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November 2011

UDW Brothers and Sisters,

UDW advocates on issues of importance to providers and consumers of California’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program.  The IHSS program provides in-home care to people who cannot safely remain in their home without assistance.  Under this program, approximately 360,000 home care workers provide personal care, paramedical, domestic and related services to approximately 435,000 aged, blind or disabled Californians.  IHSS is the foundation of California’s efforts to comply with the 1999 U.S. Supreme Court Olmstead decision, which requires public agencies to provide services in the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of the individual.

This report focuses on UDW’s priority bills in 2011 – the first year of the 2011-2012 legislative session. It is a review of votes cast on legislation affecting IHSS issues such as provider wages and benefits as well as availability and quality of homecare services. It is a measure of the performance of Assembly and Senate members and is intended to promote accountability. The vote record reveals each legislator’s attitudes and actions on issues of importance to both IHSS providers and consumers. 

An important note: Given the short timeline under which certain legislative and budget decisions were enacted this year, there are a few bills summarized in this report that were not actively lobbied by UDW. Therefore, these bills were not used in calculating the performance of Assembly and Senate members.

The California Legislature introduced 2,717 measures in 2011. The Legislature sent the Governor a total of 874 bills, of which the Governor signed 744.

In Unity,
Jovan Agee
Director of Political and Legislative Affairs

UDW EXECUTIVE BOARD

Laura M Reyes, President ▪ Rose Nguyen, Secretary/Treasurer ▪ Rosalina Flores, Vice President
Connie Graham, Butte Agency ▪ Josh Cain, El Dorado ▪ Margarita Jaramillo, Kern 
Edward Huddleston, Jr., Merced ▪ Christine Nguyen, Orange ▪ William Reed, Placer
Rosa Ramirez, Riverside Agency ▪ Blanca Quintero, Riverside ▪ Martha Martinez, Riverside
Editha Adams, San Diego ▪ Mohammed A. Osman, San Diego ▪ Allene Villa, San Luis Obispo
Elva Munoz, Santa Barbara ▪ Roxanne Chakos, Stanislaus
Douglas Moore, Jr., Executive Director