last but not least, councilmember helen smolinski. >> thank you for being here and for your words. point of clarification. your department serves adults 18 and older. >> right. >> bottom line. okay. disabled, elderly or not across the spectrum, 18 and up. >> disabled or older but not -- i wouldn't get -- i'm not older and i don't identify as having a disability, i would not be able to get services through my department. >> okay. so disabled or over 60. >> over 60. >> all right. thank you for speaking and giving us a little bit of the history. i found it galling that after the departments were merged in 2000 that funding didn't follow the disabled community. >> right. me, too. >> i also find it galling that the name change -- you know, it is such a big deal or so seemingly difficult to fix because i think that seems crucial. i'm glad we're proceeding accordingly it sounds like. again, it's been 19 years. >> yes. >> and this is news to me that this department helps the disabled community. so i'm glad you're here. i'm glad you've been at the top position for three-plus years. so i wan

helen, orkid and alex. please go ahead. >> council member smolinski: just quickly, thank you all for coming. we really appreciate it. anthony, great job. okay. i hope it was a good experience for you. please know as a parent of a child in a wheelchair, that this is an issue that is near and dear to my heart. in fact, it was other parents who, while my child is -- has multiple disabilities, other parents have come to me with this very issue that they were planning birthday parties at san francisco parks, and had gone online on park and rec's website to identify a park to make sure that the playground had accessible equipment. and that's how we got here today. thank you. you and your whole department. lucas, et cetera, for being so expensive to this need that our council identified from the community. so that's huge. glad to see there is such progress and we're going to get to the rest of the playgrounds, right? okay. okay, because that is really the question that i hope maybe was in your head while you were doing all this. you're not banned. you can come up. because it was really about, hey,