Hearings

 

Joint Hearing: Assembly and Senate Human Services Committees
2022-2023 Community Services Block Grant State Plan

August 17, 2021

Joint Informational Hearing with Senate Committee on Budget & Fiscal Review, Subcommittee No. 3 On Health and Human Services, Senate Committee on Budget & Fiscal Review, Subcommittee No. 4 On State Administration and General Government, Senate Governance & Finance Committee, Senate Housing Committee, Senate Human Services Committee:
A Perfect Storm: Confronting California’s Homelessness Crisis during the Pandemic

February 24, 2021

 

Informational Hearing: Fighting Hunger:  Food Assistance for Vulnerable Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
November 17, 2020

 

Informational hearing: COVID-19 Impacts on Foster Care
November 16, 2020

 

Joint Hearing with Senate Governance & Finance Committee and Senate Housing Committee:
Confronting a California Crisis: Homelessness. Advancing Solutions to one of our State's Most Pressing Challenges
March 11, 2020

 

Oversight Hearing: State Oversight of Licensed Homes for Vulnerable Adults
February 24, 2020

 

Joint Oversight Hearing with Assembly Human Services Committee: The 2020 - 2021 Community Services Block Grant State Plan
August 27, 2019

Informational Hearing: Caring for Caregivers of Older Adults: Recognizing the Benefits and Needs of Family Caregivers
February 25, 2019

Oversight Hearing: Continuum of Care Reform: Implementation Challenges
March 13, 2018

Joint Informational Hearing with Assembly Human Services Committee: California’s Homeless Youth: Averting Long-Term Crisis
October 10, 2017

Joint Oversight Hearing with Assembly Human Services Committee: The 2018 - 2019 Community Services Block Grant State Plan
August 22, 2017

Oversight Hearing: Moving Toward Equity: Addressing Disparities In Services Provided by the Regional Center System
March 14, 2017 

 

Oversight Hearing: The Check is in the Mail: The State’s Cumbersome In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Payroll Process is Unresponsive to Needs of IHSS Providers and Recipients
November 1, 2016

 

Joint Oversight Hearing with Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services:
A Failure of Oversight: Misuse of Psychotropic Medications
on California’s Foster Children
September 26, 2016

Joint Oversight Hearing with Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services:
A Defining Moment: Considering the Closure of Developmental Centers and Its Impact on Residents, Families and the Regional Center System

February 23, 2016

Joint Oversight Hearing with Assembly Human Services Committee: The 2016-2017 Community Services Block Grant State Plan
August 25, 2015

Psychotropic Medication and Mental Health Services for Foster Youth: Seeking Solutions for a Broken System
August 11, 2015

 

Joint Informational Hearing: Planning and Preparing for the Looming Financial Risks for Long-Term Services and Supports: Who's Ready?
April 7, 2015

Joint Oversight Hearing: Welfare to Work: Oversight of California's CalWORKs Program
March 10, 2015

 

Joint Oversight Hearing: Misuse of Psychotropic Medication in Foster Care: Improving Child Welfare Oversight and Outcomes within the Continuum of Care
February 24, 2015

 

Informational Hearing: The Lanterman Act: Promises and Challenges
October 9, 2014

 

Joint Oversight Hearing: CalFresh: Highlighting Innovation to Target Key Communities
March 11, 2014

 

Joint Oversight Hearing: Increasing Accountability in Assisted Living Facilities:
State Oversight of Care in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly
February 11, 2014

 

Joint Oversight Hearing:  The 2014 - 2015 Community Services Block Grant State Plan
August 20, 2013

Informational Hearing: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors: Policy Considerations for the Child Welfare System May 14, 2013

Joint Informational Hearing: Senate Human Services Committee and Assembly Human Services Committee
The Real Face of California’s Poor: Interpreting the New Federal Poverty Measure
March 12, 2013

 

Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Human Services Committee and Subcommittee No. 3  of the Senate Committee on  Budget and Fiscal Review:
A System In Transition: California's Developmental Centers
October 23, 2012

 

Informational Hearing: Seniors and Hunger: Failing to Reach California's
Vulnerable Elderly
August 14, 2012

 

Informational Hearing: In home Supportive Services (IHSS) Integration into Medi-Cal Managed Care: Policy Considerations
March 27, 2012

 

Informational Hearing: Examining Law Enforcement Practices within State Developmental Centers,
March 13, 2012

 

Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Human Services and Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services: Falling Behind: The Impact of the Great Recession and the Budget Crisis on California's Women and Their Families,
February 1, 2012

Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate and Assembly Human Services Committees: The 2012-2013 Community Services Block Grant State Plan, August 16, 2011

 

Joint Oversight Hearing: Oversight of California’s Regional Centers: Ensuring integrity, transparency, and best practices in a challenging fiscal environment, November 4, 2010.

 

Public Testimony

 

Informational Hearing: Maximizing Federal Funds for Human Services, Tuesday, March 9, 2010

 

Informational Hearing: Long-Term Care, Tuesday, Februaruy 23, 2010

 

Joint Informational Hearing: Future of Long-Term Care, Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Committee Address

Staff