2011-02-03 - Crowd waiting entry to Assembly hearing room for testimony

Several hundreds of children and adults with developmental disabilities, family members, support workers, representatives of community organizations, facilities, regional centers filled to capacity the hearing rooms, overflow rooms, and packed the hallways solid from the hearing room entrance to the elevator area at the State Capitol Thursday (February 3, 2011) for the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services hearing on the Governor’s proposed $750 million reduction in State general fund spending for regional centers, and also other developmental services budget issues.