Stocks drop and bonds advanced. Setting up the potential for further problems. I think there is a good chance that we will see some progress on trade discussions. I am encouraged. Anna a luxury takeover. After theack in talks annuities owner boosted its offer for the u. S. Jeweler. Good morning. Matt lets take a look at futures quickly. They are down acrosstheboard. More severely in europe. The s p, dow, and nasdaq futures are all down. Maybe there is a little bit more optimism. What you see . Anna maybe there is a little bit more optimism. This really does highlights the move to the downside we are seeing and stocks. These are session lows. It lifted the hong kong market. We saw the senate vote to approve that hong kong bill. Wait to see what President Trumps approach will be on that. Lets focus in on the markets. There he good to have you with us. I guess we have to ask ourselves how far stocks can fall if we dont get a phase one trade deal in 2019. There have been reports this morni
Commissioner avmd adams, dooley, commissioner dwight, reilly, commissioner sarkissian, commissioner white. Aye. And that passes unanimously with 60. Great. Thank you very much. We appreciate it very much. Next item, please. Item no. 6. A pregnancy and discussion on research regarding Disability Access and readily achievable. Commissioners, i want to introduce to you Ronald Rodriguez who is a usf law student who approached us to do volunteer work this summer. We took him up on the opportunity and to build on the work that cushion was do ing around Disability Access and what is readily achievable. Hes here to discuss the work hes done. You are live on sf governor tv. Im ron rodriguez, a Research Analyst for small division. Today im discussing Disability Access and the in nature of readily achievable and how its defined. I was tasked with im sorry. They put it up on the slide. I was tasked to inquire about what the nature of readily achievable is and the intent was. Weve kind of and more
Opportunity and to build on the work that cushion was do ing around Disability Access and what is readily achievable. Hes here to discuss the work hes done. You are live on sf governor tv. Im ron rodriguez, a Research Analyst for small division. Today im discussing Disability Access and the in nature of readily achievable and how its defined. I was tasked with im sorry. They put it up on the slide. I was tasked to inquire about what the nature of readily achievable is and the intent was. Weve kind of and more specifically i was trying to determine whether permit fees and other externalities can be entered into this. The question is answered in the affirmative and these types of cost can be considered when making that determination. The discussion today is going to be revolved around my findings and the Current Situation more specifically the Current Situation in San Francisco and california in general and what that standard is and then i will give our recommendations as far as where we
Can be entered into this. The question is answered in the affirmative and these types of cost can be considered when making that determination. The discussion today is going to be revolved around my findings and the Current Situation more specifically the Current Situation in San Francisco and california in general and what that standard is and then i will give our recommendations as far as where we want to go with our next step. So the current environment in San Francisco. There are hundreds of lawsuits being filed annually just in the North District alone there were between 250300 lawsuits filed last year. These lawsuits mostly target Small Businesses. As i had this discussion earlier a lot of them are around polk street, a lot of these are very targeted. A lot of these plaintiffs and plaintiffs attorneys they have come, its been done a number of times. Its assumed that this is almost a Business Model of some sort and very costly for businesses to be in compliance. And what makes it
Road. Whats your plan down the road to be able to make it fully accessible. Interesting, but there is no set here is what is readily achievable and this is not. Because its all based upon your economics. Interesting. Commissioner sarkissian . Thank you for this presentation. I have a question to ask you about your findings. Youve stated that economics is not the only thing that the court takes into account. And considers also the impact on the business, for example. Could you explain that to us and tell us what your findings have been and what the courts have held in that regard . Sure. The impact for example on operations. If you have to make an alteration and it results in a loss of revenue, a significant amount of revenue or if you are losing money. If it impacts the operation in anyway, then thats not readily achievable. Its too much cost. The expenses are too much. Like for instance i saw a case where there was an argument of rearrangement of the racks. That should be readily achi