it's about temporary disabilities, permanent disabilities or just ease of motion, of movement through the environment. >> we are really a city of small businesses. really one of the charms of san francisco is its many small businesses and it is really a challenge for many small businesses to provide access, partly because san francisco is an older city and these are existing buildings. also because of the difficult grade change issues where we have a steep slope. so here is a typical condition where we have a step up, probably a 3 1/2 or so inch step up at a front door along the sidewalk, which makes this difficult access, to say the least, i would say. paul? . >> there's a couple things here. the step, with somebody using a wheelchair that's very tropk and very fit could probably get up over that being a 3 inch curb, but a lot of people would not be able to do it. anybody in a power chair or scooter would be bared to geting there. relative placement of the sign board as well being up next to the building can hinder a lot of people. it depends upon the width of the sidewalk, but if th

it has been said that it is the carnival for disabilities. it is a vibrant, life toing opportunity for kids to see a different way of being in education and being in the world. so please help us to propel this celebration of difference and diversity forward in our school systems that is so desperately needed. thank you. >> hi. i'm sunni. i'm in ninth grade. my story. i've always known that i've been an l.d. kid and my mom -- sorry. my mom has always told me that i was smart and i believed her and -- and i just hope that like if you give us the things that we need we could do -- make other kids feel like as smart as i do. i might not be like the best at school but snow [applause] >> hello. my name is adam chutes. just to end up or to summarize what we have done, we as an l.d. community and members of safe voices have come to you today to ask you the empower the individual, to basically let other students who are with your jurisdiction to basically have that same experience which we have able to make for ourselves. all i would like to say is ed

it has been said that it is the carnival for disabilities. it is a vibrant, life toing opportunity for kids to see a different way of being in education and being in the world. so please help us to propel this celebration of difference and diversity forward in our school systems that is so desperately needed. thank you. >> hi. i'm sunni. i'm in ninth grade. my story. i've always known that i've been an l.d. kid and my mom -- sorry. my mom has always told me that i was smart and i believed her and

the mayor's office of disability has some inspectors. our next step is working together to figure out how we utilize these resources to possibly minimize our small businesses from having to pay the private sector for these services. an additional thing, though this will take some funding and planning -- lawrence cornfield -- kornfield did a great video in 2007 explaining the difference between the ada and the california building codes. now that we have casp it would be great to do a new video, and promote that as an online tool for businesses to watch. i do have one last thing i would like to add for moving forward. that is that with the sb-1608, the california commission on disability access was formed. i think for the department of building inspection, spall business commission, and mayor's office of disability, working for wood to star providing reports and feedback -- working forward to start providing reports and feedback for that commission. with that, i will turn it over to neil friedman. i also want to state that susan mizner fro

. >> people on disability has the task of addressing all the disability. when we are talk about the sidewalks, ramps, we have very specific issues. for people blind and low vision, we have the issue of knowing where they are and when the cross. it can be hit or miss. >> at hulk and grove, that sound the the automatic -- it helps people cross the street safely. >> now we have a successful pedestrian signal. >> i push the button, i get an audible message letting me know that i need to wait. when it is safe to cross, not only am i going to get an audible indicator, this button is going to vibrate. so it tells me it is safe. there is the driller sound and this trigger is vibrating. i am not relying on anything but the actual light change, the light cycle built into it. >> it brings san francisco from one of the major cities in the u.s. to what is going to be the lead city in the country. >> city working on all sorts of things. we are trying to be new and innovative and go beyond the ada says and make life more successful for people. >> disability rights moveme

it is important for the disabled as well. over here is the controller. but this does is it provides information to the elevator where to go. receives commands from within the elevator and from the destination dispatched central -- dispatched central. these elevators are precisely the electronic breaks, so they need to be very precise. in accordance with the vfd to supply power to the elevator motor, which

it is important for the disabled as well. over here is the controller. but this does is it provides information to the elevator where to go. receives commands from within the elevator and from the destination dispatched central -- dispatched central. these elevators are precisely the electronic breaks, so they need to be very precise. in accordance with the vfd to supply power to the elevator motor, which is right here. these are original d.c. drives. d.c. was in place at the beginning of elevators. it was easier to control. currently, new elevators are ac drives. but they are so expensive to replace and waste of materials. we have made it more efficient by providing aid to the electrical system to drive it. this is controlled by the same transistor that controls the toyota prius. when the elevator is empty, the counterweight polls the elevator and it generates electricity by breaking. the same thing as in your toyota creosote or another hybrid car. --

relocation costs in the mayor's office on disability for fiscal year 2010-2011. supervisor avalos: colleagues, last week, i spoke about waffling on this issue. i was not sure how i was going to vote. since last week, i am more certain that i am voting know. it was a difficult vote for me. i felt there was needs to fix things in the board chambers, but i saw the same sites i see on a daily basis, wheelchair ramps that are not completed, a ramp where groundwork has been started on the corner of san jose and geneva. there are too large plastic barriers so it is very difficult to get through. i thought the department of water was working on that but it looks like they have not done any work whatsoever and i see these large plastic barriers lying's a scant and making it even more difficult to pass through. i feel like we do not have the luxury of making symbolic acts to fix the wheelchair ramp when we have real things in our district that people face every day. is not just one or two people. it is hundreds of people on a daily basis. look at each and every rampant und

that's a very cheap and easily achievable standard of improving disabled access. here is another counter with no lowered counter area. this is a sushi shop on kerni street. very open, very accessible, but it doesn't have a lowered area to do either service transaction or for other kind of seating. inside the cala market -- now, markets are required to have at least one checkout stand of a sufficient width for people in wheelchairs to use. and that checkout counter must always be open whenever the market is open. the way that's been solved in most markets is to make them all accessible, which is great, which we think is a good solution, but not required. here at the cala, every one is accessible and they each have the little international symbol of accessibility on them. they also have a little sign that says, if you need any help at all, ask us. a wonderful thing to do. it's not a physical barrier removal, but it's a good way to try and make sure your customers understand that this is an important issue. here is an example of one of these lowered transaction count

i am a disabled veteran of the marine corps, representing the disabled, the elderly, and the people of the sunset for whom having a dispensary for disabled people and elderly people who have a hard time using the transit systems -- it seems it is an awful hard ship from them -- for them. having a center closer to where they live would be much better for them. some of the centers that i know go out and take the patience to the car or the bus station to make sure that are safe. delivery services work as well, but these centers do not just operate as dispensaries. that operate as community centers, where the disabled, the elderly, and the homeless have a place to commune with other people who are like them, suffering from the same illnesses. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is gregory ledbetter. i am a patient advocate speaking on behalf of medical cannabis patience of the sunset -- patients of the sunset. we hear this case. this has resulted in here and misunderstood policies. the legislative fix that is proposed by the supervisors was postponed only du

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the mayor has a disable slot. my strong recommendation is that you do not appoint anyone to do the two women's lots, that you give us an opportunity -- we have a big campaign to get candidates for the women's slots. i hope that you will avoid the five -- a point the five incumbents and hold over the women slots to a future date when we can get a bunch of candidates. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. >> good of the new, supervisors. i am the board secretary of the san francisco veterans equity center. we work with filipino world war ii to veterans who are trying to divide themselves to receive veterans' benefits. i'm sure you have read about this in the paper. it has been a longstanding tradition south of market, particularly in the filipino community. i just want to speak on mr. regaldo baldonado. he has been a leader amongst his peers. as you know, our veterans are dying, and he still carries the light. he lives in the mission, and he regularly goes about his routine to make sure the veterans and the hotels a

half of the spending is for seniors and disabled and cutbacks of the disabled seniors are unthinkable as these are the most vulnerable and medically needed in our society. so i've come to the conclusion we have to be smarter and do things better and under the affordable care act we can. the example under the affordable care act we are already helping states and providers structure and implement new delivery models to reduce cost and improve care for the dual eligibles as governor barbour pointed out. the most expensive population of seniors are disabled. governor patrick, i heard you touch on the delivery system reform in your opening statement. can you talk about why you decided that expanding coverage and improving the quality-of-care in the right direction for us to move in as opposed to cutting back on the eligibility. >> thank you for the congressman to the question, congressman. as we have implemented the expanded coverage, our universal plan over the last four years we have also increased spending on public education every single year to the highest level in the history of the

i have experienced firsthand, working with a lot of people with disabilities. like mary said, if they do not passed training, if they are not comfortable, they are happy not to do so. we are happy to invite everyone with disabilities if they're able to before the scheduled tour to try it out to see if they are comfortable with it. four instances really stand out to me in my experience as a tour guide. one woman had polio, another with ms, two men -- one elderly man i took out 88 years old. another man who had one leg. all four of them were not able to walk on their own, but were able to stand up on their own they needed help on and off, but when they were there, they describe the time of their life, they had not felt that confident in years. i felt honored to share that experience with them. i really feel great that we can offer and provide tours to tourists and locals alike who suffer from disabilities and are not able to enjoy the park on foot or bike. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. i am going to start calling other names. charles allen quist. daniel h

building code has a number a provision that makes traditional elevators usable by people with disabilities, but destination elevators presented challenges, particularly with cited. how do you know to get from this keypad to your our corporate car? >> we had a terrific program where we develop and administer the bulletin, which your help, elevator companies, involvement from the public, and you can tell us the outcome of that. >> what is amazing about the process is we had both government and private industry, as well as people with disabilities at the table for three years creating these accessibility standards. what we are doing here is being looked at by the department of justice access board and state architect's office. that is how good our standards are. would you like to see? i am going to push the access key which will activate the voice. i want to go to floor 24. ok, to the left. >> elevator j has arrived. >> that was smooth. >> i am getting a text message. it is amazing, these destination elevators. pretty soon, the signal that changes the system will be able to be routed through