[laughter] so we re going to take it to another level. that s your slogan, meet me at the library. hitting all the libraries all over san francisco. that s right. just inviting the people in and really bringing it back to some of the basics. you know, with the way technology is nowadays, sometimes we get away from just picking up a book or picking out a book or looking through an index card. i guess we don t look through index cards to find books anymore. sitting there and having discussions, i m looking forward to what you re going to bring and really excited about that. i really want to thank the people that nominated you. you know, there was a really compelling, you know, letter of support that you know, went into all the details about your work. you have a lot of fans out there. i want to thank the selection committee, the people who served and had to go through all of those applications because i got to tell you, it was a hard decision and i was so excited that so
that in the presentation. great. and to remind the board members to go off camera so your presentation is the only focus on the screen. thank you. it should be on the screen now. good afternoon, directors, jonathan ruers, the senior budget manager with m.t.a. quick update, so as you know that we have been giving monthly updates on our financials. today we re going to cover a series of issues. to kind of prepare you for the conversation that we will have at your annual board workshops, currently scheduled for february. we have enough data now to give you a better sense of what the financial picture is. we are facing an absolute deficit in the current fiscal year now, $68 million. because the revenues have not been growing at the pace that we anticipated that will result in a deficit of $168 million next year. i ll get into details on that. with deficits at that level, we also looked at other potential risks to the agency. i ll cover risk analysis that we did. we essentiall
legislativladies and gentlemene. committee members will attend through video and will participate as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. depending on use provider they are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. comments to speak are available via phone by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting id is 14665730274. press pound pound. when connected you will hear the discussions but be on mute and in his senning mode only. when your item of interest comes up dial star three to be added to the speaker line. call from a quiet location. speak clearly and slowly and turndown your television and radio. you may submit public comment by e-mailing myself erica.major at sfgov.org. if you submit via e-mail it will be made part of the official file. written comments to the u.s. postal service, city hall room 244. finally, items acted upon today will be on the agenda of december 8th unless oth
that housing remains a priority, small business remains a priority, and that san francisco really goes back and actually makes due on its promise to include black san franciscans in every part of the economic development and the success of the city moving forward. thank you. thank you. can we have the next caller, please. that completes the cue. chairwoman: thank you so much. thanks for the tremendous amount of really knowledgeable and compelling public comment. supervisor mar? thank you, chair ronan. i also just wanted to thank all of the african-american community leaders and activists for sharing your powerful comments. and, of course, thank you to supervisor walton, director davis, and mayor breed for your bold and thoughtful leadership on reparations for the african-american community and reinvestment and full support and equity for the african-american community looking ahead. so, yeah, i you know, as so many speakers noted, this is long overdue, but i m reall
good afternoon, and welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. for today, november 30, 2020, the last day of november. i am aaron peskin, chair of the committee. joined by supervisor safai and committee member preston. our clerk is ms. major. do you have any announcements? thank you. due to the covid-19 health emergency to protect board members and city employees the legislativladies and gentlemene. committee members will attend through video and will participate as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. depending on use provider they are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. comments to speak are available via phone by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting id is 14665730274. press pound pound. when connected you will hear the discussions but be on mute and in his senning mode only. when your item of interest comes up dia