We have some ideas that will not only enhance our district, but will enhance the city if we get the opportunity to do it. We have a wonderful culture,and this gives us an opportunity not only to educate, but also to entertain in a way that benefits us finally, and not everybody else. So please, with all of your might, put all of the resources and all of the commitments you can into finally giving the Africanamerican Community an opportunity to highlight itself in a positive instead of a negative way. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next caller, please. Caller good morning again, virginia marsh, the president of the San Francisco alliance of blacks of educators. The africanamerican cultural district in the bay view is so wonderful. It supports our students. My school is right next due to the bayvie bay view hop pra house opera house. And they have been very supported to our students. She posts the students art around the walls. Weve had our band club there over the years. If you h
Marin county will begin restrictions tomorrow. Joining us to talk about its effectiveness, Infectious Disease specialist dr. Monica gandhi and ash coalrod. Thank you for joining me today. Thank you. Thank you. I want to dive into whether the new restrictions make sense. Bmp we do that, the governor announced alarming new numbers. Dr. Gandhi, when numbers caught your attention . You know, its aptly true that were in a surge, we have increased cases and many areas in the state have increased hospitalizations. This is not true we havent reached yet in the bay area. This is a prophylactic move to prevent us from getting into the kind of criteria that the governor explained. They were not there. Its a prophylactic move. We have to restrict activities, and so now the question becomes what makes sense, what gets restricted and what doesnt make sense. Thats absolutely true. Many things are closing down again. Indoor entertainment, outdoor playgrounds, that caught a lot of people by surprise. A
Transportation Authority Meeting for today, november 17th, 2020. Our clerk is ms. Britney milton. Ms. Millton, can you please make any announcements and then call the roll. Clerk yes. I will call the roll and then follow it up with my Public Comment announcement. Commissioner. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer present. Clerk commissioner present. Absent. Commissioner mar . Mar absent. Commissioner peskin. Chair peskin present. Clerk commissioner preston. Supervisor preston present. Clerk commissioner ronen. Supervisor ronen present. Clerk commissioner safai. Supervisor safai present. Clerk commissioner stefani. Supervisor stefani present. Clerk commissioner walton . Supervisor walton present. Clerk commissioner yee. Supervisor yee present. Clerk im sorry . Ill now make an announcement oh, thank you. Commissioner haney present. I will now make an announcement about Public Comment. Public comment will be available for each item on the this agenda, via telephone by calling 415 655000 41
Thank you, chairwoman brown. I now recognize mr. Gardner, you may proceed. Mr. Gardner thank you, chairman lipinsk lipinski, the Ranking Member, and thank you for the opportunity to testify today Service Transportation boards key role in enabling amtrak to effectively serve the nation. Strongly support the s. T. B. Needs ieve the board updated authority for Passenger Rail so we can achieve the ontime evels and erformance your constituents deserve. Ongress took amtrak on for the job. Common carrier obligations for assengers and the associated operating losses for passenger service, the freights agreed to whereverrak to operate and whenever it wanted over their lives. Trains with trak dispatching preference over freight and to empower what is the s. T. B. To ensure amtraks access to the rail network. 50 years since the Freight Railroads agreed eagerly to this bargain and yet many of our host railroads fall short in ulfilling some of these key obligation obligations. Mr. Gardner, if youll
Commissioner peskin. Chair peskin present. Clerk commissioner preston. Supervisor preston present. Clerk commissioner ronen. Supervisor ronen present. Clerk commissioner safai. Supervisor safai present. Clerk commissioner stefani. Supervisor stefani present. Clerk commissioner walton . Supervisor walton present. Clerk commissioner yee. Supervisor yee present. Clerk im sorry . Ill now make an announcement oh, thank you. Commissioner haney present. I will now make an announcement about Public Comment. Public comment will be available for each item on the this agenda, via telephone by calling 415 655000 415 6550001, and d entering access code 146 423 1359. Then pound and pound again. To make Public Comment, dial star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. When it is your turn to speak, your line will be unmuted and the operator will advise youre allowed two minutes to speak. When your two minutes are up, well move on to the next caller. Best practices are to speak slowly, clearly and turn d