Clerk okay, mr. President , you do have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart. Will you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee welcome, supervisor safai. Lets see. Where are we . On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who record all of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. President yee go ahead. Clerk yes. The record will reflect that during covid19, members of the board of supervisors participate in the same extent as if they were in the chambers. The board of supervisors believe that all communities with or without the internet have the following available options to participate in this meeting. We will receive your correspondence and make it part of the legislative file. Address the mail to the San Francisco board of supervisors, city hall, room 244, Sa
For eligible expenditures at any time with a twothirds majority. Again, these would be the tax measures, should the voters pass the measure, in november. And up to the first 40 million collected of the tax shall be offset shall be used to offset the member operating contributions provided by samtrans, uni and replace the covid related costs if relief funds are made available before the effective date, january 1 of the if a governance solution is found, the special escrow account would be closed and funds would be transferred to the joint powers board regular use the regular account and administration. If no government solution is found by september 30th, the first date that is mentioned in the special provisions of 2021, then another 40 million would be made available. Again, for operations. And to ensure that there would be no disruption to service for riders. E, if no governance solution is found, all parties would then commit to working with the state delegates from all three counti
Roll call, please. Clerk on item 37 as amended, supervisor walton . Walton aye. Yee aye. Fewer aye. Haney aye. Mandelman aye. Mar aye. Peskin aye. Preston aye. Ronen aye. Safai aye. Stefani aye. There are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection then the resolution as amended is adopted. Thank you. President yee all right. Madame clerk, please read the inmemorial yams. Today, meeting will be adjourned in the memory of the beloved individual, on behalf of president yee, the late honorable judge michael kwan. President yee madame clerk, any further business before us today . That concludes our business for today. President yee thank you, madame clerk. As there is no further business, we are all adjourned. Thank you. Good night, everybody. good morning and welcome to the San Francisco transportation meet ing for today july 28, 202. Madam, clerk. Please call the roll. roll call we have a quorum. thank you. Before i ask the clerk to make a motion. I ask for a motion to excuse the abse
Managing entity. And the c. E. O. And the c. F. O. Of caltrain under this agreement must be the same individual as the c. E. O. And the c. F. O. Of samtrans. And samtrans has financial rights and interests stemming from its ownership and management of certain caltrain operating and nonoperating assets, referring to things like parking lot and resource and land parcels along the rightofway. Next slide, please, michelle. So thats the background. And so turning now to the San Francisco and Santa Clara County proposals for the governance provisions as written in todays resolution, there are i believe six provisions, a through f. And here are the first four. A, revenues will be held in a special account, an esco account, to be disbursed by the joint powers board only. For eligible expenditures at any time with a twothirds majority. Again, these would be the tax measures, should the voters pass the measure, in november. And up to the first 40 million collected of the tax shall be offset shal
Fins. Good evening and thanks for joining us. He appeared in court today a courtroom the case is the first major prosecution under california new shark fin ban. Some activists are not happy. Dan noyes is here with an investigation only on 7. Weve seen 42yearold michael kwan before. He was opposed to the ban, now, hes the first arrest. Activists complained for the amount of shark fins he is getting off easy. Michael kwangs family has been in the business since 1906 selling shark fins to restaurants for shark fin soup. This morning he didnt want to discuss the case against him. What is the source of the shark fins . He has pleaded not guilty lawyers tell me theyll challenge the constitutionality of the ban. Officials say they found 2000 pounds of shark fins in his San Francisco warehouse in january, a full six months after the ban took affect. Its the law he knows very well. Im a fourth generation to be involved in shark fin business. Hes one of the mostvocal opponents appearing in heari