Clerk. Can you please call item number one . Yes. Item number one, hearing budget process and updates for fiscal years 20202021 and 20212022, hearing to review the budget process and related updates and requesting the Controllers Office, Mayors Office of Public Policy and finance and budget and legislative analysis to report. Public comment should call the number and then press 1 and 0 to line up to speak. Thank you very much. And today we have ashley from the Mayors Office. Kelly kirkpatrick is also available to answer any questions. Also, mr. Ben rosenfield, our controller, can join us for a short period of time. As reminder, the focus of todays meeting is to hear the mayors budget instructions and process for departmental budgets and then mr. Rosenfeld will share Historical Context of past recessions in our next meeting. Ms. Grockenberger. Thank you, chair fewer. Good afternoon, supervisors. Im the deputy budget director in the mayors budget office. Today im going to walk you through the revised budget instructions for the upcoming fiscal year 2021 and 2022 budget. With that, kelly if you could share the slides. I hit shared. Its just a little slow. Yep. Thats ok. We see it. There we go. Its just in presentation mode. Ok. Great. So, as you recall, the mayor initially offered these instructions to departments back in december and at the time we were projecting a 420 million shortfall. With the change financial land secretary of defense due to covid has led to not only a delay in our budget process, but revised set of instructions to help balance the budget. Last week, kelly and ben walked you through the details underlieing the revised instructions, but this is a quick reminder. Were facing a 1. 75 billion shortfall in the current year and upcoming budget years. That is made up of a shortfall of 250 million in the current year. And a 1. 5 billion shortfall in the budget years. With deficits exceeding 1 billion projected in the out year. Next slide, please. Meanwhile, were tracking a number of risks and uncertainties that could have a Significant Impact on these projections. These include the duration emergency, a slower later economic recovery than the one we are projecting. Unknown levels of city spending related to covid in the coming years and, of course, risks around state and federal revenue. Next slide. And so now im get into the specifics of the budget instructions that the mayor issued. Next slide, please. Next sly. Ive advanced it, but apparently there is a lag. [laughter] maybe ill stop sharing and try again. Give me one second. I have reshared. Its not coming up. Yes. Were not seeing it. Ok. I have sent the presentation to the clerk has it. I can try again to get a p. D. F. And see if that works. Or if there is any other i. T. Suggestions, please let me know. I do have a copiful y copy. Would you like me to try sharing it . That would be great. Let me unshare. Ok. I stofped sharing. There we go. Oh, great. Ok. I believe were on slide number five. Oh, wonderful. Thank you so much. Ok. So, the given the significant shortfall that were projecting, the upcoming budget is going to require a mix of tough decisions and reevaluating the city does business. And we are asking departments to make significant reductions to help close our significant shortfalls. And, quite frankly, we need to reevaluate the way we do business in a covid landscape while not losing sight of needing to preserve vulnerable and underserved residents in communitis that are facing steeper obstacles in light of this Health Crisis. Next slide, please. Thank you. So, unlike in prior recessions, these shortfalls are coming late in our budget process and were asking departments to provide concrete and Actionable Solutions to help close the shortfall. So, all general departments must propose 10 reductions in adjusted general Fund Supports in 2021, that grows to 15 in fiscal year 2022. And given all the uncertaintis that were tracking in our revenue picture, we are asking that departments provide us with an additional 5 contingency in fiscal year 21, the first year of the budget should the fiscal picture worsen. Every department will need to make reductions and it is not a matter of if, its a matter of where. Of course your Nongeneral Fund departments will balance costs within their own revenue projections. Next slide, please. Slide seven, please. Thank you. We recognize that 10 to 15 reductions will come with incredibly difficult tradeoffs and weve advised departments that those reduction plans can include contract savings, reductions in personnel costs, either through the elimination of vacant positions, continued salary savings due to hiring freeze or project suspensions. We have also asked departments to consider streamlining operations and consolidation of units and service, given revised business operations. Of course maximizing any outside revenue sources. Next slide, please. So its extremely tight time turn around and we asked all departments to submit their revised budgetses to us by june 12. It is going to require departments to do a quick analysis in order for us to meet our august 1 budget as the middle deadline. Next slide. Thank you. As the city moves toward reopening, we know that we will need to do business differently and revised budgets from departments should reflect that and so for planning purposes, weve asked departments to identify Core Services and those Critical Services that they performed for the public. But that cant be everything. And we need departments to really work hard to prioritize and think about how their work and services are going to shift, given Public Health guidelines or reduced budget resources. While also maintaining equity in their services when planning for those changes. And were asking since this is all going to require, frankly, a citywide approach and that will be coming over the coming weeks, were asking departments to not communicate or get ahead of changes that are happening and that will come as a result of citywide guidance. And to wait until that guidance is issued. But to be thinking about those things in the meantime. Next slide, please. In terms of managing and making decisions around reopening, were asking departments to think about the shipping workforce landscape, which could mean that City Employees who can work from home should remain working from home and also that essential Public Services that must be delivered in person, how those are going to change, given the new Health Guidelines that will be issued and what services do they provide could be moved online and what equity considerations are there in doing so. Next slide, please. Some additional guidelines we issued to departments. Our hiring freeze will continue through this fiscal year and the next fiscal year, except for direct Covid Response and other essential workforce. In march, we paused cashfortunated Capital Projects and new programs that had not started and we will be releasing our current year balancing plan in the next week to solve for that 250 million shortfall that i spoke of earlier. But for the remainder of the fiscal year, were asking that only those cash funded general funds supported Capital Projects that are necessary to address legal or life safety issues or other essential needs continue and that that work is done in consultation with Capital Planning and the public works department. And then given our delayed budget process, we recognize that there is there will be some continuity issues in considerations for new r. F. P. S and contracts and the Controllers Office is working to provide central guidance in the next week about the procedures for contracts and r. F. P. S that cross fiscal years and we asked departments until the current rebalancing plan has been issued and communicated with all stakeholders. Quite frankly, even if we dont pull back funding in the current year, we still have a long way to go to sthaol . 5 billion shortfall and we need to know what options we have available to do so. Next slide. In order to continue operations from july until the budget is signed in october, we will be introducing an interim budget to the board on june 1. This will largely be a status quo budget to allow baseline appropriations and operations to continue until the final budget is adopted. It will include the wage delay that was triggered as par of the march joint report, but largely the big policy choices that we need to make to close the shortfall will be will be discussed in august. No new funding commitments will be made with an expectation of the july 1 start. Were saving those conversations for the august 1 budget process. Next slide, please. Despite the tight turnaround, we understand that public input and process is very important and it is our expectation that departments with commissions and advisory bodies will provide updates about their reduction plans to those bodies before they submit to our office. Well also be engaging with our labor partners and c. V. O. Partners in the coming week to share this information with them as well. Another big takeaway from this presentation is that the upcoming budget is going require tough and painful choices while also requiring us to reevaluate the way we do business as a city. Were asking departments to make significant reduction proposals to deal with these significant shortfalls, all while keeping equity at top of mind as we move through the budget process. Ok. Some key dates that you are likely all familiar with kind of goes back in time a little bit. But last week, we released what we called our megareport, talking about projections for the upcoming years and the current year as well as covid spending. Theres impacts on us that were still sorting through. As i mentioned, we will be releasing the interim budget on june 1 and then our mayors proposed budget on august 1. With that, im happy to take any questions that you have. Colleagues, any comments or questions . Yes. Yes, supervisor yee . Thank you, kelly, for the presentation. I guess the question i have is, yes, we really have to look at a possible reduction in services, tighten up the belt and everything else. And second, youre having a hiring freeze, means that similar sources will be [inaudible] other than others. At the same time, how do we have this discussion knowing that prior to the pandemic, i was there was a lo of support from the board of supervisors and the mayor herself to be dealing with or to improve our system in regards to Mental Health services. How do we balance that, knowing that no one hand cut or dont expand or start any programs knowing what we know. But this is such a big need. That is a great question, president yee. I think particularly with Mental Health. Its not so much about kitsing about cutting but changing the way services will be provided. They wont be provided in a traditional setting. They might be provided to those in hotels. And these are services that they already have in place to make sure that theyre getting to the people who need them and just new and creative ways given our covid landscape. This could constraints harter and i want to remind supervisors that any additional costs related to covid spending are not included in the shortfall. Anything thats not fema or state or reimbursable next year will add a layer of costs as well to this difficult conversation. Ok, well, hopefully we move forward with more solid thinking around this. Thank you, president yee. Supervisor walton . Thank you, chair fewer. Im trying to figure out the best way to say this. I know that its talked about controlling guidance will be forthcoming, looking at couple of months of the gap with continuing operations through. I guess my question is we should be under the impression that those additional months of july, august and september will probably Fund Services at some kind of reduced rate. Did i make sense . Yeah. I totally i was i was trying to figure out who wanted to take this one. Our intention is to maintain services at the current level. But not add new. In prior year budgets, you know, we had done a twoyear budget last year. And anticipated in that potentially was additional funding above baseline funding. So, our goal is to maintain services and that will all be subject to kind of our rebalancing plan that well be introducing but thats the goal to make the tough tradeoffs about potential Service Reductions in the upcoming fiscal year. Some controls that will be in place to help tide us through the three months is that there wont be any new Capital Spending that will be on reserve, equipment spending and, of course, we triggered the wage delays and so that will also, as well as reduce hiring, will help keep down spending until we can make those tougher tradeoffs that will likely have service or other staffing implications in august. Thank you. Thank you, supervisor walton. Supervisor mandelman. Thank you, chair fewer. I want to echo president yees expression of [inaudible] in this upcoming budge budget and i talked about the [inaudible] with the mayor and the mayors staff as well. I am keenly aware that the last time we went through this exercise, i was not in city government. I was just a protester outside s. F. General as the city was eliminating beds, hospital beds from general on the with the argument that we could do it a different way. We would create beds or we would acquire beds in less expensive ways and have [inaudible] than operating the bubble beds. I dont know if what has happened on our streets in the last 10 years is related to those choices. But you could create a narrative that, you know, the elimination of the psych beds in 20082009 was related to how far things deteriorated there after and that we never really made good on the acquisition of alternative locked and not locked beds for people who needed them. And got us to where we were. And i think, you know, a lot of the work that was done the good work that has been done over the last year, year and a half by the mayors director of Mental Health reform and the folks who worked at Mental Health s. F. And the task force all identified the desperate need for more places for people. So, t not a matter of just delivering services in a different way, but there are, you know a lot of folks out on the street who did not have a place to be, who have enormous Behavior Health needs. As i was saying is yesterday in the Board Meeting, covid has certainly made this worse. There are more people in psychosis and certainly intoxicated from the substances theyre using out on the street now than, you know, we had seen. And it was horrible before and now it is awful. And so, you know, i think there may actually be an argument that there is some Covid Response, that in the time of covid, we needed to completely rethink how we provide Psychiatric Emergency Services to people because providing them to only 18 people at a time at s. F. General is not acceptable and is not going to work for the next year or two. So i dont know if that means more spending for v. P. H. In behavioral health, but we cant just retrench, like there i really want to encourage the Mayors Office and the departments of Public Health to figure out ways to either through all of this cutting unlock some Additional Resources for placements or think about how to do placements differently. But ideally not in the same way that we thought about has new placements differently in 2008 and 2009 because im not sure how well that worked or if we go down a similar path, we need to understand how it will be different. I think those are my points that i really think this is critical and key and something that i care a lot about in this budget process. Supervisor mandelman, has there been an analysis done about the closing or removal of those beds and have you seen any reports or any data around that . I havent. But it would be a very interesting thing for us to do. If it has not been done. Ok. Thank you. Supervisor ronen. Yes. Thank you so much. I wanted to appreciate this discussion and so that you all know that im working, you know, Mental Health s. F. Is our road map to how were going to fix our broken Mental Health system in San Francisco so im looking at whether or not we do sort of an interim version of it, given that budget realities both budget realities and care different realities. Like they do a first phase of it and second phase of it as we come out of this recession. So thats something that im just starting to look at. But it would be great if we could collectively work on that together and use that as a guide for these budget discussions. I think we can think about the policy in relation to the budget deficit. But not let the budget deficit totally control the policy right. We can have an informant. We create a Mental Health s. F. , imagining we were going to bring 100 million more of regular revenue into the discussions so not only are we expecting not to have that 100, 100 million of additional revenue and going only to Mental Health s. F. , but that we even have a bigger deficit than that. So, we need to reenvision this. So, perhaps we can go about doing that. But just a question for you, kelly, about how have we ever required our Department Heads to start from scratch . Like they often just, you know, say im going to take away this. Its easiest to take away this position and this position and this position because theyre because i dont like this person or whatever they do. I guess if i cut my materials in half, ill figure out a way to make it happen or use any own money to buy materials or whatever they do. But just sort of because were in such a grave budget situation, certainly the worst that this group has ever seen. Im wondering if now is a good time to say start over. What do you do . What do you need for it to function . If there is if theres been any instructions in that regard . That is a great question. That is what us budget wonks call zerobased budgeting and and, you know, i think interesting despite all of the difficulties that the Health Crisis present us, what part of our budget instructions are getting at was reevaluating not om the way your department does business, but what are those core functions. I dont imagine if theyll start from kind of brandnew building blocks, but i think those are all really critical questions that departments need to be asking of their own options. So we given departments four weeks to reset and i think many of them have already started. They know that the fiscal picture is bad. There is lots of planning under way and this is an interim process as we go through the next year, how will and we posed them in the covid context to that department. Just expanding on one of those points from my perspective. I think one of the really real challenge this is year, as ms. Kirkpatrick has said, is simply going to be the timeframe over which these choices will be made. Departments will now have four weeks to prepare the hardest budget cuts that they have prepared for in the last decade. The mayor will then have four weeks to make choices. It typically takes us about seven months. I think that kind of completely understand and i do think a lot of departments will start with, as you suggested, what are my essential functions and what arent more fundamental questions. But simply the pace at which this all needs to move will be a limiting factor for all of us in kind of more nuanced analysis, frankly. Yeah. That makes sense. Has the mayor considered eliminating any departments and combining them . I dont know of any specific kind of proposals. However, i do know that efficiencies in the option and thats something we would be looking to, even if its just space to, right. What are the real estate need changes so theres Operational Efficiency consolidation, but i also think that there is space consolidation and kind of turning to some of those ideas as well. Well definitely be on the table. Are the mayors so for like, for example, the board of supervisors. Are the instructions that we work from home for the next fiscal year. Im thinking of the departments that can actually work from home pretty effectively. Weve andly angela might kill me for saying this, but i know were doing pretty good from home. And the city attorneys. Those kind of departments. Is it we can empty fox plaza for a year and save all that money or i guess im a little confused by this. Those instructions. Yeah. At this point in time, were asking departments to do the evaluation. Which of your staff who are successfully working remotely can continue to work remotely and what would that mean . There is going to be City Administrators Office is working on as well as c. H. R. , with more specific guidance that will be coming out in the next week or two about duration, and aligned with Public Health guidance and how should people plan to work remotely and in the next week or two, we might have some departments and agencies. I forgot my question. If i remember it, ill come back. Thank you. Ill ask a question first and supervisor ronen, if it comes to you, then feel free to join in. I wanted to clarify. So, for next year, the 2021 is 10 reduction. 5 contingency, is that right . And it is going on in the prior year reduction . It is a total of 15 ongoing, not total. 10 growing to 15 total. So an additional 5. That additional 5 might have to be moved forward if the fiscal picture worsens. Got it. And this is a question very similar to supervisor ronen is that there arent any city departments considering moving their staffing model to working from home on a more permanent basis. The reason i ask is also in this committee, we have actually authorized many leases and also but these leases were for places like moving out of hall of justice, for example. Or outgrowing the city facility as the government has grown. And now were seeing how those configurations need to be reconfigured and that these leases that were kind of tied into are also will not actually served for our purposes. I asked the citys Attorneys Office to make those choices can operationally and budgetarily over the coming weeks to help inform the budget. Ive thought of all the same questions and i think theyre really important in this, especially upcoming year. I think also that contract negotiations to look back at, for example, when we, at budget, when we asked the director to go back and renegotiate a lease, he was able to negotiate it at 15 discount, saving the city 2. 5 million over the term of the lease. So, these time of things, i think, are knowing that theyre going through recession and that other businesses and services are going into recession and were looking at renegotiating our contracts with these private entities, actually. And weve spent a lot of money on leases, too. I think this will help. And then i have to ask you. I know that the fiveyear r. F. T. Is on hold. Is the Mayors Office considering pulling back on some of that funding . Are there open cycles that are being looked at that will Impact Services . We are looking at open r. F. P. S that have not been issued yet to understand if there is commitment to additional funding for the upcoming fiscal year and wanting to evaluate the additional growth of the contracts. Were working with [inaudible] to make decisions in the next week or so on their baseline allocations and why we had been speaking to them was, is there additional growth expected . I dont know if we can be committing to growing our funding in the upcoming year. We want to do our best to ensure continuity of existing services, however. So, that is the conversation weve been having, working with the Controllers Office right now to understand which grantbased r. F. P. S that were slated to add funding for 202122 are in the pipeline and wondering you know, the controllers guidance that were working with our granting departments on is to understand perhaps do you need some continuity of your existing grant allocations to ensure continuing services can be maintained through the august budget process. But lets pause on the reup you know, increasing or perhaps reallocating the whole r. F. P. Process when the total budget for next year is up in the air. But wanting to maintain Core Services Baseline Services to the extent possible. Ok. Its not coming to me. But this has been really helpful. Thank you. [laughter] i see no one else in the queue. Madame clerk, can you please call for Public Comment on item number 1 . Yes, madame chair. Operation is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. Please let us know if there are callers already. If you have not already done so, press 1 and then 0 to be added to the queue. For those on hold, continue to wait until youre prompted to begin at the beep. Madame caller, madame chair, there are no callers wishing to speed speak. There is no meeting next week. Happy holidays to everyone. June 3 will focus on the mayors rebalancing plan for the current fiscal year and the controller will be providing a look at prior sessions and [inaudible] on noft profit sustainability. June 10 will be when this Committee Hears the interim project which will keep the lights on in the city for the month of july, august and september. Colleagues, anymore comments or questions . Seeing none, id like to make a motion to continue this item to the [inaudible]. Also Kelly Kirkpatrick and the controller for being with us today and madame clerk, i make a motion to move this item to the [inaudible]. Could i have a second, please . Second, ronen. Could i have a roll call vote, please . Yes. On the motion . [roll call] there are five ayes. Thank you very much. Madame clerk, anymore business before us today . Theres no further business. Thank you very much, everyone. We are adjourned. [gavel] chair peskin good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting for today, may 19th, 2020. Our clerk is ms. Angela tsao. If you could please call the roll. Clerk commissioner fewer . Commissioner fewer present. Clerk commissioner haney . Commissioner haney present. Clerk commissioner mandelman . Commissioner mandelman present. Clerk commissioner mar . Commissioner mar present. Clerk commissioner peskin . Commissioner peskin present. Hold on. Clerk commissioner preston . Commissioner preston present. Clerk commissioner ronen . Commissioner ronen present. Clerk commissioner safai . Safai absents. Commissioner walton . Walton absent. Commissioner yee . Commissioner yee present. Clerk we have quorum. Chair peskin thank you, madam clerk. Do you have any announcements . Clerk yes, i do. Thank you. Public comment will be available for each item on the agenda via telephone by calling 888 2045987, enter access code 2858465. As seen on the screen. Then follow the system prompts. Once you join, youll be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. When you wish to speak on an item, dial 1, 0 to be added to the queue to speak. Each caller will be allowed two minutes to speak. When two miles per hours are up, well move on to the next call caller. Best practices are to speak slowly, clearly, and turn down the volume on your television. Please allow for audio visual delays and a 30second lag time during the course of the meeting. Announcer your conference is now in questionandanswer mode. To summon a question, please one then zero. Chair peskin thank you, madam clerk. I will move on to the chairs report. Colleagues, im quite pleased to recognize some incredible work by caltrans, which earlier this month completed the u. S. 101 alemany deck replacement project smoothly, safely and remarkably quickly, ahead of its already expedited tenday schedule. We were briefed on this last year. And this was a critical safety project to rebuild about 800 feet of the elevated freeway deck over alemany circle, right at the juncture with interstate 280. I want to publicly thank and acknowledge caltrans district director tony tavares and his team for this outstanding achievement, as well as the contractor c. C. Meyers. We appreciate the decision to accelerate this project by over two months, take advantage of reduced traffic levels during shelterinplace. And for successfully managing noise and dust throughout this intense 24houraday, sevenday a week work period. The sfmta and california Highway Patrol also provided excellent support could teen crews safe and traffic flowing. So i want to thank them as well. And, finally, i want to thank commissioner ronen and walton and their offices for working to keep everybody informed and involved. And appreciate all nearby residents and businesses for their patience throughout this recordspeed project. And we now have a safe and sturdy new facility, which is maybe the only Silver Lining of this pandemic. In other positive news during this time has been the evolution of the sfmtas slow streets program, which supports resident wellness bi koasing neighborhood streets to through traffic to provide more space for walking, cycling and recreation. And after admittedly what was a bumpy start in april, without adequate consultation of the public and our offices, which i know i think virtually every Single Member of the board was displeased about, im pleased see a thoughtful rollout of 13 streets this past weekend, including in my district o. Lon bard and stockton, bringing the total number of corridors to 20. Actually this last weekend i joined former supervisors katie tang and jane kim and we went and walked the slow street and supervisor fewers district on lake street and we were very pleased with what we saw. These streets are providing muchneeded open space and access for essential trips. And i think were all hearing from our constituents how pleasant it is to replace the noise of traffic with the sound of chirping birds. In addition to these slow streets, weve had the closure of great highway and three cities within our great San Francisco park, j. F. K. Drive and golden gate drive and twin peaks boulevard eastern loop. Thank you to the sfmta and rec and park for working in consultation with our offices, as well as with u. T. H. , to provide more space for social distancing and active recreation during the covid19 pandemic. I look forward to supporting Small Businesses next during the recovery period, as we enter the next phase of reopening our economy and making room at the curb and in streets to support pickup and dropoff and needs for outside seating for neighborhood retail, business and cafes. I want to acknowledge the north Beach Business Association and the telegraph hill, who have been at the forefront of an experiment to close several blocks of upper grant avenue in north beach. And thank my staff lee heckner for working with the residents and merchants and the m. T. A. With their interest on that project. I want to work with the sfmta to see how the Transportation Authority can further support these citywide initiatives. Thank you, colleagues, and with that i conclude my remarks. Is there any Public Comment on the chairs report . Clerk chair, there is no Public Comment. Chair peskin okay. Public comment is closed. [gavel] well move on to the executive directors report. Ms. Chang. Thank you so much, chair peskin, commissioners good morning. I i begin my who were with an update from washington, d. C. Tuesday, earlier this week last week, excuse me. U. S. House released the 3 trillion covid19 relief package called the heroes act. Thank you to Speaker Pelosi and the house for doing so. The bill would provide more than 15 billion in additional transit funding to help back fill the lost transportation revenue, that continues to mount for agencies across the nation. M. T. A. Anticipates the region would receive 780 million additionally in formula funds, on top of the 1. 3 billion it did receive through the earlier cares act. The heroes act also includes 1. 4 million from the federal Highway Administration for the state of california for caltrans, which is also facing significant budget shortfalls. However, of course, we have heard that the senate and the administration and others are still having concerns about this plan and the potential funding sources. And the need for the package at this time, so we continue to track that work with our partners across the region. And we would want to ensure that we have the essential services, of course, and Public Safety measures and the ability to support our transportation workforce going forward. So well continue to advocate for all of those things. Turning to the state, Governor Newsom revised the fiscal 21 budget, sets forth the plan for dealing with 54 billion state deficit, budget deficit that has emerged. His approach would close the gap as we understand it by canceling the budget proposals made in january and reducing spending on a portion of those ending fiscal year and perhaps mark can update us on a later item today on those measures. While the governors proposal provides little detail and specific impact to Transportation Programs, it does indicate that caltrans will maintain current planning and engineering efforts and accelerate projects to look at soft savings and maintain the jobs in the transportation sector. Again as we saw with the alemany deck project, this is a great opportunity to step up projects, particularly those that benefit safety and access. So now coming to the region, m. T. C. In april, of course, approved the first portion of the 1. 3 billion federal funding from the cares act, for transit, as weve mentioned earlier. 780 million was made available for immediate relief. And as a condition of that action at m. T. C. , they directed staff to establish a Blue Ribbon Transit Recovery Task force to guide and inform the distribution of the second trench of that funding, as well as what types of services and Transit System should be refashioned to provide, in order to support essential trips and essential workers. Were pleased that a commissioner and the m. T. A. Director will be serving on that Blue Ribbon Task force and well continue to support all of the commissioners in that effort. Theres a 30member group of stakeholders that has been convened and they will meet three times over the next few months to do that work. M. T. C. Has also at its special joint executive and abag Administrative Committee meeting yesterday presented findings of a privately funded poll, regarding the potential housing measure that was considered for placement on the November Ballot. However, the committee after hearing the poll results, has decided not to recommend placement of that housing bond on the ballot in november. As youll recall, assembly 1487 gave them the sport to put the Regional Housing measure on the ballot. And the two agencies have been discussing a general Obligation Bond to raise up to 10 billion over ten years for Affordable Housing and production and preservation. However, again as the polling showed that 40 of the reasons that regions residents reported an impact on their household finances, due to covid19 and the polling also showed an increase of the taxation and only 60 or so residents said they would support a Regional Housing bond, when initially polled with those numbers falling steeply with negative messaging. So it looks like to many, anyway, have not recommended to place that ballot on the November Ballot. And so instead the staff will develop a proposal for alternate strategies to enhance the regions work. Finally, as far as regional measures, to date on the caltrain sales tax, this is sb797, the sales tax of the November Ballot for caltrain. The board of supervisors voted to support placement of that board measure, to enable us agencies to consider that same action. And, of course, our final decision is not required until august. The remaining agencies have so far pending further regional discussions. We understand that caltrain is consulting also with private parties, which may also conduct a poll in the timeframe, june july timeframe, which helps inform pending actions. This would be at the sfmta and m. T. A. And board of supervisors here in San Francisco. Lets see. My next item to update would be about the outreach work that we continue to try to do. Its, of course, a different arrangement now and our staff have been participating in a citywide Public Engagement network. And particularly trying to ensure that we adopt best practices and reach out creatively to ensure similar studies and connect s. F. And condition pricing, any number of other projects are able to continue to benefit from and being informed by consultations with the public. We are trying to reach out to communitybased organizations in multiple ways, ensuring equitybased approach via phone and mail as well as placement of ads in multiple languages, multiple media formats, including tv and radio. So we welcome your ideas and suggestions there as well and look forward to participating this saturday with commissioner mar at his virtual town hall, just want to mention. There will be a virtual town hall this saturday, may 23rd at 10 00 a. M. For the study that commissioner mar requested last year. Staff have been looking to look at Sustainable Transportation options for the district. And we will be presenting the goals of the project, as well as initial data about travel patterns this weekend, as well as part of our effort to Seek Community input on needs and desires for improving the walking, transit and cycling modes in particular, that folks are enjoying and weve been enjoying in the pandemic in new ways. Please see the directors report for more information. Thank you. Chair peskin thank you, madam executive director. Are there any questions or comments on the executive directors report . Seeing none, is there any Public Comment on the executive directors report . Clerk yes, chair, there is Public Comment. Chair peskin first speaker, please. Operator you have two questioning remaining. Clerk welcome, caller, your two minutes begins now. Caller and ive been listening to the directors report. And what i find missing is that no orientation you know, like guidance is given on the pandemic itself. Its very difficult during the pandemic to address issues like how to come to city hall and talk to you facetoface. So what i see missing, and i say this every time, is we do not have a seasoned professional incident management commander. And because we dont have this, all the departments, including the San Francisco county Transportation Authority, all over the place, because weve got to have a sense of purpose. Youve got to have a sense of doing a needs assessment. And then you talk in generalities that theyre not able to address the real issues that face the people in the pandemic. Theyre not able to do that. Youre all over the place making general statements, but not feeling the pain of the people of San Francisco. So the meetings, or whatever they are. You all need an orientation on what a pandemic is. So in another two months, were going to get a greater wave. Its going to impact a lot of people. Ill stop there. Thank you very much. Clerk thank you, caller. Chair peskin next speaker. Operator you have one question remaining. Clerk good morning, callinger, your two minutes begins now. Caller thank you. Good morning, supervisor. I would like to address you on the caltrain 18, that was suppose to bring in 100 million a year. And im going to ask that you defer your support for this for two reasons. The first one is that there is absolutely no way that this measure will be put on the ballot in november, for the same reason that the housing measure was not put on the ballot. The second is that further to caltrans quite frankly dysfunctional response to covid so far, i would like you to revisit the governments issue and reach out to the mayor in san jose and make it a condition that you want a change in your management before you approve this ballot measure. Thank you very much. Chair peskin thank you, mr. Lebrun. Are there any other members of the public for the chairs Public Comment on the chairs report . Clerk that is it. Chair peskin okay. Public comment is closed. Madam clerk, could you please read the consent agenda. Clerk consent agenda. Items 4 to 7 comprise the consent agenda. The items 5 to 7 were approved at the may 12th Board Meeting and now considered for final approval. The remaining items are considered routine. Staff is not planning to present on these items, but are prepared to present if desired. If a member objects any of the consent items may be removed and considered separately. Chair peskin thank you, madam clerk. I understand that commissioner walton is having trouble getting into the meeting. I dont see commissioner walton in the meeting. Commissioner walton, can you call in . I know that you are watching as a nonparticipant. Can you hear me . Chair peskin i can hear you. With that, is there any Public Comment on item number 4, the minutes of the may 12th meeting . Clerk theres no Public Comment. Chair peskin Public Comment is closed. On the consent agenda, is there a motion to move the consent agenda, made by . Moved. Chair peskin a second not motion . Commissioner mandelman mandelman. Chair peskin the motion made and seconded. A roll call, please. Clerk commissioner fewer . Commissioner fewer aye. [roll call] clerk we have approval. Chair peskin okay. So those items were finally approved. And madam executive director, i will make arrangements to come and sign all of those hopefully later today, if they are prepared. If not, tomorrow. Madam clerk, could you please read the next item. Clerk item 8, seeking final approval on the first appearance, allocate 250,000 in prop k funds, with conditions, to San Francisco department of the environments Emergency Ride Home Program. This is an action item. Chair peskin and, colleagues, this is familiar to all of us insofar as we discussed this at our last meeting with regard to the 197,000 that we previously allocated. If we approve this, this will be approved on the first appearance and will not require two readings. Miss laforte, the floor is yours. Good morning, commissioners. Anna laforte, Deputy Director for policy and programming at the Transportation Authority. Im going to pull up my brief presentation. Okay. Okay. So the Transportation Authority has long supported the Emergency Ride Home Program. And at the april 14th meeting, of the board of the Transportation Authority, commissioner haney had requested that staff explore ways to help essential workers who are facing challenges getting home from their jobs, especially at night, during the recent transit reduction due to covid19. So between the first and second april Board Meetings, we worked with the department of the environment, runs the Emergency Ride Home Program, and the sfmta to develop a proposal to expand the existing Emergency Ride Home Program to provide additional rides to these essential workers, who cant take transit home, its not available due to the Service Reductions. At your april 28th meeting, the board approved transportation funds for clean air funds, from a prior clean fuel taxi grant, to the sfmta, that wasnt needed. Theres still left 250,000 available to sfmta and to taxi owners for that purpose. And the funds were we programmed to expand the Emergency Ride Home Program. And this provides reimbursements for essential workers for ride homes as defined by the city and county of San Francisco, who commute to work via sustainable modes such as transit or walking or biking, while the covid19related service transit cuts are in effect. So in addition to aiding essential workers, the expanded program is an effective way to preserve and emission reductions, as theyre advised to stay on transit and not drive to work. As you can imagine, demand for the program has been high. The program started on may 1st. And so to better match available resources to demand, we recommend supplementing the Program Budget with an additional 250,000 in prop k sales tax funds. This will allow for the program to nearly double the number of essential workers that it is able to provide rides for. And it would extend the program from 12 weeks to 16 weeks. So instead of going through jul. Prior to arriving at the recommendation to allocate prop k funds, we explored options for reprogramming additional transportation funds for clean air funds from other projects. But we, along with project sponsors, including the sfmta, concluded we wouldnt be able to do this without significantly impacting those projects or creating challenges for those projects to maintain cost effectiveness and eligibility for those tfca funds for the project. We worked with sfmta and identified prop k funds to supplement the tfca funds. This requires an amendment to the fiveyear program of projects for the category and the prop k expenditure plan called the Transportation Demand Management Parking management category. And were going we are recommending to redirect funds from the tourist and residential Transportation Demand management program, administered by sfmta, and to redirect those funds from the programs to the Emergency Ride Home Program. This would bring the Program Budget, as you can see, to 447,500. And still leave 610,000 available for allocation in fiscal year 2021 to sfmtas Transportation Demand management programs. Sfmta is supportive of the request, given the high priority for funding the Emergency Ride Home Program. And also that that Program Supports the taxi industry and its essential workers. And so with that, i am happy to invite joseph from the department of the environment. He is the policy and communication officer of the agency to give some details on the program itself and how its been operating since its inception. Joseph. Chair peskin mr. Slice, good morning. Good morning. Can you hear me . Chair peskin we can. Great. Let me go ahead and share screen, so you can see our presentation. All right. Is that working okay . Chair peskin it is. Thank you, anna. Thank you, chairman. Its nice to see you again. Thank you, commissioners and sfcta for the opportunity to present today. And thanks for the opportunity to wear a tie again. My name is joseph slice. Im with the San Francisco department of the environment. Anna did hit a lot of these major components, but im going to briefly talk about the current status of our essential worker ride home program. As you know, on april 28th, this board approved to the Emergency Ride Home Program, after identifying that certain essential workers in San Francisco had trouble getting home at night when Public Transportation was significantly disrupted. Since then weve worked to launch and ensure that our citywide outreach was comprehensive and inclusive to those who need us most. Id like to thank alex and minoh for administering the program and anna laforte with sfmta for their collaboration. As of last friday, we received 258 applications. As anticipated, weve prioritized this high demand to accept essential workers communitying home between the hours of 9 00 p. M. And 830 aramburu, because this is when transit reductions and safety concerns are undoubtedly highest. 84 of the total applications fit within these parameters and, of course, this number will likely increase as we continue to analyze incoming applications. So lets look a little bit more into the application pool. Of these 258 total applications from friday, 161 live in San Francisco. Their essential Job Functions vary, with over 70 in the Health Care Field and over 20 in the social services. So it looks like maybe my screen shifted a little bit. Are we still on the power point . Chair peskin no. No, youre sharing the screen of the meeting. All right. Just a moment. How is this . Chair peskin there you go. There you go. All right. Not sure what happened there. But we are looking at the applicant pool. So 161 like i said live in San Francisco. And they work varies from 70 plus in the Health Care Field and over 20 in social services such as shelter workers. Just to give you a couple examples, the applications included a front desk clerk at mercy housing, who works a swing shift until 11 00 p. M. , but because of bart closures, theyve had to wait for the 800 bus at 1 00 a. M. In order to return home to east bay by 2 30 a. M. Another example is a shelter worker at st. Vincent defall who ends at 12 30 midnight and struggles to find a ride home to richmond, again due to bart closures. The list goes on. Thats why in collaboration with the sfcta and as anna explained, to continue supporting our essential workers, were requesting 250,000 of prop k funds to expand this program. With the additional funds, wed still recommend keeping the existing program parameters, which as a reminder, is ten reimbursed cab rides home per month, per person, with a cap of 70 per trip. However, with the proposed new Program Budget, we can support an estimated 121 to 188 essential workers per week and extend the program to august 31st. So this would extend the program by four weeks and nearly double the number of essential workers the program is able to serve. You can see here that, along with doubling the number of workers served by the program, the expanded budget would fund our staff hours and direct costs to administer and manage the higher volume of users, including our language assistance services. Depending on further analysis of the incoming pool of applications, we could even consider expanding the commuting parameters beyond the late hours of 9 00 p. M. To 8 30 a. M. Sfcta staff have been wonderful in helping establish and advise on these recommendations. And we would certainly continue collaborating with staff after further analysis to discuss the best path forward for the program. And lastly, if i could just have a couple more minutes to talk about my favorite part, which is our marketing and outreach efforts. From the onset and as commissioner fewer stated in the april 28th meeting, we were especially mindful that our outreach would be citywide, but targeted from an Equity Perspective to our underserved communities, so that our essential workers, who would benefit most from this program, to apply and connect with us. Especially lowerincome workers with limited access to Public Transportation. Thats why the time we took before processing applications was used to focus on comprehensive outreach. So to start all the program materials, such as the website, forms, social media have all been translated into a chinese and spanish and shared with our partners. Language disciplines 311 and s. F. E. Staff has also been available since the program launched. And the programs landing page is referenced on sfgov. Org. Our outreach included reaching more than 300c. B. O. S and Small Businesses, including the district merchants and air bab grocers association. We partnered with oewd to further reach our citys essential businesses. We connected with the Labor Council and critical unions, such as local 87, the janitors union. And we partnered with the human rights commission, office of racial equity, and the citys lgbt Advisory Community to expand to other underserved communities. This included h. R. C. S Weekly Community roundtable with community leaders, including representation from the latino task force, to help spread the word effectively to these communities. We, of course, notified t. I. O. In every department and also partnered with h. S. H. And h. S. A. To notify essential workers in these truly critical areas, like the onsite hotel Monitoring Program and made sure we shared the program with these departments nonprofit partners and service providers. Just a you few more. We reached Health Care Workers and staff at s. F. General, laguana honda and the hospital in chinatown. We had a platform to easily connect with our departments, local partners, including the Green Business network, outreach to other critical partners like the Interfaith Council and lastly we pitched to local media, resulting in some coverage in english and spanish on mission local, telemundo and a spot on k. L. W. Of course, were working to continue our Media Outreach and working on getting a publication. So this is a snapshot of our outreach. And, of course, we look forward to working with each of your offices to continue this work. With the supplemental funds, well continue working hard to ensure that this Program Continues to reach those who would benefit from the program. And explore Digital Marketing campaign or printed materials and high visibility areas. So with that i hope i didnt take too much time, but im happy to answer any questions and i know my colleague alex is also available as well. So ill get off the shared screen here. And see if we have any questions. Chair peskin thank you, mr. Slice, for that very thorough presentation. Thank you. Chair peskin i dont see any members, all of whom who are quite familiar with the earlier iteration of this from late april. Seeing no commissioners, are there any members of the public who would like to comment on item number 8. Commissioner mainy , ill swing around to you in just a second. Well open this up to Public Comment. Are there any members of the public who want to make Public Comment on this item . Clerk yes, chair, there is one Public Comment. Chair peskin first speaker, please. Operator you have one question remaining. Clerk hello, speaker, your two minutes begins now. Caller okay. And i would like to ask the presenter if our essential workers could be provideed with over rather than sending them to places like richmond and the east bay, after their work. And i know we need to look at it in a holistic way. Mostly housing surely could provide a roof over the head of that one individual. So when we look at this situation in a pandemic, and when we see that you represent the department of the environment, you have to take into consideration the carbon footprint. You also have to take into consideration whether you have the ability to think outside the box. And now refer to the office of Economic Development and the other departments, because already for some reason, theyre not providing the necessary support to san franciscans. Just try going to city hall and trying to see where the point of contact. You dont even get a response back after leaving a message. So we need to provide the necessary help to our essential workers. But we also need to ask them, rather than after their work, to faroff places, where we can accommodate them, as im sure multihousing can. And there are vacant rooms in hotels. Thats just a suggestion. Clerk thank you, caller. Operator you have zero questions remaining. Chair peskin thank you, mr. Costa, for your Public Comment. Public comment is now closed. Commissioner haney. Commissioner haney i mostly just wanted to say thank you. Really appreciate how quickly you all have come back to expand this program. And how extensive the outreach has been. Its just been really impressive. And i know you all have literally been walking out there doortodoor to businesses letting them know in different languages. Its just really been impressive. One thing that i would say is also to if you havent been to work through some of the coalitions and groups that work with Housing Providers and homeless service, like hespa, making sure they really have this information and know that its going to be expanded. I think its really critical. But overall im just grateful that this was brought together. Thank you for everyone involved in the various departments for working together with us and making this happen. We really appreciate it. Chair peskin thank you for those comments. Yes, go ahead, joseph. I was just going to say thank you, commissioner, and to the whole board for thinking creatively about how we can evolve this ram. Certainly what were going to do is continue reaching out to staff in each of your offices and potentially we can share the list of c. B. O. S and organizations we reached out to. And if you notice we missed anyone and would like us to expand that outreach, well certainly go ahead and do that. So well double down and reach out to each office as well. Chair peskin thank you. Thank you to our staff and the staff in the department of the environment. Ands a you heard and as you heard, we can continue to scale this program up over time. With that, is there a motion to approve item number 8 . Commissioner haney . Commissioner haney move to approve. Chair peskin is there a second for that motion . Second. Chair peskin seconded by commissioner yee. Made and seconded, a roll call, please. Clerk commissioner fewer . Commissioner fewer aye. Clerk commissioner haney . Commissioner haney aye. Clerk commissioner mandelman . Commissioner mandelman aye. Clerk commissioner mar . Commissioner mar aye. Clerk commissioner peskin . Commissioner peskin aye. Clerk hi ronen commissioner ronen . Chair peskin commissioner ronen . Clerk im going to chair peskin well come back to commissioner ronen. She may be having technical difficulties. Clerk commissioner safai . Commissioner safai aye. Clerk commissioner stefani . Commissioner stefani aye. Clerk commissioner walton . Commissioner walton aye. Clerk commissioner yee . Commissioner yee aye. Clerk commissioner ronen . Commissioner ronen aye. Clerk we have approval. I will sign the document as soon as you prepare, so we can release the funds. Clerk item number 9, state and federal legislation update. This is an action item. Chair peskin mr. Bots. Good morning. Good morning, mr. Chairman and commissioners. Im trusting im visible or at least chair peskin we can hear you and see you. Thank you very much, sir. Very reassuring. Ill talk to you about the status of the legislature and the process going on here in sacramento is, where we are in the state budget with the may revise and how it affected Transportation Programs. As well comment on a few bills. And ill make this tight as i can do it. In terms of the overall schedule for whats been going on in sacramento, on may 4th, the assembly reconvened and started meeting in policy committees. The senate for itself, reconvened on may 11th. And they have their own separate schedule. Theyre not quite in synch yet. They the two houses will meet in synch in terms of their structure and their timing on july 13th, when both of their different recesses will end. And theyll be reconvening for the second half of the legislative session. In terms of legislation, the policy Committee Chairs were asked to work with the authors of bills that were present in the committees and to thin the bill load down to be focused entirely, as it can, on the Covid Response, homeless issues, housing issues and if there were some minor technical, but desperately needed items. Those were allowable. By that charge, many, many, many bills probably more than twothirds of the bills went by the wayside for this part of the for this year. Moving forward in terms of the budget the schedule first. The may revise came out last thursday. And ill be touching on that in a moment. In the meantime, the subcommittees of the two house budget committees have set out their schedules. And in terms of transportation budget items, may 21st would be the first one, that would be the assembly subcommittee. And theyve already posted their hearing date. The senate has their hearing date on the may revise issues on may 24th, sunday. So happy holiday weekend. It feel like the old days when we had Conference Committee on the weekend. And then the appropriations committees of the two houses are all that remain. At this point only the assembly has put forward their schedule for the appropriations committee, which is june 6th for their hearings. And then a june 7th hearing for appropriations to spend. The big looming date in sacramento is june 15th, which is the constitutional deadline for the budget to be moved to the governor, so he can go through it and enact whatever he decides to move forward with. The assembly recess will convene will convene june 19th and end on july 13th. And the Senate Recess will begin on july 2nd and end on july 13th. Moving on to the may revise, the i think the executive director did a good job of explaining the size of the problem. Were pleased that the governor and the legislature have been confronting and the governors responses or proposed responses, suspensionly a 6 billion surplus and a Rainy Day Fund was what was available for the state to address what is now known to be a budget deficit in excess of 50 billion. Without going into a lot of detail, the governors proposal draws down the reserves, cancels some of the new budget initiatives they proposed back in january, barring from some special funds and reducing some spending in the current year. Moving on to transportation funding and how this may revise affects that, we did learn, through the may revise, that they are projecting that gas tax receipts will be reduced by 1. 8 billion over the next five years. Interestingly, as we bore down into the numbers, turns out that probably a little over 1. 1 billion of that 1. 8 billion reduction is due to the lesser v. M. T. And lesser travel demand. 1. 1 billion is coming out of the current year remainder and next year. So the largest hit would be the remainder of this year and the fiscal year coming up. All three increments of the gas tax, that are in the Transportation Program base will. Are affect are affected. July 1st theres an acrosstheboard c. P. I. Adjustment. That partially offsets the effect of the pandemic. The transportation investment or improvement fee, which is the Registration Fee thats stratified based on value, is going to continue to raise money in excess of the previous year. How does this work out and what programs does it affect . Well, it turns out it will impact the shop program, which is the states heavy Maintenance Program by a little over half a billion dollars throughout the fouryear history of that program. Local streets and roads will see about 280 million reduction and what they had expected. And then the fiveyear sit program will see a reduction of about 91 million. One of the interesting final comments ill make about the budget, we also learned in a Budget Briefing on friday, there is a little bit of transfer of some of our we normally would consider transportation funds, but in this case its interest earnings, which are not particular to the constitution. And its about 130 million transfer, that will be transferred to the general fund. So weve examined it and feel very confident that we have no claim on those funds. They have been unfettered and are moving in accordance with state law. So the days of your, where were trying to protect transfers, against transfers, no longer with us. Finally, on legislation the staff on your table has recommended support for sb1291, which is one of the bills thats going to be moving forward this year. This bill is authored by senator bill, but the entire Transportation Committee has joined in authorship. And the key measure or the key provision within this legislation is relates to the safe rule, which is the federal change that they proposeed in efficiency standards. And theyve made one adjustment. And they may have made another adjustment that it works for california. But just in case it doesnt, this piece of legislation would give a little bit of relief by delaying the requirements that transportation agencies file ftip or stipump amendments in the fall. That has a positive affect on minimizing the impact of the safe rule in california. In addition, there are two bills that have been heard and are moving at this point, that in the assembly that deal with highspeed rail. Ab3278 by patterton and ab2313 by assemblywoman reeves. They deal with aspects of highspeed rail and the staff is saying at this point in time, they prefer to recommend a watch position until we see how these bills do through the process. Id like to note that the seamless bay area bill, that was invaded or going to be innovated in ab2057 is unmeasure thats been sidelined this year. Nevertheless, staff withins continue twos continues to work with the seamless bay folks to get prepared for the eventuality of having a return visit to the bill. Staff is also working with Assembly Member tang and supervisor stefani on aabout 2305 preparing for next year, to authorize a pilot for a nofee reservation system for the crooked street on lombard. Thats not going to move forward this year, but theyre going to continue to work and iron out and approach for the next session. The last two bills i would comment on are ab2824. This is this bill has been set aside for this year. But the underlying bill, that mr. Ponta was looking for, would make the bay bridge more efficient and m. T. C. And your Transportation Authority staff are working on planning for a suite of improvements, that could be implemented, prior to any bus lane changes. And, finally, the faster bay area legislation sb278 is not it looks like its going to move forward, but it will simply be an authorization for a measure at a future election. So with that, i draw my presentation to a close and prepare to answer questions. Pardon me for dropping my presentation. Chair peskin no worries, mr. Bots. Are there any members who have any questions or comments for mr. Bots or ms. Crab . Seeing none, is there any Public Comment on this item . Clerk yes, chair, there is Public Comment. Chair peskin first speaker, please. Operator you have one question remaining. Clerk welcome, caller. Your two minutes begins now. Thank you, chair peskin. Alita dupree for the record. And let the record reflect my pronounces are she and her. In reading about the legislation, two bills of interest in me to me. 1286 about shared mobility. I do support the idea of insurance regulations. The main bill on ab is ab1112, offered by Assembly Member friedman and passed last year with near anonymity. And 1112 i believe is where the statewide support, because its about equity and leveling the playing field. It mains i do have a drivers license. Yes, it was issued in nevada. But im no less San Francisco. Ive been able to use that drivers license in other states, including california. And ive been able to rent automobiles in california, in one case i rented one in long beach and drove it to las vegas and dropped it off. So, too, i should be able to use these small scooters and mopeds and be able to rent them in one city or county and drive them to another. Because we are very densely populated area. And there are 88 municipalities in los angeles county. So i remember the acrimony of the scooter issue last year. I maintain just because people dont like things, doesnt make them wrong. I as a person of disabilities and nottest modest means, i do have a right to safe mobility anywhere in the united states. Just as i can park a car in any legal parking spot in the united states. I believe in the idea of full faith and credit. So i believe that theres a future in shared mobility. And i think this bill is essential in order for us to have consistent standards and expectations. Thank you. Chair peskin thank you, miss dupree. Any other members of the public who would like to speak to this item . Clerk there are no additional calls. Chair peskin okay. Public comment is closed. [gavel] i neglected to ask, ms. Crab, to give us an update on federal legislation and funding, ms. Crab, would you like to do that, my apologies. No worries. Thank you so much. Ill try to be brief, because executive director chang covered a lot of the federal goings on in her executive directors report. Basically wanted to give you an update now that the house has introduced its heroes relief package. We know that thats likely not going to move forward in the senate, as written. But there are ongoing negotiations happening, if and when the next relief package moves forward. So weve really been focusing ton kind of quantifying the need for state and local relief for backing local funding, that includes identifying transportation projects within the city and the region, that are relying on those funding to move forward next year. And we know, as the economy picks back up, and we need transportation funding, this is a great way to also get local jobs. So were working with sfmta and the metropolitan Transportation Commission and the mayor on that. At the same time, we also know that the existing federal transportation bill expires on september 30th. The last year weve been working with those same parties on advancing the San Francisco priorities in reauthorization. That may move forward. The house transportation and Infrastructure Committee is expected to release a version its version of the reauthorization bill this week. And that may either move forward really quickly, as part of an economic stimulus effort or it might wait until after the election. So thats another place where were looking to advance San Franciscos project and hopefully increase the amount of transportation funding available, given both partys interest in infrastructure. With that, im happy to answer any questions. Chair peskin thank you, ms. Crab. I see no questions for you. So is there a motion to approve the staffrecommended position on senate bill 1291. Motion made by . Commissioner mandelman mandelman. Chair peskin and seconded by . Going to die for a lack of a second. Second. Chair peskin seconded commissioner safai. On that item, madam clerk, a roll call please. Clerk commissioner fewer . Chair peskin commissioner fewer . Commissioner fewer aye. Clerk could you repeat that again, commissioner fewer . Commissioner fewer aye. Clerk commissioner haney . Commissioner haney aye. Clerk commissioner mandelman . Commissioner mandelman aye. Clerk commissioner mar . Commissioner mar aye. Clerk commissioner peskin . Commissioner peskin aye. Clerk commissioner preston . Commissioner preston aye. Clerk commissioner ronen . Commissioner ronen aye. Clerk commissioner safai . Commissioner safai aye. Clerk commissioner stefani . Commissioner stefani aye. Clerk commissioner walton . Commissioner walton aye. Clerk commissioner yee . Commissioner yee aye. Clerk the item is passed on its first read. Chair peskin thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, is there any introduction of new items . Seeing none, is there any general Public Comment . Madam clerk . Clerk yes, chair, there is Public Comment. Chair peskin first speaker, please. Operator you have one question remaining. Clerk hello, caller. Your two minutes begins now. Caller thank you, chairperson. Alita dupree for the record. My basic comments concerning sfmta. A good meeting today. We got to approve some important things, including the rail contract. I believe strongly in the San Francisco that needs to be mobility aware and have a diversity of option. Because really the elephant in the room is cars. Singleoccupancy cars, that burn gasoline, and cars will always be with us, but there are too many of them. And so i support programs that will help people to not have to take cars. And i live that myself by using muni and by using the small shared scooters, so that i dont have to get into an automobile. Though i do use rideshare on occasion, and its better than me having the responsibility of owning an automobile. I do support congestion pricing, automobiles do much wear and tear on our roads. And i do believe that all cars hopefully will be electric some day, like cell phones. But they, too, could even contribute to congestion. And so i think we have to ensure that we have a vision zero mindset, because the problem really isnt buses, its not bicycles, its not these little scooters, and i dont think its even rideshare. Its singleoccupancy obviouslies. I want us to have a focus on shared a mobility and transit oriented city. Thank you. Chair peskin thank you for your comments, miss dupree. Any other members of the public for Public Comment . Clerk yes, there is another caller. Chair peskin next speaker, please. Operator you have one question remaining. Clerk welcome caller. Your two minutes begins now. Caller i would like to remind the San Francisco county Transportation Authority, if they can address this issue. Its very important. Many a times on the routes, that go by the General Hospital, we have patients who are very sick, who take Public Transportation. I think, during this pandemic, the San Francisco General Hospital should provide them with transportation, much like ive been speaking about. Do not put the public in an adverse situation, because the patients are sick. And i dont know how theyre discharged. Theyre not given a clean bill for that discharge. I dont think so because i have witnessed once or twice that the patients are very sick. And im requesting the San Francisco county Transportation Authority to consider patients being given a ride home. Thank you very much. Chair peskin thank you, mr. Da costa. Seeing no other members of the public for general Public Comment, Public Comment is now closed. [gavel] and that will bring our Transportation Authority Commission Meeting to a close. We are adjourned. [gavel] hi. Im Chris Mathers with channel 19, and youre watching coping with covid19. Today, im going to be talking about exercising during the pandemic. First, im going to tell you what ive been doing, and then im going to be checking in with some friends and family. Ive been riding my bike. All i take is a pair of gloves and a mask if i come into contact with anyone. I try to ride my bike during the time im sheltering in place. I try to ride for at least 30 minutes. Surfing is my other regular outdoor activity. California state guidelines recommend you dont drive more than ten minutes for a spot to exercise, and although im close to ocean beach, im a bit wary to go there, so im using the time to do some maintenance. Filling in gouges and dings, and sanding it down. Im also repairing holes in my suit. Fellow sfgovtv producer chris took his first yoga lesson a couple of years ago and used to go to a class regularly before the lockdown. He and his wife set up a space in their garage for exercising. This routine is from an online class by power yoga. Deann and andy have been using the ping pong table that they bought off craigslist and set it up in their back yard. Ellie has been using this home gym to stay fit. It has everything she needed. And lastly, if the weather is bad outside, you can exercise your mind by doing a puzzle, sudoku, or just by reading a good book. Heres a quick recap. Since i started this episode, the guidelines have changed. For instance, jack may be able to go golfing with some restrictions. Go to sf. Gov to get the most uptodate
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