City Council

(7) 23-0152 CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION, AGING AND DISABILITY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to requiring businesses to activate closed captioning on televisions in public spaces to make communication more accessible to individuals with disabilities and English language learners. Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Park - Soto-Martinez): INSTRUCT the Department on Disability, with the assistance of the City Attorney, to report on the feasibility of drafting an ordinance to require businesses in the City to activate closed captioning on all of their televisions in public spaces, which will make communication more accessible to individuals with disabilities and English language learners.