Civility toward cities and the challenge that cities face. I future looks promising and i look forward to 2021. Regarding phase 2, i was joined by the chair, c. F. O. To provide an update to the california project of transportation, tony tavares and numerous staff from the cal tran team and the statewide division of rail and mass transit. We provided an overview on project history, outlined work completed since the projects reactivation in june, provided forecast of upcoming information and the funding plan. Further, to our advancing phase 2, on october 15, we provided a project update to the bay area delegation which included senator and board chair jerry hill, san mateo counties. Along with the senate and Assembly Transportation Committee Staff and offices. 20 legislative offices participated. We provided information about the project history, current status and activities as well as future plans to advance the project. The presentation was well received and we plan to continue our c
Role. Thank you, deborah. Members of the public may observe this teleconferencing meeting at sfgovtv and they may offer Public Comment by calling the phone number. Id like to welcome the members of the public and the staff for watching us live on sfgovtv. I also want to wish please call the roll. Before i begin, i will note for the record that due to a scheduling conflict, director tavares is not expected to join us. Directors, please respond. E. Forbes here. Supervisor haney here. M. Hursh here. B. Lipkin present. J. Tumlin here. Vice chair gee here. Chair sesay present. We have quorum. The next item is item 3, communications. Wed like to provide further instructions for the Public Comment process. To provide Public Comment, callers should dial into the number, 18552826330, and enter access code 126 698 0794. Then pound and pound again. And then listen to the meeting as they wait for Public Comment to be announced. Members of the public have up to three minutes to provide comment on e
President. Its not the first time he has met with silicon valley. While he does not enjoy the same relationship with high tech as his president did he sesor, he clearly understands whats to come from technology. Keith line back is from live ops. Hes made the trip to the white house and has advice for high tech viewers joined by mark nu of Global Television and tell me how does this work . Do you get invited to the white house or do you convince them to bring you . From what i understand, lots of people are trying to get there. What i found is i had a voicemail one day from the white house and i thought it was a hoax. Of course. Who gets a phone call from the white house but i called henry back, a special assistant to the president. Sure enough, very real opportunity. What he was curious about is how is it we put americans back to work. And you are putting americans to work all over america, particularly in some red states. I want to get to that but im fascinated by the white house part
Using sound device and are prohibited at the meeting. Any person responsible for when going up may be asked to leave the room. These, no phone set on vibrate because my phone interference to the board respectively request they be turned off. Item for approval of minutes of the january 17 regular meeting and the february 7 special meeting so moved. Second. Any public on and on the Meeting Minutes . Seeing none, all those in favor say, aye. [chorus of ayes. ] opposed, say nay. Hearing none, that passes item 5 to medications ive known for you today item 6 introduction of new or Unfinished Business by Board Members director nolan by the great concern the failure of the administration to include the money for the electrification of caltrans into our members are representing us on it. Director ramos on the caltrain body and director reiskin on the board. Later a much other report back on what the next ups possibilities Going Forward could do members agree to that . Its really unfortunate tha
Hard work on coming to consensus about what this private right of action should look like. So i just want to say a couple of programs because i dont know if it is unpress dented dented but it is rare. And i want to talk about why we decided to go this route. We are basically strengthening what was already a very strong ordinance. And by taking this step, of creating a private right of action for individuals or nonprofits, serving immigrant populations to hold the city accountable, if the city or snee act tore in the city violates these protections that we are creating, it is an extraordinary act, and we are doing this because of the fact that Muslim Community in San Francisco and across the country, and the immigrant community in general in the u. S. Is facing dangerous discrimination by our federal government as we speak. And with this ordinance and the amendments we are sending a strong and clear message to the Trump Administration that San Francisco is dead serious about doing what