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I filled out a card, mr. Chair. Gilbert krizwell. New district 8, where did the surplus go . I remember the last time that mr. Riskin was here, they had a surplus. The mayor and mta have turned their backs on People Living with disabilities and people with h. I. V. Making us wait until after the november election, why wait, do it now. Reject the mta budget, freeze them out until seniors and people with disabilities ride muni for free. Until the mta and the mayor care about seniors and people wit...

Increase, called increase, how much does that bring in this terms of revenue overall . The fare revenues overall is 200 million, 2025 of the budget. In terms of what that quarter, what percentage of those fares come through the cash fare. So the incremental 25 cents in the fare can bring in more cash than years ago. Okay, what was the cost of the metering . The gross cost was 11 million. So we eliminated sunday metering but raised fares on riders . There are a lot of things that are happening in...

For our transportation system. I want to applaud you and i know that you are balancing and juggling quite a bit. And i wish you luck in the labor negotiations and i know how that impacts the overall budget as well. And in your slides you said there is 24 different bargain g ing bargaining units and my hope is that the employees receive something positive. And i hope that in the zero vision and walk and hope that funding for the other bus rapid systems throughout the city is a key part for the fu...

Wants to be back. And mta, we will be in touch. Whether there are continued questions before we pass it out. But we will continue, and that is part of the items for next week as well, but we will be in touch about that. Can i have a motion to continue items 1, 2, 3. Moved. Motion and second. Madam clerk, call item 4. Item 4, resolution concurring with the controllers certification that Services Previously approved can be performed by private contractor for a lower cost than similar work performe...

Muni for free. Until the mta and the mayor care about seniors and people with disabilities. And People Living with aids and h. I. V. Give us some relief now. This crisis of affordability, this crisis of housing, this crisis of transportation has an effect on everyday citizens. This age crisis, lets talk about the give aways already given away, the google buses, gentech buses, sunday freebies, a Revenue Program for the mta that could pay for the program for seniors and those with disabilities. Yo...

People of san francisco, i think my board wanted to pay heed to that call. Very much mix of opinion on sunday parking. We heard more people say they didnt like it than they did. There seems like there is a mix of opinion also in the mayors administration where there is far sighted responsible advisors saying different things. Even trying to get money for muni capital, and we talked about the vlf. And i cant get a full understanding what the interest of the Mayors Office is around the vlf. So we ...

Significantly investment to continue the bike strategy. And we mentioned of the task force that the mayor got people through the city for the 10 billion need in the next 10 years. What the task force recommended was 3 billion in local revenues. Starting in november, the general obligation bond. They thank you for endorsing as it was introduced this week. And as well as the restoration of the vehicle license fee back to 2 . Which together would generate 1. 5 billion over the next 15 years. Can yo...

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In this nation of ours we always believed and we believe in the American Dream that if you work hard and play by the rules you out to be able to do well that we live in an america where few work hard and play by the rules you will have mounting debt and stagnating wages. This is not the land of opportunity. This is growing to be the land of economic stagnation and being stuck and we believe in our country and we love our country in the thing we love about it is you can come here and make somethi...