Its a classic story it had accessibility problems and the only way to deal with them was really to go in structurally change some things, so this list as simple as it is would have helped dra dramatically and it was before i was Building Official and i heard the nightmares and this will assist the developers and the clients it will also assist those behind the counter, the regulators and i talked to my inspectors and they are graciously thankful, and they do use the list now. The one thing that they one of my inspectors one of his favorite comments is make it look like the picture and his comment was more pictures. The fact that its a word document and i will take that back to him makes it we do perform numerous over the counter permits to check for accessibility. We review the plans the same but most of it is accessibility comes with commercial. However, when they come for say theyre putting in a ramp for barrier removal because i have a process in the city of orvil to come in and pul
Closely with facility planners, architects, contractors and im sorry, architects and contractors that are responsible for completing barrier removal projects on existing sites. Prior to joining Sutter Health she was the executive director of the california berkeley based center for independent living Whose Mission was to promote inclusion of all people with disabilities so at this point it gives me pleasure to turn the meeting over to yomi to run the balance. Thank you. Can everybody hear me okay . Great. So its a great honor to be here. I am not a building inspector or an architect but i work with them and i appreciate all of the hard work and the focus and the attention to detail that goes into what it is that you do, and as a person with a disability i also know what it feels like when we miss the mark, and we miss opportunities to catch things, so i think that this is an exciting moment. It is a historic moment and i think it falls in line nicely with the 25th anniversary of the am
And ida claire with the division of state architect. She couldnt be here today. We had sue mo with the division of state architect who couldnt be here. We have stoyan [inaudible] of housing and community development. [applause] and we had participant from American Institute of architects, California Council kirk [inaudible] and gary [inaudible] [applause] we have one of our other commissioners michael pairvana. Looks like he is in sacramento at this point and we got more envelopes. Who am i leaving out . Myself. [laughter] [applause] [inaudible] with that i hope i didnt omit anybody. Thank you very much for all the hard work and the group [inaudible] and product and look forward to evolving this thing and making sure it is working for everybody. Thank you. [applause] just to conclude our section we look forward to all of you continuing the work on making california one of the most the most accessible state in the union because believe me i travel a lot and we are better than most, but