reisking's statement about being on the corner of vaness and what? one of the greatest problems in the industry is which corner are you talking about and how is a taxi going to be on the southwest corner when he doesn't know which corner the passenger is on? so it's a little more complicated than you think, but the main thing is you have to allow us to take credit cards and i would suggest that mr. heinicke look into it isn't just a pilot program before you approve all the apps so that we could have a program just for advanced calls that we could accept, credit cards, and start fighting fire with fire because that is where the success is. thank you. (applause) >> next speaker please. >> (calling names) >> my point about the subject is that i have been calling for a central dispatch for 20 years now and finally something is happening in that regard. i am all for a citywide taxi app, the people who showed us that this works is uber cab and so on and so forth, they have been doing it for years but there is one requirement there should be a fee when they

the board office is located at 1650 mission street, room 304 between duvos and vaness avenues this meeting is broadcast live on san francisco television, sfgov tv, cable channel 78 and dvds of this meeting are available for purchase directly from sfgov tv. thank you for your attention, at this point in time we will conduct our swearing in process, if you intend to testify at any of tonight's hearings and ask the board to give your testimony evidentiary weight, please stand and raise your right-hand and say i do after you have been sworn in or affirmed. please note that any member of the public may speak without taking this oath purchase pursuant. >> do you swear or affirm that the testimony that you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> thank you. >> we have two housekeeping items, first with 5 a on the cal endar which is a rehearing and it has been withdrawn. and the second has to do with item number nine, 13.004, i want to make sure that the parties to the matter are here, could i see the hands of the appellant and the permit holder? they have

the first will be on a corner of vaness and gearin.ebuild on caesar chavez street. lowers the number of beds from 555 to 274. and expand saint lukes from 80 beds to 120. the parking garage will also be down sized from the original proposal. >> time is now 818, economists are watching a new trend in recent years, more men are becoming nurses. during the recession healthcare jobs were added to the market. and men took advantage of the new opportunities. economists say in 2011 men made up 10% of the registered nurses compared to 8% in the year 2000. in recent years men have entered fields that were normally dominated by women. >>> san francisco assemblymen introduced a bill to guaranteed the rights for transgender students. require school districts to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and join sports team that correspond with the gender they identify with. discrimination against transgender people is already against the law in california but it's necessary to ensure the rights of transgender students at schools. >> 8:19. more