Warren was an incredibly competent, pragmatic, intelligent, and wellspoken in other words, she never had a chance [ laughter ] thats right, Elizabeth Warren is dropping out of the president ial race. And it kind of feels like when your favorite teacher retires. Youre sad to see her go, but also happy for her because she doesnt have to deal with your annoying classmates anymore. [ laughter ] republican congressman matt gaetz wore a gas mask on the floor of the house of representatives yesterday while voting on funding to combat the coronavirus. I mean, look at him. [ laughter ] he looks like bane on a job interview. [ laughter ] where do i see myself in five years . Killing the batman, of course. [ laughter ] according to reports, disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein underwent heart surgery last night and will be transferred to Rikers Island prison when he recovers in that case, get well soon, harvey [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause mariah carey has postponed a concert in hawaii thi
Update on where we are regarding our response to vision zero, especially as it pertains to the request that came from the vision zero coalition. And also in terms of our response to the safety and wellbeing of people with disabilities. We have also, this month, as denise mentioned, welcomed our new Council Members. I want to send my thanks and congratulations on behalf of the city and on behalf of the mayor to our new members for your appointment. And thank you very much for being here today. Were very glad to have you. The next few things that i want to talk about are upcoming engagement opportunities. And all of this information has either gone to and through the Mayors Office on disability distribution who have signed up to receive alerts, or will be shortly. First event id like to announce we just learned today is happening monday, september 23rd. And what that is, the update on the work with the development of the Disability Community cult cultural center. There is a webinar you c
On disability for further information or to request accommodations at mod sfgov. Org. Our next regular meeting will be on friday, november 15, 2019 from 14 in this hearing room. We thank you for joining us today. We will now proceed with roll call. Chair denise . Present. Stephen perman . Here. Alex madrid . Here. Lily marshallfricker. Present. Helen pelzman . Present. Orkid . Helen smolinski . Here. Kate williams is absent. Council member tiffany yu. Present. Ms. Senhaux chair thank you. Well go to action item number 2. Reading approve. Reminder to the guests to speak slowly in the microphone to assist captioners and interpreters. Public comment. Items not on today agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. We welcome the publics participation during the Public Comment periods. There will be an opportunity for Public Comment at the beginning and end of the meeting as well as after every item on todays agenda. Each comment is limited to three minutes and the council will respond to
And, heather, you were wonderful and provided a lot of information. I, unfortunately, didnt know about your office over the past four years. When i was faced with having to deal with a decision that my sister was being removed from a transplant wait list because she could not speak and could not move half her body, i felt trapped and there was nobody i could talk to. The hospital made the decision. It was only one hospital in this city that performs lung transplants. And we had no choice to take her to another hospital. And i just dont want what happened to my sister to happen to another resident of San Francisco. And i have some ideas as to what we can do to perhaps give a voice to this very vulnerable patient population. And i certainly have more time to do that since im no longer a caregiver. But i just wanted to raise this issue to your attention. It is shocking that it could happen in this city. And i remember feeling so trapped in that situation and i hope there is a way that we
On disability for further information or to request accommodations at mod sfgov. Org. Our next regular meeting will be on friday, november 15, 2019 from 14 in this hearing room. We thank you for joining us today. We will now proceed with roll call. Chair denise . Present. Stephen perman . Here. Alex madrid . Here. Lily marshallfricker. Present. Helen pelzman . Present. Orkid . Helen smolinski . Here. Kate williams is absent. Council member tiffany yu. Present. Ms. Senhaux chair thank you. Well go to action item number 2. Reading approve. Reminder to the guests to speak slowly in the microphone to assist captioners and interpreters. Public comment. Items not on today agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. We welcome the publics participation during the Public Comment periods. There will be an opportunity for Public Comment at the beginning and end of the meeting as well as after every item on todays agenda. Each comment is limited to three minutes and the council will respond to