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The Oakland Tribune

CityWise: Oakland settles lawsuit with disability rights group

City officials reached a settlement this week with the Berkeley-based Disability Rights Advocates over a 2007 lawsuit that said the city was ill-prepared to help disabled people in the event of a disaster such as an earthquake or firestorm.

Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disaster planning, public policy, public safety

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