A bill that may save up to 160,000 IHSS provider jobs in California is facing a crucial vote in the U.S. Senate this week. The vote is now tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, August 4. Call your U.S. Senators toll-free at 1-877-442-6801 today. (If you’ve called them once, thank you. Call them again!) Read the rest of this entry »
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The Dept. of Social Services (DSS) proposal, which is open to public comment until August 13, would require a provider to request permission from the county IHSS office to have their paychecks delivered to a post office box. This would affect thousands of IHSS workers and their clients who live in rural areas. Read the rest of this entry »
San Luis Obispo activists including UDW members, spoke out loud and clear against proposed budget cuts impacting IHSS and other social support programs. Protesters stated that cuts are hurting the California economy – not helping.
On the 20th anniversary of the passage of the historic Americans with Disabilities Act, UDW has sharply criticized Gov. Schwarzenegger for his proposals to slash IHSS and other programs for the disabled. Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, July 27 2010, California Healthline
On Monday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) said that California might have to wait until his successor takes office in January 2011 before a budget plan passes, unless lawmakers agree to his spending proposals, the Los Angeles Times reports. Read the rest of this entry »
In one of the closest races in State Senate history, Juan Vargas has defeated Mary Salas in the Democratic primary for Senate District 40. Vargas was endorsed by UDW. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s no secret that Meg Whitman is wealthy beyond most of our wildest dreams. But few know the true cost of Whitman’s wealth. The California Labor Federation has launched a new online video and video game that highlights Whitman’s job-slashing corporate history. Play the game at www.WallStreetWhitman.com. and read more about her dismal record. Read the rest of this entry »
After camping out on a street median in South Berkeley for a month to protest proposed cuts to state disabled services, demonstrators packed up their tent city last Thursday, planning to take their cause – and their papier-mache statue of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger – directly to the governor’s doorstep. Read the rest of this entry »
BERKELEY — The tent city known as ArnieVille has packed it in for now. The encampment formed in late June to protest Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed cuts to Medi-Cal and In-Home Supportive Services. Organizers had put up tents and a papier-mâché statue of Schwarzenegger on the central divider island of Adeline Street near Russell Street, but they took everything down Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
So far, only a couple health care programs are included in the Democrats’ proposal to restructure California government by moving some social services programs from state to county control. But that could change as stakeholders and the Legislature weigh in on the plan. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) offered the proposal as counterpoint to Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) budget cuts. Steinberg said his plan could reduce the size and cost of state government and help narrow a budget gap of more than $19 billion by giving counties more responsibilities, as well as more money to pay for them. Read the rest of this entry »
By Mike Lillis, Healthwatch, 07/27/10
For 35 years, home care workers have been exempt from the minimum wage and overtime protections granted to the rest of the nation’s workforce. This week, a House Democrat will take a step toward eliminating that discrepancy, which many in the party consider discriminatory. Rep. Linda Sanchez will introduce legislation Wednesday to expand the wage protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to home care workers, who provide health and other domestic services to the sick and elderly. The California Democrat says the change is needed to entice more home care workers into the field in the face of an ever-increasing demand for their services. Read the rest of this entry »
San Luis Obispo activists including UDW members, spoke out loud and clear against proposed budget cuts impacting IHSS and other social support programs. Protesters stated that cuts are hurting the California economy – not helping.
The Schwarzenegger administration says tough new criminal screening rules for in-home care providers have snared 531 who are ineligible to work in the program mostly because of certain criminal convictions. But Sacramento County officials say 47 of the 57 workers the state identified as ineligible to provide care here had been turned over by the district attorney’s office as having been convicted of In-Home Supportive Services fraud within the span of the last two to three years — before fingerprinting and other screening rules went into place. Read the rest of this entry »
Editorial; Marin Independent Journal, July 11, 2010
THE RECENT annual report on in-home care in Marin is just one more reminder that Marin residents’ need for such support and services is growing. In 2007, the Marin County Civil Grand Jury warned that a “silver tsunami” was headed toward Marin and that by 2030, one of every three local residents would be 65 or older. Currently, the percentage of residents 65 and older is roughly 15 percent. Read the rest of this entry »
On the 4th of July members and activists from Merced county assisted congressman Cardoza with his appearance in the annual Atwater 4th of July parade. Photo follows… Read the rest of this entry »
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What’s the state’s responsibility to care for the elderly and disabled in their homes? On the next Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about the potential impact of Gov. Schwarzenegger’s proposal to cut state spending on In-Home Supportive Services by 40%. – Listen to broadcast… Read the rest of this entry »
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“…One small bit of good news is that Democratic leaders from the State Senate and State Assembly have agreed on a budget proposal to close the state’s $19 billion budget gap. The proposal includes adding a $1 billion tax on oil extraction (California is currently the only oil-producing state without such a tax), delaying $2 billion in corporate tax cuts, and possibly extending the 2009 tax increases on income and vehicles that were set to expire in 2011. This proposal would maintain funding for Medi-Cal, In-Home Supportive Services and the welfare-to-work program, bringing in significant federal matching dollars to the state….” Read the rest of this entry »
BERKELEY — Having experienced a decade of homelessness with little material gain to show for it, Dan McMullan, who now keeps a roof over his head, has voluntarily returned to the streets from whence he came, but this time he has a cause. Read the rest of this entry »
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