Come before this council are issues that also touch our agency. So, housing and access to housing is for folk who use wheelchairs and also folk that have disabilities meaning they are only able to afford housing that is affordable for someone on Public Benefits such as social security. Housing is a big issue were involved in. Technology, and peoples ability to access Assistive Technology. So, that may mean a really cool wheelchair. That may mean technology that allows you to read braille, or could also just mean a computer with skype on it so if you have a hearing loss, for example, you can actually see the mouth of the person youre talking to as youre having the conversation. My organization operates a device lending library. Actually, one of your councilmembers, derek, is the lead on that project. And we have technology that people can essentially try before they buy. One of the big equalizers, i believe, that does allow folks with disabilities to function and live life of freedom, c
Currently ssdi. And when they become of age to collect social security, they are going to be getting a smaller income and subject to eviction and, so, there will be a big wave of people being evicted if there isnt money set aside for that issue. And mr. Dennis, did you have a comment on this agenda item . Is this hopa . No, this is about the the agenda item is the fiveyear plan from the Mayors Office of housing. Hello, my name is keith dennis. Im a longtime resident of San Francisco. I say, god bless you, commissioner, and god bless the city and county of San Francisco. Now, ive talked about this since last year. I was a patient at laguna honda hospital. I was lucky enough to move out into the community of the fillmore, he okay. And the rest of the patients moved to the new hospital. And, so, that left the old hospital dormant. Nobody is in there, okay. But now the nurses and whatever, theyre starting to use them for offices. Some offices are warranted, some offices arent. I suggest th
And, girl, your city so all alone well, you got the skills to make it you got the chance, go out and take it love is all around no need to waste it and i know that youre gonna wake up you might just make it after all oh, city hall you might just make it after all city hall applause okay. Hello, my name is larry juicy edmonds, and i would like to say to lrc i hope that maybe we can advertise in the central city newspaper because this i know the work theyve done and i love what she talked. I feel there is someone who [speaker not understood]. You felt wonderful with this young lady speaking on our behalf. But i think many of us in sros, we dont know it exists. It would be so great if we could have them put in a community calendar, too, in San Francisco. And my other thing is because a lot of us go through a lot of different [speaker not understood] being disabled. We dont have a right that were victims. I think this would be another great agency to work people were talking about how peop
Research done and the california academys i rhinology lab suggests that the assassin spiders have been doing this for over 150 million years. This glassed in room is a real scientific laboratory, and the people in that room are preparing specimens of vertebrate, that is mammals and birds. The way they do this is to remove the skin, sew it together in a relatively lifelike pose, and ensure that it does not decompose. I am a really big class actress fan, so i am here to see them, and beer week. I wanted to learn something and have fun. I always enjoy it. I am not all is well always working as i am tonight. Sometimes i come to enjoy the music and to dance. Culturewire covers the arts in San Francisco, and one of my favorite culture artists is here tonight. Jason, thank you for being on culturewire. Tell us about some of your posters that we have here today. Most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours. I am hired by the bands or the venue. What is the inspiration behind these
Back with this budget for final approval at our may meeting next month. The budget itself you will not see very many changes within it you will see minor changes, like nonpersonnel services a different line item that used to be under other services and other departments. That they separate out now. So we have separated out in our budget to be more in line with the clerk of board office and how they do their budgeting. You will see an increase in the clerk of board salaris and benefits, because the contracts that the city and county has with the clerk staff last year did not have any increases. This upcoming fiscal year will have increases and so well have to increase our budget for that line item to pay for the great work that we get from the clerk of the Boards Office and all of the services that they provide for us in this purpose. So you have seen an increase there. We did decrease the department of technology quite a bit. As it turned out we had a line item a lot higher than what w