UDW protests harassment in Stanislaus fraud investigations

Following reports of harassment and intimidation by members of a Stanislaus County anti-IHSS fraud unit, scores of homecare clients and their providers protested at a meeting of the county Board of Supervisors in Modesto. In a statement prior to the meeting, UDW charged that the “threats, harassment and punitive actions by the county’s Special Investigations Unit are among the worst reported anywhere in California.”   Read the rest of this entry »


State is prohibited from implementing the all-felonies policy to terminate IHSS providers

Judge David Hunter (Alameda Superior Court) has issued an order for the Beckwith (Ellis) v. Wagner case that prohibits CDSS from implementing the policy that would have required counties to use ALL felonies and specified misdemeanors (including shoplifting) as disqualifying crimes for IHSS providers.  This means that DSS’ current attempt to force counties to use crimes beyond child abuse, elder abuse and fraud against government programs to not enroll someone or suspend a current provider’s enrollment remains blocked. Read the rest of this entry »


Whitman welfare ads: Demonizing the poor?

The GOP nominee’s depictions are unfair, critics charge.  SACRAMENTO — Welfare advocates are criticizing Meg Whitman for ratcheting up her rhetoric against welfare recipients as she rails against waste, fraud and abuse in state government.  In a one-minute radio ad that Whitman recently began airing, she touts her plan to create a statewide grand jury to root out waste, fraud and abuse, promising to send to jail anyone “caught robbing the taxpayers.”

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