Particularly in light of the information weve gotten through best practices and what has worked for instance the Seattle Program has been very successful particularly with getting people with Developmental Disabilities hired with the Office Services position. Hopefully we can give some feedback towards the role of that position. Also as whats already been mentioned is making sure we establish placement goals so its really clear and that we can measure our success and last but not least one of the key things as i think we still need the mayor to do its challenge to the Department Head to keep the momentum going. And i also agree with all of the recommendations that have been made with carla and donna and jonathan as well. Thank you. Thank you. Scene next speaker. Public speaker gabriel with the department of disability. I want to applaud the steps that San Francisco is taking. As others have alluded to San Francisco is the leader in this effort and i know others will try to replicate wh
Community based organizations working with the department of Human Resources and office of Mayors Office on disabilities and employee rights. Its also to advance civil rights and Employment Rights for people with disabilities and our goal to increase employment efforts and opportunities for disabled people and also a goal to improve and implement better rule 115 which maybe called by some access sf as well. We are holding a hearing for the anniversary of the passage of the americans with disabilities act and the Disability Rights Movement occupation for the Federal Building here. The longest occupation of the Federal Building in u. S. History but also other occupations in other cities as well. The 504 actions in the movement came out in the celebrations a couple weeks ago. I think the tone and the spirit from the people with disabilities and the movement was that we are patient no more was one of the comments. Thats a great exhibit going on now at the ed roberts campus in berkeley that
Can contain it to levels where it is right now and get everybody back to normal soon. A crane at a luxury skyscraper under construction partially collapsed. The front of their residential building on the Upper West Side fell off. Flooding in manhattans battery park hit record levels. The mayor was not surprised by the storms power. We knew it would be a danger storm the storm has met our expectations. The city shut down David Letterman had to make some changes. We have no studio audience but by god we have quite a show for you. President obama and republican challenger mitt romney altered or canceled campaign stops. And i. M. At paine reporting. A Ripple Effect is caused by the storm. Video from s f ocean and the cancellations on the flight status for dozens of flights. Officials recommend you call your airline or go check your flight online before heading to the airport to confirm your flight. Bay area chapters of the red cross super storm sandy. Meanwhile the red cross is conducting
This morning, but we will begin with Danielle Leigh in cape may, new jersey. Reporter people are trying to get back to normal and laying out picnic tables and chairs. That said, the threat from Hurricane Sandy has passed. There is danger out there throughout most of the northeast. The communities are climbing out of a watery mess. Sandy beat the eastern seaboard with a vengeance. We dont know if we have bodies out there. That is why we are on the road. Reporter streets that look like rivers and landmarks ripped apart have crews working over time today. I know people woke up to devastation. I was on the phone with fema at 2 00 a. M. To answer the questions they needed answered to get that designation. Reporter the atlantic boardwalk once packed with tourists is filled with debris and the roller coaster is surrounded by ocean. Beach communities are digging out from the dunes that once protected them. It will be a while cleaning up from this one. Reporter the lights are still out in the c
Canceled. Ines ferre is live in new york with more on the wrath of sandy. Reporter Hurricane Sandy flooded some areas of new york city, knocked out power of thousands, and the southern part of manhattan is virtually shut down. Reporter a storm surge nearly 14 feet high pushed ashore flooding hundreds of miles of coastline from virginia to massachusetts. Its the most flooding i have seen in all the years i have lived here. Reporter floodwater and high winds have knocked out power to millions of people. We are seeing a large number of fires caused by downed wires an electrical problems relating to outages. Reporter more than 200 firefighters are still battling a blaze in an evacuation in queens. More than 50 homes have already been destroyed. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. And Power Outages prompted a Mass Evacuation from nyu hospital when a backup generator failed. Dozens of ambulances lined up to evacuate more than 200 patients throughout the Early Morning hours and