the ada is still a work in progress. we continue to pursue the pledge that was made in 1776 regarding the pursuit of happiness. this committee, more than most, and this subcommittee, more than most, is ever vigilant to seek the full realization of that promise. thank you for that. americans with disabilities are still disproportionately less likely to have a job and more likely to be poorer than their fellow americans. many still struggle to get equal treatment in the classroom, to find work, or to have access to public facilities. changing technologies proposed -- changing technologies pose accessibility to challenge -- pose new accessibility challenges. -- mr. conyers, we honor your presence here today. none have been discriminated against more than you. thank you very much. i am honored to be here with all of you. >> ranking member sensenbrenner, chairman conyers, let me say what a privilege it is for me to be sitting next to majority leader hoyer, a true visionary leader and champion of the americans with disabilities

i look at the ada as the standard for us not to fall below. one important principle that we held on to throughout the entire fight was that it was an inclusive bill. everyone should be treated the same no matter what your disability was. and if i can say anything to all of you, it is to that principle. because this year, your disability may be the -- is to hold on to that principle. because this year, your disability may be the end disability. it knows no socioeconomic background. it knows no political background. background.

and i know senator harkin who is a big champion for the ada is concerned about that. i know senator dole, another champion is concerned. i think one of the reasons why we are not seeing more movement in employment is i think as a country we still don't really expect people with disabilities to work. i will give you a recent example. during health-care reform, they were debating a provision in the bill that made it into the final bill that would enable people to keep their personal care attendant services and work at the same time. and a senator said in a closed door meeting well people with disabilities don't work, do they. and this just happened. so i really feel like we still have some work to do. and that's why we're excited that president obama is releasing a psa today that's going to air all over the country, both on television and radio, that i think we need that kind of leadership to help education-- educate people about what the expectations are that people with disabilities have for ourselves and why it good for the country when we are working and participatin

i want to introduce the chair of the ada committee. >> good morning. thank you for taking the time to review the report. i am jim kiknidell. the purpose of the report was to review the compliance with the 1990 with disabilities act and to support the mayor's office in disability and achieving that mandate within a reasonable time. title two requires the facilities, programs, activities, and services of the state and local government should be made accessible to persons with disabilities. this coming monday, by the way, is the anniversary of the passage of the act. in 2009, 2010, is of a grand jury initiated an investigation to determine what has been done to comply with the americans with disabilities act, and what, if anything, remains to complete compliance. in summary, the jury identified three areas where support is needed in order for full compliance to be achieved. the first was facilitate and expand the citizens of a grievance procedure. second, accelerate the completion of the transition plan. third, to develop and implement training program for

i want to introduce the chair of the ada committee. >> good morning. thank you for taking the time to review the report. i am jim kiknidell. the purpose of the report was to review the compliance with the 1990 with disabilities act and to support the mayor's office in disability and achieving that mandate within a reasonable time. title two requires the facilities, programs, activities, and services of the state and local government state and local government should be made accessible to

what is important to me is that the ada was never the and. it was really the floor, the foundation for me is the constitution of the united states. the ada became the floor that we build upon that constitution. i look in this audience, and it is up to the rest of you to keep building that structure. if you are going to quit, that is not what it is about. i will go back to mexico if that is what you tell me you are going to do. historically, up until that point, a disability policy was based on the disabled person being the problem as opposed to the ada actually saying the environment was the problem. the structure of some of our laws were the problem. the ada came through and shifted that paradigm. it is an old bush term, because i don't know how many times our paradigm shifted. i think it was true during the ada, it was disabled adults and the parents of disabled children standing up and asking congress to help change society on how people with disabilities were viewed. i think i look at the ada as the standard not to fall below. one of the

in my opinion, the ada is there to help people who really need help. people like me are looking to them for guidance. it seems strange that instead of giving me guidance, they basically short circuit the system and, in my opinion, ending the system. ada compliance need to be seriously considered, especially at the board level. in my opinion, this committee is even weaker than the ethics commission. supervisor mar: thank you. is there anyone else that would like to speak? please come forward. >> hello. i am also a member of the mayor's disability council. i am in that category of having a hit in disability. i also want to start by thanking the civil grand jury and you all for giving this the attention that you are. we appreciate it. i wanted to reiterate something that we mentioned, which is, if finances were not an issue, as the community would want every suggestion that the community suggested, but seeing the situation is not that, we want to make sure architectural access is not prioritized over other disability access needs. particularly, public heal

the third finding was to look at the other requirement under the ada that are not totatitle ii. use there are few options for people who experienced discrimination in the private sector with businesses, shops, private employers, private housing, a civil jury expressed a need to expand capacity to handle those grievances as well. while we would love to be helpful in that regard, that would be a significant increase in our offices responsibility and would require major increases in staff and. -- staffing. that was a recommendation we did not agree with, but we did point out there are three entities within the city that help with these complaints. one is the department of building construction. the other is the police, mainly around service complaints. then the human rights commission is tasked with helping to settle civil rights violation of all kinds, including disability rights violations. supervisor mar: the board of supervisors is not required to respond to this funding and recommendation, is that correct? >> i apologize. i have been told that the board would be responding to a

ada. of that applies to the web -- of course ada applies to the web. any court that says it does not is not interpreting it as broadly as we intended. host: what would be the holed up in making the web accessible to all? guest: i do not know of one, do you? we can communicate with people who are hearing impaired through the web, people who are sight impaired through the web. there is no reason why it cannot be fully accessible to any person with a disability. there are technological devices now that permit someone with severe cerebral palsy, i have seen is a little magic wands, they just have to appoint a different things and they can do everything that you can do with your fingers on a keyboard. we have the technology to do that. we should make sure that the web, when it presents itself in formats, anyone with a disability can use it. host: let's get to our callers. george, california. guest: -- caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: here is the question. i am down here in southern california. what will it take for people to come over the b

i would like to know -- the ada is amazing. i cannot thank everyone for their involvement. but there are gaps. the areas are programmatic access for people with hearing loss. when you have the ada, it's jealousy we need a counter 36 inches, but there is no specificities for people with hearing loss. some museums and theaters around this country are not offering access. we have the smithsonian, our nation's jewel, and it is not accessible for people with hearing loss. they may but in videos that have captioning, but children below nine years old cannot read captioning. so we talk about education, and part of the on-site education is going on field trips. >> are you telling me the smithsonian does not have looked systems? >> nope. i e-mailed them for three years. i reread with the department national park service, guidelines on programmatic access that were released last september. i sent those guidelines to the smithsonian say, you know what, the department of interior national park service did a fabulous job. fabulous government work. let's use these guidelines for the smith

. >> in the words of former senator kennedy, the ada is like the bill of rights for persons with disabilities. >> reporter: ada made it illegal for businesses or government to discriminate against people with disabilities and also led to advancements like curb cutouts and disabled parking zones name proved access. >> but i think by our mere presence in the community there is some exposure. there's more exposure to us, like we're around more. >> reporter: despite 20 years of advancements she says there's still a way to go. >> people with disabilities are still vastly underemployed. people with disabilities are still the poorest of the poor. >> reporter: she and others say the ada gave them a powerful legal tool in the fight for equality, a tool that could smash through barriers rather than go around them. joe roetso jr., "nbc bay area news." >> in the last six years san francisco has installed more than 5,000 curb ramps. it's also made 80 parks accessible for the disabled. >> apparently it's no picnic in the park. it turns out crime is on the rise in california state parks. a sacramento analys

we are trying to be new and innovative and go beyond the ada says and make life more successful for people>> disability rights movement, the city has the overall legal obligation to manage and maintain the accessibility and right of way. with regards to the curb ramps, bounded by a groove border, 12-inch wide border. for people with low vision to get the same information. the shape of the domes, flush transition between the bolt bottom of the ramp and gutter. >> we have a beveled transition on the change in level, tape on the surfaces, temporary asphalt to fill in level changes, flush transition to temporary wood platform and ramp down into the street under the scaffoldinging. detectable ramps. they are all detectable. nothing down below or protruding that people are going to get snagged up on. smooth clean that nobody is going get caught up on. >> our no. 1 issue is what we see here, the uplifting and shreufting to concrete due too street tree roots. here is another problem we have with street trees. if i have i was a person blind, this would be an uncomfortable way to find out. >> we don

. >> the ada when it was signed july 26th, 1990, not on the made california more accessible physically for people with disabilities and the rest of the country, but it also made programs change. so that more jobs are available for folks with disabilities. >> governor schwarzenegger marked the anniversary by issuing an executive order to make sure appropriate guidelines are in place for state employees with disabilities. >>> guess who's back? enjoying the nice weather? >> yeah, yeah. i did a vacation. sometimes they're the best. >> i know. >> great weather? >> totally. more relaxed than if i went somewhere. >> you missed us? >> yeah, of course. >>> all right. we've got cool temperatures and we've been keeping track but it's not only cool today but cool for the entire month in san jose. look at this. the coolest july average for the entire month with high temperatures back in 1987 with 80.3. current average. 79.6. right now we're on track in san jose and further parts of the bay area for going down in the record books and with cool air still in the forecast this week, it looks like we co

but scientists don't mention the treatment this comes as delegates international aids conference of the ada providing universal kefir patients. done protecting the poor president of the senate to approve an extension on the benefits accusing republicans of favoring the rich and refusing to help the bill would help millions struggling to survive the financial crisis cost the government billions of dollars. ok now time to catch up with the latest sports with way. hello there and thanks for watching the sport here on r.t. and this is what is coming up spot on cheers garg a second in the russian premier league after a one year when i have a basement side career. while league leaders any time prolific strike a chord all from rivals through been. told a theory and each leg back to get revenge after losing the yellow jersey in controversial fashion. moscow have moved up to second in the russian premier league their one zero win over bottom side clear soviet of putting them within six points of leaders zanny the army men were lying on a penalty kick in the tenth minute to claim all three points the

. >> the ada whether it was signed in july 26th, 1990, not only made california more excessive physicallyfor people with disabilities and the rest of the country but it also made programs change so that more jobs are available for those with disabilities. last week governor schwarzenegger signed the bill marking january 23rd as ed roberts day. robert began the disability rights movement in california. people who get summoned for jury duty? in santa clara will have an easier process. jurors can ask for a postponement online and get a response almost immediately. financial hardship and medical excuses will require a letter from employers. >>> the tour de france is over but the celebration continues. a south bay bicyclemaker supplied the winning bikes. robert handa is live in morgan hill tonight to show us the reaction and how the victory is resonating in the silicon valley. robert? >> maureen, for years, we've watched this morgan hill company grow from a small popular local bicyclemaker to a player in the world of competitive cycling. but at this year's tour de france, made it to the winner

the ada is america at its best. we brought together two panels a distinguished panel. the first includes key leaders who were at the creation and who played critical leadership roles in getting the american with disabilities act signed into law. i cannot emphasize too strongly that this was a completely bipartisan, bicameral enterprise. we could not have succeeded without the strong support from president bush and key members of his administration, two of whom are here on our first panel. as a chief sponsor in the senate, i get the lion's share of the credit but this bill has many alderson mothers and many are with us here today on our first panel. before we begin, however like to mention an honor some of the great advocates no longer with us. first and foremost, justin dart, so instrumental in getting ada past. we're so fortunate that is why it intends to carry on his legacy. -- that his wife intends to carry on his legacy. [applause] she is on her way. ed roberts, the father of the independent living move the -- movement, how far -- how hard he fought for it. senator

the schedule pushed out approximately a year, and there were a number of other small items, including some ada modifications that the mayor's disability office had requested. any questions? >> motion to approve the modification. >> i will second. director ford: [inaudible] >> daly aye. cohen aye. lloyd . ortiz aye. ford aye. item 10 is approved. item 11, authorizing the executive director to execute a minute 1 with elizabeth transportation agency to add temporary traffic control services and corresponding not to exceed budget of $997,690, increasing the total not to exceed budget to $3,280,677. >> good morning, directors. the item before you is -- provides parking control officers for the start of operations at the temporary terminal. as you know, the buses will operate on the street, so it will be critical that we maintain the bus route, primarily on fulsome, went on to the bay bridge, so we need parking control officers to make sure that key intersections are maintained an open access, primarily during the pmp. >> i will move the item. >> second. director ford: item has been moved and second

you can't go to restaurants, take vacations, do the things the ada paved the way for accessibility forth disabilit s disabilities? >> what makes me happy to be involved with the think beyond the label campaign is it changes attitudes. it allows people who looks at the person who wears crazy ties or the woman who speaks loudly or the woman who uses a wheelchair who can't make coffee. it has little to do with labels. labels have little to do with how productive or talented we can be. >> we are working with the national organization of disabilities working with employers to help them change their policies and procedures for hiring and recruiting and to break down the barriers that make it hard to bring people into the workplace. more employers are starting to understand that people with disabilities have to be problem solvers. we have to have perseverance and the data is starting to show. we are some of the best employees they can tap into. >> we saw videotape because -- are you the dancer? >> i am. >> congratulations on that. >> being involved in dance and being involved with getting a m

the ada is prices will go up and the consumer will pay more and gm and chrysler will save money and haveo have fewer incentive it payments still going forward and what happens. >> looking at said dealership closing in plans to have any individual closures did you find anything to suggest that the car companies or treasury gave any consideration to the fact that many of the dealerships that were closed were profitable for themselves or for gmnd chrysler? >> it was not a consideration at all. for companies themselves they eight that i would give two examples right in my backyard. i am in a cincinnati metro being on the short side i went to school with day may and by the name of a submerged chrysler plymouth they had it 90 years. chevrolet just invested a million dollars in a new plant, i mean a new showcase park but if they were profitable for the 60 years of their existence, simmer was profitable for all 90 years of their existence. both of those places were closed for pro because they had to compete with a o because of the dealerships and. >> but if from cincinnati on the wrong side of t

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we are trying to be new and innovative and go beyond the ada says and make life more successful for people. >> disability rights movement, the city has the overall legal obligation to manage and maintain the accessibility and right of way. with regards to the curb ramps, bounded by a groove border, 12-inch wide border. for people with low vision to get the same information. the shape of the domes, flush transition between the bolt bottom of the ramp and gutter. >> we have a beveled transition on the change in level,

title two of the ada addresses access to public services, including public transportation for persons with disabilities. it requires transit operators to call out stops at transfer points, major intersections, and major destinations, and to announce particular stocks requested by customers with disabilities. stop announcements are especially important for passengers who are blind or have low vision. these individuals cannot travel independently if they are not assured of getting off at their intended destination point. i'm starving. what's for breakfast? guten tag! kids: johannes brahms?! i bring you arts-enriched raisin brahms, fortified with increased test scores and creative problem solving skills. it's good! ...and good for you. bobby? suzy? don't worry. that's just the power of the arts. announcer: feed your kids the arts. for ten simple ways to learn how, visit americansforthearts.org

title two of the ada addresses access to public services, including public transportation for persons with disabilities. it requires transit operators to call out stops at transfer points, major intersections, and major destinations, and to announce particular stocks requested by customers with disabilities. stop announcements are especially important for passengers who are blind or have low vision. these individuals cannot travel independently if they are not assured of getting off at their intended destination point. . >> my name is mark tieman and i'm senior councilor at pet camp, san francisco, california. we dispose of a lot of carbon-based material here, dog poop, and the more we can turn that into something viable, the better off we are. in san francisco there's more dogs than children. finding a viable use for dog poop. >> proenvironmental policies, that's a way to win hearts and minds.

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