media alliance has been a longtime supporter of access as of -- access sf. it was ms. rosenberg's decision to move her media news to the berkeley cable access studio at the beginning of the year. this is logistically sensible, as media alliance is an oakland based organization and she is an east bay residents. but i do not understand how she can claim to represent cable access producers with whom she has severed ties. in light of these considerations, asked the rules committee and board of supervisors to reassess the weight they have given to her prior testimony, which i am willing to certify as incomplete, uninformed, and riddled with inaccuracies, which amounted to address on a point by point basis, if you would give me the time to do so. chairperson campos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is ken johnson. i have been involved with cable television public access since its beginning. i have been involved with a lot of groups throughout the city, and the main reason -- what we were trying to accomplish with public access was to put up studios throughout the

there are different levels of accessibility, why not make it as close to 100% accessible and drop it on the floor, not have a ramp with an incline that is more difficult to access that ground-floor level? i would get rid of the top thing if we could. we could make it accessible for everybody. >> i disagree with you in terms of the consultation. i had spoken with everyone's staff or invited discussion with everyon's staff with two exceptions. this time around, i was told you were not interested in talking with us. there have been many opportunities for supervisors to participate in the discussion. supervisor daly: i still disagree with you. supervisor campos: think you, mr. president. just a follow-up question for the department. in terms of doing different designs, the one that is presented to us, how much additional time are we talking about if we wanted to go that route? >> we would have to start the process all over again. supervisor campos: thank you. you know, i am not someone who has a history that people who have bet on the board have, and i certainly don't have the history of

public access television was one of these. they pumped millions of dollars into a complain to negotiate cable franchises on the state level rather than the sit by -- city by city basis. the money talked and the legislators in 20 other states were hoodwinked into passing similar laws despite the importance of this very sacred first amendment right. the right of free speech by our citizens. the mantra of the phone companies was cheaper rate. the digital infrastructure and video competition act passes and once again our legislators were grossly misinformed and suckered into passing this legislation whose true goal was only saving the phone companies money, period. let's fast forward to today. we are here because the act was promised additional funds from the cable company to support san francisco comments. our new public access provider. the money is necessary simply to keep the doors opened. no one can rub a -- run a public access channel on $170,000 a year. it barely pays the rent on market street for access san francisco. our

donnelly and she had denied access? >> no, i don't know. >> this must have arisen before to parties. many have not wanted to provide solutions. >> 99% of the time, their neighbors. they do this and they clean it up and it is result. a couple of times a year it goes to court. you probably know how the court decides. this is necessary. i know it goes to court a couple of times a year through our office. >> this is a workable solution so they don't have to go to court. >> we try. >> thank you. >> can we move to public comment? please raise your hand if you are interested in speaking in public comment. each speaker will have 80 minutes. >> i am requesting that you consider revoking the permanent. in all fairness, requiring the homeowners to complete the work properly at no cost. i believe that the permit was improperly sought and granted. i think that the claim that the scaffolding is essential is not really true. this never had to go on the neighbor's property for any reason but i don't think the contractor was paying atte

this must be accessible. they have very nicely put up a little rail along the path of entry travel from the sidewalk. may not be required, but it's nice that they did it. that's a great example of making a readily achievable barrier removal. couldn't have cost more than a couple hundred bucks to put that railing --. >> that's a good example. the architect and the builder might have understood the concept but the operator doesn't. that's why the trash can is there. somebody is just not thinking. >> in some cases this change of level from outdoor to indoor can be achieved inside the building. here is an example inside the gnc nutrition store. people don't usually like to do this because you have to give up interior floor space which you are leasing, but in this case it works very well. they have their level landings and it looks like they more or less provide what they need in there. that's great. but they have had to give up all that floor space to do it. in some cases like this case in an older bank building,

accessibility is really about all of us. it's about temporary disabilities, permanent disabilities or just ease of motion, of movement through the environment. >> we are really a city of small businesses. really one of the charms of san francisco is its many small businesses and it is really a challenge for many small businesses to provide access, partly because san francisco is an older city and these are existing buildings. also because of the difficult grade change issues where we have a steep slope. so here is a typical condition where we have a step up, probably a 3 1/2 or so inch step up at a front door along the sidewalk, which makes this difficult access, to say the least, i would say. paul? . >> there's a couple things here. the step, with somebody using a wheelchair that's very tropk and very fit could probably get up over that being a 3 inch curb, but a lot of people would not be able to do it. anybody in a power chair or scooter would be bared to geting there. relative placement of the sign board as well being up

i am not the one that denied them access.mmissioner fung: thank you. >> we can hear from the permit holders now or their agent. >> madam president, commissioners, my name is conrad donner. i am here on behalf of lisa kinimaka and kanthryn hathryn h. that is whether the building inspector, when he made his report in october was misled into believing that there were access issues. his notice and report is attached to the response as exhibit b/ the contractor had finished the exterior. that was his part of the job. but he was unable to direct the scaffolding so he could affix the siding to the rear of west wall of this residence. in this report, the building inspector advised that there was a modification permit that was needed both with respect to the scope of the work and the materials. without that, they could not secure a final certificate. i think the starting point for this is to acknowledge that both the building inspector and ms. belsky understood that scaffolding and access to erect scaffolding were essential to this jo

libraries accessible.ine more that are in progress will be made accessible appeared most modern accessibility of any new library system i know of in this country. i remember when willie brown went out there -- i will never forget. we had a big celebration. we had our first playground that was made accessible, and that was big national news. now, we have over 80 playgrounds that are fully accessible. 28 clubhouses, 19 rec centers. that is real progress compared to where we were just a few years ago. still not good. we talked about olmstead, and susan was right to bring it up. it is appropriate. ihss and home support services at what is going on in the governor's budget. i do not want to get too partisan or political, but it is pretty unconscionable that it is even on the table, these kind of cuts, but then again, not surprising with all the other cuts that are on the table. but you do not have to worry about those ihss cuts locally. they were not even part of the discussion, and now with the budget for all

people have access to everything i described. my staff members are working really, really hard to get all of that done. i really want to increase the membership, increase access, and gradually build these programs over time. we are working with the city pretty extensively on broadband adoption and trying to make use of the comcast fiber network that exists. we used a lot of our capital money to equip cultural centers so we can do training there, bring more access into the community, put field here there, and help them produce live shows from their theaters. chairperson campos: thank you, but we do have a question. supervisor mar: with the shoestring budget you are trying to operate -- tracy rosenfeld give us some numbers saying you got a $700,000 grant from the department of technology. is that separate from the 170,000 you're laying out for us? the second question is why did it take a year before a meeting was allowed with video alliance, which i think is a representative group of many local and small media producers. why did it

will block access? >> correct. >> i would assume that that is standard. >> of my neighbors brought up that i had complaints from the contractor that he had damage to the copper tap on my property. this cannot be replaced because of the way this has been building up. this is not under your jurisdiction. >> i think it is already stated that as the walls stand now, this is not allowed. some sort of product has to go up there. i don't know what we would gain new by overturning this. >> i guess you're right. right now, the way this permit stands is that there are a lie it to leave the wallace pressure treated plywood -- allowed to leave the wall with pressure treated plywood. >> what is up there now? >> unless this is revoked, the wall would say such. >> i think we go back to the point where if the permit is revoked, the financial burden on lisa and catherine. that is not an equitable results. i think that he has made a fair and equitable solution. i've spent a considerable amount of time and energy trying t

with the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the problem with it's unique, vertically challenged terrain. we are still using cars a century old >> the old cable car is the most unique thing, it's still going. it was a good design by then and is still now. if we don't do something now. it's going to be worse later. >> the cable cars are built the same as they were in the late 1800's. we use a modern machinery. we haven't changed a thing. it's just how we get there. >> it's a time consuming job. we go for the quality rather than the production. we take pride in our work and it shows in the end product. >> the california line is mostly locals. the commuters in the morning, i see a lot of the same people. we don't there are so many ways that the internet provides real access to real people and resources and that's what we're try to go accomplish. >> i was interested in technology like video production. it's interesting, you get to create your own

taking on the new public access, and providing money to run public access. if i understand correctly, they haven't actually received the money. they have actually started running it with their own money. i could be wrong, but from what i understand they are running it with their own money in hopes that they will get the money from comcast. through litigation with you people. i recommend they get the money. i hope i'm understanding this correctly. and i think there are some people who complain about public access, but they are only allowed two workers and one part-time person to run the whole public access because the rule said, i think comcast has laid down. and there's lots of things that needs fixing with what's been written and i think the bottom line is we have to be practical about this and work with what we have. and if we have a system working, we shouldn't just throw it out and say we don't like this. destroy all the steps we have taken to fix the problem that we have. and i guess that's about it. thank you very much supervisor campos: great. thank y

below where the clerk is sitting, is that going to be accessible as well? if we do choose not to use that elevated side, down below, we will have the accessibility there? >> yes, the clerk's desk, which can be the president's desk if he chooses, will also be fully accessible. it will be at the floor level, and it will be pulled away from the back of the president's podium. supervisor avalos: that will be for anyone who wants to use that space? >> for anyone who wanted to use the space. supervisor campos: i simply wanted to add something. i was very moved by the comments that were made, especially the comments by the woman who spoke about how this is not about a rq(q(rt)h individual. a member of the disability community, some of the challenges that they go through, but i think what is happening right here transcends this community. i know that, for instance, as we were talking about the need to pçmake meetings accessible to people who speak other languages, that people who need translation services would want that accessibility right away and may not necessa

there are web casts that people are accessing online. pod casting and, probably, there's going to be a lot more of consumer driven information in there. how do we sort this all out, eric? i think that it's important to understand who your target audience is, because you can't reach everybody equally well and you have to understand where they are. i think that people who are targeting youth right now need to understand the impact of social networking web sites, like myspace and facebook, and find innovative strategies that are probably peer driven, in my opinion, to exploit the particular strength of that environment. that said, the web is not dead and email is not dead. so i really think that paying attention, close attention, to the audience and making the investment to understand where they are is key. one way to think about all these technologies is to put away the technology and say what the patient experiences. and if there are some technologies that provide information, and there are other technologies that allow the patient to hav

i am not the one that denied them access.oner fung: thank you. >> we can hear from the permit holders now or their agent. >> madam president, commissioners, my name is conrad donner. i am here on behalf of lisa kinimaka and kanthryn hathryn h. that is whether the building inspector, when he made his report in october was misled into believing that there were access issues. his notice and report is attached to the response as exhibit b/ the contractor had finished the exterior. that was his part of the job. but he was unable to direct the scaffolding so he could affix the siding to the rear of west wall of this residence. in this report, the building inspector advised that there was a modification permit that was

we provide accessibility to a series of links up to the terminal. the entry would be at the head of the terminal. the waiting area at the front of the building has the benefit of being usable for special events that could open onto the plaza. one goes up into the core to the access way for the gangplanks and directly over to the ships. it should be noted there is also provisions in the site planning for the semis that arrive in advance of the passengers. they have a route over here where they are screened and stored in a way that does not conflict with the other activities in the gta and also avoids any backup on the embarcadero from that process occurring. debark -- what happens is people arrive by ship and walk on the top. they go through customs and border patrol, like the experience one has at the airport. you go to clarence. the collector baggage. if you are okay, you can walk out. that occurs on this area of the building. you come up to the gta and there are povs and taxis waiting that can be staged offsite so you can always have taxis waiting

we will lose access to health care. we are proud to announce that after 21 months of bargaining, we won a new contract of unprecedented job security. job training, job protection for seven years, job protection has been guaranteed well beyond a life of the contract. we need you to stand with us. we support to the project because this will improve safety and this will double the number of earthquake-safe beds in the city. san francisco only has 600 of the 1000 that are required. our new hospital will incorporate the medical advancements, shorten overall hospital stays and increase access for patients with disabilities. this will also centralized sites at the davies and cathedral hill campuses. the services will also be expanded. this includes a 25% increase in overall capacity and the number of staff to dense throughout the center. cpmc has committed to charity care and will increase their support for metical patience. this will also give access for the underserved mission, tenderloin, and western addition neighborhoods.

provide access to housing but do not provide access to medication, it will not work. if you cannot provide access to intense services, it is not going to work. you can provide them with intense case management, but without housing it will be a failure. there are core things we need to address all at once. san francisco is one of the few mental health courts in the country. it is a national model. we're quite proud of that. it is adding as many evidence- based practices as we can to what we do. anytime we can, we use something that is been working in another community so that we do not reinvent the wheel. we've been very successful at adding those practices to our program. when we started, we did not have any money. we did not have a penny to start behavior of court -- to start the haverhill held court. we tap into existing mental health services. we learned that we have great and amazing services in san francisco. we just do not have enough. my clients were not able to negotiate the complicated web of social services to get with the needed. we found we had something g

accessible health care options. the health care center is expanding by becoming a free health care community clinic and we have been working with cpmc who has been supporting our efforts. they have been providing us with support to provide a needs assessment in the tenderloin to better understand the health care needs. the proposed location provides a platform for cpmc to expand existing programs and i see that their long-term engagement with us and are theses in the tenderloin will ensure that cpmc is attentive to community needs. president miguel: jane martha. >> good afternoon, commissioners, joseph smith, coalition for health planning, san francisco. breaking down simply that cpmc has four campuses which are basically hospitals with associated services. what cpmc plans to do is phase out the california campus, concentrate outpatient services at their pacific campus and concentrate inpatient services at the new facility at van ness and geary on cathedral hill. the description of st. luke's, however, in the projec

access for my patients, which i have been privileged to have the opportunity to serve, access for our community, from which we have been able to develop a program that has brought what i hope will be quality care in a culturally competent manner before they even thought about such standards, and access on the national level. it continues to be part of my passion. it sounds like i should be retiring, and i am going to bring this to my membership. it is really time to do that, but i really do want to thank the physicians of our community who particularly had understood the need to not only serve our patients, but because we have a unique opportunity to speak on behalf of chinese and asian health issues to over 20 years ago actually believe that not only should we then develop systems to do that, but we need to seek it out on not only our local, but a national level, and they have allowed me and our colleagues opportunities to do that. once again, that is the heritage part. we are looking forward to continue to remove our disparities and to have unity in health care for all in san franci

the social service office to get you on services to access, you know, a bed, you know, there's also that in between. a lot of those things take weeks sometimes. and, you know, what do you do in between? if there's a critical time and there's a lot community-based peer support out there, you know, mutual support groups or, you know, online stuff where people can connect with people and live recovery experience so that way they at least have some social support, you know, if they're in need of treatment. and then there's also a lot of young people who may not need, you know, residential treatment and they might be better suited to stay at home or to be in the community and just, you know, work on the recovery from that place. and greg, just one more thing, in terms of finding recovery services, i know that you're familiar with faces and voices of recovery, but can families go online and find similar programs like the one you have in connecticut? it's not so easy right now. i mean, honestly, you know, recovery supports for young people is gravely understudied, underfunded, under suppor

it has provided direct access to our residents. it is a win-win program.re to appeal on behalf of thousands of residents, to make sure the program is still there. we need peace and harmony. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. i have lived in san francisco for 58 years. i would like to address my comments in regard to services in two particularly overlooked victims of crime. the first category are employment retaliation victims, especially employees of the city and county of san francisco. in my four years of advocating for the class of victims, i found even though the city is receptive to holding hearings like today, in reality, they have put up road block after road block for any meaningful investigation for retaliation victim's who are city employees. from my own experience, it seems the city is trying to tell their employees that it is good to talk about doing something about suspicious activities, but when the suspects are prominent city employees, all you get for your efforts are constant road blocks. the second class of

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

on access to capital, unsurprisingly over the last couple of years there has been reduced access to capital. i have heard from a lot of people that banks aren't making loans. then i looked at data from the community reinvestment act, and you can see how there has been a sharp decrease in 2008. if i had the 2009 data, you would see a continued decrease there. so now more than of those alternative loaners, the non-profit lenders are really important. they have seen demand for their services skyrocket. there is inconsistent quality of loan packagesing. some of the organizations have relationships wii the loan officers at the bank, and those organizations are able to do well and help the applicant meet the bank's needs, but other organizations aren't able to do that. i found that -- small businesses are having difficulty getting loans between $50,000 and $2 million. there are providers of smaller loans and providers of larger loans, but that sweet spot is missing. i am going to move on to commercial corridor revitalization. i found that our space programming is a strength. it enables us to reac

i think there are a lot of ways that people can access the system we have. i do not think we have a need to do anything more. if we are only a holding on to our mental health services by the skin of our teeth, there has been discussion about restoration's we have made to our mental health services. i am not fully clear that we have made full restoration to those services. we could only enact laura's law if it would not replace outpatient services -- voluntary outpatient services in the city. i am not sure we have the ability to enact laura's law without doing that in the city. that is a big concern i have. city-wide mental health services received a $1.4 million cut. the mayor restored part of that. the board may be able to restore the rest of that. that is a major service in the city. it is something i know will be on the chopping block again next year. i hope it is not, but i suspect it will be on the chopping block next year along with other mental health services in the city. it does not seem like we have the ability to implement it without replacing exi

we have very little access to good quality, healthy food. one of the things that i'm interested in bringing is with the development in universal paragon, the southern-most part of the city, there's an opportunity for us to first sustain the businesses that have been providing some food supplies as well asfh4jl- parth developers that understand our challenges and that are willing to bring healthy food options to the southeast part of san francisco. so to answer the question on bay vurek i'd like to see a farmer's market specifically designated on the hill. thank you. >> thank you very much. that minute is tough, we know. >> thank you. i'm christine inea. my ideas for bringing fresh produce into district 10 are as follows. one, support the opening of the fresh and easy market in third street on bay view. two, continue to support the redevelopment, which i believe will include a full service grocery store in visitation valley. third, i would like to support the redevelopment agency's efforts of the southeast food access group to remodel the su

so to have access to agora is a good thing for us and also to have access to technology to train the farmer, to make the technology available for them so they can use the technologies and improve theircrop yields. >>sager: over 80% of burkina faso's population is employed in the agriculture sector. three-quarters are subsistence farmers. the goal of development efforts here goes beyond food security. it's about turning produce into profits. >>reporter: millet and sorghum are the predominant cereal crops and staple foods for the rural population in west africa. considerable population growth has also put pressure on the fragile land system. >>baptiste: food security doesn't mean anything if they cannot improve their income. they have to improve their income and this is why we improve the yield for them, so they could sell it and have a better income, so improve their livelihood. >>reporter: and they did it with the help of agora... developing micro-doses of fertilizer... a more efficient but also more labor-intensive method, which produces a higher yield. >>compaore: in the beginning