Your legislators are getting raises?  Man, if they tried to ram that one
through here right now, we'd have rioting in the streets.  Our governor has
just mandated a decrease in all state employees' pay.

Mike is in a better position than I to tell about services here in NC.

Kat

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Kat, as you may be aware, Calif is facing major budget woes. our gov'nor
> had said that if we got the 10 billion from the feds, that he wouldn't cut
> us back so much. But, I think the fed is giving our state the money, but not
> all at once. so, if our special election this month does not help, here is
> what happens; already in the month of may, SSI got cut by $35.00. Medi-cal
> (medicaid) stops paying for nearly everything! dental, podiatry, hearing
> aids, OT PT.
>
> The State will cut back what it contributes to our in-home services, and
> pay 8.00 per hour, the counties will be deciding if they can even afford it,
> but in any case, their health insurance benies will probably go. There are
> many disabled who simply may end up in nursing homes...
> IHSS will be trying to cut stuff like meal prep, meal clean up, and god
> knows what else.
>
> the regional centers are being asked to cut administrative cost 3 percent,
> as well as 3 percent cut back on what they pay supported living /
> independent living agencies like the one that supports me. so my agency is
> doing all it can to avoid big cuts, but not sure how they can avoid it. For
> instance, no more raises, no more reimbursement for eating out with the
> consumers, the directors are taking pay cuts..........  it's bad, but will
> get worse if the economy doesn't get better soon.  What really gets me is
> our legislators and all their aides are getting a 5 percent RAISE!   So,
> Some of us are looking at doing civil disobediance in SACTO, to bring
> attention to the very real issues that will happen if all these cuts go into
> effect!
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tamar
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Tamar Mag Raine, Commissioner,
>
> Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with Disabilities
>
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
> www.cafepress.com/tamarmag
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>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Monday, May 4, 2009 6:46:10 PM
> Subject: A Small Update
>
> I've been awfully quiet - my apologies.  The main reason is obviously it's
> not election time and we don't have much spark for debate right now.
>
> But seriously, I have been in a transition - I have been working through
> two
> layoffs this past year - one of 600 people locally and the latest 500
> people
> locally, big numbers for a city of the size of 130,000.  These were a major
> part of our global restructuring plan and unfortunately a big effect has
> been that it's impacted many people I've come to know over the past 20-plus
> years.  It's all been very sad.  Also, this has meant that I have been
> working in helping update our HR database and taking over someone else's
> job
> (she was laid off 3 weeks ago).  It's no comfort to know that  our
> coworkers
> in other countries are going through the same things we are.
>
> How am I coping?  Reading and music and just sleepng on weekends when I
> can.  Indian movies are the perfect escape, with the music and dancing, as
> Beth knows. ;)
>
> So hopefully the worse is behind us and maybe I'll have more time for
> discussions, eh?
>
> One thing I've been thinking of is how have you who deal with social
> service
> agencies been faring?  Are you having to deal with cutbacks in services,
> poor customer relations, etc?
>
> Kat
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