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• CDCAN REPORT #001-2012: GOVERNOR TO RELEASE PROPOSED 2012-2013 STATE BUDGET TODAY AT 2:30 PM
  January 5, 2012 - 2:25pm
  Marty Omoto

  Governor Brown will release his proposed 2012-2013 State Budget plan today at 2:30 PM in a news conference at the State Capitol.  The press conference will be televised by CalChannel (check local cable listings) and webstreamed live via the CalChannel website at www.calchannel.com

• CDCAN REPORT #209-2011: Federal district judge blocks ten percent Medi-Cal pharmacy cut
  December 28, 2011 - 9:55pm
  Marty Omoto

  US District Court Judge Christina Snyder issued an order blocking any implementation of the 10% rate reduction to Medi-Cal pharmacies in a case brought by the Medicaid Defense Fund on behalf of Medi-Cal recipients, Medi-Cal pharmacy providers and advocacy organizations.  The 10% Medi-Cal rate reduction to most "fee for service" providers was proposed last January by the Brown Administration and passed by the Legislature on March 16th and signed into law on March 24th by the Governor as one of the early pieces of the 2011-2012 State Budget.

• CDCAN REPORT #202-2011: Governor announces state budget trigger pulled; $1 billion in cuts!
  December 13, 2011 - 1:01pm
  Marty Omoto

  Governor Jerry Brown announced the state budget "trigger cuts" authorizing $1 billion in automatic spending reductions, including $100 million in cuts to In-Home Supportive Services and $100 million in cuts in spending to the overall developmental services budget which funds certain services for eligible children and adults with developmental disabilities.  Those cuts take effect on or sometime after January 1, 2012; effective dates vary depending on the reduction.

• CDCAN REPORT #195-2011: Governor seeks ballot initiative for $7 billion in temporary tax increases
  December 5, 2011 - 4:00pm
  Marty Omoto

  Governor Brown will seek to place, on the November 2012 general election ballot, an initiative that proposes to raise $7 billion through a combination of temporary tax increases on the wealthy and a temporary increase of the state sales tax.  The increased revenues would target education and public safety and "not to other programs we cannot afford."

• CDCAN REPORT #194-2011: Federal judge issues temporary restraining order to stop 20% IHSS reduction
  December 1, 2011 - 5:55pm
  Marty Omoto

  US District Court Judge Claudia Wilken issued a temporary restraining order that requires the Brown Administration to halt all actions to implement the 20% across-the-board cut in service hours for hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities, mental health needs, and seniors in the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program. The judge's order also requires the State to rescind any information, instructions and notices of action to the counties and any IHSS recipients that it has sent out. [Note: A copy of the order is attached to this report.]