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Workers
compensation conference committee to meet Aug 21, 2003. |
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Lanterman Unified
action meeting - Aug 20, 2003 - Sacramento, CA. - groups
and advocates to work toward a unified strategy of advocacy
for those with disabilities. |
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Gray Davis Recall Election official. |
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Lanterman Monthly Meeting Notice Reminder:
7/9/03 10:30 AM Sacramento |
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Over
100 families raised concerns on Special Ed bill. |
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AB 1393 - Regional center vendorization bill hearing postponed. |
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Medicare
Prescription drug plan passes by margin of one vote. |
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In Home Supportive Services Wage Increase bill |
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AB
271 - Transition housing bill passes out of committee. |
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Death
Penalty Ban for people with mental retardation passes. |
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Autism bill -
AB 636 Held in Committee. |
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Summary of legislation in committee - May, 2003. |
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Hundreds protest cuts - May 20, 2003. |
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June 3 Budget
Update |
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Stop
Medicare Privatization. |
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DDS releases
possible options for statewide purchase of services standards
for people with developmental disabilities. |
| Tell Congress to
keep its promise and fund NIH. |
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Segregation and
Institutionalization. |
| California Budget
Subcommittee hearings. |
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Support Disability services in California. |
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Sutton confirmed. |
| Reasons to oppose Sutton
nomination. |
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Sutton - Letter & Fax compaign. |
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108th Congress
begins consideration of spending bills for the current 2003 fiscal year.
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| Congress Adjourns for the Year Without Acting on Spending or Social
Security Disability Legislation. |
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Budget
committees make recommendations on cuts (Jan 23, 2003). |
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Monday
Jan. 20, 2003, California legislative summary. |
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Assembly Subcommittee Gives Initial Approval For Regional
Center Loans To Cover Shortfalls; OKs Plan to Keep
Regional Center Funds Flowing If State Budget Not Signed. |
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Huge
crowds packed the hallways and small hearing room during
the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Health, Human Services and
Veteran Affairs hearing held January 15. No actions were
taken. |
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Governor Davis announced appointments to 11 of the 13 Area
Boards on Developmental Disabilities. |
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Assembly
puts Medi-Cal and Regional Center cuts on hold for now. |
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Monday
Jan. 13, 2003, California legislative summary. |
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Change in Budget Hearing dates. |
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More details on the budget subcommittee hearings. |
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Help advocate for California mental health services. |
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State of
the state speech by Governor Davis. |
| ACTION NEEDED:
ATTEND AND TESTIFY AT ASSEMBLY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE HEARINGS AT
STATE CAPITOL:
Senate Will Meet Wed 1/15 at 1:30 PM,
Assembly Will Meet Fri 1/17 at 10:00 AM. |
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Budget
hearings set for next week to determine 10 billion in mid-year
cuts. |
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Governor
narrows definition of development disability qualification. |
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Monday
Jan. 6, 2003, California legislative summary. |
| Massive cuts
announced by Governor Davis.
Entire budget cuts (Mental health on page 15).
Budget shortfall
over 34 billion. |
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Hundreds pack Assembly Budget
Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services informational
hearing on December 17. |
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Death penalty ban
for people with mental retardation legislation introduced. |
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The California Legislature met December 9, 2002, in a special
(extraordinary) session, though, as expected, took no
significant actions. |
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Budget hearing scheduled in Los Angeles on December 17,
Tuesday afternoon, tentatively set for 1:00 PM, at the
Ronald Reagan State Office Building in Los Angeles. |
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Nearly the entire State Legislature voted last January to
support the controversial
contract raising salaries for prison guards which will cost
taxpayers an estimated $518 million annually by the last year
of the contract in fiscal year 2006-07. |
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Governor Davis to
announce 10 billion in cuts on Dec. 6, 2002. |
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Assembly Speaker Wesson in remarks to the Assembly, said
"we face a budget deficit of at least $21 billion. That is a
hole so deep and so vast that if we fired every state
employee...we would still be $6 billion short. If we closed
all the UC and CSUS [state university] systems, closed all the
state prisons, the California Youth Authority, the Department
of Metal Health, we would still be billions of dollars short.
Yet somehow we must find a way to get this job done."
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