Melgar, present. Peskin, present. Preston, present. Ronan, not present. Safai, present. Stefani, present. Walton, present. Mr. President , you have quorum. Thank you madam clerk. Colleagues, can we have a motion to excuse supervisor ronan . Made by supervisor walton and second by supervisor melgar and we take that without objection. Supervisor ronan is excused. San francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush c
Good morning. Welcome to our august meeting of the transbay joint powers authority. Hope you are having a good summer the best is yet to come grownup and lived and born in San Francisco the best weather is the month of september. Roll call, please. Good morning. Directors. Prior to taking roll i note that director chang is not here but is expected. And director eltawansy and vice chair mandelman are absent. Director chang and are alternates. Il call roll. Director forbes. Here. Director baptiste. Present. Why director lipkin. Why present. Director syed. Present. Director tumlin. Present. Chair gee. Here. Directors we have quorum. Am item 3 is communications. Wield like to note process for the public to comment. Members of the public may comment on the meeting during Public Comment period in person or remotely. The call in line as a courtesy and may be disrupted due to technical difficulties. In person comment will be taken first. Remote comment after. The public call in line is on the
Alvine wu. inaudible come up. I yell at you all the time but i want you to be celebrated today. Who likes to get paid . I know that you all have had some challenges and that things dont always run as smoothly as we like, but these three people make sure that everyone gets placed and goes through the application process. Alvin wu from japanese Youth Council makes sureveryone gets paid alawn with terry jones so with the kinks and frustrations and challenges, you see how many of you are in this space and this is only a portion of the people . These folks here kind of all by themselves with a couple other folks make sure it all happens so they have to answer all your emails and phone calls and process your applications and make sure that there is enough money for you all to get paid so i just wanted to thank them for their hard work and for getting beat up not just by me but all the parents and kids and young folks upset about their checks thank you. Come on up inaudible brought us lunch i
Good afternoon everyone. And welcome to the Mayors Disability Council meeting. My name is sheri albers and this meeting is now in order. Today is friday, may 19, 2023. This is a inperson and virtual hybrid meeting. This meeting is broadcast to the public on sfgovtv, and it is open captioned and asl interpreted. The Mayors Disability Council holds 10 Public Meetings per year, and they are generally held on the third friday of the month. Please visit the mod website at www. Sf. Gov mod or call the mayor office of disability at 4155545678. For more information or email sorry. Mod sf. Gov, for any accommodations you may need. Our next regular meeting will be friday june 16, 2023. From 1 oclock to 4 oclock right here in this room, which is room 400 in San Francisco city hall. I dont know if i mentioned that is where we are at. It is also going to be hybrid meeting and broadcast on sfgovtv. We thank you for joining us and we are glad you are here. Okay, mary, could you please conduct the rol
We are going to move forward here. A panel led by two of our great governors, oklahoma governor kevin and roy cooper. Give a big welcome to them. Yes. Yes. Governor, i think you will open us up. Yeah. Thank you so much, bill. And welcome everybody, we are so excited for you to join us. Infrastructure is one of the most common topics we are asked about as governors. When will the new bridgeville . When will the potholes be text . When will my Community Get highspeed internet . Why is it taking so long to finish . Take your pick. The pipeline. The grid upgrade. Solar projects. You name it. Theres no sugar coating it. The United States is among the slowest nations in the developed world approving and completing Infrastructure Projects. Particularly when it comes to energy. You know, permitting reviews for Energy Products in the u. S. Take, listen to this, six years longer than in china, india, or other European Union nations. That is according to the analysis from ive had Energy Stakehold