Ghost town. How bad is it for cal train . Its devastating. Were facing a fiscal cliff in october and the rail lane may simply cease to exist. Reporter rumming between San Francisco and san jose faces shutdown after the San Francisco board of supervisors failed to support a sales tax measure for the november ballot. The supervisor says there are bigger priorities. Our cities is facing a 1. 7 billion deficit right now. Our own Transportation Agency is suffering. Reporter muni facing its own financial crisis. Its director tweeting some sobering facts. Muni eliminating 40 bus lines. Golden gate transit cut half the service to San Francisco. B. A. R. T. Facing a billiondollar loss. Cal train may end service completely. This is public transit, reality in america. I think were now in a fast crisis. Reporter austin brown from the uc davis policy ins Institution Says transit may depends on a Covid Vaccine for riders to come back. Justbly needing to see good data and then get people comfortable
Taking on a very challenging task he developed and coordinated strategies and policies to protect the American Public as a recipient of the us secretary distinguished Service Medal and to be joined by the Ranking Member senator tester we are beginning to consider the fiscal 2021 budget request and looking at further insight from you mr. Secretary in the fiscal year 2020 i hope to build on the progress made in the 2020 bill enacted december h 2019. With a 54. Six and discretionary funding and protect the homeland for years to come with billions of dollars for Border Security for a border wall system and humanitarian care requirements all add existing Border Patrol facilities. Providing 22 billion from fema to support Disaster Relief and Grant Programs to provide additional funding from terrorism prevention to combat the emerging threat. Funding the deployment of Aviation Security equipment which i actually saw myself at tsa headquarters designed to enhance global Threat Detection capabi
Calling the committee to order of the budget cycle we are pleased to be joined by acting secretary chad wolf. Named after acting secretary november 132019 before taking on the challenging task he developed coordinated strategies and policies for the Homeland Security mission protected the public through his leadership role through strategy and policy as a recipient of the secretary distinguished Service Medal for International Terrorism and throughout the duration of his career. Thank you for that. We are continuing to consider the budget request 2021 and look for further insight from you. Some of the fiscal year 2021 enacted december 20th 2019. And then 50. 46 billion of tidiscretionary funding with those investments to protect the homeland for years to come millions of dollars for Border Security including funding for border wall system humanitarian care requirements and those all add existing Border Patrol facilities. Grant programs to provide additional funding from terrorism preve
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Think those programs really to make sure with owe are able to grant this to be fund year after year and thank you. Any further Public Comment Public Comment is closed. And next have item 4. 4. Directors report. Or directors update. Thank you president interim alexandertut to the members of the building Inspector Commission im director oriordan. That better. Yes. So i want to startcy thanking president interim alexandertut for joining us and other commissioners that joined remotely early this month a change to see see initiative were workinging on and to share the progress towards the goals. A great the subject property to welcome new staff and recognize theyre Services Milestones and theyve achieved by especially by alonger employees i want to thank you are executive team and administrative teams for helping make the event successful and hope to see i all again next year. I also want to highlight three last week dbi team dealt with the City Attorneys Office to file and lawsuit against