to share his perspective on the ada. we also have comedian med aj i. which is the misstress of ceremonies -- we also have former assembly man and president supervise. tom. and the [inaudible] also comedian. michael o con nel. we're planning to bring the paul institute. traveling kiosi. which includes media kiosk. that share with us. the accounts of the 504 occupation building. back in 1977. there will be rewards. and cupcakes. [laughter] we planned a dream wall. a dream wall is where people will have an opportunity to write up on postcards. and such. what the ada means to me. and how my life may have changed because of the ad a. so the details again. on the avent or wednesday july 1st san francisco city haul. the north right court from 1:30 to 11:30. i know suspanich. you have been doing wonderful work with your peers with the council. and i'm hoping we can see your peers. in your event as well. it will become an event for them as well as for us. >> they have been invited. and we're sharing the information with them. >> excellent. we have some save the

the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. it is also a natural lake. around the lake and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch. it is a place to find and appreciate what you -- a wonderful breath of fresh air. come and experience in this park and enjoy the people, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved ones. in the middle of pacific heights, on top of these hills, it offers a great square a peaceful beauty, large trees and grass and greenery. it features tables and benches a playground, restaurants, and tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football and picnics. it is very much a couple's park. there are many activities you can experience together. stroll on the pathways bring your dog or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all that it has to offer together. many couples find this is a perfect park to throw down a blanket and soak up the sun. it is a majestic place that you can share with someone you chairs. lafayette park is also easily accessed from the 47, 49, and 90 buses.

ada 25 bay area.org. for updates on this event as well as many other events that are happening throughout the bay area all year. mod has a new deputy director who is going to be starting on monday. we are so excited about that. his name is arforas, a specialist in ada compliance for the last 12 years. he has a very robust resume in ada transition plans and other counties and also developing ada training programs for the state of california as well as for cal trans. when he arrives next week, he's going to have to hit the ground running because i have so many assignments for him. he's going to be taking on managing our own transition plan projects, including the bayview upper house, upgrades to two neighborhood health clinics, improvements to san francisco general hospital and many others. i hope to give you an opportunity to meet him at next tuesday's mdc executive committee meeting. next on offices. you might know that this office work very closely to initiate video interpreting for sign language in our

director's report and at this time i would like to ask heather kittel to give us a quick report on ada. >> good afternoon, council member an members of the public. i'm heather kitten the ada office of mayor on disability and will be discussing complaints on reasonable accommodations. in the month of march we received a total of 18 complaints which is an increase in the amount of complaints from the months of january and february. combined. these complaints fall into two major categories. the public right-of-way access and maintenance of accessible features in a city facilities and programs. many of the complaints involved obstructions to the public right-of-way due to construction projects and over grown vegetation blocking the sidewalk. in these cases we collaborate with the public works to investigate and remedy the issues as soon as possible. we also received complaints about steep curb ramps that were difficult to use and the absence of marked crossings. the list involves broken power lifts and broken elevators. in these cases reports for repair work orders were issued. if you expe

we're using our ada 25 bay area website to promote these types of events. so that people can also look at our website to see what kind of great work is taking place at the library. do i have a question for you. about the hours. a little bit earlier. during public comment. we heard marte goterd. give us the great news. the deaf services. for the blind and disabled. will expand their hours. to match the main's full operating hours. i was wondering. if there are any plans to expand your hours. at the bridge. >> we're almost there. except

the lower level and you wouldn't need to go up to any other level you would remain there if you are ada passenger we do not have floor boarding right now today we have wayside liftses -- what we operate on the system today this is our cards we have two different. this is similar to what is the will look like pr the outside and added function operationally there are two doors you can enter on per car there may be another step. there are many highs on the bottom left then the wayside lift we would be able to use those in the future. so we didn't just make this up we did ask cord builders when we have maximizing capacity we have a vehicle they previously made so it's a service proven options it can meet u.s. regulations as has what is a threshold they came back with the items on the left this is what the most common vooek looks like it need to be bi-level we can make it we can meet the different requirements and this board level would be 22-25 inches and there would be good feedback they would be lots of competition then we put our hat on for the visual future with high speed rail there on

and the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. there is also a natural lake. this is your chance to stroll and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch. it is the place to find some solitude from the city and appreciate what you share with a wonderful breath of fresh air. , an experienced this park and enjoy the peoples, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved one hand in hand. located in the middle of pacific heights on top of a hill, lafayette park offers a great square a of a peaceful beauty. large trees border greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground restaurants, and tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football, frisbee, and picnics. it is very much a couple's part and there are a multitude of experiences you can have together. bring your dog and watch the mean go with the community or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all of the park has to offer. many couples find this is the perfect place to put down a blanket and soak up the sun. it is a majestic place you can sha

we're using our ada 25 bay area website to promote these types of events. so that people can also look at our website to see what kind of great work is taking place at the library. do i have a question for you. about the hours. a little bit earlier. during public comment. we heard marte goterd. give us the great news. the deaf services. for the blind and disabled. will expand their hours. to match the main's full operating hours. i was wondering. if there are any plans to expand your hours. at the bridge. >> we're almost there. except we're not open on sunday. i don't know if those conversations. are happening. but i can get back to you on that. >> i think especially for people with disabilities. keeping it simple helps. if we can think of one library being open with all of those programs. available at the same time. it's a good way of doing business. >> yeah. our resource collections are always available. just the bridge spaces are not open during -- on sunday's. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> any other comments or questions from staff? okay. thank you ver

it was approved to code for ada. but it did not have a push button access door. yet. it was approved by aging and adult resource center as being one without a door. that had a push button. that leads to constructive analysis of what are all of the metrics. they're using to approve a facility that they need to have set up that exceeds the ada that falls. under state. city. county code of having a push button. one has been. thankfully. installed on that building. so that is one constructive analysis. on that facility. the second one is the jean lond senior center. it was at an intersection of stockton and sacramento. where many collisions happened. and seniors. in china town were fearful of crossing the street to get there. there was a collision on september 20th. when they determined that facility was to be credible and credentialed center for them. were they factoring the pedestrian safety of the seniors coming to and from that center? did they talk with the other city agencies? i did not see that. i wasn't there to know how it was approved. it has been connected sinc

the ada also covers inside accessible here at the hot spot village whiskey sent a survey -- >> i couldn't eat here. >> herman says the tables are too high and not usable. >> you angry? very much so. i mean the problem perm me yates another where. >> doors that aren't wide enough for a wheelchair. undercover cameras inside the las vegas show how herman couldn't get into a bathroom. >> i hope that that locations not only because of the legal matter not only because that it's going to be cost effective but for the moral grounds make so every customer can enjoy your place. >> now we call the vegas lounge and village whiskey neither called us back. u.s. attorney says it will take awhile to review the restaurants on that survey list and they will try to work with facilities that are in violation of the ada. but if they don't comply, they can be prosecuted. >> it's very eye opening. i wonder too with philadelphia being such an old city what about buildings that are historical. do never any sort of exemption? >> no, there are no exemptions. if you serve the public you're a commercial establishmen

notification bill along with some other ada notification bills. what ab 54 would essentially do, if a person with a disability were to file an access claim, you would have to give the business owner 90 days to comply with your claim and give explanations before you could actually take action and sue. and california foundation for independent living centers are strongly opposed to this bill and trieng to get as many people with disabilities organized to attend the hearing as possible. the hearing is this coming tuesday, april 21st, at 11 :00 a.m. at the state capitol. i'm not sure of the room yet. but if you are interested in attended, there will be buses leaving from hayward and you can rsvp to dolores at the -- tejada. thank you very much for your time. next i have mike coatus. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to address this issue in front of you. >> speak into the mic. thank you. i'm here to alert you to a very high potentiality that assisted legal suicide will be legal in california. the bill has passed in the senate and health judic

[applause] most of all, i want to thank the entire congregation of adas israel for having me here today. earlier this week, i was interviewed by one of your members, jeff goldberg. [applause] jeff reminded me that he once called me the first jewish president. [laughter] now, since some people still seem to be wondering about my faith -- [laughter] i should make clear that this was an honorary title, but i was flattered. as an honorary member of the tribe, not to mention somebody who has hosted seven white house seders -- [applause] and been advised by two jewish chiefs of staff, i can also say i am getting a little bit of a hang of the lingo. but i will not use any of the yiddishisms that rahm emanuel taught me, because i want to be invited back. [laughter] let's just say that he had some creative new synonyms for "shalom." [laughter] now, i wanted to come here to celebrate jewish-american heritage month. because this congregation, like so many around the country helps us to tell the american story. back in 1876, when president grant helped dedicate adas israel, he became the first sitt

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. >> and the upper garage meets the minimum requirement for ada for the van and the lower garage is short we don't have ada parking in the lower level. >> i'd like i can't design the garage i like that particular aspect to the continued and those are the reasons the department as was well subscribed is potential setting a precedent and if indeed our objective are to deal with the use of space and the balance of the need for parking versus transit in a sensitive way then efficient garage lay outs are the major component in that line of thinking that doesn't mean we don't allow the numbers which are loud by code but want more creativity in how that issue is being addressed i have to support that as a basic idea we're in a tug of war about more cars more cars are we balancing our transit post objective for the rest of the city i basically create a condition this issue be future investigated and to you would your planning department objectives and also not dangerous us everybody's is coming forward my garage is not at all enough i'm sorry, i can't do that. >> commissioner hillis >> thank you

helping them update their ada transition plans. and assess their services. and activities. in doing so. i have worked with several small cities to large cities across the country and also worked with state agencies like the division of the state architect's office. and plan review services. for three of the four regional offices in california. i was part of the evaluation for the advisory committee. back then. about ten years ago. the state put together and have more recently providing trainings for cal trans for their design and resident engineering. as they're getting ready to look at the nully adopted prowa g. so we have that creating as well. so with that. i will hand you back to carla. and thank you again for the great warm mod welcome i appreciate in the last one month here. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> we want to give you congratulations on your one month anniversary. normally. there should be a surprise or cupcakes. we're very happy to have you on board. at this point. in the last moments of our director's report. i would like to actually. ask donna add kins. to sha

referring to remarks by the president at the adas israel conversation at washington, d.c.will have that live at 11:00 a.m. eastern time today on c-span. >> here are some of our featured tokens for this holiday weekend on the c-span networks. on seas then saturday and sunday starting at noon, commencement speeches by politicians, white house officials, and business leaders. they offer advice and encouragement to the class of 2015. speakers include south carolina senator tim scott at south carolina state. u.s. ambassador duke saudi arabia adjusted in westfall at oklahoma state university. an hulu founding ceo jason kyler at the university of north carolina chapel hill. and monday morning at 11:00 live coverage of the memorial day ceremony from arlington national cemetery. at 9:00 p.m. eastern, interviews with four freshmen members of congress. new york lee zeldin, hawaii's mark takano, illinois my boss. and you jerseys bonnie watson coleman. on c-span2 but to become a saturday night at 10:00 eastern rosabeth moss kanter on america's transportation infrastructure and her idea

it is ada accessible and is reached by the 28, 30 and 91 bus lines. with its rotunda, columns, uncut the reflecting waters against the eucalyptus trees, it is one of the most romantic settings for special dates, and memorable proposals. it is also a perfect spot where you can relax with that special someone while listening to the water and fountain in the lagoon. beautiful to view from many locations and inside is an ideal place to walk around with your loved ones. the palace is the most popular wedding location in the city park system. reservations for weddings and other events are available at strecpark.org. shakespeares' guard and refers -- has plants referred to in shakespeare's plays and poems. located near the museum and the california academy of sciences, shakespeares garden was designed in 1928 by the california spring blossom association. flowers and plants played an important part in shakespeares literary masterpieces. here is an enchanting and tranquil garden tucked away along a path behind a charming gate. this garden is the spot to woo yo

by statute we are also bringing ada access to the facility. it is a public facility, federal statute as well as local sentiment i'm sure compels us to do the right thing as to regards as disabled aspects. we are adding elements or aspect of enhancement for the sake of fire fighter functionality so new work shop and gear drawing room, deacon tamination shower squz updated telecommuneitation and it support. the budget is approximately 10.7 million dollars. a few images here. hopefully you have the hard copy, it probably reads better than this image. we are growing the facility by 10 percent in square footage all the purpose of bringing it to the modern era with all the proper array of spaces and size spaces so we can support the fire person elinto had next 2 generations. these drawings here-we show before and after. the smaller imsubject the current station, the larger image is the proposed and approved design by civic design review. this elevation on the slide are the front of the building on grinch. this next slide are images of the rear of th

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they've made some major strides in the 25 years since congress passed the ada. but one very basic rights remains elusive. parentalhood. can people with physical or intellectual disabilities safely care for a baby? "america tonight's" christof putzel talks to one mother who was never given a chance to proofapprove ifprove that she could care for her own baby. >> ever afternoon, she thinks of the daughter that she lost. >> in 2007, i had a little baby girld. and the day after i gave birth to my daughter, two men had come into my hospital room, stating dcsf had taken custody of my daughter. they already made up their minds that they were going to have my daughter. i didn't give my child up. she was taken. she was stolen from me. >> a nurse first tipped off the dcf, the department of children and families . alist has fragile x syndrome, a condition which results in a mild cognitive difficulty and a situation called distone ya. distonia. >> parents learn different, you know. it may take me longer but no parent should have to lose their child. and who are you to make

>> guest: ada lovelace steve jobs, bill gates, and allan toring.out 30 main characters in the "the innovators" but those four inspired be. >> host: bill portland oregon, you are on. >> caller: good morning, thank you for taking my question. i appreciate you, mr. walter isaacson i think you are a great man. >> guest: i write about great people. i don't think i can take the title myself. >> caller: i wish you a long life and keep bringing the history and icons to us common-thinking folks. first question and just an additional question with the server forms or cloud computting and 3-d printing do you see that as a change to the world? and second is when is ilan musk going to talk to you? >> guest: i think 3-d printing will have a transformitive effect. the way we organized work is through films or corporation because you needed to be a big equipment to have all of the equipment you needed to manufacture things distribute things, bring together people in the working environment for creativity. nowadays we are seeing anybody can be an on call working wh

assessment which i'm having the mayor's office and human rights commission to look into because my ada rights were violated when i was stormed myself out of the hotel and i had to walk with my walker. i'm one of the lead plaintiffs for a private lawsuit against the winton hotel because of that. there are still a few clients in the hotel and until this day, i have to feind out why i was storm trooper out of the hospital. it was better at meeting my special needs as the place where i was dumped at the bottom of skid row. i'm very concerned about the lack of assessment and i have said that before which goes back to the need for a department on disability so there can be a county wide standard and i see a lot of nodding of heads because i'm going to keep saying this. there needs to be a protocol that applies to all department and contractors and a set of rules not each and every single non-profit coming up with it's own non-compliant things and expecting you guys to pass over on them and say, yeah, and lay that on you when the on us needs to be on them the ordinance is plainly written. jus

we are trying to be new and innovative and go beyond the ada says and make life more successful for people. >> disability rights movement, the city has the overall legal obligation to manage and maintain the accessibility and right of way. with regards to the curb ramps, bounded by a groove border, 12_inch wide border. for people with low vision to get the same information. the shape of the domes, flush transition between the bolt bottom of the ramp and gutter. >> we have a beveled transition on the change in level, tape on the surfaces, temporary asphalt to fill in level changes, flush transition to temporary wood platform and ramp down into the street under the scaffoldinging. detectable ramps. they are all detectable. nothing down below or protruding that people are going to get snagged up on. smooth clean that nobody is going get caught up on. >> our no. 1 issue is what we see here, the uplifting and shreufting to concrete due too street tree roots. here is another problem we have with street trees. if i have i was a person blind, this would be an uncomfortable way to find out. >> we d

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. >> we filed a lawsuit on the grounds that the city had violated the ada by failing to give reasonableommodations to her on a certain stance where they knew she was mentally impaired. >> the justices said they wouldn't take up the question over whether sheehan should have been treated differently because the lower courts hadn't fully considered it. >>> a metallic balloon caused another big power outage. 9,000 pg&e customers lost power for several hours in san francisco on monday afternoon. a balloon drifted into lines near fisherman's wharf. many shops and restaurants had to shut down early. >> we're trying to get into restaurants and we can't get in to eat so it's not good. not good at all. we been into five restaurant, all closed. >> earlier this month metallic balloons also caused outages at two east bay bart stations. >>> i'm kiet do live in san jose. firefighters are dealing with a four-alarm toxic fire. we'll have details coming up in a live report. >> i'm lisa chan live at the hall of justice in san francisco. a place you don't want to be during an earthquake. coming up, we'll t

. >> reporter: ada ortiz says her hero is likely on this block.he believes someone here knows who pulled the trig they are put her niece in the emergency room. all she wants is that person to step forward. >> i'm just hurt for the fact that nobody is standing up for her. >> reporter: police say shots were fired here in the 1300 block of stounton street about 11:30 friday night. 13-year-old diamond and three other children were sitting on a neighborhood porch where they heard a gun go off. diamond ran home when she felt the stray bullet in her side. >> the second time i heard it i came outside and i seen people running. >> reporter: neighbor destiny heard the shots from inside her home. police say at least two of the people witnesses saw fleeing had guns and were likely shooting at each other when diamond was caught in the crossfire. >> i was upset. this little girl she don't do nothing wrong. >> reporter: police would find 20 shell casings on the grounds, three cars and at least one home struck by stray bullets and with one of those bullets a teen

yemen's government in exile has set up an agency to distribute ada cross the country. it's a government that has almost no power on the ground. the minister of information, she says political talks are yemen's only chance to avoid an all-out civil war. >> now that we are in eye truce of a sort, we hope that eventually we talk. because a political discourse is what we are looking for. but that means that the houthis have to vendor their heavy arms and allow the government to do its job and to refrain from taking action in crimes against humanity. >> reporter: yemen's government is read president hadi and vice president. they will force -- they were forced out of power when the houthis took over the capital. the government is hoping to return as soon as fighting comes an end. but for the time being they say the houthis and the former president saleh should face trial. >> translator: there have been systemic crimes against humanity committed bite houthis and saleh. organized units intentionally targeting civilians in aden, refugees fleeing their home is on boats. it is a