Regarding a democratic motion to begin work on a bill dropping the Justice Department from supporting lawsuits to strike the Affordable Care act. Live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate on cspan 2. Eternal god, our heavenly father, we cry to you, but sometimes you seem so far away. In our despair you sometimes seem distant, and we are tempted to surmise that we are all alone. When we shout, we seem to hear the echoes of our anguish. Nonetheless, we know that you are holy, mighty, and good. We have trusted you too long to let go. Empower our senators for these challenging times. Remove from their minds all bitterness and contempt for one another. Keep their hearts clean, their spirits courageous, and their minds clear, as they face these daunting times. We pray in your omnipotent name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. The pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation unde
States, which means 22 million tomorrow and then 69 on saturday. And our coolest day of the week is expected to be on monday. As you mentioned californias 53 degrees. By tuesday and wednesday, not just for inland areas, also population is almost 32 million sfraevenlts were going to see people. It has the state dipping into the return of some sunshine in our forecast, at least a good mix of sun and cloud, yes, those saveniintoin are 50 San Francisco will drop down into the 50s. And then well see the return of dry savings. T almost 20 million in tweets again into next tuesday reserves, our fiscal footing was and wednesday. Dont forget to join me after quite good approaching this the newscast on instagram live. Ill be here answering all of pandem pandemic. We are together raising the money to be sure that all your questions. Stay with us. We have more news coming up after the break. Were all doing our part by staying at home. Workers will be getting some benefits. So there are a lot of Ca
Question is for the City Attorney perhaps can we by motion at this board today approve an extension of the existing contract for 90 days and direct the mta to report back to us on these issues . Is it possible to have our cake and eat it too . Supervisor christensen through the president i dont believe you could make that motion today. I dont think that is before you. As far as i know the mta is not in the position to make the proposal with cypress or any other provider. Madam president so we have approved an extension of the existing contract in the past in order for the negotiations to continue. Is that correct . That is correct, but we did go through the mta board and the budget and finance committee and then approved it here. So if we continue this item today until next week the department can excuse me back to us the. The department can come back with amendments and about a schedule for altering the contract if thats the determination but were presuming at least a 60 day process i
Were in those meetings just to do an oversight, make sure things are addressed properly during the negotiations. We will also look at the background if any and ask those individuals to provide their non disclosure agreements and whether they have any relationships. Which department are you with . I am with the mtas financial and Information Technologies and procurement. Is there a policy in place and make sure once you transition on and the executive director transitions on and there is transparency in the negotiations . We will do so after we go through this process here. We will have something as a policy. As of now no . Thats correct. Its being drafted . Yes. Okay. Out of the 38 Million Contract can you tell me how much is going towards the unarmed Security Services . Yes. The unarmed Security Services is approximately 950,000 hours and over the course of six years its 31 million and the armed is about 180,000 hours and the cost is about 7 million over the course of six years. Throu
Changes that have happened within the mta to ensure there is clear transparency when negotiating contracts so we dont have the same ethical violations . Supervisors, so Going Forward my office will be involved in all of the negotiation along with the project managers. Like i said they do need to be involved because theyre subject Matter Experts but we will make sure were in those meetings just to do an oversight, make sure things are addressed properly during the negotiations. We will also look at the background if any and ask those individuals to provide their non disclosure agreements and whether they have any relationships. Which department are you with . I am with the mtas financial and Information Technologies and procurement. Is there a policy in place and make sure once you transition on and the executive director transitions on and there is transparency in the negotiations . We will do so after we go through this process here. We will have something as a policy. As of now no .