senhaux (chair): thank you, heather. i would like this move a motion for the approval of today's agenda. all in favor? i don't see any abstentions. so moved. thank you, council members. we're going to move on to public comment number 3, items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mayor's disability council. i believe we have a couple of speaker cards. >> nicole: we do. the first is elka. >> my apologies, first time here at the meeting. i've been a caregiver for disabled sister for four years. she's not here today because she passed away last year because her disability was used against her to continue her medical treatment. and she passed away because of that denial of treatment. and i'm here to raise your attention to how discrimination can impact the disabled community when they're dealing with an organ transplant. and i don't know if your office has ever had to deal with a situation like this. i only recently learned of your council over the summer. and i spoke with heather in your office. and, heat

senhaux (chair): thank you. any questions from staff? >> nicole: thank you for being here, emily. i'm very sorry that our colleague maria could not join. i think there are other questions, but i think it would be good to, maybe collect those and help get some of these other questions. one comment that i have -- and again we're happy to work with your team -- when you were talking about the slide that is not rolled out yet on the different disability categories that you're asking the agencies to account for, i guess my question is, let's see if i can be as succinct as possible -- if the unit has not been identified as a communication or mobility unit, are agencies still listing particular features? and what i mean to say is this, there is a certain number of units that we need to, by law, set aside for folks with mobility disabilities that have specific requirements and communication units, which are specifically for deaf individuals. right? and then with specific visual features. there is not really in the code

senhaux (chair): thank you. we're going on to information item number 8 which is curb management strategy. i want to welcome our presenters and thank you for waiting. hank wilson, parking policy manager with sfmta and francesca napolitan, curb access manager with sfmta. and alex jonlin, transportation planner with sfmta. thank you for waiting. >> good afternoon, my name is francesca napolitan. hank and alex couldn't be here today, so it's just me representing the parking and curb management group. i'm here to talk about an effort that they're undertaking. so quickly what is curb management? we're the agency charged with managing the curbs, so we're responsible for regulating the curb, dictating who can use it and when, for what purpose and if they have to pay. before i dive into the strategy and some of our draft recommendations, i wanted to talk about why curb management is important and we as an agency are creating this document. so curb management has been a challenge for a long time in the city. photo on the

senhaux (chair): sorry. thank you. i'd like to repeat my announcement. there are two council members that have decided not to be reappointed to the mayor's disability council and they are jim blacksten and sally coughlin macdonald. so they will be missed. i want to thank them for their work on the council for the last couple of years. and i'm sorry to see they weren't able to reapply to the council. i'd like to welcome our new council members that are here today with us. and let me -- they've already introduced themselves, but i'd like to give your names again. stephen herman. lily marshall-fricker. helen pelzman. i'd like to welcome the new council members and give them an opportunity if they'd like to say something. if not, that's okay. but i wanted to give you the opportunity. okay. go ahead and move ahead. we look forward to working with you. and again, congratulations. okay, we're going to move on to information item number 5, report from the mayor's office on disability. and i'd like to welcome our director, nico

senhaux (chair): control room, we're going to get started. we're going to proceed to -- hold on, i'm waiting for the panel. thank you. we're going to information item number 7. the dahlia housing portal. i want to thank our presenter maria benjamin, the deputy director of mayor's office and emily shore, dahlia manager, digital services. thank you for waiting. thank you so much for being here today. >> thank you. should i run the presentation? >> ms. senhaux (chair): yes. >> do i click the button to forward? okay. as you notice there is only one person here today. maria has a family situation so she wasn't able to be here today. i'll do the presentation and take note of any questions that might not be in my expertise, to make sure you get the information you want. >> ms. senhaux (chair): thank you. >> my name is emily shore, i'm the product manager for the dahlia product. what that means, i work out of the digital services department. we're a relatively new division. we're the tech people. i work with engineers and designers and we partner wit

senhaux (chair): thank you. one more public comment. flo?thank you for waiting, flo. >> this is my first time here commenting. my name is flo and i'm a san francisco resident, a native, born and raised here. now i'm an adult and i have children and as a parent, i come here to talk about, there is issues, times i've been very frustrated in my communication with city agencies. they've asked me to lip read, or i feel stress and i asked them, can you provide an interpreter? they say we don't have anyone. you provide other languages, why not provide asl? and then, well there is a service called video relay interpreting, or video phone interpreting. in the event they're unable to find a live interpreter, you can go to the app, this software service and there is asl interpreter and i can have access to the services. here when city hall surprised they have a video interpreter before for that exact service in city hall, but then was moved to another department i believe the mayor's office on disability, but i believe that service should be available

senhaux (chair): thank you very much. i'm going to proceed to adjourn. i thank everyone for their time and patience for the meeting going over. and have a nice weekend. ready . good morning, today is wednesday , september 18th, 2019. this is a regular meeting of the abatement appeals board. i would like to remind everyone to turn of all electronic devices. the first item on the agenda is roll call. [roll call] we have a quorum. the next item is item be. the oath where are part -- all parties giving testimony please raise your right hand and stand. do you swear the testimony were about to give is a truth to the best of your knowledge? thank you, you maybe seated. for information his, we want to state the department will present its case first then the appellant. each individual has seven minutes to present their case. next there will be public comment. the members have three minutes each. lastly there is rebuttal time of three minutes. the next item is item see, approval of minutes great discussion and possible action to adopt the minutes for the meeting

senhaux (chair): thank you very much. i'm going to proceed to adjourn. i thank everyone for their time and patience for the meeting going over. and have a nice weekend. >> chairman: good morning. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the thursday, september 19th meeting of the government audits and oversight. i'm supervisor gar gordon mar, the chair of this committee. >> excuse me. >> thank you, supervisor fewer. welcome to the thursday, september 19th meeting of the government audits and oversight. i'm joined by supervisor valerie brown. supervisor peskin was unable to join us. thank you to supervisor sandra fewer for joining us. and thank you to this committee's clerk, john carroll, and i would also like to thank maya and hernenda at s.f. gov. >> agenda items acted upon today will appear on the october 1st, 2019 board of supervisors' agenda unless otherwise stated. >> chairman: thank you, mr. clerk. please call item one. >> number one is the followup hearing on the 2017 to 2018 grand jury report entitled mitigating the dwelling and modular housing

senhaux (chair): thank you. we'll go to action item number 2.ding approve. >> reminder to the guests to speak slowly in the microphone to assist captioners and interpreters. public comment. items not on today agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. we welcome the public's participation during the public comment periods. there will be an opportunity for public comment at the beginning and end of the meeting as well as after every item on today's agenda. each comment is limited to three minutes and the council will respond to your comments following the meeting if you provide your contact information. you may complete a speaker's card, or call our bridge line at 1-415-554-9632. where a staff person will handle requests to speak at the appropriate time. co-chair report. report from the mayor's office on disability. pg&e's public safety power shuftoff program. council questions and public comment is welcome. break, the council will take a 15-minute break. dahlia housing portal, building a digital product that supports access to information. c