Janet Tarlov
Chair, SFMTA Board of DirectorsChairs the SFMTA Board of Directors; asked 96 questions at the 20 meetings where we identified them. Named Bayview Hunters Point most often: four times.
Chairs the SFMTA Board of Directors
Three clips, newest first
Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.
Issues Tarlov raised, by number of meetings
- Muni budget and service8 meetings
Talk time, and Tarlov’s other bodies
- SFMTA Board of Directors: talk time not compared. Presides over its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
Tarlov asked 96 questions at the 20 SFMTA Board of Directors meetings where we identified them
Of Tarlov’s 81 questions to city departments at the SFMTA Board of Directors, 76 went to transportation and transit.
| Department | Share | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Transportation and transit | 7694% | |
| Public works, streets and sanitation | 22% | |
| City attorney / law department | 11% | |
| Housing | 11% | |
| Police | 11% |
10 places Tarlov named in meetings
- Bayview Hunters Point 4 times
- Chinatown 3 times
- Hayes Valley 2 times
- South of Market 2 times
- Treasure Island 2 times
- Glen Park 1 time
- Mission 1 time
- Mission Bay 1 time
- Presidio 1 time
- West of Twin Peaks 1 time
Every meeting where we identified Tarlov’s voice
- Oct 6, 2026SFMTA Board of Directors22.9 min1:22
- Sep 1, 2026SFMTA Board of DirectorsPublic transit27.4 minVideo
- Aug 4, 2026SFMTA Board of Directors6.9 min8:32
- Jul 21, 2026SFMTA Board of Directors14.4 min6:55
- Jun 16, 2026SFMTA Board of DirectorsPublic transit18.9 min9:02
- Jun 2, 2026SFMTA Board of Directors10.9 min11:32
- May 19, 2026SFMTA Board of DirectorsBudget and spending16.4 min4:03
- May 5, 2026SFMTA Board of DirectorsPublic transit9.8 min20:45
- Apr 21, 2026SFMTA Board of DirectorsBudget and spending12.2 min7:50
- Apr 7, 2026SFMTA Board of DirectorsBudget and spending28.1 min6:40
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- Mar 17, 2026SFMTA Board of DirectorsBudget and spending18.1 min8:58
- Mar 3, 2026SFMTA Board of DirectorsHousing and tenants · Budget and spending20.7 min1:14
- Feb 17, 2026SFMTA Board of DirectorsBudget and spending19.2 min7:27
- Feb 3, 2026SFMTA Board of DirectorsBudget and spending34.6 minVideo
- Jan 20, 2026SFMTA Board of Directors19.7 min9:05
- Jan 6, 2026SFMTA Board of DirectorsPublic transit15.3 min15:08
- Dec 16, 2025SFMTA Board of DirectorsPublic transit25.1 min12:00
- Dec 2, 2025SFMTA Board of DirectorsBudget and spending · Public transit7.3 min1:13:32
- Nov 18, 2025SFMTA Board of Directors8.2 min1:58:10
- Nov 4, 2025SFMTA Board of DirectorsPublic transit20.3 min8:19
How we identify who is speaking · blind check, pooled across five cities: of 340 commission lines drawn, 260 right, 4 wrong, 1 unclear, 75 couldn’t be judged
We identified Tarlov’s voice at 20 meetings. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Tarlov was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Janet Tarlov’s name only when both agree and a code check finds the name said on, or just before, their turn. Voices our transcripts merge with someone else’s are never attributed, so every count here undercounts what Tarlov said. For commissions, of 340 lines drawn, 260 were right, 4 wrong and 1 unclear, and the checkers couldn’t judge 75. We have since removed the voices behind 64 of those lines (3 wrong, 0 unclear, the rest we had already held for other reasons). Of the 276 lines we still publish, the checkers could judge 228: 226 right, 1 wrong and 1 unclear (90% lower bound 0.97). They couldn’t judge the other 48. The check is one sample pooled across the five cities, not of Tarlov or of San Francisco alone.