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REMEMBERING SHIRLEY KLEIN WHO DIED AT AGE
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#065-2007 May 6, 2007 Sunday
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California State Budget
* Budget Hearings on Developmental Services May 7th and May 9th
* Special Education Due Process Contract & State Special Schools 5/8
* Other Budget Issues Impacting People With Disabilities & Seniors
* Governor's Announcement of Budget Revisions May 14th
SACRAMENTO - With
budget subcommittees in both houses nearly finished with their initial review of
the Governor's proposed budget for 2007-2008 as it was submitted January 10,
2007, several hearings are scheduled this week covering critical funding issues
that advocates say are critical to the rights of people with disabilities and
seniors. Meanwhile Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to release
changes and other revisions to his proposed State budget, on May 14 - sometimes
referred to as the "May Revision" or "May Revise".
Hearing dates are always subject to last minute changes.
Regional Centers and
Developmental Centers - And Also Special Ed and State Special Schools
* One hearing will likely draw
interest from advocates for people with developmental disabilities is the
Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, chaired by
Assemblymember Patty Berg (Democrat - 1st District, Eureka) covering several
regional center issues and at least one developmental center issue under the
Department of Developmental Services budget that were on the April 11th agenda
but not heard due to time.
* The Department of Developmental Services "open items" is also on the
Senate Budget Subcommittee #3 on Health, Human Services, Labor and Veteran
Affairs agenda to hear on May 7, Monday afternoon upon adjournment of the Senate
Floor session (Senate convenes at 12 noon on Monday, so the subcommittee would
meet after that whenever the floor session adjourns).
* Also set this week are budget issues impacting special education due process
contract and State Special Schools on May 8th and also budget items impacting
Department of Health Care Services, Public Health and other health or medical
related agencies.
* Go to the CDCAN website for any agendas at www.cdcan.us
NEXT STEPS
* Subcommittees wrap up initial budget
hearings on issues not heard or left open this week from the Governor's January
10th proposed budget.
* Governor releases changes and revisions to his proposed State Budget on May 14
(called the "May Revision" or "May Revise")
* Budget subcommittees schedule hearings that week and the following week to
hear and take public testimony only on new items proposed by the Governor in the
revised version of the State Budget proposal.
* Subcommittees will take final action on items already heard but previously but
kept "open" waiting for the release of the Governor's changes and
revisions. By the end of May, the subcommittee part of the budget process should
be completed.
* Early June - Budget conference committee - composed of members of both houses,
will be appointed and begin meeting and resolving any differences in actions
taken by the two houses. This could mean one house finally agreeing with
the action of the other or both houses compromising and agreeing on a new action
for a particular budget issue.
* Those actions taken in previous months that both houses agreed on would
normally not be issues before the conference committee. This would include the
Governor's proposal to fully fund or pass on the cost of living increases
scheduled for January 1, 2008 for SSI/SSP (Supplemental Security Income/State
Supplemental Payment) which both houses approved in April and May; and also
rejection of the Governor's proposal to freeze the State's contribution (or
portion) of State funding for In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) worker wages
and benefits - which both houses rejected in April.
* June 15 - technically the State Constitutional deadline for the Legislature to
pass a budget and send it to the Governor , a deadline that has been met only
five times since 1965. The last time the Legislature met that deadline was
for the 1986-1987 State Budget year (June 15, 1986).
* June 30 -last day of the State Budget year for 2006-2007 (last year the
Legislature passed and sent a budget to the Governor on June 27, 2006)
* July 1 - start of the 2007-2008 State Budget Year
BUDGET HEARINGS THIS WEEK
Following are budget hearings this
week that may have some significant or indirect impact on children and adults
with disabilities, seniors, people with mental health needs, families, workers
and others.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RELATED BUDGET HEARINGS
May 7, 2007 - Monday
Senate Budget Subcommittee #3 on Health, Human Services, Labor and Veteran
Affairs
Upon adjournment of Senate Floor Session which is scheduled to convene at 12:00
noon
State Capitol - Room 3191
All "open" items meaning issues not decided or not heard in a previous
hearing
* Emergency Medical Services Authority (budget item 4120)
* Department of Health Care Services (budget item 4260) [formerly Dept. of
Health Services]
* Department of Public Health (budget item 4265)
* California Medical Assistance Commission (budget item 4270)
* Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (budget item 4280)
* Department of Developmental Services (budget item 4300)
* Department of Mental Health (budget item 4440)
May 7, 2007 - Monday
Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services
4:00 PM - State Capitol - Room 127
All "open" items meaning issues not decided or not heard in a previous
hearing
* Department of Managed Health Care (budget item 2400)
* Emergency Medical Services Authority (budget item 4120)
* Department of Health Care Services (budget item 4260) [formerly Dept. of
Health Services]
* Department of Public Health (budget item 4265)
* California Medical Assistance Commission (budget item 4270)
* Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (budget item 4280)
May 9, 2007 - Wednesday ****see CDCAN Alert****
Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services
1:30 PM - State Capitol - Room 444
Note: subcommittee will hear "open" items - meaning issues not decided
or not heard in a previous hearing
* Department of Developmental Services (budget item 4300)
* Department of Child Support Services (budget item 5175)
* Department of Social Services (budget item 5180)
* Department of Rehabilitation (budget item 5160)
EDUCATION RELATED BUDGET HEARINGS
May 8, 2007 - Tuesday
Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 on Education Finance
10:00 AM - State Capitol - Room 444
Department of Education (budget item 6110)
* Instructional Materials
* California High School Exit Exam
* Alternative schools fiscal issues
* Translations and language access - Department of Finance April Letter
Other budget items and open issues
May 8, 2007 - Tuesday
Senate Budget Subcommittee #1 on Education
01:30 AP - State Capitol - Room 113
Department of Education (budget item 6110 and 6870)
* Proposition 98 Update by Legislative Analyst Office
* Home to School Transportation FUnding Shift (April letter from Governor's
Department of Finance)
Office the Secretary for Education (budget item 0558)
* School transparency website
Department of Education (budget item 6110)
State Operations
* State Special Schools
* Special Education Due Process Contract
* other issues
REMEMBERING SHIRLEY KLEIN -
TWO POEMS
[CDCAN Note: I will include other
selections of her poems in my tribute to Shirley and post on the CDCAN website]
Signing of the ADA (Dedicated to my father, William Klein, who died the next
day)
By Shirley Klein
When the last pen stroke died
my father slept assured
that promises would finally open their front doors to me
which I could enter on ramped opportunities
into broad hallways
that no longer held the tyranny UPSTAIRS,
- that I could see the splendor of Beethoven
or feel the texture of Michaelangelo;;
- that I could read the voice of a distant child
or hear the softness in my lover's eyes
or type the answer to my mother's touch
- that my learning would be measured by my will
and not by barbed numbers
- that my wheels could take flight to open adventures
or ride the rails of access through the beauty of my land
Yes, my father could finally rest
After the pen parted the waters
And he saw me to the shore
That had eluded us so long
Published 1993 - Seedlings
Our Voices United
by Shirley Klein (written for a CDCAN organized rally of over 4,500 people in
2003 in response to then Governor Davis' major proposed budget cuts - this poem
has been posted on the CDCAN website for years]
Our voices united,
The peril undone
We stand tall together,
But we've only begun.
Our freedoms are
threatened,
Our lives on the line
We don't have tomorrow,
Today is our time.
Let our unity thunder,
Till power and greed
Both crumple before,
The depth of our need.
Let our unity Clamor,
For all who have died
Because no one would hear them,
Or come to their side
The whole world is watching,
To see where we stand
The whole world is waiting,
Come on - take my hand
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