helen pelzman. i'd like to welcome the new council members and give them an opportunity if they'd like to say something. if not, that's okay. but i wanted to give you the opportunity. okay. go ahead and move ahead. we look forward to working with you. and again, congratulations. okay we're going to move on to information item number 5, report from the mayor's office on disability. and i'd like to welcome our director, nicole bohn. >> nicole: thank you for the introduction. hello, everyone. thanks for being here today. thanks also to everyone watching on sfgovtv and to folks listenings on our bridge line today. i have a number of updates and announcements that i want to draw to your attention. it's been a very busy month for us and a lot of the work we've been doing since the last public meeting you'll hear about today through our presenters who are here to give us more information. but there is a few other items i'd like to draw your attention to. one, on august 29, we had our first city meeting reg