Good morning, everybody. And welcome to brookings. Welcome to those in person and those online. On cspan. Before i introduce our distinguishedho guests running e program today. We are going to do 60 minutes of discussion among the three of us then we will open up for 30 minutes of questions from the floor as well as questions online. We do ask identify yourself and identify any appropriate affiliation. Lets get on with the program the Brookings Institution and the governor of the studies program off which i am part, i m a visiting v fellow here at brookings and government studies program. We are honored to welcome back to brookings the assistant attorney general jonathanto kanr from the Justice Department. Let me quickly introduce both. They need no introduction, but i will give them a short one here. Leah. On the faculty at columbia law school. Before that she was counsel of the house antitrust subcommittee before that she was an attorney advisor to then the commissioner who was now c
Think those programs really to make sure with owe are able to grant this to be fund year after year and thank you. Any further Public Comment Public Comment is closed. And next have item 4. 4. Directors report. Or directors update. Thank you president interim alexandertut to the members of the building Inspector Commission im director oriordan. That better. Yes. So i want to startcy thanking president interim alexandertut for joining us and other commissioners that joined remotely early this month a change to see see initiative were workinging on and to share the progress towards the goals. A great the subject property to welcome new staff and recognize theyre Services Milestones and theyve achieved by especially by alonger employees i want to thank you are executive team and administrative teams for helping make the event successful and hope to see i all again next year. I also want to highlight three last week dbi team dealt with the City Attorneys Office to file and lawsuit against
Public comment callin dial 14156550001 access code 2664 232 9116 password sfgov dial star 3 to be added to speak in the queue. In addition to inperson Public Comment, the commission will hear up to 15 minutes of remote Public Comment on each agenda item. The commission will hear remote Public Comment on each item in the order that commenters add themselves to the queue to comment on the item. Because of the 15minute time limit, it is possible that not every person in the queue will have an opportunity to provide remote Public Comment. Remote i will now call roll. [roll call] you have a quorum. Item 2. President s welcome. Well start with the land acknowledgment. Ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgement the San Francisco Fire Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have n
Public comment callin dial 14156550001 access code 2664 232 9116 password sfgov dial star 3 to be added to speak in the queue. In addition to inperson Public Comment, the commission will hear up to 15 minutes of remote Public Comment on each agenda item. The commission will hear remote Public Comment on each item in the order that commenters add themselves to the queue to comment on the item. Because of the 15minute time limit, it is possible that not every person in the queue will have an opportunity to provide remote Public Comment. Remote i will now call roll. [roll call] you have a quorum. Item 2. President s welcome. Well start with the land acknowledgment. Ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgement the San Francisco Fire Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have n
Yield my time. You. Lets hear from the next caller, please. Hello caller, are you with us . Ladies and gentlemen of the board, good evening. I stand before you today to discuss a issue that effects each and every resident of our community. The state of our Public Transit system. As our cities grow, so does the need for reliable efficient and sustainable transit network. Lets talk about accessible. Currently many areas are under served by Public Transit forcing to rely on personal vehicles. This not exacerbates transferic but also limits opportunity for those who cannot afford a car. We must expand our bus and train routes to reach these areas and offer more frequent service, especially during peak hours. Secondly, affordability is a concern. High fares discourage from using Public Transit. I propose we explore options for subsidized fares for low income families, student, senior and most importantly immigrants. We need to purchase as many cattle cars a we can andback to home land to ru