Statement from Chairman Andrew Do and Vice Chairman Doug Chaffee on Orange County s COVID-19 updates oc-breeze.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from oc-breeze.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Yesterday, March 8th, the Disneyland Vaccine Super Point-of-Dispensing (POD) site reopened as a drive-thru site with American with Disabilities Act (ADA) lanes to allow for individuals to receive in-car vaccinations.
“We’re grateful that our local disabilities rights advocates have engaged in conversations with us to help us improve our POD sites,” said Vice Chairman Doug Chaffee. “My office has met with the Dayle McIntosh Center and discussed many of the areas in which we could improve ADA-access, and I’m pleased that the County has swiftly responded to their requests.”
The Disneyland POD site was reconfigured from a walk-up to a drive-thru site to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities. In late January, the Orange County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Pilot Program, introduced by Chairman Andrew Do and Vice Chairman Doug Chaffee to improve direct access to vaccinations for CalOptima members who live in the hardest-hit co
Martin Plascencia. Photo courtesy of the County of Orange.
“The pandemic has only deepened language access issues,” said Chairman Andrew Do, who authored the County’s Language Access Policy last April. “Now more than ever, we must reach every community and neighborhood in Orange County.”
Nearly half of Orange County adults (46 percent) speak a language other than English at home, according to the 2019-2020 Orange County Community Indicators Report, with a quarter of the overall population native Spanish speakers.
In an effort to directly reach our Spanish-speaking communities, the County brought on board a prominent figure in the Latino community.