including post entitlement and eligibility for benefits which goes to the point that co-chair denise senhaux made about making sure that people don't lose their benefits when they're transitioning to employment. as part of this work, over a nearly six-year period, pwdf sued the social security administration on behalf of two san francisco residents who have a combination of mental or developmental disabilities. we brought this suit under section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973, claiming that the social security administration failed to provide these men with equal meaningful access to social security work incentive programs. and we successfully settled the case obtaining reasonable accommodations based on mental disability for our clients. i will add that case is still in the enforcement stage and will be throughout the clients working life. many attorneys and agencies, we believe, including those funded by the city, will not take cases where the client is already a social security beneficiary but is being terminated from benefits and that is because there isn't a lot of money in it fo

. >> co-chair denise senhaux? >> present. >> co-chair jim blacksten?co-chair blacksten: present. tatiana kostanian absent. alex madrid? here. council member tatiana kostanian? >> here. council member? >> council member sassouni: here. >> council member smolinski: here. >> council member williams: present. >> co-chair blacksten: lets move forward to the next agenda item which i believe is the reading of the agenda today. >> item 1, welcome, introduction and roll call. item 2, action item. reading and approval of the agenda. item 3, public comment. items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. we welcome the public's participation during public comment periods. there will be an opportunity for public comment at the beginning and end of the meeting, as well as as after everytime on today's agenda. each comment is limited to three minutes and the council will respond to your comments following the meeting if you provide your contact information. you may complete a speaker's card, available in the front of the room, approach the microp