Commissioner chan is very in touch with the Veterans Community, and in process of working with two areas of interest in the San Francisco community. The first one is getting free access to the state parks and recreation, and the state level recreation b. M. R. , as well. Jason is currently managing the Veterans Justice Court as a men tar coordinator. Mentor coordinator. I was so impressed with sitting down with both [inaudible] chair ronen thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next speaker. Good morning, supervisors. My name is linda yee. I hope you dont just consider bill barnickel for the next four years as a commissioner, i hope you appoint him. I cant say how much he did for my 96yearold dad who served in the borna war theater. I helped him through the application process. It was really difficult. We waited, and we waited. Two years later, no word from the Veterans Administration. So i finally contacted Congress Woman Jackie Speiers office, and they said my dad did not qualify.
Yesterday the highspeed Rail Authority released our draft 2020 plan. This is an every other year tradition for us, that we do, the Business Plan sets out the progress that has been made on the program, where were at, what is coming up in front of us, updates a lot of the numbers and figures for the project. The draft that was released is the management recommendation. It is now out for a 60day Public Comment period. So get your comments in. There are many different ways, through our website and other means, to comment on the plan. There will be several public hearings with our board of directors, and ultimately theyll adopt the plan in april. The 2020 Business Plan really builds on a lot of things we said in our 2018 plan and 2019 project update reports. It continues to advance towards getting electrified highspeed rail running in california, making the initial investments we need to do in order to get trains on the ground, maintaining are bookends projects, and getting the rest of the
We have quorum. Can you please call the first item. Im 2, the citizens advisor report. Im john larsen, chair of the citizens advisory committee, and im here to report on january 22nd meeting of the c. A. C. We began the meeting welcoming to members, representing district 5 and 9, so were currently on full strengthe strength of te c. A. C. Item 6 on your agenda, the c. A. C. Members discussed the vetoed legislation relating to a paved area the time, resources and funds being allocated towards a project that might have a limited impact on overall congestion, while benefiting a very specific neighborhood, could possibly be used better in neighborhoods of concern. And other thing is exploring a tax assessment around the affected part of lumbar street. Sb50 was also discussed by the c. A. C. , specifically linking housing proposals too closely with additional funds for transportation and infrastructure. One member expressed concern that efforts for needed additional housing should not be sl
And noting that director debars is also absent. With that, we have a quorum. Item three, communications. Directors, im not aware of any. Seeing none, well move into item four, board of directors new and or old business. I believe we have director lipkin with some information. A small update. Yesterday the highspeed Rail Authority released our draft 2020 plan. This is an every other year tradition for us, that we do, the Business Plan sets out the progress that has been made on the program, where were at, what is coming up in front of us, updates a lot of the numbers and figures for the project. The draft that was released is the management recommendation. It is now out for a 60day Public Comment period. So get your comments in. There are many different ways, through our website and other means, to comment on the plan. There will be several public hearings with our board of directors, and ultimately theyll adopt the plan in april. The 2020 Business Plan really builds on a lot of things
Meeting by reminding everyone that the office of Small Business is the best place to get your questions answered about doing business in San Francisco. The office of Small Business should be your first stop when you have a question about what to do next. You can find us online or in person here at city hall. Best of all, our services are free of charge. The Small Business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. If you need assistance with Small Business matters, start here at the office of Small Business. The commission is now starting a new tradition of welcoming new businesses that have opened this week. We would like to welcome liberty home supply, old shanghai restaurant, Janitorial Services and kanda yoga school as unone of the many businesses that havy businesses that have opened this week. Okay. I guess we roll call first. Call to order and roll call. Commis