every public accommodation needs to be wheelchair-accessible. there are also other other forf disability. most of the issues we are hearing about are wheelchair accessibility issues. there is a small group of private individuals who are wheelchair-down that go around the city and they look at small businesses. and i dare say anybody in small restaurants have some accessibility issues. it is another attempt at making your building wheelchair accessible. i am not sure which of you may be merchants and which it may be landlords. the law applies to both. and that means you were 100% liable for any barriers to access and any damages that may be associated with those barriers. there are ways you can defend yourself. with your landlord or at senate -- or a tenant, this can avoid a lot of problems later on. the inspections offer a limited attempt at bringing a civil action for damages. it does not affect the ability to bring damage claims under the symbol laws. however, most lawyers -- they will not pursue the case. so, oftentimes, it works it to stop t

and it cost about $15,000 to $25,000 to build a wheelchair- accessible bathroom. for restaurants, bars, it's a truck, there is an issue on the height of the counters -- for restaurants, bars, at such wreck, there is an issue on the height of the counters. that keller would make the person wheeling up on in the chair not be able to be eye level. you cannot have it like that. you have to have a portion of the counter down level. it is 34 inches. i daresay most of the counters will not be that size if you have a business like that. however it may be. that is not what the normal business layout is. tables. there is a percentage based on the number of seats that have to be wheelchair-a accessible. they are required to be appropriately designated with a placard. you can get that any press run supply store. in place with commercial interiors can furnish you with those placards. you also have to have a sign out front that your business is wheelchair accessible. and various signing issues. each one of those things you do not have if someone must use to you is a separate cl

wheelchair access is provided at the grove van ness and mcallister streets and wheelchair at polk street, carlton goodlett is temporarily interrupted due to wheelchair lift repairs. we appreciate your patience during this time and ask that you use any of the remaining entrances when visiting city hall. assistive listening devices are available at our meeting is open-captioned and sign languaged interpreted and our agendas are available in large print and braille and please ask staff for additional assistance. to prevent electronical interference with this sound system and to allow everybody the ability to focus on the presentations, please turn off all mobile phones and pdas or change set these devices to "vibrate" mode. your cooperation is appreciated. we welcome the public's participation during public comment. you may complete a speaker's card available in the front of the room or call our bridge line at area code 415-554-9632, when a staff person will handle requests to speak at the appropriate time. mayor's disability council meetings are generally the third friday of the month. our

. >> this is a wheelchair-bound pet owner, and it is the dog pushing the wheelchair bound own e and you will see the dog behind the chair pushing the chair to safety. >> come on! i have never seen anything like this. this is amazing. >> it is incredible, and this is the new definition of rescue g dog. >> how did it know that the owner was stuck, and how did it know to push the wheelchair and how is it able in these floodwaters to push the wheelchair? >> so many questions. the dog loved the own sore much, that he wanted to make sure that his owner did not perish in the floodwaters. >> or, he is like, you are so stupid to go on the flood wwate and now we have to get to the trees on the other side, come on. >>> what's up? >> we are back with chris albright, and they are going umbrella hopping. meaning they are going to try to hone in on people in new york while they are walking, and let's say sometimes they win and someti sometimes they lose. >> this is weird iing me out, t. i would like, they sell an umbrella every five feet. get one of your own. >> stop it, stop it. >> i can't get under?

. >>> get me a wheelchair. a self-inflicted injury to his left arm. >> an inmate takes drastic action and leaves his cell a bloody mess, while another -- >> explain this. homemade in your property? >> found with dangerous contraband. >> handcuff key is like mainly for my defense. >> looking at probably one of the biggest screw-ups in the united states sitting right here looking at you. >> an old-timer counts his losses. >> lost my brother, sister, mother, pretty much my whole family's passed away since i've been in here. >> i'm like an outcast. scum of the earth here. >> and a younger inmate looks forward to hitting the streets. >>> there are more than 102,000 men and women doing time in the florida state prison system. of the 56 state prisons for men, one is considered the end of the line. the place male inmates go when other prisons can't handle them. the santa rosa correctional institution located in florida's panhandle. >> pretty much predominantly two thing, anger and fear. okay? if you go out acting like

we did see on the metro bus system that they had access for wheelchairs and wheelchairs strapped in and they have ramps that you were able to get on the metro bus system. there is a long way to bring harmony on the streets between mexico city and cars and bikes. there is a major route set up for buses and cars in the city. bike are hard pressed to the safe. we were riding a lot and we felt we were putting our life's in our hands. there is a long way to go. cars and buses have the right away and everyone else has to look out for their lives. >> thank you very much. >> okay. going on to our next item. >> the clerk: item no. 4. directors report. >> i will be very brief. you have the executive director report at your desk. it will also be posted on the website by this afternoon. just a few highlights at the state level. governor brown released his may revision to the budget. not a lot regarding transportation. there is a general budget comment. the government was conservative in relation to budget. there is a $2.8 billion more in revenue available. they will decide how much they want to use

. >>> imagine being confined to a wheelchair your whole life and someone gives you a chance to get outw you have a sense what ryan chalmers felt. he was born with spina bifida. that's an incomplete closure of the spinal column. as he grew up he excelled at wheelchair sports but then he decided to try something new, scu scuba diving. >> it opened my eyes to the idea that i'm exactly like the able bodied people down under the water. >> now 24 ryan just returned from the push across america pushing his wheelchair 3,000 miles across the united states to raise money for stay focused. it's a charity that helps disabled people learn to scuba dive. >> 3,000 miles, 71 days. what do you even think about. what's going through your mind as you're doing this? >> it changes throughout each day what you're going through if you're going through the mountains of colorado or just the flat lands of kansas. a lot of it comes back to thinking about why i started to journey in the first place and the people i got to meet along the way. that's what this is about awareness and being able to meet people is wha

wheelchair access is available at the grove and mccallster street. the entrance is temporarily interrupted due to wheelchair lift repairs. we appreciate your patience during this time. assistive listening devices are available and our meeting is open captioned and sign language interpreted. our agendas are also available in large print and braille. please ask staff for any additional assistance. to prevent electronic interference with this room's sound system and to red -- respect everyone's abil off all mobile cell phones and pda or turn to vibrate mode. we welcome the public comment. you may complete a speakers card in front of the room or call our bridge line at4155 554-9632. the staff person will handle your speaking at the appropriate time. our next regular meeting will be on june 21, 2013 from 1:00-4:00 in room 400 at san francisco city hall. please call our mayor's disability office for any further information or to request accommodations at4155 554-6789 voice. or4155 554-6799 t t y. a reminder to all of our guest today to speak slowly into th

they've created a wheelchair that can travel on sand, gravel and other uneven terrain. engineers from a snowmobile company came up with the design. they made the tires five times wider than those of conventional wheelchairs, and they added a handlebar so that caregivers can pull as well as push. elderly people from a facility in central japan put the new chairs to the test. they toured the the highland in japan's northern alps. >> translator: it's such a wonderful invention. now i can take my husband anywhere. >> reporter: the inventors say they hope their wheelchairs will give elderly people and people with disabilities the chance to see more nature. >>> a check on world weather. it seems there's a storm heading towards japan. what's the latest? >> good morning, catherine. yes, there's a tropical storm over water already now directing affecting japan. heading toward the pacific coast of this country, it has now picked up its pace at 25 kilometers per hour. the bad news is that it's going to decrease its speed, which means that the stormy weather will be lingering here

. >> those "other issues" included more than 40 years in a wheelchair. an athletic teenager, tada broke her neck in a diving accident when she was 17. her spinal cord was severed, and she became paralyzed from the shoulders down. she has limited arm motion, but can't use her hands or her legs. in addition to her quadriplegia, she suffers from chronic pain. it had been nine years since her last mammogram when in 2010, one of the women who helps get tada up in the mornings noticed a mass in her right breast. tada and ken, her husband of thirty years, went to have it checked out and got the devastating diagnosis -- a malignant tumor. stage three breast cancer. >> any woman who is scratching her head wondering if she's got enough time to make a mammogram appointment. well, i'll tell her -- do it. >> i last interviewed tada after the diagnosis, before she had begun treatment. she spoke of the uncertainty ahead. >> privately i've wondered, gee, lord, is this cancer my ticket to heaven? because i sure am tired of sitting in a wheelchair and my body is aching. a

she's now confined to a wheelchair for at least six months, off her feet out of work. the thing is, she just moved into this house with her roommate, so her mother, carrie yunker has start add go fund me page. they are trying to raise $4,200 to pay for medical bills and her monthly expenses over the next six months while she's confined to this wheelchair. so right this minute we have 19 yooerldz nicole easton joining us via skype to talk to us about this hard to watch accident. >> my boyfriend and my other roommates have done it before, so it looked like fun. they always make it in the pool. i hesitated and, splat. >> that moment when you fell, explain what it felt like. >> pretty much i saw the whole thing happen. because i saw my feet stop at the edge of the roof and then i jumped and then i felt my body kind of compact. i saw everyone's eyes get huge. it just was a tingly vibrate pain. >> do you think people will give you money to help with your medical costs? do you think that's going to work? >> i honestly don't expect anything. we're going to have a few months of

. >> just because he is in a wheelchair, bill. >> i put him there. >> sexting and an offense. it is stupid. something always goes wrong with sexting. men lose their phone and it is embarrassing and it is always a drama. second of all, it is infidelity and it is cheating. >> it is cheating. >> so i am surprised by this survey. i am one of the 25%. >> governor, is it cheating if there is no physical contact? and why don't you return my messages? >> who is that? her name is imogen. >> it is the name of a laser printer. >> would you forget somebody? >> i might, but like i said it is probably the tip of the iceberg and things are worse. >> if people are doing that

collapsable wheelchairs that any wheelchair can pick up. and you pay $50 a pick up and you pay mobile. $50, and you don't have one of those ramps to a taxi driver. we are instructed to hold out at hospitals for hours after hours. >> picking up for $17 or $18 that is what it is all about, i am tired of being harvested by this commission, by the mta. i thank you for the time on this issue, and there are seven letters and the copy to the mayor. >> mr. chairman that is the last person. >> and then the consent calendar? >> mary mcchoir, one of my customers described our current administration as master for taxi and i thought that was appropriate, and i don't know if the idea is to just flood the streets with cabs and let us all fight it out sort of a social darwinism situation, the morale is really bad and i have been told that there as many as 4,000 out there, and they are just everywhere and they are coming from... i have heard that they are coming from all over the country now and we have seen them from out of state. and if you are driving ar

requiring they take them to all metropolitan destinations. >>> thanks. >> you see the guy in the wheelchair? why wouldn't you pick up the black guy. >> why didn't you stop for the lady with the service dog? >> the alternative we have would be looking at whether this is discriminatory behaviour. >> he is the director of dcs office of human righthas been watching our under cover investigations since december. >> all of it. >> reporter: we recorded drivers refusing destinations requested by black passengers. >> alabama avenue. >> reporter: in the case he barely had time to lock his doors before 100 feet down the road he picked up our white passenger, agreeing to the same destination he just refused. >> malcolm x elementary southeast. >> same taxis that passed this man in the wheelchair and this woman with a service dog. kept stopping, for me. under cover video that now, he credits with motivating change. >> 100%. we saw the reports and we, thank you for it. >> reporter: he launched this taxi cab discrimination page and created an online complaint form. >> failure to pick up a passenger because

electric wheelchairs. where they are that never made it into gaza parts of them the israelis through kind of over the border but not in a way in a way that they could ever be used there were medical supplies that were on board all symbolic compared to the great me that there is for these products of course wheelchairs medical supplies it's astounding that these things are prevented from entering gaza talk about the case as it stands right now because you testified it is then both four years ago one of the four israeli generals who were behind this this brutal attack ever held accountable and what they've you know the four generals that have been identified by the suit that has been brought by the survivors and families of those that were killed. the suits still going on and the testimony of over two hundred of the passengers on all of the ships has been taken by the the criminal court in istanbul the four officers have retired now one of the good things about this is that they can't really travel because t

ill and was at spreadsheet luke's hospital after my release i was appointed a nurse i was in a wheelchair and wasn't sure i'd walk again. for some people is takes hitting rock bottom and that's what it took for me. at the program today, i was here to get a safe place to get help. those services continue today at case. i'm afraid if those services get cut people will end up in the emergency room that the case health clinic provides. it was a monthly occurrence for me. i don't think it's fair i was able to get housed withheld others might not be able to get the opportunities if those cuts go through. please don't let those kits go through (clapping) >> hi i'm david i'm the media and communications coordinator. i have the copies of the cost impacts that would be as well as testimony. i'm going to read one of the testimonies from one of your clients. i'm an asian pacific wellness center client. i live with a lot of diseases. i lost my jobs i for a second the last of my money and went to san francisco to getty help you end up homeless. i found this program and got all the mental health care an

that means i help the wheelchair people, anybody that have canes, wheelchairs, whatever and i'm alsoter. i keep the pod clean. in the morning, sweep the pods, clean the windows, whatever. clean the sinks. keep everything clean. once i get that done, i go to the wheelchair guys and see if clean. the yard, push them back. armstrong still faces the i compare it to that. every day it's like a drip, drip, drip. it's like you got sentenced. if i got out of here tomorrow, i back. i don't deserve to come back tomorrow. i go to the parole board and i'm deserve to be back out there karma really has something to his passion for current events. i get "tv guide," "xxl," "rolling stone," "newsweek," "blender." i get nine periodicals. i was going to major in english political columnist. like george will -- not necessarily his politics. sorry george. i watch abc news, i see george stephanopoulos talking. >> yeah. bill o'reilly. and i see your colleague, tom brokaw. that's what i wanted to get into. i love politics. you know what i'm saying? i see the katrina response. his budget cuts. that gets my j

top on, and they walk off. >> hey, what's up, dog. >> now get away from me. >> the woman in the wheelchair drives away, doesn't appear to be hurt and neither does the woman that was knocked down. >> clearly he didn't jackie chan her too hard. >> a weird one. >> not like the woman accused of being her mom and to stay out of the business. >> like the woman in the black shirt stepped in. >> the guy drop kicks a woman. >> if a woman ever is robbing me, i hope somebody jumps in and drop kicks her. >> a man makes a commando decision to strip down. >> daytime, there is a full moon. >> the story behind one nutty freeway chase. >>> and an internet hit, where the part of the 2-year-old -- >> being played by a grown man. >> what are you doing out of bed? >> creator of con vos with my 2-year-old, how the latest episode is daughter inspired. >> i thought this is a crazy >>> this video italy stars a car on the side of the road, a man standing next to the car. does he need help? no. he stops the car and there will be blurring involved here. he is removing his clothes. he takes all his stuff off, pant inc

in that same year, muni received its first fleet of buses equipped with wheelchair lifts. in 1982 when the cable car had a shut-down, they added an alternative attraction to the cars. the festival was a huge hit and would continue for the next four summers in a permanent f-line that would extend all the way to fisherman's wharf, by 2000 the f-line was in place. and in 2007 muni extended the third line to the southeast corner and returning to third street. for the first time in 60 years. in the course of last 100 years, muni's diverse workforce forged by men and women of innovation have reflected the many cultures that flock to the city. muni's ground-breaking antidiscrimination has guaranteed equal opportunity for all. the city's policy mandates the course for the future, as they work diligently to increase options and increase multialternatives, and deduce -- reduce the carbon footprint. it continues to improve the systems. during this sen -- centennial year we reflect on the transit system. driven not >> on december 28, 1912. san francisco mayor, sonny jim rolph stared i

. >> by my early teenage years i would be that wheelchair full time and i was kind of like what about my sweet 16. the fact there is whole organization that dedicates themselves to helping people with diseases and chronic illnesses, this is amazing. >> i'm here at camp arroyo where 3,000 kids come every year with life-threatening illnesses and life altering conditions and they can be here with kids who just like them. taylor family foundation makes it happen but they do so much more. >> can you say thank you taylor family? >> thank you taylor family. >> what flavors? [ laughter ] >> one of the things i love about camp arroyo and taylor family foundation, you do much more than camp. >> we do camp and we run 3,000 kids through here. it's fabulous. they come and get to be their own person and not defined by their illnesses, but they known they go home and then they have other situations. we have an urgent need program. and when families are really in a state of crisis and don't know where to turn, we work with the families to help them through the times of crisis that they couldn't get t

and i understand that there are people who need cars, people in wheelchairs, people who have kids to shuttle around and those people need to have parking spaces, but the hope is that when we make this a better city and a city easier to live in without a car, people like me will get rid of their cars. i will. and there will be parking spaces that are opened up as a result so i urge you to fund this proposal. i think it's an excellent plan. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> good afternoon commissioners. my name is jackie, i'm a member of the citizen's advisory committee. this item came up before and i also speck out against it. i spoke against it both times and for two very good reasons. number one, when you have a bike lane, you do not take into consideration that masonic is a major thorough fair that is a bus rout that has bus stop curbs for people with disabilities like myself, seniors and people in wheelchairs. we have people that don't take into consideration the impact that this bike lane will have on the buses. it'll hinder the buses. also, before you fu

. >> you see the guy in the wheelchair. >> i'm curious, why didn't you pick up the black guy? >> why didn't you stop for the woman with the service dog. >> we are looking at whether this is a discriminatory behavior. >> reporter: he is the director of dc's office of human rights. he has been watching our undercover investigations since december. >> all of it. it was outrageous. >> reporter: we recorded drivers refusing destinations requested by black passengers. >> going to alabama avenue. >> reporter: in this case, he barely had time to lock his doors before a hundred feet down the road he picked up our white passenger, agreeing to the same destination he just refused. the same taxis that passed this man in a wheelchair. >> that guy definitely passed me. >> reporter: and this woman with a service dog kept stopping for me. undercover video that now he credits with motivating change. >> a hundred percent. i mean, we saw the reports and we, you know, thank you for you it. >> reporter: he has launched the taxi cab discrimination page and developed a online complaint form. it's no