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
Were working on is the track brakes. And as soon as i fish, ramona is going to come up here, because shes the expert in that field. Shes the one thats been driving them for quite some time. Another issue that were also trying to address is the mirrors. The lack thereof in terms of having them replaced. The track brakes, in terms of upgrading them and having them installed is not just a shortterm solution, but a longterm solution by saving money in terms of keeping all of these vehicles from breaking down through the flat wheels. Thats, indeed, good news. Id like to break up ramona to give a little more indepth explanation in regards to the track brakes. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for having me here today. Yes. The issue with the track brakes is something that we are pretty much concerned in terms of safety basically. The track basically we might defer in how we see through different lenses. We see track brakes like a secondary a secondary brake on the trains. Currently the l. R.
Comment is closed. Next is 2. Approval of minutes for august 20, 2019. I will ask for a motion for approval of the minutes. Motion. Second. Any Public Comment. Seeing number none, it is closed. roll call . The minutes are approved. The agenda item report from executive director. Thank you and good evening, commissioners on my topics to discuss with you this evening, i wanted to first apologize as i mississaugmiss reported somethiu at the last meeting regarding streamlining. I think i said it had passed when in reality at that point it passed through first reading. My apologies. I will give you an update. It has passed now. That is great. On wednesday, september 11th mayor breed signed the legislation and it will go into effect on october 11 to enable Retail Businesses to diversify offerings to attract new Business Models to vacant storefronts and increase opportunities for retail and nightlife businesses to sell vacant storefronts. It will support live music by limiting doilycative ins
Im going to proceed to adjourn. I thank everyone for their time and patience for the meeting going over. And have a nice weekend. Ready. Good morning, today is wednesday , september 18th, 2019. This is a regular meeting of the abatement appeals board. I would like to remind everyone to turn of all electronic devices. The first item on the agenda is roll call. [roll call] we have a quorum. The next item is item be. The oath where are part all parties giving testimony please raise your right hand and stand. Do you swear the testimony were about to give is a truth to the best of your knowledge . Thank you, you maybe seated. For information his, we want to state the department will present its case first then the appellant. Each individual has seven minutes to present their case. Next there will be Public Comment. The members have three minutes each. Lastly there is rebuttal time of three minutes. The next item is item see, approval of minutes great discussion and possible action to adopt
Our serious attention, love, and care. Thank you for investigating in th that. [ applause ]. Finally, i want to recognize your continuing investment in middle schools. Middle school was miserable for me. It was a hard time. And yet, it is one of the most crucial turning points in our life, when you find your identity, where you start to dream big, where you start to see your future unfold before you. As i introduce our next speaker, i will share something personal because i know shes going to go into a little bit more depth about the oakland investment. One little fun fact about the two of us. I see you, principal. We are both the mothers of middle school, Public School students in oakland. So to our incredible, heroic middle School Principals, this investment could not be more deserved than by the leaders that take care of not just our babies, but literally our babies. Its my pleasure to introduce to you the superintendent of the Oakland Unified School district, kyla johnson. Trammell