i'm also here to advocate for kimberly jones. i think she'd be an excellent addition to our committee. she's been attending our meetings for the last year. always asks pertinent questions and the fact that she was badly injured, i think this is something that she shares with you, supervisor yee, and she recovered from her severe injuries. so, this is a very critical issue for kimberly and i think she'd be a great addition to our board. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is john alex [speaker not understood]. i am a member of the pedestrian safety advisory committee and i hold seat number 4, the other seat that is the one that the two candidates are here for. your approval on [speaker not understood] disability organization, i hold seat number 4, they are seat number 3. in particular, i come to you to endorse kimberly jones for seat number 3 as i became a friend and a peer of hers in 2011 after she became aware of pedestrian safety stories being covered in the san francisco chronicle. she is very engaged and dy

. >> kimberly jones. >>> good afternoon, supervisor breed and supervisor yee and supervisor cohen, andinda wong. thank you so much. i'm humbled to be here. i've lived in san francisco for 16 years and three years ago this month my life took a sudden change when on a lovely afternoon on second and market, i was on union platform when a car cast me 10, 12 feet. my life, repercussions and long journey of recovery allows me to want to prevent that for any other fellow citizen here in san francisco. i've practiced architecture for 25 years from the time i was a teenager so i have a lot of knowledge of -- sophisticated knowledge of streets and how they work and design issues which equip me to understand the proceedings. i've attended many psac meetings with my passion to advocate for pedestrian safety and not have, you know, one more precious soul injured. my second career is in the young arts. so, i workday to day with seniors and i know their diverse lives. in regards to the disability community, i am disabled, i sustained a traumatic brain injury and have a very caring and compassionate h