Good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority monthly meeting, im scott weiner the share of the authority, would you call the roll . Commissioner avalos . Present. Breed . Here. Campos . Absent. Coen . Present. Farrell . Ab scent. Kim. Here. Peskin present. Tang, present. Weiner present, commissioner yee . Yee is absent and we have the quorum. Okay, we will go to the chairs report, colleagues i would like to again by reporting that our transportation Charter Amendment revenue measure and proposed sales tax increase have been placed on the ballot as propation jand k. Each one requires a majority vote of the voters to pass during the summer, contra and santa clara also put on to sales tax on the ballot. In addition to barts regional bond measure is on the ballot and all three part counties, San Francisco, alamena and contra costa and the city of oakland, and ac transit are also going to the voters to approve local measures all of these measures are needed
Commissioner avalos . Present. Breed . Here. Campos . Absent. Coen . Present. Farrell . Ab scent. Kim. Here. Peskin present. Tang, present. Weiner present, commissioner yee . Yee is absent and we have the quorum. Okay, we will go to the chairs report, colleagues i would like to again by reporting that our transportation Charter Amendment revenue measure and proposed sales tax increase have been placed on the ballot as propation jand k. Each one requires a majority vote of the voters to pass during the summer, contra and santa clara also put on to sales tax on the ballot. In addition to barts regional bond measure is on the ballot and all three part counties, San Francisco, alamena and contra costa and the city of oakland, and ac transit are also going to the voters to approve local measures all of these measures are needed to be part of the streets and Transit Systems continue to require repair and vinestment and we cannot wait for the state and the federal government to take up the ta
Next big rail lines and we are glad to see them partnering with the agencies on the solution to reduce the crowding on the systems including the various, incentives and this pay lot program, the trip to a less busy time, such as before or after the morning peak rush hour, and about the passengers who do shift the travel times could earn the points with the fun online game, 16,000 sign ups and 29,000 in rewards, to providers were optimistic about this program and i thank you and that concludes my program remarks. Colleagues any comments in is there any Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. We will move to item three, the executive directors reports. Good morning, commissioners. Executive director, chang is on a jury panel for the new bus terminal and so keep you postd on that. You sh you had have the executive directors reports in front of you. And i will highlight a few of the items that were not addressed by the chair already in the chairs remarks. But it seems like
Day at 7 am eastern on cspan. Ey president obama released his 2017 budget request this week. It provides for continue support of afghan nationt Security Forces. Several Defense Department officials gave a status at a House Armed Service subcommittee hearing earlier today. This is an hour and 45 minutes. Welcome. I am delighted to convene this hearing. This is a very important topic and one i know Ranking Member speier finds concern. I know the gentlemen from north carolina, mr. Jones, is attending the hearing with us today and i unanimous consent mr. Jones and any other members not assigned to the committee be allowed to participate with the understanding that all members sitting on the subcommittee will ask questions first. Without objection so ordered. The oversight began last week with the foundational testimony that general campbell laid out testifying about the evolving security situation in afghanistan and the policy, strategy, and posture required from our nation in order to dev
Primary. We will talk calls and look for comments on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is live every day at 7 am eastern on cspan. President obama released his 2017 budget request this week. It provides for continue support of afghan nationt Security Forces. Several Defense Department officials gave a status at a House Armed Service subcommittee hearing earlier today. This is an hour and 45 minutes. Welcome. I am delighted to convene this hearing. This is a very important topic and one i know Ranking Member speier finds concern. I know the gentlemen from north carolina, mr. Jones, is attending the hearing with us today and i unanimous consent mr. Jones and any other members not assigned to the committee be allowed to participate with the understanding that all members sitting on the subcommittee will ask questions first. Without objection so ordered. The oversight began last week with the foundational testimony that general campbell laid out testifying about the evolving securit