we have one request for public comment, at this point, from lawrence carter long, disability rights education and defense fund. >> good evening. >> good evening. >> how are you? thank you for taking my comment. i hadn't actually planned to speak, but these issues seemed to be rising, so i appreciate the opportunity to give some insights. a month ago, i didn't think about straws. i don't use straws. i send them back every time they're offered to me, but as the communications director of a national disability rights organization, i started getting phone calls, both from consumers, from businesses, from news organizations about these proposed bans that are rolling out across the kroo and indeed internationally, and i think there's a lot that san francisco can learn from the mistakes that have been made in other cities. for example, seattle. first, it proposed the ban a year ago. they found that it was unworkable -- ten years ago. i'm sorry. ten years ago, they found it was unworkable, and then, just recently, a few months ago, decided to implement that ban on july 1. they had their own disabilit