Of poverty. Its one in a million. Grading a test that may pit minorities against each other and, ill give you a constantant and a vowel, can you guess the oxford dictionary word of the year . Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us, joie chen is on assignment. Im adam may. We start with an exclusive. A former Ferguson Police officer is speaking to us for the first time. The anticipation is building as protesters and police wait for an announcement from the grand jury. It could be a matter of days until they decide if they will indict a Ferguson Police officer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager. A former colleague says he also nose how it target. I felt it all the time in a uniform. Saying i hate the police. It was you dont know me, this is the first time you have met me. They may have had a negative past. Reporter john bowman spent 15 of his 28 years in Law Enforcement working for the Ferguson Police department now one of the most scrutinized forces in the country. Reporter
Minutes. When you have 30 seconds left, you will hear a soft bell informing you of that and at two minutes there will be a louder bell. So im going to call in order bob planthold, francisco decosta, eric woo, i believe, zel, i apologize if i mispronounce names, something that often happens to me paul, something rodriguez, i cant read the handwriting, sharon gadberry, fillchen im bob planthoalt. I served on the state Strategic Plan because of my knowledge of muni, bart, caltran, l. A. Metro link. Other systems also are struggling with the issue of the cost of youth transit, both monthly passes or individual fares. I raised two kids in the Public School system. They took muni. If i hadnt been able to get a free pass for myself throughnoje muni Access Committee i would have had great financial difficulty. I think you need to stop and look atykjy whats been overlo. Youth cant work. They dont get a job if youre 8 years old. We heard the discussion that maybe seniors and disabled should get
Link. Other systems also are struggling with the issue of the cost of youth transit, both monthly passes or individual fares. I raised two kids in the Public School system. They took muni. If i hadnt been able to get a free pass for myself throughnoje muni Access Committee i would have had great financial difficulty. I think you need to stop and look atykjy whats been overlo. Youth cant work. They dont get a job if youre 8 years old. We heard the discussion that maybe seniors and disabled should get free passes. You know, im part of that constituency, but seniors and people with disabilities can get access to some money sources. Maybe a Social Security pension, maybe ssi, Social Security disability insurance. The fact is youth dont have that access to money. We, who are seniors, or have a disability maybe we can work part time. Account even though two mayors, brown and newsom talked about free muni for seniors they did nothing to really push for it. The last page of the preparation sho
Saw the chart that said 1. 6 million for 12 months. Its 1. 6 million for just five months of the last bit of the fiscal year . Thats correct so we would recommend another it would be probably 1. 82 million of next years allocation for the balance of the 12 month program. Supervisor elsbernd how much is that allocation . That will depend in part on what the mtc commission does. Supervisor elsbernd its 23 of this years allocation but we have no idea of what the percentage is of next year. The staff recommended and Commission Approved 18 million based on ridership. Muni has more ridership than almost the rest of the region combined, more than 40 that thats how we got 6. 7 million. Staff is recommending different options next year and we hope to work with our mtc commissioners to stick with a formula that reflects the usage of our system as this years formula. At the upper end it would probably be on the order of 6. 7 million, but it could be as low as the 4 million depending on how mtc al
People with disabilities can get access to some money sources. Maybe a Social Security pension, maybe ssi, Social Security disability insurance. The fact is youth dont have that access to money. We, who are seniors, or have a disability maybe we can work part time. Account even though two mayors, brown and newsom talked about free muni for seniors they did nothing to really push for it. The last page of the preparation shows that only maybe 24 of the allotment would go towards this Youth Support program. Thats important to keep in mind. The resolution doesnt say all for maintenance, it says prioritize. You could look at munis plans and say theyre consistent with the resolution. But please dont push for all of it. Youth cant work and im going to say also, too many elected officials at city hall dont have kids, or dont have kids that really need transit because their family can drive them. We want to change the youth mind that they dont think about needing to be driven to and from school