we do not have access and i cannot access that information. commissioner kingsley: you had given some statistics in terms of the number of interpreters that have been available to the need. is there a breakdown as to how many interpreters fall within these language categories. for example, the number of interpreters for spanish, cantonese, and so on and? did i miss that? >> i did not bring that this evening, but i will provide that information to you as soon as possible. commissioner kingsley: in general, does it corelate that's our most of our interpreters spanish-speaking? that is where we are getting the greatest need. >> the overwhelming number of certified bilingual officers are certified in spanish and english. commissioner kingsley: would cantonese be the second-largest pool? >> yes, ma'am. commissioner kingsley: thank you. just wondering how that fell into place. my last question is, on point number six of page seven, the percentage of occ complaints relating to violations of this general order, i was going to ask whether or not how th

and in many ways ada access is required by law. it is fairly straightforward, the recommendation, and it does not change the planning code much, but i would like to have bought regina from the office of small business give comments on this as well. >> good afternoon, commissioners. when the legislation came about, discussing it with the supervisor's office about ideas, one thing is we saw many of the lawsuits or pre-lawsuit, businesses that try to do it accessibility improvements, their inability to do the accessibility improvements that they would really like to do, especially in the small self- service restaurants because of the construction of size. but that is one of the reasons why this particular section was added to this particular piece of legislation, but i really want to support the staff recommendation this concept is applied across the board to all businesses, because i think we will see probably as time goes on more businesses are going to be required to allocate more and more space towards accessibility. so increasing

this allows the language access officer to remotely access data regarding the lep contacts. it is higher -- it is handled by a commercial entity. they provided data regarding the number of calls, the language and duration of the telephonic interpretation. the language access officer was able to analyze the over 60% of interpretations are made with spanish speakers. the next recommendation was to develop an in house subject matter expert on linguistic and cultural issues to design training materials, conduct community outreach, address language access concerns, promote technologically response of solutions, and evaluate the effectiveness of the department's language access services. the department's language access officer has a cross-cultural, language, and economic certificate from the california certificate on teacher credentials in. the language access officer has training materials that he plans to use for upcoming training of recruits and veteran officers. as you know, we have not had eight recruit class recently. we look forward to providing training as soon as practic

access it is being -- access is being provided. between that clause which we control and the fact the museum building is built to continue to allow that access, we feel like we have a comfortable situation. the museum is talking to the w now and by the time the clauses which is -- we have to be satisfied as a city that the access was a program. even though you approve the vacation by your action, it does not go into effect until lancelot closes. -- land swap closes. the vacation would not occur. we are protected their and we would recommend moving forward. supervisor mar: i wanted to ask, the letter from the w hotel is saying the vacation of hunt street will be to the detriment of the killer and pedestrian circulation. if you could go over that again, just why this is an improvement for their access. >> i am not sure if i am the appropriate person to go into the details. i do not know if john, do you have the diagram? i'm going to need someone with the diagram. supervisor mar: that would be helpful to what is through -- what is thr

to accommodate these accessibility improvements that are needed. with that, i would move for approval. commissioner fong: second. president olague: commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: i have some questions. it looks like if i am reading the ordinance correctly, in addition to excluding the square footage required for disability access copulation, maximum allowable space-bar footage that is allowed for these establishments -- maximum allowable space-bar square footage that is allowed for these establishments, leasing to small business accommodations to bring in ground floor entrances, compliance with federal access laws. is that part of the legislation, too? >> it is, it is not part of the planning code, but it is under the san francisco campaign and government code. commissioner antonini: okay, it is my understanding, and i may be wrong, but i always understood that these accommodations were to be done at the time that there were certain amount of improvements done to the structure and it would be a percentage of the total improvement cos

that access it. it was not for the belief and the understanding at the time that that was a permanent access, that was a public street, the hotel would have been designed in another way. questions? >> i wanted to ask you to respond to the response that there are improvements in the access for the w hotel and they are focusing on improvement measures which minimizes potential for conflicts within the natoma loading area, insuring that deliveries are adequately accommodated and he gives the list of a number of other improvements. i am wondering how you would respond to the different improvements that appeared to be made by the museum. >> that improvement measure is voluntary at this point. it is not a mitigation measure you might note but was not part of the ceqa findings. it is not imposed under anything that has yet to be adopted. it is basically a voluntary measure that appears in the final eir. what my clients are looking for is some certainty going into the future. what we have asked moma to give

first of all, you have to get ballot access. how many states have you gotten access to?> right now we're on the ballot and certified in 11 states. we're in the process of finishing up 30 states this year. that's the most you can go into in 2011. we've got a 2.1 million of the 2.9 million signatures that we have to gather. we started this back in january, and we've been just getting ballot access across the country. a significant event that's happening this month is we certify in the state of california, which is by far the most difficult state to get on the ballot. >> are individuals nominating figures they'd like to run, or are acandidates themselves offering themselves up via the website? >> think of it this way. in the normal course of events, presidential election, the three choices that we have right now, the democrat and the two republicans, before iowa, new hampshire would be all people would have. americans elect changes the calendar by allowing people to envision since we get ballot access, which is the big driver, envision who, what former or sitting governor,

hast public access, and request they made to ensure that there is public access. i will switch to what it will look like eventually. here is what it will look like in perspective. another perspective from another direction. you can see the amphitheater. we are showing the actual terminal in place if it would get done in time for the event. here is the perspective of showing what i to look like with the votes during a race and after the race when the votes are gone. you have this view across the bay. this is a temporary situation during the race, after the race, and across the water. a lot of open viewing, which is important, and encouraged by the agencies, allowing public access for all. here we are, showing again appears -- piers 30 and 32. there is similar to what you saw before. same perspective. again circling back to where it started, the yellow indicating again, in this case, following the event where bcdc has recommended marina green, the grand street wharf, and the project to occur as improvements after the event. that is it for me. thanks. >> thank you ve

how am i going to access the exchanges? one of the things that often happens is the patients show up in our programs and the programs help people figure out what funding stream works or whether it's a charity case. there's a lot goes on at the front door of the program, but i think i need to alert you, we do have some issues here. i spend a lot of time reading benefit books. benefit books rarely reflect, to date, rarely reflect the parity act and this is going to be a problem. we really are going to need help in order to help the consumer access the benefit they are entitled to. we have a whole lot we need to do in the consumer area and with enforcement of these statutes. the idea behind the exchange is to sort of give to the larger u.s. population the same benefits that people who are federal employees, state employees, or who work for a large employer get. and that means if you think about what those organizations do for you, first of all, they purchase at a very low administrative cost. second of all, they sift through t

working closely on insuring public access. there is an interagency working group that has been providing input into the purveying process, and out of that, bcdc has been a participant, providing public access long after the event would occur. the yellow places are indicated where some of the temporary access would be. we will do closeups on these so you will be able to see better as we go along. again, some of the changes here -- basically, after the race, and this will also be the very last slide. i will circle back to this again. you can see some improvements. basically allowing public access and improvements that are still being worked out and discussed. brad touched on the race course. as he had indicated, that there is a much smaller racecourse within this bigger blue and white line -- this is what was presented, but the race course itself really is about where the finish line is and then goes over to about where golden gate bridge is. 2012 stays pretty much on the west side of alcatraz island, so it is fairly close to th

this is not an accessible location. the study recommended seriously looking at moving that northbound final stop to the geneva-san jose intersection. this study focused on what could be funded and constructed in the next few years. this can improve safety, security, comfort, access. improvements of this linage, lighting, whether protection, accessibility, additional walking and loading and. i will talk a little bit more about that in the context of the funding application. we wanted to point out in light of the neck steps, we are excepting comments through december. we have e-mail and web sites for comments. we also have other projects that are ongoing in this area. for example, we have 8 transit grant that is moving ahead with implementation. this slide shows, one of improvement that was recently opened, not a new crosswalk across ocean avenue where it connects the new west side

i am the department's language access officer. as commissioner chan brought up earlier, she brought of specific questions. i am here to address them. i gave you a copy. each of you should have a copy of specific questions and answers, and i will address them, and if you would like to follow a round, that would be of great help. i am going to give you a quick profile. the san francisco police department has 2000627 members, including civilians. -- 2627 members, including civilians. 467 of sfpd members are bilingual. 163 are certified by the department of human resources as bilingual in foreign languages. 6.2% are certified bilingual in the five core foreign languages. question no. one, how often is language access use? that is the most current data we have. department members reported coming into contact with limited english proficient speakers in using language access tools on average 50 times a day. question no. 2 was which languages are used and how often? the five or languages identified by the city and council of san francisco

we need access to broadband across all of america. the private sector has been the engine of the investment here. we're talking anywhere between $50 billion and $60 billion a year in private capital to build the connection points for us to connect on the internet. the federal government in the economic stimulus package is making a modest contribution to this effort, roughly $7 billion in capital. >> what specifically are you doing with that capital? >> our intention is to focus on the unserved and underserved parts of the country. they're areas where the private capital markets say the cost of getting that individual home connected is more difficult relative to the payback. >> so you're gonna be taking the eisenhower analogy, you're gonna be taking the interstate of broadband into these communities? is that what the government is paying for? >> it's mostly private networks that we are supporting, but with our modest public resources, we're encouraging open access to those pipes where our dollars are engaged, and we see tremendous inte

there is an ongoing burden to make access improvements that are readily achievable. readily achievable is a fairly low standard. there is no precise definition, but it means you can do this without hurting your bottom line too much. so when small businesses have moved in and they have made minor renovations and department of building inspection did not require access improvements, they thought they were done. they thought they were fine. but if they had been there five years or 10 years or 20 years and they had profits, they have been doing well over any of that time, they had under 8ada obligations to make improvements in access. one of the highlights of the legislation is the landlord has an equal obligation to make those improvements with the same standard, readily achievable. this legislation is helping to make a little more transparent those obligations, and that is why -- and that liability when you are in business. commissioner antonini: i think that answers my question. part of the language, it says requiring landlords leasing to small businesses to bring the

, but they could have the same access they have started with. it was much greater because they had taken on used warehouses and made it part of the public domain. i also want to talk about what it will do for the media community. i am a videographer. i make my living shooting sailboat races, and if you have seen any of it, you have seen them go head over heels. for me, this is a big opportunity, and i urge you to certify the eir so we can move forward with this. thank you very much. >> i am norman peers. i am a founding member of the yacht club. it is called fog city yacht club. this idea was spurred by the america's cup because there is a need for everybody in the city to participate. i have been fortunate enough to attend several america's cups in the past. i have the opportunity to be in portugal and also in san diego. the event management, the oversight is extremely professional. they are very concerned with every aspect of the environment. they take the time and energy to clean up after they leave, and it is one of the best professional org

this is not an accessible location. the study recommended seriously looking at moving that northbound final stop to the geneva-san jose intersection. this study focused on what could be funded and constructed in the next few years. this can improve safety, security, comfort, access. improvements of this linage, lighting, whether protection, accessibility, additional walking and loading and. i will talk a little bit more about that in the context of the funding application. we wanted to point out in light of the neck steps, we are excepting comments through december. we have e-mail and web

the city access like the traffic lights and fire hydrants. anything you is represent in a geo graphic space with be stored for retrieval and analysis. >> the department of public works they maintain what goes on in the right-of-way, looking to dig up the streets to put in a pipe. with the permit. with mapping you click on the map, click on the street and up will come up the nchgz that will help them make a decision. currently available is sf parcel the assessor's application. you can go to the assessor's website and bring up a map of san francisco you can search by address and get information about any place in san francisco. you can search by address and find incidents of crime in san francisco in the last 90 days. we have [inaudible] which allows you to click on a map and get nchldz like your supervisor or who your supervisor is. the nearest public facility. and through the sf applications we support from the mayor's office of neighborhood services. you can drill down in the neighborhood and get where the newest hospital or police or fire s

this is not an accessible location. the study recommended seriously looking at moving that northbound final stop to the geneva-san jose intersection

them they want access to our students they want access to our seminar so that they can find out which i.d.'s are useful for them they want to have control over publication what gets published what gets said publicly or not but more importantly they also want access to the curriculum to what will be taught in the university and because this is a this is a public university we also the term in the curriculum of the children from kindergarten all the way to high school and b.p. now has access to deciding what is called science and what is not called science so now they can say whoever is on our site is a scientist and whoever is not on our side is not a scientist so the power that they gain from that is extraordinary and. they've closed the door shut to any public view of what's happening behind the walls behind the fences and this screens of academic research. unfortunately we are in a minority of people who oppose it and i have been very involved in trying to post this as well as other advances of these corporate kind of science this privatized kind of science because i believe that th

you will lose your access. a friend of mine says if you are a reporter for the town baseball team you say our pitching stinks the fielding the socks and management is corrupt you will not be invited into the rot -- locker room even if it is true. so the press corps years access it is also laziness they have other things they are doing more preferred to do and it takes a lot of work to go through the disclosure forms and what you find is a collaboration between the two. people universally outraged one that poo-poo'd the nancy pelosi story was that the "huffington post" a few-- later it was sponsoring a tea with nancy pelosi if they said it was the real story she would not have shown up. those who own the media outlets want to socialize and won the access and the position and for that reason they may go after the individual congressmen but i am talking about is the compromise of the system. they don't touch that because that will undermine their source tracks lessor information. >> i will say credit where credit

my iphone will be able to access the controls. in paris already, they are rounding the pedestrian signals through blue tooth and into people's phones. so the future is really exciting and technology will make it quite a journey for everybody. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> so now i would like to introduce the chief engineer. can you tell us about your experience? >> there were a lot of anticipation about how people would respond. at first, we had to get in front of people to direct them from their habits. early morning, they are more into carrying their coffee and going inside of the elevator and then spilling their coffee to hit the keys. we got right in front of them, stopped them and told them exactly what they had to do. that helped out a lot. the other thing that helped were the lights in the lobby would tell them where the elevator was. a lot of these systems have not done that. we were the first to do that. the nice thing is we've got less spills in the lobby, too. you get into the elevator in t