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Staff. Luis in so many meetings had the opportunity to change the course or do Something Different and he stuck there all the way. He continued to encourage us. This is what i want. We need to get it and all the battles that we went through, luis was there and made good, sound decisions along with the Library Commission and that is why were here today with that great project. Big hand for luis and his leadership and the library. [ applause ] and of course, the project will be a library and a par...

This is a very specific finding and one i would disagree. I think the city has been proactive on this as evidenced by a number of measures passed by the electorate without such a task force, you have an elected board of supervisors, mayors office, i dont think we need an additional layer to address this. Supervisor chiu i agree. Last year with proposition c we formed groups of city officials and experts and Community Groups of public to figure out how to move forward. That is appropriate when tr...

In San Francisco. As allen mentioned a fumdz mayor ed lee has helped with the stamps including lets year of the dragon a few years ago. Not just here in the United States is this important but indeed the start of the Lunar New Year is the biggest start of the for many people. Its a great reflecttion including our old chineseamerican community here in San Francisco. Its the customs and the 12 creatures the zodiac but its a time to reinforce our values and to renew our lives the spirit of ancestor...

Get hit with retroactive expense and they didnt receive notification of the approved budget after the official start date. This increases assistance for families and this is part of the our effort to address issues around Domestic Violence services. Similarly i am introducing a resolution authorizing the department of Public Health retro actively ex 1357bd an expand a grant in a program called San Francisco youth back on track through a collaboration and knowledge for 2 years. This program with ...

Received inquiries. Additionally we received eight complaints for curb ramp request and 11 Service Request and one request for an accommodation. Records have shown in the past that a decline in the number of contacts we received during the Holiday Season is pretty typical and we expect a significant increase within the next coming months. The manuality of our complaints was about noncompliant barricades, damaged curb ramps and damaged sidewalks. Other complaints included power door maintenance h...

[music] paratransit is specialized transportation for seniors and people with disabilities who are unable to use the muni system. In San Francisco, were proud that weve had a Paratransit Program since 1978 long before it was mandated by the americans with disabilities act in 1990. San francisco is a unique city and our Paratransit Program reflects this. We have a network of services, including sf access van service, paratransit taxi, including Wheelchair Accessible ramp taxi and group van which ...

[music] paratransit is specialized transportation for seniors and people with disabilities who are unable to use the muni system. In San Francisco, were proud that weve had a Paratransit Program since 1978 long before it was mandated by the americans with disabilities act in 1990. San francisco is a unique city and our Paratransit Program reflects this. We have a network of services, including sf access van service, paratransit taxi, including Wheelchair Accessible ramp taxi and group van which ...

Planning department. Weve had a lot of which the smarter mind but last but not least the staff of the mta the sustainable street staff a lot of the bright minds in the city working together to analyze this data that will help us use our resources enforcement and education and when it comes time to pitting things in the ground the department of public works and Mayors Office on disability and Carmen Johnson and tom from our building inspector were working he together to put this stuff in the grou...

Inspiration that some of us old bureaucrats need sometimes. [laughter ] so im very happy to introduce her to you, and hope that you would find her as fun and refreshing and fun to work with as we have. So maybe anna can come up. Good afternoon my name is anna burnec, 16 years old and a stative to e nationive to San Francisco and im also in the autistic spectrum and diagnosised with pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified or ppos, which is one of the three autistic spectrum disor...

Let me just give you some numbers here. So from we have had these new incentives in place since december of last year, and at this point 122 drivers have earn a total of almost 3500 worth of incentives in that short time. In terms of the credits towards their medallion down payment, 36 drivers have earned a total of almost 28,000. So that is real value for our drivers. Weve given out 270 airport shortpasses to 48 drivers. And we have had 36 drivers take advantage of the free ramp taxi Training C...