Chart that i am displaying here is the Unemployment Rate that i am comparing to in the nondisabled community is also not seasonably adjusted so we are comparing apple to apples here. And so moving along, an issue that was touched on before, is the labor force, Participation Rate. And what is that . And that, in a nutshell is the number of people that are either employed, or two, actively looking for a job. And the Unemployment Rate is calculated from the Labor Force Participation rate. And so it is not the entire it is not the entire population, as a percentage of people that are not employed, it is just the people that are actively in the job hunt or actively employed. And so, just for comparison sake, and the yearly data from 2013, shows that the Labor Force Participation rate and the Disability Community was on average, 20. 3 percent. Now if you are like me, that sounds really bad. And to compare that the labor rate for the nondisabled community for the same period was 68. 9 percent
Have approvals for the World Health Organization and one of the things that they are interested in is what we are going to do with the disabled because they say that nobody else has done that and has included that in their making the city disable friendly. And i hope that we will bring back in of the zeal that we had, in the beginning. We are looking at things like jobs and housing, and transportation for both seniors and people with disability. And so this, and i wanted to be here, to hear what was said in the beginning. And we will be wanting to hear more as we go on about progress too. Thank you. Thank you, miss hail. Next speaker. Hi, my name is sarah murphy and i am the director of work languages and one service for people with disabilities. And i wanted to because i only have two minutes to talk, i wanted to thank San Francisco for being a very progressive employer, for people with disabilities. But i also wanted to comment and focus my comments on people with intellectual disabi
Significantly, from our perspective and from our members perspective and the other stuff that we have heard in the community is that it does limit to entry level positions and i know, that it was discussed earlier, i believe by the executive officer of the Civil Service commission that this is all refined, and you know, defined very specifically in the charter. And i know from my time working in the department of Human Resources you cannot, you cannot go against the super powers, and that is something that, it is also important that you know, that this body, the board of supervisors, has the ability to put things on the ballot to change that. And if we are able to identify a specific package of reforms that need to be made to the charter then that is something that our organization will support wholeheartedly. But also, moving forward, i think that it is important to note that there has been such a. Rule of 115 positions that have come through in the last ten years that there is no rea
Believe by the executive officer of the Civil Service commission that this is all refined, and you know, defined very specifically in the charter. And i know from my time working in the department of Human Resources you cannot, you cannot go against the super powers, and that is something that, it is also important that you know, that this body, the board of supervisors, has the ability to put things on the ballot to change that. And if we are able to identify a specific package of reforms that need to be made to the charter then that is something that our organization will support wholeheartedly. But also, moving forward, i think that it is important to note that there has been such a. Rule of 115 positions that have come through in the last ten years that there is no real formal process, as defined and pointed out by the department of rehabilitation, and you know, she, as a representative, of the state department, that is required to help people with disabilities find jobs, and was u
Organizations that some of you know about and i am on a subcommittee that is working on making San Francisco more age and disabled friendly city. And one of the things. We have approvals for the World Health Organization and one of the things that they are interested in is what we are going to do with the disabled because they say that nobody else has done that and has included that in their making the city disable friendly. And i hope that we will bring back in of the zeal that we had, in the beginning. We are looking at things like jobs and housing, and transportation for both seniors and people with disability. And so this, and i wanted to be here, to hear what was said in the beginning. And we will be wanting to hear more as we go on about progress too. Thank you. Thank you, miss hail. Next speaker. Hi, my name is sarah murphy and i am the director of work languages and one service for people with disabilities. And i wanted to because i only have two minutes to talk, i wanted to th