presentation by alex banh. digital inclusion officer, committee on information technology, city and county of san francisco. public comment is welcome. item 8, information item. better market street. an overview of the better market street project which proposes to bring transformative safety, transit and street scape update grades to 2.2 miles of market street, from octavia boulevard to steurt street. presentation by similaren bertrang, project manager, doesn't of public works. item 89, public comment. item not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to three minutes. please approach the microphone for give your comment card to the mod staff. item 10, information item, correspondence. item 11, discussion item, council member comments and announcements. item 12, adjourned. >> co-chair senhaux: thank you, heather. we're going to proceed to information item number 4, that will be the co-chair report. and basically i want to talk some things that might be of interest to th

san francisco digital equity and the disability community and i'd like to welcome our presenter, alex banh, digital inclusion officer, committee on information technology, city and county of san francisco. thank you for waiting and that slight interruption. >> no worries. thank you for having me. can we present the slide? here we go. ok. i'm digital inclusion officer for the committee on information technology, i'm here to present on the san francisco digital equity initiative. so this... thank you. so this is a city-wide initiative started by the committee on information technology just last year. and the role of this initiative is to coordinate city-wide efforts to ensure all residents have the tools and ability to participate in digital society. why does this matter? basically technology today is a vital necessity in terms of employment, nearly all major companies post job openings and take job applications exclusively online. in terms of education, more and more students are expected to use technology to complete their homework and schoolwork and parents are expected to use internet an