Parks makes it more accessible. If you want more information about how to enjoy wifi in San Francisco parks, go to [gavel] supervisor peskin good morning and welcome to the government audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Im the chairman, supervisor peskin board and i like to thank the folks at sfgtv for Live Streaming this meeting. Mdm. Clerk, any announcements clerk yes be sure to sound all cell phones and electric device. Complete speaker cards to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the court. Items after the will be on the june 14 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Supervisor peskin thank you. Please read the first item clerk yes, item number one resolution approving sfmta eight 201617 paratransit broker in operating agreement withservices incorporated supervisor peskin thank you. Is there a representative hear from the mta to address this item . Staff annette williams. Before you today is a new contact or Para
Home from those extended duration shifts. Its been recognized in the Transportation Industry since 1907 when in the United States Congress Passed legislation saying anyone working for more than 12 hours would be considered that its illegal and the Supreme Court has ruled that theyre considered impaired by fatigue if theyre operating a train for more than that time, and yet we dont have any limits, even though we now have limits for commercial drivers, train operators, bus drivers, pilots, mariners and so on, there are no limits on work hours in socalled nonsafety sensitive industries, and yet in those industries, as we heard today, in those industries people are driving home many times for doing super commuting. We know from our own research that theres 168 increase Motor Vehicle crashes after working extended duration shifts. We have no limits in the United States for those work hours, and i think an important countermeasure would be to consider limitations such as the european workin
News 4 at 6 00, ill it will you about two key things police say might have prevented this teenager from becoming a victim. Live from arlington, julie carey, news4. Now to a story we first told you first on 4, we are talking act a systemwide slowdown on metro. The Transit Agency says the speed restrictions are in place now because of the potential for rails cracking from this cold. Our transportation reporter adam tuss first told you about this breaking this story this afternoon on twitter. Hes now live outside the station at Reagan National. Adam . Reporter metro says this is a proactive move slowing down trains so things like cracked rails dont happen. Lets take a look at the Reagan National station. Theres a speed restriction about a mile south of here between Reagan National and the braddock road station, and yet this could change how long your commute takes. Metro technicians ride the rails in a sophisticated machine called the track geometry vehicle. It studies the rails and sends
The school board and him have reached a settlement. Its been a tough couple months for him. Megan mcgrath is live from the School Headquarters went down. Reporter good morning, barbara. Sources with Montgomery County School System who are familiar with the negotiations tell chris gordon that joshua starr and the board of education have reached an amicable agreement to part ways. Starr and the board chair will be holding a press conference at noon a expected to learn the details of that agreement. They are also expected to take questions from the press. Dr. Starr was hired in 2011 and a source says hes found it difficult to do his job since media reports surfaced about divided support for him on the cool board. Talks of an ongoing for the last several days. A source tells chris gordon that dr. Starr will not work through the end of his contract which is june 30th. The board did appear briefly in a Public Session this it morning. Thats the video that you see here. They then adjourned to
Havent changed in the book world over the past 20 years. Many things have changed. But im also very pleased to say that one constant over the past couple decades is the Media Presence of john mutter, cofounder and ed or to have in chief of the brilliant daily newsletter, shelf awareness. He was also the longtime editor at Publishers Weekly and the former e newsletter. Go to the web site, www. Shelfawareness. Com. Without further ado, ill turn the stage other to john who will introduce this panel of wonderful and talented booksellers who i know will offer you brilliant insight into the everchanging Book Business. Of john . [applause] thank you, gene. I dont think ive ever been called a constant. Thank you. [laughter] welcome to the independent bookselling panel. I want to start off by saying anything you take away from this session, it should be that contrary to current perceived wisdom, one independent bookseller stores are not dying and are not going the way of the dinosaur and, two,