And i say that to the mta as somebody who absolutely believes that the agency was chronically underfunded for many years when it was treated solely as a general fund department. Transportation, both on the operating and capital side, was in the puc days when muni was a puc property, always fell to the bottom of the list. And there have been a number of things that have happened, prop e in 1999, the Charter Amendment that i did in 2007 that brought a significant amounts of fee and fine revenue that used to go into the general fund was diverted to the mta and most recently what the entire board of supervisors put on the ballot and passed proposition d, the tnc tax that is a new source of revenue. And i look at those things, and i realize that fair box recovery is important. And i agree that people who are more affluent should pay for it, and we all know that, and just your slide 7 showed that in almost all of those categories, people of color and lowincome individuals were very large pro
Ok. Good afternoon, and welcoo the april 7th, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] [roll call] mr. President , all members are present. Supervisor yee thank you, madam clerk. Just a reminder, if you are not speaking, please mute your mic. Im hearing a lot of echo. So, at this time please place your right hand over your heart and will you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Supervisor yee ok. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who will record each of our meetings and make the transcripts to available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Mr. President , i have a communication that ive been providing during this covid19 Health
Commissioner paulson. Without objection, that is the order. Mr. President , i would like to note for the record that the p. U. C. Commissioners caen and vietor are not in chamber okay. Colleagues that brings us to the end of our joint special meeting agenda. Madame clerk, is there any further business before us today . That concludes our business for today, mr. President thank you. We are adjourned. [please stand by] good afternoon, everyone. Im San Francisco mayor london breed and i am joined here by a number of departments who will be talking later on during the press conference. We are joined by department of Emergency Management director Mary Ellen Carroll as well as department of Public Health director, dr. Grant colfax. The director of Human Services, trent rohr, the director of Homeless Services for the city, Abigail Stewart kahn and our police chief bill scott. We have a pretty lengthy press Conference Today because we have we have a lot of information to update the public with
But im not just giving them advice. Im putting up millions of dollars of my own money. If you dont know your numbers, you just dont know your business. Ill work by their side. Ill put in the hours. cause i have the same risk that they do. Wheres accounting . Shes counting. No, wheres accounting . Um. Oh, my god. This business is a total mess. I judge businesses based on three things its pretty damn good. Most often, businesses fail because of people. I trusted people to manage. Thats not fair what are you talking about . Dont you even go there. Im not going anywhere. Youre strangling things. Back up. Im there to lead, but if they dont follow, this business doesnt make it. Youre a thief and a liar and a cheater. You didnt do what you promised. Get out of my face. All i hear is a bunch of noise. [crying] i dont want to lose my company. Ill make the tough decisions they wont. Youre being demoted. Anything to turn these unsuccessful businesses around. What the [bleep] is your problem . Tha
And dozens of employees are out on the street. You dont know how to manage this place. Well. [blathers] my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. I want 25 . Youre gonna make a decision now. I make tough decisions. Youre being demoted. Back them up with my own cash. Its not always pretty. Get your ass back here right now. This is business. I do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. This is the profit. [upbeat music] jacob maarse florists is a pasadena institution. For 52 years he was the goto florist. The business made millions supplying flowers for president ial inaugurations, celebrity events, and the annual rose bowl parade. When jacob died in 2010, his son hank took over the business. Its been a very tough transition. Hank has struggled to lead. Therell be some growing pains. Um. So, well, first of all, im on the top, im the president , im the owner. Just three years later, revenue is down and those profits have turned into losses. Last year maarse generated 3.