Webinar: Virtual Town Hall: Public Safety Shutoffs
Webinar: Virtual Town Hall: Public Safety Shutoffs
Do you live in a high fire risk area? Have you been impacted by power shut-offs? This webinar advocates for individuals with disabilities reliant on medical equipment powered by electricity impacted by de-energization events.
Webinar:
Virtual Town Hall:
Electric Utility Deenergization (Public Safety Shutoffs) Events
(ASL Captioning and Spanish Interpretation will be available)
Join us for a live webinar
Do you live in a high fire risk area? Have you been impacted by power shut-offs? This webinar will provide information for individuals with disabilities reliant on medical equipment powered by electricity impacted by deenergization events.
When:
Saturday, June 5, 2021
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Pacific Standard Time
About the webinar:
Please join Disability Rights California and Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles to discuss:
- De-energization events
- Your utility rights
- Programs that may reduce your power or gas bill
- Resources during de-energization events
Please contact Jamie.Parkin@disabilityrightsca.org if you need any accommodations or have any questions. Please submit accommodation request by Friday, May 28th.
Speakers:
Samuel Jain is a staff attorney at Disability Rights California with our Health/Home and Community-Based Services Group.
William Simonsick is a policy advocate with the Disaster Assistance Project at Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles.
