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That i see really being fully attended to by the mta and it is in the past way and the past week, how, the mta has been taking some strange hits because of the new i would say, premium private system that is in place, and there is all of this discussion, like why would you want to be on muni and like it is incredible, of thousands of people ride muni every day and some of us ride it in businesses, and we dont mind you know, it is not a system that needs another level of elite, care, and it is something that we need to on tend to and i appreciate your voice in that effort, and i for one will be supporting you, of course and much of the colleagues have much to add. Thank you very much and i think that director ramos, you hit upon a lot of issues that are really, really that i was going to ask you about any way and i think that based on your past experience already, you have dealt with many of those issues and i think that these will always address the issue with some of the outside, nonm
In as she told you with a vast knowledge of our programs, and we take care of 130,000 low income, seniors disabled and family low income families, throughout the city, and it is really important to have somebody who really understands those programs and what the challenges are and she targeted them right away, we have incredible growth and it is a wonderful opportunity and we have to be able to manage the growth and so that the people can get to the doctor and get access in a timely way and so we are pleased and we would urge your support. Thank you. Any other member of the public that with like to comment . All right. I am katie all bright the executive director of the San Francisco child abuse Convention Center and i promise to be short, i support web b nomination and i worked with her in the Childrens Center of San Francisco, and the bay view, Childs Center and the center for youth wellness on third street and she was instrumental in its creation and its current success, it is smart
Excited i am about the opportunity and i am not doing this for an election any time, and i am doing this because i love this city, like all of you, and i feel like i have something to offer, and i would gladly step aside if somebody more qualified was able to offer something more effective but for now, i am happy to step up in and do the job if you will have me. So, thank you all so much for your own service. Thank you, i want to thank you for your service on the board of directors and mta and it has been really great to see what the mta has been able to move forward in terms of infrastructure and in terms of new fleet that we are working towards building, and in terms of the attention to the pedestrian safety, and where we are now seeing, the mta and in a place that has not been in 25, 26 years, and to live in San Francisco and they were called back in the 90 and what to talk about 100 days that is not the kind of approach to really how we make a long term changes and the investments
Getting less expensive to live in where we can help the people stay in the city, i think that we are doing something that would be most appreciated by everyone. And that particular, and those actions along with what we have been able to do with the muni forward, we are seeing the dedicated transit lawns lanes and a little bit of the adjustments to the system and the adjustments that have not been made in the generations all working to improve not just the corridor routes and the computer lines but the local service as well and over the next four years as we continue to roll that out i want to be sure that we do that in a way that is sensitive to the communitys needs and as you all know that i am not exclusively transit rider and i am off and very much a pedestrian, and supervisor tang and i am also, very frequently as Walking Around your district as a pedestrian and living out in the inner sunset. And but we do get out to the sunset a lot, and i know how important and critical vision z