Demands on rail Service Continue to grow in San Francisco. And if you look at the cranes in the sky, if you look at the projections of growth, thats only going to continue and so we need a better, more reliable, higher capacity, more enjoyable way for people to be able to get through the city and that is exactly these rail cars signify for us. This car is the first of 24 of the first batch that will be going into service. Those 24 will be in service before the end of next year. Following that, there is another 44 that come and these are all in addition to the 151 cars that we currently have in service. So, this is expansion. That means more service. That means longer trains. More twocar trains. More threecar trains and more frequent service along our raillines, which is really the workhorse of the muni system. And it is not just capacity. But these vehicles have been exceptionally engineered and meticulously designed to provide stateoftheart, much better ride and much better experience
Seeing none, item three, approval with possible modification of the minutes of the september 18th, 2017, meeting. Our esteemed leader is under the weather today, i will be attempting to run parliamentary procedure on this meeting. Does anybody have any comments on the minutes . Is there a motion . I move approval of the minutes. I second. Any Public Comment . Its a team effort to keep this meeting going. Seeing no Public Comment, are we all in favor . Aye. Item four, presentation from the Mayors Office of housing regarding the 2015 Affordable Housing bond and possible action by the committee in response to such presentation. We are pleased to be before you to give you an update on the 2015 housing bond. As you recall, the housing bond was separated into four housing categories. Its some cases very self descriptive, we wanted to serve vulnerable populations for whom Housing Resources are too scares and middle income households. So were serving those middle income residents of San Franci
The Prime Minister says there needs to be greater flexibility on Public Sector pay amid Union Criticism that the pay awards announced yesterday for police and prison officers were still below inflation. Also in the next hour, warning from the president of the European Commission that the uk will soon regret leaving the eu. In his annual address to the european parliament, Jean Claude Juncker says there is a window of opportunity to build a stronger, more united union. And the robot making its debut as the conductor of an orchestra in italy. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Private Healthcare Firm spire has agreed to pay over £27 million to help victims of a rogue breast surgeon, who carried out unnecessary operations. Ian paterson was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent, relating to nine women and one man in april. Spire has agreed to pay £27. 2 million in all, with £10 million coming from patersons insurers and the heart of england trust. The money will be tran
Theresa may has said ministers will look again at Public Sector pay before the budget after criticism that the pay awards announced yesterday were still below inflation. Does the Prime Minister understand that inflation is mayor 2 and anything less means dedicated public serva nts anything less means dedicated Public Servants are worse off anything less means dedicated Public Servants are worse off again and have been made worse off for the past seven years . There is a need for greater flexibility as we look at these issues on Public Sector pay in the future. We will be working on this in the lead up to the budget. Also in the next hour, a warning from the president of the European Commission that the uk will soon regret leaving the eu. In his annual address to the european parliament, Jean Claude Juncker says there is a window of opportunity to build a stronger, more united union. And the robot making its debut as the conductor of an orchestra in italy. Good afternoon and welcome to
Extra, extra this is how ma rolls. Look at you in your fancy, new ride. So fancy, this guy suits me . It does suit you very well. I know youre getting used to your life in l. A. Because you went to your first game. How was it . And i have to say, my new team is the l. A. Kings. Im a hockey fan now. The atmosphere was unbelievable last night. So fun. I also hear youre a liam neeson fan and you got to sit down with him . Massive liam neeson fan. I was starstruck. It was incredible. And we got down to the bottom of the rumors that hes done with action movies. So, youve seen him play a tough guy in movies like taken but wait until you see liams softer side. They havent disappeared. You wear them, too. Well, these are the slim fit. Mine are actually called cigarette fit, like oh. As tight as can be. Liam neeson, i like it. Now, you might be surprised by that, but he says dont be surprised by this theyre all lying. His new thriller is in theaters now, based on reallife watergate informant de