[gavel] good morning everybody and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance committee meeting for wednesday, july 13, 2016. my name is mark farrell of chairing the committee. i m joined by katie tang and to revise or aaron peskin and john avalos. i want to thank the clerk of the committee as well as sfgov tv for covering the meeting today. mdm. clerk any announcements? yes. [reading code] thank you very much. colleagues, we have 24 items to get through today. we will get started mdm. clerk would you please call items one and two together. item 1, [reading code]. item number two, [reading code]. thank you very much. these items are sponsored by supervisor peskin so i will turn it over to him thank you chairman farrell and committee members. thank you for hearing this item. previously it is that before you for one small amendment pursuant to the capital planning committee s recommendation and i would like to offer that a
if an intersection is not marched is it still a crosswalk yes did you get it right great job one more before we go on what s one of the best things to do to avoid collisions? you can it take a breath pay attention and slow down city streets are crowded and chaotic so seeing everyone every single everything is difficult here s a test how many times did the white team pass the ball? if you answered 11 you re correct but did you notice anything else also be aware ever you re surrounded and remember that is easy 0 miss something if you re not looking for it here s some basic principles driving near peep e people from you re driver s seat it is difficult address our mirrors to reduce blind spots people on bicycles maybe be in our blind spot give yourselves plenty of time to react look out stay on the road from building to building not just curve to curve check driveways and behind parked vehicles for people that enter our path turning vehicles are especially dangerous important pe
finance committee meeting for wednesday, july 13, 2016. my name is mark farrell of chairing the committee. i m joined by katie tang and to revise or aaron peskin and john avalos. i want to thank the clerk of the committee as well as sfgov tv for covering the meeting today. mdm. clerk any announcements? yes. [reading code] thank you very much. colleagues, we have 24 items to get through today. we will get started mdm. clerk would you please call items one and two together. item 1, [reading code]. item number two, [reading code]. thank you very much. these items are sponsored by supervisor peskin so i will turn it over to him thank you chairman farrell and committee members. thank you for hearing this item. previously it is that before you for one small amendment pursuant to the capital planning committee s recommendation and i would like to offer that amendment. by way of background, some quarter of a century ago in the wake of the earthquake, then supervisor tom
thank our clerk and leo from sfgtv for covering the meeting. any announcement s. please science all cell phones and electronic devices and completed speaker cards and copies of documents to be completed as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. thank you thank you, madam can clerk, call item 1. ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code toix possess a transaction and use tax at rate of one-half of 1% for 25 years to impose the san francisco county transportation authority and administered by the state board of equalization. thank you, madam clerk. so colleagues, sponsored by supervisor wiener and turn it over to him. thank you very much, mr. chair this. measure which is two-thirds dedicated half-cent sales tax for transportation is a essentially a backup measure. we have been working for months to move forward a general sales tax three-quarters of a cent and accompanying charter amendment allocating funds two-thirds to transportation needs,
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