Participate, if a neighbor does not see that this is someone they can check on. There was a lot of information. Now i will go into more detail on the legislation that we are proposing. In the recommendations, we suggested having grab bars in bathrooms. In the server we found that less than half of seniors and people with disabilities that we talked to reported having grab bars. Not everyone is coming out and saying we need grab bars. People dont necessarily realize that is a problem until people fall. We know that is a major source of injury. In terms of the Financial Impact going back to the city to say look at the money we are spending on hospital bills on people who slip and falls when that can be prevented by having grab bars in bathrooms. That is one thing we want to work on, and working phone jack along with affordable telephone service. Working phone jacks are required by state law; a residential hotel, Tourist Hotel is required to have that. Pretend that i did not say that. In
With more than 20 rooms is required have a comprehensive spritzer system in the rooms and throughout the building, and dramatically decreased the prevalence of fires. Beyond that, sro collaboratives have worked on the uniform Visitor Policy; prior to that a lot of landlords and madison were limiting or denying the right to have overnight visitors as well as data on visitors. The uniform Visitor Policy is a compromise. They dont have the same amount of rights. They can have people overnight every night of the month but it is a compromise, it is a step in the right direction so that people can have visitors. Previously, more recently we have worked closely with the department of Public Health in reforming some of the ways that that department and the city at large respond to complaints about bed bugs; it has become more prevalent. It has become a lot more of the issue as the media gives more attention to this. The city has adopted protocols to respond to this in a more timely manner. To
Rash of serious building fires. It affected sro buildings in the communities around. Back as we heard earlier, a lot of these buildings were constructed soon after the 1906 earthquake, old housing stock. A lot of deferred maintenance. A lot were built before some of the more stringent housing codes were adopted. There are a lot of challenges to these buildings that exist. They are older; they were built at a time when they were small, even the hallways are small. Back to the fire. Sro collaborative were established as a response to these fires. Focus on organizing the tenants and trying to come up with solutions to keep fires like this from happening. One of the main things that happened that people may be familiar with is the sprinkler ordinance. In San Francisco a hotel room with more than 20 rooms is required have a comprehensive spritzer system in the rooms and throughout the building, and dramatically decreased the prevalence of fires. Beyond that, sro collaboratives have worked o
Ability and tenant rights issues; our mission is to keep people housed and to have quality housing as well. Our Coverage Area is south of market, there are 250 sros in that area. We have dropin services; people can come and talk about Living Conditions and seek remedies for some of those issues. Part of what we also do is outreach in the community. It is a natural thing for us to be part of the survey. On the campaign on seniors and People Living with disabilities. I want to mention a couple of things quickly. We would like for you to consider going forward. Many of the sros are not accessible. That is one thing. And buildings and floors that are accessible, the preference be provided to people who are seniors and People Living with disabilities. It is an important issue for this population. And a needed will continue to evolve. Secondly, people who come in after hours at issues. What we hear our complaint driven. That can be challenging for people who put in a complaint and want a qui
That concludes my directors reports. Julian parsons, this is my last directors report to you, it is an honor to be here with you for that. Great. Especially to hear that the giants celebration was so much more accessible than that of 2010. We discussed this in detail in committee. Congratulations to those who made that happen for everybody. Theres actually two things i forgot if i could add. We were proud to offer an mod wheelchair to willy mays here at city hall. For the event. And also, are Councilmember Roland was in the sitting area. I wanted to give an opportunity to see they had comments about that experience as well. Yes. I did attend the celebration over at civic center plaza. Also attended the 2010. By comparison, this year was remarkable. Even the new access, getting the ambassadors, people to help, to get to the viewing platform was great. I also witnessed a person who actually needed emergency services. The did use that pathway that was created. It worked perfectly. I comme