Julie Kirschbaum

Director, Sfmta, San Francisco Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board

We identified Kirschbaum’s voice at five meetings.

5 of 8transcribed meetings with their voice identified

1 of 1present at roll calls through Jul 9, 2026, from the clerk

Every roll call, and Kirschbaum’s other bodies

Present at 1 of 1 roll calls at the Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board, roll call through Jul 9, 2026

From the clerk’s own record. We don’t compare members on it.

PresentExcusedAbsentOldest first, 1 square per roll call

Absent 0. Jul 9, 2026. The clerk’s record covers 1 of the 8 meetings we hold, through Jul 9, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →

Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board: talk time not compared. Fewer than four members can be compared fairly.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Kirschbaum’s voice

Five, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Kirschbaum’s first remark.

Jul 9, 2026Transbay Joint Powers Authority BoardPublic transit1.3 min49:34
Jun 11, 2026Transbay Joint Powers Authority BoardBudget and spending0.5 min8:46
Mar 12, 2026Transbay Joint Powers Authority BoardPublic transit1.1 min58:14
Jan 22, 2026Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board0.2 min37:32
Dec 11, 2025Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board0.1 min49:45

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

A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Kirschbaum was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Julie Kirschbaum’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 Kirschbaum 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 Kirschbaum or of San Francisco alone.