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Work. Thank you thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. calling names . Mr. Lawrence. Nothing like getting two minutes on something that needs more time. Ive spoken before this committee im a medallion taxi holder. I drive a taxi i know exactly whats going on for ramp taxis. All the rules are based on fines not anatomy rational you pick up. We pick up any wheelchair whether its a paratransit or not but the fact is m b mobile and San Francisco pickup about 85 percent of the wheelchairs they g...

And San Francisco pickup about 85 percent of the wheelchairs they get 58 a piece of for them. Two we cant find drivers that refuse to drive the ramp taxis because they cant pay the tax. And sometimes the ramp taxi no longer goes out because theyre not certified because they cant make any money our repair bills are high. And its a number one commercial vehicle used for commercial purposes. 3 engines in 3 and a half years and rear act ills. This is a vehicle that can pickup any heavier duty load y...

Treatment. And the Pedestrian Safety task force formerly the Pedestrian Safety task force is the zero task force the goal by 20024 no more traffic dedicates in San Francisco. There is a collaborative effort so other departments working with the department of Public Health and they will have the task force perpetrate to the full commission my invite other agencies in the collaborative efforts commissioners any other questions. Yes. Im particularly pleased are the transgender reports. I wanted to ...

Before you ever to have ask a question directly to the person and it narrows down the time you have to weve through people get the personal care that you have to do. I really appreciate this. Thank you. We are very excited about this. Its something that is very much within our wheel house and something we have very strong competency in. All of our providers know what they are doing and they are expensed and have passed or graduated from a Training Program and you nailed it on the head, being abl...

And the reason shes in San Francisco is when she was serving in the gulf war, what she said, we have a Family History of service, both military and community service. And having a sister in the war was just such a difficult thing. But she actually had to leave to go to war a week after we lost our mother. And my sister taught me something. She said, [speaker not understood] to serve, i have to g. All of us tried to get her not to leave. And she did. So, one of the things i bribed her with when s...

Prior years weve now worked with pay roll to correct w 2s back to 10, 11, 2012 and 2013. I think with the Wellness Team we have a health coach every wednesday now taking appointments for people in the civic center area. The shape up walking challenge is going strong and i think eap has been very busy and enjoying the new location. It gives them a little more room to do counseling sessions. I think thats it for my highlights. Did you want to add anything . We want to encourage our commissioners a...

Enforcement part we fund and look at it with the data that the Public Health department has come up with. My hope is looking at mayor debasis work in new york we can look at anothers cities as well thank you, commissioners at this point, im going to open this up for Public Comment. Anyone want to speak seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Move on to item 3 vision zero overview this is an informational item. We have megan from the San Francisco Public Health department to give an overview which...

Okay, good morning. Thank you all for coming out today. Were very happy to be here. My name is ed rifkin, im the other ed, director of transportation. And as the transportation director, i oversee the sfmta which is the agency that is charged with implementing the citys transit first policy. And what our goal, what the citys goal and the transit first policy is is to make sure that everybody can get around San Francisco, that everyone can get to where they need to go. It is an important part of ...

Good afternoon. Im tori campbell. Emotional testimony is being heard in a south bay courtroom with people begging a judge not to release a convicted serial rapist in their community. These people traveled from Southern California to be at the hearing held in san jose. Thats where ktvus janine de la vega joins us live to tell us what happened and why its being handled here. Good afternoon, janine. Reporter good afternoon, tori. The case is being held here because a convicted felon last rapedwomen...

Understood] that happened every year since world war ii. And last year we had over a hundred pilgrims, mostly from the east coast and im hoping to actually bring some californians, specifically san franciscans to that [speaker not understood]. And pbs is going to be showing that sometime this year. I cant announce the date. Thats not been made public yet, but it was filmed last year so it will be showing this year. My passion this past year has been incarcerated veterans. [speaker not understood...