KIROLA v. THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

d) Paving Guidelines

74. The City's Paving Guidelines permit the City to defer curb ramp installation for a period of up to twenty-four months in cases where there is a pre-planned project that would require demolition of the newly constructed curb ramp. DTX N23. While acknowledging that she has not been negatively impacted by this policy, Kirola nonetheless contends that she faces a "real threat of injury" given her daily use of sidewalks throughout the City. Id. at 19:1-8. However, no evidence was presented at trial showing that the City has actually deferred installation of a curb ramp under the Paving Guidelines. The mere possibility that the City will delay construction of a curb ramp and that Kirola may be injured as a result is simply "'too speculative to support standing.'" Ervine v. Desert View Reg'l Med. Ctr. Holdings, LLC, 753 F.3d 862, 868 (9th Cir. 2014) (quoting Friends of the Earth, 528 U.S. at 190). As the Ninth Circuit has explained, a plaintiff "cannot manufacture standing through bald assertion, contradicted by the record." Id. (finding that the plaintiff had not shown a real or immediate threat of future injury in regard to the claims asserted). The Court thus finds that Kirola has not established that there is a substantial probability that she will be harmed in the future as a result of the City's Paving Guidelines.