We had learned through 48 Hills that Mayor Lurie was going to present his plan to save public transit At 2:00 pm on February 11, so a lot of us arrived before 2:00 pm to hear what he had to say and to have our say. Apparently Myrna Melgar was the designated speaker among the supervisors to express the importance of public transportation, and she did that well. But when she asked him, "So what is your plan?" it was clear that Mayor Lurie had no plan that we could perceive. He said he'd been in Sacramento the previous day to ask for public funding (for which there's a 30% chance of getting) and there may have to be cuts in service--just what we're trying to avoid. He also said that we needed both a local and a regional measure, which of course we already knew. We wanted to know what his plan was to make them successful. He was gone in 15 minutes, so of course he didn't hear our public comments. It was very disappointing. We gathered together later "in solidarity," but I can't get our group picture to come up!

Anyway, not all was lost. The Board of Supervisors we honored Jason Johnson (better known as Officer JJ) for his "unprecedented work in community as a mentor and as a member of law enforcement. For years he has taken our youth on life-changing trips to Ghana and he has worked to stop violence in community. His positive impact as a 17 year San Francisco police officer is immeasurable," as Supervisor Walton said. Supervisor Mandelman spoke in memory of Robert Cromey, and Supervisor Melgar spoke in memory of F.X. Crowley.