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And perhaps call on some of you to go to washington and discuss the opportunities, and with the legislators next spring, and regionally, with the reissue of wean and her campos, and to the adoption last year as was mentioned by the chair and commissioner weiner there has been a strong proposal at the mtc to commit of a significant portion of cap and trade expected revenues to the large three largest transit operators and muni bart and transit and we are grateful for the leadership and for the, y...

Transportation for a more or a safer reliable and more affordable system for all. My report is on your desk and it does highlight several exciting opportunities to discuss transportation revenue and investments and at the federal, state and local levels. I want to start with the federal conversation. It is coming due for reauthorization in october of next year, conversations are already happening there is one talking about the gas tax at the federal level and trying to address the revenue questi...

Walk you through the project itself good morning, steve werheim project manager for the central soma plan. If i could have the slides, please. This is great for planning and mta to work so closely together, really valuable for all of us. I keep this quick, but of course its difficult to distill three years of work into a few minutes so please ask questions when we are done. So why are we even doing the central soma plan . There are many reasons. The first and foremost the bay area is continuing ...

Efficiently and we are in negotiations, we signed tennessee today, we have missouri, virginia, maryland, a number of other states that are in discussions with us about entering these agreements. I yield to mr defazio. On a point made earlier about the governor of california having to use scant state funds to reopen yosemite made by california members, there is no guarantee that any of this money will be paid back, none, zero. I would say and republican rules paying back and individual states wou...

Billion in crops. Billionl protect 165 in livestock, poultry, and specialty crops as a result of this budget. Ag will continue to support 140 billion in agricultural exports which helps to support one million jobs at home. The food and nutrition Assistance Programs will benefit nearly 47 million americans under the snap program. 8. 7 women, infant and children under the wic program. Thellion children under summer feeding programs. The food safety budget will provide assistance in detecting our f...

Assist and help in preserving our agricultural production, and expand new uses and opportunities for agricultural products. And we will also focus on an effort to do a better job of addressing the challenges that the poultry industry in particular face with disease. We have antiquated facilities, which is, frankly, true of our entire Agricultural Research service. We need a new and creative way to address the challenges of our infrastructure, and one way we can do that is by taking a look at our...

Thoughts on that. Because in some south, east agriculture has a broad portfolio and many farms have multiple crops. And farming throughout the country, most farm families have a lot of farm income. And the second part of my question is, when do you expect to issue proposed regulations on the actively engaged interpretation . Particularly given the equal important competing issues that youll have to tackle, including implementation of the disaster programs and the arc programs, which by the end o...

Consulate at the corner of laguna near st. Marys cathedral with the very latest into the investigation. Reporter you can see the heavy damage at the front door. They say at this point it looks to be an isolated incident. A visiting College Student from china took pictures and told us he will postit on facebook to let his friends back home know about what happened. Youre angry . I think everybody in china will be angry. Reporter a surveillance camera across the street caught the fire as it starte...

Accident. But legal expert steven clark says a court could still hold uber responsible. Ubers entire Business Model is set up to try to avoid liability in situations just like this. So what theyre going to do here is the court is going to have to decide whether this Business Model shields uber cab from liability, but just calling your drivers independent contractors isnt going to be enough. Reporter meantime, the executive director of walk sf sa the bigger responsibility lies instead with city l...

The coast. San rafael and richmond and santa rosa are starting off clear with high clouds in the afternoon. Here is sue here for leyla gulen. Good morning, everyone, back to the peninsula with slow traffic northbound in the san carlos area because of a couple of cars that got into it beyond woodside road with the slow traffic now from the dumbarton and 84 moving northbound on 101 blocking the right lane so try to stay left. Elsewhere we will look at walnut creek southbound 680 beyond north main ...