if you don't have my contact information you can get it from car la. >> housing resolution discussion. as many of you know the counsel has been working hard on the housing resolution since the midsummer that was after a year of seeing presentations from various city agencies, community based organizations and advocates and the disabled community about housing issues. we've been in discussions with the mayor's office on issues about housing and senior disability action and independent living resource center and other agencies so we're moving forward with this. we'll have first of all have denise read the housing resolution and then the counsel will discuss it. >> thank you. resolution 2013-0 1 resolution recommending guiding principaling for the construction maintenance and financing of permanently affordable and accessible housing for people with disabilities and seniors where as this housing has been an issue that affects the disability community and the city of san francisco and where as statewide funding for football affordable and accessible housing has severely diminished and we'

yes, car la? >> thank you for the chair. thank you so much for your presentation today you might have covered these points but i didn't quite grasp them how many people from laguna honda have left laguna honda since the agreement began and were you able to meet the settlement agreement number and see what is the plan moving forward now that the agreement time has concluded? will thereby there be the same level of commitment to this program as there was previously? >> to answer your question 2598 and currently enrolled in laguna honda because we start there and as of june 1463. >> it might be that you use the term enroll. >> it meant they met the criteria and if it's rehab it's not short-term. >> uh-huh, okay. >> in terms of of the commitment to the scattered site i think you are asking specifically. we did not have a demand for the 500 units that were originally proposed. every person that requested a scattered site unit was granted one. rather than say we're going to have a threshold number to meet we're really doing it bas

oh, car la? >> yes to the chair our speaker for agenda item 9 is not here just yet. she is expected momentarily. you might choose to go to agenda item 10 while we wait. >> i will take that suggestion. let's move on to agenda item number 10. we'll get back to number 9. this is a report from the physical access committee. >> hello councilmembers i'm john paul scott. i'm making the presentation today for counsel person wong to help him save his voice. we have two meetings that we want to report on and get into the record. we had a meeting on friday october 11th of this year at 1: 30 to 3: 30 p.m. old business was a presentation by me on the status of our ada transition plan what projects had been completed in construction this recent year what ones under construction and which ones are under designed. i won't go through that list i do that once a year for you all. i have to say we're doing pretty good but having challenges getting staff we have good funding everybody is pressing on the bureau of architecture right now. we had a presentation by the better market street f

yes, car la? >> thank you for the chair. thank you so much for your presentation today you might have covered these points but i didn't quite grasp them how many people from laguna honda have

yes, car la? >> thank you for the chair. thank you so much for your presentation today you might have covered these points but i didn't quite grasp them how many people from laguna honda have left laguna honda since the agreement began and were you able to meet the settlement agreement number and see what is the plan moving forward now that the

don't have a hard copy but you have an electronic copy if you would a hard copy, however, you can let car la know and we can have a hard copy mailed to you but you have an electronic copyright there. so that's my presentation. i'm completed with it and i'd be happy to answer any questions you might have. >> for those of us watching this remotely can you go ahead and spell out that website for us. >> here it goes: http: forward slash forward slash www dot sfdass dot org forward slash asset forward slash seniors adults with disabilities -- all one word -- forward slash 2013 underscore ltci, underscore strategic underscore plan, underscore final dot pdf. >> now, are there any questions? i want to point out i don't have all the answers. >> councilmember czar did a? zarda. >> thank you very much for coming here today with this comprehensive presentation. i was wondering if you could speak to the conference and what your take away was i know it's a lot but i really appreciate it. >> the conference that councilmember zarda is talking about was the california community of constituents conference spo

oh, car la? >> yes to the chair our speaker for agenda item 9 is not here just yet. she is expected momentarily. you might choose to go to agenda item 10 while we wait. >> i will take that suggestion. let's move on to agenda item number 10. we'll get back to number 9. this is a report from the physical access committee.

oh, car la? >> yes to the chair our speaker for agenda item 9 is not here just yet. she is expected momentarily. you might choose to go to agenda item 10 while we wait. >> i will take that suggestion. let's move on to agenda item number 10. we'll get back to number 9. this is a report from the physical access committee. >> hello councilmembers i'm john paul scott. i'm making the presentation today for counsel person wong to help him save his voice. we have two meetings that we want

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de velocidad en la zona, pero estos no han tenido un impacto significativo segun vecinos tom robertus "any given day when the traffic is normal, and just before rush hour you'll see a carign as if they weren't even there" "cualquier dia cuando el trafico es normal, just antes de la hora pico, ves un carro que se pasa el simbolo de pare, como si no existiese" la policia de san jose planea aumentar el numero de patrullas de trafico y tiene pensado implementar proyectos de mas de 40 millones de dolares para proteger a los peatones.. alguna de las recomendacio nes que la policia da para prevenir este tipo de accidente son la de tener las dos manos en el volante y no utilizar el celular mientras se conduce. ademas de respetar las normas y limites de velocidad... asi evitariamos mas tragedias en vivo desde sj.... blanca ---una joven de 17 aÑos fu llevada al hospital general de san francisco, tras ser atropellada por un tren ligero del muni. =vo= ---el accidente se report a eso de las 3 de la tarde del domingo en la interseccin de la calle 3 y la avenida hollister. ---la policia inform que la menor se pas un semforo en rojo cuando fue impactada. ---ademas, indicaron que el co

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