division, being the secretary of the disabled access. and being the secretary of disabled access commission and answering complaints when we get complaints from the public about accessibility, that's one of the duties i have. so, generally the complaints that i receive are from public who actually want access. there's kind of two different tracks here. there's the councilwoman platectionv where people want access and then there's the lawsuit-driven complaints, which i don't hear much about, unfortunately until the person comes in and is trying to obtain a permit. >> commissioner walker. >> i know it's a lot to ask of staff sometimes, but we do have a lot of the commissioners are helping with, like fairs when we have a table at the fairs and go out into the community. it may be an opportunity to actually do outreach on accessibility, especially when we're in those areas where there's a lot of retail of commercial uses that might be susceptible, the castro fair, fulton street fair. there's a lot of those type of activities where we could m

unfortunately, they had access issues, visibility access issues. we have been working closely with many of our partners year today to educate about these -- many of our partners year today to educate about these issues. also in terms of board guidance. i want to thank all of you for coming. many of you may have assistance. i know many merchants could not be here. please do it share this information with other merchants in the area. we have virginia from the office of small business. we have roger from the bar association. no carla johnson from the office of disability. -- we have carla johnson from the office of disability. i want to especially it acknowledge my colleague to help us get the resources and brought legal expertise to the table. i do not want to take too much of your time. thank you for coming. >> thank you, supervisor chu. i want to express my admiration for a supervisor chu's commitment to you. so, from our office, what we heard, many small businesses were receiving lawsuits regarding it the ada. tonight we will hear about the legal

access protocol. and similar to other things that this department is on the forefront of, there are so few departments in the country that have a written language access protocol. i mean it is amazing. there are so few departments that have a whole group of bilingual officers there are trainings provided and updates. when i met with the department and we were trying to put together a department bulletin, i called across the country and i called doj and they were asking for material materials and they said they don't have it. so the agencies and we wrote a department bulletin that is one of a kind. so we are all excited about all of the movement forward. it is really quite remarkable. there sauls a few things that are still on the table and six months ago, we did hear a domestic violence provider come and talk about how there was an individual wanting to take a report and went to two different stations and because of the language barrier, and also because these police service aids which are fabulous, t

trouble accessible. restaurants only have to be accessible if they are available to your customers and clients. and actually does not cover employee access to the restrooms. we have other priorities that come into play. [inaudible] you want that inspected to come out before you get a that letter. it is not only your obligation, but it is the right thing to do. you want to be disability accessible. you want more customers. the best way to do that is to start planning. when you are choosing, ideally, your inspector would have a background in inspection, design, and construction. that means we have some excellent general contractors out there that could be excellent task inspectors or building inspectors as well. in order to get the legal benefits, the protections that are important, you want your inspection to be under that theory that is how you can get that 90-day [inaudible] as you start to interview your inspectors, i would ask them to a lot of questions. do not rely on just the resume. what you're rea

lafayette park is also easily accessed from the 47, 49, and 90 buses. it is ada accessible. we are here at the historic palace of fine art in the marina district. originally built for the 1950's exposition, the palace is situated on san francisco's number waterfront. it is ada accessible and is reached by the 28, 30, and 91 bus lines. set against the reflecting waters of the lagoon and eucalyptus trees, the palace is one of san francisco post most -- san francisco's most romantic spots to relax with that special someone while listening to the water and gazing at the swans. a beautiful to view from many locations along the mattoon, an ideal place to -- all -- lagoon, an ideal place to walk with a loved one. reservations for weddings are available at sfrecpark.org. discarding contains plants referred to by william shakespeare's plays and poems. welcome to the shakespeare garden here in the famous golden gate park. located near the museum and the california academy of sciences, the garden was designed by the california spring blossom and wildfilower association. here is a truly

it is not a wheelchair accessible on washington street. buses cannot let people off on the sidewalk. there are no sidewalk ramps. the person would have to wheel into the street to get to the entrance. we brought this up with mary, and she basically said what went on in the park was her business. what is outside in t is not. i am disabled. there is no point of having accessible teachers inside if people cannot get to the park. the no. 1 bus would have been a great alternative. it runs all the time. they have got bulldozers. they could make it more compliant. they could have two joint together. they were told they were not to change the size, the shape, anything about these in order for it to comply with a categorical exemption. these things are being changed. the summit is being cut into and taken away, which is not reversible act, in order to put in a much larger maintenance facility, and i believe it is a violation of standards and they were mandated to follow in order to get a categorical exemption. therefore, the permits are in violatio

what am i able to do to gain more access? i do not know how the system works. if the notice posted next to the gates regarding leaving it open aid until five -- 8:00 until 5:00 or not there, would it have been left open during the day? the rally has not been violated since the gate has been opened during daylight hours. there is another tenant who requested keys because of their disability, and it has been two weeks, and they still have not received a key. goothey were told someone else s the keys and they have not been able to get a key. where is the lock box? we have not been told. i actually have a lot of new things to ask. >> your time is up. does the permit holder like to speak, your time is not up yet. you are a member of the public. we are going to hear that in a minute. first we need to hear from the permit holder. please step forward. >> i am dennis flynn, and we have opened the gates from 8:00 until 5:00 as requested. we have never had it closed eyes of my knowledge. that alley is the no parking zone. -- we have never had it closed as of my knowledge.

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accessing the markets they could access just means permit access where you're allowed to step in you know it's like saying here's a jewelry store and write a letter if you people walk in after hours and take all the jewels that they want and not charge him with a crime and no wonder that there is a huge wealth and income gap around the world no wonder the people in athens are back on the streets rioting no wonder spain is on fire now one of the social unrest now one of the global insurrection yes you say is responsible for what's going on here around the world so well the f.c.c. doesn't have any sort of responsibility all they have is civil lawsuits they can find somebody and that's it there is no all their role they have is the department of justice that can deem this what it is these are criminal acts they are due for auditing all their participants in the markets the the f.c.c. is there to be the front man for the department of justice with these sort of fines that's all they can do is fine people and the firms being fined can agree to pay those fines and that's it so the other qu

accessible. public transit is plentiful. we have conquered the steps, we have watched the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view. this is a place to take someone special on a romantic stroll and enjoyed a beautiful look out. welcome to corona heights located in the heart of this district. it offers a view of the downtown skyline, the bay bridge, and the east bay. it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded. on any given day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. for legged friends can run freely. there is also a patch of grass for the small box. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. that dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. be sure to take your camera and be prepared to take a view of the city will not forget. it has a beautiful red rock formations. you could watch the sunrise

to water and sanitation because they they got access to a loan.se: we will talk about that. 2006, you were in africa with bono's organization? >> yeah, yeah. kind of on, they call it i think a listening and learning trip, and it is great, i mean it was a week or so of just -- it was almost like a college mini course where you just each day had a different learning focus and go is microfinance and urban aids and rural aids and et cetera and you would have kind of a different kind of focus each day and one of the days was water and my first -- i mean i ard these statisti that were jaw dropping about, you know, a child dying every 20 seconds because of lack of access to clean water and sanitation, that to me just was staggering, i mean, because -- because for me, to relate to tha to that as an american, i mean we don't know people who are thirsty, it just doesn't happen, right? and, you know, we don't know kids who die from diarrhea,. >> rose: water is ubiquitous. >> yes, of course, or cholera for that matter, just clean water, so, you know, that was

has required directing for these direct access firms to limit risks associated with direct access as granting clients direct access to markets in these so called sub accounts could be used to hide wrong doing look we've also explained they have access to the subject or the market making functionality of any specialist function in a market specialist operates as both a broker and a dealer as we've explained it before as a big. they maintain an inventory which means they have a proprietary advantage in buying and selling stocks because they know what's coming down the pike in terms of orders flowing to them. i can't believe that they took this bracelet flaw in the system this basic way for principals to front run flow of trades and turn it into almost died one hundred billion dollars of global thieving racket so allowing your clients to access directly into the market is known as naked access so this was illegal after twenty eleven july of two thousand and eleven and yet in march of this year the market making unit of automated trading from get go was fined for going to them fifty thou

making sure taxies have access to the event. we have concern about the ticketing of taxies. >> i think that's great. we have to recognize that on days like this, taxis are a key part of our public transportation system and they should be encouraged to pick up and drop off at these events but not punished to do so. in addition if we make taxi service more available to the people at these events there will be greater demand and should work with the taxicab companies. i imagine there will be plenty of demand to go around and plenty of drivers who would like to work the shifts. also, i realize we will get recommendations. one thing i want to raise rate that we talked about, the community can really police itself. this is a situation where this is an abuse that offends a lot of people in the community and it should. in the past we encourage folks when they see whether things abuse to call 311, and report it. understanding that the person in question may have a legitimate disability that they cannot see. it is better to have our and f

a stands for access. b stands for basic skills and c stands for content. and unless we have all three, the monolingual chinese seniors are never going to be able to use the computer or the internet. >> a lot of the barrier is knowledge. people don't know that these computers are available to them, plus they don't know what is useful. >> there are so many businesses in the bay area that are constantly retiring their computer equipment that's perfectly good for home use. computers and internet access are helping everybody in the community and people who don't have it can come to us to help with that. one of the biggest problems we see isn't whether people can get computers through programs like ours, but whether they can understand why they need a computer. really the biggest issue we are facing today is helping people understand the value of having a computer. >> immediately they would say can i afford a computer? i don't speak any english. how do i use it. then they will start to learn how to do email or how to go back to chinese newspaper to read all the

called project last mile, use coke's worldwide distribution system, its trucks, to provide better access to medicines in africa, coke also announce add partnership with venture dean kamen, developed a water pure physician system that coke will use to address the global water crisis. joining me is muhtar kent of coca-cola, gabriel jaramillo director of the global fund and dean kamen, founder and president of deka research and development corporation, i am pleased to have them here, full disclosure, coca-cola has been a supporter of this program for many years and i begin with muhtar kent. >> tell me how you view this sort of, in terms of what coca-cola does or what you see beyond coca-cola as the possibilities of private public collaboration. >> or private ngo collaboration. >> yes. charlie, first, i am really pleased to be with both gabriel and dean here today, two great leaders in their own right and very proud to partner with them on solving societal, buying societal issues around the world. and i think, first, one general comment, buying, large societal challenges, opportunities in th

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