tonight. and we look at other areas in the bay area. let's check out the temperatures here. anywhere from the 40s and 50s, it's not terribly cold because of the cloud cover. there will be chilly spots in the north bay, where you see patches of forecast. 34 in santa rosa. low 40s in a

. >> for san francisco's massive project to improve along van ness avenue, it will pave with concrete will run the bus transit system along the center median. the project began in 2016. it was originally scheduled to be completed last year. that's been pushed back to 2021. we're getting in the rainy season now. >> we are. >> we have to get used to this idea, we need the rain, as you mentioned. i want to show you systems that are headed our way on live doppler 7. it looks impressive. the first system is sending more clouds than anything. and it's pushing the marine layer a little towards the coast and towards the bay tonight. the second system here is the one that we're watching friday night into saturday. i want to show you a beautiful view right now. a look at the fog that is rolling into san francisco tonight. and we look at other areas in the bay area. let's check out the temperatures here. anywhere from the 40s and 50s, it's not terribly cold because of the cloud cover. there will be chilly spots in the north bay, where you see patches of forecast. 34 in santa rosa. low 40s in ant

on election night now over on a van ness avenue there were multiple businesses, including a car dealership they were putting up plywood over their windows of the car dealership told me that they put the plywood up a couple of days ago in the soma area near the sales force lot of plywood going up a lot of crews up blocking off windows and doors, i also talked to a business owner who's concerned about election night. he says he's seeing more of his neighbors putting up plywood. >>then he saw earlier in the year, i'm seeing businesses put up. >>boarding that didn't do it for the black lives matters protests before so it feels like it's next level now there is no specific threat against any building at this point but the san francisco police department san francisco office of emergency services said that they will be looking for any problems they will have officers out and about on election night. >>in case there is any unrest t

on election night now over on a van ness avenue there were multiple businesses, including a car dealership they were putting up plywood over their windows of the car dealership told me that they put the plywood up a couple of days ago in the soma area near the sales force lot of plywood going up a lot of crews up blocking off windows and doors, i also talked to a business owner who's concerned about election night. he says he's seeing more of his neighbors putting up plywood. >>then he saw earlier in the year, i'm seeing businesses put up. >>boarding that didn't do it for the black lives matters protests before so it feels like it's next level now there is no specific threat against any building at this point but the san francisco police department san francisco office of emergency services said that they will be looking for any problems they will have officers out and about on election night. >>in case there is any unrest but for now in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news and it's not just bay area businesses bracing for potential unrest. >>rodeo drive in beverly hills will be clos

. >>> new signs of progress for san francisco's massive project to improve transit along van ness avenuewere putting down red concrete in the center lanes where muni buses will run. there will also be platforms for riders built along the new medians. the $309 million project started in 2016. it was originally scheduled to be completed last year. that's now been pushed back to 2021. >>> all right, another cold night lies ahead, but what about the rest of the week? california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours. cgrand openinge flooin san leandro! safely shop our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. floor and decor's newest location is now open. also open in milpitas and burlingame. i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosent

people lined up outside at geary and van ness for lunch. i haven't been there in years.ommy's is well known for carving up some hot and fresh meats. they're offering dine-in service at 25% capacity with safety protocols of course in place. they're also doing takeout and deliveries. >> we haven't been open until today. it's been a long time. it took us a little while to get things together, and we're finally open again, and we're glad everyone's here. >> can you handle the big plate there? it's a lot of food. you can go in there and fill up. it's awesome. they're also making plans to have their famous thanksgiving dinner available to go. >>> okay. stranded on a power line. we're talking about a chameleon causing quite a stir on the peninsula. we'll share it with you next. give you my world ♪ ♪ how can i, when you won't take it from me ♪ ♪ you can go your own way xfinity mobile's fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. and right now get $250 off. learn more at an xfinity store today. bubbles at this price? is this

> reporter: we saw deejay stevie martinez showing off his best victory moves off his balcony off van nesst to embrace everyone, the winners and losers. we gladly, gladly invite everybody over. one nation under a groove, baby. >> reporter: cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> a lot of celebrating. liz spoke to many of harris' other friends this morning just after the news broke and got their reaction. >> reporter: just moments after the historic announcement that oakland native kamala harris had broke uh one of the highest and hardest glass ceilings, we spoke with some of her friends and advisers all overwhelmed by the news. >> i'm been crying all morning. >> reporter: carol porter is a childhood friend, and she calls herself "the other girl on the bus." could you have ever imagined she would be the one breaking this glass ceiling? >> no. i knew kamala was destined for greatness, because kamala had an air about her, a greatness about her. she had the ability to listen to people from a very young age, to pay attention in class. she had a gift of that, to be able to listen and process information

you just have to go all over the city, whether it's van ness, geary boulevard, to see the construction and how m.t.a. looks upon seniors and those that really need help with empathy and compassion. there are new people. i would like to study their resume before i write an article on them. for now, no more changes on market street. we're the taxpayers. we don't need this mickey mouse type of generalities. you need to do proper outreach and the same for the seniors and those that adhere to the american disabilities act. this presentation is full of b.s. i repeat, b.s. no more changes on market street for another five years. thank you very much. thank you, caller. >> supervisor peskin: any other callers in the queue? >> yes, there are. >> hello, caller. caller? i'll move on to the next. hello, caller. >> hi, my name is eric kaplan. i live in telegraph hill. i don't own a car and rely on my bike to get around town. i'm just going to speak frankly. this plan doesn't make any sense. it's a major regression from the consensus plan that was approved last year. it's unclear what is better about

many more businesses are trying to proactively protect their buildings from any potential damage on van ness avenue there were several businesses including a car dealership we're putting up plywood over their windows businesses in the soma area near the sales force tower those are also boarded up. >>boarding that didn't do it for the black lives matters protests before so it feels like it's a next level. >>but authorities say there's no specific threat against any particular building but san francisco police and the city's office of says that they are going to be looking for any potential problems they will have officers out and about on election night in case there's any unrest. still ahead tonight. we're also following a major senate race republican south carolina senator lindsey graham fighting to keep his seat. we'll have the highlights of this race when we come back. >>and it has been sunny and warm all october now and november, but now we're finally seeing the change in the weather pattern could we soon see some rain we'll talk about it coming up next and in sports. the forty-niners de

and if that doesn't work, we'll send in rosie o'donnell and jonathan van ness.nt trump had lunch today with vice president mike pence trump had the pancakes, while pence had a strange feeling that none of this was worth it. "are we going to stay in touch, sir? "who the [ bleep ] are you?" [ light laughter ] white house coronavirus task force member dr. scott atlas called on people in michigan to, quote, "rise up" against new coronavirus restrictions is he an actual doctor or is this like in comic books where "doctor" just means he's evil you know, because no one would be afraid of a guy who called himself mr. octopus. "and is there a mrs. octopus?" [ light laughter ] vice president mike pence and second lady karen pence attended the space-x rocket launch yesterday in florida it's the only thing he's ever watched that had an "x" in it. sony's playstation 5 game console was released last week, and almost immediately sold out in the u.s. and japan. also selling out in the u.s. and japan, me. the national weather service last night issued a rare tornado warning for

the daughter of cornelius van ness, the former governor of vermont and the american minister to spainshe enchanted buchanan from the moment of their meeting in the late 1820's. as buchanan admitted many years later, "you captivated me at once, i have ever since remain faithful and true. in now, my old age, your devoted friend ."friend. -- friend." secretary of state william marcy confirmed that buchanan still, takes a wonderful interest in the family, and once courted one of the daughters himself. although cornelia had declined these advantages, they still felt deep affection for one another. she married james roosevelt of new york city, who later served a single term in the house of representatives from 1841 to 1843. during that time, the couple hosted numerous social gatherings, in the process, the intimate circle of the buchanan and roosevelt expanded to include william rufus king. one year later, the new connection led king to stay with the roosevelt in new york city, as he prepared to travel overseas as a new american minister to france. from this triangulated relationship follow

and then, of course, at the end of july, we moved to 49 south van ness and in the middle of august we converted most projects to pair and are limiting the electronic plan review to 100% affordable projects. for our issuance numbers, prior to the pandemic, we issued on average about 110 permits a day. and then when we were using only electronic plan review, that number went down to 50 permits a day and most of those were over the counter permits. when we added the curbside services in late june, we brought that number up to about 75 to 80 permits a day and with the new initiatives we've been talking about the last couple of commission meetings we were able to bring that up to 100 permits a day on average over the last three weeks and we issued automatically generating -- generated permits about 130 of those a day. just a reminder, we're taking all of those in paper now as well as in-house review permits. we have our online permits that are auto generated which are the trace permits and regrouping permits which i'll talk about more. we offer an expedited service and any emergency permit

all due respect, i think through all the emails and the phone calls and i went down to 49 south van ness about six, seven times and i talked to matt luten and emails back and forth. and there are over 100 for these three citations. [please stand by] that took care of it. what we're dealing now is with the second citation which is related to the first. and we are definitely working on the first, even though the plan has submitted, we're still waiting to have approved, so we can start -- we already have worker lined up to do the dry run repair in the garage area and same time, they can also take care of the bathroom floor. the tile. now, we can certainly go ahead and do the tile in the bathroom. i'm sorry, in the shower room if that's okay. so basically, we just try to do everything possible. find a way to work with -- trying to comply. >> if you could wrap up your comments, ms. lau. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you have three minutes for rebuttal for the department. >> thank you. think about the shower in your house. how would you like to not have hot water for four months? how would yo

when you add that to the van ness b.r.t. delays, which is nowhere near as complicated as these other projects, i just -- i'm -- as i said in the newspaper the other day, i mean, you're out of excuses. i don't even know what to say. commissioner yee. >> supervisor yee: i think you said it well. i share that frustration. and the part of the presentation is i'm listening to almost a recycle of probably what i have heard ten years ago, in terms of here's our capital plan and we're trying to be comprehensive and blah, blah, blah. and some of these issues seem to like -- i'm glad you're taking that approach, it shouldn't have taken us this long to think about it in the comprehensive way you're talking about. although even though it's comprehensive possibly, the implementation of what you're talking about is still going to be piecemeal. in terms of the rail grinding, maybe i'm mistaken. i thought we did it recently? is that -- am i mistaking that with bart? didn't we have some rail grinding somewhere? >> bart does have a longer-sta

up flu clinics for our city employees and have worked with them to expand some of these into 25 van ness to our centralized staff and also some within general health. behavioral health started a staff vaccine support effort as well at 1380 howard. next slide. and so the services and the places that have usually vaccinated primary care, the sfg laguna honda they worked on expanding vaccinations this year to their patients and clients and they are referred to flu clinics and staff worn use who t used to talking about flu vaccinations to talk about it. we streamlined epic work flow across the network and expanded access at weekend flu clinics and radiology they're vaccinated and the biggest efforts are the ats alternative testing sites for covid testing. they've set up pop-up flu clinics and they're all life now and 34% do not have primary care as a medical home so we feel like we're reaching the community at large with these ats sites as well. the totally new service areas include the shelter in place sites that the covid command center has been setting up and so, our whole person integrat

when you add that to the van ness b.r.t. delays, which is nowhere near as complicated as these other projects, i just -- i'm -- as i said in the newspaper the other day, i mean, you're out of excuses. i don't even know what to say. commissioner yee. >> supervisor yee: i think you said it well. i share that frustration. and the part of the presentation is i'm listening to almost a recycle of probably what i have heard ten years ago, in terms of here's our capital plan and we're trying to be comprehensive and blah, blah, blah. and some of these issues seem to like -- i'm glad you're taking that approach, it shouldn't have taken us this long to think about it in the comprehensive way you're talking about. although even though it's comprehensive possibly, the implementation of what you're talking about is still going to be piecemeal. in terms of the rail grinding, maybe i'm mistaken. i thought we did it recently? is that -- am i mistaking that with bart? didn't we have some rail grinding somewhere? >> bart does have a longer-sta

. >> i'm here with john francis pavement to parks manager and this parklet on van ness street first of all, what is a parklet and part of pavement to parks program basically an expense of the walk in a public realm for people to hang anti nor a urban acceptable space for people to use. >> parklets sponsors have to apply to be considered for the program but they come to us you know saying we want to do this and create a new space on our street it is a community driven program. >> the program goes beyond just parklets vacant lots and other spaces are converted we're here at playland on 43 this is place is cool with loots things to do and plenty of space to play so we came up with that idea to revitalizations this underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone. >> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building 236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now the point we're plantin

if you put the bus in the middle of gary boulevard or middle of van ness a avenue the person has to get to and from this busy road and risk their life to fall of of the we'l wheelchair. we wish you stop promoting this bus traffic transit. thank you. >> co-chair pelzman: thank you. next caller please. >> this is roger. president of the transport workers union local 258. i want to highlight what the riders, passengers have been stating. one of the ways in which we can provide better more accessible service for the wheelchair community, for the at-risk community, for the community that are special needs community, by bringing back the light rail vehicles back on the surface. we have been pushing and pressing the agency to bring back the light rail vehicle service. from what i understand, sfmta is the only public transportation system in the united states of america that has completely shut down its light rail vehicle service. why? we have no idea. when i say we, i mean local 258, light rail vehicle systems are bigger. they are stronger. they have more space for passengers. they are safer f

roughly from van ness to ellis and geary to mission. the tenderloin would become a protected zone and these defendants, none of whom live in the tenderloin, would be allowed to go there unless they had a lawful legitimate reason to be there. we're focused on the predatory repeat dealers selling the most dangerous drugs, including those leading to the most deaths. we have rigorous criteria. he or she was arrested at least twice for drug sales or possession of drugs for the purpose of sales in the tenderloin in the past year and a half. one of those arrests must have been in the last nine months. both of the arrests must have led to either criminal charges by the district attorney or a motion to revoke probation. the drugs involved were fentanyl, heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine. and the defendant is not a tenderloin resident. has been given the opportunity to present their defense in court at a hearing and the court finds there is sufficient evidence to warrant the injunction. in other words, an injunction is issued if the need for it

up flu clinics for our city employees and have worked with them to expand some of these into 25 van ness to our centralized staff and also some within general health. behavioral health started a staff vaccine support effort as well at 1380 howard. next slide. and so the services and the places that have usually vaccinated primary care, the sfg laguna honda they worked on expanding vaccinations this year to their patients and clients and they are referred to flu clinics and staff worn use who t used to talking about flu vaccinations to talk about it. we streamlined epic work flow across the network and expanded access at weekend flu clinics and radiology they're vaccinated and the biggest efforts are the ats alternative testing sites for covid testing. they've set up pop-up flu clinics and they're all life now and 34% do not have primary care as a medical home so we feel like we're reaching the community at large with these ats sites as well. the totally new service areas include the shelter in place sites that the covid command center has been setting up and so, our whole person integrat

all due respect, i think through all the emails and the phone calls and i went down to 49 south van ness about six, seven times and i talked to matt luten and emails back and forth. and there are over 100 for these three citations. [please stand by] that took care of it. what we're dealing now is with the second citation which is related to the first. and we are definitely working on the first, even though the plan has submitted, we're still waiting to have approved, so we can start -- we already have worker lined up to do the dry run repair in the garage area and same time, they can also take care of the bathroom floor. the tile. now, we can certainly go ahead and do the tile in the bathroom. i'm sorry, in the shower room if that's okay. so basically, we just try to do everything possible. find a way to work with -- trying to comply. >> if you could wrap up your comments, ms. lau. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you have three minutes for rebuttal for the department. >> thank you. think about the shower in your house. how would you like to not have hot water for four months? how would yo

>> no, because the last thing was a disaster on van ness. >> just yes or no. >> sorry. >> sure, if there's money. >> yes, no, no response. david. >> yes. >> veronica. >> yes. >> connie. >> yes. >> and sherman. >> no. we don't have the money. >> next question. for the lightening round. do you support prop b split off all public work sidewalk maintenance and sanitation duties into a new agency while the current department handles engineering, design, project management and other work tied to san francisco public infrastructure. marshan? >> could you repeat that? >> absolutely. >> so this is still lightening round no response. do you support prop b which would split off other street cleaning and sanitation duties into a new agency while the current department continues to handle engineering, design, project management and other works tied to san francisco's public infrastructure. >> yes. >> >> andrew? >> yes. >> ok. next question in the lightening round. will you commit to providing your district one constituents with rapid, easy and responsive methods of communicating with you? >> david. >>

up flu clinics for our city employees and have worked with them to expand some of these into 25 van nesso our centralized staff and also some within general health. behavioral health started a staff vaccine support effort as well at 1380 howard. next slide. and so the services and the places that have usually vaccinated primary care, the sfg laguna honda they worked on expanding vaccinations this year to their patients and clients and they are referred to flu clinics and staff worn use who t used to talking about flu vaccinations to talk about it. we streamlined epic work flow across the network and expanded access at weekend flu clinics and radiology they're vaccinated and the biggest efforts are the ats alternative testing sites for covid testing. they've set up pop-up flu clinics and they're all life now and 34% do not have primary care as a medical home so we feel like we're reaching the community at large with these ats sites as well. the totally new service areas include the shelter in place sites that the covid command center has been setting up and so, our whole person integrated

and try to improve things on van ness and gary street.suffice to say that the pandemic is stressing us, at least when we go out and use the public transportation, and it should be less stressful. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. okay, operations. next caller, please. we have about 15 listeners and about seven members of the public in the queue. two minutes. >> caller: supervisors, i wanted to thank supervisor peskin with comments about barbara taylor and to name the press room in her honor. after all, that is where she lived the whole time. i'm calling today about the contract, and calling on the board of supervisors to provide some transparency, some explanation for what is going on with this inexplicable build. it's been two months since the membership approved the deal and d.h.r. refused to brief the public and the police commission about it, and the bar association of san francisco has sought documents on october 15th about this to get information. and we received a response yesterday saying that we're not g