Stay updated with breaking news from Power wheelchair. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Meetings and electronic copies of the agenda please contact the Mayors Office on disability. Ms. Senhaux chair thank you, heather. I would like this move a motion for the approval of todays agenda. All in favor . I dont see any abstentions. So moved. Thank you, Council Members. Were going to move on to Public Comment number 3, items not on todays agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mayors Disability Council. I believe we have a couple of speaker cards. Nicole we do. The first is elka. My apologies, first time here at the meeting. Ive been a caregiver for disabled sister for four years. Shes not here today because she passed away last year because her disability was used against her to continue her medical treatment. And she passed away because of that deni ....
Sound system and to respect everyones ability to focus on the presentation, please silence all mobile phones. Your cooperation is appreciated. The Mayors Disability CouncilPublic Meetings are generally held on the third friday of every other month. Please call the Mayors Office on disability for further information or to request accommodations at mod sfgov. Org. Our next regular meeting will be on friday, november 15, 2019 from 14 in this hearing room. We thank you for joining us today. We will now proceed with roll call. Chair denise . Present. Stephen perman . Here. Alex madrid . Here. Lily marshallfricker. Present. Helen pelzman . Present. Orkid . Helen smolinski . Here. Kate williams is absent. Council member tiffany yu. Present. Ms. Senhaux chair thank you. Well go to action item number 2. Reading approv ....
Citizenship and immigration allices began denying nonmilitary deferred action requests. Most of these request are made by sick immigrants and their family seeking to stay in the United States to receive critical medical care than is simply not available to them in their home country. House oversight subcommittee on medical deferred action requests part 1 medically deferred deportations the administration decided to cast out people and there some who be sentenced to death by this harsh policy. One person here today participated wanted to put dissipate in a medical study that extended life by tenure spirit to live she relies on a medical infusion unavailable in her home country. She will tell you about it. Mr. Sanchez suffers from Cystic Fibrosis, a disease that my family knows well. Im also the proud reppo senate of of the C ....
This got under way a few moments ago. His mother fears returning to ghana now would be, quote, signing my sons death warrant. Serena badia, a 14yearold with a congenital heart condition has already gone beyond the Life Expectancy given to her by doctors in spain. Actually, i think shes 16. Shell correct us. An 8yearold girl in miami surfing from nerve cancer relies on her dad to take her to monthly treatments in new york. Her father needs deferred action to stay with his daughter. A man in venezuela has been able to care for his wife who suffers from a blood brain malformation and his daughter has neurobl neuroblastoma. This new policy threatens sick immigrants who may be forced to leave america and end their lifesaving treatment. It threatens u. S. Citizens and lawful residents who rely on immigrant Family Members for financial and emotional support while theyre here. It thr ....
The committee will come to order. Good morning. Recently hurricanes harvey and irma left a path of destruction along the gulf coast of texas, across florida, and throughout the caribbean. Homes, businesses, and entire communities were destroyed and lives were lost. Days after irma, we learned the tragic news that eight seniors, ranging in age from 71 to 99, died in a florida nursing home that lacked air conditioning because the power had been knocked out. One press account described the facility as a death trap because the elderly are particularly susceptible to heat related illnesses. Last month, this photo of residents of an assisted living facility in texas, who were trapped in waist deep water went viral. As these recent disasters made clear, Older Americans are particularly vulnerable, before, during, and even after a storm. In fact, when Hurricane Katrina slammed in ....