Where does that money go . I think it goes into the general fund. It should go to disabled people. It should go to disabled services and programs. Dont just collect money and cite people who are harming the disabled population and use the money for somebody else. Thats a problem i see. Also i want to know what sfmta is doing about private bus drivers blocking bus zones. In my last two hearings with sfmta, which were horrible, the level of discrimination from sfmta against me for my disabilities has been unreal and is well documented with all my email communication with mod. My last two ada hearings, both of which were because a driver would not pick me up, a muni driver would not pick me up in a bus zone, this is a bus zone, not a flag stop. The appointed officer in both hearings used obstruction of the loading zone by private companies as an excuse for not picking me up in wheelchair. I dont feel i should be punished not getting on a bus because someone is blocking a bus zone. My last
The last thing was just based on the presentation that we just had, are you coordinating with Emergency Response planning around the design of these facilities for disabled people . Is there some kind of enhancement that could be brought in . That is an excellent question. That is more for the Mayors Office of housing. Perhaps theyre planning. Youre trying to design and be proactive about addressing emergency preparedness, maybe there are elements that can be incorporated . Thats an excellent question. Could i get your card after and ill follow up with Maria Benjamin and see if she can get you an answer. Yes, thank you very much. Mr. Herman just a followup to my own question. The other issue is the bathroom accessibility. The ada bathroom in the units. People who need that. My question is, about the application and the use of the site. For people who are visually impaired. How is is there some way this was my question also about audio, is there some way to have somebody who is visually
Office of housing. Perhaps theyre planning. Youre trying to design and be proactive about addressing emergency preparedness, maybe there are elements that can be incorporated . Thats an excellent question. Could i get your card after and ill follow up with Maria Benjamin and see if she can get you an answer. Yes, thank you very much. Mr. Herman just a followup to my own question. The other issue is the bathroom accessibility. The ada bathroom in the units. People who need that. My question is, about the application and the use of the site. For people who are visually impaired. How is is there some way this was my question also about audio, is there some way to have somebody who is visually impaired fill out the application through a voice interaction . As opposed to having to have somebody sit there to help them fill it out . Is there some way to design digitally design the application so that its an audio application. And takes responses verbally from somebody who may have visual impa
User testers. Thats all. Okay. Ms. Senhaux chair thank you. Any questions from staff . Nicole thank you for being here, emily. Im very sorry that our colleague maria could not join. I think there are other questions, but i think it would be good to, maybe collect those and help get some of these other questions. One comment that i have and again were happy to work with your team when you were talking about the slide that is not rolled out yet on the different disability categories that youre asking the agencies to account for, i guess my question is, lets see if i can be as succinct as possible if the unit has not been identified as a communication or mobility unit, are agencies still listing particular features . And what i mean to say is this, there is a certain number of units that we need to, by law, set aside for folks with mobility disabilities that have specific requirements and communication units, which are specifically for deaf individuals. Right . And then with specific visu
I think blue zones are worth adding because that says specifically this is for disabled people. And i think thats what is really lacking. A green zone or white zone does not say that. And we have to compete with uber and lyft drivers and cab drivers for my caretaker to drop me off at the hospital. I also think that when you cite people for violating blue zone especially, where does that money go . Let me ask again . Where does that money go . I think it goes into the general fund. It should go to disabled people. It should go to disabled services and programs. Dont just collect money and cite people who are harming the disabled population and use the money for somebody else. Thats a problem i see. Also i want to know what sfmta is doing about private bus drivers blocking bus zones. In my last two hearings with sfmta, which were horrible, the level of discrimination from sfmta against me for my disabilities has been unreal and is well documented with all my email communication with mod.