And half of the cases this year. The suspects are mostly teenagers, including the 16 yearold, a Good Samaritan chased him down when his getaway driver ditched him after he fell out of the suv. Even with all the arrests, the thieves could come, leave legal experts say the punishment is light and the reward is high. All the coffee shops are pretty quiet now because of winter break. Once the students return, all the cafes will be packed. Laptops on every table and eyeballs glued to the computer screens. Police say, too distracting and too easy for the thieves. Here is what you need to know. Police say thieves are mostly going after apple laptops because of the high resale value. Dont stay near the front, stay in the back. It is harder for them to get away. And by a cable lock to secure your laptop to the table. Berkeley Police Continue to do undercover stings to catch the thieves, they say the only way to make sure you dont fall victim, leave the laptop home. In berkeley, i am donlon, kpi
Okay. I am nicole, the director of the Mayors Office on disability. Thank you for inviting me here today. What i want to do is talk for a minute what our charge is and how we Work Together with s. F. M. T. A. There is a lot that we are focused on that is very positive and i dont want to move those thoughts but i want to take time to make you aware of some of the things we are also hearing and you will hear duplication from dianes comments. I think it is important that we are hearing from the same communities. I wanted to highlight some of those things. First of all, the charge of the Mayors Office on disability specifically is as the citys overall americans with disability act coordinator on behalf of the city. We work closely with our ada coordinators in the various city departments and s. F. M. T. A. Has a fairly robust team in s. F. M. T. A. Accessible services. We work closely with them on a number of initiatives. Many of the complaints and concerns that we hear from individuals wi
Actually have Accurate Information on the boards . We will have to come back to that. That would be great. You said you also communicated through social media. Can you tell me about that, please . We have customer Information Officers that are in our control center, so they are basically on the pulse of what is happening. They are the ones who send out alerts. We have the next best cyst next bus system for folks who have submitted emails, and as well as posting and responding to feedback on twitter. Is there actually an email address that people can use to communicate with the Operations Center . Yes. You can sign up for an alert on either multiple lines or the line that is specifically affecting you. When there is a service disruption, you get dinged with information. Right. And you said you communicate via twitter. Can you talk about that . What is your question . How do you put messages out on twitter . We put messages out through the email alerts on our website on the next best and
Good evening. Okay. I am nicole, the director of the Mayors Office on disability. Thank you for inviting me here today. What i want to do is talk for a minute what our charge is and how we Work Together with s. F. M. T. A. There is a lot that we are focused on that is very positive and i dont want to move those thoughts but i want to take time to make you aware of some of the things we are also hearing and you will hear duplication from dianes comments. I think it is important that we are hearing from the same communities. I wanted to highlight some of those things. First of all, the charge of the Mayors Office on disability specifically is as the citys overall americans with disability act coordinator on behalf of the city. We work closely with our ada coordinators in the various city departments and s. F. M. T. A. Has a fairly robust team in s. F. M. T. A. Accessible services. We work closely with them on a number of initiatives. Many of the complaints and concerns that we hear from
Association is also about the rents that are constantly going up in San Francisco. And so i know there has been this idea that i think is pretty promising, we can expedite the condoizing of retail space. Meaning that if a Property Owner has a piece of building that actually has maybe housing on top, that he or she is able to actually sell the retail space. What do you think about that . Because its true, there is no rent control on retail spaces. In my district, im seeing a 10year lease with an option for another 10 years, theyre now doing it annually, by just an annual lease. The restaurants in my neighborhood are seeing a lot of increases. And three or four times the amount of rent. This is what happened to farmer brown. So condoizing just the retail space and the empty store fronts, they can just sell the retail space. What are your thoughts about this . Well, Planning Department doesnt really deal with the condoization of spaces, but if its instability in the Restaurant Industry, t