Whatever you call it, critics are calling it a betrayal. I think that taxpayers will be upset with this idea. Reporter San Jose City councilman john mccain is says what the bta is proposing is a bait and switch, a betrayal of the spirit, if not the letter. We told taxpayers would improve the roads and driving conditions. This will just be a broken promise in the future. Reporter in 2016, voters in supported this measure, projecting to generate more than 3. 6 billion over 30 years. The money was earmarked for transportation projects, with 25 a hard cap on b. A. R. T. Construction. What is the best use of the sales tax . Is there timing to do that, based on project delivery . The very beginning of that exercise. Reporter last week, vta floated the controversial idea, what if the shared the tax revenue generated over the next decade at 75 to build b. A. R. T. , the likely spins of other transportation projects . We have got to say that this it was one thing i think we should follow throug
Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Im a constituent in district three. We all know the science. We have less than 10 years to take Climate Action and this will be a major first step [indiscernible] prohibiting the natural gas in our buildings is important to me because im concerned about Climate Change. We need to do something about it right now. This is a crucial moment for Climate Change [indiscernible] Climate Solutions. Clerk thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, im a resident of district three. I wanted to say thanks to supervisors mandelman and dean preston for all their hard work on this. Despite the loopholes [indiscernible] ready requirements is a loophole for Small Development approximates. I want us to continue the path this ordinance will put us on. Weve been waiting years for Climate Change action. Frankly, the experience of this process does not bode well for the challenge ahead of us. I applaud supervisor mandelman for doing so much of the heavy l
Chair where are you . I see myself but not on the screen. Thats a background in san pablo bay. Chair i thought your office was getting better. I didnt realize that was my background. Im not speaking from there, but my home office. Im very grateful. The issues raised are important and fair. We cannot supervisor peskin, you brought this up in the very first hearing that is critical for our society. I feel like the department of building inspection and all the other city Agency Agencies willn this. I am committed to working with everyone and excited to get going. Thank you for this opportunity. Chair thank you, ms. Rafael. Do you do that in conjunction with the office of economic and Workforce Development or do you have that function within your department . We work very closely with joaquin tores and the office of development. We will be working with them to get developers ready to comply with this ordinance and to understand the legalities of their compliance, what those issues are. And
As we deal with a very, very challenging time, one that none of us could have ever predicted. And im so excited to be here at mersed heights because i know how hard this community worked to get this park to be a priority. For so many years i see mary harris over there shaking her head hard. For so many years, and a lot of the people in this community, they have been fighting to make sure that this part of town receives the support and the attention that it deserves. There are families here and there are generations of kids growing up in this neighborhood and in this community. And they deserved the opportunity to make sure that we rebuild the library, which your supervisor is pushing for. That we rebuild the parks and all of the other amenities that make life so great in San Francisco. And here we are, because ill tell you, supervisor, not too long ago i know that we came here, and we cut the ribbon or we broke the ground and this happened really fast. This is pretty amazing. And, you
Good afternoon. Welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, november 2nd, the day before the most important election in our lives. Our clerk is miss erica major, miss major, let me announce actually, call the roll, miss major. Call the roll, supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor safai. Safai absent. Supervisor preston. Present. Thank you, sorry, safai is present. The only reason i asked for you to call the roll, the screen that i have doesnt show me everybody who is participating, so im not sure why this device is doing that. But all right. Ms. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements. Yes, mr. Chair. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, employees and the public, board of supervisor legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will participate in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the statewide stayathome order and all local and state orde