fran taylor, john lowell, timothy waters, cathy deluca and sam. again we're going to have to minimize public comment to a minute each so we will be able to get through everyone. >> i'm bob as a member of senior disability action. i support and we support the idea of this legislation to deter the misuse. this is simple regulation. it is not prohibition. and i -- i'm deter. recent stories have pictures that were in hood line showing a scooter with its handle in a blue curb parking lane. that means it is not really usable. [bell].. >> another picture showed a scooter blocking the mechanism to open the door to the sony -- meaning people with disabilities can't operate that motor vehicle nifrm -- mechanism. i saw one of the mechanisms to inform the blind when they can cross. so they could stumble across it. there's hazards and dangers. this would help. >> supervisor tang: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is neo -- fiona lindsay. [indiscernible] >> we stand in strong support of regulation of these scooters primaril

for more on this we are joined by cathy deluca. thank you for joining us. how and why do you support the city doing this? >> well, these scooters, they are dockless motorized scooters. they could be part of the transportation system in san francisco. but right now they are having a negative effect on people and on our sidewalks. and so we really think, you know -- state legislation says it's illegal to ride motorized scooters on sidewalks but a tremendous number of people are doing that and it's dangerous. we are hearing countless complaints from people who say the scooters are blocking their path that they can't walk on the sidewalk. people tripping over the scooters and actually having to go to the emergency room. so these unintended consequences of the scooters that are hurting pedestrians. >> right. so what kind of regulations do you want to see? >> well, so it's already illegal to ride on the sidewalks in the state. and it's illegal to have obstacles on the sidewalk. so the regulation that supervisors peskin and kim, they want to create a permit system