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. Here’s a Huffington Post entry on the county’s actions. 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 »
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September 8, 2010; The California Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on two cases probing the bounds of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s authority: whether he can furlough state workers by executive order, and whether he can use his line-item veto power on midyear emergency budget cuts. Read the rest of this entry »
By Michael Herald
Western Center on Law and Poverty
In budget impasses of the past, there was often a contingent of liberal members and advocacy groups who would suggest that the way to kill a bad budget was to put it up for a vote. The reasoning was that conservatives would never actually cast votes to do the awful things being proposed. Anyone dumb enough to vote to eliminate services for the elderly or cut child care would pay for it at the ballot box. Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
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.”
A large protest at the State Capitol against budget cuts in IHSS, CalWorks and Medi-Cal has resulted in the arrest of more than 20 demonstrators, many in wheelchairs. The protest, which included an effigy of the Governor and people being wheeled in hospital beds, was aimed at urging lawmakers not to cut state jobs and protect funds going to pay for health and human services. Read the rest of this entry »
Political analysts who wanted the Democrat to press Meg Whitman hard now express admiration for his ability to stay even in the polls. Democrat Jerry Brown is running for governor, but voters in California might not know it. Since winning the primary in June, he has spent almost nothing, has rarely appeared on the campaign trail and has yet to air a single ad against Republican rival Meg Whitman Read the rest of this entry »
On Tuesday, June 29 ( This blog post is over a month late. Blame it on summer procrastination) , I paid a visit to the local office of State Senator Mark Wyland. I went to his office to discuss my concerns about possible cuts to IHSS (In-home Support Services) and Medi-Cal and how cuts to these programs could adversely affect the ability of people with disabilities to live independent lives, and to be a part of the community Read the rest of this entry »
On Monday, MTS (Metropolitan Transit System) of the city of San Diego, held an outreach for the disabled community. The purpose was for people with disablities, especially those using manual and power wheelchairs, to try out the ramp they are planning to put on all the new trolleys. They also wanted the input of the disabled community about the new ramps. Read the rest of this entry »
State Can Only Disqualify Workers Based On Specific Felonies and Other Convictions Already In State Law – Judge’s Ruling Stands Unless Higher State Court Overturns It
The Department of Social Services (DSS), which administers IHSS, has again proposed to disqualify providers with any felonies (not just those specified by the current law)who did not complete their IHSS enrollment by May 24th. This proposal was stopped earlier this year by the Courts in Beckwith v. Wagner. Here is another instance where DSS is going beyond what the law requires or intends. Read the rest of this entry »
The Dept. of Social Services (DSS) proposal, which was 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 »
Mary Anderson, Redwood Times, August 18, 2010
A small number of local elders and disabled residents were able to get to the Town Square on Friday, Aug. 13, to protest Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed cuts to the in-home services that make it possible for them to remain in their own homes. The protest against slashing the budget of the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) was the first in Garberville, but according to Cindy Calderon, the movement to save IHSS is statewide and protests and rallies are ongoing. Read the rest of this entry »
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