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Our policy will continue to be indexing the fares upward on the average of cost of living and inflation. This is important in order to allow fares to continue to increase with our costs and so that we dont artificially hold fares flat and then be forced to have a massive increase every few years. A modest increase every year is more helpful. All of this is in the context of however we shape the next new revenue measure. The next new revenue measure could ask what is the appropriate fare box return rate for s. F. M. T. A. And make changes there. We can continue to look specifically at who uses ...

Right. We have a quorum. Obviously, these are unique times, as we could say. Given the Public Health recommendations issued by the department of Public Health and Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted the attendance of Board Members by telephone, directors rubke and torres will be participating by phone at my request. Caroline and others in the room here to assist with our City Attorney deputy City Attorney, susan cleavelandknowles. We will say, at the end, get through this together. I will ask Board Members to mute their phones. It sounds great right now, but if you want to speak, unmut...

Directors . I am hearing on tow you are comfortable with option two. There are three of us to speak here. That is what i was getting from that group moving in that direction. I am getting on the fare policy you are in the middle. Well maybe the director was on one side and director themingger was on the other. What i heard from the four was there was except acceptance of the premise and which option to use to fill it. One point to clarify with regard to the fare policy and indexes is the board has always had certain goals, equity being one of them, ease of access to the system. Those goals hav...

What was the reaction . He spoke for himself today. Do you have a job lined up . I have nothing to announce today. Does the white house have a copy of the book and are they caught offguard by the secretarys book last year . I dont have one. I look forward to reading it. Press secretary jay carney getting one of his remaining press conferences as president obama came to the Briefing Room at the top announcing the nine is leaving in may to june. His replacement will be Deputy Press Secretary josh earnest. We have seen him handle briefings on a number of occasions. Of course the other big story t...

Now, this really doesnt mean there will be no Law Enforcement or no policing per se. This does follow a growing push to Defund Police departments across the country. Today democrats in congress are expected to release a Sweeping Program aimed at curbing excessive force. In just hours the fired Police Officer who knelt on George Floyds neck will make his first court appearance. A public viewing takes place for floyd today in houston. Joe biden will meet with the floyd family today. And john, this comes as a new cnn National Poll shows biden with a 14point lead over President Trump. Our poll als...