Welcome to the medal of valor ceremony. I ask you that remain standing by the San Francisco color guard and the singing of the National Anthem by officer kyle church. O say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave thank you, and please be seated. Thank you for attending tonights medal of valor ceremony. Im essentialisergeant rachael. Im pleased to recognize those on page and acknowledge those who helped make this medal of valor ceremony possible. Sorry. First thank you to the San Francisco Scottish Rite Masonic Center for their continued generosity in allowing us the continued use of their facility. Next id like
Terms of transportation. Two bills were passed and signed by the governor that will allow people in the region to vote for increased bridge tolls, to better fund transit in the region as well as potential increased sales tax across the three counties to provide cal trains for the first time with a dedicated source of revenue and even more significant, senate bill 1. Again, like this rail car, a onces in a generation kind of change in the way we Fund Transportation in San Francisco and in california. None of which would have been possible without the strength of our delegation, our elected representatives to the state legislature. And particularly in making sure, not just that these bills got put together and got through the legislature and the governor, but to make sure that they reflected the needs of places like San Francisco. So, very pleased to be joined by one of our members, i guess the most Senior Member of our state delegation. Join me in welcoming Assembly Member phil ting. [a
The weather today, i will be attempting to run parliamentary procedure on this meeting. Does anybody have any comments on the minutes . Is there a motion . I move approval of the minutes. I second. Any Public Comment . Its a team effort to keep this meeting going. Seeing no Public Comment, are we all in favor . Aye. Item four, presentation from the Mayors Office of housing regarding the 2015 Affordable Housing bond and possible action by the committee in response to such presentation. We are pleased to be before you to give you an update on the 2015 housing bond. As you recall, the housing bond was separated into four housing categories. Its some cases very self descriptive, we wanted to serve vulnerable populations for whom Housing Resources are too scares and middle income households. So were serving those middle income residents of San Francisco as well as veterans, seniors and low income working families. We had really great demand for the down payment assistance loan, fully subscr
Complements the muni service and so the and thats under the a. D. A. Requirements and guidelines and so Paratransit Service goes generally threequarters of a mile around where muni goes, and the muni lines and the muni service and if a person that has a trip that is outside of that they can take their paratransit to wherever the end of the end of that border is, that service area, and then i would suggest they could continue on, but then theyd be responsible for paying for that portion of the trip. Yeah, i think that is an interesting point because it also eats up a lot of time and paratransit has a specific schedule theyre bound to by routes and those things dont always match up so thinking about consumers with disabilities and maybe physical disabilities as well and vision issues and fatigue and any other things that might come up, i think that theyre doing their best to kind of figure out the solution to get to where they need to go but i know that its not a perfect system, just whe
Is there a motion . I move approval of the minutes. I second. Any Public Comment . Its a team effort to keep this meeting going. Seeing no Public Comment, are we all in favor . Aye. Item four, presentation from the Mayors Office of housing regarding the 2015 Affordable Housing bond and possible action by the committee in response to such presentation. We are pleased to be before you to give you an update on the 2015 housing bond. As you recall, the housing bond was separated into four housing categories. Its some cases very self descriptive, we wanted to serve vulnerable populations for whom Housing Resources are too scares and middle income households. So were serving those middle income residents of San Francisco as well as veterans, seniors and low income working families. We had really great demand for the down payment assistance loan, fully subscribed. We are making Good Progress on the other categories of expenditures. Our First Development is underway. Were thrilled about that.