Have department of Emergency Management here to update you. If i can be more specific, the recommendation is that gt work to present the finding and recommendations to the board at a future date on the current radio facilities conditions, including recommendations on the future use and City Department user needs, technical requirements, timeline of funding. So, would you agree to come back and present to the board on your findings on this work . Yes. Okay, great. And the same with the would you accept this recommendation by the budget analyst . The department of Emergency Management . Yes, supervisors, department of Emergency Management agrees with those recommendations. Well be very happy to come back and provide an update. Thank you so much. You know, i know that this has come back to the Budget Committee several times at this point. I think its great that were updating our radio system that is out of date and, you know, probably is not as efficient as it could be. Also doesnt curren
Many people in San Francisco that have to deal with on a daily basis as you heard er early er we have old houses houses that are always going to be on hills and including a set of stairs before you even get to the first floor one of the calls i get the most is about stair lifts and the availability of having the Financial Resources to access them. It is not covered under medical or medicare to some degree it is if the providers want to work with them but its still not enough to be able to allow or grant enough access so thats an issue i think can be explored more as far as the vendors their availability to have it covered through medical and also working to see about trying to diversify to make it more accessible. Second in the picture in the middle i have a picture of one of our coworkers Peter Mendoza whos using his electric power chair but more importantly he has a setup of 2 smart tablets being held up in front of him by a coil type of clamp. Hey peter, thank you. [laughter]. For t
Presentation, derek. I actually found a little device that is pretty cool. Theres a little gadget that actually has, you can actually plug it in, a module and put it in the outlet and literally press a remote to turn on and off your lamps and i actually got it at walgreens and i think its less than 12 dollars so i think little gadgets will make a big difference to be able to you know be more independent and you can actually use Something Like a remote and its Pretty Simple and the second thing id like to add, the programs at irlc, in addition to all the programs that irlc San Francisco offers, is Community Activities and im the coordinator for the program and so i give out flyers on the table announcing events, so besides just the program and as mentioned services that we have, we also have fun activities so if you would like to contact me, please do. Thank you. Thank you. Any other councilmember comments or questions . Derek, thank you very much for your presentation. I just want to c
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San francisco, he was dumped into a facility in ant i ioch that serves people with dementias and alzheimers and he had no one to talk to because the roommates and building occupants were all too demented and i believe he was i yanked out of state. This counsel needs to closely monitor this item to find out whether San Francisco is doing what we accuse nevada does simply patient dumping and calling it community reintegration. Thank you. Mr. Grace. I have a very quick question. Two things really, three things i dont know if you ever heard what ggrc ggrs is a group home right here in San Francisco i dont know if you know it or not. Item number 1. But have you a lot of people get on the computer right now about obama care and a lot of people dont understand why they need obama care of a president in washington, d. C. I dont know if you know about this or not, but i wanted you to respond about the plan and if you know anything about the plan that obama have called obama care. Thank you. Did