Appreciate if we hold those until we get to that agenda but you are free to do as you wish. Im bob [inaudible] im leer as a member and also Spokes Person for the Informal Association known as friends of ethics. Last week a public polling of california completed a polling about Ethics Commission and potential ethics matters happening in the city. I want to give you brief summary of some the results. It was a simple bakers dozen of question squz people can say yes, punch 1, 2, no, 3, i dont know or 4, i dont care. The one i want to mention that i think stands out is there is a ballot measure drafted that will ban lobbyist from contributing to officials which you support or oppose. Out of 521 people, 60 percent said yes they support. Only 14 percent said no. I want you to understand you seem to be on the right track with the public at large. There are other questions if a ethics measure would put on the ballot who would you have most confidence in based on the agency putting it on, ethics
Is that considered high or average . That sounds small to me. It is a professional standard that is used not just in public polling but other areas as well. Okay. Thank you. It cost more if you want to get furter refined and we use our own resources. Right. Thank you. Ray [inaudible] i handed my second complaint against city librarian luis her era and [inaudible] violated my rights under the sunshine ordinance on 7 specific occasions. Denying or interfering with my Public Comment not representing the Public Comments accurately in the official minutes of the meeting or denying access to public documents some of which were the documents that got mr. Her era in violation in sacramento and with held the documents as long as he could. They have dozens if not hundreds of such violations. You can only file so many. The friends of the San Francisco Public Library is a group of private individuals who have been allowed to raise and expend funds in the name the San Francisco Public Library and t
Twere live. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome back for another session of the land use and transportation committee. My name is malia cohen, chair of this committee and to my right is supervisor scott wiener, the vicechair and to my left is supervisor aaron peskin. Our clerk is victor young, yes. And i also want to recognize Jessie Jim Smith and leo who are televising this meeting on sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements for us today . Yes, please science all cell phones and Electronic Devices and completed speaker cards and documents to be completed as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon will appear on the august 16th, 2016 meeting of the board of supervisors, unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Could you call item 1 . Item no. 1 resolution authorizing the sublease between the city and county of San Francisco, as tenant and sublandlord and the crossroads as subtenant. Of 4124 rentable square feet in the building located at 167 je
We are waiting for a callback from metro. We have questions for them. But the press release they put out would lead you to believe they think if it was a crime would be the inspection of track before the derailment happened. We talked to passengers and they say its concerning that it could rise to the level of a crime. Some days they say they dont feel safe taking metro and this does not do anything to bolster their confidence. Reporting live at the East Falls Church metro station, im tom roussey, abc7 news. Maureen thank you, tom. We have news of another Train Derailment and its cause. A faulty wheel may have caused a csx train to derail in northeast washington last may. Wtop radio reports a Company Investigation found that the train derailed when a bad wheel caused it to break. 14 cars derailed near the rhode island avenue metro station. Marc and Amtrak Service was disrupted for three by the federal railroad administration. Tonight three u. S. Postal Service Workers are facing charge
Truck. Now, there is roadwork being done about a mile from where we are on 401 south. Apparently the driver was headed that way when this accident happened. From what we have been able to see here on the scene the driver of the white car did not make it. We are hearing from witnesses here on the scene that she was a young woman . Her early 20s. That is about now. But, again, all lanes of 401 south, the remain closed at this hour. Likely they will remain closed for quite some time. Right now the state Highway Patrol Reconstruction Team just arrived on the scene and they are going over their measuring the street and figuring out exactly how this accident happened. We will remain here on the scene and bring you updates during this newscast or at the station wral. Gerald, lynda. Thank you. The police are investigating a crash of their own. It happened a little more than an hour ago. An suv hit a pedestrian walking nor the fog line on the road. The person was killed. Durham police have not