The Santa Cruz Community Calendar
Santa Cruz County, California
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Overcoming Climate Challenges for People with Disabilities: Policies and available services
Registration: Link
We all know people with disabilities - friends, family members, neighbors - and understand their vulnerability in emergency situations. This webinar will focus on how they can best be accommodated relative to climate change and disasters. What policies are in place? What services are available? How are they accessed? What more needs to be done?
Speakers include Vance Taylor, Chief, Office of Access and Functional Needs, Governor's Office of Emergency Services
presenting on policies that address climate change challenges people with disabilities face, what policies are in place, what policies are needed, and the decision-making process