councilmember senhaux? >> the workgroup for seniors and people with disabilities and single room occupancy hotels are sponsoring a free screening and the film about the lives of people living in sro's and the efforts made to improve the elevator situations so people don't get stranded out of their rooms. the screening is held tuesday october 21st from starting at 2:00. it's going to be at the san francisco main library at gart auditorium. it is wheelchair accessible. for any accommodations, please call senior and disability action organization at 415-546-1333 or e-mail them at info @ sdaction .org. if you need any accommodations call them no later than october 14th. and they ask that you not wear any fragrances. thank you. >> okay. we are adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >>

thank you. >> good afternoon, councilmembers, staff and members of the public. i will be providing two 2 months of reports from the mayor's office on disability. for the month of july our office received a total of 66 inquiries. of those, 43 were request for information and referrals, three were request for accommodations. 87 percent of those inquiries were from the public and the remaining 12 from city departments. additionally in july we had 4 program request and nine complaints. of those complaints two were related to construction projects blocking public right-of-way and four complaints remaining to elevators and lifts and terminals. in the month of august we received a total of 61 inquiries. two question request for accommodations and 43 were referrals. 18 percent from other city departments. many of those inquiries were about service and support animals to city funded programs. two of the complaints during that month were directly related to city issues events. additionally our office has received two request for accommodation for accessible pedestrian sig

>> councilmember zarda? >> i would like to thank you for your presentation. in the independent living resource center they had members of the community come out and partake on services to make sure we can increase that to show the commitment that you have towards improving access. just a few questions, though. regarding the bicycle improvements and your talking about different ways to entourage better more positive bicycle behavior, i have heard that come up a lot in the past year, you know trying to encourage or entice or someway to softly handle that situation of bicyclist driving down fast lanes, what on your options, what is in place to slowdown, i know there is some things about bumps to slow them down, what is in place that they will slowdown for people getting off these islands and trying to walk the cross ways. some can't move as fast whether through mobility impairment or you are elderly too. what can pe done to ensure besides just betting on the bicyclist improving. what can be in place to ensure that these pedestrians can be safe? >> that's a desig

councilmembers comments and announcements. agenda item no. 14, adjourn. >> thank you. donna. okay, the next item on the agenda is public comment. items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. first i have mike hot us. if anyone else wishes to comment at this time, please fill out a card. >> i thank the council for the opportunity to make this presentation. i have a question regarding the ada. as you all know 2015 is the 25th anniversary of the ada and was wondering whether council had done anything in particular to celebrate that momentous event. i would like to offer a suggestion that certain pioneers in the ada for the city particularly those that are not with us to be honored. i would like to offer suggestion of the late loadey, who was asked to become a member of this council but did not want to split her energy between the museum and this council that she be within -- one of the people nominated for her help in implementing the ada. i put together her resume of items she accomplished in her short life and would like to give this to council when poss

are there any councilmember questions. cochair zarda? >> okay. councilmember harriet wong? >> hi. thank you for your presentation. i was wondering for the transportation 2030 project, so how did they select your committee? >> the mayor's task force? the mayor's office was, the mayor's office determined the participation on the task force as the mta. we helped to staff the work that was done there, but the participation and who specifically was part of those 45 people was determined by the mayor. >> did the bring that to the attention of the mayor's office on disability at all? >> yes, in fact jeff johnson was part of that task force. >> chair zarda? >> thank you for participating in this council. earlier in this presentation you mentioned during the key investments through 2030 you mentioned the roads through transit and safety you mentioned an analysis done regarding how the money should be allocated in each area. is this analysis available to the public and if so how would we have access to it. >> yes, there is two different websites. one is called sf transportation 2030 .com. a

do i have any councilmember questions or comments? cochair zarda? >> first of all thank you for coming here today. the council and the general public appreciate when you show up to our meetings and can talk a little bit more and open up a dialogue about accessibility and working with the senior and disability population. what is the current access training and vehicle inspection that is in place? >> so with respect to the vehicle inspections, as i mentioned rides that are fulfilled on our platform are provided through our standard vehicle supply. those are our typical lyft vehicles which to my knowledge don't require any special equipment. they are not vehicles equipped with a ramp or lift, they are for meeting the same mechanical requirement and go through that same inspection process that has been required by us and the puc which complies with the general population. there is not special training with respect to the provision of rides to individuals with disabilities and i certainly would be open to conversation about any content that you would re

we'll go to seattle to speak with socialist city councilmember kshama sawant, one of the resolution's sponsors. sawant helped win a $15 an hour minimum wage for all workers in seattle. we'll also look at a new report called "the glass floor: sexual harassment in the restaurant industry." worker, $2.15 an hour is just not going to cut it. this will definitely help eliminate a lot of the injustice we are expensing as women in the industry, a lot of sexual harassment. one day i will feel like i don't have to take it. .> among our guests, eve ensler all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a nurse in dallas, texas has become the first person to contract ebola inside the united states. the nurse helped care for ebola patient thomas eric duncan, who died last week. thomas frieden, director of the centers for disease control and prevention, said the exact cause of transmission is unknown. >> we don't know what occurred in the care of the index patient, the original patient in dallas. but at some point, there was a br

>> reporter: at a mayoral debate this week, councilmember liccardo says he is focused on raising officer pay and rebuilding trust. liccardo is one of mayor reed's stanchest allies. >> they are going to respect a mayor who is honest with them and i'm going to give them what frankly supervisor cortese wasn't willing to give them on the council and that's the truth. i'll tell them how to restore morale and pay and ensure that we can have a department that's the most innovative in the country but we're not going to promise them benefits that we would never pay for. >> reporter: the police union has endorsed cortese. financial documents show the union's political action committee spent nearly $51,000 on his campaign so far. >> one of the things that my candidacy provides to public safety employees here, police officers and firefighters, a regained trust and hope that there's somebody they can work with in the mayor's office that may not be able to immediately restore what they've lost but can start them back on the path of recovery when it comes to financial incentives. >> reporter: councilme

do i have any councilmember questions or comments? cochair zarda? >> first of all thank you for coming here today. the council and the general public appreciate when you show up to our meetings and can talk a little bit more and open up a dialogue about accessibility and working with the senior and disability population. what is the current access training and vehicle inspection that is in place? >> so with respect to the

councilmember marion barry arrived, saying welfare benefits have contributed to this. >> poor people are getting kicked in the behind. >> he is organizing a protest tonight at union central church. >> i was a little complacent but now i need help. help,n if you qualify for it could take up to 10 days to get your utilities back on. at least the process is starting. reporting from southeast washington, sam ford. >> $7,000 electrical bill. con is note air going to be on tonight. you can open up the windows and let the cool air in. >> chilly air, maybe adding a few extra blankets. that is what i did last night. it is going to be chilly tonight. n national wereaga are at 56 degrees. clear skies out now. it was a little cool today. it certainly felt like fall this first october weekend. .5 degrees our average this time of year, 72. last night in d.c., we dropped down to 44 degrees. our average low of 55. the record high, 96, the hottest recorded temperature in october. october 5 was the first time we recorded any snow in d.c. back in 1892. note know in our forecast but we do have chilly te

bowser's challengers includes former councilmember carol schwartz. polls show a tight race. for the first time since the ebola outbreak started the deadly virus has been transmitted to someone living outside of west africa. and a local family under the microsoft after a 10 month old passes away. >> new information on the ebola outbreak. apparently the deadly virus has been transmitted outside of western africa. a nurse's assistant in spain treated a spanish priesin madrid who worked in sierra leone. and ebola patient in dallas texas is under a new experimental drug. live in the newsroom with more, greta. confirmed that nurses assistant does have ebola. her early that her only symptom was -- her only symptom was a fever. >> freelance cameraman -- is back from liberia. in omaha nebraska and is now in a hospital. he may have contracted ebola while hoping to clear a car. >> we saw him from a distance. >> he is enormously relieved. it is still quite frightening. >> quite a contrast to the thomas duncan in dallas texas. they are increasingly frustrated by his worsening condition.

. >> councilmembers say the homelessness plan is not adequate. coming up, reaction from the vincent gray administration. ghost of presid >> african-american voters turned out in big numbers in 2008 and 2012. the anticipation this year could have a big say in who controls congress. today, we speak with some african-american voters and hear why some believe turnout could the low. thank you. it's not just cannabis citizens will be voting for. there are also a number of important ballot measures in the sea, maryland, and virginia. kai jackson joins us from the live desk with a snapshot of some of the ballot measures. >> is not just the candidates but a range of issues will be decided everything from special elections, legalization of small amounts of marijuana. let's take a look where transportation is concerned. alec questions or big for several jurisdictions. maryland has a statewide issue for funds being used for other things. arlington county, fairfax county also has multimillion dollar transportation questions. instruction improvements also on t

one of the city councilmembers came up to me and said his neighbor's son had been arrested. and he's not a troublemaker and could i get him back. it took him a while but we got him back. very emotional scene. you can even begin to calculate the effect that has. .. >> >> does anybody think of a trained special force that is impacted of these powerful empresses -- powerful forces that come here to do its job? to enhance from the share military? >> i know the special forces is those to focus in that part of the world have trading to were the global security forces on the civil side like usaid frequently it has people stay in the country at least four years so they do get some wisdom about the place but there is the challenge to manage pilot locations but they also said many people to foreign services for language trading but in afghanistan we have the afghan hands program as an attempt to get out of this relentless career promotions to get people to get out of the country that after language training in multiple tumors -- tour. and held back to the normal resting place. but you

only one councilmember voted against it. >> the state has said at 18 you are an adult. you can vote, go to work, and sign contracts. but we say we don't think you should be able to make up your mind about cigarettes. are we pushing the issue out of our city limits? >> reporter: it was tough to get people to go on camera about the issue. the people i talk to share the opinion of stephanie gray. >> we are sending troops out to fight for our country. i think having a cigarette at your own discretion is your own problem. 18 is old enough to make that choice. >>> we apologize, we lost sheryl. people who live in san jose's evergreen district rally at the city council meeting tonight. upset about burglaries. they say there are double and  they want more police officers for the city and are asking for a substation in the area. >> they keep saying crime is down and we are safe. we are not safe. i was a victim myself. i don't want this to happen to other people. that's why i am speaking out. >> folks who showed up hope to address the concerns at the next meeting. >>> new iphone

councilmembers need time to frame the regulations surrounding marijuana. >>> cops are trying to figure out who killed a woman whose body was found on crane highway behind a pizza hut. the body of a woman in her 30s was run over multiple times. they are talking to a person of interest in the case. this does not appear to be a random act. >>> two children and three adults were killed in a crash at livingston road. they were stopped at a red light and a mercedes plowed into them. >> my cousin was my god mother. she was the life of the party. she always kept us going. >> we're told that funeral arrangements were pending. it's been a month and counting since hannah graham vanished after wandering off following an evening with her friends. jesse matthew is charged with her abduction. witnesses saw him with graham and investigators are continuing the search while he's held without bond. we have an album of pictures of missing children at our facebook page. >>> montgomery county police need your help brings a missing 82-year-old man home. robert cline jr. was last seen in the 9600 block of --

. >> councilmember marion barry arrived, saying cuts to welfare benefits have contributed to this. >> poor people are getting kicked in the behind, back-and-forth. >> e says he is organizing a protest at union temple church tonight. >> now i need help. >> we have learned that even if you qualify for help, it can take up to 10 days to get your utilities back on. at least the process has started. sam ford, abc 7 news. >> thank you, sam. former president jimmy carter celebrating his 90th earth day today. carter was elected as the 39th president in 1976. since the end of his term, he has worked for peace and civil rights around the world. mr. carter marked the occasion by attending a ceremony in atlanta. a garden will be dedicated in his name. happy birthday, mr. president. >> great to see him. what a beautiful day today. >> it was fun to watch the sky. right now we have about 35 minutes of sunlight left. it is clearing up outside. you past couple of hours, see some blue sky and in the clouds start moving through the afternoon. we have a pattern now, at least in the metro area, partly clo

councilmember bowser has a lead. pointsnth, he was up 17 and more than a quarter of the voters remain on the fence. the top three candidates debated tonight. i had the honor of emceeing a great event not far from there. change induced attorney general at a special dinner at howard university. neighborhood league of civics program has been providing services for distributed the need for 50 years. the attorneys handle some 1800 cases last year and celebrated five decades of service. congratulations, all. you about a massive security breach at j.p. morgan chase. how many are affected and what you need to do if you are one of them. enterooncerns about i virus. >> if you have any kind of parking issue, you will want to see this story. an improperly installed parking sign >> and all started with a sign posted incorrectly and led to a parking ticket at an accident. a northwest washington resident said that he got the ticket wiped away but he was stuck with the bill after his car was hit by a bus. >> as hard as it is to find

councilmember tommy wells decided to hold a hearing to explore those issues after his own experience. there was a question about his license plate but things quickly got tense. who can't all down with the man in handcuffs. that they have raciallyims of motivated police stops paris >> i've been pulled over so many times, i can't remember how many. we know this may be the last time we get to say anything. another spoke of being pulled over after police thought he was driving a stolen car. >> no one stopped to ask me if i had an id so they could find out the car was registered to me and i was the rifle owner. i was dragged out of the car kicking and screaming. tonight in a news decades-old murder investigation. the fbi confirmed it plans to exhume the body and alabama in connection with the search for william bradford bishop. bishop is accused of killing his mother, his wife, and three children back in 1976. he has never been found. tomorrow police will exhume the body of a john doe killed in 1981. we will have updates on this developing story. the family of the sheriff's deputy who moni

become a giant beacon as you can see the steel structure you'll be able to see it from the freeways councilmember west and east from the east that it's a beacon you'll want to be a participant in all your friends to see what what it's about fantastic for tourism in you're in the tourism business it will boom and the food business will boom and hotel it is great and for your personal pleased the museum is designed to just be a big magnet for visitors and also coupled with that is our education program for the youngsters we're going to double and triple the effort the 3 things i want to emphasize that are important to you'll you have you here as a public this entire museum has been built by private fundraising it's really pretty incredible (clapping) and mayor ed lee who i'll introduce here in a moment he's very happy we didn't go into the city coffers there's another part of the story about the partnership between the entrepreneurs and people who have been successful in life that give back but the city's also has the first new firehouses in 40 years over on. fulsome street the firemen all love it

councilmember dan kalb is behind the tenant protection proposal. can no longer afford to live here the tenants threatening as the stock the proposed law would give oakland authority to fine or sue landlords who violate the rules. short- term rental companies such as - air b-n-b - are now officially legal in san francisco. after months of debate, city leaders have voted to regulate and allow residents to rent out their homes on a temporary basis. residents would need to register with the city before joining sites such as air - b-n- b. the new law is meant to stop landlords from taking homes off the market. to rent them out on a full-time basis. this is all happening at a time when residents are struggling to find housing. e-cigarettes and smoking will soon be banned in parts of san mateo county. the county board of supervisors voted unanimously today. to add e-cigarettes to an ordiance which prohibits all types of smoking. in unincorporated multi- unit residences. the regulation requires landlords to post no smoking signs. include the restriction in

jesse arreguin/berkeley city councilmember "lookingt craigslist there are a very limited number of apartments that are available that wou allow pets." city councilme jesse arreguin wants to do something to help pet owners find apartments so he's proposing an ordinance that would bar landlords from excluding pets. the law wou apply to rental properties 4 or more units.. "i don't fundamentally believe that because someone's housing ss or their class.that they sh be prohibited to have pets. you might expect, apartment owners aren't too keen on bg told they have to accept pe. sid lakireddy/president, berkeley property owners association "the number of places that this could lead, that are not good places.the number of possibilities is limitless." even over at thg park, where you might expect people to favor such a prop, there was a lot of skeptici about establishing pet ownep as a "right." lauren tate/berkeley dog owner "un it's a service dog or a spel needs situation, no, we do' have a right to own a dog. d landlords shouldn't be requd to allow dogs on their property." arreguin says the details

there are there other announcements from the councilmembers >> yes. president chiu. >> frail a comment and question first of all, i want to thank everybody and echo i want to say what occurred to me after the earthquake happened we've spent a lot of work prep and wonder if that was worth it we know it was i want to thank everyone for paxil the earthquake bonds in 2013-2014 there was a lot of work mayor ed lee and the fire chief's it was amazing and the angst we felt from volunteer to a may or may not seismic retrofit regive this it's worthy it i've had a lot of conversations i notice there are community that are additional things that seniors may want to thank about and the immigrant population may want to think about i know your materials are broad but are there efforts to educate those niches. >> so we'd be happy to work with you and just to let everybody know we have different components within our team we work with nonprofits to reach out to the individual communities and have somebody that worked with the private sector and the focus on this indi

a source with a campaign tells kpix that the governor plans to endorse the current city councilmember in her bid to unseat the mayor. brown is scheduled to make an official announcement at the headquarters tomorrow afternoon. and, hot silicone valley race heads to the podium tomorrow, the democrats will face off for a debate. >>> palo alto based hewlett- packard is reportedly going to split into two different companies. the wall street journal reports they plan to separate the computer and business from hardware and services operations. an official announcement could come as soon as tomorrow. >>> a major off-ramp into san jose has become a major embarrassment, right now nobody can agree on who should clean it up. we have one plan to have street >> they work with clients who are on the street or in the creeks and engage them in volunteer work. but, they are showing up every day at 8:00, doing hard work. >> reporter: not for pay, but food, housing and he gets a path to the future. >> provides not just a path but also self-esteem. a dignified way for a homeless to start to see an opportu

rating we're going to look at the data when we looked at it by how often people use muni you see councilmember krekorian people that use muni less often rate it higher than our regular users i'll say this as well is something that we've seen on other satisfaction studies we've conducted open the mta and the golden gate you see the folks that see your service the most notice it trip purpose i see there people that use the service for things other than work or school rate overall satisfaction for highly and time sensitivity goes into this and the other one you don't see the clipper and cash options we were not seeing a difference between the groups in addition to the overall satisfaction we asked about a number of specific attributes we use the excellent good or important poor among the attributes is there a rank order so accessibility with persons with disability 79 percent said mta is doing a good job and helpfulness 67 percent and frequency of service 59 percent reliability and half saying it's no good all the way to the bottom 31 percent say that crowding and managing on vehicles that rates

>> reporter: at a mayoral debate this week, councilmember liccardo says he is focused on raising officers' pay and rebuilding trust. liccardo is one of mayor reed's stanchest allies. >> they are going to respect a mayor who is honest with them and i'm going to give them what cortese wouldn't give them on the council and that's the truth. i'm going to tell them how to restore morale, how to restore pay, how we can ensure that we can have a department that's the most innovative in the country but we're not going to promise them benefits that we could never pay for. >> reporter: the police union has endorsed cortese. financial documents show the union's political action committee has spent nearly $51,000 on his campaign so far. >> one of the things that my candidacy provides to public safety employees is hope that they can work with the mayor's office, they may not be able to restore immediately what they lost but start them back on the path of recovery when it comes to financial incentives. >> reporter: councilmember liccardo says he has great respect for the men and women who wear the badg

that when a lot of people learn about invest in the neighborhoods or the works that eric and councilmembers people night not think that's environmental but it is it is sustaining a community and st. patrick a culture and sustaining stories some of which we learn through the process there's an environmental tradition it might not be called environmentism it is called for example on balm i didn't alley a street above with 24th that had trash build ufl up families removed the trash so the children ha a more educational way to get to school we call that zero trash but folks that were engaged called it family for opportunities this is an opportunity to embrace this there is last thing it supports and calls this auto as an environmental measure changes in the mission it is where the communities deal with the environmental health hazards and lending our support to provide benefits and do what we can to make that happen. >> so colleagues questions or comments thank you very much everybody that was a phenomenal presentation. >> colleagues commissioner king. >> i'm definitely in support of this often

hours excuse me. 72 hours notice to the public that the parking is going to be taken off as a councilmember curls compromise i've included what is the line. >> page 3 lines 18 and 19 in the all the time. >> a yeah. in the all the times we're discussing so supervisor wiener is saying. >> page 3 line 18. >> line 18. >> on the printed version. >> you're looking at my version the printed version is the most current version. >> so i'm happy to withdraw my motion to withdraw the feasibility clause and keep it in there and keep the legislation as i have it in front of you as you've reviewed the most important is the 72 hour noticing and i too the compromise included the feasibility class so that it will remain flexibility there's a lot of discussion and questions around it feasibility is important to maintain so we don't stifle the commission i'm asking our permission from the noticing of 24 to 72 hours at the start of the production. >> the city and county hours makes sense i don't have an issue it's good to have notice but at issue is the one feasible right if you can do it in 72 hours i should

the undercover tests now are in response to demands from councilmember tommy wells who saw our story and demanded the office of human rights investigate. the dc taxicab commission is tracking denials of taxicab service based on rates and other reasons, and the first time, they're now doing undercover operations similar to what you've seen here over the past tw years. i'm investigative reporter, russ ptacek, wusa 9. >>> always watching, always tracking. wusa 9's first alert weather. >> you know, derrick has his alarm set for 6:00. >> i wanted to see the eclipse, man. >> the good news, derrick, when the alarm goes off, it will be clear. >> yay. >> let's talk about what the eclipse is . >> it's 2-1, by the way. >> we don't have the 2. we have the 1. >> that's exactly right. >>> we have the sun and the earth and the moon all in alignment and you get a little shadow cast by the earth. by the time we get to the full umbra around 6:25 it becomes like a blood red moon. it's not like it's going to happen quickly. if you want to see the whole thing tstarts at 4:15. i would recommend viewing be

complainant that didn't require further hearing you can make that amendment today and number 2 councilmember taylor's to add the owner didn't require a continuance and supervisor farrell also proposed an amendment that would clarify that as an interested party hoa is defined as a neighborhood hoa as well as a building hoa i believe that amendment has been adapted in the amendments that we proposed supervisor yee proposed a creating a special rule for rh1 d where those units in those zoning district is subject to 90 day limits open hovered and hosted rentals only the hosted rentals could take up no more than 50 percent you can adapt it today supervisor wiener the timing of foes and the regarding the rh1 d districts also you can adapt those today without continuance and supervisor mar proposed an amendment that would exclude city subsidized housing we can continue that discussion in competent that amendment will require a committee hearing and referral to planning supervisor mar also proposed an amendment to exclude in-law units that amendment will require another committee hearing but not req

the new jersey governor went on the attack for a councilmember who held a sign that read, stay in newersey, finish the job. >> you all know me. if we are going to get into a debate, it's going to get interesting and fun. yeah. i understand. so, i will be more than happy to have a debate with you, guy. somebody like you doesn't know a damn thing what you are talking about. i have been here when the cameras aren't here and done the work. i have been here and did the work. so, i'm glad you had your day to show off. we are the ones here to actually do the work. turn around, get your 15 minutes of fame and take your jacket off, roll up your sleeves and do something for the people in the state. listen, you want to have the conversation later, i'm happy to have it, buddy. until that time, sit down and shut up. anytime. anytime. anytime you like. it's wonderful. absolutely. yeah. i'll tell you. there's about 1,000 things i'll do tonight. going to dinner with you is 1,001. >> you heard the heckler who tried to invite chris christie to dinner to finish the debate. the governor not having it. i