Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability Committee

Latest as of October 1, 2026

At its last meeting on Aug. 21 the committee voted 3-0, with two members absent, to recommend three items to the Council: a motion instructing the Community Investment Department to report on ways to improve transportation access for older adults (report), a motion instructing the department to apply for a state Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Grant to create an Indoor Heat Safety Fund (report) and Hector Ochoa's appointment to the Commission on Disability (report). The Council adopted the heat grant report on Sept. 4, 11-0, as amended to have the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office prepare the application. On Sept. 9 it adopted the senior transportation report, 11-0, as amended to add a report on a transportation technology literacy program for seniors, and confirmed Ochoa, 10-0. The council file for a motion requesting reports on Americans with Disabilities Act compliance by small businesses, an outreach plan and a micro-grant program records that the committee approved it on Aug. 21. That file is scheduled for the Economic Development and Jobs Committee on Oct. 2 (Aug. 21 agenda).