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That will be very small. We have trace amounts elsewhere we will take a look at where we will expect them coming up. Breaking news this morning. Fire crews are on the scene of a two alarm house fire. This is in the area of east st. John street and 17th streets. The fire broke out around 4 30 this morning. This is a picture from the San Jose Fire Department. As of right now there are no injuries reported and fire officials are still working to contain the fire. The cause of the fire remains under...

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 ...

Enhance the system and sfand expand the city system to meet new growth and also set to pursue three new Revenue Services combined to address that significant portion of that gap and as well as to continue to support and seek additional state and federal Funding Sources to support policies that will bring in more transportation dollars into San Francisco. So, after taking a look at the needs, the task force looked it is needs to repair the core system, to enhance and expand it and is recommending...

Whether its a paratransit or not but the fact is m b mobile 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 ill...

It could eliminate the hiring of entrylevel employee because im already paying a wage for someone with experience, so why would i hire someone who doesnt have experience . So as an altruistic as you would like to be, altruism can be stymied by the bottom line and if there is no bottom line, a lot of these things could be in jeopardy. This issue is a very significant one for traditional, small, independentlyowned business as we know them today. Whether these changes are inevitable over time is de...

Basing on mixeduse decisions be addressed in a Citywide Retail standard . My personal opinion it should be left up to the neighborhoods. Commissioner dwight . My personal opinion is that it leads to issues, like its not just in retail. Look at what happens with 8 washington and real estate development. When we start letting small groups of voters within a city that has very low voter turnout, basically hijack the process, and advance their own agendas because they take advantage of an imperfect ...

We believe is required in terms of infrastructure and well be proposed some new Revenue Sources to fund a portion of that gap. So the three recommendations that will be brought forward from the task force is to invest in programs with the greatest impact to first maintain the current Transportation System which we found in great disrepair and enhance the system and sfand expand the city system to meet new growth and also set to pursue three new Revenue Services combined to address that significa...

Agendas because they take advantage of an imperfect system; then we get into trouble. And so this is where balance between letting the neighborhoods have their autonomy, but having the city establish some rules and regulations so that not everybody is at the whim of whatever that particular makeup of the neighborhood happens to be. The other thing is that neighborhoods change. Nobody, who is in the here and now wants to see their neighborhood change, but every neighborhood in San Francisco is no...

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...