GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING
IN THIS EVENING'S LISTENING SESSION OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
THANK YOU CONCORD FOR HOSTING US AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO
MY COLLEAGUES FOR FOR JOINING US ALSO I'M ASSEMBLY MEMBER
JIM FRAZIER I REPRESENT THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT THE
DELTA REGION BUT I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I CHAIR THE COMMITTEE
WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU NOT ME OR MY COLLEAGUES WE'RE
HERE TO DISCUSS FAMILIES WHO LIVE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES I DD AFFECTS ALL OF US
REGARDLESS OF OUR BACKGROUND OR WHERE WE LIVE R.
IDG POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW AND WE MUST PROVIDE
ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO OUR IDT FRIENDS NEIGHBORS
AND OUR FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE CAPITAL WE DON'T HEAR FROM YOU
ALL AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO SO WE BROUGHT THE COMMITTEE
TO ALL OF YOU IT IS IMPORTANT TO US THAT YOU KNOW THAT
THE ASSEMBLY AND THIS SELECT COMMITTEE ON IT DE IS LISTENING
AND WILL RESPOND AND LIKE WE'RE LISTENING TO YOU YOUR IDEAS AND
CONCERNS FOR SPANISH SPEAKING FRIENDS LISA WAS GRACIOUS
ENOUGH TO PROVIDE HEADSETS TO TRANSLATE THE HEARING THANK
YOU LISA IF WE WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE YOU ONE PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO CATCH EVER AFTER THE HEARING AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
AND CONCERNS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SO THE YOUR COMMENTS
BE MAY BE CAPTURED ALSO VIDEO WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE
HEARING POSTED ON THE SELECT COMMITTEE'S WEBSITE WITH CLOSED
CAPTIONING FEEL FREE TO USE IT AS WELL IN FEEL FREE TO USE
IT AS A REFERENCE FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR
US SO WHAT IS SELECT COMMITTEE SO I COMMITTEES ARE DIFFERENT
FROM STANDING LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES WE DON'T HOLD
HEARINGS ON PENDING LEGISLATION THE LEGISLATION CAN HAPPEN
WITH YOUR INPUT THIS SELECT COMMITTEE IS HAS HAD ITS FIRST
REGIONAL HEARING IN FRESNO LAST WEEK WHAT AN AMAZING TURNOUT
ASSEMBLY MEMBER OF RANDALL AND I LEARNED THAT IN FRESNO
TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THE BIGGER OBSTACLES FACING THE
REGION BUT MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO RESERVE
MORE TIME TO HEAR FROM YOU AND YOUR CONCERNS TODAY WE REDUCE
THE PANELISTS PRESENTATION SO THAT WE HAVE MORE TIME FOR YOU
WE WILL FIRST BEGIN WITH LISA CLIMBED UP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE REGIONAL CENTER EAST BAY WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE
SERVICES THEY OFFER AND WHAT OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES SHE
SEES WITHIN HER ROLE FOLLOWING ME SO WE WILL HEAR FROM KRISTIN
BREA ORIGINAL PROVIDER WHO JUST WHO WILL DISCUSS THE OBSTACLES
AND SUCCESSES AS A PROVIDER THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MY
TWO FRIENDS AUDRA AND NICOLE TO SOLVE ADVOCATES WHO LIVE IN THE
BAY AREA THEN WE WILL INVITE PUBLIC COMMENT THANK YOU ALL
TO BE CANDID AND HONEST ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES WE WILL ALLOW
EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TWO TO THREE MINUTES
BEFORE WE BEGIN LET ME TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES TO LET
THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND SHARE WITH YOU WHY THEY ARE
HERE ASSEMBLY MEMBER GRAYSON THANK YOU CHAIR FRAZIER I AM
ASSEMBLY MEMBER TIM GRAYSON AND I REPRESENT THE FOURTEENTH
DISTRICT WHICH YOU ARE IN AND -- I'M SITTING UP AT THE DÍAS
AGAIN WHERE I SENT -- PRIOR TO -- GOING TO THE ASSEMBLY I AM
-- NOT A STRANGER TO THE IDT COMMUNITY AND -- NEITHER IS
THE ID THE COMMUNITY A STRANGER TO ME I HAVE BEEN AROUND IT
SENSE MY BIRTH ACTUALLY AND HAVE GROWN UP IN A HOME WITH
MY SISTER SHERRY WHO -- HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS
THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME IN MY LIFE AND -- I WAS ABLE TO FLY
ARE OUT THIS PAST YEAR SO THAT WE COULD PRESENT A RESOLUTION
TOGETHER ON THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR AND TO SHOW FOLKS THAT
-- THE IDT COMMUNITY IS HERE AND IT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED
AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THE RIGHT RESOURCES WITH --
ALL THE THINGS A LINE THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE AND AND -- THE
AVAILABILITY OF THOSE RESOURCES THOSE IN THE IDT COMMUNITY CAN
EXPERIENCE INDEPENDENCE LIKE NEVER BEFORE AND THEY CAN BE
AN INCREDIBLE PART OF WHAT MAKES A COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL
ON A WHOLE SO TONIGHT OR TODAY THIS EVENING I'M GLAD TO BE
HERE AND I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM OUR PRESENTERS AS WELL AS
THE PUBLIC THANK YOU WELL GOOD EVENING I'M ASSEMBLY MEMBER
HEATH FLORA REPRESENTING THE TWELFTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
WHICH IS STANISLAUS COUNTY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY JUST RIGHT OVER
THE HILL SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE OVER WITH MY DEAR COLLEAGUES
AT JIM'S TO GRAYSON MISTER LOW AND THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY
IS SOMETHING THAT -- WAS WELL THE FASTING THINGS WHEN I
GOT ELECTED TWO YEARS AGO I'M GOING INTO MY SECOND TERM HERE
-- JUST HOW LITTLE OF THIS COMMUNITY GETS OUT OF THE STATE
AND IT'S FASCINATING TO ME BECAUSE WHAT BETWEEN THE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IS QUITE FRANKLY SOME OF THE BEST OF US IT'S
BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE TO GET TO KNOW THEM TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE
TO FIGHT FOR THEM YOU KNOW I HAVE A OF A YOUNG GIRL THAT
-- GOT A FEW LITTLE HEARING SPEECH ISSUES AND WE'RE WORKING
VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
KNOW SHE GETS THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED BECAUSE WE PUT
THE MONEY IN NOW HER REST OF HER LIFE CAN BE A MUCH MUCH
DIFFERENT PLACE -- THAT I REALIZE HOW MUCH AND HOW LITTLE
THE STATE GIVES OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS AS RELATES TO THESE
KIDDOS SO IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT WERE FIGHTING FOR IT'S A
PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE AND REPRESENT
YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION THANK YOU
AND GET A GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS EVAN LOW AND I REPRESENT SAN
JOSE SILICON VALLEY I WANT TO FIRST OFF THINK -- ARE CHAIR
FOR HIS EFFORTS IN ENSURING THAT WE HAD DELIVER FOR THESE
RESPECTIVE ISSUES AS YOU WELL WELL WELL HERE I CAN IMAGINE IS
THAT SAID THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH FUNDING AND WE OFTENTIMES SAY
THAT THE STATE BUDGET IS A REFLECTION OF OUR VALUES AND
I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND HOLD US EQUALLY
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE NEED TO DELIVER
FOR -- AND THAT IT REQUIRES YOUR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT SO
PLEASE INTERPRET THAT AS A CALL TO ACTION ENSURE THAT WE
CONTINUALLY DELIVER -- FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE REPRESENT
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE MENTION PARTICULARLY FOR THE ASIAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY THERE'S ORGANIZATION THAT
THAT OUR CHAIRS WELL FAMILIAR WITH FRIENDS OF CHILDREN WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS AND UNDERSERVED UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF
PERSPECTIVE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND THE RESOURCES SPECIFICALLY
TO TARGET THESE COMMUNITIES IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT AND SO
I THINK OUR OUR REGION OF CHAIRMAN FOR ALSO RECOGNIZING
THAT AND WOULD VERY MUCH WELCOME YOUR EXPERTISE AND
DELIVERING AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE HELD TO ACCOUNT ON THESE
ISSUES THANK YOU FIRST AND FOREMOST I JUST HAVE TO SAY
HOW THANKFUL I AM FOR ALL OF YOUR PARTICIPATION THESE GUYS
ARE REALLY TRUE CHAMPIONS IN CAUCUS AND ON THE FLOOR OF THE
LEGISLATURE I THANK ALL OF YOU ENOUGH THAT FROM THE BOTTOM
OF MY HEART THAT YOU'RE HERE SO LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE
LET'S GET STARTED OUR FIRST GUEST THIS EVENING IS MISS LISA
CLIMB UP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL CENTER EAST BAY THE
REGIONAL SERIES BIG COORDINATE SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FAMILY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY
LEADERS IN THE ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES MS FIVE
OF THIRTY FIVE AN AMBER THE SLIDE SIR GONNA BE PROJECTED
YEAH OKAY WELL I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK WITH YOU AND TELL YOU BOTH ABOUT THE REGIONAL CENTER
SERVICE SYSTEM AS WELL AS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ALL
FACE AT THIS TIME THAT REALLY DO AFFECT THE PEOPLE THAT WE
SERVE REGIONAL CENTER OF THE EAST THAT THE SITES WILL COME
SHORT ON THE REGIONAL CENTER OF THESE SPACERS ALAMEDA AND
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY WE ARE ONE OF TWENTY ONE REGIONAL CENTERS
IN CALIFORNIA WE WERE THE LAST REGIONAL CENTER CREATED IN
THE LATE NINETEEN SEVENTIES
THE NEXT PICTURE I REALLY WANT TO SHOW YOU BECAUSE
I THINK WE'RE EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
YES THAT'S FINE WELL THE THE REGIONAL CENTER SYSTEM
WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE ADVOCACY OF PARENTS IN THE
NINETEEN SIXTIES WHO FELT LIKE THERE WERE NO COMMUNITY
SERVICES FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEY REALLY FOUGHT
AND WENT UP TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE WEEK AFTER WEEK
AND THEY WORKED WITH FRANKIE LANDER MEN WHO PASSED LANDER
MEN ACT IN NINETEEN SIXTY NINE SIGNED BY GOVERNOR REAGAN AT
THAT TIME AND THE LETTERMAN ACT REALLY ESTABLISHES THE
STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES AND BY THE NINETEEN SURFS THE SEVENTIES
THE -- OTHER ADDITIONS TO THE LANDER MEN ACT REALLY ESTABLISH
THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASE
OR LET ME JUST SHARE WITH THE AUDIENCE THAT YOU HAVE OF WHAT
SHE'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T GET IT
ON THE SCREEN BUT YOU DO HAVE IT IN THIS FOR CASH TAKE IT SO
-- ARE REGIONAL CENTERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PEOPLE WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES REGIONAL CENTERS ARE LOCAL
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE STATE EACH
REGIONAL CENTER DOES HAVE ITS OWN CONTRACT WITH THE STATE
BUT IT'S THE SAME BOILERPLATE CONTRACT OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
IS FIFTY PERCENT PRIMARY CONSUMERS OR -- FAMILY MEMBERS
OF CONSUMERS AND IT'S REQUIRED TO REPRESENT THE ETHNIC
GEOGRAPHIC AND DIVERSITY OF OUR REGION AND HAVE BOTH LEGAL
MEDICAL AND FINANCIAL EXPERTISE ON THE BOARD WE ARE SUBJECT
TO ANNUAL FISCAL AUDITS AUDITS FROM DDS AUDITS ABOUT THE FROM
WAIVERS WE HAVE AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERFORMANCE
CONTRACT WHICH SAYS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO DURING THE YEAR AND
TERMS OF SERVICE DELIVERY OUR PRIMARY SERVICE IN MY OPINION
IS CASE MANAGEMENT WE PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT TO THE PEOPLE
THAT WE SERVE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS SERVICES AND LEAD
SATISFYING LIFE BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE ALSO MAKE PAYMENTS TO
SERVICE PROVIDERS WEEK MANAGE PEOPLE'S MONEY THROUGH QUIEN
TRUST WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND MAKING
PARTNERSHIPS AND DOING OUT REACH TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY
ON THE OVERALL ETHNICITY OF THE REGIONAL CENTER OF THE
EAST BAY REALLY REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE THINGS
I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT OUR POPULATION
OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF THREE AND SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING
THAT POPULATION IS ON RIGHT NOW IS THIRTY THREE PERCENT
LATINO TWENTY THREE PERCENT ASIAN SEVENTEEN PERCENT WHITE
SO WE ARE REALLY RESPONSIBLE TO DEVELOP SERVICES TO
REFLECT WHAT THOSE CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC NEEDS ARE --
OUR FUNDING COMES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES BUT IS A COMPLEX MIX OF BOTH STATE GENERAL FUND AND
FEDERAL DAHLE OURS THE COME FROM A NUMBER OF WAIVERS AND
OUR REGIONAL CENTER SERVICES THAT OUR CASE MANAGERS HELP
PEOPLE TO ACCESS CONSIST OF BOTH SERVICES THAT WE PURCHASE
AS WELL AS WHAT ARE CONSIDERED GENERIC SERVICES WHICH ARE
SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL POPULATION LIKE IN HOME
SUPPORT SERVICES LIKE MEDICAL INSURANCE AND THOSE SORTS
OF THINGS WE HAVE AN EARLY START PROGRAM WHICH SERVES
CHILDREN FROM ZERO TO THREE AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE -- HIGH RISK
OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE ARE DIAGNOSED WITH THE
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AND WE ARE MANDATED TO PROVIDE
SERVICES FOR THOSE CHILDREN SEARCHES THERAPY -- INFANT
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES EQUIPMENT ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS
WERE MOSTLY IN THAT REALM AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AFTER THE
AGE OF THREE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY DO CHANGE
AND THAT'S A HARD TRANSITION POINT FOR MANY FAMILIES MANY
WHO WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE OVER THE AGE OF THREE FOR OUR
SERVICES BUT AFTER THE AGE OF THREE THE REQUIREMENTS ARE
AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY CEREBRAL PALSY AUTISM EPILEPSY
OR CONDITION REAL CLOSELY RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL
DISABILITY AS WELL AS HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL DISABILITY THE
DIAGNOSIS OF A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OCCURS BEFORE THE
AGE OF EIGHTEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE FEDERAL
PROGRAMS AND THEN I'VE PROVIDED IN THE BACK EXAMPLES OF THE
SERVICES WE PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE FROM AGE THREE TO TWENTY TWO
FOR CHILDREN IN THAT AGE GROUP ARE PRIMARY SERVICES THAT
PEOPLE ACCESS OUR RESPITE SPECIALIZED DAYCARE ASSISTANCE
TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE WITH COPAYS FOR DIFFERENT INSURANCE
PROVIDER SERVICES VERY FEW LIVING OPTIONS SERVICES AND
INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES FOR THOSE OVER THE AGE AGE
OF EIGHTEEN WE ALSO PROVIDE FOR ADULTS MOBILITY SERVICES
INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES RESPITE THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES
I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL THE HALLMARK OF HOW WE DEVELOP
SERVICES IS THROUGH PERSON CENTERED PLANNING AND WE
ARE REALLY LAUNCHED IN THIS COMMUNITY ON REALLY TRAINING
AND OUTREACH -- WITH OUR CASE MANAGERS AND OUR SERVICE
PROVIDERS WERE ALL REALLY ENGAGED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE THE CRITICAL ASPECTS OF PERSON CENTERED PLANNING AND
DOING THAT BETTER WHERE WE LISTEN TO WHAT FAMILIES NEED
THE OTHER COMPLEXITY THAT HAS HAPPENED FOR US OVER THE YEARS
IS ACCESSING GENERIC RESOURCES WHICH ARE A MAJOR PART OF WHAT
WE WE WORK ON WITH FAMILIES HAS GOTTEN MORE COMPLEX FAMILIES
HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME ACCESSING THE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO
EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WE TRACE CHALLENGES WITH ACTUALLY
GETTING IN THE DOOR OF SYSTEMS WHICH FACED DISCRIMINATION
WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WHICH YOU DON'T MOSTLY AMONG
PRIMARILY WON'T SERVE OUR POPULATION OF OUR EAST BAY
COMMUNITY IS A VERY STRONG COMMUNITY OUR STRENGTHS ARE WE
CONTINUE TO HAVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES COUNCIL IN
BOTH COUNTIES WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED DURING THE KENNEDY
ERA -- WE HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT FIRST FOCUS COMMUNITY WE
HAVE REPLICATED IN ALAMEDA COUNTY A MODEL FOR DELIVERING
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT FINDS
COMMON GROUND TO STRENGTHEN OUR ADVOCACY AND DIVERSITY
IS REALLY A STRENGTH IN OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF
DEVELOPING NEW RESOURCES ON OUR LOCAL CHALLENGES SIMILAR
TO WHAT I HEARD AND FRESNO TRANSPORTATION HOUSING WERE
HIGH COST AREA FOR WORKERS WE HAVE LOCAL MINIMUM WAGES
THAT ARE NOT MET BY THIS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WE NEED
BI LINGUAL THERAPIST AND OTHER STAFF WHO ARE NOT READILY
AVAILABLE AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SUFFERING SINCE THE GREAT
RECESSION IN TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT ON MEDIAN RATES WERE
IMPOSED ON REGIONAL CENTERS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COULD
PAY PROVIDERS -- PROVIDERS HAD TO MEET A UNIFORM HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE -- WERE IT TAPPED THE BILLING WAS IMPOSED ON
PROVIDERS TO BILL CHILDREN WHO WERE ELIGIBLE FOR EARLY
START WERE LIMITED -- WE LOST FLEXIBILITY ANNUAL FAMILY
PROGRAM FEES WERE IMPOSED ON THERE WAS INCREASE RELIANCE
ON INSURANCE AND FOR MANY PEOPLE ELIMINATION OF SOCIAL
RECREATION CAMPING WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL OF THE FAST -- AND OUR
CHALLENGES AS A REGIONAL CENTER OR WE HAVE A FUNDING FORMULA
FOR REGIONAL CENTERS THAT IS ANTIQUATED DATES BACK TO THE
EIGHT NINETEEN EIGHTIES AND EARLY NINETIES WE STATE WIDE
NEED MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY MORE CASE WORKERS TO MEET
OUR CASELOAD RAY FEELS WE -- HAVE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THE
ABILITY TO DEVELOP NEW SERVICES BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAVE
FUNDING FOR START UP FOR THE COMMUNITY SO OUR PROVIDERS ARE
CLOSING BECAUSE THEY'RE UNABLE TO RETAIN STAFF AND UNABLE
TO EXPAND THE GROWTH THERE IS GROWTH IN POPULATION BUT NOT
AVAILABLE SERVICES THERE'S A HIGH TURNOVER OF DIRECT SERVICE
STAFF AND THAT MEANS LESS TRAINING AND PUTS VULNERABLE
PEOPLE AT RISK WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF TALK TURN OVER
AND WE CAN'T MEET THE PROMISES IN THE I PP AND I'LL TELL YOU
QUICKLY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WE NEED TO END MEDIAN RATES WE
NEED TO ALLOW REGIONAL CENTERS FLEXIBILITY TO MEET LOCAL NEEDS
WE NEED TO INCREASE PROVIDER RATE TO REFLECT THE AREA COSTS
AND ALLOW FOR ADJUSTMENT NGUYEN MINIMUM WAGES COME IN AS IN
THE MUNICIPALITY WE NEED TO RESTORE SOCIAL RECREATION AND
CAMPING WE NEED TO ELIMINATE THE ANNUAL FAMILY PROGRAM FEE
THE UNIFORM HOLIDAY SCHEDULE A HALF DAY BILLING AND WE NEED TO
UPDATE REGIONAL CENTER FUNDING FORMULAS TO REFLECT TWENTY
EIGHTEEN REALITIES AND LASTLY I'LL SAY IN OUR COMMUNITY WE
LOOK A COLLABORATION SO WE NEED TO KEEP THE DOLLARS THAT
HAVE BEEN SAVED BY CLOSING DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS IN OUR
SYSTEM WE NEED TO SUPPORT INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS HOUSING
NEEDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE NEED TO RESTORE FUNDING
FOR NEWS START A PROGRAM OF NEW PROGRAMS AND WE NEED TO
DO SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS IN EVERY COUNTY SERVE PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES WHO ARE ACTUALLY AT HIGHER RISK OF HAVING MENTAL
HEALTH CHALLENGES THANK YOU
REASON THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS FROM -- MY COLLEAGUES
-- I'LL START WITH THE MISTER LOWER IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
OF THE EXACT QUICKER I I DO I DO IF IF I IF I MY DAD JUST
VERY IT AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE YOU OUTLINED A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS WHICH IS GREAT -- MIGHT YOU HAVE ANY
SUGGESTIONS ON THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THAT WELL I
THINK THAT THE RATE STUDY THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW FOR OUR
SERVICE PROVIDERS WE NEED TO FULLY FUND AND MAYBE WE HAVEN'T
SEEN THE RATE STUDY MAYBE WILL THINK WE NEED MORE IN
CERTAIN COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY HIGH COST COMMUNITIES I ALSO
THINK THAT THE STATE NEEDS TO FUND SERVICE COORDINATORS
AT A REALISTIC WAY TO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE FUNDED AT
THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR SERVICE
COORDINATOR WE CANNOT HIRE SOMEONE TO PROVIDE THE KIND
OF SERVICES THAT PEOPLE NEED
MISSED FOR ANY QUESTIONS THANK IS PROBABLY JUST MORE
OF A COMMA BUT IN YOUR FIRST DOWN BULLET ITEM HERE ON YOUR
CLEVER SOLUTIONS YOU TO KEEP IN THE DOLLARS FROM CLOSED
A CENTERS I'VE HEARD THAT A COUPLE TIMES JUST TONIGHT AND
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S AWESOME THAT IS HERE AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT -- I COULD GET PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT FIGHT FOR
BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS THOSE DOLLARS ARE ALREADY THERE
WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THEM HERE SO I THINK THAT THAT'S AS FAR
AS LOW HANGING FRUIT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE WORKED OUT GREAT
RESTORATION YES ARE THERE AREAS THAT YOU'VE NOTICED WHERE OTHER
HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS OR PROVIDERS WERE THERE SEEMS TO BE RE DONE
AND SEE WHERE WE IF WE WERE TO CONSOLIDATE OR BRING SOME
SCHOOLS SOURCES TOGETHER -- WE COULD GET INSTEAD OF A SPRAY
WE GET A LASER AND BECOME A BIT MORE PRODUCTIVE HAVE YOU
IDENTIFIED IN THE THOSE ARE IS IN YOUR FIELD WELL WHAT
OUT WHAT I'LL SAY IS THAT I DO THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES
WITH FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE CENTERS TO HELP WITH ON
HEALTH CARE NEEDS WHERE THE SERVICES ARE CONCENTRATED IN
ONE PLACE WITH PEOPLE WITH SPECIALTY KNOWLEDGE -- BUT I
ALSO THINK THAT MANY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THEIR LOCAL
HEALTH CLINIC AND BE ABLE TO GET THE SERVICES WHERE EVERYONE
ELSE DOES SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF NEED FOR MORE TRAINING
MORE EXPERTISE OIL ALL OVER THE STATE THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR
THAT AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE RUN ACROSS IN KIND OF THE
TRAVELS AND TALKING TO SOME OF THE MEMBERS THE POPULATION
IS SOME KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HEALTH PLANS IN THE
REGIONAL CENTERS WORD YOU'RE THE ADVOCATE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
TO THE HEALTH PLANS JUST SEEMS LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING
IS THAT YOU TELL THEM THAT IN IDENTIFIED THAT THEY HAVE AN
ABILITY TO GO TO THEIR HEALTH PLAN BUT THEN IT'S JUST A KIND
OF A -- HAND OFTEN NO REAL ADVOCACY AT THAT AFTER THAT
POINT CAN WE LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE UP FACILITATED
AND I KNOW IT'S SOME IT'S ABOUT IT MANPOWER AND ONE BUT
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IF WE HAVE A SINGLE PARENT WHO'S TRYING
TO STAY OF OF FLOAT WITH THEIR EMPLOYMENT DOESN'T HAVE THE
ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE ALL OF THE BUREAUCRACY THAT HEALTH PLANS
HAVE ALSO AND SO I'M LOOKING TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT ALSO
BECAUSE RIGHT SERIOUSLY I AGREE I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY
LAYERS OF GENERIC RESOURCES THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO ACCESS IT'S
AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX SITUATION AS IS PRIVATE INSURANCE SO I'D
LOVE TO WORK ON THE ISSUE WE DEVELOPED A GOOD RELATIONSHIP
WITH CONTRA COSTA HEALTH PLAN AS WE TRANSITION PEOPLE FROM
AB A FUNDED BY REGIONAL CENTERS TO AB A FUNDED THROUGH THE
HEALTH PLANS BUT THAT WAS THE ONE HEALTH PLAN THE REALLY DID
AN OUTSTANDING JOB NOT OLD DID AS WELL AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS
HAPPEN SO I I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON THE ISSUE BUT IT WILL
TAKE CASE MANAGEMENT RATIOS ARE OTHER WAYS OF SERVING
PEOPLE AND GETTING ACCESS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW RETENTION OF EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUR THROUGH
YOUR FOLKS AND AND HAVING AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF CASE
MANAGERS YES MOVING FORWARD OF WHEN YOU HAVE OF YOUR PROVIDERS
IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A WAITING LIST BECAUSE OF OF
-- BASICALLY THE WAY THE STATE HAS PROVIDED THE RESOURCES HALF
THE BUILDING THE THE FURLOUGHS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO WE'RE
LOSING PROVIDERS AND NOW THE CLIENTS ARE COSTS CONSUMERS
ARE BEING MADE TO WAIT YES ACTION ACTUALLY WHY A MET WITH
A SERVICE PROVIDER YESTERDAY WHO TOLD ME THAT EVERY TIME
HE HAS A CONSUMER LEAVE HIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY MOVE
FOR OTHER THINGS HAPPEN HE CANNOT FILL THAT SLOT BECAUSE
HE STILL DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH STAFFING SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE
THIS BECAUSE OF THE RATES AND BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY IN THIS
AREA HE JUST CAN'T TAKE ON IN THE PEOPLE EVEN TO BACK FILL
SOME SLUTTY USED TO HAVE A PROGRAM GERMANY NUMBERS ON HOW
MANY CONSUMERS YOU HAVE WAITING FOR SERVICES YOU KNOW THAT'S A
HARD THING TO LOOK AT BECAUSE I THINK SOME PEOPLE HAVE
GIVEN UP A LITTLE BIT BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE COULD
LOOK AT WE DID HAVE SOME DAY SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO LOOKED
AT HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HAD ON THEIR WAITING LIST BUT IT'S
A LITTLE OFF BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN BE ON MULTIPLE WAITING
LESSON OF THE OTHER THING IS IT WOULD WOULD HELP VALIDATE
YEAH THE RATE STUDY IN AND THE NEED TO ENABLE TO SUPPORT IT
YEAH YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH
ONE TWO OR ABA PROVIDER IN THE AREA WHICH IS KRISTIN
BREA ISSUES -- WITH THE CENTER OF SOCIAL DYNAMICS CHRISTIAN
PLEASE SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK SO HI MY NAME IS KRISTEN BREA I'VE BEEN IN THE FIELD OF
-- INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FOR ALMOST THIRTY
YEARS TWENTY NINE YEARS -- TWENTY FIVE THAT WAS AS A
CLINICIAN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH FAMILIES AND CLIENTS GOINGS
THE HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY INTO SCHOOL SETTINGS WHEN IT OFF
WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE NOW I'M IN THE -- DUBIOUS HONOR OF
BEING IN THE AT THE ADMIN SIDE OF IT SOME REGIONAL DIRECTOR
FOR A COMPANY THAT PROVIDES ABA SERVICES ALL OVER CALIFORNIA
AND OREGON AND WASHINGTON COMPANIES CALLED CENTER FOR
SOCIAL SOCIAL DYNAMICS I RUN OFFICES IN ROHNERT PARK
VALLEJO AND -- SACRAMENTO -- BUT WE DO ALSO HAVE AN OFFICE
HERE IN ALAMEDA WE'RE OPENING ONE CERTAIN MARTINEZ WERE
DEFINITELY COVER IN THIS AREA AS WELL SO DOES YOU KNOW HOW
FOR A BA SERVICES I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE -- JUST A QUICK
ABA ABA IS APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS IT'S SCIENCE BASED
THERAPY WORKING ON BEHAVES OF CHILDREN OUR CLIENTS ANY AGE SO
WE GO INTO THE HOMES WE TALK TO THE PARENTS WE FIND OUT THEIR
CONCERNS WE REALLY GET A SENSE OF WHAT WOULD IMPROVE THEIR
LIVES THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES AND THEIR CHILD'S LIVES
WE DO YOU USE ASSESSMENT TOOLS AND WE COME UP WITH A VERY
INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM FOR THAT CLIENT SO WHAT WE'RE FACING
NOW THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES AND IT'S FAIRLY RECENT WITH
THE INSURANCE PAYERS IS THERE TRYING TO AGE OUT OUR CLIENTS
HAD A MUCH YOUNGER AGE WE'RE GETTING AUTHORIZED FOR LESS
HOURS AND WERE HAVING TO FIGHT HARDER FOR THOSE HOURS
SO TYPICALLY WE WOULD GET ANYWHERE FROM THIRTEEN AND A
HALF TO FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN HOURS A MONTH IS A SUPER IS
LEVEL NOW ALL THE REPORTS THAT WERE SUBMITTING THEIR OWN AND
ONLY APPROVING SIX SO IT'S REALLY LIMITING WHAT WE CAN
DO FOR THOSE CLIENTS AND FOR THE AGING OUT PROCESS YOU KNOW
IT'S JUST WE DISAGREE WITH THAT STRONGLY AND ARE REALLY
HAVING TO PUSH BACK IN ORDER TO CONTINUE SERVICES IT'S VERY
DATABASE THE A BA AND SO WE HAVE WE HAVE THE RATIONALE THE
CLINICAL RATIONALE AND WE HAVE THE DATA THAT SHOWS THAT WE ARE
CONTINUING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE QUALITY THE LIVES OF THE
CLIENTS AND FOR THE FAMILIES WHICH IS WHY WE'RE IN THIS AND
FOR THEM TO BE PUSHING BACK AND LIMITING THOSE ANY CHILD
OVER THE AGE OF FIFTEEN THEY NOW WANT TO TRANSITION PLAN
SOME OF THESE CLIENTS WE DON'T GET INTO THEIR FOURTEEN AND SO
THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN GIVE A TRANSITION PLAN SO THAT'S OUR
BIGGEST STRUGGLE RIGHT NOW THE OTHER THING IS IS -- COPAYS OF
THE BIG ONE SO WE HAVE FAMILIES WHO ARE UNABLE TO RECEIVE OUR
SERVICES BECAUSE OF THE COPAYS ATTACHED TO THAT WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT IT WE MIGHT HAVE A CLIENT THAT RECEIVE SERVICES
FIVE DAYS A WEEK THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE FAMILY PAY THE CO PAY
FOR EVERY TIME WE'RE IN THE HOME CASE THAT'S A STRUGGLE
AND SCHISM FAMILIES REFUSE SERVICES BECAUSE OF THAT WE
DO NOT WANT TO SEE THAT THAT BREAKS OUR HEARTS THE OWNER
OF THE COMPANY THAT I WORK FOR HAS CREATED A FOUNDATION AND
WE'RE AS WE FUNDRAISE FOR THAT FOUNDATION WHICH IS SEPARATE
FROM THE ACTUAL COMPANY YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
THAT'S GOING TO BE USED FORCE TO HELP FAMILIES A CO PAYS OKAY
WE WANT TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS
OR TRYING TO CREATE OUR OWN -- ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT
WE WORRY ABOUT WITH OUR CLIENTS IS AS THE -- AS THEIR A TRYING
TO AGE OUT OUR CLIENTS AT A VERY EARLY AGE WE HAD A MEETING
RECENTLY AND ONE OF THE PAIRS REPRESENTED THE PAIR SAID TO
US EVERY CLIENT OVER THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN SHOULD BE SERVICED BY
THE REGIONAL CENTERS BUT IT'S SUCH A FAR CRY FROM THE REALITY
THAT WE FACE EVERY DAY EVERY DAY WE SEE PARENTS WHO ARE
DENIED SERVICES FROM REGIONAL CENTERS I SEE INCONSISTENCIES
FROM ONE REGIONAL CENTER TO ANOTHER AND WE WORK WITH SO
MANY AND IN THE REGION I COVER A LOAN AND SOME ARE GREAT
AND AND THE CLIENTS ARE ARE GETTING THOSE CO PAY ASSISTANCE
AND THEY'RE GETTING RESPITE SERVICES AND OTHER ONES ARE
DENIED -- SUMMER DENIED BECAUSE THEY DENY THEIR DIAGNOSIS WHEN
THE DIAGNOSIS ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY DOWN
WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT SOMETIMES A CLAIM IS DENIED BECAUSE THEY'RE
CONSIDERED NOT IMPACTED ENOUGH WHEN WE KNOW BECAUSE WE WORK
WITH THAT PLAN THAT WE CAN'T EVEN TAKE THAT CLIENT INTO
THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT BEING A HARNESS PHYSICALLY BECAUSE
IT'S SUCH A DANGER OKAY SO IT DOESN'T DOESN'T MAKE SENSE --
SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE REALLY BEEN STRUGGLING WITH DEFINITELY
IN CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS IS A COMBINATION OF DUAL DIAGNOSIS
SO WE USED WE ARE TRAINED TO DEAL WITH AUTISM BUT WE'RE
GETTING SO MANY EXPRESSLY WITH OUR YOUNGER TEENS THAT HAVE
A DUAL DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WE
ARE NOT TRAINED TO WORK WITH THOSE KIDS BUT WE WILL NOT
NOT SERVICE THOSE KIDS WILL DO OUR BEST BUT WHEN WE MEET
WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAVE A CLINICAL CONSULTATION
AND EXPLAIN OUR SERVICES ARE NOT HELPING THIS CLIENT
THEY MAY BE HEARING VOICES THEY MAY BE HAVING ALL THESE
DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT'S NOT A BE A SERVICES BUT THE CLINIC
THE CLINICAL TEAM FROM THE INSURANCE PAYER WILL COME BACK
AT US AND SAY YOU'RE THE ONLY OPTION YOU'RE ALL THAT THERE
IS FOR THE FAMILY WE'VE GONE THROUGH EVERYTHING ELSE WELL WE
WON'T STOP PROVIDING SERVICES BECAUSE WE WANT THE FAMILY DOWN
SO WE STILL GO IN THERE EVERY DAY NOT NECESSARILY HAVING THE
KNOWLEDGE OR THE TRAINING TO TO REALLY HELP WE DO THE BEST
THAT WE CAN WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT WILL DENY SERVICES
BECAUSE -- OF DIFFERENT CUSTOMS YOU KNOW SO DIFFERENT FOR
DIFFERENT CULTURES HAVE THEIR VERY DIFFERENT BELIEFS AND
SOMETIMES THERE'S A SHAME WITH A DIAGNOSIS AND FAMILIES WON'T
LET US INTO THE HOMES BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THE NEIGHBORS
WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS TO KNOW THERE'S
ANYTHING WRONG HOW DO WE REACH THOSE FAMILIES HOW DO WE BRIDGE
THAT HOW DO WE EMPOWER THOSE FAMILIES WELL BEING CULTURALLY
SENSITIVE TOOK KNOWLEDGE THE BENEFIT THAT WE CAN GET
WE HAVE CERTAIN CULTURES THAT ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON
ON ACADEMICS AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE VALUE FOR TRYING
TO TEACH THEIR CHILD TO HAVE RECIPROCAL CONVERSATION SO THEY
CAN INTERACT WITH PEERS AND COLLEAGUES LATER IN LIFE HOW
DO WE EDUCATE THE PARENTS ARE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I IT WE
NEED TO LOOK AT AS WERE AGING IS CLIENTS OUT IS WHERE DO THEY
GO YOU KNOW THE PAIR JUST SAYS THE FAMILIES NEED TO FIGURE IT
OUT IT'S NOT FAIR THE FAMILIES AND THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO THINGS
OF THE COMPANY WE WILL NOT LET THIS PARENTS STRUGGLE WILL
DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER WE'RE NOT CASE MANAGERS SO
HOW DO WE GET MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT IS AVAILABLE AT THE
DIFFERENT REGIONAL CENTERS IN THE DIFFERENT LEVELS IN THE
RESOURCES FOR THOSE FAMILIES IN ORDER TO CONTINUE SERVICES FOR
THEM EVEN IF WE CAN'T BE THE ONES TO DO IT SO THOSE ARE JUST
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE ON A DAILY BASIS I THINK
A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO FUNDING AND IT'S GOING
TO BE THE REGIONAL CENTERS WE HAVE THE ANSWERS FOR THAT YOU
KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR SET UP TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT FOR OUR
CLIENTS AND WE NEED TO BRIDGES YOU WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER THE
BRIDGE BETWEEN THINGS LIKE ABA SERVICES AND REGIONAL CENTERS
HOW DO WE HOW DO WE BRIDGE THAT GAP BECAUSE THERE'S A HUGE
ALL RIGHT NOW THERE'S A HUGE ASSUMPTION FROM THE PAYERS THE
INSURANCE PAIRS THE REGIONAL CENTERS TAKING OVER AND THAT'S
NOT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING SO HOW DO WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO FUNDING YOU KNOW -- THAT'S PRETTY
MUCH HOW I HAD YEAH MR LOW ANY QUESTIONS IN THE STRIP K.
FLOOR I DON'T GET IT THIS GRAYSON JUST REAL QUICK --
ON YOUR LAST POINT HOW WOULD FUNDING JUST GIVE ME AN IDEA
HOW WOULD FUNDING HOPE THAT TRIP -- THE COLLABORATION
BETWEEN AB SERVICES AND REGIONAL CENTERS BECAUSE RIGHT
NOW FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ALL THE THINGS THE REGIONAL
SERVICES OFFER AND I THINK THEY DON'T ALWAYS VOLUNTEER
THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO PROVIDE THE
SERVICES THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE SO I THINK BY
INCREASING THE FUNDING BILL INCREASE THE ABILITY AND WEEK
THEY CAN BETTER ADVERTISEMENT THESE PARENTS KNOW WHAT IS
AVAILABLE AND I THINK THEY'LL BE MORE CONSISTENCY IF THEY
HAVE MORE FUNDS THEY COULD BE MORE CONSISTENT FROM REGIONAL
CENTER REGIONAL CENTER TO WHAT THEY OFFER I JUST ATHLETES THAT
DOES THE REGIONAL CENTER HELP COVER COPAYS AND SHE SAID YES
AND I SAID MY CLIENTS AREN'T GETTING THAT AND SHE SAID IT'S
NOT FROM THIS AREA IS IT AND I SAID NO MY CLIENTS ARE FROM
SOLANO COUNTY NAPA COUNTY AND THE REGIONAL CENTER THERE HAS
NOT BEEN COVERING THAT SO HOW DO WE GET CONSISTENCY WELL
MAYBE IF THEY HAVE MORE FUNDING THEY'LL IMPLEMENT THAT OCT
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOU BEING A SERVICE PROVIDER ARE
YOU WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE REGIONAL CENTERS WE ARE
WORKING WITH A COUPLE REGIONAL CENTERS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
CALIFORNIA -- WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET BEEN DRIES VÀ THROUGH --
NORTH BAY REGIONAL CENTER AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED FOR REASONS
THAT I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE I'M NOT PART OF THAT PROCESS SO IS
THERE WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT AFTER THE AFTER THE -- MEETING
BUT SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU'RE YOU'RE READY WILLING AND
ABLE TO GO DO AND IF THERE'S A WAITING LIST THE NORTH BAY
HAS WE HAVE A WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THOSE CLIENTS
WE HAVE THE REALLY I HAVE THE ABILITY IT'S MY JOB TO GROW
THE COMPANY AND I HAVE THAT ABILITY AND WE ABSOLUTELY WANT
THOSE CLIENTS NOW SOMETIMES THE PAY RATES ARE AN ISSUE AND
THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BUT YES I HAVE THE
ABILITY BECAUSE CLIENTS WE HAVE LIKE ABA COMPANY DO NOT HAVE
A WAITING LIST WE DON'T TAKE CLIENTS UNLESS WE CAN PROVIDE
THOSE SERVICES WE NEVER SAY NO AND PLEASE SAID MENTION
SOMETHING ABOUT LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND AND YOU TOUCHED
ON THE CULTURAL ISSUES BUT -- THE THE LANGUAGE BARRIERS
AND AND THE -- HERE IMMIGRANT STATUS KIND OF HAS BEEN A AN
ISSUE THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM IN THE PAST HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH
THE -- THE IMMIGRANT OF WHO IS AFRAID OF BEING DEPORTED
OR OF OF RECEIVING SERVICES WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF THAT
BECAUSE IN ORDER I THINK THEY HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY BE A CERTAIN
SHOW SOMETHING TO GET THE INSURANCE BECAUSE UNLESS THEY
HAVE INSURANCE THEY DON'T COME TO US -- I KNOW THAT WE HAVE
HAD FAMILIES THAT HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY THEIR CHILD
WAS OF AMERICAN CITIZEN BUT THEY WERE NOT THEIR CHILD DID
HAVE COVERAGE RECEIVE SERVICES BUT THEN THEY HAD TO LEAVE
THE COUNTRY AND TAKE THE CHILD WITH THEM SO YEAH WE DO FACE
THAT WAS RISEN THANK YOU CHAIR IDEA -- I WILL GO BACK TO THE
QUESTION OF MY COLLEAGUE ASKED ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOW OF FOR
THE FIRST PRESENTER IS THERE AN AREA WHERE YOU SEE FUNDING
THAT COULD BE BETTER USED IN OTHER WORDS HOW DO YOU SEE THE
FUNDING OR WHERE DO YOU SEE THE FUNDING COMING FROM I THINK
THAT'S KIND OF HOW YOU AS IS -- IS THERE AN AREA WHERE YOU
SEE FUNDING NOT BEING USED AT ITS MOST EFFICIENT EFFECTIVE
WAY THAT YOU THINK IF WE RE DIRECTED IT IT WOULD BE BETTER
HONESTLY NO I DON'T BUT THEN I'M VERY I'M LIMITED MORE
LIMITED IN THE ABA COMMUNITY OR ALL THE MONEY TYPICALLY COMES
FROM OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES DOUBT BUT I DEFINITELY ALSO IN
TOUCH ON THE FACT THAT SO MUCH OF WHAT SOME OF OUR CLIENTS YOU
KNOW THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT FROM THE PAYERS THAT THERE ARE
GROUP HOMES AND THERE ARE DAY PROGRAMS AND THEIR JOB TRAINING
FOR THESE CLIENTS AND THERE'S NOT THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO SEE
A LOT MORE THE FUNDING GO -- IT BREAKS MY HEART WHEN I HAVE
TO CONVINCE ONE OF MY CLIENTS TO BE OKAY WITH SWEEPING FLOORS
WHEN THEY WERE DETERMINED WHEN THEY WENT OUT IN THE JOB MARKET
THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING IN TECH OR VIDEO GAMES YOU KNOW
AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AREN'T THERE I DON'T WANT THAT TO
HAPPEN THAT DAYS BE BIG CHANGE AND JOB TRAINING MR LOOK AT
I THINK THAT'S A PART OF THE COMMENTS IN THE OBSERVATION
THAT WE RELY ON INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOURSELVES TO PROVIDE US
YOUR INSIGHTS IN A LEVEL OF EXPERTISE TO HELP US IDENTIFY
ADDITIONAL REVENUES BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WE HAVE
COMPETING INTERESTS I JUST CAME BACK FROM ANOTHER FUNCTION IN
WHICH A SPEAKING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ASSIMILATE
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH MONEY FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE VARIOUS ISSUES
HOW DO WE LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUES -- AND OR EXISTING
REVENUES TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND SERVING -- SIGNIFICANT
POPULATIONS AND THINK THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION
THAT WE WANT TO COLLECTIVELY AS A WHOLE ONE TO -- IS TRY TO
SOLVE AND AND DO THIS TOGETHER AS WELL EXCELLENT THANK YOU SO
I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION OR SO WE HAVE AN I.
E.
P.
WE HAVE AN I PP SERVICE PROVIDERS DOING A COMPONENT
OF OF THE APA BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL DO YOU BELIEVE
IN YOUR EXPERIENCES THAT THE THE PROVIDERS AND THE SCHOOLS
SHOULD ACTUALLY COME TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THAT
CHILD SUCCESS ABSOLUTELY I'M REALLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT
UP THAT'S A HUGE STRUGGLE THAT WE HAVE -- THE SCHOOLS FEEL
THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN THE HOME SETTING AND WE'RE TRYING
TO CREATE ALL THESE SKILLS IN THE CHILD WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT
WE SHOULD GO INTO THE SCHOOL SETTING TO SEE WHERE THEY
STRUGGLE THEY'RE AN OFFER THE SAME SERVICES BUT IF THE THIS
PAY YOUR SAY THAT IF THE CHILD HAS AN IEP WE'RE NOT ALLOWED
IN THE SCHOOL SETTING AND YOU KNOW IT AND UNFORTUNATELY THE
SCHOOLS AREN'T THEY THEY FEEL THE SCHOOLS TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR PROVIDING WHATEVER'S IN THAT I YOU PETE -- THE REALITY
IS THOSE KIDS ARE GETTING SUPPORT THEY NEED MOST OF
OUR CLIENTS STRUGGLE THE MOST OF BEING BULLIED AT DURING
RECESS AND DURING LUNCH TIME AND DURING PEAK FOR SUMMER
OLDER ONES THOSE ARE THE MOST THERE'S A TIMES A STRUGGLE
THE MOST SO SOMETIMES WE CAN KIND OF PLAY LET'S MAKE A
DEAL WITH THE PAIR AND SAY WE ONLY GO FOR FORTY FIVE MINUTES
DURING UNSTRUCTURED SCHOOL TIME CAN WE GO IN THERE AND
ASSIST THEM CAN WE HELP FORGE SOME PEER INTERACTIONS CAN
WE TEACH THEM SOME POSITIVE -- PEER INTERACTIONS YOU KNOW
AND BUILD THAT UP FOR THEM AND EVERYONE SO WHILE WE GET IN
THERE PARENTS OFTEN REQUEST THAT WE GO TO THE I.
E.
P.
A SUPPORT FOR THEM IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR CONTINUING OF
SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO HEAR HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING TO SCHOOL
SETTING SEE WHERE THE STRUGGLE IS BRING THOSE INTO THE HOME
TO WORK ON AND THEN GENERALIZE AND OTHER SETTINGS AND IT'S
JUST TOO HARD TO GET IN THERE THEY JUST WON'T LET US YEAH
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST HANG UP ON THE ECONOMY SERVICES SEEMS
LIKE A VERY ELEMENTARY THING THAT THAT I MEAN THROUGHOUT
THIS THAT SHOULD BE LIKE NUMBER ONE RIGHT I MEAN WE SEE KIDS
TIME AND TIME AGAIN THEY GO TO SCHOOL THEY'RE DOING VERY
WELL IN THE GOING TO ANOTHER SETTING IN THE FALL OFF THE
TREE OR OR VICE VERSA WHAT IS THE BIGGEST -- HURDLE TO GET
OVER WHO'S WHO HAS THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH THAT IS THAT THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE LOOKING UNDER THE TENT
THEY GOT THEIR OWN PROGRAMS YOU KNOW IT REALLY VARIES FROM
SCHOOL TO SCHOOL SOME SCHOOLS ARE SO PLEASE THAT WE'RE IN
THERE AND AND JUST WELCOME US WITH OPEN ARMS AND OTHER
SCHOOLS WILL NOT ALLOW US IN THERE I HAD I WORKED DIRECTLY
WITH THE CLIENT IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NAPA AND I WAS ONLY
ALLOWED FOR THIRTY MINUTES AT A TIME SUPERVISED AND SO THERE
WAS REALLY NOTHING I COULD DO WITH MY CLIENT THEY AND I'M
NOT SURE WHAT THEIR HANG UP WAS AND WE'VE WE'VE DEALT WITH THAT
MULTIPLE SCHOOL SINCE THEN -- I THINK MAYBE THEY THINK THAT
WE'RE GOING IN THERE TO SHOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING WRONG WHEN
THAT COURSE NOT OUR INTENT AT ALL WE'RE JUST THERE TO SUPPORT
THE CLIENTS BUT -- YEAH I THINK I THINK YOU HAVE TO DO THE
PAYER DOES NOT WANT US TO SAY OR DO ANYTHING REPRESENTING
THEM AND THEY'RE THE ONES PAYING FOR THE SERVICES I THINK
THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT THE SCHOOL YOU KNOW AND THE
PAIR FEELS LIKE THE SCHOOLS BE RESPONSIBLE IF THERE'S AN AYE
YOU PM PLACE THEY'RE OFF THE HOOK BECAUSE IT'S THE SCHOOL'S
RESPONSIBILITY WE JUST NOW AS AND AS FAMILIES NO THIS IS NOT
THE CASE YEAH SO DEALING WITH IT RIGHT WHEN I JUST THOUGHT
OF ANOTHER ONE -- DEALING WITH HELP AS A DO THEY HAVE THE
SAME STRUCTURE ON HOW THE -- SERVICE OR ASK YOU TO SERVICE
THE CONSUMER GOING FORWARD OR IS IT JUST A RUN THE GAMUT
IT VERY MUCH DEPENDS ON THE PAIR THERE'S DIFFERENT THERE'S
DIFFERENT SO WE'RE SET UP FOR THE THREE OFFICES IRAN WERE SET
UP FOR THREE TIER SO THERE'S A MID LEVEL A DIRECT LEVEL
AND A HIGH LEVEL OF SOME SOME PAIRS ARE ONLY TO TEAR WHICH
REQUIRES A LICENSE CLINICIAN TO PROVIDE THE MIDLEVEL
SUPERVISION WILL BE C.
B.
A.'S AT THE LICENSE CLINICIAN WAS ARE HARD TO COME BY AND
A VERY EXPENSIVE SO FOR US FOR THEM TO BE PROVIDING THE
MIDLEVEL SUPERVISION IN A SENSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
WHICH IS WHY THAT LIMITS US TO WEB HERE'S WE ACCEPT YEAH
I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ME HERE TODAY IT HAS BEEN
UP WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR IS PEOPLE IN THE IN THE
TRENCHES WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY GIVING US THEIR
PERSPECTIVE AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO -- WHAT WE CALL THE SELF ADVOCATES
A WILL SANFORD -- HE'S WITH THE FEATURES EXPORT OF WORK
WITH WILL FOR MANY YEARS NOW ON -- DIFFERENT ISSUES -- BOTH
LEGISLATION AND -- HE IS ONE OF MY GO TO GUYS FOR FOR THIS
-- INFORMATION SO WILL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE PLACE TO BE
HERE -- I'M GONNA TRY TO GET AWAY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
BUT THERE'S REALLY THREE MAJOR ISSUES THAT ARE COMMITTEES TALK
A LOT ABOUT YOU'VE HEARD -- THE MENTION ALREADY ONE IS DIRECT
PROFESSIONALS OUR ABILITY TO HIRE AND RETAIN STAFF
-- THERE'S A TOWN HALL LAST WEEKEND'S -- WHERE THE AVERAGE
ENTRY LEVEL JOB IN OAKLAND IS SEVENTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR THE
AVERAGE PAY FOR A RESTAURANT WORKERS BETWEEN TWELVE AND
FOURTEEN CAN YOU SEE WHY WE DON'T HAVE RESPITE WORKERS OR
OTHER FOLKS IT AS A HUGE IMPACT OUR FOLKS THERE TO THE -- BOTH
THE CALL AN HONOR TO TALK ABOUT OUR HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION
IS A BIG THREE UP THERE I THINK IF I CAN JUMP FORWARD
AND AND KIND OF ONE QUESTION AT THE END I HATE TO SAY IT
BUT PART OF THE BLAME LIVES IN A PLACE CALLED SACRAMENTO BIG
WHITE DOME WHERE EVERYTHING IS FREE TO SILOS INTO THE CENTER
RULES APPLIED EDUCATION THE SENATE RULES THAT APPLY TO
PART IN A RE AT IS A SET OF RULES APPLY TO DDS IS SET A
RULES APPLY TO AND COMMUNICATE LICENSING THEY RARELY IF EVER
TALK AND ARE OFTEN IN DIRECT CONFLICT SO THAT'S ONE OF
THE LARGEST BERRIES OF OUR ABILITY TO ACTUALLY CREATE A
SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS PEOPLE VERY EFFECTIVELY SO WITH THAT
I'M NEVER IT INVITE NICOLE BICE BOTH LOG UP HERE I CAN
ALMOST SO YOU THINK YOU USED TO SAID THIS FROM ME OVER
ALSO WE GET THIS AND YET MAYBE
WE GOTTA SO MAKE SURE
HE WON'T SAY HOW MUCH THAT BOX COST YOU COULD
BUY LIKE FOUR DOZEN I
YEAH THAT WOULD
TAKE
SEC TECHNOLOGIST
YEAH LIKE THAT TO THE GYM
ON THE JOB
GOOD EVENING AND HELLO MY NAME IS NICOLE AND I LIVE
IN ANTIOCH BEFORE I GET TROLLING NO PUN INTENDED I
JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO THANK YOU ASSEMBLYMEMBER
PHRASE HERE FOR HAVING THIS EVENT TONIGHT CHAIRING THE
ID DO YOU SELECT COMMITTEE AND IN GENERAL HAVING A BACKS
WELL HERE I AM AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT THE SAME DONE THING
THAT IS AFFECTING SO MANY OF US LATELY TO ME THIS IS
RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE NEED FOR EQUIPMENT AND GOOD STAR
BECAUSE WITHOUT TO IT'S NOT THE WOULD MATTER FACT RIGHT I'M
HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING IN PARTICULAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
I KNOW THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT WHEN YOU ADD IN A DISABILITY AND THE
NEED FOR ACCESSIBILITY IT IS THE WORST THE ABSOLUTE WORST
A FEW YEARS BACK I WAS GIVEN A NOTICE THAT TIME I WOULD
HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF THE AND PUT ONE TIME I HAD LIVED IN
FOR OVER FIFTEEN YEARS NOT BECAUSE I WAS A BATTER INTO I
DIDN'T THROW ANY WILD PARTIES I DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF NOISE
I DIDN'T EVEN BREAK AND THE THINGS THAT WAS SINCE MINE
WHICH IS IMPRESSIVE SINCE I LIVED THERE THROUGH THE BUDGET
CUTS OF THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS
THE ONLY THING I HAD TO DANCE TO ME IS THAT I RELY ON SECTION
EIGHT TO HELP PAY MY RENT THE COMPLEX I LIVED AND GAVE ME A
LOT OF TIME TO FIND A NEW PLACE AND I SEARCHED VERY HARD TO
FIND A PLACE THAT WOULD MEET MY NEEDS IN BEING BOTH AFFABLE
AND ARE SENSIBLE ABOUT THREE YEARS LATER RETURNS DOWN TO
THE WIRE AND I STILL DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE IT WAS MAKING ME
SICK TO MY STOMACH EVERY DAY WITH AN EVICTION LOOMING ON
I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO FIND A PLACE BUT LIKE SO MANY I HAD
TO SACRIFICE A LOT TO KEEP A ROOF OVER MY HEAD AND HAD TO
MOVE INTO A REALLY BAD PART TO VAN TEAL'C THAT HAVE ALREADY
BEEN THREE ATTEMPTS TO BREAK INCHES SITE EVEN HAD TO GET
AN ALARM THAT COMES OUT OF A BUDGET TOOL READY STRETCHED
TOO THIN IN ADDITION TO BEING IN AN UNSAFE AREAS THAT ARE
UTILIZED ANTENNAE PLACE TO SHOP FOR GROCERIES WITHIN
THE SAFE FOR LAYING DISTANCE AND VETERAN TENNEY BUS STOPS
OUR CANOES SO I HAVE TO USE PARA TRANSIT ANOTHER ROUTE
TO POCKET COST THIS NOT ONLY LIMITS MIND DEPENDENT SENDING
COM IT CRAMPS MY STYLE AT MY OLD APARTMENT TIME I WAS
ABLE TO RIDE THE BUS OR VISIT LOCAL SHOPS ONE ON NEEDED
I JUST WANT TO BE THE PERSON I WAS MEANT TO BE TO LIVE
THE LIFE I SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE NOTHING CRAZY NOTHING
FANCY JUST DECENT PLACE DATA I CAN CALL MY OWN AS I
TRY TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS LIFE PLEASE HELP US PLEASE
HELP OUR COMMUNITY THANK YOU
NICOLE WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF
NICKEL FROM OUR PANEL NOW IT NOT INITIALLY QUESTION BUT
YOU MENTION AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I THINK THAT'S SO AWESOME
TO BRING OUT BECAUSE WE WE ACTUALLY QUITE OFTEN OVERLOOKED
THAT AND SO IN ITS SUCH A HUGE HUGE PART OF IT SO THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THAT UP IN AND -- WE JUST MET BUT I THINK YOU'RE
INCREDIBLE I THINK YOU'RE AWESOME AND SO HAPPY TO HAVE
MET YOU AND LOOK FOR TO SEE YOU IN SACRAMENTO BUT YOU'RE GREAT
SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
NO QUESTION JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT -- I THINK YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLY AWESOME AND -- IT'S MY HONOR AND I'M
HUMBLED TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE TONIGHT -- I LOOK FOR TO US
WORKING TOGETHER COLLABORATING AND NORMALLY I WOULD TELL
SOMEONE OF YOUR STATURE THAT YOU WALK ON WATER BUT IN
YOUR CASE YOU ROLL ON WATER
COOL UNITED HAD A RELATIONSHIP FOR A LOT OF YEARS BACK IN THE
DAY WHEN I WAS JUST A CANDIDATE AND -- YOU'VE INSPIRED ME
TO CONTINUE THIS THIS ROLE AND I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT'S
THE SEXIEST ACCENT I'VE EVER
THANK YOU AND KEEP BRING IT
WILL'S
THE GOOD NEWS IS JUST GOING TO GET A NEW DEVICE IT DOESN'T
WASTE SEVEN HUNDRED POUNDS YOU MEAN I DON'T HAVE TO THE
GYM TOMORROW I'M GOOD -- SHOVE AN IPAD BUT SHE SHE LOSES THE
ACCENTS WHICH WILL NO LONGER HAVE THAT BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH
ACCENT YOU KNOW THE ONE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BRITISH ACCENT
ON A COLEY OKAY NINE O'CLOCK SAID IT'S ACTUALLY THE MOST
UNDERSTANDABLE BOX BUT THERE'S BOXES WITH MEDI CAL BY NOT
BUYING AYE BECAUSE NIGHT PAT SHE COULD SHE COULD SURF THE
INTERNET YOU KNOW AND DO THINGS THAT NOT JUST COMMUNICATION SO
THEY'LL BUY AN EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLAR BOX BUT NOT A FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLAR BOX THERE'S A PLACE TO GET SOME SAVINGS
WE MAY LOSE THE ACCENT BUT WE STILL HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL SMILE
THANK YOU NICOLE THANK YOU
NOW WE HAVE TO MOVE MY STOCKING CREW THAT STOCK ME
AT THE CAPITOL WE HAVE AUDRA
THE FREEDOM
IT'S REALLY MY JOB OF THAT HI I'M I'M UNDER THEM AND
THERE BEGIN THE DIGITAL CAMERA AIM AND LABOR ROOM MAY IRWIN
ALLEN KNEW WOMEN HOWEVER DID TO THEM EVERY MORNING AND THE
COMMUNITY AND I AM THANKS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS COWORKERS
HOMEOWNERS WHO WERE THERE IS TWO FOUR EIGHT AM WORRIED THEY
READ WE ARE VERY OWN THEIR BILL IS ONLY AS THEIR ONLY BE DO
YOU DO NUMBER ALL ROBERT TERM
AND ONE RELAY WON'T WORK IT IS VERY ONE ZERO ALL GIVE THEM
OR DRIVERS OR BANDS THERE WERE IS THERE A AND DURING HUNDRED
IN THAT I HAVE TO DO WE ME AND MEMBERS WE GIVE ME ME MEMBER IN
IMPROPERLY AMBER BREEZE AND I HAVE TO DO THAT -- DO YOU
ANOTHER VIEW -- WHERE'S NOR WILL BALL RUMORED TO HAVE WE
SHOWED THEM AND THE DRIVERS -- MEMBER FOR AS A RULE WITH THEIR
ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOUR REYES
HEY RENEE DIZZY MORE
FROM THE DRIVER TOWARD THE ROTORS EVERYBODY Z.
EVERYWHERE THE DRIVERS TO BE MORE AWARE OF WHERE THEY DROVE
THEIR RIDERS AND THAT THERE ARE NO IN THIS SAVE HIM REMEMBER
THEY THEY YOU I -- THROUGH
AND MORE IN TRAINING AND TO MAKE SURE WE ARE USUALLY
GEARS HERE DO YOU HEY WERE AND ALWAYS DO -- JEWS
IN A BED BIGELOW BOTH DRIVER THING YOU
ANY QUESTIONS WATER FROM THE PANEL
JUST ON -- BY THE WAY I LOVE YOUR ACCENT AS WELL
AND -- ON THE ON THE TRANSPORTATION PART I WAS
WINNING AS MUCH AS I COULD OUT OF IT -- I GUESS MY QUESTION
WOULD EITHER BE FOR YOU OR FOR THE REGIONAL CENTERS
ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE OF IT ARE IS THERE SPECIAL
FUNDING THAT COMES SPECIFIC TO TRANSPORTATION AND IS THAT
MONEY SO RESTRICTED THAT CAN ONLY BE USED IN ONE WAY OR
CAN IT BE USED AND MULTIPLE -- VENUES OF OF TRANSPORTATION
THERE IS THERE'S LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF MEDIAN RATES FOR
TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED BY THE REGIONAL CENTERS HOWEVER
I THINK AUDREY YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT PARA TRANSIT WHICH IS
ACTUALLY PARA TRANSIT FUNDING THAT MANY MANY PEOPLE SERVE BY
THE REGIONAL CENTER ACCESS AND SO PARA TRANSIT HAS LIMITED
VANS AND THERE AREN'T AS MANY ACCESSIBLE RIGHTS ON THINGS
LIKE LIFTER -- BIRTH THAT PEOPLE CAN USE AS WELL YEAH
THANK YOU SO ADDRESS SO -- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
AND I HAVE WORKED ON IS -- YOUR PHYSICAL WELLBEING AND
YOU'RE GOING OUT RACING NOW AND SO CAN YOU TELL THE THE
PANEL BUT HOW LONG YOU STAY ON THE TREADMILL OKAY THEIR
OWN -- MY AND THEN THE MINUTE ON NO HELLO AGAIN STAN I'M IS
TOO BIG ONE THERE DID FIFTY MINUTES TO THIRTY MINUTES
FOR THE INDEPENDENT CHANNEL MAYBE WILL LET ME USE THEM FOR
A LONG MAY DO MORE OVER ONE
DAY
ONE NOTE FOR THE PANEL TO NOTICE IT AUTHOR DOES RIDE
THE BUS -- OFF WITH OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE HAVE SIGNIFICANT
BOTH SPEECH AND OUR LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES
AND ONE DAY ONE OF OUR FOLKS CAME INTO WARMER PROGRAMS AND
DIDN'T LOOK RIGHTS FOR LOOK DISABLED DAUGHTER GOT OFF DROVE
UP TO THAT SIDE WATCHES IT DID YOU KNOW THAT SHE WASN'T
STRAPPED DOWN THE TIPPED OVER ON THE BUS SO WE HAD TO FOLLOW
SPECIALISTS REPORT DO THAT THE BUS DRIVER HAD DONE BUT
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE SHE SAID HEY THAT'S NOT
OKAY SO OUR FOLKS LOOK OUT FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR OTHERS AND
REPORT THAT SO YOU KNOW SHE'S A ROCKS ARE A LOT OF WAYS SO
WILL BE DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ABOUT EMPLOYMENT --
SINCE FEATURES EXPLORED AND WE GOT A FEW FEW MINUTES WOULD IF
YOU WOULD JUST FOR THE PANEL AND SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE
AUDIENCE -- YEAH THE ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT A GREAT ECONOMY
IS THERE'S A LOT OF JOBS THE BAD THING ABOUT AGREED UPON
ACADEMY IS WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO SUPPORT OUR GUYS TO
GET EMPLOYMENT -- SO BLOOM IS BEEN UNDER FUNDED FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS AND WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING LEGISLATORS SECOND
SOME ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FULLY ACCESS --
SUMMERS COMES WITH THE RULES ALONG THE WAY SO WE EMPLOY
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FOLKS TO WORK ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES
-- IT OF WRITINGS FROM WORKING FULL TIME IN THE COMMUNITY
TO WORK IN A COUPLE HOURS FOR FOLKS ARE PRETTY LIMITED ATER
ACTUALLY WORKS ARTHUR STORE FOR US -- THE CALL WORKS IS IN THE
TRAINER ADVOCATE AND MENTOR SHE ACTUALLY -- LEAVE ADVOCATE ON A
BILL THAT WAS PASSED -- TO PUT CHANGING TABLES ADULT CHANGE
TABLES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES -- TO DO THAT SO EMPLOYMENT
SOME THERE IS A DRIVER RIGHT NOW IS IN THE SYSTEM AND WERE
PRETTY WANTS YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE EMPLOYMENT
FOR STATE -- WE HAVE A SEVEN BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET WE SPEND
ABOUT THIRTY MILLION ON OF THAT SUPPORTING COMPETITIVE
INTEGRATE IMPLEMENT SO WE HAVEN'T PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR
MOUTH IS RELATED TO THAT AND SO THEY REALLY NEED TO FIGURE
OUT A WAY TO IMPROVE AND AND INCREASE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR FOLKS IS GET OUR GUYS ARE GREAT EMPLOYEES TO DO GREAT JOB
THEY JUST WANT THE OPPORTUNITY AND ARE CHALLENGES THAT WE
NEED TO BUILD A TO HAVE FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM --
WITH THE PANEL IT IN SACRAMENTO MY EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS ARE
DIRECTOR SAID YOU KNOW I'VE WAY THIS TO FORTY FOLKS WHO WANT
A JOB I DON'T HAVE THE STAFF GET NOTHING DO THAT SO THAT'S
REALLY ARE PROBABLY BIGGEST CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW THROUGH
THE DIRECT SERVICE PROFESSIONAL GETTING PEOPLE TO BE ABLE WORK
IN THE COMMUNITY SO I GUESS WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS TO THE
BEAN COUNTERS IN SACRAMENTO IS THAT IF WE CREATE SUCCESSES
IN THROUGH YOUR EMPLOYMENT WE TAKE PEOPLE OFF OF ASSISTANCE
REDUCE ASSISTANCE ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
LIVE IN DIFFERENT HOUSING THAT THEY DO CURRENTLY THE OTHER
THING WITH HOUSING IS NOT ONLY DO OUR FOLKS I'VE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THEM INFORMAL HOUSING
ALSO AND SO ONE OF THINGS ARE REALLY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO
TRY TO DO IS LOOK AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS MULTIPLE THINGS
DON'T BILL DISABILITY SPECIFIC HOUSING BILLS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THE COMMUNITY CAN LIVE IN AND OUR GUYS ARE JUST PART
OF THAT MIX SO YEAH ABSOLUTELY MORE WE CAN THE MOVE PEOPLE
FOR THE MORE THEY BECOME CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY
DOES REDUCE SSI OTHER COSTS ALSO PEOPLE WHO WORK OFFICER
TO PICK UP HEALTH BENEFITS AND ARE WITH THE OTHER VERY THIS
HEART USUALLY JUST NOT REALLY FROM THE CITY CALIFORNIA IS
THE SSI RULES MEDICARE MEDICARE AL ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE A
HUGE IMPACT ON PEOPLE I CAN'T WORK BECAUSE I'M A LOSE MY SSI
AS IF THAT'S THE GOLDEN TICKET AND REALITY THAT JUST MEANS
YOU'RE LIVING IN POVERTY RATE YOU GET A JOB YOU DO MUCH MORE
IF THERE'S A WAY FOR THAT TO REALLY AFFECTED SO ABSOLUTE
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE PANEL WILL SO I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
THE -- THE HONORABLE KANSEN CHU ARE ASSEMBLY MEMBER FROM
SAN JOSE IS COME TODAY TO JOIN US THANK YOU SO MUCH
WE'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING
I'M SORRY LAID YOU KNOW THE TRAFFIC WAS TERRIBLE -- -- --
-- FIVE EIGHT FIVE FIVE EIGHT HE A SIXTY AND I CAME FROM
THE SAN JOSE AREA BUT -- I'M HAPPY TO I I THOUGHT I MADE IT
IN A I WANT TO TAKE THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAYING CUT --
MISTER FREEZER FOR ORGANIZING THIS LISTENING SESSION YOU
KNOWN MISTER FRASER IS A VERY POWERFUL OWED -- A MEMBERS SAY
IN THE ASSEMBLY IS THE CHAIR OF THE -- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
AND -- WORKING VERY VERY HARD TO THE TO SOLVE THE TRAFFIC
CONGESTION THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE UP ON SIX SIX EIGHTY SO
THE BUT HE'S ALSO A VERY VERY -- A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR OF
PEOPLE WAS -- -- THE DISABILITY I KNOW -- EARLIER THIS YEAR
HE EVEN HAVE ONE OF THE IS -- OF PEOPLE WITH THE OF THE
DISABILITY YOU ARE OF OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS -- WORKING
IN HIS -- CAPITOL OFFICE SO THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH --
AND IS REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE AYE A OF A PART OF THE -- A
SAN ANDREAS BIG REGIONAL CENTER AND -- I WAS -- IN DEER YEAH --
YOU BAND LAST WEEKEND AND -- I GOT A CHANCE TO GET UP ON THE
STAGE IN AFTER LISTENING TO THE A DREAM ACHIEVER BAND -- I A
-- GOT A MOTHER THEIR DATA TRY AND I I JUST MADE A COMMENT TO
SAY TO MAKE NEXT YEAR WHEN THEY GO BACK TO SACRAMENTO I'D LIKE
TO CHANGE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF A DISABILITY TO WHAT
THROUGH A DISABILITY THAT THAT NO YEAH OUT TO PALM OF OF A
DIFFERENT ABILITY SO DID DOES THE BECAUSE OF MANY OF THOSE
PEOPLE WAS A SPECIAL NEED A HOUSE OR A LOT OF HIDDEN TALENT
AND -- -- NOT ONLY THEY CAN -- BY PERFORM A YOU KNOW IF THE
PLAYER TO PLAY IN THE BAND AND THEIR THEIR ART EXHIBIT THAT
EVENING WAS WONDERFUL AS WELL SO AGAIN -- POLY JOYS BEING
LATE BUT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH -- ASSEMBLY MEMBER FREEZER
FOR ORGANIZING THIS LISTENING SESSION ASSEMBLY MEMBER CHAD I
APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING SICK CITY CLEARED OUT FOR YOU TODAY
WORKING ON IT TO WORK IN PROGRESS I THINK I'D BE BETTER
OFF JUST FLYING YEAR BUT ANYWAY -- THANK YOU TO OUR
OUR PANELISTS TODAY WHAT WE CAN DO IS MOVE ON TO A PUBLIC
COMMENTS IT'LL HAVE TO REMIND YOU WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU TWO
TO THREE MINUTES BECAUSE WE PROBABLY HAVE A TON OF PEOPLE
THAT WANT TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES TO THIS PANEL SO
WHAT I'M ASKING IS THOSE WHO CAN STAND IN LINE OF AND COME
TO THE PODIUM AND -- PLEASE DON'T BE OFFENDED IF WE DO SHUT
YOU OFF AFTER THREE MINUTES PLEASE WILL YOU PLEASE YEAH
OKAY
HE'S GOT A TIME
OKAY SO WE'RE GONNA DO START OFF WITH YOUR NAME AND WHERE
YOU LIVE OKAY MY NAME IS ORANGE PERSON I'M A CONSUMER SOME
OWNERS -- I AM IN DISABLED ARTIST AND VERY VERY MAD
ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS AND BY HELPING IN THE STATE I FOUND
OUT THAT WE CANNOT GET FOOD STAMPS AND OUR STATE WITH OUR
SECURITY -- IN I THINK THAT'S WRONG BECAUSE IF YOU GO IN
THE STATE OF NEVADA YOU CAN GET SO -- CARESSES I AND YOU
CAN GET FOOD STAMPS AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR PROGRAM
THE ADAPTIVE LEARNING CENTER ONLY GET SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
A MONTH AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT MAKES ME EXTREMELY MAD
AND I THINK THE LAW SHOULD BE CHANGED SECONDLY A LOT OF THE
COUNTIES HAVE A CLOSER SECTION EIGHT LIST AND THEY CAN'T GET
ON SECTION EIGHT AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT THE
SECTION EIGHT IN -- WITH THIS COUNTING AND A LOT OF OTHER
COUNTIES ARE CLOSED AND WE CANNOT AFFORD THE HEIGHT RENTS
IN THE APARTMENT AND SECOND
SECONDLY I HAVE HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM THE ONLY
PROGRAM I'VE BEEN IN FOR TWENTY ONE YEARS IS THE ONLY PROGRAM
I EITHER HAVE THAT PROGRAM OR A HAVE DISTRICT SO WE NEED MORE
PROGRAMS WITH AUTISM FOR HIGH RANKING PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND
IT MAKES ME REALLY MAD WHEN I FIND OUT PEOPLE OF LEFT TO OUR
PROGRAM AND IF INDEED OUT ON THE STREET BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE
BAD CHOICES AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE IN IT MAKES ME REALLY MAD
AND STUFF AND SO I HAD TO SPEAK MY LITTLE MAN ABOUT IT AND
THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS ALSO THE PROGRAM I'M IN IF I DIDN'T
HAVE MY ART THERAPY AM A GARDEN THIRTY I WOULD PROBABLY BE
CLIMBING THE WALLS INSIDE THE PROGRAM AND I NEED THAT TO KEEP
MYSELF AND ST BASICALLY AND SO WE NEED MORE PROGRAMS BASICALLY
WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES WITH HOUSING AND ESPECIALLY FOR
PEOPLE WITH HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM AND SO I WOULD GET WE
NEED THOSE AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IT SPECIALLY N.
AROUND THE STATE AND SO IF WE CAN DO THIS WE NEED TO GET
PROGRAMS LIKE THAT -- ALSO WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MY
DISABILITY BACK IN THE DAY BECAUSE I'M FORTY THREE YEARS
OLD THEY GIVE ME THE DIAGNOSIS I WAS MAINLY A BORDERLINE
MILLER RETIRED WELL I PROVED THAT SOMETIMES I'M NOT FINALLY
I FOUND WHEN I WAS ALMOST FORTY THAT I ACTUALLY HAD
I'VE HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM I WAS ALMOST FORTY UNTIL THEY
GAVE ME THE RIGHT LABEL AND SO WE'RE GONNA START HAVING
INFLUXES WITH PEOPLE THAT NEED AUTISM SERVICES BASICALLY I
WANTED THEY SUPPOSED TO DO THERE'S NO SERVICES SO WE
BASICALLY THE STATE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
THE END THANK YOU THANK YOU
TO STATE YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU LIVE I'M DOUGLAS QUIN
I HAVE MORE PROBLEMS THAN DISABILITIES I HAVE A LOT OF
PROBLEM LIFE FEELINGS I HAVE -- EMOTIONS PEOPLE DON'T SEEM
TO UNDERSTAND WHEN A BABY IS BORN IN THIS WORLD WITH A
BIRTH DEFECT THEY'LL ALWAYS HAVE THAT BIRTH DEFECT THEY
WILL NEVER GET BETTER DOES NO SUCH THING AS A P.
ILL THEY GET THROUGH THE DISABILITIES NOBODY GETS THAT
IT DOESN'T JUST TAKE MONEY AND PUTTING BUILDING IS UP AND
PEOPLE BEDROOMS AND SPECIAL OF IT TAKES UNDERSTANDING WHAT
WE GO THROUGH ALL OUR LIVES TODAY I HAD A PROBLEM I'M SO
I HATE BEING DISABLED I HATE IT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS HOW
THAT FEELS SOME B.
BALL CAN'T WALK SOME PEOPLE CAN'T TALK AND THEY'RE SAYING
PLENTY NOW LISTEN THERE IS NO SUCH THING IN THE WORLD
TODAY EVER GIVE ME MONEY FOR EVERYBODY YOU GOT TO START
UNDERSTANDING TO US SOME PEOPLE WHO NEED THE MONEY
MORE THAN OTHER PEOPLE THANK YOU WELL SIR CORRECT SIR
PLEASE PLEASE TAKE YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU'RE FROM PLEASE
MY NAME IS ALEX WHITMAN I LIVE IN A GROUP HOME CAN'T
CONTENT AND CAME HERE DO OUR SOME OF THE POINTS THAT YOU
CAN THAT YOU CAN THE OF A AS A COMMENT ON THE CASE FOR A MUCH
THE FOURTH POINT I'D LIKE TO DIRECT THE WITH A THEIR FIVE BY
HOUSE IN AN NAY X.
FOR MORE FUNDING SEC BEND AND PUT THE SECOND POINT S.
TRANSPORTATION RENAME OF FUNNY VÀ SAYS A BONE
TRANSPORTATION THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU CAN TEST
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU'RE FROM MY NAME IS
DEBORAH DARDEN I LIVE IN CASTRO VALLEY I HAVE A SON WHO'S FORTY
ONE YEARS OLD WHO'S ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM AND WE HAVE
ALL THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THESE YOUNG MEN HAVE TALKED ABOUT
AND THIS YOUNG WOMAN BUT MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS MY
SON WENT THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE WITH ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT THAT LANDED HIM IN PRISON FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS
THE DA SAID TO US MULTIPLE TIMES I DON'T CARE THAT HE
HAS DISABILITY HE WAS ALLOWED TO BE INTERROGATED AND SELF
INCRIMINATE HIMSELF HE WAS CHARGED WITH THE MOST EGREGIOUS
CHARGES THAT THEY COULD COME UP WITH THEY WANTED TO SENTENCE
HIM TO PRISON FOR THIRTY YEARS THEY WANT TO STRIKE HIM OUT
HIS FIRST TIME BEING ARRESTED THERE IF THE COMMUNITY IS WHERE
OUR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE COMMUNITY HAS GOT
TO ACCEPT THEM THEY HAVE TO BE SAFE THERE THE LARGEST GROWING
POPULATION IN PRISON SYSTEM PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES MY SEND IN BELONG THERE HE DIDN'T DESERVE WHAT
HE GOT THERE NEEDS TO BE LEGISLATION ABOUT INTERROGATING
SOMEONE WHO HAS THE MENTAL CAPACITY OF A TEN YEAR OLD
THERE NEEDS TO BE LEGISLATION THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT YOU
CAN ALLOW THIS PERSON SELF INCRIMINATE HIMSELF THAT YOU
CANNOT LOCK HIM IN AN ADULT FACILITY AND EXPECT HIM TO FEND
FOR HIMSELF IN A PLACE LIKE CORCORAN OR SAN QUENTIN WHICH
ARE THE TWO PLACES THAT HE WENT
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP BRING
THAT ABOUT ON HIS BEHALF
FAMILIES YOUR NAME AND NUMBER WILL WILL BE
WORKING TOGETHER THANK
WHERE YOU FROM I'M CHANCE DIRECTLY I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF HOUSING CHOICES WHERE AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH
SAN ANDREAS REGIONAL CENTER TO CREATE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND I WANT TO
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOUSING NEEDS THE HOUSING
CRISIS AS IT'S AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO PUT OUT SOME
SOLUTIONS BECAUSE I'VE HEARD YOU SEVERAL TIMES ASKED FOR
SOLUTIONS -- ACROSS CALIFORNIA BUT PARTICULARLY IN THE BAY
AREA WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY THAT I KNOW PASSED BETWEEN
SIXTY PERCENT AND SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF ADULTS WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE LIVING IN THE HOME OF
AGING PARENTS IF YOU TALK TO ANY OF THOSE PARENTS BUT
THEY'LL TELL YOU IS I HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE I'M WORRIED
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN I'M NO LONGER ABLE
TO BE THE HOUSING PROVIDER AND THE PRIMARY SERVICE PROVIDER
FOR MY ADULT SO HOUSING IS A HUGE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY
AND -- THEY NEED IS GROWING -- THE NUMBER OF ADULTS IN THE
THIRTY TO FORTY YEAR OLD RANGE IS ABOUT TO DOUBLE AND THAT
INCREASE IS GOING TO CONTINUE BECAUSE OF AN INCREASE IN THE
AUTISM DIAGNOSIS THAT BEGAN ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AGO THE
OTHER FACTOR IS ARE ADULTS ARE LIVING LONGER THANKS HER
SERVICE SYSTEM -- SO WE NOW SEE MOST PEOPLE LIVING INTO
THEIR SIXTIES AND BEYOND WHEN BEFORE THERE WOULD BE A
SIGNIFICANT DROP OFF IN THE EARLY FIFTIES ON THE HOUSING
CRISIS IS SOMETHING THAT A FAX CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES
AND PEOPLE OF MANY DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS BUT IT TAKES
THE GREATEST TOLL ON THE MOST VULNERABLE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME
PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES -- WE WORK WITH
SENATE RACE WE DON'T CENTER TO HELP PEOPLE APPLY FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THERE'S A HUGE SHORTAGE AND WHAT WE NEED
TO DO IS WE NEED TO CREATE SPECIFIC HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
WITH STATE HOUSING FINANCE SOURCES TARGETED TO PEOPLE
DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES BECAUSE WE NEED TO CONNECT
THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS WONDERFUL SUPPORT SYSTEM
THAT WE HAVE TO OUR REGIONAL SENT WE HAVE IN CALIFORNIA
ALL OF OUR STATE FINANCED AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIRES
THAT AT LEAST TEN PERCENT OF THE UNITS BE ACCESSIBLE
TO PEOPLE WHO NEED PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY I WOULD POINT OUT
TO YOU THAT PEOPLE WITH MENTAL AND COGNITIVE DISABILITIES
HAVE THE SINGLE HIGHEST RATE OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION OF
ANY OTHER DISABLED GROUP SO WE HAVE THIS TARGET FOR CREATING
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
WE SHOULDN'T CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STATE HOUSING FINANCE
SOURCES WITHOUT A TARGET FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE YOU BASS ABOUT FUNDING SOURCES
THAT'S A FINANCING SYSTEM THAT ALREADY EXCESS WHAT YOU NEED
TO GO IN IS AND RETOOL THAT FINANCING SYSTEM SO THAT PEOPLE
WITH INTENSE INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
ARE INTENTIONALLY INCLUDE IF YOU DON'T INTENTIONALLY
INCLUDE US WITH THE SUPPORT OF SERVICE SERVICES FROM THE
REGIONAL CENTER WE WILL BE LEFT OUT AND HIS PARENTS AGE
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A GROWING PHENOMENON OF HOMELESSNESS
AMONG SEVERELY DISABLED ADULTS -- SO LOOK AT SPECIALIZED
FINANCING SOURCES EVERY OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATION HAS
A TARGETED HOUSING FINANCE IMAGE CRAP OKAY SO LOOK AT
BOTH OF THOSE PLEASE THANK YOU
STATE YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU'RE FROM ABIGAIL OCCURRED
I I'M WITH EASTER SEALS BAY AREA AND WALNUT CREEK AND
I'M TAYLOR ASHFORD FOR YOUR REPRESENTING THE KALEIDOSCOPE
COMMUNITY THANK YOU OUR HERE REPRESENTING THE KALEIDOSCOPE
COMMUNITY ADULTS PROGRAM WHICH IS -- HELD THROUGH
EASTER SEALS BAY AREA PROVIDES VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS LIFE SOCIAL AND
INDEPENDENCE SKILLS -- FOR ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS -- OUR BIGGEST
HURDLE IS TRANSPORTATION UNFORTUNATELY -- THE TRANSIT
PROVIDERS WHO ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE TRANSIT FOR OUR
CLIENTS -- ARE UNFORTUNATELY NOT FUNDED THROUGH REGIONAL
CENTER OF EAST BAY -- COUNTY CONNECTION EAST BAY TRANSIT
-- THEY HOLD INTERVIEWS THAT HAVE VERY SOLIDLY RESULTED
IN DISQUALIFICATION FOR ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANTS TO DATE
-- ONE EXAMPLE -- WE HAVE ONE CLIENT WHO IS NEW TO THE
AREA HIS FAMILY'S HOME WAS DESTROYED IN HURRICANE HARVEY
THEY LIVE HERE NOW HE DOES NOT KNOW THE AREA SO HE HAS QUOTE
UNQUOTE FAILED HIS INTERVIEWS WITH SOME OF THESE TRANSIT
PROVIDERS -- TO OTHERS GET VERY NERVOUS AROUND FIGURES OF
AUTHORITY AND GIVE THE ANSWERS THEY THINK WILL APPEASE THEIR
INTERVIEWERS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE INCORRECT AND THAT RESULTS
IN THEIR DISQUALIFICATION -- WE ALSO HAVE -- PARENTS WHO
ARE PAYING UBER OUT OF THEIR POCKET TO SEND THEIR THEIR
CHILDREN TO OUR PROGRAM WE ALSO HAVE PARENTS WHO CARPOOL
IT RESULTS IN THEM BEING LATE TO WORK AND THEY'RE BEING
REPRIMANDED OUT WORK IF THEY LOSE THEIR JOBS THEIR CHILDREN
NO LONGER QUALIFY FOR SERVICES BECAUSE THEY'RE AT HOME NOW
WE HAVE FIVE CLIENTS HERE IN CONCORD WHO ARE READY AND
WAITING TO JOIN OUR PROGRAM HOWEVER THEY CAN'T JOIN
WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION SO -- WE DESPERATELY NEED BETTER
EDUCATION FOR SOME OF THESE TRANSIT PROVIDERS FOR THEIR
INTERVIEW PROCESS SO IT'S MORE SUS SYNC MORE TAILORED TO OUR
PARTICIPANTS AND WE ALSO NEED -- MORE OPTIONS AVAILABLE AS
WELL AS MORE FUNDING SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE WILLING TRANSIT
PROVIDERS ACT LEE TAKE OUR PARTICIPANTS SOMEWHERE WHERE
THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT THEY'RE GONNA
IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND I CAN BE ABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY
THANKS THANK YOU SO MUCH
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WERE YOU FROM NANCY EDDIE I'M FROM
FREMONT I'M THE MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN WITHIN REGIONAL
CENTER THE EAST BAY AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEAF PLUS
ADULT COMMUNITY A DAY PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS -- YOU KNOW ALL THE SAME ISSUES HOUSING
TRANSPORTATION EVERYTHING AFFECTS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
DEAF BUT IT'S AMPLIFIED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE COMMUNICATION
-- WE'RE THE ONLY PROGRAM IN THE BAY AREA THAT WILL
ACCEPT SOMEBODY WITH BEHAVIOR CHALLENGES AND PROVIDE
COMMUNICATION THAT'S REALLY A SHAME -- I'VE HAD PEOPLE
COME TO FREMONT FROM AS FAR AS YOUR IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE PROGRAM WE NEED MORE -- AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL
OF THESE ISSUES I'D ASK THAT YOU THINK IN TERMS OF ALSO
PROVIDING COMMUNICATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEAF -- YOU KNOW
IT'S A STRUGGLE MY STAFF FOR ALL DOUBTS AS WELL -- IT'S
BEEN A LONG TIME COMING BUT NOW REGIONAL CENTER WILL PROVIDE
INTERPRETERS FOR THE CLASSES WE HAVE TO GO TO -- THAT'S NOT
TRUE IN OTHER REGIONAL CENTERS NECESSARILY SO I THINK JUST ONE
MORE PIECE TO THE PUZZLE IS THE DEAFNESS THANK YOU VERY MUCH
JUST BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER WE HAVE HAVE AN HONORABLE X.
FISHY -- THAT WAS -- VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE LEGISLATURE
JUST WANTED KNOWLEDGE THANK THANK YOU FOR MEMBER AND AND --
PROUD TO BE HERE AND THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE ALL HERE AND
AND -- FOR HAVING THE SELECT COMMITTEE AND EVERYBODY HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS SO -- I WANT TO ECHO WHAT A LOT
OF AT LEAST A SAID SHE KIND OF GAVE A LOT OF THE BULLET
POINTS AS TO WHAT THE KIND OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE YOU KNOW THAT THE HALF DAY THE
HOLIDAYS -- THE THE THE MEDIAN RATES IF YOU COULD GIVE US A
LOT MORE MONEY BUT IF YOU DON'T CHANGE THE MEANING RATES WE
CAN'T SPEND IT -- SO REALLY IS KIND OF A A BIG BIG PROBLEM
-- IN TRYING TO GET MORE MONEY TO US -- ALSO THOSE OF ABOUT
YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MONEY WILL IT'S REALLY
MAKING IT A PRIORITY BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO NET INCREASE IN
SIXTEEN YEARS -- I KNOW WE HAD AN INCREASE A COUPLE YEARS AGO
THOUSAND BACK FILL FROM CUTS THAT WE HAD DURING MY TIME IN
THE LEGISLATURE -- SO -- ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS IN THE
STATE BUDGET YOUR EDUCATION A LAW ENFORCEMENT EXCEPT ARE
THEY IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN INCREASE EVERY YEAR IT'S IT'S
A CRISIS -- WE GO SIXTEEN YEARS -- WITHOUT A NET INCREASE
IT'S A IT'S A CATASTROPHE -- TRANSPORTATION ECHO THAT
-- MY -- MY COMPANY IS A MISSION HOPE DAY PROGRAM WE
SIR FOREIGN FIFTY A BEHAVIORAL CLIENTS -- EVERY DAY WE HAVE
A TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM -- IS SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED BUT
TRANSPORTATION FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS ABSOLUTELY
ESSENTIAL -- YOU KNOW AND YOU IN THE IN A GREAT POSITION TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT -- IF YOU ALL THE IDEAS
FOR SELF DETERMINATION -- PERSON CENTERED OF PLANNING
AND AND PROGRAMS IF YOU CAN'T GET THERE THEN IT'S NOT GOING
TO HAPPEN SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT -- YOU ASK A OF
CUSTOM INSIDE BASEBALL STUFF IS TO WILL HOW CAN MAKE THINGS
BETTER ONE THING IS THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS KIND
OF THE RATES WITHIN THE RATES SO IF YOU -- IF YOU FIND --
-- THE DOLLARS TO GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY IF YOU JUST DO THE
STANDARD THING OF WELL WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY A FIVE
PERCENT INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD -- THAT ISN'T REALLY
TAKE SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES OUT OF IT FOR INSTANCE
AT MISSION HOPE IN OUR WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND
OUR RATES FOR TRANSPORTATION FOURTEEN DOLLARS AND FORTY SIX
NINETEEN THIRTY TWELVE DOLLARS
AND THIRTY EIGHT CENTS TWELVE HOURS AND THIRTY EIGHT CENTS
AND SO IF YOU GIVE EVERYBODY AN INCREASE THEN A FIVE PERCENT
INCREASE THAN THOSE ONES THAT ARE STOCK -- JUST HAPPENSTANCE
THAT THEY STARTED THE PROGRAM AND THEY GOT CAUGHT IN THIS IN
THIS RATE STRUCTURE -- THEY'RE STILL WAY UNDER FUNDED AND
SO KIND OF A OF A RESET AND HOW YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT'S A
REALISTIC FUNDING LEVEL FOR FOR ALL THESE PROGRAMS INSTEAD
OF JUST KIND OF RATIONING UP WHAT HISTORICALLY HAS BUILT
UP WOULD BE -- SOMETHING TO REALLY LOOK AT IT'S A LOT
HARDER WORK BUT IT MAKES MORE SENSE -- AND THEN FINALLY --
WITH EVERYBODY REPRESENTED HERE -- HAVING THESE COMMITTEE
MEETINGS -- ARE ARE FANTASTIC BUT GET OUT THERE AND AND
VISIT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND SEE PEOPLE IT STARTS GETTING
US AWAY FROM BEING NUMBERS ON A ON A BUDGET LINE -- AND
AND PEOPLE BECAUSE EVERYBODY HERE REPRESENTS DIFFERENT
AREAS -- IT'S ACTUALLY SENSUAL THAT -- YOU GET OUT THERE
AND AND TO PRESS THE FLESH AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU
STATE YOUR NAME WHERE YOU FROM GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS AND WE
I AM FROM SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA I HAVE AN ADULT BROTHER WHO IS
-- AUTISTIC AND HAS TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY HE'S NONVERBAL
ENHANCES REPROCESSING IS ORDER I'M HERE AS BEHALF TO ADVOCATE
-- TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS A VICTIM OF A CONSERVATORSHIP
ABUSIVE CONSERVATORSHIP THAT I'M STILL FIGHTING IN COURT
TO BRING HIM HOME BACK TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THE
PAST FOUR YEARS HE'S BEEN -- CHEMICALLY RESTRAINED AND AND
THE WAY THAT THEY TREATED HIM I GAVE EVIDENCE TO THE REGIONAL
CENTERS INTO THE COURTS BUT THEY STILL GET TIED UP IN THE
COURT SYSTEM SO I'M ASKING -- FOR THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW
-- BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE OF THE STRONGEST PROBATE CODES
AND TO PROTECT FAMILY RIGHTS AND -- CONSERVATIVE RIGHTS
BUT THERE ARE NORD AND I'M ASKING FOR OVERSIGHT FOR THOSE
LAWS BECAUSE MY BROTHER MEAN PHOTOS OF DUCT TAPED CLOTHING
AND WAITING BOXING GLOVES AND COME CHRISTIANS WERE HE'S NON
RESPONSIVE AND I HAVE TO TRAVEL FOUR HUNDRED MILES JUST TO SEE
HIM FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES AND WE LOST OUR MOTHER LAST YEAR AND
I HAD TO GO TO COURT TO APPEAR ON THE DAY OF HER SERVICES
TO ADVOCATE FOR BROTHER TO PAY RESPECTS TO HIS MOM THAT
CAREFUL FOR HIM FOR OVER THIRTY FOUR YEARS OF HIS LIFE AND WE
RELOCATED HERE TO CALIFORNIA THINKING THAT THE RIGHTS HERE
FROM THE REGIONAL CENTERS IN THE SYSTEM HERE TO PROTECT HIS
RIGHTS TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE PROTECTED AND SO HE CAN
CONTINUE LIVING A LIFE THAT WE HAD BUILT FOR HIM TO BE
INDEPENDENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND ENJOY THE LIFE AND FREEDOM
TO BE WITH FAMILY BUT WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE IN TWENTY THIRTEEN
IT WAS A NIGHTMARE AND IT WAS TURNED OVER UPSIDE DOWN AND I'M
NOT JUST HERE FOR MY BROTHER BUT FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO WILL
BECOME INDEPENDENT AFTER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN THERE'S GOING
TO BE URGES OF PEOPLE TO ASK THEM TO BECOME CONSERVATORS
BUT THE CONSERVE RECESSION DOES NOT WORK AND I'M HERE TO
ASK THE COMMITTEE TO PLEASE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PROTECT AND
LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ABUSED SO THANK YOU SO WHAT
WE'LL DO IS HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TO GET YOUR
INFORMATION SO WE CAN START THE PROCESS THANK YOU THANK YOU
POLITICAL
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME ONLY WHERE YOU LIVE I'M LINDA CAN
KID I LIVE IN SILICON VALLEY BUT I REPRESENTING COALITION
FOR OLDER DISABILITY RIGHTS AND WE REPRESENT PEOPLE ALL
OVER THE STATE MANY FAMILIES TELL STORIES OF THEIR LOVED
ONES WHO ARE NEGLECTED AND ABUSED BY REGIONAL CENTERS
AND THEIR VENDORS AS WE JUST HEARD UNLAWFUL ISOLATION AND
CAMPBELL RESTRAINT ARE VERY COMMON COMPLAINTS SOME FAMILIES
ALSO TELL US OF PHYSICAL ABUSE MENTAL ABUSE SEXUAL ABUSE AND
FORCED LABOR RYAN MORRIS HAS THE MENTAL CAPACITY OF A SIX
YEAR OLD HE'S TWENTY THREE YEARS KUNDER CONSERVATORSHIP
AND MARRIED TO A FORTY TWO YEAR OLD MALE ON PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE IS COMMON IN THEIR HOME MARTIN DOING WHO YOU
JUST HEARD ABOUT HAS BEEN ALLOWED ONLY LIMITED CONTACT
WITH HIS FAMILY FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS HE IS NEVER ALLOWED
PRIVATE VISITATION WITH HIS FAMILY WHEN THEY ARE ALLOWED A
FIFTEEN MINUTE VISIT MARTIN IS TYPICALLY PHYSICALLY SEDATED
SO THAT HE CAN NOT COMMUNICATE WITH THEM HE HAS MANY CUTS AND
BRUISES WHEN HIS FAMILY DOES SEE HIM WILLIAM ANTI HAS BEEN
OFF ISOLATED UNLAWFULLY FROM HIS MOTHER SINCE TWO THOUSAND
TEN SENATE BILL ELEVEN NINETY ONE WHICH WE CEDAR SPONSORED
WAS THE LEGISLATIVE RESPONSE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT REFUSING
TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES AGAINST WILLIAM BILL PASSED ONE
NINETEEN TWO ZERO GOVERNOR BROWN SIGNATURE BUT WILLIAMS
STILL ISOLATED FROM HIS MOM THERE ARE MANY MORE STORIES
LIKE THE ONES I TOLD TO MOST FAMILIES A CONTACT US ARE
TERRIFIED OF GOING PUBLIC THEY WON'T COMPILE COMPLAINTS
THEY WILL SHARE THEIR STORIES PUBLICLY THEY ARE AFRAID OF
RETALIATION AGAINST THEIR LOVED ONES WE ASK THE COMMITTEE TO
TAKE ACTION TO SEEK JUSTICE AND SEE PROTECTION FOR OUR
MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF CALIFORNIA THANK YOU FOR
HI MY NAME IS DONNA FEINGOLD AND I LIVE IN BENICIA BUT I'M
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ADAPTIVE LEARNING CENTER HERE
IN CONCORD SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING
IN OUR LOVELY TOWN -- I'M ALSO EXCITED BECAUSE USUALLY
IN SACRAMENTO WE HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAKING NOW HAVE
THREE SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT I WANNA SAY I'M GOING TO GO --
A SHOT -- SO I'VE BEEN DOING THIS KIND OF WORK FOR A LONG
TIME -- LONGER THAN I'D LIKE TO ADMIT BUT IT'S BEEN ABOUT
THIRTY FIVE YEARS AND FOR ME IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A SOCIAL
JUSTICE ISSUE IN A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE -- WE WORK WITH SOME
OF THE MOST VULNERABLE HOME CITIZENS ARE OF OUR STATE AND
OUR COMMUNITIES IN IT SADDENS ME WHEN THERE IS TALK ABOUT
WE DO IS -- HAVING TO -- GET INCREASES SO WE CAN MEET
MINIMUM WAGE -- THE THE FOLKS WHO SUPPORT OUR STAFF WHO
SUPPORT OUR FOR FOLKS THAT WE SERVE -- THEY ARE NOT MINIMUM
WAGE WORKERS THEY ARE SKILLED QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WERE
COMMITTED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE
LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE AND LIVING IN THE BAY AREA
WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE COST OF LIVING IS HERE -- AND I'M SO
GLAD PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOT ONLY
FOR THE PEOPLE WE SERVE ABOUT FOR OUR STAFF IT'S JUST --
AS THE MINIMUM WAGE KEEPS ON GOING UP I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD
ABOUT COMPRESSION COMPRESSION IS A REAL CONCERN OF OURS IN
AGENCIES ARE NOT ABLE TO HIRE PEOPLE AND RETAIN THE STAFF
I'M REALLY GLAD OM ASSEMBLY MEMBER FRAZIER YOU ASKED ABOUT
WAITING LISTS BECAUSE I'VE GONE TO SACRAMENTO AND I'VE
HEARD DEPARTMENT SAY THERE ARE NO WAITING LISTS BECAUSE
IT'S ONLY INTERMENT IN THIS ENTITLEMENT BUT THAT'S NOT THE
REALITY THE REALITY IS PEOPLE ARE GETTING SERVE NO WE'VE
HEARD IT TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH STAFF TO FILL
PEOPLE IN OTHER POSITIONS TO MEET RATIOS -- WE WE NEED TO DO
BETTER AND I KNOW THE QUESTION IS WHERE IS THE MONEY THERE'S
MONEY WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE THE STATE HOSPITALS THERE'S
MONEY THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN OUR SYSTEM -- THAT THAT
THE STATE HAS HAD BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SURPLUS AND EXCEPT
FOR -- A BUMP UP TWO YEARS AGO WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING
AS AS AS ON GUY SAID IN ABOUT SIXTEEN YEARS WE HAVE TO BE
WE HAVE TO DO BETTER -- TO TO SERVE THE PEOPLE I KNOW THAT
I OFTEN HEAR THAT IT'S NOT -- POLITICIANS DON'T LIKE HEARING
FROM PROVIDERS BECAUSE WERE SELF SERVING WILL IF IF IT'S
SELF SERVING TO WANT TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE BEST QUALITY
SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE BY HIRING THE BEST QUALITY
STAFF THAN I AM SELF SERVING AND I'M PROUD OF IT THANK YOU
WHERE YOU FROM MY NAME IS DAN HOGAN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
LAS TRAMPAS HERE IN LAFAYETTE CALIFORNIA IT JUST DOWN THE
STREET LAFAYETTE CALIFORNIA I LIVE IN VALLEJO I'VE BEEN
WORKING IN THIS INDUSTRY STARTED HIS DIRECT CARE STAFF
SINCE NINETEEN NINETY THREE AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES
TO THE SYSTEM IN ALL OF THESE YEARS IT WAS A WONDERFUL SYSTEM
WHEN I FIRST ENTERED -- AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY
HERE REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE EROSION THAT HAS ACTUALLY
OCCURRED TO TO THIS TO THIS -- SYSTEM SERVICES IN DAY
PROGRAMS WE PROVIDE DAY PROGRAM INDEPENDENT LIVING SUPPORTED
LIVING AND ADULT RESIDENTIAL SERVICES AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
AS A LOSS OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES -- WE'VE LOST SPEECH
LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD THEM ANYMORE
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS -- -- PT'S AS WELL -- MOBILITY
SERVICES AND WE'VE SEEN THIS SERIOUS EROSION AND NOW WE'RE
LOSING OUR DIRECT CARE STAFF TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA AND MOVE
OUT OF STATE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE
WHEN I HAVE TO COUNSEL MY STAFF LIKE I DO MANY OF OUR S.
L.
S.
LESSER I'LL AS CLIENTS ON HOW TO FIND HOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IT'S A SHAME THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DESERVE FAR MORE IT SO
HOW DO WE AFFORD THIS SYSTEM WELL I A ASSEMBLY MEMBER LOW
HAD ASKED YOU KNOW WHERE WE CAN FIND THE FUNDING WELL --
SOME OF THE GENERIC RESOURCES THAT WERE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY
UTILIZE FIRST LIKE IN HOME SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SUPPORTED
LIVING SERVICES YOU KNOW THAT IS A A NIGHTMARE AS A PROVIDER
TO ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT AND TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GOING
TO PAY OVERTIME AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO PAY THAT OVER TIME
AND SO FORTH IHS AS THE FUNDING FOR I JUST ASKED FOR ID DE THAT
GENERIC RESOURCE REQUIREMENT SHOULD JUST BE GONE AND LET
THE PROVIDERS ACTUALLY HANDLED THAT DIRECTLY -- AND BECAUSE
IT'S AN ABSOLUTE NICE NIGHTMARE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES --
THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE FUNDED FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES FILTERED AWAY FROM THE COUNTY SYSTEM AND
DIRECTLY INTO THE DD SYSTEM -- WE SHOULD BE INCREASING
OUR EFFORTS AT RISK AT GETTING MEDICAID FUNDING FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF WE LOOK AT THE STATISTICS CALIFORNIA
IS SIX ROUTINELY INSUFFICIENT AND THE REQUIRING THOSE FUNDS
FOR THE ID BE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN GET A
LOT MORE DOLLARS IN -- ALSO KEEP NOT JUST KEEPING THE DC
FUNDING THAT WE'RE SAVING FROM INDIVIDUALS MOVING OUT BUT THE
SALE OF THE PROPERTIES SHOULD STAY IN THE ID BE SERVICES
THIS SYSTEM AS WELL AND ALSO REDUCING REDUNDANCIES WE HAVE A
SYSTEM WHERE ALL OF OUR LICENSE FACILITIES ARE UNDER TITLE
SEVENTEEN AND THE REGIONAL CENTERS HAVE TO DO A ON IT OUR
PROGRAMS AND THEN TITLE TWENTY TWO COMMUNICATOR LICENSING HAS
TO DO THE SAME EXACT THING WHAT ONE OF THEM NOT BOTH AND FILL
TO THOSE FUNDS TO US THANK YOU
NEWMAN REGION WHERE YOU FROM GOOD EVENING MISTER CHAIRMAN
-- MY NAME IS CARL LUNDEN ABOUT LOBBYIST YOU GUYS KNOW
OPEN SACRAMENTO -- ONE THING I DON'T SHARE VERY OFTEN SOME
ALSO FATHER OF A TWENTY ONE YEAR OLD -- WE'RE VERY CLOSE
TO ENTERING THE REGIONAL CENTER SYSTEM I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING TODAY ESPECIALLY FOR YOU GUYS MAKING
THE TRIP I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS A RITUAL YES MINUTE YEP I
JUST WANT TO LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW EVERYBODY'S ON WIFI OVER
CRASH IN THE THE LIVE STREAM SO LACKEY YOU SOMEBODY TO
TO SIGN OFF A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN AND OTHER PEOPLE THE
PUBLIC COULD UTILIZE THE THOUGH THE LIFESTREAM I'D REALLY
APPRECIATE IT I APOLOGIZE FOR IT REVENUE NO WORRIES THANK YOU
-- REALLY -- YOU INTERRUPTED MY SAYING THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE AND MAKE IN THE TIME OF A TO -- IS SPECIALLY COMING
UP -- YOU KNOW FROM ACROSS THE VALLEY IN FROM SAN JOSE IN
OTHER PLACES SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT IT'S I'VE BEEN A LOT
OF SELECT COMMITTEE HEARINGS MY THIRTY YEAR CAREER AS A
LOBBYIST AND THEY ARE ALWAYS AS WELL ATTENDED SO THANK YOU
FOR DOING THAT I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE THREE QUICK POINTS --
ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION I WORK WITH CALLED THE ALLIANCE
IT'S -- NETWORK A SMALL NETWORK OF PROGRAMS AROUND THE STATE
BUT SOME OF THIS REFLECT MY VIEWS ON HAVING WORKED IN THIS
ISSUE OR FOR FIFTEEN YEARS AS A LOBBYIST -- ONE THING YOU
HAVE THE -- AND I'LL TRY NOT TO DO PLAY GROUND THAT'S BEEN
COVERED ONE THING THOSE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS A RATE STUDY
THIS COMING DO WE ARE STUDYING -- IN THEORY WHAT IT COSTS TO
PROVIDE THESE SERVICES IN THE SYSTEM THAT STUDY IS SUPPOSED
TO COME OUT SOMETIME IN MARCH EXPERIENCE TELLS ME THAT THAT
STUDY MAY OR MAY NOT SHOW UP ON TIME -- LET'S SAY IT DOESN'T
WORK IT SHOWS UP ON TIME THE GAP BETWEEN THE TIME WHEN YOU
WOULD HAVE THE TIME TO REACT AS A LEGISLATURE BETWEEN MARCH
AND MAY REVISED PUT SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET THAT REFLECTS
INDIAN THAT REPORT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY SO ONE THING I THINK
YOU SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MOVING TO TRY TO DO IS TO PUT
IN PLACE SOME KIND OF BRIDGE FUNDING REGARDLESS OF WHAT
THE STUDY SAYS TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY CONTINUE ON TO SOME
KIND OF FUTURE CONTEMPLATE PUTTING SOME KIND OF FUNDING
IN IS A PLACEHOLDER FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE THIS RATE
STUDY SECOND ISSUE THE WAITING LIST THAT IS BEEN MENTIONED A
COUPLE TIMES WAITING LISTS ARE TRICKY BECAUSE ONE PROGRAMS
OFTEN ARE GOING TO TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE A WAITING LIST
THAT DISCREDITS THEIR PROGRAM THE SECOND THING IN THAT AREA
IS THAT AWAITING THIS CAN BE ONE OF TWO THINGS ALSO IT CAN
BE A PERSON WHO YOU'RE WAITING TO GIVE A SERVICE TO YOU DON'T
HAVE THE STAFF TO DO IT OR YOU STICK HIM IN ANOTHER SERVICE
THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE UNTIL THE RIGHT SERVICES AVAILABLE
FORM THAT'S ANOTHER FORM OF HOW WAITING OCCURS LAST THING
ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER -- PIECE IN THE FUNDING YOU
KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER TIME IS THE LEGISLATURE IS NOT HAD
THE COURAGE TO STAND UP TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND IS LET THE
ADMINISTRATION RUN THE SHOW ON THIS ISSUE I'VE WATCHED
STOCKTON DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER AGNEW'S DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER
CAMERI -- STATE HOSPITAL WHICH HAD OUR CLIENTS IN IT AS WELL
LETTERMAN DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER EVERYONE OF THEM CLOSE NONE
OF THE ASSETS ARE OPERATING DOLLARS WOULD TRANSFER TO THE
SYSTEM WE GET NO BENEFIT WHEN THESE CLOTHES CENTER PEOPLE PUT
BACK IN THE COMMUNITY WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY IS YOU HAVE
TO FINAL DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS AND CLOSER HUGE ASSETS CINEMA
WOULD LIKE THAT PROPERTY STATE CINEMAS WITH NOTHING ON IT IF
POSSIBLE MAKE THEM PAY FOR IT LET'S GET SOMETHING OUT OF THAT
FAIRVIEW DOWN ORANGE COUNTY'S ARE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE
PIECE OF PROPERTY THE SYSTEM SHOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT IN
WE SHOULD ALSO BENEFIT BY KEEPING THE OPERATIONS DOLLAR
THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATING THOSE PROGRAMS TODAY
IN THE SYSTEM SERVING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THE AVERAGE
PERSON BED COST IN THE STATE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS IS UP
AROUND SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A PERSON NOW HAVE YOU
IN THE COMMUNITY WE GET ABOUT SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
ON AVERAGE IT'S INEQUITABLE MAKE IT WORK GRAB THAT MONEY
IN STAND UP AND FIGHT THE ADMINISTRATION ON THAT THANK
YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU
THE GIRL A LITTLE FRAYED
GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS VERY BEEN DONE I'M WITH BILLION
CORNERS WORRIED NONPROFIT HOUSING -- DEVELOPER AND WE
PROVIDE HOUSING SERVICES -- BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO -- I
HAVE -- WELL I PROBABLY WILL USE MY THREE MINUTES BECAUSE
AUDRAN NICOLE IN JAN ALL GAVE VERY GOOD DESCRIPTIONS OF
WHAT THE HOUSING SITUATION IS IN THE ID THE FIELD -- I'VE
WORKED IN THIS FIELD ABOUT FORTY THREE YEARS NOW AND WHAT
I'VE SEEN IS OVER THOSE YEARS A NUMBER OF PARADIGM SHIFTS
AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A PARADIGM SHIFT RELATED
TO HOUSING I THINK WELL WHAT I SEE THE ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT'S HAPPENED IS DUE TO THE SUCCESS OF OTHER AREAS
OF A PERSON'S LIFE WEATHERBY RECREATION OR EMPLOYMENT THAT
THERE'S BEEN A MOVEMENT TOWARD INTEGRATION AND FULL IN THE
INCLUSION AND THAT'S A GREAT THING FOR ALL THE FOLKS WITH
ID DE THAT'S NOW HAPPENING WITH HOUSING AND I THINK THAT'S
A WONDERFUL THING -- WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW
THE NUMBERS BUT PROBABLY MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE BECOMING ADULTS TO DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN GROUP HOMES
THEY DO NOT WANT LIVING LICENSE GROUP HOMES AND WHAT THEY'RE
WANTING OUR PLACES OF THEIR OWN AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S
NOT ENOUGH WE KNOW THERE'S NOT ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR
EVERYBODY LET ALONE THE PEOPLE WITH THE ID DE WHO TENDED
NOT BE THE PEOPLE WHO GET ON WAITING LISTS AND THAT KIND OF
THING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING -- JAN MENTIONED I THINK A
COUPLE GOOD SUGGESTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COULD BE DOING
-- ANOTHER ONE I WOULD I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT IS
THE WHOLE ISSUE OF THE RENTAL SUBSIDIES MOST OF THE PEOPLE
THE ADULTS WERE SERVING ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NEED SOME
KIND OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE -- WE KNOW THE HEAD SECTION EIGHT
IS NOT GOING TO BE THE ANSWER AND SAID -- SAN FRANCISCO
WE MAY PEOPLE PROBABLY READ THAT HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN
DEBT TO BUY THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS SO THERE'S NOT GONNA
BE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS THERE FOR PROBABLY THE REST OF MY
LIFE TIME BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT POSSIBILITIES OF HOW WE
CAN CREATE CREATIVELY -- RENT SUBSIDIES FOR PEOPLE'S ID D.
R.
PROGRAM BREWING CORNERS WE -- HAVE BRANCHED OUT AND
SURVIVE IT OTHER POPULATIONS OUR BIGGEST PROGRAM IS IN
LOS ANGELES IT'S CALLED THE FLEXIBLE HOUSING SUBSIDY POOL
WE SERVE ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE THROUGH THAT THAT
PROGRAM AND BASICALLY IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE
THIRTEEN OR MORE AGENCIES AT THIS POINT HAVE POOLED THEIR
FUNDS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A OPPORTUNITY A SUBSIDY
FOR INDIVIDUALS IT'S NOT RELATED TO SECTION EIGHT OR
OTHER PUBLIC SUBSIDIES -- IN I THINK AND IT'S WITH THERE'S
BEEN SOME DISCUSSION WITHIN THE ID FIELD ABOUT LOOKING AT
THIS IS A MODEL I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT DOES NEED TO LOOK
LIKE EXACTLY LIKE THE FLEXIBLE HOUSING SUBSIDY POOL BUT WE
NEED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO SET UP SOME
KIND OF A SUBSIDY MECHANISM FOR PEOPLE THAT ADD AND JUST THE
KIND OF A SIDE NOTE I WANT TO THINK ASSEMBLYMAN FRAZIER OF
HEAT FOR HIS SUPPORT -- WE HAVE A STATEWIDE COALITION CALLED
THE LETTERMAN HOUSING ALLIANCE AND ASSEMBLYMAN FRAZIER
DELIVERED A VERY INSPIRATIONAL PD -- SPEECH THERE ABOUT
THREE WEEKS AGO WE DEFINITELY KNOW YOUR SUPPORT EVEN
THANK YOU FOR THAT THANK YOU
THE SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE FROM GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS SERRA
VERITY I LIVE IN ANTELOPE BUT I'M HERE REPRESENTING GATE
PASSED THE SERVICE PROVIDER IN SAN MATEO AND SANTA CLARA
COUNTY -- WE'RE APPROACHING A ONE HUNDRED YEAR ANNIVERSARY
AND WE HOPE TO BE AROUND FOR ANOTHER ONE HUNDRED YEARS
HOWEVER WE NEED RATE REFORM AND THEN AT AND JUST CALLING DONT
WHAT DONNA SET AND REITERATE WHAT DONNA MENTIONED AND I'M
SELF SERVING TO OUR DIRECT CARE STAFF DESERVE BETTER
WAGES PARTICULARLY SAN MATTEO SANTA CLARA COUNTY WHERE AT
MINIMUM WAGE THE COST OF LIVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOT
AVAILABLE TO OUR STAFF WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MORE AND
I URGE YOU TO LOOK AT RATES AND WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE
RATE STUDY WE NEED MONEY NOW
NAME WHERE YOU'RE FROM GOOD EVENING I'M CAROL MCKINNEY
I LIVE IN WALNUT CREEK I AM THE CO FOUNDER AND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HARMONY HOME ASSOCIATED WE PROVIDE
INDEPENDENT LIVING IN SUPPORT OF LIVING SERVICES IN CONTRA
COSTA COUNTY I'M ALSO THE CO CHAIR OF THE GOVERNMENTAL
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE FOR THE CALIFORNIA SUPPORTED LIVING
NETWORK AND I WON'T REITERATE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
ALREADY SAID BECAUSE I AGREE WITH THEM OTHER THAN TO SAY
THAT WITHOUT A WORK FORCE AND HOUSING PEOPLE WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO LIVE AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES -- THE
OTHER THING I WANTED TO DO WAS THANK ASSEMBLY MEMBER FLORA FOR
HIS STATEMENT THAT HE SUPPORTS THE MONEY FROM THE DC CLOSURES
STAYING WITHIN OUR SYSTEM AND I WANT TO LET HIM KNOW AND
AND ALL AND YOU KNOW AS WELL THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE
IN THIS ROOM WHO WILL SUPPORT HIM WITHOUT FIGHT CURRENTLY
WE HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO DOESN'T SEE IT THAT WAY AND WE LIKE TO
CHANGE THAT THANK YOU THANK YOU
WHICH NAME WE'VE BEEN PLEASE A GOOD EVENING ASSEMBLYMEMBERS MY
NAME IS GINNY OF AS THE ARE AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
FOR MODELS HOME CARE AND WE PROVIDE MOSTLY RESPITE IN IOWA
SERVICES TO ROUGHLY FIFTEEN HUNDRED CLIENTS THROUGHOUT
THE EAST BAY I ALSO SERVE AS ONE OF THE CO CHAIRS FOR THE
REGIONAL CENTER OF THE EAST BAY VENDOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MODELS HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CALIFORNIA SUPPORTED LIVING
NETWORK IN CALIFORNIA RESPITE ASSOCIATION TO COMMISSION ARE
MANY KNOW OF AN ACCOUNTING FIRM HERE IN CALIFORNIA
AND GALLAGHER -- WORKFORCE CONSERVATION FIRM TO DETERMINE
THE COST OF DELIVERING HOME BASED DISABILITY SUPPORT
SERVICES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE RATE
STUDIES WHAT BEING CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY BIRDS AND
ASSOCIATES TO THE S.
WE ARE STUDYING RESPITE SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT
LIVING PERSON LISTENS IN INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS
INSTRUCTION SERVICES IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PRICE
TO PAY DISABILITIES SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR EACH SERVICE
WE DECIDED TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH EACH PART OF THE SERVICE
COST TO DELIVER THE WAGES OF STAFF THEIR BENEFITS OFFICE
IN TRAINING SPACE INSURANCE PHONES COMPUTERS ETCETERA
WE FOUND OUT HOW MUCH THESE RESOURCES COST BY RESEARCHING
THEIR PRICES WITHIN THE MARKETPLACE WHERE DISABILITY
SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS HIGHER THEIR STAFF AND PAY FOR THEIR
BUSINESS QUITMAN AND RESOURCES WITHIN THIS STUDY WE TAKE THE
OCCUPATIONS APPLICANTS CONSIDER ALONGSIDE DISABILITY SERVICE
JOBS AND SEE HOW MUCH THEY PAY WE USE THIS INFORMATION TO
CALCULATE HOW MUCH DISABILITY SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL HAVE TO
PAPER LABOR COSTS GIVEN THAT DIRECT SERVICE JOBS ARE OFTEN
MORE DEMANDING AND REQUIRE MORE RESPONSIBILITY THE SAME
CALCULATION CONSIDERATIONS WILL NEED TO BE MADE FOR
ORGANIZATION SUPERVISORS TRAINERS AND MANAGERS AND OF
COURSE BESIDES EMPLOYEES THE BUSINESS DISABILITY SUPPORT
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TO PAY FOR INSURANCE RANT PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES FOR ACCOUNTING TAXES LAWYERS COMPUTER SOFTWARE
OFFICE SUPPLIES AND VARIETY OF OTHER ITEMS THEN WHEN THE STATE
SET PRICES FOR SERVICES USING A REAL COSTS CLIENTS IN THE
FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS
COMPETING FOR THEIR BUSINESS AND AS YOU HAVE HEARD THIS
EVENING IF PRICES ARE TOO LOW SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS WILL
STOP ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS STOP DEVELOPING NEW SERVICES
OR GO OUT OF BUSINESS WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING
TODAY THE ONLY WAY TO CREATE CLIENT CHOICE AND QUALITY THAT
FOLLOWS IS FOR THE STATE TO SET PRICES BASED ON THE MARKET
COSTS LAST WEEK AT THE TOWN HALL AND HE WORD WE RELEASE
PRELIMINARY DATA ON LOCAL COSTS FOR RESPITE SERVICES
WE WILL CONTINUE TO RELEASE DATA ON THE OTHER FOR SERVICE
CODES AS THEY ARE COMPLETED WITH THE FINAL SIMILAR REPORT
HOPEFULLY TO BE RELEASED BY THE END OF DECEMBER AND PLEASE
CONTACT US CONTACT US IF YOU WOULD LIKE FURTHER INFORMATION
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THE TWO NAME WE'RE FROM PLEASE PERSONS WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE SIMPLY AND HEARING OUR VOICES THIS EVENING
MY NAME IS JENNY WILCOX THE CASE MANAGER AT THE ADAPTIVE
LEARNING CENTER HERE IN CONCORD -- I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST
ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND FIGHT FOR HIGHER WAGES FOR HUMAN
SERVICE WORKERS HERE'S WHY OUR COST OF LIVING INDEX IS BASED
ON THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF ONE HUNDRED CONTRA COSTA COUNTY'S
OVERALL COST OF LIVING IS A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE POINT
NINE NEARLY DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY THE COST OF LIVING HAS INCREASED AT ITS
FASTEST RATE IN TEN YEARS GAS PRICES ALONE HAVE SURGED NEARLY
TWENTY FIVE POINT FOUR PERCENT THIS PAST YEAR AND HOUSING
IS THE BIGGEST FACTOR IN THE COST OF LIVING DIFFERENCE
MANY EMPLOYEES WORKING IN HUMAN SERVICES ARE LOW WAGE
WORKERS IN CANNOT ADEQUATELY THEY DON'T ACTUALLY ADEQUATELY
MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO TO TO TO PROVIDE THEIR FAMILY'S NEEDS
TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES NEEDS I'M WORKING IN HUMAN
SERVICES CAN BE STRESSFUL AND DEMANDING HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS
NEED A BROAD RANGE OF SKILLS INTERPERSONAL SKILLS PROBLEM
SOLVING COMMUNICATION SKILLS PATIENTS THE LIST GOES ON HUMAN
SERVICE WORKERS ARE COURAGEOUS THEIR COMPASSIONATE WHICH
IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO RETAIN AND PROVIDE THE QUALITY
SUPPORTS THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES RELY SO HEAVILY
UPON MANY FAST FOOD CHAINS HAVE STARTING WAGES A QUICK LENT
OR HIGHER TO THOSE WORKING IN HUMAN SERVICES AND YOU DON'T
NEED TO BE HIGHLY SKILLED TO WORK IN A FAST FOOD CHAINS
SUCH AS IN AND OUT BURGER STARBUCKS JUMBA JUICE WHERE
WAGES START OUT THE SAME AS AS HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS SOMETIMES
HIGHER OR EQUIVALENT SO THAT'S CONCERNING ITS CONCERNING ON
A VARIETY OF LEVELS ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RETENTION
A HIGH TURNOVER RATE IMPACTS THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SUPPORT
AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE THIS EVENING I'M HERE TO TO REQUEST
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HIGHER WAGES FOR HUMAN SERVICE
WORKERS TO RETAIN QUALITY EMPLOYEES THAT OFFER ADEQUATE
SUPPORTS THE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT RELY UPON SO THANK YOU
PLEASE -- NAME IS -- JAMES HERE MOTO I LIVE IN BRENTWOOD
AND I'M A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST WITH THE PLAN WITH THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT I WORK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY LIVE RIGHT
ACROSS STREET FROM WHERE I WORK -- -- MY BACKGROUND IS A SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGIST BEEN DOING THAT FOR ALMOST TWENTY PLUS YEARS
I'VE ALSO BEEN -- WORK FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC CENTER NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA FREMONT PART OF THIS -- CALIFORNIA PART OF EDUCATION
SEVEN YEARS THEN PROFESSOR AND A PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR SEVEN
PLUS YEARS AND BEEN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TWICE
-- DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES SOMETHING KNOWN VERY WELL --
GIVEN THAT -- I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT GETTING FUNDING FOR THE
REGIONAL CENTERS EARLY EARLY IDENTIFICATION EARLY EARLY
INTERVENTION IS THE KEY BIRTH TO THREE IF WE DON'T GET THEM
OR IF THEY DON'T GET SERVICES EARLY IT TAKES THAT MUCH LONGER
FOR THE BENEFITS TO OCCUR THAT'S WHERE IT SO THERE'S A
DOMINO EFFECT IF THEY DON'T GET THE FUNDING IT'LL IMPACT THE
SCHOOLS AND THEN THE SCHOOLS HAVE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES
LONGER AND MORE IMPACTED SO MY COLLEAGUES IN THE REGIONAL
CENTERS DESPERATELY NEED THIS AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE
HUGE GIGANTIC CASELOADS THAT THAT'S IN A LOT OF TURNOVER
THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE KIDS TURNING
THREE YET SOMETIMES AND GET US THAT INFORMATION RIGHT AWAY
WHERE WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO DO THE ASSESSMENTS AND THEN
LEGAL THINGS START HAPPENING WITH SCHOOLS -- IT WAS BY THAT
THAT -- BY ABA SERVICES AND IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ARE MANDATED ONCE YOU HAVE AN ID P.
TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT'S THAT'S IT SCHOOL DISCRIMINATED
BRED PROVIDE SERVICES -- IF THE NEED IS THERE AND SOME
DISTRICTS BECAUSE OF LEGAL ISSUES ARE ARE ARE LOCAL TO TWO
TO FORM THAT OUT THEY TRY TO DO IT IN HOUSE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
-- WE WE HAVE THE CBA'S WE HAVE BEHAVIOR TAX IN BE INVENTED
-- MY CONCERN WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING FORMULA FOR EDUCATION
HERTZ GROWING DISTRICTS LIKE BRENT WOULD BRENTWOOD HAS ONE
OF THE LOWEST EIGHTY EIGHT BASE RATES IN THE STATE IF
YOU LOOK IT UP YET OUR HOUSING COSTS ARE ASTRONOMICAL SO ONE
WOULD THINK THAT HOUSING COSTS SCHOOLS GET FUNDING NOW IT'S
NOT THAT IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE -- AND THIS IS LIKE LAMMERS
VILLE AND MOUNT HOUSE FALLING TO THE SAME RAPID GROWTH IN AN
AGRARIAN AREA FUNDING SOURCES ARE REALLY MINIMAL FOR THE
SCHOOLS IT CAN BE AS MUCH AS TWO HUNDRED THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS PER STUDENT DIFFERENCE SOME EVEN FAR GREATER THAN
THAT SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M HOPING THAT WILL HAPPEN
WITH THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION THANK YOU VERY MUCH LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU
THE NAME REFERS AND FROM ON THE CREEK -- I WORK FOR COMMUNITY
INNOVATIVE WORK PROGRAMMING WE PROVIDE BEHAVIORAL SERVICES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE -- CENTRAL CALIFORNIA -- I'M RUNNING
PROGRAMS HERE IN THE EAST BAY -- BUT I'M ALSO HERE -- AS AN
ADVOCATE FOR FAMILY MEMBER WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY --
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN ELEVATOR PITCH -- SO -- I GOT THIS JOB
OPPORTUNITY IT'S IT'S VERY SPECIAL IS VERY VERY REWARDING
THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE
TO HELP SOMEBODY WITH THEIR SELF CARE BUT IN ADDITION --
EXPECT TO BE YELLED AT EXPECT TO BE THREATENED YOU MIGHT GET
SLAPPED YOU MIGHT GET PUNCHED IN MY GET YOUR HAIR PULLED
-- AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU HAVE TO DETERMINE AM
I GONNA BE ABLE TO COME BACK AGAIN TOMORROW CAN I FOR TO
COME BACK AGAIN TOMORROW OR DO I GET A JOB FLIPPING BURGERS
AS PEOPLE SAID DRIVING FOR UBER -- -- THAT THAT IS THE REALITY
AND I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE I I COULD HAVE ANY MY STAFF
HERE WHO HAVE FACES ISSUES BECAUSE THEIR HOME GETTING
THE REST THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK AGAIN AND DO IT TOMORROW
AND I'M SO THANKFUL TO THEM BUT THEY DESERVE MORE THEY
DESERVE MORE AND MY FAMILY MEMBER WITH AN INTELLECTUAL
DISABILITY HAS SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES -- BUT THE PERSON
WHO CARES FOR HIM -- HAD TO QUIT THEIR JOB BECAUSE IN THIRD
FRESNO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FIND SERVICES THERE WAS NOBODY WHO
CAN PROVIDE US WITH A NEED SO HE'S RECEIVING PUBLIC SERVICES
NOW HIS FATHER'S RECEIVE PUBLIC SERVICES SO THAT'S ON
ON ANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCES BUT IT'S A REALITY THEY'RE NOT
THE WORKERS THERE'S NOT THE WORK FORCE -- BECAUSE PEOPLE
JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THE WORK THEY WANT TO BUT THEY
CAN'T THAT'S RIGHT THANK YOU
HI GOOD EVENING MY NAME THEIR EXACT MAN I HAVE THE
DISTINCT HONOR AND THE DISTINCT CHALLENGE TO BE THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER WE SERVE ABOUT
ONE LAUGH WE SERVE ABOUT NINETY SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE AND SAN
MATTEO SAN FRANCISCO IN MARIN COUNTIES -- EARLIER SPEAKER
TALKED ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF
COST OF LIVING -- WE'RE BETWEEN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY AND TWO
HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT MARIN COUNTY IS NOW MY AN
EXPENSIVE COUNTY WHICH I TAKE NOTE AND IN GLEE OF OF TELLING
THEM -- SO I WORK IN THE FIELD FOR ABOUT THIRTY YEARS MOSTLY
WITH PROVIDER STARTED IN DIRECT SERVICE IN A SHELTERED WORKSHOP
AND WORKED IN SUPPORT OF LIVING IN RESIDENTIAL AND -- RESPITE
AN AFTER SCHOOL RECREATION -- AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE GOLDEN
GATE REGIONAL CENTER NOW FOR ON ON COMING ON THREE YEARS
AND I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS THAT'S
ONE FROM TRUMAN IN THE FIELD BUT I'M REALLY GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THE TWO STRUCTURAL THINGS THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO MAKE
THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN THE NEXT DECADES WHICH IS -- MEDIAN
RATES AND -- THE FUNDING OF REGIONAL CENTERS AND TO TRY
TO ADD SOMETHING HOPEFULLY NEW TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT --
MEDIAN RATES IT'S NOT A NEW IDEA FOR CALIFORNIA -- WHEN I
WAS -- STARTED OUT AND THROUGH TWO THOUSAND EIGHT IN DIFFERENT
WAYS THERE WAS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COST OF PROVIDING
SUPPORT IN THE RATES THAT WERE PAID FOR SUPPORT WILL AND I
AM PROBABLY ONE OR TWO OTHER PEOPLE REMEMBER COST STATEMENTS
WERE YOU IN FOR PROVIDERS ARE YOU RECORDED HOW MUCH IT COSTS
THAT WERE ALLOWABLE COSTS HE DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
YOU SERVED IT WASN'T A PERFECT SYSTEM BUT YOU IT WAS CONNECTED
TO WHAT IT COSTS TO PROVIDE SERVICES -- AND SO THAT ENDED
IN NINETY SIX NINETY SEVEN FOR THE BIG SERVICES AND THEN IN
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT THE REGIONAL CENTERS LOS THE FLEXIBILITY
TO GO NEGOTIATE RATES AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN COSTS
AND RATES FELL AWAY SOMEWHERE TALKING ABOUT RATE INCREASES
IT'S NOT AND IT RATE INCREASES JUST HAVING SOME RATIONAL
CONNECTION BETWEEN WHAT THE COSTS ARE AND WHAT THE SERVICES
ARE -- REALLY QUICKLY WITH THE LAST THING ON MEDIAN RATES
AS I HAD A PROVIDER FROM THIS AREA WHO HAS ONE OF THE MOST
ROBUST -- PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND RATES IN OUR AREA AND SHE
WENT TO US DESPERATE FOR STAFF YOU INTO A JOB FAIR IN TROUBLE
TODAY WAS PLAYING HIGHER THAN SHE COULD OFFER -- AS HER
ENTRY LEVEL AND THAT SERVING FOLKS WITH SIGNIFICANT NEEDS
AGAIN THAT THROUGH RATES THAT ARE ON THE HIGHER END OF OUR
RATES REGION CENTER FUNDING IS BASICALLY SAID SAID ON --
MECHANISM FROM THE MID EIGHTIES THAT HAS AGAIN NO CONNECTION
WITH COSTS AND WE DEARLY LOVE OUR COLLEAGUE HEATHER FROM
THE CENTRAL VALLEY BUT WE GET THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE CASE
MANAGERS AND I'VE GOLDEN GATE WE'VE GOT ABOUT TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY FIVE STAFF AND A HUNDRED AND SIXTY OR SEVENTY CASE
MANAGERS CAN MAKE TWENTY TO THIRTY PERCENT MORE WORKING
FOR GOVERNMENT WORKING FOR THE COUNTIES AS SOCIAL WORKERS
THEY STAY WITH US BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE FAMILIES AND THE
INDIVIDUALS THEY SERVE AND ARE CONNECTED TO THEM AND BUT WE
CAN DRIVE THEM AWAY IF THEY COULD JUST CANCER FIVE IN OUR
AREA -- SO I'D LOVE TO TALK TO MORE ABOUT THOSE THINGS -- BUT
I MEANT ZERO SO I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THE LANHAM ACT AS ITS
VERY CORE IS ABOUT EQUAL ACCESS NOT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
EQUAL ACCESS TO LIVE WORK AND PLAY AND AS PEOPLE WITHOUT
TO ABILITIES TO AND THE FIRST LINE IS THAT THE CALIFORNIA
ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR CITIZENS IN THERE AND
-- COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL
DISABILITIES AND AT SOME POINT WITH THE SEVERE UNDERFUNDING
CALIFORNIA'S NO LONGER ACCEPTING THAT RESPONSIBILITY
AND I IT'S GONNA TAKE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO ADVOCATE
FOR THOUSANDS OF THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE YOU
AND MY NAME IS CHRISTINE MCCANN AND I AM FROM ANY ARGUMENT
BRAND NEW RESIDENT OF ANTIOCH HAVING MOVED FROM NEW YORK AND
I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND BOTH HAVE AUTISM MY SON TYLER IS
NINETEEN AND WE JUST DROPPED HIM OFF AT UC SANTA CRUZ TO
STUDY MICROBIOLOGY AND HE HAS REQUIRED A RANGE OF SERVICES
SPEECH LANGUAGE -- T.
ABA AND THREE SCHOOL OUR S.
P.
FOR EXTENSIVE TUTORING FOR LEARNING DISABILITY AND HIS
HOPE IS TO GO ON AND STUDY AND VIRUSES AND GOING TO MEDICAL
RESEARCH AND MY YOUNGER SON HUNTER MS FOURTEEN AM AM THREE
REGIONAL HAS INSTITUTIONAL TEAMING ARMY AND IT IS AT TIMES
EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE AND WE HAD AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TIME
GETTING REGIONAL TO ACCEPT HIM I HAVE CALLED SEVERAL TIMES
AND WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER BEFORE DIAGNOSIS AND TELLING THEM
WE ARE IN CRISIS MODE WE NEED HELP WE COULD NOT GET SERVICES
THREE INSURANCE -- AND EACH TIME I CALLED REGIONAL SAID
WELL IT'S A SIX MONTH WAIT AND YOU PROBABLY WON'T GET IT
YOU DON'T HAVE A DIAGNOSIS TRY SOMEWHERE ELSE TRY YOU HEALTH
INSURANCE HIGH SCHOOL WHEN WE DID FINALLY GET REGIONAL CENTER
AND I'D ALREADY GONE TO UNITED HEALTHCARE AND BEEN DENIED
A DOZEN TIMES AND FINALLY ENDED UP TAKING THEM TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGED HEALTH CARE WITH THE AND ASSISTANCE OF
STD CONSULTANTS WHO PROVIDED A FULL SCOPE FTA TO FIGHT UNITED
HEALTHCARE WE ONE SERVICES IT WASN'T UNTIL THEN THAT REGIONAL
CENTER FINALLY ACCEPTED US ONLY WITH DOING THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT
TO SEE IF HE QUALIFIED WITH SEVERAL DIAGNOSIS IN PLACE AM I
HEAR THAT THEY PROVIDE TONS OF SERVICES WE HAVE YET TO SEE A
MAJORITY OF THOSE SERVICES ANY HERE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING
FUNDING BUT I'M NOT SURE WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING BECAUSE
I DON'T FEEL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO WRECK THE TO THE FAMILIES
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO SEE THAT
THEY ARE GOING TO THE FEES ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF IT IS BUT I WANT TO SEE THE
TRICKLE DOWN TO THE FAMILIES HUNTER WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW
IN HIS BROTHER'S FOOTSTEPS BUT WITHOUT SERVICES WITHOUT
YOU KNOW SUPPORT FROM REGIONAL AND ALL THESE PUBLIC FUNDS WE
CAN'T DO THAT AT ONE POINT I HAD TWO BOYS AND A BE A FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS A WEEK IN COPAYMENTS THAT'S TWO THOUSAND
TO TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MONTH OUT OF OUR POCKET
JUST TO GET THEM TO CO HAVE A TAPE TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT
GETTING STABBED OR CHOKED OR HAIR PULLED TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR SON CAN REMAIN IN OUR HOME SO I'M ASKING THAT
YOU LOOK AT THE WHERE THESE FUNDS ARE GOING FOR REGIONAL
CENTER THANK YOU THANK YOU
NAMELY FROM HI MY NAME IS RENEE CALLAWAY I'M FROM OAKLEY AND
MY SON JEREMY IS TEN YEARS OLD AND -- HE IS A RECIPIENT OF
MEDICAID AND ALSO A REGIONAL CENTER OF THE EAST BAY CONSUMER
FOR THE LAST EIGHT AND HALF YEARS I IN JANUARY WE MET WITH
HIS CASE WORKER FOR HIS ANNUAL VISIT AND AT THAT TIME THE CASE
WORKER SAID HE DID NOT QUALIFY FOR SERVICES I THEN ASKED THE
CASE WORKER WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THESE ANNUAL VISITS
IF HE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR SERVICES -- SHE REPLIED JUST
TO KEEP THEM IN THE SYSTEM IN APRIL I REACHED BACK OUT TO MY
CASE MANAGER BECAUSE JEREMY'S BEHAVIORS STARTED BECOMING
INCREASINGLY MORE VIOLENT TOWARDS ME -- I WAS FEARFUL
FOR HIS SAFETY MY SAFETY AND -- OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY -- THE CASE MANAGER CAME BACK INTO THE HOME AND
AT THAT POINT HE QUALIFIED FOR RESPITE SERVICES AND -- BEFORE
SHE LEFT SHE SAID SHE'S GOING TO MAIL ME APPEAL LESS -- THAT
WAS APRIL WE ARE IN OCTOBER I STILL DO NOT HAVE APPEAL
LESS I SAT HERE LISTEN TO LISA TALK ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL
SERVICES THAT REGIONAL CENTER PROVIDES -- THE FIRST SERVICE
LISTED ON HERE IS ADVOCACY
MY EXPERIENCES IN THE EXPERIENCES OF OTHER PARENTS
THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE SERVICES
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW NINE I'M KINDA ECHOING THE LAST
SPEAKER'S COMMENTS WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING -- BECAUSE
IT'S A GOING TO THE ADMIN ADMIN COSTS IS IT GOING TO
ADVOCATING FOR SERVICES -- THAT DON'T EXIST WE'RE NOT SEEING
IT THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HOLD THESE HEARINGS
AND THEN GIVING A VOICE TO THOSE WHO SO OFTEN GO LEFT ON
HEARD OR UNSPOKEN OUT OF FEAR OF LOSING SERVICES THAT THEY
POSSIBLY CAN GET THANK YOU
PLEASE TAKE YOUR NAME AND ONE HI MY NAME IS SHARED IN THE
CLOUD AND THE REGIONAL MANAGER FOR THE BAY AREA OFFICE OF THE
STATE COUNCIL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES THANK YOU
ASSEMBLYMEMBER FRAZIER ASSEMBLY MEMBER TO FOR BEING HERE AND
REPRESENTING SELECT COMMITTEE I'M ALSO HERE WITH OUR DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF POLICY CINDY SMITH AND OUR NORTH BAY REGIONAL
MANAGER LISA HOOKS FROM STATE COUNCIL AND -- WE ARE SO
HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND STAND SIDE
BY SIDE AND FIGHT HAND IN HAND WITH SELF ADVOCATES FAMILY
ADVOCATES AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD TO MAKE SURE THAT
DISABILITY RIGHTS ARE SEEN AS WHAT THEY ARE CIVIL RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S EQUITY AN OPPORTUNITY
AND RESPECT AND THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER AND GLUED BACK
TOGETHER AT A SYSTEMS THAT'S FUNCTIONING THE WAY THAT IT'S
INTENDED I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING WITHIN
ALL TWELVE REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE STATE COUNCIL ACROSS THE
STATE WE HAVE REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES MADE UP OF SELF
ADVOCATES FAMILY OUT BECAUSE AS WELL AS PROFESSIONALS IN
THE FIELD WORKING TOGETHER IDENTIFYING TRENDS IDENTIFY
NEEDS AND IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS -- EARLIER YOUR OFFICE RECEIVED
A SUMMARY OF THAT PORTRAIT OF SERVICES SEGMENT WE DO THAT
EVERY YEAR IT'S ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT ARE REGIONAL
BY THREE COMMITTEES DO IN ADDITION TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT -- ANALYSIS WORK IN FEEDBACK WORK
FOR THE COMMUNITY I WANTED TO READ JUST THE TOP PRIORITIES
AND IDENTIFIED NEEDS BASED ON THE REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR THE BAY AREA OFFICE MAKING UP THE FIVE COUNTIES HERE IN
THE BAY AREA THEY IDENTIFIED AFFORDABLE INCLUSIVE AND
ACCESSIBLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES THEY RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR PROPER FUNDING FOR
SERVICES SUPPORTS AND SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE WITH
ADD TO REPAIR THE HURT THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE MANY DECADES
OF CUTS DIMENSION EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS
FOR COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND THANK YOU
ASSEMBLY MEMBER FRAZIER FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU'VE
DONE THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS MANY OTHERS WHEN IT
COMES TO COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS
THIS THEY ALSO IDENTIFIED ACCESS TO GENERIC SERVICES
LIKE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION WHICH YOU HEARD A LOT ABOUT
THIS EVENING AS WELL AS IN HOME SUPPORT SERVICES OTHER GENERIC
SERVICES THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS ARE SO IMPORTANT
TO PUT THIS PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER AN ADEQUATE TRANSITION
SERVICES AND SUPPORTS TO PREPARE YOUTH WITH INTELLECTUAL
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FOR SUCCESSFUL ADULTHOOD SO
THAT MEANS INCLUSIVE OF FAIR AND APPROPRIATE EDUCATION
THROUGHOUT THE EDUCATIONAL LIFESPAN OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND
THEN SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION SERVICES FOR EMPLOYMENT
HOUSING AND A FULL WRAP AROUND SUPPORTS IS NEEDED SO THAT
PEOPLE CAN LIVE THE LIFE THAT THEY CHOOSE AND -- JUST WANTED
TO THANK YOU FOR THAT WE LOOK FOR TO CONTINUING TO WORK IN
THE WORKING WITH THE SELECT COMMITTEE IN THE OFFICE AND I
JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THIS COMMUNITY -- I'M A FAMILY
ADVOCATE FIRST AND FOREMOST WAS A PROVIDER FOR MANY YEARS NOW
WORKING WITH THE STATE COUNCIL AND -- IT'S AN HONOR TO BE
ABLE TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THIS COMMUNITY YOU SEE THIS
EVENING THANK YOU THANK YOU
PLEASE REFER THEM WE FROM PLEASE YES MY NAME IS JOHN
MCCUE I LIVE IN CINEMA COUNTY AND WORKING WITH SOME FOLKS
IN MARIN COUNTY CURRENT -- CURRENTLY -- I'D FIRST LIKE
TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO ALL THE SPEAKERS AT THAT WOULD
A FIRM -- EVERYTHING YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT IN TERMS OF
THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY I JUST WANT TO SPEAK -- -- THE
THE MATTER OF -- THE NEED FOR PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
-- FOR FOLKS -- PARTICULARLY LICENSED HOUSING THE CARE AND
SUPERVISION HOMES THAT WE HAVE CALIFORNIA DEVELOP TO A SYSTEM
THAT RELIED ON PROPRIETARY OWNERSHIP OF THEN PROPRIETORS
OF THOSE HOME SAID THEY WERE FOR PROFIT -- HOMES AND PART OF
THE COVERAGE IN IN OF TRACTION OF OFFERING THAT SERVICE WAS
THE POTENTIAL OF EQUITY IN THE HOMES BECAUSE THE BUSINESSES
OWNED THOSE -- HOUSES AND AND -- WE'RE LOSING THAT I'VE BEEN
IN THE FIELD FOR ACTUALLY FIFTY YEARS -- THIS YEAR AND I HAVE
OVER THE LAST DECADE OBSERVED -- INCREASING NUMBERS OF HOMES
THAT WERE GENERATED AS PEOPLE LEFT THE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS
IN THE SEVENTIES EIGHTIES AND NINETIES -- AS THOSE
PROPRIETORS RETIRED THOSE HOMES WERE SOLD AND FOR THE MOST PART
ONE WAY -- IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PERMANENT HOUSING PICKING UP
ON -- COMMENT YOU HEARD EARLIER WE HAVE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS
THAT ARE BEING -- EMPTIED IN -- CLOSE THOSE ARE EXTREMELY
POOR -- VALUABLE RESOURCES THEY WERE STABILISED IN THE
CASE OF CINEMA HUNDRED YEARS AGO FOR PERMANENT HOUSING FOR
PERMANENT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT WOULD BE
-- THE FUNDING FOR PERMANENT RESIDENTIAL HOMES USING A BUY
IT NOW AND AS THE STATE'S BEEN DOING WITH A LIMITED AMOUNT OF
MONEY WHERE THE STATE FRANCE THE MONEY TO PURCHASE THE
HOME AND -- TURNS OVER THE HOME TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION IN ORDER FOR TO
BE ESTABLISHED AS PERMANENT HOUSING AND -- WE BUY IT ONCE
AND THEN THE SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL PAY THE THE RENT AND
WE'LL HAVE THAT HOUSING LASTING THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH
USE THE TWO NAME ARE YOU MY NAME IS PAMELA MITCHELL AND
I'M A CO FOUNDER BE WALKER RANCH IT IS A WORKING WE ARE
BUILDING A WORKING RANCH AND FARMING DAY PROGRAM IN SYSOON
VALLEY -- THIS LISTENING TO THE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE
IN THE ROOM -- WE'RE VERY AWARE THAT SUSTAINABILITY AND
AFFORDABILITY IS -- FOR FRONT PROBLEM FOR THE THIS THIS
PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IT'S AN EPIDEMIC AND WE ARE OUT
TO KIND OF MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT IN OUR OUR MODEL OUR
MODEL PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO BE SELF SUSTAINABLE ONCE WE
ARE BUILT AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE PROGRAMS IN PLACE
IN THE WORKSHOPS IN PLACE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE EPIDEMIC
ISSUES WE HAVE ADDRESS SOME OF THE -- WORKSHOPS THAT NEED TO
BE HELD FOR FIRST RESPONDERS LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATIONAL
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL AND WE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR A CLEAR PATH
AND SUPPORT FOR THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IN OUR DISTRICT AND
JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE THAT THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THE SIX MEMORY FROM PLEASE GOOD EVENING RICHARD CALHOUN
WITH CEDAR FROM SAN JOSE CEDARS COALITION OF ELDER IN
DISABILITY RIGHTS WE FOCUS ON THE RIGHTS THE ALTAR IN THIS
ABILITIES FOR THE MOST PART THE LAWS OF THE SAME I'M HERE FOR
A COUPLE LAST YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK YOUR COLLEAGUES
TO HELP YOU OUT THREE KAY LÀ COMMITTEE THREE J.
LACK REQUEST IN TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND TWENTY BILLS GET
THE DISCUSSION ON THE FLOOR AND LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION
WITH A PASS OR FAIL WILL GET YOUR CALL WORKERS VOTE ON
THESE ISSUES I'D BE TALKING TO YOUR OFFICES IN FACT TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU MISTER FRAZIER I LEARNED ABOUT THIS MEETING
WHEN I WAS WALKING THE CAPITAL ON MONDAY YOUR OFFICE STAFF
WASN'T AVAILABLE BUT TELL ME ABOUT THIS MEETING WILL
BE UP THERE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SO THAT'S THE ASK THE
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT TEXAS LAW REVIEW DOT COM SLASH FLEXIBLE
I'D DAY EIGHT DOLLARS FOR DOWN ITS YOU HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD OF
THE COMPANY CALLED LIKE SIMPLE UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW YOU MAY HAVE
HEARD OF THEM THEY RELEASED A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLE
IN APRIL TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN THAT FAIRLY RECENT THEY
FOUND OUT THAT NINETY FIVE PERCENT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES IN THIS STATE USE A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT SECRET
NO PUBLIC INPUT TO WRITE THE PUBLIC POLICIES FOR POLICE
DEPARTMENTS THEIR SOLE FOCUS IS REDUCING LIABILITY NOTHING
ABOUT PROVIDING GOOD SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE THEY RECOMMEND THAT
OFFICE AT THAT AGENCIES TAKE PROTECT AND SERVE OFF THEIR
PATROL CARS BECAUSE HAVING THAT LANGUAGE ON THE PATROL
CAR'S RAISES THE LIABILITY TO THE AGENCY I THINK IT'S TIME
THAT WE CALL A BOWL OF BULL AND SAY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES HAVE GIVEN UP THE RIGHT FOR LOCAL CONTROL LET'S
COME UP WITH A STATE POLICY THAT LOCAL AGENCIES CAN ADOPT
THAT BALANCE GOOD PUBLIC POLICY WITH GOOD LIABILITY THERE'S A
BALANCING ACT IT'S NOT SOLELY LIABILITY THE NEXT ISSUE IS
WHY DOES THE STATE TELL US TO CALL IT DON'T PROTECTIVE
SERVICE WHEN WE SEE AN CRIME AGAINST THE DISABILITY PERSON
IF YOU SEE SOMEONE ROBBING A BANK RECALL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WE SHOULD BE CALLING LAW ENFORCEMENT IF WE SEE ABUSE OF
AN ELDER OR DISABILITY PERSON NOT SOCIAL WORKERS THERE'S A
PROBLEM WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS STATE AND THE NEEDS TO
BE ADDRESSED AT THE STATE LEGISLATION WITH LEGISLATION
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH
ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO
SURE THERE WAS TO WELL I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE AN
INDIVIDUAL JOSTLE THAN WHO OVER THE YEARS I'VE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HE'S BEEN A MENTOR TO ME IN A GO
TO ALSO ALONG WITH WILL AND SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS IN
IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE BUT OF JUST BECAUSE HE'S A ALWAYS
BEEN THERE WHEN I'VE ASKED A QUESTION ALSO TRACY OVER THE
ARK IS BEEN A WONDERFUL SOURCE OF INFORMATION ALSO I WILL
TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT INTEGRATED WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT WE DID THE BILL THIS YEAR AND IT WAS -- NOT
WELL RECEIVED BY THE AGENCIES BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
WORK TOWARDS THAT EFFORT -- MY OFFICE ALONE JUST DID THIRTY
THOUSAND RED RIBBONS WITH THE ARK OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY WE
HIRED THEM TO DO THAT FOR US THAT WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO
THE SCHOOLS I'M GOING TO LOOK TOWARDS THE LEGISLATURE TO
ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO EMPLOY THESE A
PROVIDERS OF SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND GO
FORWARD WE ALSO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE INTERNS ARE OFFICES
IN OUR DISTRICT AND ALSO IN OUR CAPITOL OFFICE AND IT'S
STARTING TO SPUR IS BECOMING INFECTION THING -- IN THE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER -- MIKE GIPSON NOW IN HIS DISTRICT UTILIZES OF
AN INTERN WHO HAS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SO WE'RE WORKING
TOWARDS MOVING THAT FOR MISTER HAS CHIU WOULD YOU LIKE TO
TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF THE CLOTHES GREAT AGAIN THANK
YOU MISTER FOR SIR FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY ALTHOUGH I'M LATE
BUT I FELT THAT I DIDN'T MISS A DAY OF THE BEST PART OF
TODAY'S HEARING AND BE ABLE TO HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS I
WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE LIKE -- AND THOSE
CONSUMERS THAT COME FORWARD AND SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES AS
WELL AS THE SERVICE PROVIDERS YOU KNOW I I HAD THE CHANCE TO
TOUR OF THE DAFT'S -- SCHOOL IN FREMONT IS THE STORY HERE
AND NOW HE'S SHE SHE LEFT ALREADY YOU OWES VERY VERY
IMPRESSIVE -- -- OPERATION HE GOT ALL DEAR IN THE INDUSTRIAL
PARK AREA -- WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED I SERVE AS A CHAIR OF
THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE FOR TWO YEARS AND -- AFTER THIS
HEARING I'M CONSIDERING GOING BACK TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE OF COME NEXT -- A SESSION SO THANK YOU AGAIN
JONES FORD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY I REALLY APPRECIATE IT THANK
YOU SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND -- ONCE THANK EVERYONE
FOR BEING HERE A PARTICIPATING CONCORD'S REGIONAL HEARING --
I LOVE MEETING YOUR HEARING -- WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY -- I
WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF FOR YOUR INSIGHT AND SUPPORT
ON BEING HERE TODAY I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD NIGHT TO ALL BUT
PLACE JUST SAYING THAT I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE THE SYSTEM
IS ENTERED FLUCTUATING LEVELS OF SUPPORT IN THE STATE OVER
THE PAST DECADE GET THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IDT CONTINUES TO
RISE OVER THE LAST DECADE AND IT HAD AN AVERAGE INCREASE RATE
OF THREE POINT SEVEN PERCENT ANNUALLY WE'VE SEEN ABOUT ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND NEW CONSUMERS ENTER THE SYSTEM MORE THAN
THIRTY THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND NOW BEING SERVICE
SO WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE MORE WELL WE HAVE SEEN RECENT
BUDGET AUGMENTATIONS TO THE SYSTEM TO MEET NEEDS S.
JUST A TEMPORARY FIX TO OUR LONG LASTING PROBLEMS I THINK
WE ALL AGREE THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDS FUNDING I MEAN THAT'S
WHAT IS PREVALENT TERMS BEEN BUT WE'RE NOT DONE HERE TONIGHT
I STILL WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO PARTICIPATE IN A SURVEY OF FAMILIES BEING SERVICED
BY THE SYSTEM YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THE SURVEY ON THE SLOW
SIDE COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
WEBSITE LOOK FOR THE HAND OUT ON THE TABLE ON YOUR WAY OUT
FOR THE LINK TO THE SURVEY WITH YOUR INPUT WE WILL LEARN
MORE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR NEEDS WE'RE THAT WE ARE ONLY STRONGER
TOGETHER WORKING TOGETHER THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND I
WILL TELL YOU WE THROUGH THE SURVEY WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT FEAR OF RETRIBUTION OF FOR BEING ABLE TO TESTIFY IN
PUBLIC WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE SAYING THAT THERE'S THAT
THEY'RE NOT GETTING SERVICES AND LISTEN I HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON THIS ISSUE AGAIN WELL INTENTIONED THE THE FUNDING
IS AN ISSUE MAKING SURE THAT THE CASE MANAGERS CAN HAVE
THE ABILITY THEY'RE LOADED THEIR THEIR NINETY SOME HAVE
NINETY THREE OF CONSUMERS GOING FORWARD WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT
MAKING SURE THAT THE REGIONAL SERVICE OF THE MONEY BUT ALSO
MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S AN ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THROUGH THE
SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED THAT THE PEOPLE GET EVERYTHING THAT
THEY DESERVE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE INDUSTRY
AND ALSO THE PROVIDERS AND ALSO THE CONSUMER'S WE'RE GONNA GET
THIS THING THAT WE'VE GOT SIX I'VE GOT SIX MORE YEARS LEFT
IN IN THE IN THE LEGISLATURE IF THE PEOPLE KEEP ELECTING
ME EVERY TWO YEARS BUT MY COMMITMENT IS TO TO YOU THE
NEXT SIX YEARS WE'RE GONNA DO THIS I'M NOT AFRAID WE DID
FIVE POINT TWO BILLION DOLLARS IN TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
TOOK ME TWO YEARS FOUR MONTHS AND SIX DAYS TO GET THAT SIGN
OKAY WE HAVE SIX YEARS IS A LOT WE CAN DO TOGETHER THANK
YOU SO VERY MUCH TONIGHT