Present. Supervisor stefani. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. Supervisor yee. Mr. President. All members are present. Thank you. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Place your right hand over your heart, please. I pledge allegiance to the flago f america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. What i would like to do is before we go to communications, and before we get into our special order at 2 00 p. M. , i would like to at least say a word or two. Before we get started i want to acknowledge George Floyds funeral today and thank the city family, particularly m. T. A. , for halting all Public Transit from 12 00 to 12 08 p. M. To acknowledge the wrong that happened to mr. Floyd and to the many other black and brown individuals in our country. C
Chair peskin welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority board for our meeting today, tuesday, june 9th, 2020. Our clerk is ms. Angela tsao. Madam clerk, could you please call the roll. Clerk commissioner fewer . Present. Clerk commissioner haney . Present. Clerk commissioner mandelman . Present. Clerk commissioner mar. Present. Clerk commissioner peskin . Chair peskin present. Clerk commissioner preston . Present. Clerk commissioner ronen . Present. Clerk commissioner safai. Commissioner safai . Safai absent. Commissioner stefani. Present. Clerk commissioner walton . Present. Clerk commissioner yee . Present. Clerk we have coreium. Chair peskin thank you, madam clerk. Do you have an announcement . Clerk yes. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda, via telephone, by calling 888 2045987, enter access 2858465 as seen on the screen. And then follow the system prompts. Once you join, you will be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. When yo
Mosters say while theyre worried ability the virus. They say theyre worried about the impact on bises and the con my. Police say they didnt make any arrests at any demonstrations tonight. Thousands of protesters showed up at Huntington Beach in orange county. Its within of several beached that reopened with social distancing guidelines, protesters they thats not enough and there shouldnt be any new rules testimony city hasnt dropped under the circumstances lawsuit. Claiming it infringed on local municipalities authority. So. A beach closed tonight after a deadly shark attack. Reporter shannon was there after the surfer was pulled from the water. State park Officials Say the victim was a 26yearold man who was surfing when he wa what s shark it was that attaman around 1 30 saturday. Neighbors say they saw what happened just before and after the attack. There were three boys. Not boys but young men. And then after words we saw the two go up with a sheriff. A policeman. And they went up th
Expert is testifying in front of a house panel saying he was demoted after filing a whistle blower complaint claiming health and Human Services leadership dismissed his dire predictions about the coronavirus in january. Our window of opportunity is closing. If we fail to improve our response now based on science, ar the nd woand be prolonged. I was surprised by his answer because, you know, because its not an acceptable answer. Dr. Bright said we have the worlds greatest scientist and let us speak without fear of retribution. The department of health and Human Services said ewg ys the complaint and full w ouof washi senator richard burr is stepping down as chairman of the and he was served with a search warrant and took a selfphone and will step down at the end of the day tomorrow. More unsettled weather and a chance of showers in the bay area tomorrow. We have a closer look. Mary. Lighted rain in the area. As we go through the day, mostly cloudy skies and catching a few more showers h
Since the coronavirus force millions of businesses to close their doors and shrink their workforces. However, the number of first drizzle. Time applications has now friday morning we sought out the day with some clouds and declined for six straight weeks, suggesting that a then becoming partly sunny into dwindling number of companies the afternoon hours. A lot more sunshine compared to are reducing their payrolls. Meanwhile here in our states, the last few days. And then into friday evening we there are 1. 2 million will gradually thicken of the cloud cover. Our next system coming on board californians collecting in the pacific, this is saturday, 5 00 p. M. Unemployment insurance, chances of rain, a better bet including most of the staff at by saturday, 9 00 p. M. The brown sugar kitchen in oakland. The owner had to let 34 of her and some scattered rain showers into sunday morning. Workers go when restaurants were ordered to shut down back in march. Usually, anyone receiving jobless be