A state Senate subcommittee dominated by Democrats today rejected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to eliminate many social and health services, including the entire welfare and home health care assistance programs, if the state doesn’t receive billions of dollars in extra federal aid.  Subcommittee chairman Mark Leno, a San Francisco Democrat, denounced Schwarzenegger’s plans after hearing hours of testimony from program recipients and program managers about the effects of such cuts.  Leno declared “100 percent rejection” of reducing the In-Home Supportive Services program, which provides care for about 400,000 aged and disabled Californians. “How much destruction does Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger want to leave in his wake?” Leno asked rhetorically.
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