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YTA occasionally gives free accessibility talks to educate interested parties about exactly who is liable for accessibility problems, common misconceptions about access law, and proven ways to avoid access lawsuits through low-cost or even free fixes. These talks can run from 25 minutes to 90 minutes, depending on the needs of your event.

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Education is the first step to empowerment. Contact us. We look forward to speaking with you soon.

The Burbank Association of Realtors is hosting a expo for multi-family dwelling owners and managers.

We are presenting a talk on how accessibility impacts such sites.

The date is on the 19th of October at 5pm at 2006 West Magnolia Boulevard, Burbank, CA 91506-1730.

 

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact us at 866 982 3212 or email us at help@ytaccess.com

The Covina Redevelopment Center and the Covina Chamber of Commerce are hosting us as one of two speakers at their Business Builder Seminar breakfast on June 21, 2011.

The event is free to the public.

This event is being held at: Hamilton’s Steak House: 1211 E. Garvey St., Covina, CA.

Not only is this event free, breakfast is included!

We start at 8am and end at 930am.

Please RSVP by June 14 to Cyndie Petersen at 626 – 384 – 5440.

Hope to see you there!

 

This event was cancelled.

Our next speaking event will be for the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce on June 7, 2011.

The presentation will be: Avoid Accessibility Lawsuits

From 11:30 to 1pm at Buca Di Beppo
11757 Harbor Blvd in Anaheim, CA

See you for lunch!

We are presenting a joint presentation at the Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Orange County Business Service Center on

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 from 11:30AM to 2PM

The event is free.

 

The speakers will be our own David Marshall, Frank W. Chen, Esquire and Yung Kao, AIA, CBO, CASp

 

The point of the presentation is to answer questions about the ADA, ADA liability as it pertains to businesses, contractors and architects.

Who is liable?  Who is responsible for providing accommodations and what can you do to mitigate your risk of a lawsuit by providing the PROPER compliance?

We will answer all your questions.

 

We will be at the Conference Room, Orange County Fire Authority Station #48

3131 N Gate Road, Seal Beach, CA 90740

 

RSVP to

Orange County Business Service Center

(714) 241 4963

Audrey@ocwibpropathinc.com

Links to PDF flyers are here:

EDGE Flyer-General 2011

EDGE Flyer-ADA 2011

EDGE Flyer 2011

 

See you there!

We are having a presentation at the “Wake-Up Perris” monthly event for the Perris Chamber of Commerce

 

We will be talking about our company and the ADA compliance industry.

You can attend this event

By joining us at the Bob Glass Community Gym

101 North D St., Perris, CA 92570

July 5th, 2011

7:30-8:30 AM

As always we will be giving a general business talk, and answering any of your ADA compliance questions.  You can also email us at help@ytaccess.com or calling me at 866 982 3212.

Compliance is one of those legal liabilities, you can’t foresee it unless you know what the laws are and how it effects you.  Don’t be a victim of costly ignorance.  Education is the key.

 

This event was cancelled.

Greetings again!

We are pleased to be luncheon speakers for the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce.

Event Details are below:

South Coast Winery Restaurant 3608 S. Bristol Santa Ana, CA 92704 Date: 5/5/2011 Time: 11:30 AM TO 1:00 PM Phone: 714-541-5353 May Business Connection Luncheon “ADA Compliance: Managing Liabilities & Risk” David Marshall, Yours Truly Accessibility Corp. Learn about: • Six common access problems that are free or at least inexpensive to fix • Two common problem areas most lawsuits occur over • How liability can be spread between landlord and tenant David Marshall has experience looking at hundreds of sites for ADA compliance.  He has worked as an expert witness for attorneys and seeks to help businesses become compliant through education. Members $20, Guests $25 including tax

The link is as below to the registration site: http://www.santaanachamber.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=48

 

This presentation is for general businesses, so it serves as an introduction to ADA Liability Issues.  If you are interested in having us speak to your organization, please email us at help@ytaccess.com or call me at 866 982 3212.  We are offering speaking events for business organizations for FREE for the rest of 2011.  This of course, includes Q&A at the end.

Let us help you with your ADA compliance needs.

We hope to see you there

 

We are excited to be doing a presentation of ADA Issues, SB 1608 and CASp to the Asphalt Pavement Association of California in April 12, 2011 in Pico Rivera, CA.

 

This organization is an association of professionals in the asphalt, concrete and pavement area.  This also naturally includes  parking lots and ADA compliance issues.   We will be speaking about the liability of contractors as an extension of the general ADA liability that property managers, building owners and business owners regularly face.

 

More specially we will be getting into the complex interplay of the different Federal Accessibility standards and the California Building Code that causes issues for many architects and contractors.  Just yesterday I was on the phone with a businesses owner who did understand his ADA liability and was venting that his architect and contractor did not:  ”Just how far out of compliance can you be?” the business owner quoted them.  They wanted to go his site, “open a book” and check the access standards from a single guide.

I don’t know if they were thinking the California Code of Reference or CARM (California Accessible Reference Manual) but either way I doubt they would take into account the seating since it’s “furniture” and not part of the building or the new ADA 2010 laws that won’t be in a book.  It can be quite hard to keep up to do date with a print copy of something.  If anything they would need at least 4 “books” to cross reference the materials property.

This of course doesn’t even take into account the many ongoing debates of the issues.

 

After seeing our presentation I am sure many of these contractors won’t be relying on books like CARM or CALDAG anymore.  Those resource materials are one individual’s opinion, not at all official — AND they don’t take into account the complexities of law that have arisen since 2010.  If you keep abreast of the news, or just read this blog (where we keep abreast for you), you’ll see that with CASp and SB 1608 just how specialized this area of law has become.

After this, they will know what to look out for, who to contact and what to do about ADA compliance.  Reading from CALDAG or CARM might have been okay in 2004, when it was just the 2001 CBC and the 1990 ADA without CASp… but those days are over.  Thank goodness.

Education is the key.

 

While this presentation is for professionals in the industry (and not really open to the public) if you are interested in having us speak to our organization with a tailored presentation, please don’t hesitate to contact me at 866 982 3212 or at help@ytaccess.com.

If you have a specific question or concern about access feel free to also contact me.  I can’t do an ADA assessment over the phone, but the general knowledge of ADA compliance is something we offer for free.  I can at least point the way for you so that your needs will be taken care of.

 

 

235 main st. alhambra, ca 91801accessolution@att.netdirect number: 626.209.9709

(For more information about ADA Pricing)

 

 

Yung Kao, AIA, CBO, CASp

Certified Access Specialist

ADA & Cal Access

 

Mr. Yung Kao is a California Certified Access Specialist (CASp) and a member of the Certified Access Specialist Institute (CASI). He is an ADA and California access-compliance consultant. His typical services include CASp Inspection for existing facilities, plan review or construction inspection for new developments, and expert witness in accessibility litigations. Yung received his Masters Degrees in Architecture and in Urban Planning from U. C. Berkeley.

Yung brings tremendous knowledge and experience to the field of accessibility compliance from his multi-track career as a design professional and a code administrator. He is an NCARB licensed architect, registered with the States of California, Nevada and Hawaii. He is also a CABO Certified Building Official. He was the Chief Building Official for the City of Monterey Park for 20 years. Prior to joining the city, Yung had six years architectural practice in Santa Monica and Los Angeles, and was involved in such projects as the Santa Monica Bank office building, Universal Studio Hilton and Tower, renovation of shopping centers, and tenant improvement for restaurants and banks.

A building code expert, Yung is author of numerous code changes adopted by the Uniform Building Code and the International Building Code. He served on ICBO’s Special Inspection Certification Committee, which oversaw ICBO’s Special Inspection certification exams nationwide. He was a member of the California 2000 Code Partnership Committee. He has been active with the ICC L.A. Basin Chapter code committees, and has chaired the Fire Safety committee, Use & Occupancy committee and several subcommittees in the L.A. Regional Uniform Code Program (LARUCP) which was set up to promote uniformity in code interpretation and code amendment for a consortium of 89 cities in the Los Angeles region. Yung was recognized in 2001 by the L.A. City Quality and Productivity Commission for his contribution to furthering the goals of LARUCP.
Combining the backgrounds of a design professional and a code administrator, Yung is able to look at existing access barriers with an eye on various scenarios of remediation. From this solution-oriented perspective he provides building owners and business operators a unique CASp Inspection service that offers insightful analyses of existing nonconformities and realistic remediation recommendations.
Mr. Kao holds several code-related certifications, including:

DSA Certified Access Specialist (CASp-261)
CABO Certified Building Official (No. 1,292)
ICBO Certified Plans Examiner (No. 20,567)
ICBO Certified Building Inspector (No. 28,540)

Additionally, we have done some presentations with Mr Kao.  He is quite knowledgeable as to how businesses and building departments should approach CASp, and the ADA.

For more information about CASp please see our ADA FAQ or the ADA links to more information.

If you have any further detailed questions feel free to call us at 866 982 3212 or email us at help@ytaccess.com

We will be presenting at the General Luncheon Membership for the

Chatsworth/Porter Ranch Chamber of Commerce

The Chatsworth Hotel formely known as the Radisson Hotel Chatsworth

9777 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Chatsworth, CA

Guests are $30.00 and members are $25.00.

The event description is as below:

The ADA is a complex facet of law stemming from a mixture of Federal and State components.  These laws are well intentioned and of legitimate concern for the public and for businesses.  Most businesses do not know how to comply or where to start complying, so they are easy targets for a few serial litigants.  The minimum settlement in California is $4,000 plus attorneys fees for both sides.  Many serial litigants use this complexity to sue businesses for a living.  Learn how to defend yourself and what issues are at stake for compliance.

If you would like us to speak at an event to educate your members about the compliance with the ADA, please send us an email at help@ytaccess.com or call us at 866 982-3212 x2

For more information go to: ADA Seminars

On April 14th, YTA will be presenting a short educational presentation to the Burbank Association of Realtors during their morning marketing meeting.

This presentation will be called “Becoming Accessible is Better than Being Sued!”

We will appear at the Association office at 8:30am during the weekly marketing meeting.

The Association office is located at

2006 West Magnolia Boulevard
Burbank, CA 91506-1730

This meeting is only open to associates of the Realtor association and Realtors.