my name is richard rothman i represent the senior disability committee. i was the chair of the safety advisory committee last year. the advisory committee was set up by ordinance by the board of supervisors in 2002 and 2003 to revise the board of supervisors on pedestrian issues and make recommendations to different departments, comment on grants, and review and make recommendations. one of our charges was to make a report to the board of supervisors. this report was done by the members of the committee. i would like for them to rise and be acknowledged. this report was all done by our numbers. diane will talk about it. it was written and produced by members of psac with review by the department. we hope this will be the first of many. diane? >> good morning. my name is diane lopez. i am a nurse that works in the trauma center. i will present on the current projects we have been working on as well as some of the impacts of pedestrian safety and the methodology for the report. i am sorry if i have to keep reaching over the computer. we have been working wi

my name is richard rothman i represent the senior disability committee. i was the chair of the safety advisory committee last year. the advisory committee was set up by ordinance by the board of supervisors in 2002 and 2003 to revise the board of supervisors on pedestrian issues and make recommendations to different departments, comment on grants, and review and make recommendations. one of our charges was to make a report to the board of supervisors. this report was done by the members of the committee. i would like for them to rise and be acknowledged. this report was all done by our numbers. diane will talk about it. it was written and produced by members of psac with review by th

richard rothman, mr. john lowell, mrs. mari hunter and mr. jay lee for your service and your advocacy on the committee and for your interest in applying again. it's really great to see new applicants, mr. ivey, i've seen your application, super impressed, congratulations on your upcoming graduation to berkeley. that is an immense accomplishment and to already be so involved in pedestrian safety issues and working, i think that's really important and in the future i would love to support you, particularly as someone who could represent public health organizations. i do think it's really important that our representatives live and walk in the city and county of san francisco. it's something that on a daily level i think that you just cannot take that experience away. representing our residents. but i think that it is really important for us to work very closely with our public health organizations, with our injury and trauma centers to figure out how we can more effectively address this issue. which also is a huge budgetary impact on the city a