the world needs to be open. >> 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

these are mostly federal disability benefits, about $830 a month. they are getting twice what a normal cash grant in the county would be. there is an assumption that these are not the same population, but it is. we helped them get on the federal disability benefits. we have 380 people right now. as compared to about 3007 years ago. if you look at the population, about 127 of them are self reported as disabled. another 14% are over age 55. 55 isn't a senior, but if you have been homeless for a long time, that 55 years old is a barrier. the notion that is not serving these populations, again, it is not supported by the data. i hope that clarifies how we run things. >> i appreciate that data. we just got that today about the number of beds that go into the at night, so with v sheltering monitoring report, what is your analysis of where the vacancies come from? some of that comes from providence. i can't imagine that all of these vacancies happen at providence? >> i will be happy to provide you a copy. there were 50 vacant beds, 33 at providence. a at t

>> my organization is disability rights education and we are organization for disability civil rights are representing the national association of the deaf, the massachusetts association of the deaf and individuals in a case that we filed in massachusetts for equal access the watch instantly program. >> would that be movies or all sorts of content? >> watch instantly is a big breakthrough because netflix is so much of the leader just the other day in the news, it reported that six out of every ten movies that are streamed are streamed on netflix. >> so are not satisfied with the progress you are making. i want to read a statement. the statement is from steve swayze. he said that netflix has had continued to be in dialogue with the deaf and hard of hearing community but he will not provide specific details, progress which is 50% of hours have sub titles available. our goal is 50% by the end of third quarter and 80% by the end of the fourth quarter. so with that timing and the lawsuit going, does that give you hope this is going to change and be better? >> we were aware of that when we

disability pride. >> a lot of people think that disability is a tragedy or a barrier to be overcome. but we're here today to say that people with disabilities are beautiful just the way we are. we don't need to be cured, fixed, cleaned or anything else. we are disables, proud and beautiful. >> the parade honored three grand marshalls for their contribution to advancing disability rights in the bay area. a 20-foot tall puppet took part honoring the late justin dart. >>> let's check in with henry wofford with a look at the giants game coming up. henry? >> i'll tell you what, speaking of baseball. they say you can't hit what you can't see. we have a group of guys that are not willing to prove that's not always the case. hang with us. we'll show you what beat ball is all about. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area. i'm henry wofford. right now in stockton, there's a very rare baseball team defying some significant odds. the game they play is the deception to those of us who can see. but as brody brazil reports, their way does a whole lot of good. >> ready, hit. >> they hit, run and field in

tips for respectful communication for people with disabilities brochures are available. call sfmta accessible services at 415-701-4485 for copies. >> [roll-call] >> thank you. >> as a reminder, please turn off all electronic devices that may sound off during the proceedings. if you would like to have a conversation, we ask you take them outside in order for the meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. if you would like to speak on an item today, please complete a blue card, unless announced by the president of the commission, anyone wishing to speak will have three minutes on each item. please address your comments to the item being heard. if you would like to speak under general public comment, that is either item four or nine. last, a drescher comments to the commission during public comment in order to allow equal time for all, neither the commission are staff will respond to any questions during public comment. the commission may ask questions of staff after public comment is closed. with that, we are on item number two, which is the president's report. >> than

we met with the deputy director for programmatic access with the mayor's office on disability. there are some new guidelines that have come out with the federal ada around service animals that have provided some additional clarity, but also are a little bit different than what the state regulations are. their interest -- the mayor's office on disability is interested in working with our office and the commission to work to inform businesses of what service animal means and often there are times when individuals have service animals that are misbehaving and a business does not have to allow that individual to stay in the place of business if they cannot keep the service animal under control. we will be exploring this at the outreach committee as to whether we might want to do a joint commission hearing on this, or whether we have a formal presentation on this at one of the commission derek -- commission hearings. they are interested in getting business input. i think i have included in your packets information that the mayor's office on disability has provided around the new gui

tips for respectful communication for people with disabilities brochures are available. call sfmta accessible services at 415-701-4485 for copies. >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not very wicked. so what? by wicked, what i mean is that they are poisonous, dangerous, deadly or immoral or maybe illegal or offensive or awful in some way. i am in the profession of going around and interviewing botanists, horticulturalists and plant scientists. they all seem to have some little plant tucked away in the corner of a greenhouse that maybe they weren't sup

on their disability program. whether it is a judge that had a 99% approval rating but did 72% of cases for two lawyers in virginia. that's going on across the country. social security administration is part of disability. 1-18 people in this country is collecting a disability check. i can tell you that 1-18 people in this country are not disabled. i can give you personal experiences. people have to look around. what happened to them? the law says if there is any job you can do in the economy, you are not disabled. yet we have had a system, the sts social security -- the social security system implies you are disabled and we have to prove you are not. it needs to be the other way. we have undermined self-reliance in this country. in this country. now we hear people who can't do it. we can't because i'm not -- we have families with 14 members that are collecting social security checks on each? i mean, it is out of control. if someone is truly disabled, i want to make sure we're here to help them. but i am planning

>> we have 3 million living disabled that dress. 1.5 million -- we have 3 million living disabled veterans. the government can only do so much. i realize that. we want to encourage organizations to get out there and do more. for example, you should not have to go through all of this red tape to get your benefits. i have a vietnam veteran brother-in-law who crashed his helicopter and never apply for his benefits because he got home from the unknown. he disappeared into the system. he had some problems. we worked with them. we started taking him to the veteran's administration. it took them years for a guy who crashed his helicopter to cut through the red tape and get his benefits. we were trying to search through records 30 and 40 years ago. what about the returning veterans from everything after vietnam? we are trying to do everything we can. looking back 40 years ago compared to what is happening today -- there is a big difference. there are lots of wonderful organizations that have popped up. we learned some hard lessons from vietnam about how not to treat our service members. we can nev

many disabled people were murdered. the nazis called it life on worthy of living. the attitude to the testing varies from country to country. embryo screening is banned in italy, austria, and switzerland. ireland and finland have yet to legislate. 11 european countries, now including germany, place some restrictions on the testing, while belgium has predictably liberal laws governing the issue. at the center for reproductive genetics in brussels, the professor is one of the leading screening experts. about 100 german couples visit him every year. they'll suffer from a genetic defect and their children might be severely disabled at birth. >> it is most of the time on the genetic diseases one gene. people don't think that you have all these different issues, blue eyes, this is imagination, not reality. we're talking about severely sick children. >> but critics worry about how things may develop in the future. will couples want to select embryos with desirable characteristics, so-called designer babies? at the moment, european countries agreed that screening should on

of the people who are on disability aren't disabled because the law says this: to be disabled in this country and to receive a check from the rest of us for that disability, there can be no job in the economy that you can do, and yet we have judges that never deny anybody when they come through the disability program, we have people on disability that are working full time at other jobs, and once you're eligible for disability, two years after that you're eligible for health care. so now we have undermined the system that was designed to help the truly disabled by having thousands upon thousands upon thousands of people collecting disability checks that means there is not going to be a check for somebody else. the disability trust fund which we pay into when we work, as well as s.s.i., which is a separate fund that comes just from your tax dollars, they are belly up. next year, social security and disability trust fund runs out of money, and the reason it's running out of money is the social security system doesn't go to say if you were disabled, now you're not, why are you still taki

as it stands now, i have been disabled since 2001. if they cut my disability we're going to be on the street. i mean, we don't have no choice. host: terry, i don't think anyone is talking about cutting it out. if they reduced it, would you be in the same situation? caller: yes, ma'am. host: what's your message to washington? caller: to get off their keaster and do what's right for the elderly and disabled. we're the ones that brought them where they are now because when we was working and younger, i mean, it was our taxes that helped them out. host: scott, independent, in iowa, good morning. iowa, good morning. you are on. caller: good morning. i have one question. i read a book called "the fair tax book." why has nobody in congress talked about this? why don't they drop the i.r.s., get rid of all this crap they are going through, and get a flat tax. that way it is fair to everybody. when you buy something you, then you pay the flat tax, and it will raise more revenue than this country would ever think about or argue over. they would

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. -- prius or another hybrid car. here inside we have the ibtv drive. this is important for landing of the e

that is a disabled vehicle and is off to the shoulder. at the bay bridge, a disabled vehicle eastbound on 50 at the bay bridge that is blocking the right lane. this is a live look at the beltway in the northwest corner. old court road looking good. this is 95 south of mountain road. looks like traffic is moving just fine in both directions. no delays to report. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to vanetta brooks of the mta system. good morning. >> we're looking at some scattered bus delays including the five, seven, 13, in 23 lines all running a few minutes behind schedule. the three, 63, as 64 lines are diverting at charles and conway street. light rail has a 10-minute delay in the northbound direction. penn, camden, and brunswick lines is running problem-free. i am vanetta brooks. now back to tony pann. >> good morning. we will wind up with a nice day today. we had some rain in some neighborhoods last night. i know some of you watch just across the lower eastern

when it comes to the seniors, disabled, vets, then i think that it passes a line. it is not just unfair at that point, it is inhumane. and just because we passed care not cash does not mean that we can't do remedial work on that. so, i want to thank all of the supervisors who are sponsoring this legislation. thank you. >> thank you mr. barnes. >> my name is nancy cross. and i am a senior. i have been in the shelter system for over two years. and why is it two years? because the shelter system is designed to make it very difficult for anybody like myself to get a reasonable place in succession. the city has adopted an ordinance about smoking that the regular hotels for tourists, 75% of the beds are reserved for non-smokers. but what about the people that are trying to get out of the shelters? i had a scientific education and i know the harm for smoking. i don't smoke but i am forced to go in and out of shelters which maintains a perpet -- secondhand smoke. and people going in and out of the shelter and out what they breathe and smoke in the shelter. they can go 24 h

they disciplined employees to miss work due to a disability. they denied the claim is saying that verizon has agreed to settle the complaint with the eeoc because this is in the best interest of our company, employees, customers. the policies continue to exceed what is required by law. if approved, they said they will be the largest single disability discrimination settlement in the commission's history. >> president obama is expected to meet with leaders of both parties to hammer out a budget deal. a deal must be reached before august 2nd. the president has ruled out a short-term deal to prevent default. he would like to slash 2.5 trillion dollars from the budget. the gop says any tax hikes would be a deal breaker. we have big technology news for you tonight. >> a sign that apple is preparing to release their fifth generation i-on. you can see how soon they will hit stores. >> it takes 10 or 20 seconds. then we are video chatting. >> facebook is expanding and it ceo is excited. how the video feature is unlike any other. >> scattered showers an

let's i kill off the disabled let's protect and save those of us on disability and social security and preserve those of us that have paid into the system and are working for the world. let's work as americans. host: we may get comments momentarily from the senators let's get another call in. we'll continue to take your calls after we hear from senators. independent line, good morning. caller: i have been listening to this. my opinion is i agree with the lady who was talking a minute ago that the republicans are sitting there saying that they don't want to budge or do anything about what they are doing. they want the democrats and the president to do well. they want to keep on living in their high style. they don't want to be taxed. yet, they are buying yachts and houses and using the money for things that are not supposed to be using the money for. they want to cut out social security/disability, ssi and all that. i am on it. if they cut out social security and disability, i will not have it. i will not have tv or any food. they will cut my housing. they will have a big meeting in our

>> to what degree does disabled access apply to old multifamily residential buildings?> in door hardware i saw a building it's made accessible you have the latch knobs. >> goods question section of the california building -- [laughter] says specifically that the regulations for disabled access do not apply to existing residential building. anything not newly constructed and newly constructed is, a building that has not know used or occupied for any purpose much if you take a commercial building and convert it to residential it's not a newly constructed building and the disabled access rules would not apply. >> there are exceptions to what you just cited is where the disabled access code does not apply to existing buildings. and i think i'm afraid i must say it depends on the project we viewer you have at the building department as to whether or not it does apply also if it has public financing cht that's another factor. that's not something your audience is concerned about. but probably saw in a publicly pregnancied rehabilitation this upgrade. >> yeah. publicly finance

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groups that represent persons with disability have express concerns over disability.uncil wit vote on tuesday. >>> barry zito was dominant against the padres tonight. >>> all right. good evening, everyone. the as lost in texas tonight, but a texas ranger fan dialed after falling out of the stands trying to catch a baseball tossed highway by the star of the texas rangers, hamilton. the man fell about 20 feet. the rangers did not officially identify the man. but once witness is saying that he is a local firefighter. the man leaned over the railing and went head first into the cap between the seats. tonight, prior -- or, yeah, prior to the as and texas game. the manager of the as -- in excellent -- oakland passed away. williams passed at the age of 82. inducted into the hall of fame in 2008. great story. how williams took over the as. won back-to-back championship. then got into a feud with finley and was not around for the repeat. williams will always go down in history as the man who gave oakland their first two world championships. >>> barry zito for the third straigh

groups that represent persons with disability have express concerns over disability.y council wit vote on tuesday. >>> barry zito was dominant against the padres tonight. i tell ya, i work a long day, every day. i hang my head out the window. oh man, we're delivering everything you can think of: plywood, cement. i, i enjoy the breeze on my tongue. well uh, and every weekend, seems like we're headin' down to the lake. we're pullin' a boat or somethin'. i don't know why. i just do. it's not a problem. i don't mind as long as we always stop at chevron and get that techron stuff. my ears flop around too. check it out. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you, care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. it's hard work; i need a nap. >>> all right. good evening, everyone. the as lost in texas tonight, but a texas ranger fan dialed after falling out of the stands trying to catch a baseball tossed highway by the star of the texas rangers, hamilton. the man fell about 20 feet. the rangers did not officially identify the man. but once witness is saying that he is

is the reduction of 300 or a little bit more dollars, when you weigh it against a senior or disabled or veteran individual that is waking up at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning to wait in line for hours for beds to open up, there is a give and take there. do you think that give and take is worth it? >> well, i think what is not worth it is waiting in line at 3:00 in the morning. the beds are available in the afternoon. there are very few beds available -- >> i am sorry with the members of the public. i appreciate every's passion and enthusiasm. we would like to give the respect to the gentleman i asked this question to. >> thanks supervisor. i appreciate it. the bulk of the beds because of the way the system is operates now. it is governed by policies that we set out in partnership with the community, and they can always be changed. the bulk of the beds are released around 4:30. the vets have their reserved, hot team has their reserved and folks who have been in beds for a very long time get to stay there. there are not a lot of beds available in the morning. not a lot come open in the af

if you pass a law, which the disabled laws are, giving the disabled an absolute right to equal access to any public facility, what it means is that they have essentially a credit card to force anybody to do anything that doesn't comport with this open-ended mandate. so when new york wanted to put in public toilets, which are desperately needed in new york city, and they found a unit which was small enough to fit on the crowded sidewalks, the disabled came in and said, "sorry, wheelchairs don't fit in them; therefore, you can't do them." new york city still has no public toilets because 0. 2 percent, or whatever it is, of the population that are in wheelchairs couldn't use them. the question is not whether they were accommodated or not; the question -- for example, people in wheelchairs could have been accommodated in nearby buildings or in restaurants or the like. it's just a question of their desire to be mainstreamed and do everything exactly the same way as everyone else, which is, by the way, a perfectly reasonable goal as a kind of a general proposition, but when you make it a ri