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Report #065-2008 -
April 10, 2008 - Thursday
BREAKING NEWS
Senate Budget Subcommittee Rejects 10% Cut To
Community Care Licensing - Republican Senator Wyland Votes With
Alquist to Oppose Governor's Proposal
SACRAMENTO (CDCAN) - The Senate Budget
Subcommittee #3 on Health, Human Services, Labor and Veteran
Affairs, chaired by Sen. Elaine Alquist (Democrat - Santa Clara,
13th District) today (April 10) voted 2-0 to reject the
Schwarzenegger Administration's proposed 10% reduction to Community
Care Licensing Division under the Department of Social Services that
would have sharply reduced the frequency and number of inspections
of 85,000 State licensed facilities.
The action to reject the Governor's proposal was supported by
the subcommittee's lone Republican member, Sen. Mark Wyland
(Republican - Escondido, 38th District) and also Alquist who
wanted more random inspections.
The proposal was strongly opposed by a broad
range of advocates, including senior, disability and county
representatives and organizations.
The program is responsible for inspections of over 85,000
Licensed facilities include childcare facilities, certified foster
family homes, foster family agencies, residential care facilities
for the elderly, residential care facilities for the chronically
ill, adoption agencies, transitional housing, and adult day care
that serve over 1.4 million children and adults.
While the action is not final - the full budget committees in both
houses would need to also approve this action, the rejection sent
a strong signal to the Schwarzenegger Administration regarding the
Legislature's bi-partisan stance on inspections of licensed
community care facilities and programs.
More details on other actions in a later CDCAN Report today.
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To continue the CDCAN website, the CDCAN News Reports. sent out and read by over 45,000 people and organizations, policy makers and media across California and to continue the CDCAN Townhall Telemeetings which since December 2003 have connected thousands of people with disabilities, seniors, mental health needs, people with MS and other disorders, people with traumatic brain and other injuries to public policy makers, legislators, and issues. Please send your contribution/donation (make payable to "CDCAN" or "California Disability Community Action Network):
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The CDCAN Townhall Telemeetings are partially funded by a small grant from the USC UCEDD, Grant #90DD0540 from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. (note: the opinions expressed or content in these reports do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the USC UCEDD.
MANY MANY THANKS to Alta California Regional Center, FEAT (Families for Early Autism Treatment), Friends of Children with Special Needs, Life Steps, Easter Seals California, Parents Helping Parents, UCP of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, Work Training, Foothill Autism Alliance, Arc Contra Costa, Pause4Kids, Manteca CAPS, Training Toward Self Reliance, UCP, California NAELA, Californians for Disability Rights, Inc (CDR) including CDR chapters, CHANCE Inc, , Strategies To Empower People (STEP), Harbor Regional Center, Tri-Counties Regional Center, Asian American parents groups, Resources for Independent Living and many other Independent Living Centers, several regional centers, People First chapters, IHSS workers, other self advocacy and family support groups, developmental center families, adoption assistance program families and children, and others across California