Last meeting, we have gone from summer to winter and from fires to floods, as is how it goes in San Francisco. I just wanted to say thank you and to acknowledge the department of Emergency Management, the p. U. C. , public works, m. T. A. , fire and rec park. We met yesterday to review the citys response to the december 7th storm and recent flooding. As folks are probably aware, we had an out of nowhere, almost tornado, technically a micro burst, but it dumped a whole lot of water on the city in a short period of time on a saturday afternoon. So, due to that, we have been working on adjusting our plans to be more ready to respond in a no notice storm event, which is fairly unusual. However, due to the variability in weather and Climate Change and changes on the planet, we have to be ready for the unexpected. So, we are working on improving our situational awareness, operational response, and our public messaging regarding the storms when they do happen. Secondly, were going to move int
Mayor breed how is everybody doing today . How is everybody doing today . All right. I am ex vitted t excited to be h president norman yee and supervisor fewer and. Supervisor mandelman delman and the supervisor walton. Thank you all. Mayor breed this is exciting. The new office of emerging technology. [applause] here is the thing. You would think that we would have an office of emerging technology or some level of Technology Something lie now especially as you look at the Tech Industry in San Francisco and we see that it is one of the number one growing industries in our city. What we find is that we are reacting to what they do rather than being proactive about creating the kinds of policies that would allow for these technologies to not only thrive in San Francisco or be meaningful for the residents. This is a new direction for the city. We dont see a bunch of scooters all over the city and them they have to pick them up and take them to figure out what to do with them, then the sup
We have a quorum. Thank you. I would like to begin this meeting by welcoming our newest member c. A. Q. I think the 307 th member of the sfcta that i have served with c. A. Q. Commissioner dean preston c. A. Q. To the Transportation Authority board. And we look forward to working with you and your staff not only on district five issues c. A. Q. But on citywide issues and regional transportation issues. Now that i have acknowledged commissioner preston c. A. Q. I want to have him participate in his First Official act. Is there a motion to excuse commissioner haney . Would you like to raise your hand and make that motion . I would. Is there a second for that motion . As much as this will upset our attorney c. A. Q. We will take that without objection without a roll call vote. Commissioner haney is excused. Welcome to commissioner walton and before i make the chairs comments c. A. Q. I would like to afford commissioner preston a moment to say a few words on his first day in his First Offi
Transit fleet in the united states. This is a bay area problem. Oakland and fremont are also on the worst city list. The m. T. A. Has a serious staffing problem. As was mentioned, not enough drivers and not enough skilled workers to maintain aging equipment. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please and if we can return the overhead. Thank you. Good morning, transit authority, i am a tenant in district eight. I am a munimobile writer. I take the jay line, the 49, every line. I have been in this city almost 50 years so ive familiar with the transit, which is in a sorry state. The proposed state senate bill 50, the more homes act, links housing density and the proximity to transit. The bill 50 would enable developers to build higher and more dems housing along transit corridors with the highest percentage of the units being market rate housing. It makes perfect sense there be a provision for transportation infrastructure to support the growth policies for transit rich areas because we n
Saint marys, thats the one piece we know we have to set up, mobile showers. They allowed us to use their trailer. They also coordinated with urban balcony to provide shower services and that was great to have them as a partner as well. Medical care, pet care, supplies, and technology. I know you pointed this out as well. Initially people want to be connected to the outside world. They want to know whats going on, they want to communicate with their families and be connected to their communities. D. T. Provided some wifi boosting within saint marys and allowed residents to have a connection through wifi. Also event information. There was a p. I. O. That came from the actual response area to give residents realtime information about evacuation orders that have been lifted. They talked about everything from the change in the wind to the direction of the fire. It was really useful and i think people felt really connected in that they were given the information they needed to determine if t