Funding for the u. S. Postal service. Members of the House Rules Committee met on friday to consider the bill called the delivering for america act introduced by oversight and reform chair carolyn maloney. It provides 25 billion in funding to the Postal Service and returns Service Levels to those at the beginning of 2020. The rules committee voted to send this legislation to the house floor for debate. The rules committee will come to order. We are here today because this president has thrown our democracy further into chaos. We are just weeks away from early voting in some states. The Record Number of ballots are expected to be asked by mail. Are expected to be cast by mail. Sorting machines are disappearing. Delivery has been slowed. The postalle, service is still badly in need of Additional Resources. The house acted to provide more but nothinghs ago has been done. , this isy this clearly an assault on democracy. These actions call into question whether legal ballots will be counted
Put have a quorum. Thank you e this special meeting possible today. I would like to recognize and extend our deepest thanks to the clerk and her staff especially for making this special meeting possible today. During this one week legislative resource. Thank you for your tireless work over the last few months. Youve overcome incredible challenges to ensure our meetings and Department Remain open and accessible to the public while keeping everyone safe during this time. We cant thank you enough. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes. During the covid 19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely to the same extend as if they were in their legislative chamber. Corona virus has made the need for Public Access more acute. We will receive your written correspondence and make it a part of the public file. If you are sending written correspondence that would belets see here. San francisco board of supervisors. If you are utilizing the computer to watch the meeting live
Put have a quorum. Thank you e this special meeting possible today. I would like to recognize and extend our deepest thanks to the clerk and her staff especially for making this special meeting possible today. During this one week legislative resource. Thank you for your tireless work over the last few months. Youve overcome incredible challenges to ensure our meetings and Department Remain open and accessible to the public while keeping everyone safe during this time. We cant thank you enough. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes. During the covid 19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely to the same extend as if they were in their legislative chamber. Corona virus has made the need for Public Access more acute. We will receive your written correspondence and make it a part of the public file. If you are sending written correspondence that would belets see here. San francisco board of supervisors. If you are utilizing the computer to watch the meeting live
Connection of regional and national significance. Its good to see the goals to have a focus on a realistic funding plan as well as looking at this project in the context of, you know, what this fits into from a regional, megaregional and state level . And as such, looking forward to that being done in an updated manner. Caltrain the board just approved a Service Vision increasing ridership up to 250,000 people. The region is looking at a second trans bay crossing. How are those pieces going to fit together . One of the things i think were challenged with as a region, theres an interim instruction but who is going to be running this Going Forward . Everybody does something once and nobody does it very well, whether its there or b. A. R. T. 2, our region needs to do a better job of managing delivery of particular projects and need to figure out this stage of our project as a whole. Chair peskin thank you, miss levin. Mr. Strauss. I share some of the frustration, a lot of the frustration
Next item. Clerk item 2, Community Advisory report. Chair peskin and mr. Larson you are not mr. Larson you are mr. Larson. You shaved. I am. Good morning, commissioners and supervisors. My name is john larson, and i am the chairman of the citizens Advisory Committee. This time, there was particular interest in how the save routes to safe routes to School Program served the needs of concern. Sfmta would be providing Safety Training in areas of concern such as moorely feeling safe engaging in these activities and getting from home to school in those communities. The items related to shop around, vango shuttles related to the challenges of disabled people accessing public transit, especially given the decline in the number of ramp taxis. The needs of wheelchair users were negotiated. In particular, one commenter shared her negative experiences with Bus Operators, their lack of patience and understanding with accommodating a wheelchair and suggested additional sensitivity training for oper