JANET NEAL'S DISABILITY-BASED RADIO SHOW
THE DISABILITY NETWORK ON KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES, WWW.KTYM.COM
CAPTIONED BY TOTAL RECALL, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM
**PLEASE SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS TRANSCRIPT FOR ADDITIONAL INFO**
11/16/11
[MUSIC PLAYING].
JANET: GOOD MORNING. HOPE EVERYBODY IS WELL. TODAY IS FEBRUARY THE
16TH,
AND I'M GOING TO READ ANOTHER VERSE OF LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING. LIFT
EVERY VOICE AND SING TILL EARTH AND HEAVEN RING. RING WITH THE HARMONIES
OF
LIBERTY. LET OUR REJOICING RISE HIGH AS LISTENING SKIES. LET IT RESOUND
LOUD AS THE ROLLING SEA. SING A SONG FULL OF FAITH THAT THE DARK PAST HAS
TAUGHT US. SING A SONG FULL OF THE HOPE THAT THE PRESENT HAS BROUGHT US.
FACING THE RISING SUN OF OUR NEW DAY BEGUN LET US MARCH UNTIL VICTORY IS
WON. THIS IS MY TRIBUTE TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND I HAVE A WONDERFUL
GUEST TODAY, AND AS YOU KNOW WHEN I DO BLACK HISTORY MONTH I CANNOT DO
THIS
WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT HONORABLE MAYOR TOM BRADLEY AND HIS SIDEKICK THE
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE MAYOR WILLIAM ELKINS. WE CALLED HIM BILL. WE
LOST
BILL LAST YEAR, AND TOM SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS
PROGRAM TO MY FRIEND SHIRLEY GAMSON AND I WANT TO BRING IN SANDY
EISENBERG.
GUEST: GOOD MORNING JANET.
JANET: IT'S TOO EARLY.
GUEST: WELL, I'M A MORNING PERSON. I'M WIDE AWAKE. LET ME READ THE LINK
TO EVERYBODY SO THAT YOU CAN LOG ON TO THE LIVE CAPTIONING OF THIS
PROGRAM.
GRAB A PEN. IT IS HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/
AND I WILL DO THAT ONE MORE TIME.
HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/
OR
YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THE CAPTIONING OR A TRANSCRIPT OF OUR
SHOWS, PLEASE CONTACT ME. I'M SANDY EISENBERG FROM TOTAL RECALL
CAPTIONING
AND THE E MAIL ADDRESS IS INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM,WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM.
THANK YOU.
JANET: THANK YOU, SANDY. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW TODAY THE L.A. COUNTY
COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES IS GOING TO BE MEETING DOWNTOWN AND WE HAVE AN
INTERESTING AGENDA TODAY. WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN FROM MTA THAT'S GOING TO BE
A
TRIP TRAINING PROJECT AND HE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT. AND THEN
WE
ALSO HAVE SOMEONE SCHEDULED FOR THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY TO LET US
KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE. BUT IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE SOME GUESTS TODAY
ANOTHER GUEST FROM THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY, MS. BETTY WILSON.
GUEST: GOOD MORNING.
JANET: WE HAVE ANOTHER GUEST. AND IDENTIFY YOUR PROGRAM.
GUEST: I'M PAMELA GOODWIN, OUTREACH SPECIALIST WITH THE TELEPHONE ACCESS
PROGRAM.
JANET: ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TELEPHONE ACCESS
PROGRAM. ONCE I GET STARTED ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY AND THE
DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY I'M GOING TO BLOW A GASKET. I HAVE A NEWSPAPER
ARTICLE HERE. AND I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS. THIS IS GOING TO
SPILLOVER TO JANET'S PLANET. THE PROGRAM WE'RE LISTENING TO IS THE
DISABILITY NETWORK WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE LOS ANGELES COMMISSION ON
DISABILITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SPONSORING THE CAPTIONING. WHY
DON'T
YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
GUEST: THE CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE ACCESS PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FREE
RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT TO ANY CALIFORNIA RESIDENT WHO HAS
DIFFICULTIES WITH USING A STANDARD TELEPHONE. FOR SOMEONE TO PARTICIPATE
IN
OUR PROGRAM THEY HAVE TO HAVE ONE OF THE FIVE FOLLOWING DIFFICULTIES.
DIFFICULTIES THAT ARE COVERED BY OUR PROGRAM IS IF SOMEONE HAS DIFFICULTY
WITH HEARING, SEEING, SPEAKING, REMEMBERING OR MOVING THEY CAN QUALIFY TO
RECEIVE FREE SPECIALIZED TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT WHICH WILL HELP THEM TO BE
ABLE
TO USE THE PHONE IF THEY HAVE ANY OF THOSE DIFFICULTIES. IN ORDER FOR
SOMEONE TO PARTICIPATE WE HAVE AN APPLICATION THAT HAS TO BE SIGNED BY AN
CERTIFYING AGENCY. CERTIFYING AGENTS ARE ANY MEDICAL DOCTOR THAT THE
CONSUMER SEES. WE HAVE AUDIOLOGISTS, AND OPTOMETRISTS AND SO WHAT WE DO
WE
PROVIDE THEM EQUIPMENT THEY CAN USE AT HOME. SO FOR EXAMPLE SOMEONE MIGHT
HAVE DIFFICULTY ON HEARING. HEARING ON THE PHONE CAN BE A CHALLENGE. THE
TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT THAT WE PROVIDE IS AMPLIFIED AND IT WORKS WITH THE
CLARITY TO MAKE THE CONVERSATION CLEAR. OUR CONSUMERS THAT HAVE VISION
DIFFICULTY WE HAVE VOICED ACTIVATED EQUIPMENT THAT ANNOUNCES THE NUMBERS
SO
IT HELPS WITH THE DIALING. PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH MEMORY WE HAVE
THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU CAN PUT AN ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH ON AND PROGRAM THE
PERSON'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND JUST PRESS THE PICTURE. WE PROVIDE THIS TO
ADULTS AS WELL AS CHILDREN. THERE'S NO INCOME, MEDI CAL REQUIREMENT TO
PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAM.
JANET: IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM. I'VE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM, AND
I
REALLY LIKE THE EQUIPMENT. YOU CAME UP WITH SOME NEW EQUIPMENT FOR MY
CATEGORY WHICH IS MULTIPLE. AND I REALLY LIKE IT. THE ONE I HAVE HAS AN
ANSWERING MACHINE IN THE PHONE.
GUEST: THAT'S CORRECT.
JANET: THAT'S NEW.
GUEST: THAT IS NEW. FORTUNATELY WE'RE NO LONGER PROVIDING THAT
EQUIPMENT.
THE MANUFACTURER IS NO LONGER PRODUCING THAT PARTICULAR MODEL. WE'RE IN
THE
PROCESS OF TESTING NEW EQUIPMENT.
THAT ONE IS PHASED OUT.
JANET: IT WAS A NICE PHONE BUT THERE WERE A FEW BUGS. BUT I THINK FOR
SOMEBODY LIKE ME IT SERVES ITS PURPOSE. IT'S A CORDLESS HANDSET. AND
THAT
REALLY HELPS OUT. HOW LONG HAS THE PROGRAM BEEN IN EXISTENCE?
GUEST: OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS NOW. THERE WERE
SOME DISABLED INDIVIDUALS WHO WENT TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE TO
LOBBY ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES THAT HAVE AN EQUAL ACCESS
TO
TELEPHONE SERVICES AND SO THEY WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL. THE PROGRAM
ORIGINATED
FOR JUST HEARING IMPAIRED. LATER THEY WENT BACK TO INCLUDE OTHER
DISABILITIES. VISION, MOVEMENT, MEMORY AND SPEECH AS PART OF THE PROGRAM
SO
THAT WE CAN PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO EVERYONE THAT HAS SOME TYPE OF
IMPAIRMENT.
JANET: THAT SOUNDS GOOD. AS YOU GET YOUR NEW EQUIPMENT IN YOUR SYSTEM I
WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT. I GET CALLS ASKING ABOUT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND
EQUIPMENT. I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME FLIERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT ONE
POINT
IN TIME THAT YOU HAD LEFT FOR US. IF YOU WANT TO SEND THEM. LOTS OF
PEOPLE
COME THROUGH HERE. I'D BE HAPPY TO PASS THOSE THINGS OUT.
GUEST: WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.
JANET: YOU'VE GOT MY SUPPORT. IN ADDITION TO BEING A GOOD PROGRAM I LIKE
YOU. I THINK WE WORK WELL TOGETHER.
GUEST: YES, WE DO.
GUEST: REGARDING THAT PROGRAM. I WANT TO LET ANYBODY KNOW THAT THE
CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE ACCESS PROGRAM YOU KNOW THEY GIVE WORKSHOPS AND
LITTLE
SEMINARS TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT EQUIPMENT THEY DO HAVE, AND HOW TO USE IT,
AND
SO ON. PEOPLE ARE NOT NECESSARILY AWARE. WE OFTEN CAPTION THOSE FOR THE
HEARING IMPAIRED MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCES. WE WORK WITH THEM QUITE A BIT
AS
WELL.
JANET: THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HAVE HERE IN MY HOT LITTLE HANDS A
NEWSPAPER
ARTICLE WRITTEN BY VICTORIA KIM. THIS IS THE L.A. TIMES. AND THE CITY'S
FAILURE TO PLAN FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES IS RULED DISCRIMINATORY. THE
CITY OF LOS ANGELES UNPREPARED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DISABLED IN THE CASE
OF
A DISASTER, AND IS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THEM BY FAILING TO INCLUDE THE
DISABLED IN ITS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED ON
FRIDAY. BETTY, TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE. I'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT
WHATEVER CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THE DEPARTMENT
ON
DISABILITY. CAN I GET A PERSPECTIVE ON THE DEPARTMENT, AND WHAT YOU GUYS
FEEL IS GOING ON OR WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS OTHER THAN CALL UP
THE MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, AND ASK THEM HAVE YOU LOST YOUR
MIND.
GUEST: WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS JANET I'LL LIKE TO BEGIN WITH SINCE YOU
TALKED ABOUT ARE THE ISSUES OF NOT HAVING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
INCLUDED
IN THE EMERGENCY DISASTER PLANNING. OUR STAFF IS LIMITED AS WE ARE
HAVE
PROVIDED THE INFORMATION AS THE ARTICLE STATES TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
POWERS THAT BE THAT WE ARE AT RISK AN AT RISK POPULATION.
JANET: THIS IS NOT A NEW DISCUSSION.
GUEST: IT STARTED WAY BACK. WE HAVE AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF CONSTANTLY
GIVING THEM INPUT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN. SO FAR ACCORDING TO
THE
JUDGE, THE CITY HAS NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE. ACCORDING TO US, WE
UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE. AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK
TOWARD
THAT END.
JANET: WELL, WHEN YOU DON'T RE HIRE THE ADA COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND YOU
ARE
ELIMINATING THE STAFF BECAUSE IT WAS A POINT IN TIME DURING THE SUMMER
WHEN
THERE WAS NOT ANYBODY TO ANSWER THE PHONE, HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO MEET
ANY
KIND OF A MANDATE. CITY, STATE, FEDERAL, COUNTY WHEN THERE'S NO STAFF
THERE. I MEAN, I DON'T GET IT. I'M NOT GETTING IT. AND I KNOW THIS HAS
BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME. IN FACT I'M GOING TO SAY I THINK THAT
SOMEHOW
THAT THIS IS SOME SORT OF SOMEBODY HAS A BIGGER PLAN OR SOMEBODY IS
ANGRY
WITH YOU GUYS. THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY BE
OUT OF COMPLIANCE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE AN ADA 504 COMPLIANCE OFFICER.
GUEST: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO FACE AS A REAL TERRIBLE TRUTH IS
THAT THE ISSUES THAT CONFRONT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IS NOT INCLUDED IN
THE BIGGER PICTURE IN ANY PROGRAM. UNTIL IT IS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION
UNTIL SOMEONE HAS A PROBLEM THEMSELVES OR A FAMILY MEMBER OR SOMEONE
THEY'VE
HAD PERSONAL CONTACT WITH. THIS IS A SOCIOLOGICAL TRUTH. AND I BELIEVE
THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR CITY IS WAY AHEAD OF MOST OF THE OTHERS, BELIEVE IT
OR
NOT BECAUSE I DO A LOT OF TRAVELLING. HOWEVER, WE ARE FAR AHEAD. AT THE
SAME TIME WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.
JANET: THEY'VE BEEN SENDING US BACKWARDS. WE HAVE A MAYOR THAT CLAIMS TO
BE A ANGELENO. FROM THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED.
THIS GOES BACK TO 1986 WHEN UCLA AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE UCLA POLICE
TO RECOGNIZE THE PLACARDS. IT SAYS RIGHT HERE JUNE 5TH, AND THIS IS LIKE
I
SAID 1986, AUGUST 1986 VOLUME OF THE DAILY REVOLT VOLUME ONE, NUMBER 4.
JUNE 5TH. BLUE CURBS PAINTED THROUGHOUT CAMPUS. THAT WAS 1986. THIS IS
2011. WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN. DID HE FORGET? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND
THEN JUNE 6TH. HANDICAPPED LICENSE PLATES AND PLACARD RECOGNIZED ON
CAMPUS.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
THEY WERE WRITING US TICKETS AND STUFF SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SOMEONE
CAN
CLAIM TO BE A UCLA GRADUATE AND NOT GET THIS AS AN ISSUE. THIS IS MY
EDITORIAL. I'M NOT REFLECTING FROM THE CITY OR THE COUNTY. THIS IS MY
OWN
OPINION. I DON'T GET IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT
SUPPORT. THE MAYOR APPOINTS THE HEADS OF THE DEPARTMENT. THE MAYOR
APPOINTS THE COMMISSIONERS, AND SO WHEN THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO COME
TOGETHER TO TRY TO SALVAGE THIS DEPARTMENT TO ME IT MEANS THAT SOMEBODY
DOESN'T WANT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO.
THAT'S A RHETORICAL COMMENT. WHAT CAN WE DO?
GUEST: ONE OF THE THINGS TO BEGIN AGAIN TO MAKE THE COUNCIL, THE POWERS
THAT BE BE AWARE THAT THERE'S 1.25 MILLION IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND
IT'S GROWING BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RETURNING VETERANS FROM THE VARIOUS WARS
AND I REALLY MEAN THAT, WARS, AND WE HAVE THE CONSTANT PROBLEM, ISSUE, OF
PEOPLE BECOMING OLDER AND PROBLEMS AND ISSUES. IT'S A SOCIOLOGICAL FACT
AGAIN. THE AGING OF AMERICA IS PART OF LOS ANGELES.
JANET: ALL OF US BABY BOOMERS.
GUEST: THERE WE ARE, AND AS WE UNTIL WE FIND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.
JANET: I GOT IT. HOWEVER
GUEST: UNTIL WE DISCOVER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BECOME OLDER. WE'RE GOING
TO
HAVE THE PROBLEMS OLDER PERSONS FACE, WHETHER IT'S PHYSICAL OR MENTAL
PROBLEMS, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A GROWING CONCERN.
JANET: SO THEY COULD HAVE TO SAY AT WWW.LACITY.ORG.
GUEST: YES, THEY COULD.
JANET: THAT ALSO MEANS THEY COULD E MAIL THEIR COMMENTS AND THEY COULD GO
TO CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR AT THAT PARTICULAR WEBSITE.
GUEST: YES, IT WOULD.
JANET: OKAY. AND FOR THOSE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY I BELIEVE YOU CAN DIAL
211 AND GET THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS. SO
TELL US FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT REALLY HEARD ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT ON
DISABILITY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE. I KNOW
BECAUSE
I WAS RESCUED BASICALLY BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW
THIS.
I WAS THROWN AWAY BY THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION, AND BILL ELKINS, AND TOM
BRADLEY, AND NORENE VINSON, AND MARY JANE STICKLY DUSTED ME OFF AND
POINTED
ME OFF IN A DIRECTION. I DON'T BELIEVE I'D BE SITTING HERE TALKING TO YOU
ON THIS SHOW. I DON'T THINK THAT I WOULD BE A COMMISSIONER FOR THE COUNTY
OF LOS ANGELES, AND I DON'T BELIEVE I WOULD HAVE THE TYPE OF EXPERIENCE
THAT
ALLOWS ME TO WORK WITH ANYBODY. MY SPECIALTY BEING DIFFICULT PEOPLE; THAT
INCLUDES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES VERY OFTEN. I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN
RESCUED BY THE CITY, AND I JUST AM NOT GOING TO LET THIS GO. TELL US
ABOUT
SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS, AND THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES.
GUEST: WELL, AS YOU MAY BE AWARE THE CITY THE DEPARTMENT AS YOU KNOW
WAS
STARTED BY MAYOR TOM BRADLEY BACK IN 1974 IN RESPONSE TO THE
REHABILITATION
ACT, AND
JANET: IT WAS CALLED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF THE HANDICAPPED AT THAT TIME.
NORENE VINCENT WAS THE FIRST DIRECTOR, AND THEY WORKED AT GETTING THE CITY
TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS, A LOT OF PEOPLE, NOT ONLY
RESIDENTS BUT PEOPLE COME AND LIVE WORK AND PLAY IN THE CITY OF LOS
ANGELES
WITH A VARIETY OF DISABILITIES.
JANET: YOU HAD AT THAT TIME ALSO THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL ON
DISABILITY
WHICH I THINK WAS A BIG MISTAKE TO LET THAT GO. I THINK THAT WAS A DIRECT
LINK TO THE COMMUNITY. EACH MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED A PERSON
TO THAT SO THAT MADE 15, AND THE MAYOR APPOINTED 15, AND 15 APPLIED
DIRECTLY
TO THAT ORGANIZATION. THAT WAS A VERY STRONG POWERFUL VOICE, AND I THINK
THEY GAVE SOME GOOD INPUT. THAT EVOLVED INTO THE COMMISSION AND
DEPARTMENT.
I THINK I KNOW YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE THINGS FOR VETERANS.
GUEST: WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THINGS FOR VETERANS. ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT
THE VETERANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY VOCAL. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS. IT
SOUNDS LIKE UNLESS YOU REALLY MAKE NOISE YOU WON'T GET ANY RECOGNITION.
THAT'S TRUE.
JANET: THAT'S TRUE.
JANET: I THINK AS A MINORITIES, DOUBLE MINORITIES. TRIPLE MINORITIES WE
KNOW AND I FORGOT TO WEAR MY HUEY NEWTON BUTTON. WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO
THIS
IN ORDER TO GET THIS DONE. WHEN THE THE DEPARTMENT WAS FORMED, AND TOM
BRADLEY WAS SO MAD AT US FOR DOING THIS. BUT IT WAS LIKE THE GROUP SPLIT
IN
FACT, AND PART OF THEM GOING OVER TO THE COUNTY, AND STARTING THE COUNTY
COMMISSION AND THE OTHER GROUP WHICH I STAYED WITH, WE GOT THE COMMISSION
GOING. SO YOU KNOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A STRUGGLE OR A FIGHT TO GET ANY OF
THESE THINGS DONE. SO I GUESS WE NEED TO KEEP AT IT. KEEP ON IT.
GUEST: IT SOUNDS LIKE IT, DOESN'T IT.
JANET: WELL NOW THE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY IS
213 974 1053. TO ME THAT WAS ANOTHER TRYING TO CUT THE LEG OFF THE CHAIR
OR
MAKE THE TABLE WOBBLE THERE WHEN THEY MOVED YOU GUYS. FIRST OUT OF CITY
HALL, AND YOU WERE PROMISED TO GO BACK. I WAS IN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WHEN
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GO BACK IN CITY HALL. THERE'S NO ROOM FOR US.
GUEST: RIGHT.
JANET: THEN WE SPENT ALL THIS MONEY ON THE BEAUTIFUL LIFT FROM THE FIRST
FLOOR AND THERE'S HAULING FREIGHT IN IT. CAN YOU TELL I'M UPSET?
GUEST: YES, I CAN TELL.
JANET: I CAN'T SIT STILL FOR THIS. IT'S BEEN TOO MANY THINGS. TOO MANY
TOO MUCH PROGRESS TO LET THIS GO. PLUS THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY HAS
AN
INTERNATIONAL ROLE MODEL STATUS. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN GENEVA,
SWITZERLAND. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. AND IF THEY
CAN
RECOGNIZE YOU IN GENEVA SWITZERLAND, THAT'S INTERNATIONAL. WHY IS THE
CITY
TRYING TO THROW THIS AWAY. I KNOW THAT'S RHETORICAL. I KNOW YOU DON'T
KNOW. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE UNTIL AS THE RELATIONSHIP BECOMES
PERSONAL
WITH DISABILITY BECAUSE THEY FELL DOWN THE STEPS OR WHATEVER OR SOMEBODY
IN
THEIR FAMILY DEVELOPS ONE OF THE DESIGNER DISEASES LATER ON IN LIFE. BUT
WE
HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. LAST YEAR THERE WAS A BIG MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL
WHERE THERE WAS SOME HEARINGS WHERE WE ALL WENT DOWN, AND PROTESTED AND
LILLABETH NAVARRO MADE UP A SONG, AND STUFF, AND SO THEY DECIDED THEY
WEREN'T GOING TO TRY IT THAT WAY. THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO GET RID OF IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO SIT STILL FOR IT. CONTACT YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. I
HAVE ALL THOSE NUMBERS AND I GAVE THEM OUT LAST MONTH. THEY ARE IN THE
TEXT. SANDY, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO TO GET THE TEXT.
GUEST: FOR THE CAPTIONING?
JANET: WHERE I GAVE ALL OF THE E MAILS AND PHONE NUMBERS.
GUEST: FOR THE CAPTIONING JUST CONTACT ME, AND I CAN SEND THE TRANSCRIPT,
AT INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM AND
JANET: FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE INTERNET, I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF YOU OUT
THERE, YOU CAN CALL ME 213 974 1053 AND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT
INFORMATION. I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO POUND ON THEM
REALLY HARD. THE CITY HAS ISSUES WITH MINORITY GROUPS WHICH IS WHY WE
HAVE
BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND LAST MONTH WE HAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MR.
BURTON
WENT INTO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY DID.
I'M
NOT GOING TO STICK IT ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY DID IT BECAUSE THE
CITY
ALLOWED IT. WHERE THEY DIDN'T WANT MINORITIES ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
THEY TREATED THEM BADLY AND IT HASN'T ALL STOPPED. SO I THINK THAT THE
CITY
HAS A BAD HISTORY OF DEALING WITH MINORITIES. THEY'RE GETTING READY TO
LOSE
A LOT OF MONEY. I THINK THAT THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IS ONE FINGER ON
THE
HAND OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GET THEM IN VERY SERIOUS TROUBLE. BEING
OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND NOT HAVING
AN
ADA 504 COMPLIANCE OFFICER IS JUST TERRIBLE. ONE BEING THAT THE BALDWIN
HILLS CRENSHAW MALL. ASIDE FROM THE BIG PIT WHERE THE CLINIC USED TO BE.
IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE, AND AN EYESORE. OF THE MALL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
SHOWPIECE, A TRIBUTE TO TOM BRADLEY, AND RICHARD SMITH, AND BILL JORDAN
WORKED REALLY HARD, AND JOHN CROPSEY WHEN THEY DID THE LAST RENOVATION SO
THEY COULD MAKE A PLACE FOR CHICKEN AND WINGS. THEY TOOK OUT SOME
HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES AND DIDN'T PUT IT BACK. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. I
TRIED TO I WENT OVER THERE AND SURVEYED THE WHOLE THING. UP ON THE
UPPER
DECK OF THAT MALL I FOUND TWO MEASLY PARKING SPACES. ON THE SECOND LEVEL
WHICH IS THE MAIN LEVEL I FOUND MAYBE THREE. NOW THIS IS THE WAL MART
SIDE.
IF YOU GO OVER TO THE ROBINSON MAY SIDE THAT'S WHERE THEY TOOK THE SPACES
OUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE NEW CHICKEN AND WING PLACE. AND I GUESS THAT'S
MORE IMPORTANT. I WONDER IF IT'S ACCESSIBLE IN HE BATHROOMS. I GUESS I
NEED TO GO SEE HUH? SANDY.
GUEST: YES.
JANET: ARE YOU STILL THERE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STATISTICS THAT THANK YOU, BETTY, FOR PROVIDING ME
WITH
ALL OF THESE STATISTICS. SOME THINGS THAT I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT OFF THE
COUNTY'S WEBSITE BY THE WAY, BLACK LATINOS WITH DISABILITIES. WHO THINKS
OF
THAT SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF ASIANS WITH
DISABILITIES, THE NATIVE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES, AND ALL OF THESE ARE
LANGUAGE ISSUES ALSO. BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, WHAT THE CITY DOES IN
REACHING TO EVERYBODY?
GUEST: THAT WE DO.
JANET: EVERYBODY. ANYBODY. YOU CONSULT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES,
OUTSIDE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. HOW DARE YOU
GUYS TAKE THIS AWAY FROM US. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TAKE THIS AWAY FROM US.
GUEST: INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH PERSONS THAT ARE IN PRIVATE SECTOR, AT&T IS
ONLY ONE. WE HAVE WE DON'T WANT TO NAME ALL OF THE COMPANIES AND
PEOPLE
THAT WE HEAR FROM THEM ASK FOR OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC THAT THEY SERVE ARE ACCOMMODATED.
JANET: I THINK THEY TRY TO MODEL THEMSELVES DIDN'T WE HAVE THE FIRST
COMMISSION AND THE FIRST DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITIES.
GUEST: ACTUALLY WE'RE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT AT A MUNICIPAL LEVEL, A
GOVERNMENT LEVEL THAT IS PART OF THE ACTUAL GOVERNMENT. YOU HAVE
COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES AND ADVISORY COUNCILS AND ALL SORTS OF GROUPS,
ADVOCATES AND SO FORTH BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A REAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY.
JANET: NOW THEY'RE CLAIMING MONEY. THERE'S NO MONEY. WELL, SANDY,
DIDN'T
WE COME UP WITH A PLAN.
GUEST: I JUST WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AS BETTY WAS SPEAKING. THERE WAS
SOMEBODY ELSE THAT HAD SUGGESTIONS IN TERMS OF DOING SOME FUND RAISING,
AND
THERE ARE A LOT OF CREATIVE PEOPLE THAT
JANET: STEVIE WONDER SAID HE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE CITY. OR THE
EMPTY COLISEUM.
GUEST: I RECALL A GUY THAT CAME AND TESTIFIED AS WELL. DO YOU REMEMBER
HIM
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL GROUP THAT WAS INTERESTED.
JANET: WE HAVE TALKED OURSELVES OUT OF TIME. I TOLD YOU IT WAS GOING TO
SPILL OVER. WE'RE GOING TO PICK THIS UP AGAIN. I'M NOT LETTING GO OF
THIS.
YOU GUYS YOU CAN REACH ME AT 213 974 1053. SOME OF YOU CALLED LAST WEEK,
AND WANTED TO VOLUNTEER. BUT YOU DIDN'T LEAVE A CALL BACK NUMBER, PLEASE
CALL BACK. 213 974 1053. AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. KEEP THIS ISSUE
IN
THE FRONT OF YOUR MIND. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
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