and mayor's disability council, even though i wonder i'm keeping you in disability sight. you are a candle in the window of city hall. i can't fight disability anymore. i forgot and what i have started fighting for. it's time to start bringing wheelchairs into shore. throw away the canes forever. i can't fight mayor's disability anymore. i forgot what i have started fighting for and we are going to make it better than better. it's better for ever and make it better than forever more. thanks. >> thank you very much. is there anymore public comment? okay. seeing that there is no more public comment. we'll go to item 4, information team report from chair or cochair is it? right? i just would like to say report from cochair. i went to the new bay view branch public library. very beautiful place. you guys, it's really accessible. everyone should go there and look at it. it's very nice. then they had another event on how to grow your organization whether it's non-profit or just whether it's advocating at the library on monday last week and it was very informational and it will b

with good family disabilities. and we are family. i got to disability with me and hey.e're disability family. get up everybody make it happen and take the chance and dance. come everybody make it happen with family freely. thank you >> thank you is there any more public comment? seeing there's no more public comment. thank you guys so much for all that you guys do and right now we're going to take a 10 minute break and we'll be back atmuch. >> as soon as we come up we're going to be on. thank you everybody for hanging in. here we go to the second part of the meeting. okay. we're up on item 8 information team. everybody plays at san francisco rec and park in overview of the rp d. hello. >> hi. >> if you guys could say our name. >> we could go ahead and project the power point. so i'm lucas tobin. we're going to wait for the power point to come up. mob we're here to talk to you about what the recreation and park offers and how people can assess what we at recreation and parks. i'm luke's telephone number o tobin and inclusion services >> i'm vicky. >> now i can see our sl

you are disabled.le in britain refused to sign up for the physical exam and were dropped from the program pz but that's not our program. >> chris, chris, chris. >> let me finish the point. >> sof the next group that did the physical exam, 55% were determined to be physically disabled and another 25% were okay to work. we don't cheat the way they do, so i understand when the standard is harder in our country. and conceivable that there is an excuse to the system. >> michael? thz that's straight out of baltimore sun op ed piece and that is crazy talk. brits are getting around to what we are doing and have been doing for years and trying to do more of. we did reviewes. we did 435,000 of them, my last year as commissioner. and every single year from my seven fiscal years, i went up to the congress and asked for a lot more resources to do those. because there's a 10 to 1 return to the taxpayers. and congress refused to do it. i pushed it up and we should do more of those. but we are doing almost half a mill

discrimination against persons with disabilities. title two of the ada addresses access to public services, including public transportation for persons with disabilities. it requires transit operators to call out stops at transfer points, major intersections, and major destinations, and to announce particular stocks requested by customers with disabilities. stop announcements are especially important for passengers who are blind or have low vision. these individuals cannot travel independently if they are not assured of getting off at their intended destination point. [music] paratransit is specialized transportation for seniors and people with disabilities who are unable to use the muni system. in san francisco, we're proud that we've had a paratransit program since 1978 long before it was mandated by the americans with disabilities act in 1990. san francisco is a unique city and our paratransit program reflects this. we have a network of services, including sf access van service, paratransit taxi, including wheelchair accessible ra

if they are disabled, they are disabled. but you have law firms saying now representing -- they are part of the problem. so, this is all stacked against the taxpayer and even worse the economy. if the labor force doesn't expand, kay, then we can't grow, it's that simple. >> well, i think you are making the growth point and on the other side, the entitlement side, i was alarmed to learn that the disability trust fund runs out in 2016. so you will have to supplement it with general revenue, it's an entitlement if you do not change the definition of disabled. and the second thing that i thought was alarming is that over 5% of our workforce between the ages of 25 and 65 are now on disability. so, i think you want to, as you said, you want to make sure that the people who are disabled have that safety net. everyone agrees with that. but if people are staying on it permanently, and now more of the younger generation are staying on it permanently, maybe for causes that are not true disabilities, then you have to look at the require

talking about an intersection of folks that have chronic and on going mental disabilities. i want to make an open invite to the subcommittee and representatives of different organizations here in this room and unfortunately david campos left but i would like him to come to a testimonial forum to talk about the proposal of the san francisco police department crisis intervention team armed with tazer guns during interventions. we can talk about down the roads of the why's -- i imagine people in the room have experience with people with chronic mental disabilities and with a weapon is not in the interest of folks experiencing mental health crisis. official there is also the. >> >> intersection of folks living with mental health disorders that have aging issues and people living with aids and different levels of physical compromise and people less ability to advocate for themselves and the side effects of taizing. so quickly we are having a planning meeting tonight and we open it up to all organizations and the subcommittee and about official that wants to come and talk about s

it is true some of the things that we see going on in senior disability action. if you're a senior or person with disability in a rent controlled affordable housing and been there for a time you're walking with a giant target on your back and it's causing mental anguish of people. you see landlord it's people in the housing and you know this they pull the mickey house games, not cashing the checks, low level harassment and low down thing just to force the people out. that's what is happening. another thing is the senior and disability service provider community which does generally pretty good job but still there's a great need for more cultural awareness sensitivity toward lgbt seniors and people with disabilities especially among seniors. people get older and end up in the mainstream places where a lot of them are forced to go back and not admit they're gay. it's very, very problematic, so one thing i would mention and i don't want to take more time but a recommendation that has come up consistently with people that we met with is some kind of mandated e endors

we had a group of individuals well mayors disabilities couple and the mayors committee on disabilities. the work group will have it's first meeting on friday april 5th from 130 to 3:30 p.m. in room 421 in city hall. then the work group will meet every month. the discussion regarding the disability assess issues into the guardian discussion addressed the fast teams participation potential activation which stand tor statement of understanding and intact pursues. it was determined that 6 to 8 individuals with have a seat disabilities would be participating in the exercises. the independent resource center agreed to participate. the red cross will provide intact forms for the exercise. the fast team will be observers. statements of understanding with vendor and community based organizations will be pretty straightforward as dry runs were successful. a lesson on storms with people of disability that were impacted by the storms. it it isville vital that we continue to prepare for the disasters. we need to know our capabilities of responding to disasters ahead of time. resources are spread th

she wasn't able to come because of her disability. she said she wanted to die in or own home. with current senior housing timelines she told me she feels like she would be dead before getting a placement and she is scared of being homeless. in another case a fellow named henry terminally ill gay man with aids complications living in the sunset. he's trying to get wells fargo to delay his eviction so again he can die in his own home. the financial strain and displacement and services and medical services and support contribute to much or decline of lgbt seniors here in san francisco and elsewhere. we have to often institute a suicide watch in these cases due to the feelings that people have when they are being evicted from their homes. our goal is keep our neighbors in our homes. we work with a liances in this room and outside and we are glad that they're there to help people facing eviction. they're like the last line of defense. she said no when we can't help them we send them over to you. we use occupy style tactics. we door knock on their homes from foreclosure lists that t

we have outline volumes on disability. you can go to the section on behavior issues and academics and different books in spanish and chinese and traditional academically. we have several shelves filled about developly trios. and they can test the toys out with their child or son or daughter and make sure it's appropriate to invest in a toy that's effective. we have several people checking out our facilities the books are there on a little night stand table there are is a night stand table you can write our name it in. you night get a call in thirty days if you haven't returned the book people see thing in the lobby and it's a free resource. we encourage folks to check out a book. i also offer information packets were very specific on disabilities specific to languages. you can download them too. we have one on behavior and autism and we have in 3 different categories. english, spanish and traditional chooingz. we have currently 17 support groups some are disability specific some meet weekly and quarterly. we offer one in p

can go on disability for these days. he said often disability now is defined by what your degree is. if you have a high school diploma and can't sit at a desk and have to work at a manufacturing job if your back hurts you can't do that but you might be able to work at a desk. so really defining this in large part according to npr by how educated you are. it's a scary subject. >> an extremely scary subject. i think that what all that we're doing right now with the u.s. economy especially is incentivizing people to take advantage of programs like this. what is the incentive to try and enter a work force that is difficult to get into? it's difficult to get good wages. it's difficult right now you're seeing constantly taxes being raised on younger people. >> few pensions, very little guaranteed employment. >> what is the motivation? the guarantee of disability is probably greater than the guarantee of employment. >> absolutely. >> what does that say about how we treated workers? i don't sound like larry at all right now. >>

housing and they finished this cycle and they have identified these for senior and disabled house holds they think are worthy of this body's review. and especially around access to tenant base rent assistance and san francisco because of the sister average agencies and ard vocating for these and we haven't done for this lgbt adult seniors and there are strukts url barriers to accessing -- to providing fair and equitable assistance to help lgbt seniors stay in their homes and i think we need to look how effectively other entities are and emulate their model and especially around the public dialogue where is the crisis in housing and who does it affect? and what is the fair and appropriate way of responding to those needs? so i'm not someone who just likes to complain. i like to complain a lot. it's my nature. but only because it's a prelude to presenting solutions, so one of the things that is absolutely critical as we have to have permanent rental subsidies that allow lgbt seniors to age in place and i would say that's among the highest priorities because we need to protect the housing

i am in-home support services for the elderly and disabled. i'm also a [speaker not understood] disability councilmember. and if i may, i'm using my computer here to tell you why i would like this position. because i understand what the elderly and the disabled public needs and deserves. they deserve respect and the dignity of [speaker not understood] and justice just like the general public has. >> i have a follow-up question. it's good to see you. how long have you been on this commission, on this board? >>> since maybe about four years ago. >> what's your most proudest moment? >>> i'm sorry? >> what in your four years that you've been in the body, what makes you most proud of the work that you've done? >>> first, i had two mayors to ask me to choose -- to sit on the board. and i want to do it because i have since 1962 really worked with the elderly and the disabled and victims of trauma and a wide vary sources of communities, people, locally and globally who have come to really fight for their rights in [inaudible] possible. it's something

this is the analysis of impediments and looks at barriers for individuals with disabilities.there is the living with dignity plan that daas created and has section of housing needs and individuals and seniors with disabilities. unfortunately given the lack of funding for affordable housing in the city we haven't been able to actualize many of the ideas over the years so i appreciate the focus you folks are bringing to this and i am happy to get you more information and support your work in anyway i can. >> great. can you stay there for a second? i think we have questions for. >>you i have a quiet out of curiosity. has anybody looked into the possibility or feasibility of pooling all sorts of subsidies together that lgbt seniors, hiv positive people, all of those groups receive and use that pooled funds on an annual or monthly basis to invest in house something. >> there are a couple thoughts. first of all the city does something like that for some target the populations that it has prioritized so it has money -- city general fund dollars that it puts into subsidies for specif

this has - we're being told that seniors with disabilities are not necessary. this is effecting decreased hours as recreation and senior centers. we're really trying to avoid institutional facilities. i know my chimes are ripping here but d s p.s. go we're mandated by law and they're using this for an excuse to lay people off. your technology coordinator lost his job and that might not be legal >> good morning. i'm a student at city college. i want to voice my opinion on the accreditation related to city college. i wanted to give a little bit of my story are city college has given me a second chance out of high school i wasn't prepared to go straight into a four-year but the city college has provided that he with that. i'm on track. and i've bend so much and if we continue to put education, you know, aside, you know, a lot of people, you know, have the are smart and capable, you know, we're going to be i guess not giving them the opportunity to succeed. and some of the city colleges are producing some the leader and many of my peers are going on to higher insti