WEBVTT 00:02.633 --> 00:07.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% TO YOU. 00:05.200 --> 00:09.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% >> THANKS. 00:05.966 --> 00:10.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CHICAGO HAS A CRITICAL SHORTAGE 00:07.633 --> 00:12.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC 00:09.533 --> 00:13.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BATHROOMS ACCORDING TO AN 00:10.266 --> 00:15.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% INVESTIGATION BY THE "CHICAGO 00:12.466 --> 00:18.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% TRIBUNE" THAT FOUND CITY 00:13.833 --> 00:19.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% GOVERNMENT FAILED TO PROVIDE THE 00:15.500 --> 00:20.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PUBLIC WITH EASY ACCESS TO FREE 00:18.100 --> 00:22.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TOILETS WITH SCANT INFORMATION 00:19.400 --> 00:23.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AVAILABLE ABOUT THOSE THAT DO 00:20.966 --> 00:25.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% EXIST. 00:22.000 --> 00:27.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE STORY FOUND NOT ONLY A 00:23.633 --> 00:29.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE BUT A PUBLIC 00:25.766 --> 00:31.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% SAFETY ONE WAS WELL. 00:27.300 --> 00:32.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND JOINING US IS ITS AUTHOR, 00:29.166 --> 00:33.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% EMILY HOERNER A REPORTER WITH 00:31.366 --> 00:35.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE"'S 00:32.400 --> 00:37.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% INVESTIGATIVE TEAM. 00:33.833 --> 00:38.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% EMILY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 00:35.833 --> 00:40.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HOW MANY AVAILABLE RESTROOMS 00:37.433 --> 00:41.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PUBLICLY ARE THERE IN THE CITY 00:38.933 --> 00:46.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND WHERE DO THEY TEND TO BE 00:40.900 --> 00:48.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% LOCATED? 00:41.366 --> 00:50.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> SO I FILED A BUNCH OF 00:46.166 --> 00:51.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INFORMATION REQUESTS TO COMPILE 00:48.233 --> 00:53.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% ALL OF THE BARRIER FREE 00:50.866 --> 00:54.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% RESTROOMS. 00:51.233 --> 00:57.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% PUBLIC RESTROOMS THAT DO NOT 00:53.166 --> 00:59.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% REQUIRE YOU TO GO THROUGH 00:54.200 --> 01:01.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SECURITY OR PAY FOR ENTRANCE, BE 00:57.933 --> 01:04.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A CUSTOMER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT 00:59.633 --> 01:07.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND AND WE FOUND THERE WERE 01:01.300 --> 01:09.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% FEWER THAN 500 OF THESE 01:04.966 --> 01:11.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BARRIER-FREE, EASY ACCESS PUBLIC 01:07.000 --> 01:11.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% RESTROOMS IN THE CITY. 01:09.400 --> 01:15.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% AND THEY ARE LOCATED ALL 01:11.000 --> 01:17.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 01:11.866 --> 01:19.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WE DID FIND THAT THERE WERE 01:15.933 --> 01:22.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SLOTS OF THE CITY THAT HAD FEW 01:17.533 --> 01:24.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OR NONE OF THESE FACILITIES. 01:19.966 --> 01:27.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% SO IT JUST VARIES FROM 01:22.066 --> 01:29.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD. 01:24.033 --> 01:31.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> EMILY, HOW DOES THIS LACK OF 01:27.066 --> 01:33.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BARRIER FREE RESTROOMS IMPACT 01:29.033 --> 01:34.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% CHICAGO RESIDENTS? 01:31.133 --> 01:36.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% NOT JUST ON A PUBLIC HEALTH 01:33.433 --> 01:40.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% LEVEL BUT PUBLIC SAFETY? 01:34.933 --> 01:43.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> I TALKED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE 01:36.800 --> 01:47.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WHO ARE UNHOUSED IN THE CITY WHO 01:40.966 --> 01:47.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% STRUGGLE DAILY, REGULARLY TO 01:43.133 --> 01:49.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FIND A PLACE TO USE THE RESTROOM 01:47.200 --> 01:52.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% FACILITY. 01:47.566 --> 01:54.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF 01:49.433 --> 01:55.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PEOPLE NEED TO DO EVERYDAY TIMES 01:52.166 --> 02:00.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. 01:54.300 --> 02:04.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND IT CAN BE REALLY DIFFICULT 01:55.800 --> 02:06.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% FOR FOLKS YOU KNOW. 02:00.766 --> 02:09.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THEY STIGMA IT IS DEHUMANIZING 02:04.400 --> 02:13.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TO HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM 02:06.433 --> 02:14.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OUTDOORS IN ALLEYS TO BE SEEN 02:09.200 --> 02:16.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% DOING THIS SO IT PUTS PEOPLE IN 02:13.533 --> 02:18.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% A DIFFICULT SITUATION IF THEY 02:14.766 --> 02:22.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO AND IT 02:16.700 --> 02:24.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% CAN LEAD TO PUBLIC HEALTH 02:18.700 --> 02:25.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CONCERNS AS WELL PASSAGE AND 02:22.833 --> 02:27.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SPREAD OF HUMAN BAFT AND IT CAN 02:24.866 --> 02:28.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% BE DANGEROUS. 02:25.666 --> 02:29.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> AND IT CAN BE BAD FOR 02:27.300 --> 02:32.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SOMEBODY'S CRIMINAL RECORD 02:28.033 --> 02:34.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BECAUSE AS YOU FOUND, THE 02:29.766 --> 02:36.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% CHICAGO POLICE DO ISSUE A 02:32.166 --> 02:37.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CITATION AND ARREST FOLKS FOR 02:34.600 --> 02:41.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% PUBLIC URINATION OR DEAF 02:36.233 --> 02:44.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% INDICATION TELL US WHAT YOU 02:37.266 --> 02:46.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FOUND WITH THOSE STATISTICS? 02:41.033 --> 02:49.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> SINCE 2016 THERE HAVE BEEN 02:44.100 --> 02:50.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% 29,000 TICKETS ISSUED FOR PUBLIC 02:46.900 --> 02:52.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% URINATION, AND DEAFFY INDICATION 02:49.233 --> 02:53.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 02:50.100 --> 02:55.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN ISSUED 02:52.400 --> 02:59.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES. 02:53.800 --> 03:01.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THERE IS A SMALLER AMOUNT OF 02:55.633 --> 03:03.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED 02:59.633 --> 03:06.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% INCLUDING THERE WERE ABOUT 50 03:01.066 --> 03:11.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PEOPLE SINCE 2014 WHO HAVE BEEN 03:03.666 --> 03:12.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS 03:06.166 --> 03:13.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% FOR PUBLIC URINATION AND 03:11.933 --> 03:15.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% DEFICATION. 03:12.333 --> 03:17.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> AND WASHINGTON D.C. AND SAN 03:13.333 --> 03:19.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FRANCISCO TRIED PILOTS WITH 03:15.100 --> 03:20.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PUBLIC RESTROOMS HAS THE CITY OF 03:17.966 --> 03:22.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% CHICAGO INDICATED THEY HAVE 03:19.500 --> 03:23.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% POLICY THOUGHTS IN MIND TO 03:20.600 --> 03:25.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% ADDRESS THE ISSUE? 03:22.000 --> 03:28.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> THE CITY TOLD ME THEY 03:23.466 --> 03:30.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% CURRENTLY HAVE NO EFFORTS 03:25.900 --> 03:31.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% UNDERWAY TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO 03:28.266 --> 03:33.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PUBLIC RESTROOMS AT THIS TIME. 03:30.466 --> 03:34.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE 03:31.833 --> 03:35.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% OTHER CITIES DOING AND ARE THEY 03:33.933 --> 03:38.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% WORKING? 03:34.600 --> 03:38.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% >> YES. 03:35.000 --> 03:39.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% SO DC IS A VERY INTERESTING 03:38.100 --> 03:44.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% PLACE. 03:38.400 --> 03:48.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THEY ARE TRYING TWO PROGRAMS. 03:39.900 --> 03:54.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ONE IS TO PLACE PERMANENT 03:44.500 --> 03:56.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TOILETS THAT ARE INDESTRUCTIBLE 03:48.800 --> 03:58.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% OPEN 24/7. 03:54.866 --> 04:01.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND BUSINESSES CAN OPT-IN TO 03:56.966 --> 04:02.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BECOME A PUBLIC RESTROOM AND THE 03:58.533 --> 04:03.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% GOVERNMENT WILL INCENTIVIZE THEM 04:01.300 --> 04:04.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THEY CAN LEAVE THE PROGRAM AT 04:02.400 --> 04:08.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% ANY TIME. 04:03.133 --> 04:10.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SO THOSE ARE TWO INTERESTING 04:04.566 --> 04:12.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO. 04:08.066 --> 04:14.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% EMPLOYEES ARE POSTED AT PUBLIC 04:10.466 --> 04:15.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% RESTROOMS SO THEY HAVE SOMEBODY 04:12.000 --> 04:17.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MONITORING THE RESTROOMS THAT DO 04:14.800 --> 04:21.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% EXIST. 04:15.733 --> 04:22.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND PEOPLE THAT IN SAN FRANCISCO 04:17.733 --> 04:24.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SAID THAT HELPED THEIR PUBLIC 04:21.533 --> 04:26.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% RESTROOM ISSUES. 04:22.333 --> 04:28.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> AND YOU MENTIONED STAT 04:24.600 --> 04:29.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% STARBUCKS TRIED ALLOWING THAT 04:26.166 --> 04:30.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND IT'S BEEN KIND OF HIT OR 04:28.066 --> 04:32.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% MISS IN TERMS OF HOW THAT 04:29.766 --> 04:34.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% IMPACTS BUSINESS. 04:30.333 --> 04:36.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% I WANT TO THROW UP A MAP WHERE 04:32.500 --> 04:39.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS ARE. 04:34.366 --> 04:39.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% PUBLIC PARKS ONE THING THE 04:36.966 --> 04:41.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% COLORS REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT 04:39.033 --> 04:43.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% PUBLIC BUILDING. 04:39.733 --> 04:44.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% I LEARNED IN YOUR ARTICLE THAT 04:41.133 --> 04:46.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% POLICE STATIONS THOSE ARE PUBLIC 04:43.466 --> 04:47.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% RESTROOMS THAT ANYONE CAN GO IN 04:44.700 --> 04:49.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% AND USE, CORRECT? 04:46.433 --> 04:51.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% >> YES. 04:47.233 --> 04:53.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND THEY ARE SOME OF THE FEW 04:49.066 --> 04:55.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% RESTROOMS THAT ARE OPEN 24 HOURS 04:51.466 --> 04:57.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A DAY OVER THE NIGHTTIME AND ALL 04:53.666 --> 04:58.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% YEAR LONG IN THE WINTER. 04:55.033 --> 04:58.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T USE 04:57.366 --> 05:01.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% THEM? 04:58.000 --> 05:03.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% >> YEAH. 04:58.433 --> 05:04.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ARE 05:01.300 --> 05:06.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% UNAWARE THAT THAT IS AN OPTION. 05:03.500 --> 05:09.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> AND YOU SAID THAT THIS IS 05:04.866 --> 05:13.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT THE 05:06.100 --> 05:13.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CITY ISN'T REALLY ADVERTISING 05:09.300 --> 05:15.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% WHERE YOU CAN GO. 05:13.300 --> 05:15.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% >> RIGHT. 05:13.733 --> 05:17.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% THERE IS NOT A TON OF 05:15.066 --> 05:19.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% INFORMATION. 05:15.466 --> 05:20.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THERE ISN'T ONE AGENCY THAT 05:17.900 --> 05:22.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% OVERSEES ALL THE PUBLIC 05:19.433 --> 05:24.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% RESTROOMS IN THE CITY OR 05:20.400 --> 05:27.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 05:22.133 --> 05:29.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SO PART OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO 05:24.500 --> 05:32.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WITH THIS REPORTING WAS BUILD A 05:27.933 --> 05:33.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TOOL FOR PEOPLE TO USE AS WELL 05:29.733 --> 05:34.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% TO BE ABLE TO LOCATE SOME OF THE 05:32.766 --> 05:37.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% RESTROOMS. 05:33.166 --> 05:40.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT ISSUE