Need 3. 6 trillion in investment and thats in all a number that includes things other than transportation but we need 3. 6 trillion in investment by the time the decade is through in order to raise it to appropriate levels. Now thats an all in number as i said. The thing is our infrastructure deficit is only going to get worse without action. We cannot meet the needs of growing country and a growing economy by simply maintaining our current level of effort. We must do more. Over the next generation this will become even more apparent because the country will demand more of this Transportation System than it ever has. By 2050 the system will need to move up to 100 million new people and 14 billion additional tons of freight almost twice what we currently do. Even if Congress Today funded our Transportation System at recent levels we would still be on the same track towards slower , less safe nation where rushhour becomes a rush all afternoon. So what we need right now is to rally around
It is not realistically within the realm of possibility. This committee follow the murray ryan agreement and mark up at a trillion, 14 billion. That was the deal, and we will stick with the deal. The second issue that was raised is on the subject of entitlement reform. One of the reasons the mandatory programs are growing are because of the success of people who represent agencies at this table. Social security, people live longer. So we have more people than might have been anticipated by the actuaries in 1950 and 1960 when people died from heart attacks and so on instead of the challenges of chronic illness. One of the reasons that medicare is also an issue is because, again, people are living longer, and we need to manage the chronic illness. But there are paths forward to bend the curve, one of which is, again, from research. Much has been said about alzheimers. And, gosh, if we could crack that code, it would have a tremendous impact. So it all kind of goes hand in hand that, one,
Commission as a joint meeting with the Public Utilities commission. My name is chair avalos, john avalos chair of the lafco. I am joined by other lafco members, commissioner olague and commissioner pimentel. This is a joint committee so i will pass on the mic on our chair from the Public Utilities commission. Yes, art torres member of puc and other members. Thank you very much for being here. We make a very legionary and strong quorum on this rainy day. Okay. And of course our general manager is here as well, har an kelly and the staff of the puc. Thank you. I want to thank sfgtv for their work broadcasting this meeting, and madam clerk if you could chair with us your announcements. Please make sure to silence all electronic devices. Speaker cards and any documents should be submitted to the clerk. Okay. Do you want to call the roll . You call the roll on puc. Yes. President torres. Here. Commissioner. Here. Commissioner moran commissioner caen and cortni are both excused from todays m
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Happening. Were currently working with the fbi right now. Commissioner turman. I move that we, the ask the board of supervisors to authorize the police to retroactively accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of 200,000 from the california Emergency Management agency. Second. First we have to have Public Comment. Any Public Comment . Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Please call line item 5. Line item 5, Public Comment on all matters pertaining to item 7 below, closed session, including Public Comment on vote whether to hold item 7 in closed session. Motion with reference to the closed session matters, ladies and gentlemen these are disciplinary matters involving police officers. They are protected by the california constitution and the California Supreme Court decision of kochley may i have a motion . Were back on the record, commissioners. Do i have a motion with reference to line item no. 8, which is to vote whether to disclose any or all items. Move nondisclosure. Second. All