area where we can continue to make improvements, and we can continue to save money, which goes back to the revenue part. i know it can be hard to continue to ask the public for more revenue without actually showing we are saving money in certain areas and increasing operating efficiencies, so for me, those are two of the key issues in front of the board. supervisor mar: thanks for your work, especially on sunday streets, and with others in livable city. some critics have said you are a light person. could you talk about your experience? i do ride my bicycle and a lot. i did go through a year where i rode my bike almost exclusively. i had a work schedule that was not a rush our base work schedule, so it was easy to get back and forth. i work downtown, and i live in a lower haight, so it is only a two-mile commute. it is not a huge athletic endeavor by any stretch of the imagination. i do use everything. my husband and i have not owned a car in about 10 years. we were early a
planning, or the zoning and ministration. your office kindly called me yesterday and asked me to be prepared to talk about whatever accomplishments i feel i might have been irresponsible for as a member of the board of appeals. we are not a policy body. on a policy body, there is something that might come of that you feel needs dealing with, but the one thing i would point to is the fact that when i was president of the board, we have a different type of commission. in the same year, the same term, we-and executive director, and i would point to her as my most significant accomplishment. she is fabulous. she manifest on a daily basis what a good choice our board made in choosing her. beyond that, the only other are, i would point to would be general in that i try very hard any time someone comes before us something since sometimes things are very technical and abstract, but sometimes, people have serious problems and are concerned about the quality of their lives because
runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960 s, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let s go it s a great honor to be here. my name is debby dirsh, san francisco native. i d like to welcome you to the annual cable car bell ringing contest. i would like to introduce mr. ford. welcome to the 47th annual cable car bell ringing competition. this is one of a kind. this is a comptation competition for the world championship and thank you for coming. i also have to thank our cable car grip men and conductors. every day they help move people around our city, they re great ambassadors and do a great job entertaining visitors to our fine city. we have two members from the mta board, bruce oka and malcolm hideke here today. i d like to thank our judges. we have judges representing a lot of president busin
balance. the key is to find some balance. thank you for joining us on the ribbon cutting 4 car 15. this car, the design, the poor plan, is from over 100 years ago. if the blueprint is from over 100 years ago. if you think about it, cable cars are the longest serving transportation can say is that we have in this city. they build these by hand using the original blueprint and the original dies, two tons of steel, over three types of wood. we are so proud of the work they are doing. this car will have its inaugural run today but i imagine 100 years from now, think of the people who will run this car. people come from all of the world to visit the city. i would like to turn it over to our mayor, someone who has a vision that is built into our transit first policy. we have the great leadership of our mayor is continuing to stick to the vision of a green technology. it depends on his mood whether he wanted to let that a break ago. thank you very much for coming out, great to
. san francisco. . san francisco is a sanctuary city. . san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . it s a great honor to be here. my name is debby dirsh, san francisco native. i d like to welcome you to the annual cable car bell ringing contest. i would like to introduce mr. ford. welcome to the 47th annual cable car bell ringing competition. this is one of a kind. this is a comptation competition for the world championship and thank you for coming. i also have to thank our cable car grip men and conductors. every day they help move people around our city, they re great ambassadors and do a great job entertaining visitors to our fine city. we have two members from the mta board, bruce oka and malcolm hideke here today. i d like to thank our judges. we have judges representing a lot of president businesses here in the union square area. with that, to all the m