Crime and Abuse
ACCOUNTABILITY WITH ACTION TRAINING JUNE 14, 2010 MONDAY 1 to 3:15 PM IN SACRAMENTO AREA (RANCHO CORDOVA CITY HALL) IN MEMORY OF BILL YOUNG, JOAN LEE AND CHRISTINA KEIFER
Tue, 2010-06-08 17:29 — chrisCDCAN: ACCOUNTABILITY WITH ACTION
CDCAN Report #089-2010: Major Legislative Deadline Approaches This Week - Fate of Over 470 Bills To Be Decided
Tue, 2010-05-25 00:18 — chrisMajor Legislative Deadline This Week – Fate of Hundreds of Bills To Be Decided by Appropriations Committee
Regular Policy Bills Overshadowed by Enormous Budget Deficit – Many Bills In Appropriations Committees Impact People With Disabilities, Seniors, Mental Health Needs and Others
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 05/24/2010 11:10 PM (Pacific Time)] - The fate of over 470 bills – including many that could impact people with disabilities, mental health needs, seniors, low income families and community-based organizations who provide supports and services – face a major legislative deadline later this week that will determine which of those bills continue on or are killed in committee. With the budget deficit so huge, most of those bills will likely be killed in both committees.
CDCAN Report #059-2010: Assembly Speaker Perez Names 16 New Committee Chairs - Appoints 2 Republicans to Head Committees - 3 New Budget Subcommittee Chairs - All Take Effect Immediately in Big Assembly Shakeup
Fri, 2010-03-19 20:37 — chrisASSEMBLY SPEAKER PEREZ MAKES MAJOR CHANGES IN COMMITTEE CHAIRS - NEW CHAIRS FOR BUDGET, HEALTH, APPROPRIATIONS
Appoints 2 Republicans To Head Policy Committees For First Time In Assembly Since 2002 – Dave Jones New Chair for Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 03/1892010 06:00 PM (Pacific Time)] - In a major shakeup in the Assembly, Assembly Speaker John Perez (Democrat – Los Angeles, 46th Assembly District) named 16 new chairs to the 30 Assembly standing committees, plus 3 new chairs of the 5 Assembly budget subcommittees that take effect immediately. The announcement was made yesterday.
The new Assembly Speaker also appointed among the 16 new committee chairs, 2 Republicans, who are heading Assembly standing committees for the first time since 2002 – though Democrats have the majority in both committees. The Assembly Speaker also made changes to the membership of many – though not all – of the standing and joint Assembly committees.
Several key committees – including Assembly Budget Committee, Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services, Assembly Health Committee, Assembly Appropriations Committee Assembly Aging and Long Term Care Committee all have new chairs.
CDCAN Report #047-2010: Governor Wins Legal Victory - State Appeals Court Says Line Item Vetoes Last July are "Constitutional"
Wed, 2010-03-03 00:21 — chrisGovernor Wins Clear Legal Victory – State Appeals Court Says Line Item Vetoes “Constitutional”
Lawsuit Is One of Three Filed Seeking To Overturn Governor’s Line Item Vetoes Made to 2009-2010 Revised State Budget Last July
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 03/02/2010 07:40 PM (Pacific Time)] - The Schwarzenegger Administration won a clear legal victory today with the State Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruling 3 to 0 that his line item vetoes made to the revised 2009-2010 State Budget last July were constitutional. The case, St. John’s Well Child and Family Center et al v. Schwarzenegger et al, is one of three different lawsuits seeking to overturn some or all of the Governor’s line item vetoes made last July.
CDCAN Report #040-2010: Issue of Mandatory Fingerprinting of IHSS Recipients Focus of 1:30 to 3:30PM Public Meeting Today - Alameda Superior Court Judge Rules Against State on IHSS Worker Felonly Conviction - No Details Yet
Thu, 2010-02-11 10:01 — chrisREMEMBERING THAT EVERY LIFE MATTERS: PLEASE REMEMBER & HELP THE PEOPLE OF HAITI
American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) www.redcross.org
UNICEF: 1-800-4UNICEF (1-800-486-4233) www.unicefusa.org
IHSS RECIPIENT FINGERPRINTING ISSUE FOCUS OF FEB 11 PUBLIC MEETING TODAY 1:30 to 3:30 PM: PUBLIC CAN PARTICIPATE BY TOLL FREE PHONE
Alameda Superior Court Judge Hunter Issues Rules Against Schwarzenegger Administration on IHSS Worker Felony Convictions Ban – No Details Available Yet on Judge’s Ruling
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 02/011/2010 07:40 AM (Pacific Time)] - The California Department of Social Services, the state agency that oversees statewide the In-Home Supportive Services program that serves over 460,000 children and adults with disabilities, mental health needs, the blind and seniors, is hosting today (February 11) from 1:30 to 3:30 PM, a public stakeholder meeting on the controversial issue regarding the development and implementation of the IHSS Fingerprint Imaging (with certain specific exceptions allowed) as required by ABx4 19, (Chapter 17, Statutes of 2009), the budget related bill that added several new IHSS program requirements which included fingerprint imaging of IHSS recipients. These requirements are in addition to new requirements – including fingerprinting – for IHSS workers (providers).
CDCAN Report #035-2010: Disability and Senior Advocate Maggie Dee Dowling Recovering After Complications from Cancer Surgery - March 18th Event To Honor Senior Advocate Bill Powers
Tue, 2010-02-09 13:35 — chrisREMEMBERING THAT EVERY LIFE MATTERS: PLEASE REMEMBER & HELP THE PEOPLE OF HAITI
American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) www.redcross.org
UNICEF: 1-800-4UNICEF (1-800-486-4233) www.unicefusa.org
Remembering Lives That Matter:
DISABILITY & SENIOR ADVOCATE MAGGIE “DEE” DOWLING SLOWLY RECOVERING FROM MAJOR CANCER SURGERY
MARCH 18th EVENT IN SACRAMENTO HONORING LONG TIME SENIOR ADVOCATE BILL POWERS
Maggie "Dee" Dowling and Lynn Carman: November (2009) after her surgery, with close friend Lynn Carman while at hospital in Walnut Creek recovering from major cancer surgery. Photo by Marty Omoto.SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 02/09/2010 02:35 AM (Pacific Time)] - Longtime respected disability and senior rights advocate Maggie “Dee” Dowling is slowly recovering at home, after major surgery last November to remove a life threatening cancerous tumor. After returning home in December, her condition was again critical due to serious complications that required last month a 10 day return to the hospital.
CDCAN Report #324-2009: Governor Announces $26.5 Million in Funding Awarded to 29 Counties for Anti-Fraud Efforts in IHSS Programs
Mon, 2009-12-21 21:25 — chris