Consistent with the adopted Disability Rights California (DRC) Advocacy Platform, the DRC Public Policy Platform recognizes that the COVID-19 pandemic radically changed our lives over the course of mere weeks. It has highlighted structural problems in our healthcare, housing, and justice systems that have led to disproportionate harm to California’s Black, Latino, Native American, and Asian Pacific Islander communities which intersect with persons with disabilities

Goal 1: Stop abuse, no matter where and when it occurs. Improve Quality of Care.

1. Develop legislative strategy clarifying the causation standard in nursing home death case citations and implementing recommendations from the May 2018 California State Auditor’s report Skilled Nursing Facilities: Absent Effective State Oversight, Substandard Quality of Care Has Continued (#2017-109).

Goal 1: Stop abuse, no matter where and when it occurs. Improve Quality of Care.

1. Develop legislative strategy clarifying the causation standard in nursing home death case citations and implementing recommendations from the May 2018 California State Auditor’s report Skilled Nursing Facilities: Absent Effective State Oversight, Substandard Quality of Care Has Continued (#2017-109).

Goal 1: Stop abuse, no matter where and when it occurs. Improve Quality of Care.

1. Continue legislative advocacy on sponsored bill AB 1335 (Kalra) clarifying the causation standard in nursing home death cases.

Budget Advocacy:

We will provide budget advocacy to protect needed benefits and services. We will monitor the state budget, work to avoid future cuts and restore prior service reductions. This could include advocating for proposals to repeal service limitations adopted as part of the state fiscal crisis.