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

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 the lawsuit before it starts if you do that inspection. they are not particularly expensive. so, it is something someone would want to do. you will get a tax credit. if you need to make changes in the structure of your premises, there are also tax credits for that. most of these cases start with a letter. a demand letter. that is usually signed not by a lawyer, but by it up plaintive. the plai

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

. >>> move over wheelchair. introducing -- see how this offroad chair can go off of the grid. >>> and dude sets up a prank on the roommate by lacing -- >> these delicious plates of yummy food with lots and lots of black pepper, and his roommate hates pepper. >> well, >>> dogs have long been known as man's best friend for many reasons. this is one of them. this is lieutenant gary doherty coming home, a service member, after six months of being gone, he walks up the stairs. he calls to the dog bugaboo. >> oh, my gosh. >> you have never seen a reunion quite like this. >> oh! >> he hugs him. >> and right now, you are like, oh, we have seen stuff like this before and dogs jumping up in his owner's arms. and this is just getting started. tail wagging and licking the dude all over the face, and then he leans over to the chair and just wanting to sit down, i just got home. he pops down in the recliner here. going absolutely crazy that he is home, and one of the commenters pointed out that at one point in video right her

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

his wheelchair is not visible, but the 6'2" president is clearly seated. rolling past sailors standing at attention on "uss baltimore" at pearl harbor, 1944. just renominated for a fourth term, fdr is also seen that day with general macarthur and admiral nimitz. there's even a cameo by his beloved scottish terrier. the raw footage, discovered by a professor, researching a different subject at the national archives. >> i saw something that was pretty remarkable and looked to me like president roosevelt being pushed in his wheelchair. >> reporter: why so rare? it was well known that fdr contradicted polio in 1921, but in public he was seen standing, leaning on a podium. like when he nominated al smith for president in 1928. or on the arm of a son. while family pictures show him in a wheelchair, there was a conspiracy of silence, a gentleman's agreement that included a willing white house press corps. >> the white house made it very clear to members of the press for the president to be depicted in public in a wheelchair, that was something thatever see. >> re

and i found that to be very much not absent to people with a manual wheelchair or electric wheelchair. the sidewalks in the middle of the street have no way to get on top of it. that's one of the main reasons i gave up and didn't come down on market street. and that's been over a number of years and i think we really have to look at that. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. i'm wilson and i would like to mention a couple of things in my report today. i want to thank you guys for everyone who sends invitations to us to go to different events. they are awesome. can't get them all, but i do go to the ones that i can. and i just want to say keep them coming because you never know where i will show up. thank you very much. special to the lion's club. we were there with our council member who got adducted to them. and thank you for their support and we had staff there. thank you for coming out and supporting the council member. appreciate it. and i would like to on another note just send our support out to the senior action network for the loss of jazzy collins.

wheelchair access is provided at the maccal ster ramp via ramp. wheelchair access at the poke street carton b is temporary interrupted due to repairs. we appreciate your patience during this time and ask that you use any of the remaining entrances when visiting city hall. listening devices are available and our meeting is opened, captioned and sign language ininterpreter receipted. our agenda is available in large print and braille. ask staff for assistant. to be respectful, everyone's ability to focus on the presentations, please either turn off all mobile phones and pda's or change set those devices to vibrate mode. your corporation is appreciated. we welcome the public's participations during public comment and you may complete a speaker card or call 415-554-9632. a staff person will handle to speak at the appropriate time. the mayor's council disability meeting are the third friday of the month. there's a regular -- there will not be a regular council meeting in august. council members will participate instead in a leadership development work

enough room and there wasn't enough room between cots for wheelchair users to get by. several disabled shelter resident after registration were taken to a cot and they never saw another worker again. no one came to assess their needs if anyone and no one provided any information whatsoever. a request from asl interpreter fell on deaf ears for a lack of better terms, that request went unfilled. one person using a wheelchair with multiple needs was told she would have to be transferred to a medical facility where her needs were met. she wasn't given a choice or was able to find a care taker person to help meet her needs. a woman who was legally blind had a good experience at the shelter. she was listened to and her needs were met and given a tour so she would know where the foods and bathrooms were. several other people thoug the intake process went well, but after words they were shown a cot and left to their own devices and didn't know how to get their emotion and physical needs met. given the blunders that occurred, it's obvious we need to do more educational exercise

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 claim. the statutory damages are $4,000. a person can come back three times and see three different wheelchair-accessibility issues, that is nine claims. the attorneys' fees are only recoverable -- only the plaintiff has the ability to get the attorneys' fees. if you fight a lawsuit and win, you do not get attorneys' fees. is a one-sided statute. the policy is to promote access. one of the issues for a merchant to look at is your least. virtually every commercial lease, what ever the business maybe come up switches to the tenants all responsibility for code compliance. what that means is coming you have to indemnify the landlord on the insurance or the least, or any money that the landlord may have a. clearly, the landlord -- the lease does not stop the plaintiff from suing the landlord. therefore, the attorney for the plaintiff is going to target the person they are getting t

every public accommodation needs to be wheelchair-accessible. 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 la

they agreed not to take pictures of him in the wheelchair.f the very few photos known to exist. >> in terms of the design of the fdr memorial, in the early 1990s, there was controversy. there was, "how do we wrestle with showing and depicting him?" in fact, we erred on the side of being realistic, telling the truth, telling the real story and showing him in a wheelchair and showing him seated, because he really was not able to stand. >> despite his disability, roosevelt was a towering world leader. he led the u.s. out of the depression and on to victory in world war ii. >> to then come out of world war ii in 1945 as a superpower -- that was a massively huge transformation for this country. >> roosevelt didn't live to see that final victory. he died in his fourth term. but he'll have many enduring legacies -- for example, establishing social security and laying the groundwork for the united nations. one of fdr's achievements will never be matched. no president can be elected to more than two terms again because congress changed the constitutio

off the down and he was in there with his wheelchair.d right there. >> i got down there and started helping him out. >> job is struggled with a wheelchair. >> i had 30 seconds. >> that is when a passenger from the opposite side of the platform lead over both rails helped the man. dutyb is as returned to unaware that he is receiving a medal, the army's highest in peacetime. >> not really. >>

. >> a guy in a wheelchair. you can see everyone is in on this. it almost looks like he's wheeling along right on much to the top of these people like he's on the road. >> they really controlled that wheelchair. >> this is awesome, too. it was during the "sleep with sirens" performance. the lead singer kellen quinn really loved this, too. >> that is the [ bleep ] i've ever seen in my life. >> you can tell the music has really brought all these people together for one purpose. and they made a really great day for this guy. >> for sure. because you know what if you are in a wheelchair at one of these festivals, there's no way you are getting a good view of things because you are in the back. everyone is standing up and jumping around. but not everyone gets to go on the stage. >>> this video is a slap yourself production. and after you watch it, you are going to want to slap yo self. >> for having watched it? >> you'll see. >> these are maggots from teriyaki boys 215. he challenges us to take a sip of the juice. >> he's holding a can of silkworm larv

a woman in a wheelchair claimed was not accessible because it as tiny step.n though he has a bell, he would have come out with this to let her in. >> i have a ramp and doorbell. >> wheelchair accessible bathrooms. >> definitely come into my store. >> didn't come to the store. it turns out the woman has filed 46 similar lawsuits. they call her hell on wheels. >> she sued randomly whoever she thought. >> i invited her and her lawyer to be on the show. they said no. >> extortion, it's extortion. they want us to pay $500 to drop the lawsuit and lawyers' fee. >> she sued the owner of this drugstore, too. >> it's exactly the same thing. they don't compromise. >> john: it does sound like extortion to me, pay $500 and pay my lawyer or you can fight our law lawsuit. that may cost you $10,000. david peters doesn't use the word extortion but he fights abusive lawsuits through his group lawyers against the law abuse. it sure feels like legal extortion? >> it feels like in every way. that we are hard pressed to interest on point out the difference. >> john: and americans

roosevelt in a wheelchair has emerged. this video shows the former president being wheeled down a in 1944.e visiting his disability was never seen in public. the wheelchair is not clearly visible, but the white hat can be seen gliding past the men. had he been walking, he would have been taller than many of the sailors in the shot. >> the following program is an original production of link tv. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. i'm so delighted to come here and talk about our work. and this is an occasion that, uh, gives me the opportunity to raise more issues that we see in the connection with our work. grameen bank, which was started back in 1976... not as an efforta

it doesn't hold on to the wheels and they really controlled the wheelchair. >> this is awesome, too,cause this is sweeping with sirens performance, and the lead singer kellen quinn really loved this, t too. look. >> this is the coolest [ bleep ] thing i have ever seen in my entire life. >> you can tell that the music has really brought the people together for one purpose, and they made a great day for this guy. >> for sure. because you know, if you are in a wheelchair and want to be accessible, no way that you are getting a good view of everything, because everybody is standing up and jumping around, but not everybody gets to go up on the stage. >>> it's the pit bull, the pillow and the guy shooting the video. meet the guy who made it next "right this minute." >>> and still to come -- >> sometimes you do dumb [ bleep ] stuff, man. >> the game of conan the barbarian is cut short when the dude makes a wrong move with machete. >> i missed. >> it is not a simple cut, my friend. >> see why he's the sore loser this time. >> oh! >>> plus, some breakdancing moves that will blow your mind. >>

a wheelchair that can get in the front doors and maybe up to the sales desk. okay, the counter, excuse me, but when the person has to look down the aisle or beyond that they can't so they need help and i mean unfortunately the stores are small and i don't have any

a wheelchair that can get in the front doors and maybe up to the sales desk. okay, the counter, excuse me, but when the person has to look down the aisle or beyond that they can't so they need help and i mean unfortunately the stores are small and i don't have any idea what can be done, but perhaps in the language of your bill supervisor mar that part of the redesign of the store if at all possible take that into consideration and i don't know if that has been talked about but i think it's extremely important because they're part of our population, part of the people in san francisco, and i think they deserve that type of recognition that they should be able to go into a small store, corner store market and be able to get into some milk and bread, whatever without asking for someone's help. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is fred and a food leader justice. i have learned -- [inaudible] about nutrition that i had no idea about nutrition before. i learned how on eat healthy and have a family. i came from the food -- a lot came f

independent living resources centers how assistive technology devices which is the legal term for wheelchair and walkers can be exchanged and sold between different agencies, non-profits in the city, to meet the needs of people who need a walker or wheelchair or extended-reach device. so please continue on in your great work. i so appreciate the mayor's disability council. thank you. >> thank you. peter mendez. >> good afternoon. i just want to take a few seconds to introduce myself. my name is peter mendoza and new community organizer with the independent living of san francisco. look forward to working with all you on issues and community organizing throughout san francisco. if anyone wants to contact me, i don't have any business cards, but i just want to give out our phone number and my email. our phone number is 415-543-6222. it i will say that again. 415-543-6222 and my email is peter@iorc.org. that is peter. thank you very much for your time and i appreciate your service. >> thank you. is there any more public comment? is there anyone on the bridge line? >> no, madame chair. >> okay.

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