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Predicating the resolution of those issues solely or primarily on whether or not to put this thats the right way to frame this. The last thing that i would say is, as you correctly noted, the board of supervisors has acted before on this. I dont know that there has been any new information or evidence thats been presented here about the pros and cons of this system. The fact is that the folks who have raised concerns about the free muni for youth for low income youth pilot have consistently been against that. And i respect that. But there is nothing new that theyre saying in terms, respectjjp ...

Thats the right way to frame this. The last thing that i would say is, as you correctly noted, the board of supervisors has acted before on this. I dont know that there has been any new information or evidence thats been presented here about the pros and cons of this system. The fact is that the folks who have raised concerns about the free muni for youth for low income youth pilot have consistently been against that. And i respect that. But there is nothing new that theyre saying in terms, respectjjp 9 terms of their opposition. So the amendments that are before you reflect the fact that thi...

In the approval for the use for this very type of pilot, that in fact it was found the funding at the request of someone in fact commissioner tiny of marin, so that this kind of a pilot that were talking about could be funded with this money. So the idea that was put out there, that somehow this is not what this funding was intended for, respectfully is not happened at the mtc. But the main point that i want to make is this. You know, i dont know that anyone herei0÷s un questions the importance of investing in the maintenance of muni, and improving the reliability of the system, and making su...

This is one of the allowed uses. But as supervisor elsbernd stawtd stated so is maintenance procurement or rehabs and this is a choice, not a false choice. We heard that yesterday. We heard it today. That is absolutely rhetoric. 82 and well i dont like it, but the fact is that transit funding is a limited thing. Its not this growing asset. You dont just use the money for something, and then it magically appears from somewhere else. It is a for i dont like it but its a zero sum game in terms of how we use very scarce transit dollars. This is anything but a false choice. I will also say that i r...

To choose one or the other, to me, is not accurate. It is not a choice that has to be made. It is not how San Francisco should operate its Public Transit system. We can have an accessible system that is reliable. The two are not at adds odds with one another. So, colleagues, i have circulated through the clerk a set of amendments that provides language that reflects the position that indeed you can maintain the system, and still provide accessibility to low income families, and kids in the city. And so i hereby make a motion to amend the resolution presented by supervisor wiener along the line...