On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae good morning and thanks for joining us on this friday. I am lukas voss in for jessica rae us on this friday. I am lukas voss in for jessica rae. Days after president obama announced exececive actions aimed at reducing gun violence. The president took his pitch on the road. He participated in a town hall meeting at george mason university. And argued his reasoning for the increased restrictions. Reporter karin caifa has a more. president obama the way it is described, is that we are trying to take away everybodys guns. In his first town hall event in 2016, the president debated the second amendment. And the gun violence gripping the nation. He stood in front of supporters critics and some familiar faces including Gabby Giffords the former representative who was shot five e ars ago and her husband retired astronaut mark kelly. mark kelly husband of Gabrielle Giffords gabby and i are both gun owrs. We take gun ownership very he never owned a gun and
People with disabilities were having a growing disparity between the seniors and the general population and whereas negotiated transportation is an important corner stone into the integrated Community Living with the folks with disabilities and seniors therefore the people again with disabilities and seniors are more reliant on transportation than any other population and whereas the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency as previously added the issue of affordability transportation for youth and whereas the San Francisco whereas let it be resolved that making transportation negotiated for people with disabilities and snarz maybe a priority for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and let it be further roved the Mayors Council or the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board of directors to expand the free muni program to people with disabilities and seniors this is the resolution and thank you for your time i made it under the bell. Thank you and to the d
Good afternoon. Good morning, sir good afternoon, sir hi, im am with the santa fe San Francisco arc i want to talk about the free ride you muni for the seniors and for adult go disabilities and it will help my family a lot and helping me so i you know im using thank you. Thank you good testimony. calling names . Good afternoon. Good afternoon. My name is is rem ma im a member of power and we worked long years for free muni passes i want to share some of the reasons why free muni was a success its affordable a lot of the parents scrambling to get muni bus money that burden is off their shoulders the child rides for free it gives vicinities so for the youth myself included when i didnt have money for the bus i would have to ask folks for money or try to do other things to get the money i also wanted to say the youth avoids crimtion youre not being has he would by the police for not paying your fair i know, you know in the death of kenneth harden he died because i didnt have the money to
Citizens advisory committee. laughter . And its my lure to be here to represent the shared community in favor of extending free muni with the rising costs in San Francisco and so many people thaty on the services this is a Great Services for others who cant access the community i lived on a limited income and i wanted to take muni because of the few dollars added up i would walk the blocks, however the seniors and others with disabled theyre not able to walk the distances and not having the access may reduce their quality of life we feel this is a quality of life issue and an active issue we are fortunate to call this home but truly if we cant assess all of San Francisco the seniors and disability folks will be limited you have the power to make the difference we are greatly in favor of that and have a few concerns for the board through the limit equality he thought to make sure that people with disabilities are not discriminate against and want to make sure that given someone free we
That burden is off their shoulders the child rides for free it gives vicinities so for the youth myself included when i didnt have money for the bus i would have to ask folks for money or try to do other things to get the money i also wanted to say the youth avoids crimtion youre not being has he would by the police for not paying your fair i know, you know in the death of kenneth harden he died because i didnt have the money to show he paid for his muni the principle if you have free muni you can go to school and the library and get around the city if youre not youre in one area your own community so a lot of the kids are surprised the kids in bayview theyre not able to be a tourist in their own city i support the free muni for seniors and people with disabilities thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker. calling names good afternoon. Good afternoon. Chair and the board and everyone else in the room im james wong representing an organization in the city called it help for the reca