The recommendations written in 2009 about how they are thinking about that. Obviously, we need to reconsider that. I totally understand the board of supervisors position. This is the wrong time for fare increases. We should be using every other tool before we get there. I get why s. F. M. T. A. Was between a rock and hard place. Lets remove that and make that not a problem any more. Lets revise how we think about fare increases. I get where that rationale may have been attractive 10 years ago. It doesnt make sense now. Lets move forward to figure out how to stabilize m. T. A. Without doing that on the backs of our most vulnerable riders. A couple months ago you werent clear. Now you will not increase fares during the recovery or pandemic . I would like to look at weighs to avoid doing that in the future. I dont want to increase them now or going forward. I dont think there are better ways to support muni. I have heard that loud and clear. That is what we need to do. This is so importan
Arrested the Chinese Foreign ministry saying that u. S. Sanctions on hong kong and chinese officials are violating International Law. Now sanctioning u. S. Lawmakers including senators ted cruz and marco rubio. Twitter nation a move for tic took wall street journal reporting for preliminary talks are held between social media giants, where this leaves microsoft, ahead. Turning to the futures, market it is this morning the s p 500 and nasdaq posting their second straight winning week. The dow was the big winner up 3. 8 attack a look at the markets last week. Moving on to the origins of the russia investigation senator Lindsey Graham revealing new documents to Maria Bartiromo that he says show the fbi misled the Senate Intelligence committee. The fallout, ahead. Unrest in america, chaos erupting in chicago looting reported across the city, after a Police Involved shooting. And another riot in portland. The unrest continues. Plus amazon warehouses could be coming to a mall near you. Morni
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Standpoint when slavery ended with the 13th amendment and soon after the chinese communities were excluded from entering the countries due to the chinese exclusion act of 1882. In rent history the black community was red lined to the out skirts of the city. Japanese americans were sent to internment camps. They have been targeted and most recently the newly latin students. The trauma continues to exist in our communities today. This is not the america we envisioned but this can be the San Francisco that we need to correct the wrongs of history. We cannot forget the pain and suffering of aning of ancestors. We are the wildest dreams of ancestors whose voices were silenced. Here i stand before you to open the conversation on reparations to lead to a plan with a reparations package for black people in this city. The institution of slavery broke up families and matched away the opportunity to create wealth and build opportunitying from our families from generation and generation. We are ex