The italian heritage parade and the home giants game and castro street fair all in the same weekend and we dont anticipate near those kind of crowds this time, but we have a sustained effort from july through middle of september. So fewer crowds, less of a logistical problem on one given weekend, but we need to be able to sustain that effort over time and have the staff and resources . We have also been able to put a number of key pieces of infrastructure into place, including the jefferson realm from johns to hyde, where we really made major improvements to the streetscape there and i hope you find those much more pedestrian and disabilityfriendly in that neighborhood. Were nearing completion of the fort mason marina green path, the bike and pedestrian path, which has not been wellstriped and had a lot of obstructions in the path that have been removed. And it was a source of some of the complaints that we heard last year and there werent that many, but we heard of bicyclists and whee
All right, for real, though, this time, lets give it up for our class of 2013. applause i want to thank superintendent karanza, our Golden State Warrior carl landry and our supervisors breed and president chiu. Thank you, christina. Your staff for an amazing event. We want to Kristine Johnson all the parents, teacher, principals who came out to celebrate our kids. Congratulations, everyone. Please stay and join us for refreshments and congratulating our graduates. Now we will commence the meeting of the Mayors Disability Council and member Denise Senhaux will read the announcement. City hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs, and other assistive mobility devices. Wheelchair access is provided at the grove van ness and mcallister streets and wheelchair at polk street, Carlton Goodlett is temporarily interrupted due to wheelchair lift repairs. We appreciate your patience during this time and ask that you use any of the remaining entrances when visiting city hall. Assistive liste
Smaller organization and it came about by a group of advocates and consumer advocates who identified hoarding and cluttering as a unique challenge to San Francisco in particular and this was wellbefore the tv shows and before it had a lot of notoriety and brought out in some circumstances and it was a group of folks, advocates in our office, to deal with these challenges and we need a place to come and meet and talk about it and give each other peer support. That is really a testament to the amazing advocacy of people who have worked on this, who have directly experienced challenges with hoarding over the years. So we ran a support group for many years. We still run it on a weekly basis, dropin, peer support group. And then we kind of branched into had a conference. So we have had the biggest conference on hoarding for the last 15 years, in the united states, and quite possibly the world. We just had it back in may. One of our specialtis that we see yourselves doing is really bringing
Logistical problem on one given weekend, but we need to be able to sustain that effort over time and have the staff and resources . We have also been able to put a number of key pieces of infrastructure into place, including the jefferson realm from johns to hyde, where we really made major improvements to the streetscape there and i hope you find those much more pedestrian and disabilityfriendly in that neighborhood. Were nearing completion of the fort mason marina green path, the bike and pedestrian path, which has not been wellstriped and had a lot of obstructions in the path that have been removed. And it was a source of some of the complaints that we heard last year and there werent that many, but we heard of bicyclists and wheelchair users and golf carts and pedestrians all interacting in this area in a not very safe way. This is really going to help that by making dedicated lanes in the east and westbound directions and that is nearly complete. The brandon street wharf, a port p
Of notoriety and brought out in some circumstances and it was a group of folks, advocates in our office, to deal with these challenges and we need a place to come and meet and talk about it and give each other peer support. That is really a testament to the amazing advocacy of people who have worked on this, who have directly experienced challenges with hoarding over the years. So we ran a support group for many years. We still run it on a weekly basis, dropin, peer support group. And then we kind of branched into had a conference. So we have had the biggest conference on hoarding for the last 15 years, in the united states, and quite possibly the world. We just had it back in may. One of our specialtis that we see yourselves doing is really bringing together advocates and people directly affected by hoarding and cluttering challenges and stakeholders such as researchers and clinicians and throughout the world, really acting as a hub of resources here in San Francisco. So i would say t