Protesters and Police Hundreds of thousands of people continue to rally the country against the law which they say discriminates against. Fellow im terry martin welcome to the program some breaking news coming in hey passenger jet with 98 people on board has crashed in kazakhstan Authorities Say at least 15 people have been killed the back air plane came down shortly after takeoff from the city of amati on route to the Capital Times at least 30 pine people on board survived with injuries. Well joining me now is our moscow correspondent emily shore when emily what more do we know at this point. Well because the constituents have said that over 60 injured people have been taken to hospital several of them are in serious condition so it does seem that there are quite a lot of survivors as well but of course this accident just happened so those numbers could change the plane that crashed and just left monte when it crashed thats the biggest city in kazakhstan and it was on its way to the a
Ms. Senhaux chair any more Public Comment . Zack . Okay. Id like to request just one extra minute to speak slower for the sign language interpreters. Ms. Senhaux chair unless its disability related you can deny that request, thank you. Ms. Senhaux chair im not denying it, im explaining it. Its a request and youre denying it. Ill continue to give my Public Comment. Bruces comment hit the nail on the head. Housing is the dark cloud that face the Disability Community that we dont want to talk about, but we need to talk about. To be severe disabled. If youre disabled in california to the point you cant work, the maximum amount of money is around 600. Thats everything. If emily shore can show me any place that is available for rent under 950, ill be happy to give all the money in my wallet and the shirt on my back, because ive been looking for a long time. Especially a place that is wheelchair accessible. Thats a pipe dream as it is. Thats if its the whole amount, you know, let alone clothe
System kind of i dont know if the system failed but we werent alerted and luckily nothing bad happen but it definitely makes me on edge and that so, i forget this other point, we talked about Emergency Preparedness for our population in the city and it was suggested to us by a police officer, sf police officer, to go down to our local Police Station and kind of let them know if you have a vulnerable Family Member in your home that might need assistance in a particular emergency. So i did that. Police station said no, we dont do that. Try the Fire Department. I went to my local Fire Department i love these men and women. No one is to blame. Im realizing more and more and i hope your agencies realize this, theres a huge disconnect between the needs of our population and what the citys current response is or what they can do. Our local Fire Department, the guys were lovely and they took my address and name and the name of my daughter and said we canf they can put it into a data base as an
Into my unit to do a routine power check. This was not an emergency. It was not anything. This is just a routine check. I emailed pg e and said im a wheelchair user. I cant let you in very easily. I need help. There are multiple people in my building who are able bodied and can let you into check those meeters. And their response was, oh, we already tried them and we couldnt get a hold of them. I gave them specific instructions for how to get into my unit. [please stand by]. Handling our power infrastructure. I want to thank the Council Members for their questions and very well intentioned and very reasonable concerns here today. Ms. Senhaux chair thank you. Were going to take a were going to proceed to hold on, im waiting for the panel. Thank you. Were going to information item number 7. The dahlia housing portal. I want to thank our presenter Maria Benjamin, the Deputy Director of Mayors Office and emily shore, dahlia manager, Digital Services. Thank you for waiting. Thank you so muc
Trying to find, they can know that the information [bell ringing] theyre getting is accurate and that this coordination among the agencies, and that you know, its current and it needs to so youre not just running from place to place and finding out youre just too late. And so i mean i dont know how long its going to take me to find housing. I mean, im on waiting lists, but you know, its getting harder because its getting more expensive to live here. And if youre a senior, disabled and lowincome, youre being forced out or into areas where its not necessarily safe all the time. And so there needs to be better coordination among the agencies. And people dont, you know, can know that the information theyre getting is current. Its not two or three months old or years old. And if they got a chance to find some housing, whether theyre just spinning their wheels and hoping that something is going to come up. Thank you for your help. Ms. Senhaux chair thank you, bruce. Ms. Senhaux chair any mor