We appreciate and recognize the enormous challenge associated with economic and budgetary impact resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenge that it presents to maintain services for those who have been most impacted by the pandemic itself, such as persons with disabilities, the elderly, persons of color and low-income individuals and families.
Every May - for Mental Health Awareness Month - we encourage you to help us #breakthestigma associated with mental health disorders by sharing your story to inspire those facing similar challenges.
At its meeting on April 6, 2020, the Judicial Council adopted an emergency court rule that effectively stops all evictions, other than those necessary to protect public health and safety, for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency.
The Governor’s March 27 Executive Order N-37-20 is intended to be a delay—not a moratorium—on evictions. Unfortunately, it provides little practical help for renters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSHA) issued some guidance to homeless assistance providers on March 18, 2020, shelters are not complying.
Californians with disabilities and our advocates are horrified by reports from Italy and now Washington State about rationing access to Coronavirus (COVID-19) care via medical treatment triage criteria that will openly exclude people with disabilities from life-saving care.
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, and we seek to celebrate individuals with developmental disabilities in all areas of our communities!
While public perceptions associating serious mental illness with violence have increased substantially in recent decades, serious mental illness is not by itself a predictor of violence.
The 2020 Census is fast approaching, and it’s important that people with disabilities and families are ready to be counted to make sure our communities receive the right share of resources, and that we are fairly represented.
On June 10, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-14-19 calling for the creation of a Master Plan for Aging (MPA) to be developed by October 1, 2020.
In the March 3, 2020 primary election, voters will choose presidential candidates to run against each other in the general election taking place in November 2020. You may need to take certain steps to vote for the presidential candidate you want in the primary election.
The Census Bureau will begin inviting people to participate in the 2020 Census in March of 2020. The 2020 Census is closer than you think! Here’s a quick refresher of what it is and why it’s essential that everyone is counted.