madam clerk, please call the roll. clerk: [roll call] commissioner safai is absent. chairman: thank you, madam clerk, i think you have some announcements. clerk: sure. for members of the public interested in participating in this board meeting, we welcome your attendance here in-person in the legislative chamber, room 250 in city hall. or you may watch channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider or stream the meeting live at www.sfgovtv.org. for those wishing to make comment remotely, the best way to do so is by dialling (415) 655-0001. and, when prompted, enter access code 24905457622 and then press pound and pound again. you ll be able to listen to the meeting in real time. when public comment is called for the item you wish to speak on, press star three to be added to the cue to speak. do not press star three again do we need to do a sound check with teams? i can hear you, jenn, but i can t hear anything from the chamber. chairman: sounds like we need to take a
Public comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the file. You may also send your comment via us mail to our office in city hall one. Doctor carlson place, room 244 San Francisco, california 94102. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and Electronic Devices documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda on april 16th, 2024, unless otherwise stated. That completes my initial announcements. Thank you so much. Can you please read item number one . Yes. Item number one is a motion approving rejecting the mayors nomination for reappointment of fiona hinsey to the Municipal Transportation Agency board of directors terms ending march 1st, 20, 2028. Thank you. And i understand, commissioner hynes is on on zoom or online, yes, we will unmute her line right now. Good morning, madam chair and supervisors. Walton and stuff. Like i as, mr.
Zero. I want to acknowledge that vision zero is an extremely emotional topic. Imagine some of you are feeling a sense of rage and youre looking for somebody to glaim. Others may be feeling powerless, shaken, heartbroken, that is all okay, we understand that. Like you the leaders who join me today share your grief anytime somebody is injured or killed on our streets. We all know in our hearts, and in our guts, that this is unacceptable. This is not the kind of city that we want to live in and that is why ten years ago, today, many of our visionary leaders made San Francisco the second city in america to adopt vision zero. Since i joined the sfm board of directors i was laser focus on how it will get to zero. This is my number one priority in my service to this city. I see the ability to walk, bike, drive, roll, or take transit safely without fior of harm as a basic right and freedom that everybody should expect in our city. Its why i created the vision zero subcommittee so that we can a
Me today share your grief anytime somebody is injured or killed on our streets. We all know in our hearts, and in our guts, that this is unacceptable. This is not the kind of city that we want to live in and that is why ten years ago, today, many of our visionary leaders made San Francisco the second city in america to adopt vision zero. Since i joined the sfm board of directors i was laser focus on how it will get to zero. This is my number one priority in my service to this city. I see the ability to walk, bike, drive, roll, or take transit safely without fior of harm as a basic right and freedom that everybody should expect in our city. Its why i created the vision zero subcommittee so that we can all sit around the table together, talk about opportunities, but also talk about the real challenges that director tumlin and staff face every single day as theyre trying to achieve this goal. I wanted a space where community, advocates and government can come together and problem solve to
Emotional topic. Imagine some of you are feeling a sense of rage and youre looking for somebody to glaim. Others may be feeling powerless, shaken, heartbroken, that is all okay, we understand that. Like you the leaders who join me today share your grief anytime somebody is injured or killed on our streets. We all know in our hearts, and in our guts, that this is unacceptable. This is not the kind of city that we want to live in and that is why ten years ago, today, many of our visionary leaders made San Francisco the second city in america to adopt vision zero. Since i joined the sfm board of directors i was laser focus on how it will get to zero. This is my number one priority in my service to this city. I see the ability to walk, bike, drive, roll, or take transit safely without fior of harm as a basic right and freedom that everybody should expect in our city. Its why i created the vision zero subcommittee so that we can all sit around the table together, talk about opportunities, b