Undergrounding folks see if they know of other folks we can partner with that would help us if we have something that needs to be changed. I would hope so because in perpetuity is a long time. Commissioner crews. Thank you. So i was very interested in our last meeting and supervisor haynes request that we look into undergrounding. Part of that was really around addressing the Digital Divide. So i was interested when i saw a wall street journal article recently that had to do with kansas citys Digital Divide so i want to read really briefly something that i provided to colleagues and to the public. When google launched its Fast Internet Service in kansas city in 2012, the web giant said it wanted to spread broad band widely and close the dipblg cal divide but a study submitted to the wall street journal suggests the company is far from completing the goal. In 6 kansas city neighborhoods found in only 10 percent of the residents subscribe to googles fiber service. By contrast, 42 percent
Desire from this body i could pick up potentially the next step which would be how do you create a Business Model per se of getting the internet actually into physical peoples homes and getting them hooked up. That was not part of what i was looking at because based on last meetings discussion it seemed the group did not want me to go that way. If there is a change in heart on that i do need to know because that would be a much different work plan and i would have to put some serious thought into whether i personally have the skill set to create a Business Model for the city. I think that would require an outside consultant coming in and that would require a budget that i do not have at this time. I think less than a Business Model but what legal effects can we have in this space underground. Is there authority from the board or the puc to affect how businesses can utilize these public spaces. I get what you are saying. Like what limitations does the city right now control, could the c
Welcome to the meeting of the Transportation Authority board. Im Rafael Mandelman and serve as chair. Vice chair is aaron peskin and clerk is i liegea saunders. We have sfgovtv to thank and mr. Seaneder call the roll. Commissioner chan. Commissioner dorsey. Present. Chair mandelman. Why present. Commissioner mar. Present. Commissioner melgar. Present. Commissioner peskin. Present commissioner preston. Present. Why commissioner ronen. Absent commissioner safai. Absent. Commissioner stefani. Present. Commissioner walton. Present. Chair we have i quorum. Thank you. I think you have a Public Comment announcement. For the members interested in paymented in the meeting we welcome your attention in person in the chamber room 215 stele hull or watch channel 26 or 99 or stream live at sfgov. Org. For those wish to comment remote low dial 4156550001 then access code 2486 332 3637 you will listen in real time when Public Comment is called press star 3 to be added to the queue. Dont press star 3 a
Breaking news tonight, another traffic related death in san jose. Another early woman hit by a car. What we are learning about the latest crash on what has been a busy day. Also new, stunning new developments in the stock and serial killer case. Why the chicago pd is now involved. Im in the bay area, the message we want you to hear ahead of the election. Hes back to work but a different tone. Can this team move forward . We will hear from the warriors insider. Would begin tonight with the deadly crash in san jose. Police tell us an elderly woman was hit and killed by a car. Happened around 7 30 near lundy by the san jose municipal golf course. At this point we do not know all the details original the driver is cooperating. This marks the cities 28th pedestrian. This year and the third time today someone has been hit by a car while walking or riding a bike. Around 12 30, police and elderly man was hit by a car while walking near the fairgrounds on monterey road. The driver took off. The
Everybody is happy to see her here. It was known as speed city decades ago and now they are ready to bring that name back. We go to San Jose State University to learn more about a new project the. We will be there in about 12 minutes with why it is happening at such a crucial time. We are talking about inflation now. It is frustrating. From food to rent, it is all going up. That is despite all of the moves that the feds and the government has tried to make to curb prices. We have been digging into the numbers all day. Scott, break it down for us. Inflation has been hitting us for a while. Interest rate hikes are supposed to curb that and put a break on rising prices. We have seen them go up and debt has gone higher. This morning, a slap in the face. Inflation is still on the rise. Not as much as it was before but it has not slowed down. Prices are rising but we need to be more patient with that. So, still a smack in the face. The feds have raise the Interest Rates and pass the inflatio