Supposed to deal with all of that . Thank you, mayor. I appreciate this, and again, this is such a challenging time, i would say the risks the downsides to the shelter in place and the slow reopening are very real and very concerning from a health standpoint and an economic standpoint. I think the Counter Point is no one has said, were going to go ahead and open quickly. As you see across the country, the Mental Health consequences of opening and having a surge, many people are struggling in San Francisco, but if we have a surge like we saw in new york or unfortunately like we saw in houston and parts of florida, we would have all of those concerns that youre talking about on top of the overwhelming the Hospital Systems due to covid19 plus the covid19 pandemic and everything that were dealing with and managing today. Unfortunately, theres downsides to where we are today, but theyre even worse. And we just want people to understand that these times are hard, but we have a pandemic in ou
The minutes should so reflect, thank you. Great. Should we include that amendment on the minutes . Directors, are there any additional callers at this time . Operator you have two questions remaining. So for members of the public on the line, this is an opportunity to comment on approval of the minutes from the june 16th regular meeting. If you would like to comment on the minutes, please state your name and we will start your two minutes. Hello . Operator sorry, hit the wrong button. Operator you have zero questions remaining. With that, well close Public Comment and directors, do i have a motion for the approval of the minutes from the 16th. Motion to approve. Second. All in favour. Do we have to do role call . Yes, madam chair. role call . The minutes are approved in a 40 vote. Item 5. As some of may know, we lost a member, art curtis, who passed away with a long battle with brain cancer. In his early union, he fulfilled his dream with sfmta driving trolley buses and conductor on th
Future. This is abc news. He lives here. Wheres the we both live here. Tense moments and an act of aggression inside a San Francisco parking garage all caught on camera. Good evening, thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. The video shows a latino man blocked from entering his Apartment Building by a man and a woman, the man lunging at a bystander who interventions to help. Dion lim is live from San Francisco with the story. Dion, not only did you speak with the man who was blocked from entering the building, you also confronted the man and woman who did it, right . Its crazy because we just happened to see the man and woman in this video and my photographer sprang into action and approached them for their side of the story. Lets just say i got a little under investigation and tensions, those are running high. You dont have a right to come in here. He lives here. These tense moments played out tuesday night when resident michael bara haas, a berkeley. Grad pulled into t
Incredibly dire. But still there will have to be cuts and that will hurt. It was a huge drop in daily ridership due to covid19 that caused b. A. R. T. s money problems. Our ridership went from 405,000 to 24,000. And since the low point of 24,000, weve now inched up to 45. Reporter fewer riders men less revenue and thats what shaped the budget the board passed today which includes an extra 44 million for cleaning. Its not just cleaning the stations. But its disinfecting the train cars every single night. Reporter also 146 million in cuts made by eliminating unfilled job and reducing operating expenses like putting off a return to ending service but tlayoffs planned. Youre going to notice things like the 9 00 p. M. Closure in the middle of the day. You should expect 30minute frequencies. This b. A. R. T. Rider isnt surprised. The economy is struggling and everything is losing money. Reporter the budget plan assumes at best, 50 of riders return this year. The number could be as low as 15
Comment on that item and perhaps the minutes should so reflect, thank you. Great. Should we include that amendment on the minutes . Directors, are there any additional callers at this time . Operator you have two questions remaining. So for members of the public on the line, this is an opportunity to comment on approval of the minutes from the june 16th regular meeting. If you would like to comment on the minutes, please state your name and we will start your two minutes. Hello . Operator sorry, hit the wrong button. Operator you have zero questions remaining. With that, well close Public Comment and directors, do i have a motion for the approval of the minutes from the 16th. Motion to approve. Second. All in favour. Do we have to do role call . Yes, madam chair. role call . The minutes are approved in a 40 vote. Item 5. As some of may know, we lost a member, art curtis, who passed away with a long battle with brain cancer. In his early union, he fulfilled his dream with sfmta driving