Presenter minimizes this but apparently a number of people in the pilot felt discriminated against in the "random selection" component.

Presenter sharing that 1) zero real weapons have been detected during the weapons pilot

And 2) there is a large false positive rate, up to 30% of the time

Laptops in particular are often flagged and then people have to go through an additional check

Metro staff now presenting on item 38, re: advancing TSA-style weapons screening on the system.

The motion to move forward phase II of fare hardening via retrofitting taller fare gates passes unanimously, with all ayes except for Bass absent.

Director Yaroslavsky asks whether this program would require greater staff resources at the gates not included the cost estimate. She asks whether these gates would require long-term personnel expenditure. Answer dodgy/unclear: "That depends on tap-to-exit and other factors."

"So that is not a driving factor of this program," Director Mitchell concludes.

Director Mitchell asks 'whether we have a sense of the increased recovered fare as a result' of these taller gates. The answer is no, and staff further elaborates that it would almost certainly be much lower than the cost of the expenditure.

Taller fare gate retrofit presentation taking place now. Report can be viewed at this link — metro.legistar1.com/metro/attach... — what is under consideration is Phase II, a proposed $15M spend.

The CEO's report trumpets violent incidents down on the system as a result of increased uniformed presence throughout the system, in particular noting increased housing placements on the system: Metro staff and Supervisors often note that the majority of incidents are "quality of life" incidents.

Good morning from the February meeting of Metro's Board of Directors. We're here today because Metro is considering proposals to spend more on fare hardening (retrofitting taller fare gates) and surveillance, scans, and TSA-style security systems. boardagendas.metro.net/event/regula...

Opinion: L.A.'s huge investment in recovery should benefit many Angelenos, not just a few It would be all too easy to direct scarce and desperately needed public resources to infrastructure projects designed largely to protect sparsely populated, high-risk enclaves from fire.

Read this important op-ed from SAJE Executive Director Cynthia Strathmann, providing guidelines for the shape of a just recovery.

"We should be thinking twice about how much public money we are willing to spend to support people who want to live in very risky places."

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