Across the country have recently stepped up efforts to ban books from circulation and libraries. Government employees at work are generally not protected by the amendment but teachers do maintain the rights when they are outside of school just like students. Parents also having an Important Role to play in k12 schools. Families may have the right to get their child out of select teachings but nhe right to control what all children are allowed to learn including content about racism, sexuality and gender expression. Finally, i hope we can remember that when we are exposed to more speech and information, we can and need to change our mind. I submit that between throwing up our hands into saying theres nothing we can do to address controversial speech and excommunicating people because of what they said or thought are all the good ideas for how schools and communities can heal and grow together. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today. Thank you very much. You are recognized.
Closed. Can we take item 8 same house, same call . The house keeps changing call the roll. Commissioner avalos commissioner breed commissioner campos commissioner cohen commissioner farrell chamber of commerce absent commissioner mar commissioner peskin commissioner tang che commissioner yee absent the item passes okay item number 9. Item 9 adopt the 2015 annual report an action item. Our executive director will present the report. Thank you che congratulations to you and commissioner mar im pleased to present the annual report you have a copy for the members of the public the first slide lays out the prop k and the suggestion Management Agency and established a Vision Zero Committee of supervisors at the Transportation Authority board and we also manage the fund for clean air the evaluate Registration Fee tdr has designated a couple of years actress a Management Agency for the transportation this year highlight of the work program the bus Rapid Transit and the draft report this is was
Good morning and welcome to the to the monthly meeting the of Transportation Authority im supervisor wiener the chair of the tort i want to thank sfgov for broadcasting Jennifer Lowe and bill dillon mr. Clerk, please call the roll supervisor avalos commissioner breed commissioner campos commissioner cohen commissioner farrell commissioner kim commissioner kim . Here commissioner mar chens chang commissioner tang commissioner wiener commissioner yee commissioner yee . Sorry commissioner yee present we have quorum. Thank you very much item 2. Item 2 chairs report this is an information item. Thank you and colleagues over the past year the Transportation Authority has clocked collaborated with our agency and Community Partners to achieve a number of milestones for the transportation including including the wins and federal, state, and local let me thank you vice chair malia cohen and thank caging for the Program Committee and commissioner avalos for chairing the finance committee about al
In 2015 thank you colleagues for giving me the honor of harry this we successfully advocated for the multi federal participation bill of 2005 the 5 year fixing American Transportation act will bring stability to the programs in the coming years cap trade fund continue to generate fund for the transit like the expansion of muni and rail fleet and the development of high speed rail that connects our region and city locally our sales tax and other Transportation Authority managed fund played a key role inform attracting the funding and in 2015 the Transportation Authority celebrated the new presidio parkway and extensions in van ness bart and better Market Street and the contributing terminal it supported many vision zero and others from new crosswalks to street repaving and Traffic Signals across the city the cooperation hoped the bike share with a slated bike share fleet tenfold over the next years as we look forward to 2016 it is critically important for San Francisco to keep investing
Good morning, and welcome to the regular meeting of the welcome to the britain for wednesday, january 20, 2016, my name is mark farrell ill be chairing this committee and joined by supervisor katie tang as well as the new member supervisor yee want to thank the clerk mr. Clerk linda wong and Jennifer Lowe and charles kremack from sfgovtv for covering this madam clerk, any announcements . Yes. Please silence all electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the january 2nd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. So colleagues one of the items are go bond for Public Health and state of were waiting on language from the City Attorney so madam clerk item 3. Ordinance retroactively 30 years the department of technology and the depth the Contract Administration to enter spots third amendment between the city and the at t coordination for the services by extending the term of the ag