this is jessica layman with senior disability action. i'm calling on behalf of the budget justice coalition. thank you for honoring clerk angela calvillo. so well deserved. we appreciate how hard she and all her staff has worked to make sure that the public can be heard, that the community members have a role. many of us are here in the building now. we have been working on the city budget. the efforts that have gone into how to submit videos, how do we have people to come in person, how do we make sure that we have interpreting to hear from all residents. it's so critical. we started a conversation how we continue that after the pandemic. so the seniors and people with disabilities and parents and others can continue to participate. we know the city works best when all community members are part of the process. thank you to the clerk's office and thank you to supervisors for the recognition. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. much appreciated. operations next caller please. >> caller: hi, my name is laura. i live and work in distric

this is jessica layman with senior disability action. i'm calling on behalf of the budget justice coalition. thank you for honoring clerk angela calvillo. so well deserved. we appreciate how hard she and all her staff has worked to make sure that the public can be heard, that the community members have a role. many of us are here in the building now. we have been working on the city budget. the efforts that have gone into how to submit videos, how do we have people to come in person, how do we make sure that we have interpreting to hear from all residents. it's so critical. we started a conversation how we continue that after the pandemic. so the seniors and people with disabilities and parents and others can continue to participate. we know the city works best when all community members are part of the process. thank you to the clerk's office and thank you to supervisors for the recognition. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. much appreciated. operations next caller please. >> caller: hi, my name is laura. i live and work in distric

this is jessica layman with senior disability action. i want to thank all the supervisor's office. we need to think about this as universal design allowing space for seniors and people with disabilities. we strongly support an 8' rule to protect that clearance. we also are glad to hear about improved safety. we must have a clear schedule for inspections and a clear plan for businesses that don't follow the rules where the guidelines won't mean anything. we also are here to support the racial equity program. we know that we can work together to come up with spaces that truly work for everyone. thank you. >> clerk: thank you so much. next speaker please. >> good evening, supervisors. i first want to thank all of you for your important engagement on this legislation. i appreciate many of the proposed amendments especially supervisor peskin's fee deferrells and detention to bike lanes and sidewalk widening. however, i agree with supervisor melgar's concerns taking process out of planning hands as planning seems to be the best agency to equip multi-guide agency approvalals. i think the

this is jessica layman with senior disability action. i want to thank all the supervisor's office. we need to think about this as universal design allowing space for seniors and people with disabilities. we strongly support an 8' rule to protect that clearance. we also are glad to hear about improved safety. we must have a clear schedule for inspections and a clear plan for businesses that don't follow the rules where the guidelines won't mean anything. we also are here to support the racial equity program. we know that we can work together to come up with spaces that truly work for everyone. thank you. >> clerk: thank you so much. next speaker please. >> good evening, supervisors. i first want to thank all of you for your important engagement on this legislation. i appreciate many of the proposed amendments especially supervisor peskin's fee deferrells and detention to bike lanes and sidewalk widening. however, i agree with supervisor melgar's concerns taking process out of planning hands as planning seems to be the best agency to equip multi-guide agency approvalals. i think the