presentation by derek zarda. public comment is welcome. >> item 9: information item. community reintegration update a brief review of the chambers lawsuit. now that the settlement agreement has concluded. ria mercado quality assurance director department of aging and adult services. public comment is welcome. >> item 10: information item: report from the physical access committee. >> item 11: information item. >> item 12: information item. long-term care coordinating counsel. >> item 13: public comment. items not on today's agenda. each speaker limited to 3 minutes. >> item 14: information item correspondence. >> item 15. >> item 16 adjourn. >> the next item on the agenda is public comment and first i have patrick monnet. >> i know several of you and. i've been here before and i ask your clerk to pass out these 8 copies to your counsel. i'm a report er or columnist for the observer newspaper and i've written 2 articles in the last several months about the department public health planned outsource the dialiss service to place in the lag u.n. a honda a hospital. i was

zarda. >> thank you very much for coming here today with this comprehensive presentation. i was wondering if you could speak to the conference and what your take away was i know it's a lot but i really appreciate it. >> the conference that councilmember zarda is talking about was the california community of constituents conference sponsored by the scan foundation funded a large part of the development of this plan there were some fantastic speakers from the state and federal government there i learned a great deal the roll out of the initiative and calmedi connect is a huge deal in the state of california and we learned a great deal about what's being planned at the state level and what's being planned at other counties and some of the challenges that we'll face and improving advocacy and organization skills helping family members there was a great deal of information and i guess that along was the next day which was a meeting of the regional coalitions of which san francisco's long-term care counsel is one, we're really talking about a state of transformation here in cali

my name is derek zarda i'm also besides being a councilmember an assistive technology coordinate at the center for independent living in san francisco i'm here to talk to you about assistive technology what it is and its role. but first i'd like to talk a little bit about what our center is about. so independent living resource center of san francisco, we are a disability rights advocacy organization that works to support and empower people with disabilities in leading independent lives and being active in their community and we champion the independent living philosophy. that the person with the disability takes the lead role advertise identifies what their needs are and creating steps to achieve those goals. i'm really proud that we have ninety percent myself included and just real quick i'll go over some of the programs that we offer. we have counselors that are versed in a variety of backgrounds including housing advocacy and tenants right benefits and employment transportation assistive technology information and referral and peer support and advocacy. not just advocating on behalf

. >> councilmember zarda? >> i'm sorry did you bring some handouts? i don't know if you had some available for us to review? >> yes, we did. >> thank you so much. >> okay. thank you. >> are there any other questions or comments from councilmembers? >> oh roland okay. >> as part of the discharge process of laguna honda residents, they are going to have a discharge fare, basically, december fifth between 1 p.m. to 3 and basically it's to provide information for residents and staff, resources are available in the community. the social service department had invited independent living resource center of san francisco, they put a booth together or table to share some of our service you know the programs that independent living center offers so it's a great way to let the residents know that there are services available for them to engage in the community. >> i agree. i had them participating that discharge fare and i had my third one and this december is going to be my 4th one i believe and you are right laguna honda staff are really engaging their residen

zarda . >> request to approve. >> second. >> is there any discussion among councilmembers? >> you guys are approving this now? >> there's a motion to approve, yes. >> we've already had a second. councilmember seconded so now it's the time for discussion of the housing resolution. are there any comments from councilmembers? okay. is there any public comment? >> on the health services planning counsel and it occurred to me while you were reading that that one of the things that might be advantageous for this new housing for, seniors and aging would be to grow fresh vegetables to put in plots because food as we know is getting very expensive and fresh vegetables would help with nutrition and for diet would help prolong their lives so that's another area to look at maybe and that's all i have to say. >> thank you. other public comments? >> you are all sick of hearing from me. first i want to really thank and applaud all the work of the mayor's office and mayor's disability counsel for putting together what we think is a really excellent resolution and i notice there's some talk

. >> councilmember zarda? >> thank you and thank you for your presentation it's very very important to the community. just to follow up on something you had mentioned rising rents that we're all experiencing in san francisco the ability to provide someone housing most likely will be decreasing in reference to how that relates to the 500 units originally demanded in that lawsuit how do you feel the number leftover will be impacted by the rising rents. >> i think it's going to be a matter of the pace of the demand for the scattered cite and it's possible that if the demand is not suddenly going to spike that we will probably be able to accommodate despite the fact that the rents are increasing. the a arra y of selection is going to shrink as time passes that will get more challenging. i think it's early to say whether or not we're going to have to scale back but right now we've been able to accommodate to the demand so it will definitely be something we'll keep an eye on over the year or two. so >> thank you ver