whereas derek zarda has served in the san francisco since 2013. he has been a tireless advocate for youth with disabilities and promoting disabilities sensitivity curriculum within the unified school district and he's helped san franciscans with disabilities and the mayor's council subcommittee and the council's resolution in 2013. he has continued to the growth in development of council as a cochair since april 2014. the mayor's disability council would like to take this opportunity for thanking him for his exponential service to the city of san francisco. >> i'm very honored. thank you very much. all i can say is i'm just a country bump kin from kansas. i just want to say that it has been such an honor and such a privilege. one of my favorite things in life really is to see especially in the role of disability advocacy. i saw it at a very young age in high school when there were no peers to go to talk about this in high school arrest no people to even just talk of what's going on whether it's discrimination directly or indirectly, things that we

agenda item no. 10, ceremonial item in honor of derek zarda. agenda item no. 11. report from the disability disaster preparedness committee. agenda item no. 12. public comment. items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. agenda item no. 13, correspondence agenda item no. 14, councilmember comments and announcements. item 15, adjourn. >> thank you. today as we continue the discussion with people on disabilities and employment to focus on bettering employment on disabilities it's important how to keep in mind how the two are connected. veterans returning from vietnam war had acquired disabilities. the anti-kwar movement gave rise to the disability rights movement in the 70s and veterans disabilities often crossed the threshold between the two communities and veterans got lost. soldiers returning from the recent conflicts, many of them with visible disabilities remind us that the connection is there and veterans with disabilities are still members of the disability community and part of the struggle for equal rights and community integration.

i hope you can stay after the meeting to join us for some cake in honor of john paul scott and derek zarda. >> that put a smile on my face. item 15, adjourn. thank you for coming. see you at the next meeting in january. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> everyone deserves a bank account. in san francisco, anyone can have a bank account, things to an innovative program, bank on s.f. >> everyone is welcome, even if you are not a citizen or have bad credit to qualify for a bank account is simple. just live or work in san francisco and have a form of id. >> we started bank on s.f. six years ago to reach out to folks in the city who do not have a bank account. we wanted to make sure they know they have options which should be more low-cost, more successful to them and using chat catchers. >> check cashing stores can be found all over the city, but they're convenient locations come with a hidden price. >> these are big. >> i remember coming in to collect -- charged a fee to collect a monogram. >> people who use check catchers, particularly those who use them to cash their paychecks all year long,