Bradley Approves Disabled Rights Unit
An ordinance forming a city commission designed to help protect the rights of disabled people in Los Angeles was signed into law Wednesday by Mayor Tom Bradley.
The new nine-member Commission on Disability, made up of both able-bodied and disabled people, will make recommendations to the City Council, the mayor and department heads on issues such as employment discrimination, education and training, housing, and social and transportation needs.
The commission will not have enforcement power, or the authority to hear or decide appeals to the Department of Building and Safety, matters that are handled by the existing Board of Handicapped Appeals Commissioners.
Betty Wilson, director of the mayor’s Office for the Disabled, said there are at least 600,000 disabled people in the city.
“It is my hope that this commission will help non-disabled persons to accept persons with disabilities as equals, which they are,” Bradley said.
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