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The late Ed Roberts, revered by people with disabilities and seniors across the nation for his trail blazing work as a disability and civil rights leader, will be one of 10 Californians to be inducted in the California Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be hosted by Governor Jerry Brown and First Lady Anne Brown on December 8th, 7:00 PM at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, 1515 J Street, a few blocks from the State Capitol.  Ed Roberts mother, Zona, is scheduled to be at the ceremony to accept the "Spirit of California" medal that all inductees receive, on behalf of her son.

The Department of Health Care Services released several documents including several reports on the analysis of the impact of rate reductions on access to services and a 82 page plan outlining how the department will monitor the outcomes of the Medi-Cal provider cuts.

Governor Jerry Brown completed taking action on the remaining bills on his desk Sunday evening, signing a total of 108 bills and vetoing 27 (for a total of 135 bills) by the 11:59 PM State Constitutional deadline.  While most of the actions by the Governor on those 135 bills were released Sunday afternoon or early Sunday evening - the final actions on 33 bills weren't released by his office until just after 1:00 AM.

The Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services will hold an informational hearing that will focus on the impact of potential sweeping cuts of at least $1.2 trillion in  federal funding nationwide that could happen depending on what Congress and President Obama end up agreeing on - or not agreeing on - in the coming months. The hearing, which will include time for brief public comment, can be viewed on CalChannel (check your local cable listings) or via live video stream on the CalChannel website at www.calchannel.com/channel/live.

The Assembly passed, over strong objections by Republicans, two additional budget related bills Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield said deals with cash management of the State's finances and "cleam-up" of legislative language of a previously approved budget trailer bill dealing with the "trigger cuts" impacting In-Home Supportive  Services.

In addition to signing early this afternoon SB 87, the main State budget bill for 2011-2012 passed by legislative Democrats on a strict party-line majority vote, Governor Brown also signed into law 10 budget "trailer" bills, including three dealing with the so-called "trigger cuts" that are linked to about $2.5 billion in additional spending cuts to go into effect sometime after January 2012 if a certain level of revenues do not come into the State treasury as hoped for in the budget. 

Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 87, the main budget for the State's 2011-2012 budget year that begins on Friday, July 1.  The Governor kept in the budget the funding restored by the Legislature for Adult Day Health Care but deleted a provision in the budget that requires a specified spending level for the program during the 2011-2012 State Budget year because "it does not consider other services available to these individuals [using Adult Day Health Care] that preserve their ability to remain in the community."

Governor Jerry Brown signed 8 budget trailer bills the Legislature passed by a majority vote on June 15th including controversial measures that calls for the elimination of redevelopment agencies, creation or enforcement of what is referred to as the "Amazon.com" use tax.  He also signed budget trailer bills from June 15th covering human services including In-Home Supportive Services and CalWORKS budget reductions and changes, and legislation to renew the nursing facility "AB 1629 Quality Assurance Fee" program.

The State Senate and Assembly finished work on the final budget related bill, dealing with education finance and the "trigger cut" impacting K-12 education after both houses passed - on a majority vote by Democrats - the main budget bill for the 2011-2012 State budget year beginning July 1st.

The State Senate convened, but went into recess to allow time for Senate Republicans to caucus.  Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg told members to stay inside the State Capitol building in anticipation that the State Senate would resume the floor session between 6 and 6:30 PM to begin work on debating and then passing the 2011-2012 State Budget by a majority vote.

Giving up on winning support from Legislative Republicans, Governor Brown reached an agreement with the Legislature's two Democratic leaders, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker John Perez with a budget plan that will not contain his proposals to extend for five years the 2009 temporary tax increases scheduled to expire June 30, 2011 but instead counts on $4 billion more in revenues that he hopes California will bring in next year.