bedbugs has been an issue for all families for a long time. bedbugs to not only affect adults. it has tremendous effects on the children living in sro's. because the bedbugs bite them at night, they cannot sleep well and they do not have good performance in school. for now, bedbugs may affect families in sro's, but soon, it will be a widespread city problem. today, a lot of our families wanted to come to the hearing but many had worked in the morning, so they could not come. i have a lot of faith in the city of san francisco and our supervisors that they will come up with a good solution to this problem. and also, she agrees with what tina was saying, that there was more language capacity in both departments inspectors so that we can regularly communicate. lynn would also like to speak for a little bit. >> [speaking chinese] >> my name is lynn, i am 13, and i live in an sro. having bedbugs for a long time, we have caught many people, thus control companies, and they said you need to not be in the room for a couple of hours. we come back and the bedbugs are still here. sometimes

or the bedbugs came from. i had a boyfriend number of months ago and we broke up a while back. he had bedbugs in his apartment and he dealt with it quite effectively. i believe today he does not have them anymore. there is a possibility maybe when he came to spend the night he brought the bedbugs with him, but i don't know and i don't care. i'm not interested in putting blame, i'm interested in expressing what i go through. i appreciate the gentleman who asked about what is the difference between mesquita as? the difference is you get these bites on you and these bikes do not heal because every night -- you get these bites on you in these bites' do not heal. they go back to the night before. they go back to the same hole because it is easier. there's already a scab there and it's easy to get to that and get through the blood. i have been looking at these buttons people are wearing. the bedbugs are not pretty like that. they're great big and black because they're full of blood. if you find a live one and squish

people with bedbugs to that all the time. that is why i say that they are not paying residents living with tenants and the to be evicted. it is not just a physical thing that needs to be removed. it is mental, too. a lot of people are losing their self-esteem. i have a friend who is emotionally uncontrollable. i had another friend who went to his girlfriend's house to have dinner. the next day, they found out that he had bedbugs and they lost the love of his life. that is why we need to look at the psychological effects so that people can read in their santee and manage their mental health. we need to track the lifestyle of people with bedbugs. i know that we care. one last thing, we have these stickers. i know that if i go out with these stickers, i might scare a kid, and i do not want this representation. [applause] ? supervisor kim: thank you. . >> the building at 589 post street is infected with bedbugs. controversially, it is being converted into tourists' hotels. the hotel is in charge. a scapegoat tenants, not tourists

we will go back in and verify that there are bedbugs. the city is called in again and they say, okay, there is. in the meantime, the tenant has been living there for 30 days without help from the city. the other issue would be -- in 10 years of doing this, i have never had dph, for us, a pest control operator, any information on bedbugs, other than doing generalized city-wide meetings. no training that i know of. i have never gotten any support from dph or dbi. i am not saying that they are bad, but we need procedures in place so that pest control operators know what we need to do when there is an infestation. we cannot just go in and sprayed. tenants need to prep, sometimes they need help. we are trying to have a collaborative so that tenants, property owners, pest control operators, has a minimum guideline. spraying is not a minimum guideline. it is more of a band-aid. you can spray three times and say that it is abated, but is there follow-up inspections? we have been doing this for 10 years now. we always follow up with a final inspe

people with bedbugs to that all the time. that is why i say that they are not paying residents living with tenants and the to be evicted. it is not just a physical thing that needs to be removed. it is mental, too. a lot of people are losing their self-esteem. i have a friend who is emotionally uncontrollable. i had another friend who went to his girlfriend's house to have dinner. the next day, they found out that he had bedbugs and they lost the love of his life. that is why we need to look at the psychological effects so that people can read in their santee and manage their mental health. we need to track the lifestyle of people with bedbugs. i know that we care. one last thing, we have these stickers.

feces, the exoskeleton of the dead bedbugs. you can actually see, at times, live bedbugs. sometimes, you see other stages, what we call nymphs. it is not one single item that prompts us for a notice. it is a combination of those things i mentioned. supervisor kim: i would love to get that list. thank you. >> just to add to that, where there is ambiguity, we will leave a sticky trap in the room and come back to look for evidence. that is a pretty standard industry practice. supervisor kim: could i ask a few follow up questions to ms. bosk, too. thank you, colleagues, for this time. i want to ask members of the task force that has been the convening to summarize some of their findings, their research. you had talked about a reasonable accommodation requests. for many of our seniors and disabled individuals who are not able to repair their room for inspection, what does that mean, what does preparation mean? >> we will frequently find in situations with seniors, people with mobility problems, that they may not be in an appropriate situation to prep the room, or as materials,

. >>> and nobody likes the idea of bedbugs.ut not everyone agrees on the best way to get rid >>> welcome back to news4 at 4:00, i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm barbara harrison. the unemployment rate fell to a two-year low in march. the rate is now 8 8/10 of a percent. the labor department says private employers added 230,000 jobs last month on top of 240,000 in february. some of those gains were offset by layoffs. but this is the first time private employers added more than 200,000 jobs in back-to-back months since 2006. one year before the recession started. >>> stocks ended the day higher after a stronger than expected unemployment report. the dow climbed 58 points to close near its highest point in a year. the s&p 500 added 7 and the nasdaq closed up 9. >>> there's some surprisingly good news about safety on the roads. while americans are driving more than ever, the number of deaths from traffic accidents has plunged. as nbc's tom costello explains, safer cars and tougher dui enforcement the are among the things making a di

bedbugs is right at the top. it is something we frequently have to address. we frequently encounter issues with individuals who may not have the capacity to prepare the rooms for treatment. we may have issues with people who have capacity issues and cannot prepare their room. what do we do? we will get adult protective services involved, legal assistance to the elderly, or any other group to assist the code enforcement process will not cause displacement. we constantly work with those agencies to make sure that the individual is not displaced. with regard to asking for reasonable accommodations, people cannot always use those magic words but may need some sort of accommodation. we will refer those individuals to those agencies so they can assist with the preparation of the room. 90% of the treatment is prepping the room properly. one thing we have heard in the department of building inspection -- i was just a mental health conference. i had an individual indicate that the pesticides in hz single room occupancy hotel were too severe for her. she could not get

board update its licensing requirements for pest control operators to place a greater emphasis on bedbug identification, prevention, and control. i think if we do all of those things, if we go from being general to specific, to actually enforcing code, rather than recommending it, i think we will have a far better response from the owners and operators, but also from city inspection services. lastly, it is those who do not have an adequate response that come to the city. when they're coming to the

yep, she had bedbugs.l. >> really we just wanted to show you the video of the bedbugs again. >> and i really just wanted to tell people that susan had bedbugs. >> she's going to reveal all just ahead. >>> also this morning, beneath her glamorous life, kathryn zeta-jones has been carrying around a secret, revealing she suffers from bipolar disorder. she recently received treatment at a mental health facility. just ahead, we'll look at bipolar 2 and see how stress can play a big role here and also help you identify some signs if you're worried that someone you know may be suffering. >> talk about that in just a few moments. >>> first, jeff glor has another check of the headlines. >> i just passed koeppen in the hallway. do i need to be worried? >> bag those clothes and send them out immediately. >> good morning, guys. good morning, everyone. the faa is adding a second overnight air traffic controller at 27 locations around the country. this follows another incident of a controller who fell asleep on the job.

just like you had an agenda item and a hearing on the bedbugs. the topic was not very important, but it is very important, and adversely affect a lot. have some compassion. this is a city of st. francis. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. that will be considered for introduction of new items. next item. >> item 9, public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment on public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. before the next item, i just want to say because i did not before, thank you to sfgtv for their ongoing excellent coverage of these proceedings. next item please. >> item 10, adjournment. supervisor mirkarimi: have a great day. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor mar: good morning, everyone. welcome to the regular meeting of the transportation authority finance committee. my name is eric mar, chair of the committee. ericka chang is our clerk, i would like to thank sfc tv for providing access to

just like you had an agenda item and a hearing on the bedbugs. the topic was not very important, but it is very important, and adversely affect a lot. have some compassion. this is a city of st. francis. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. that will be considered for introduction of new items. next item. >> item 9, public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment on public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. before the next item, i just want to say because i did not before, thank you to sfgtv for their ongoing excellent coverage of these proceedings. next item please. >> item 10, adjournment. supervisor mirkarimi: have a great day. thank you. >> welcome to "culturewire." since december 2005, the museum of the african diaspora, known locally,moad, has presented programs that celebrate and explore the culture, history, and art of people with african descent throughout the and added states and throughout the world. the director of cultural affairs rece

just like you had an agenda item and a hearing on the bedbugs. the topic was not very important, but it is very important, and adversely affect a lot. have some compassion. this is a city of st. francis. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. that will be considered for introduction of new items. next item. >> item 9, public comment. supervisor

the natural substance could also be used to combat bedbugs, ticks and head lice. >>> another parent claims her toddler was served more than juice. the latest claim from a chicago area chilis. a mother says her 4-year-old daughter brooklyn complained her drink tasted a little funny. she had ordered a chocolate milkshake but when her mother tasted the drink she knew it was an alcoholic mud slide cocktail. >> that's when i saw the waitress approaching me with the chocolate shake. how can you make that mistake and then the manager said they were sitting on the bar side by side, a chocolate shake and the mud slide. >> the child taken to the hospital and treated for alcohol ingestion overdose. a michigan family sued last month after a 15-month-old boy was served alcohol in a apple juice container in applebee's. that's been three or four in the last month. >> a situation in florida as well. >>> wouldn't be a program without charlie sheen. charlie sheen will return to court tuesday in l.a. and this time he is asking a judge for full custody of his 2- year-old twin sons. sheen claims his ex-wife an