mr. bruce stier, california senior legislator. >> thank you, mr. stier, for waiting for your time. >> thank you for allowing me to speak. i know it's past adjournment time and i'll try to keep my comments to the required three minutes. my name is bruce, i'm a retired navy doctor living in san francisco. i'm here to talk to you about a california building code standard that is that all public staircases must have handrails without exception. 20 years ago, when i was only 68, the giants opened up their new stadium. and i became a fan. i noticed in the first game, i sat down at field level and no handrails, but i was 68, so i was able to skip, jump, hop down, even holding a beer and hot dog. but as i got older, i couldn't do that. nothing to hold onto to go down 24 steps. sometimes as i got older, i would hold on the their shoulder, but sometimes i would come with an older person like myself, i have to get the usher. if there wasn't an usher, i had to put my hand on the strangers sitting in the aisle. as a member of the california sea legislature, i wa