Cases that are decided on the merits. Before he was our Supreme Court justice, john roberts was confirmed to sit on the d. C. Circuit. Ten years ago, when chief Justice Roberts was confirmed to sit on that circuit, the average judge on that court had only 125 pending cases. Today, with three vacancies on the court, that number is 185 cases. Those are the complex cases that are pending. Even if we fill all the empty slots, the judges on the d. C. Circuit will still have more pending cases on average than john roberts did when we confirmed him to sit on the d. C. Circuit back in 2003. So there are no excuses here. We have a finally qualified nominee. 32 Supreme Court arguments, support of the Nonpartisan Group that looks at these nominations, someone whose spouse served in the military for 22 years, someone who raised her kids while he was over in kuwait. And we are going to turn her down . Madam president , that makes no sense to me at all. And i really urge my colleagues to help patty
The city is leading the way. It will be immediately recognizable and iconic from various parts of the city or even if you see a picture. Thats the sfpuc building. Its a wonderful building. It goes back to the 18 50s Fishermans Wharf, megs wharf which was the place in San Francisco to enjoy yourself. Eventually Fishermans Wharf moved into youctionv to where the explore or yum is and it moved back up here. But in the 1950s, the port was coming out of world war ii, was trying to understand what container station was going to look like, and they commissioned a study that looked at the Economic Impact of the port to the city. That sounds familiar, does continue, mr. Mayor . And particularly to how the port could participate in the citys tour and commercial industries as well as their cargo industry, and specifically that report found that this area, since we were moving into containerization, were no longer really needed for cargo, that cargo would be better off being in the southern waterf
Your commissioners for really helping to see this through. And i want to take a moment and thank the community. So many of you here are our merchants, are our members of labor, are our neighborhood leaders who have really come together. We see representatives from our hotels, folks who represent every type of business along in waterfront big and small. But for your support over the years, we wouldnt be here today. When i came in office four years ago, i was told by the constituents of these neighborhoods that we needed to invest in our waterfront. And four years later were on the eve of cutting the ribbon for the explore atorium. We just passed a bond measure that will bring two waterfront parks a few blocks from here. This won be possible but for the vision and the foresight that we all have about what we want a 21st Century Waterfront to look like. I want to thank you for that. I dont see any of my colleagues here. Im going to say the following. I think this may be the most beautiful
Communication organization, school individuals, parent coalitions and youth and weve had a multiple advisory groups and in fact two advisory groups and weve had support from our philanthropic visors to have conversation about what is it that we as a city want to accomplish. There has been a number of lessons and actually input that we heard from the community. So what have we heard from the community . The results have been very sobering for all of us. What we heard is a resounding call for us to do more and to do it better. That has been in the voice of parents and youth that has consistently told us that its still difficult to navigate the system. How do we built bld a system that is navigatable. How do we provide support to our providers and partners in the community and how are we going to align the services to maximum income. Estimate the services and how we look at these funds and how do we better the experiences of our students particularly through the lens that are equitable. C
Craft hours. And you can see here that San Francisco labor still continues to hold at 20 throughout the project. These are just counting the utility hours and Transit Center construction hours. And again, there is that number, over a thousand craft jobs over the course of the start of the Transit Center work and utility work. If i can answer any questions . All right. Thank you. Thank you, directors, that concludes my report. Thank you. Can we move on to the next item, please . Yes item 6 is Public Comment, can which an opportunity for members of public to address the authority on matters that are not on todays calendar and gilbert deanza would like to address you. If there are any other members who wish to speak, if you could stand and speak after gilbert, thank you. Good morning. Madame chairman, board, maria, i am here to talk about the carpenters agreement with John Oconnell. We recently signed an mou stating that the Carpenters Union will hire students graduating from the John Oco