cents and cisco s buses and trains serve many writers san francisco buses and trains serve many riders. the need to be sure they can get off at their intended stop. the digital voice announcement system, which announces upcoming stops, can help these low vision riders know where they are, but only if set properly. it is a wonderful piece of technology, but in practice, it is a little bit more tricky. oftentimes, i find that the automatic announcement system is turned off or turned down so low that i m unable to hear it, or it is turned up so high that the sound is distorted. most of the time, it does not ever seemed to be on. or is it is, it is a really quiet. occasionally, it is so loud that it is distorted. driver, may i have california st., please? no problem. whenever the announcement system does not work properly and a driver does not call out the stops, and i m totally lost as to where i am. the announcement system calls out the stops, but to help the cust
thank you for hearing this. president fong: thank you. thank you, commissioners. i am chair of the western soma task force but i am speaking today as an individual. i would like to address some of the transportation analysis in the eir. transportation planners, we experience a considerable amount of pushed back from the transportation planners and consultants over the course of developing this eir. they tend to have this mentality of living in a bubble where the area that is being studied is a blank slate and they get to move housing and streets and transportation elements around. whereas the western soma plan is based upon what is there on the ground. just to give you an idea. residential is primarily north of harrison street. service and light industrial, business is south of harrison street. we recommended the designation of this the streets such as howard and fulsome in the midst of the residential area as community servings streets and those of the paris and as regio
when people ask me, you have to be so clever. tom ford made a movie, so why not you? because my brain is not that sure. you have to think about so many things. truly, it is a big work. you have to be strong. you have to take care also of the physiology of the actor which is, like, oh, my god. you can be depressed. also, you see the depression of everybody. i do not want it. i have enough of my own. i hope you will be sharp enough to answer the questions the audience has for you. rather like the academy awards. [applause] these questions have come through on various means. can we have the first question? the first question i am going to compile a group a lot of people are asking what is currently inspiring new? from different cultures, the internet, textile design what exciting things are you seeing in contemporary textile design? and what are you reading? definitely, that is very sad, but i have not enough time to read. that is the very sad part. so i m not en
other questions from the other side. it is a fine with us to start tomorrow again. let s take a break. miss lopez, let me remind you are still under oath. i would advise you to not to talk to anybody between now and when you appear again tomorrow. good. thank you. thank you for being patient. let s excuse the witness. is there anything else we need to talk about tonight? mr. keith? commissioners? ok, here is my plan for tomorrow. i would like to finish with miss lopez, we need to talk about the london declaration, we need to talk about the mayor s rebuttal exhibit, and we have to talk about the sheriff s request for rabat witnesses to rebuttal witnesses. the flores testimony, my understanding is that you want to make oral objections? i am not going to go through it line by line. and all encompassing objection. we can deal with that tomorrow as well. are there any other issues we need to address? in regard to the testimony and the objections, it would be helpfu
we take this opportunity to enjoy. this budget is one that s important to all of us, it certainly is one to me and one that reflects a lot of great work. first of all, let me thank everybody for coming this morning. certainly board president david chiu for helping me co-host this and carmen chu and her work with us already started and will help guide us, along with board president david chiu on all of the hearings that the rest of the board will have. i want to thank each and every member of the board of supervisors as well. you ve been weighing in and we ve been creating a different dialogue on the front end to make sure that all of our constituents know what we re doing, more transparent, and ultimately where our values are. i also want a big shout-out and thanks to everybody in this room. there s a lot of department heads and commissions and labor representatives and representatives from our non-profits and community members as well. thank you for engaging us in this reall