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News from the City of Oak­land and the CDR Member’s Exchange

OAKLAND, Calif. – In a set­tle­ment announced Jan­u­ary 21, 2010, by Dis­abil­ity Rights Advo­cates (DRA) and the City of Oak­land, Oak­land has agreed to adopt an emer­gency plan which incor­po­rates the needs of peo­ple with all types of disabilities.

His­tory and Need

The suit was filed in 2007 against the City of Oak­land to rem­edy the lack of con­sid­er­a­tion of peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties in its emer­gency prepa­ra­tion plan.  Plain­tiffs – the Cal­i­for­nia Foun­da­tion for Inde­pen­dent Liv­ing Cen­ters (“CFILC”), Cal­i­for­ni­ans for Dis­abil­ity Rights, Inc. (“CDR”), and Mar­ian Gray (an Oak­land tax­payer) were rep­re­sented by Dis­abil­ity Rights Advo­cates (DRA), a non-profit law cen­ter that spe­cial­izes in civil rights cases on behalf of per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties in Berke­ley, California.

Con­tinue read­ing “Oak­land Set­tle­ment Includes Peo­ple With Dis­abil­i­ties In Dis­as­ter Plan­ning” »