Announcement when it finally hits the full senate and then on to the house. Wanted to remind everybody that this is the month that were having many meetings. We are having of course the meeting today, but next tuesday, the 10th, we will have the First Finance Committee Meeting that we have had in a long time. It will be to have the First Reading of our budget that will be going to the mayor. Then on the 23rd we will be having a full Commission Meeting that will be at born auditorium. Bridget will be sending out all the information, time, place, everything. That will be a full meeting to hear the entire budget then send it on to the mayor if you decide to do that. We also on the 23rd will probably be bringing usually we do that only as a budget meeting but we may be bringing a few add back items to you that we couldnt bring to you today. Also wanted to mention that we have the California Department of aging visit us a week or so ago. They were here for a week. It was fairly goodsized te
Reduction and the 10 states all the states were hit by it. But the 10 states with growth actually took a kind of double hit because we had to hold harmless the states who have had no growth or low growth. So they had a floor at which their budgets couldnt go underneath and that meant 10 states had to take a little bit more of a dive. This compromise means that the slow growth states will be giving up 1 percent of their budget each year for the next 3 years and then everything will be stabilized at that point and the 10 states, which california is one of, will be receiving additional funds over that time. Having looked at the spreadsheets its under a Million Dollars at its height so, you know, spread across california is it necessarily going to mean a lot of money for us in San Francisco. I think the good news is its good to finally see a resolution to this and congress is moving forward. So you will be sending out another announcement when it finally hits the full senate and then on to
The Program Progress then we look at it. But that would be my concern. I would look at this as a beginning of what i hope would be a very fruitful relationship between the two bodies. I do work at daas as well as muni so try to help out. The paratransit and transportation of the disabled is a very big issue and i think it probably is the one we need to look at next to see how we can do it and then talk to folks about the Adult Day Health care centers, how long people are in the centers, more than two hours. By state law its supposed to be an hour, hour and a half at the most. Thats very hard to people. I would be very eager, my fellow commissioners and staff, to look at ways we can better serve the people you serve and we all serve. First off, emmett and tom, thank you for taking the time to come in. I want to say both as a member of the commission and part of an organization that serves so many aging adults and people with disabilities, i think its an innovative and truly wonderful id
Weve had not only slower growth, weve actually had people leaving the state where we have a lot of growth in other states. California is one of the 10 states that actually has had more growth. When sequestration came into place is really the first time theres been a major Budget Reduction and the 10 states all the states were hit by it. But the 10 states with growth actually took a kind of double hit because we had to hold harmless the states who have had no growth or low growth. So they had a floor at which their budgets couldnt go underneath and that meant 10 states had to take a little bit more of a dive. This compromise means that the slow growth states will be giving up 1 percent of their budget each year for the next 3 years and then everything will be stabilized at that point and the 10 states, which california is one of, will be receiving additional funds over that time. Having looked at the spreadsheets its under a Million Dollars at its height so, you know, spread across cali
To funding that will come forward for the recommendations that that committee has looked at. Advocacy work is also underway to adjust the ssi levels to maintain qualifying seniors, qualifying participants, above the poverty level. This is an area thats been cut back in california over the last couple of years so this will be a budget ask moving forward. We also discussed assembly man david chus legislation regarding sro upgrades and that funding, according to his web site, is for 40 million in tax credits. This is statewide money, its to fill a gap that doesnt exist in rehab so again well be tracking that legislation and seeing where it moves forward. The California Senior Legislature reported, anne was in sacramento because the same day was the death with dignity act bill was, there was a press conference to announce that. That has both participants that has senators supporting it, william moming and lois walk who also was a participant in longterm care report and that was senate bill