in fact, peter matthews, the man at the center of this initiative is in the bay area. he'll, this weekend, he'll be at the pride parade trying to get signatures. he's running up and down the streets to try to get more support. >> we'll, of course, the schools come into contact with a lot of people, and so does the muni. the metropolitan transit association. the mta. there's big shakeups going on over the last week. rachel, tell us what's going on. >> they're big ones. the municipal transportation agency has 700,000 boardings a day. it's the largest public transit agency in the bay area. seventh largest in the country. it's an agency that doesn't just run the muni transit system. it runs taxi programs, bike, pedestrian, parking and traffic. anyone getting their car towed, parking tickets, know about this agency. there are big changes that happen. nathanial ford who has run the agency 5 1/2 years now, through mutual agreement his contract was terminated early, 2 1/2 years early ily. he got a severance package. most of the money he would have gotten anyway if he left earl