Types and peak periods, compared to the last monitoring cycle in 2017. These charts show the longterm trends in both auto and transit or bus speeds. Note that theres a discontinuity in 2017, because the data provider had updated the data product. But longtime trends show that auto speeds have been declining continuously over the past decade. A greener economy and population, combined with increasing number of ridehail vehicles on the streets, are contributing factors. On the other hand, transit or bus speeds are holding itself steady, and this is likely due to the transit investments that are being made. However, the transit speeds in the Downtown Core are still pretty slow, just about at about 6 miles an hour. We have other metrics that we also track continuously. Auto transit speed ratio is the ratio of auto speed to transit speed. This indicates how competitive transit is relative to auto. The closest the values are to one or the better. We found that transit competitiveness is increasing steadily over the past decade. Transit reliability is also measured as a fraction of the average speed that the bus might deviate on a given day. Higher values indicate higher availability and, hence, less reliability. Transit reliability has worsened slightly from over 15 to about 20 between 2017 and 2019. During the last cycle, we developed and released an interactive map of the t congestion metrics. This significantly improved access to data and provides a means for public to explore changes in Transportation System performance over time. This year we have updated this with our latest data, congestion data from 2019. In addition, we have also released another website with bike and pedestrian collision information. In addition to system performance metrics, other elements that are reported in c. M. P. Include updates to the traffic condemned management, study initiatives, improvements to our travel forecasting model, and also updates on fund programming activities and project delivery progress. With that, ill be happy to take any questions. Chair are there any questions for mr. Sanna . Seeing none oh, commissioner yee. Supervisor yee just curiosity in terms of looking at the transit. The bus speeds. Did you break it down into the difference between bus speeds before we had those red lanes . Did it actually increase it that much, when we put the red lanes in as a factor . I think we did the last cycle we looked at how the red lanes might have impacted transit speeds, especially on mission. And we found that there seems to be improvement. However, the frequency that we monitor this is once every two years. And there are a lot of changes happening over those two years, especially with land use and population, in addition to transportation changes. So there are a bunch of factors that go into these changes. But we did find evidence that the lanes are improving transportation speeds of transit speeds on mission. Supervisor yee s that the percentage improvement any different from of different lines that didnt have the red sort of lanes . Most of the lines have just remained steady. Thats what our average speed shows. And improvement is always better than just being steady. Supervisor yee well, i mean, that would be really interesting to know, because were making investments in these lanes. And i assume that it will this study should show that its having some marked improvements in terms of the speed of the buses itself. An idea to look into more carefully. Gentleman. We have the ability to look at transit speeds during specific periods, before and after an intervention. And we just have to drill down the data to be able to make that assessment. For the Condition Management Program itself, we have a fixed monitoring period in spring and we do that every two years. If i might just add, too, commissioner, the m. T. A. Has documented benefits to the red lanes. Wed be happy to bring in Information Update to you or send you information. In fact, the muni reliability working group, the Performance Working Group that several of us are working on together with m. T. A. And the mayors office, thats reporting out one of those findings that was of interest as well to that reliability working group. Ill just mention that when bark mentions 8 miles an hour. If you look at under slide 4, muni bus speeds have been basically flat over the past several cycles from 2011 to 2019. And we we do attribute that to the muni forward and the transit priority treatments, including the red lanes. In order to maintain even a flat speed on average city wide, we have to do those types of projects in face of all of the growth that otherwise is affecting the car speeds, which you see next to that, which had been slowing down. So just even maintaining a flat speed is kind of a win, that we do attribute to the benefit of the red carpet lanes and other muniforward treatments. Supervisor yee thank you. I think we need to continue highlighting that to the public, not just me. Because people are asking why are we making these investments if nothing is really improving. We just have to keep it in their sights. Yes. Thank you. Chair thank you. Commissioner haney. Supervisor haney thank you for this report. So would it be accurate to say the biggest driver of congestion in the last id say eight or nine years would be t. N. C. S . Well, we have completed a more indepth study of whats driving these changes. And we call that t. N. C. S and congestion study. And in that we found that t. N. C. S have contributed about 50 of the increase in congestion. Population and jobs make up the other 50 . Employment growth is 23 , and t. N. C. Growth is 51 . And i see that there was a study that the looked at 2010 to 2018 in terms of t. N. C. Growth and the impact on congestion. Is there any updates in terms of what weve seen over the last few years or any other further analysis of t. N. C. S or growth of t. N. C. S since then . It would seem to me, since 2016 through the end of 2019, were probably seeing a lot more growth and impact on the situation on our roads. Right. For 2016, we were able to complete the study, because we got t. N. C. Trips data set from their a. P. I. S. Whats a. P. I. S . Its the application programming interface, that the cell phones use to communicate with uber and lyft systems, to connect with drivers. So they gave the data set in 2016 to us, but havent given us any more data since then . Well, they did not give us the data. We were able to paint the a. P. I. S and get that with the help of research. If i might also add to this answer, commissioner, yes, in 2016 we did the study and we were able to gather the data independently from the two companies. Subsequent to that, they themselves have reported their trip data and its for the more recent two years. Its an even higher amount of tripmaking. Theyre estimating 13. 2 of the m. T. Or vehicle miles traveled in the city being with thed for by lyft and uber trips. Thats a higher percentage than we even estimated in 2019 and the two additional years of growth, as well as theyve included all trips, including regional trips. Whereas our study only studied trips that happened within San Francisco. So your answer, yes, trip growth within the last two years, released by the t. N. C. Companies themselves. Is there a plan to do i know there was the t. N. C. And congestion followup report. And one in 2017 and 2018, seems to look at data through 2016. Is there a plan to do a further indepth analysis . It seems like theres been a lot more of growth and a deeper impact on congestion id imagine. And maybe not that much that weve done to address it. Other than obviously the great you know, some small but important fee that we put on these trips, through prop d. Right. That has been one of the recommendations coming out, was to do looking at a pertrip fee, looking at congestion pricing in general. Looking at curb management. So the sfmta is taking a lead on that last item, curb management. And those are the types of responses that cities are doing. In addition to just dedicating more and more street space to the efficient modes, whether thats transit, whether thats bikeshare and micromobility scooters and what not. Thats sort of the tool kit, the congestion tool kit. If youd like, we could come back with more proposals for how we might study the t. N. C. Issue in particular. But i do think its a broad economywide issue as well. Again its probably both the t. N. C. S and the general continued strength of the economy. Yeah. I mean, it seems like the report with the analysis that was done in 2018, it looked at through 2016. And then it would be great to know what happened since then, what sort of followup. Right. What more data are we collecting on an ongoing basis, how are we seeing that. How are we using that in our decisions. Right. So this study that youre seeing here today takes us to the data set, as recently as 2016. Right. Okay. Thats the limitations of our sources. We collaborated with m. T. C. Recently to do the data. We have an sample of t. N. C. Users. The data has just come in. Well be able to report more on t. N. C. , an update to mode share at the very least, using that data set. Okay. I hear you. I think were hearing that youd like us to continue to update and refresh that congestion analysis, with respect to t. N. C. S and in general. Yeah. I mean, i think its pretty clear that at least through 2016, i mean, as compared to any other factor, t. N. C. Growth was over, you know, the majority by far the number one driver of congestion. So if were looking at congestion on an ongoing basis, particularly in my district, and supervisor peskins district, you know, this is sort of the key driving issue here. It seems to me we need to have much more of a handle on it and what were doing about it. Chair certainly what a heat map would indicate. Are there any other questions from members . Seeing none, why dont we open this up to Public Comment. Mr. Finebalm. And ms. Lee, you are welcome to testify again. Thank you, bob finebalm from save muni. We all agree i think that one way to mitigate congestion is to get more people on to public transit. And for years our organization, as well as others, has favored a regional bus system, because its widely recognized that if you can offer people a oneseat ride, so that they dont have to transfer, its much more likely that they will take public transit. So m. T. C. Is now onboard with a regional bus system. However, i think San Francisco could play its part as well. One of the things that, at least i have explored with a. C. Transit, is the possibility of running some a. C. Buses, not only to the transbay termal, but to selected destinations in San Francisco. I understand theres some obstacles to that. They did that to civic center a. C. Transit, used to run to civic center a while ago. Theyve abandoned that. So i would ask that in your study of congestion, or updating the congestion plan, you consider allowing both a. C. Transit and other transit agencies to operate more fully on the streets of San Francisco. [bell dings] so that they can offer passengers from not only the east bay, from from marin and the peninsula a oneseat ride to San Francisco. And in that connection, i would hope that when youre studying market street, you would also consider allowing sam traps and golden gate, at least, to run some buses on market street, because that would be very helpful for their service. Thanks. Chair thank you, mr. Fine balm. Next speaker, please. Once again, you know, when we take Public Transportation and weve been here like for 35 years or 40 years, in the last five years, sometimes we get stuck on one block for 45 minutes. So what the gentleman is saying is hes talking about uber and lyft and these are companies that we dont have to trust. Weve trusted them because we gave them tax breaks, but theyve got nothing. And now they are capable of giving us sick information. You may all laugh at it or think that its a little bit whatever. But uber and lyft is not where we have to go. Its not holistic. Now nowhere in the discussion has the gentleman spoken about construction. Construction on many of the thoroughfares impedes. I heard the chair say heat and nobody paid attention. Okay. Thats that red light that tells you where theres traffic and we have it from our media, our networks. We do not have the ability to do again a needs assessment. We gave 100,000, 200,000 to a consultant and he gives us whatever we want to and makes us happy. I even saw somebody tried to intercept once or twice. No. [bell dings] San Francisco is the worst city when it comes to congestion. This is a known fact. So what the hell do you have to say about that . What the hell do you have to say about making it easier for the seniors and those to take Public Transportation. Nothing. So we have to wake up with our heart in the right place, so go to the right place. Thank you very much. Chair seeing no other members of the public for this item. Well close Public Comment. Is there a motion to approve the congestion management program, made by commissioner yee, seconded by commissioner mandelman. We have a different house. Roll call, please. Clerk on item 8, commissioner brown . Aye. Commissioner haney . Aye. Commissioner mandelman . Aye. Commissioner mar . Mar. Commissioner peskin . Aye. Commissioner ronen . Aye. Commissioner safai . Aye. Commissioner stefani . Aye. Commissioner walton . Aye. Commissioner yee . Aye. We have first approval. Chair thank you, mr. Clerk. Could you please items 9 and 10 together. Item 9, accept the audit report for the Fiscal Year Ended june 30th, 2019. Action item. Item number 10, approve the revised debt policy and ratifying the investment policy. Also an action item. Chair ms. Fong. Deputy direct for finance and administration. Im happy today to bring before this commission the results for the fiscal year 2019 financial audit. And the results from the single audit of the interchange project and bridge structure project. Im going to call up the auditor in charge. Here we have the audit partner. Chair thank you. Good morning, commissioners. Thank you for having me. This is the comprehensive annual financial report, the scope of the audit is to ensure the Financial Statements are fairly stated, its a process in which we test the controls and confirm the balances reported on the Financial Statements. We confirm your sales tax, we confirm your cash and we perform tests of controls, thats to the manner that you process contracting, payroll, various items within the Financial Statements. We have a clear opinion on the Financial Statements, theyre fairly stated. The agency also undergoes a single audit for a compliance audit, has the unique requirements and they passed and they did not have any significant deficiencies or material weakness. I want to thank management for helping us through the confirmation process and through the audit process. It was an easy process and we expect that the Financial Statements will receive that in the upcoming year. With that, ill be more than happy to take any questions. Chair thank you. Are there any questions from members. Ms. Fong, anything you would like to add to either item . I just wanted to thank the finance and administration staff. Each year it takes many numerous hours and weeks to prepare this financial audit. Id like to thank the entire division. We worked much smarter than we have in the past years. Just i would also like to open up any questions to the changes to the debt policy and investment policies. We had public finance, our Financial Advisers review them and had squire boggs, our disclosure counsel, review these items as well. Chair thank you, ms. Fong. I also want to thank you for the private briefings that you give me in my capacity as chair, that i imagine you give to other commissioners that wish to avail themselves. And i want to thank you for once again keeping our financial house in the best of order. You have been a great chief Financial Officer and we appreciate your work. Are there any members of the public who wants to comment on items 9 and or 10 . I would like to thank the chief Financial Officer, is that your title . Chair that is the title. For i watched her for many years. And shes very astute, has the tenacity and the fortitude and i want to thank you on behalf of all of the citizens of San Francisco. Chair thank you. That was lovely. And actually her real title is Deputy Director for finance and administration. But with that, we will close Public Comment. Is there a motion to approve items 9 and 10 . Made by commissioner mar. Seconded by commissioner brown. And we still have the same house, same call. [gavel] those items are approved on first read. We will now go to introduction of new items. And we will start with commissioner mar, who has an important request, as it relates to a bill in the california state legislature, senate bill 50. Commissioner mar, the floor is yours. Mar thank you, chair peskin. Colleagues, as you know, in april, the board of supervisors passed a resolution opposing senate bill 50, unless amended to address seriouserns serious concerns about the affordability crisis. Last week the board further amended that resolution to clarify the changes San Francisco needs in order to support it. And through all of this focus on transitoriented development, i wanted to ensure that we take stock of the transit side of that conversation and look at the potential negative impact of s. B. 50. It raised the concern that by tieing zoning standards to Transit Service and infrastructure, it could create an incentive for jurisdictions throughout the state to suspend Transit Service enhancements or avoid planning for increased all together. Sfmta and sfcta raised another concern, not identified by planning. That many of the transit lines and stations targeted by sb50 in our city are already overcrowded or are deficient in their state of repair. Upzoneing creates more demand or impact on the already inadequate Transit Services and infrastructure. To be clear, we want equitable transitoriented development. In order for housing density to be a step forward for equitable development, instead of backwards, with he need to invest in Transit Service improvements alongside new housing development. Transportation authorities need to have a say on Real Estate Development bills, impacting and tied directly to their work. So today im requesting that the San Francisco county Transportation Authority draft and present to us a resolution on the transit impacts of sb50, with mid gages options to expand Transit Service in conjunction with new developments through incentives and creative multisource funding strategies. We need to plan for complete communities. And i look forward to continuing this conversation and ensuring that transit isnt forgotten in transitoriented development. Thank you. Chair thank you, commissioner mar. And seeing no other requests for introduction of new items, i would like to adjourn this meeting. Id like to commend our outgoing colleague, commissioner vallie brown, who i have served with in so many different capacities under various colleagues and then as a colleague. But on behalf of the staff and this body, ms. Chang would like to say some words and present you with our highest honor. Ms. Chang, the floor is yours. Thank you, chair peskin. Commissioner brown, it was such a pleasure to work with you and your office. We want to thank you and express our sincere appreciation for your leadership on transportation, your years on the Transportation Authority. As well as your years supporting your boss, previously on the authority. Your work this past few years has been very reflective of your commitment to Sustainable Transportation and safe streets. Not only in your district, but citywide. We have a nice sort of framed graphic here, that captures you working with kids on safe streets and safe routes to school. I think it was walk to school day and we have a bike to Work Railroad day photo with many of your colleagues at city hall. You were always very enthusiastic and strong advocate and continue to be. Including most recently in the neighborhood around hayes alley and octavia boulevard for these types of improvements, as well as the graphic down here that celebrates. We really want to express our appreciation to you for the hard work of you and your staff to improve transportation in the city. In particular its been a pleasure working with derek from your staff as well as the whole office. So best wishes to you and thank you again. [applause] supervisor brown thank you. Thank you, chair peskin. Thank you. Thank you. Its so sweet. I just want to say thank you to the t. A. Staff. I mean, we really ask a lot of you. And we want to see it faster than, you know, a lot of times it gets done. But im always amazed at how professional you are and your staff. And how you work to get it done on a timeline that makes us happy. And i have to say in the 16 months that ive been supervisor, i have asked for a lot. I have asked for traffic studies, for market octavia, i have asked for protected bike lanes on page and octavia. We actually had a ribboncutting yesterday on octavia boulevard for closed streets. And no cars and bicycle, pedestrianonly around the green, which is such an amazing thing to do. And it happened really fast. I have to tell you that. It happened very fast. The community was behind it. We took away parking, as is always the scary thing, taking away parking. People go a little sideways. I think once everyone saw that it was, you know, the cars were gone, people could walk through there, they absolutely thought this was the right thing to do. So i just want to thank you. I know its been years. I have worked with you on all kinds of things. The wiggle. I remember when we first started working on the wiggle. Yeah, 12 years ago, 13 years ago. So i just want to say thank you for everything that you do for this city. And i know a lot of times you guys, all of you get a little beat up by community and us. But you really do an amazing job. And im so proud to be part of this city and have you represent us. Thank you very much. Chair thank you, commissioner brown. Are there any members of the public who would like to make general Public Comment . Seeing none come on up, sir. All right. First in time, first in right. Okay. So i have spoken before about san bruno avenue. And it took us 16 years to get a traffic light. But theres one traffic light on san bruno and now its causing congestion. Whereas many as nine muni buses back up during peak hours. So there again you need somebody who knows about traffic management. It took somebody like three weeks not to paint the crosswalks and then i had to come here a couple of times, say whatever i have to say, and that was fixed. But the most important thing is all of you geniuses, how can you take away 46 of the parking, without having no outreach, no meaningful meetings and even our supervisor was asleep at the cockpit. But now shes woken up, writing some letters, thinking thinkinge can do some miracles and hopefully she can. But this is my point. When you have seniors and they have nobody but their car, and they want to do shopping, they go to san bruno. And if you look at your empirical data, that is if you have it, from the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, when we had a spiraling of the economy, these shoppers kept san bruno alive. We should take that into account. [bell dings] our seniors dont treat our seniors like whatever. Please. And i want to see some ratification about this stupid 46 and what what are the reasons they want to remove the parking and have removed the parking without informing people. Then, you know, you talk about the bicycles. They put some bicycle racks and nobody uses them. [bell dings] nobody uses them, you have to remove those racks and maybe take them somewhere else that they can use them. Thank you very much. Its not very easy to speak in two minutes. But i thank you, gentleman, who is controlling that thing that youve given me a few more seconds. Thank you very much. Chair all right. Bob finebalm again. Two quick questions. Number one, im a member of the tcpa c. A. C. At our last meeting in november, we heard lewis. And lewis said that in december, this board was going to consider an 11 million request for engineering for phase 2. You have one more meeting. So im asking the chair and tilley whether that will be on the agenda for december 17th . Chair mr. Finebalm, the way this works is we actually dont, pursuant to the law, answer questions. But ms. Chang will approach you, as soon as this gavel goes down and answer your question. Good. I have one more thing. And i remember at the beginning of the year, chair peskin asked for a report about the siemens l. R. V. S. And the defects. Chair well be having that early in the new year. Oh, that will be coming shortly. Thank you very much. Chair seeing no other members of the public, Public Comment is closed. The sfcta is adjourned. [gavel] for joining us here today. We all know that our public Transportation System in San Francisco is important to our present and it is definitely critical to the future of our city. As our city grows, as our economy grows, as we build more housing, as more people work here, we know that we cant continue to grow in those areas without thinking about improvements to our public Transportation System. As someone who grew up in this city, i relied on muni, the 31, the 22 philmore, the 44, you name it, i was on those buses. The 19, i know the routes by heart. But the fact is, you know, we need to do better. We need to make sure that people, especially people who rely on muni to get to work, school, doctors appointments, so many of our seniors who cant drive and need to pick up their medications and other things, we need to make sure that our public Transportation System is reliable for all of our communities, in all parts of San Francisco, especially on those communities that have consistently been neglected. It means safer streets for pedestrians and bicyclists and all of its users. We know over the years the city is a lot more congested than it has ever been, but we also know to make it a better city and to reach our climate goals, we have to leave it less congested. We have a lot of work to do and we are doing the work. In june we created a working group with city leaders and staff and Industry Leaders with the goal of making this better. I am looking forward to seeing the recommendations coming out. Over the past few years we have made some significant investments. We committed to doubling the pace of building more protected bike lanes. We established a Quick Build Program to increase the delivery of lowcost units. And we expanded our focus on traffic safety. Thankfully the voters gave us one more tool to improve streets with the passage of proposition v. This will allow us to invest 30 million in light rail vehicles anduses as well as Street Safety improvements. So the work continues and we will continue to do the work that we can to move these objectives forward as quickly as possible. These objectives are the responsibility of the San Francisco municipal transportation agency. The m. T. A. Managing our streets, Public Transportation, other Mobility Options like bike shares and escooters, and a lot of Public Infrastructure projects, like the central subway and van neessb. R. T. This is a system that looks at daytoday operations as well as looking at the future and how we make sure that the challenges that existed now dont continue to exist in the future. This requires a strong vision and strong leadership. So today im proud to announce that the s. F. Board will be recommending the s. F. M. T. A. Board will be recommending Jeffry Tumlin as the next director of s. F. M. T. A. This is jeffry. You can clap. [ laughter ]. Mayor breed jeff is an International Transportation expert who brings over 25 years of experience of improving transportation in cities. He was recently the interim director at the Oakland Department of transportation, where he laid the foundation for the agencys future success with a lens on environmental benefits and equality. I believe jeffry will do the same at s. F. M. T. A. Throughout his career, he has been known for bringing a visionary perspective on transportation in cities and helping to implement innovative ideas that are desperately needed. He will be joining the city as a longtime resident of noey valley and will be the first lgbtq director in s. F. s history. I look forward to working with jeffry to help us deliver a great Transportation System in San Francisco, and i want to thank the board, including the president of the board who is here today, malcolm heinikie and gweneth borden, thank you for your leadership and coordinating the interview process and everything that you did, to make sure that we found the best person possible to do the job to make our Public Transportation and infrastructure and all that we need to do to improve mobility in San Francisco in a safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly way to choosing that person who could do just that. Ladies and gentlemen, Jeffry Tumlin. Good morning. My name is jeff tumlin, and i have been in the Transportation Industry for a long time, for 25 years, advising cities and transit agencies how to clarify their values and then use transportation investments to make those values manifest. I like asking questions about what is most important, what does success look like, and more importantly how would we measure whether we were actually successful or not. Thats where my Technical Work comes into play, trying to use tools to be able to measure social equity and environmental outcomes and to align our transportation spending in order to best achieve the public good. I ended up in this industry against my better judgment. I discovered very early in my career and sort of by accident that we in transport have a bigger impact on Public Health outcomes than the medical industry does. We have a bigger impact on Economic Development, than Economic Development programs do. And more importantly, we are arguably the biggest driver of opportunity. We decide how many jobs people can get to in a reasonable commute time. We determine whether children can get safely to school, which impacts their academic performance. We are fundamental drivers of Economic Opportunity or destroyers of Economic Opportunity. We have resources. If we use those resources wisely, we can correct the ways in which my industry has historically destroyed opportunity and wealth for people of color. Early in my industrys history, if you wanted to build a highway project, you got extra points for removing light. Light of course being defined as africanamerican and latino ownership. The city and county of San Francisco did not escape that dark period in our industry, and we have a key responsibility to correct for the past and to equalize opportunity for everyone. We can also do what some Mobility Tech Companies want us to do, which is to provide more exquisite convenience for the privilege. Im committed to doing the former, and using transportation as a tool to make San Francisco achieve its potential. That includes addressing problems like the fact that 25 people have died in our streets this year and were on track to injure nearly 3,000. We lose in injuries and fatalities about 647 people in San Francisco. I want to change that. You can see from my social Media Presence that ive long been an outspoken proponent of changing core practices in my industry and using the power that we have in transportation to reduce climate change, improve quality of life, foster Small Business success, and advance equity. Ive reached the point in my cle career, however, where its time to stop advising and start doing. Ive worked all over the world, and San Francisco remains the only city that i felt was my home. San francisco has assembled all of the pieces that we need in order to create dramatic and progressive change. Weve got a visionary m. T. A. Board that i cannot wait to work for. We have the most talented agency staff in the industry. We have a tenacious and harddriving mayor who i know will make a great partner. We also have a progressive board of supervisors ready to ask the tough questions. I am ready to serve all of them. I dont have a 30 or 100day plan. My first task is to listen carefully to staff. We do have the most incredible assembly of talent of any city in the country. I trust their professional expertise. It is my job first to listen and then secondly, and more importantly, to remove obstacles so that they can do their good and productive work. I do not know all of the answers yet. Its going to take me a while to learn from staff what the best answers are. I want to close by saying that we have talent, resources and some clarity about what our resources are in San Francisco, but there remains a gap between San Franciscos potential and its current reality. I am deeply excited to do the hard work to close that gap. We have the tools and all of the resources that we need, unlike really any city in the world. I cant wait to get started, particularly with the help of all of you in this room, the press. With that, im happy to take questions. Malcolm, did you have words to say . Absolutely. I know i stand between you and the questions for our new director of transportation. I am the chair of the new m. T. A. Board. If i seem excited, its because i am. We are in the process of hiring a star for San Francisco. We are very excited here today. The first person i want to thank is is the mayor, not just because of her commitment and support, but also i want to thank the mayor for not just her support and partnership in this, but the fact that you challenged us you were the result of a challenge to get a bold leader to take this agency forward. Im grateful for that challenge. That challenge led us to an international search. We searched far and wide. I want to thank the Search Committee for the wonderful job that was done to conduct a Truly International search that led us to someone in our backyard, a san franciscan to run our agency. What has struck us about jeff more than his expertise, dedication, and his experience is his passion. You just heard it. He recognizes how transportation affects peoples lives, making it better when it goes well and worse when it doesnt. With that, we are very excited. I wish jeff the absolute best. I know he wont need luck because hes a true professional and im excited to see him be a star and a partner. In my closing comments, i would like to say this, the last few months have been tumultuous at the agency, but not as much as without a director. The acting director kept the ship steady, was professional, calm, and an absolute pleasure to work with. Thank you for your service. With that, i will turn the podium back to the super staff to answer our questions. Thank you for the questions. What questions do you have . [ indiscernible ]. [ ] growing up in San Francisco has been way safer than growing up other places we we have that bubble, and its still that bubble that its okay to be whatever you want to. You can let your free flag fry he fly here. As an adult with autism, im here to challenge peoples idea of what autism is. My journey is not everyones journey because every autistic child is different, but theres hope. My background has heavy roots in the bay area. I was born in san diego and adopted out to San Francisco when i was about 17 years old. I bounced around a little bit here in high school, but ive always been here in the bay. We are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to emp. We dont turn anyone away. We take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. The most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you dont seem like you have autism. You seem so normal. Yeah. Thats 26 years of really, really, really hard work and i think thises that i still do. I was one of the first open adoptions for an lgbt couple. They split up when i was about four. One of them is partnered, and one of them is not, and then my biological mother, who is also a lesbian. Very queer family. Growing up in the 90s with a queer family was odd, i had the bubble to protect me, and here, i felt safe. I was bullied relatively infrequently. But i never really felt isolated or alone. I have known for virtually my entire life i was not suspended, but kindly asked to not ever bring it up again in first grade, my desire to have a sex change. The school that i went to really had no idea how to handle one. One of my parents is a little bit gender nonconforming, so they know what its about, but my parents wanted my life to be safe. When i have all the neurological issues to manage, that was just one more to add to it. I was a weird kid. I had my core group of, like, very tight, like, three friends. When we look at autism, we characterize it by, like, lack of eye contact, what i do now is when im looking away from the camera, its for my own comfort. Faces are confusing. Its a lack of mirror neurons in your brain working properly to allow you to experience empathy, to realize where somebody is coming from, or to realize that body language means that. At its core, autism is a social disorder, its a neurological disorder that people are born with, and its a big, big spectrum. It wasnt until i was a teenager that i heard autism in relation to myself, and i rejected it. I was very loud, i took up a lot of space, and it was because mostly taking up space let everybody else know where i existed in the world. I didnt like to talk to people really, and then, when i did, i overshared. I was very difficult to be around. But the friends that i have are very close. I click with our atypical kiddos than other people do. In experience, i remember when i was five years old and not wanting people to touch me because it hurt. I remember throwing chairs because i could not regulate my own emotions, and it did not mean that i was a bad kid, it meant that i couldnt cope. I grew up in a family of behavioral psychologists, and i got development cal developmental psychology from all sides. I recognize that my experience is just a very small picture of that, and not everybodys in a position to have a family thats as supportive, but theres also a community thats incredible helpful and wonderful and open and there for you in your moments of need. It was like two or three years of conversations before i was like you know what . Im just going to do this, and i went out and got my prescription for hormones and started transitioning medically, even though i had already been living as a male. I have a twoyearold. The person who im now married to is my husband for about two years, and then started gaining weight and wasnt sure, so i we went and talked with the doctor at my clinic, and he said well, testosterone is basically birth control, so theres no way you can be pregnant. I found out i was pregnant at 6. 5 months. My whole mission is to kind of normalize adults like me. I think ive finally found my calling in early intervention, which is here, kind of what we do. I think the access to irrelevant care for parents is intentionally confusing. When i did the procespective search for autism for my own child, it was confusing. We have a place where children can be children, but its very confusing. I always out