to budgetary concerns. i want to put those back in place. and hopefully with the full board as soon as possible. i m looking forward to working with cheryl. believe me we will get the job done. we have to be independent in our thinking. we have to be looking out for the citizens of san francisco. mainly i want to say this, we want to make sure that each and every one of us is making sure that everybody who pays their $2 to ride muni is getting $2 worth of rides. because right now i don t believe they are. the disabled i agree with the speaker that said we are not paying attention enough to youth because the youth are the lifeblood of this city. we have to make sure that their voices are heard. i m sure that miss brinkman and i will take heed. we have to lower costs for use. i don t think the players are right in those three categories. i will fight and i ll keep fighting until we can get that right. i m hoping that this committee will report miss brinkman s confirmation out
right. i m hoping that this committee will report miss brinkman s confirmation out of committee. supervisor campos: thank you very much, commissioner. thank you for being here and thank you for your words. is there any other member of the public who would like to speak? if so, please come forward. my name is nick, i have been a resident of the commission for 30 years. i have some serious concerns about sunday streets. i m an automobile owner. i park my automobile on the street. in june, for example, after sunday streets, i took some photographs which i would be glad to share with you, around 11:00 on the sunday of the sunday streets. the streets there were more employees of the city of san francisco there than there were public, nonemployees. i think at some point you are going to have to re-examine the impact of this program. i m very concerned that it s part of mayor newsom s plan to privatize public spaces, namely the public streets. and i see no virtue on a completely b
needed. hopefully if we move that forward with a movement of transit advocates and neighborhood groups, we could see more of a diverse m.t.a. board with youth and with immigrants and riders and t.w.u. having a voice as well. i ll just say i m strongly supportive of ms. brinkman s candidacy and know she will be a tremendous m.t.a. board member. supervisor campos: thank you super size visor mar. i agree. i think this is a very solid appointment. i do think that the experience that she brings is one that will be very youthful useful and i do hope that we, as a board, work closely with ms. brinkman and all the other commissioners to figure out how we can move this agency forward. i will be supporting the nomination but let me say that the problem that i have is not with the nomination itself. i think the nomination is a solid, as solid a nomination as we can have. the problem i have is with the structure that we currently have at the board of the m.t.a. i do believe that the cu
and all the other commissioners to figure out how we can move this agency forward. i will be supporting the nomination but let me say that the problem that i have is not with the nomination itself. i think the nomination is a solid, as solid a nomination as we can have. the problem i have is with the structure that we currently have at the board of the m.t.a. i do believe that the current structure, notwithstanding some exceptions, i point to commissioner oka as one of those exceptions, the current structure does not, in my view, provide for the level of accountability and independence that is needed. i think that until that structure changes, that we are going to continue to have some of the same problems. we are going to continue to have a lack of representation in certain communities. we are going to continue to have a lack of transparency on some issues. i think that s the reason why those of us who submitted a charter amendment for the ballot felt very strongly that that
social justice groups to put a valid measure on the ballot but didn t get there. i think split appointments and other reforms of governments are needed. hopefully if we move that forward with a movement of transit advocates and neighborhood groups, we could see more of a diverse m.t.a. board with youth and with immigrants and riders and t.w.u. having a voice as well. i ll just say i m strongly supportive of ms. brinkman s candidacy and know she will be a tremendous m.t.a. board member. supervisor campos: thank you super size visor mar. i agree. i think this is a very solid appointment. i do think that the experience that she brings is one that will be very youthful useful and i do hope that we, as a board, work closely with ms. brinkman and all the other commissioners to figure out how we can move this agency forward. i will be supporting the nomination but let me say that the problem that i have is not with the nomination itself. i think the nomination is a solid, as solid