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Category Archives: Disability Issues
The Hunt Is on for Psychiatric Patients Allegedly 'Dumped' in California By Nevada Hospital
It's too soon to say whether the story of James Flavy Coy Brown is an anomaly, as Nevada regulators claim, or if budget-stressed mental health service professionals are "dumping" disoriented, mentally ill people on the rest of the nation. If one … Continue reading
New Director to Take Over Troubled Sonoma Disability Center
by Amy Julia Harris, California Watch A former employee of the Sonoma Developmental Center has been tapped to head California’s largest full-time care facility for the severely disabled, at a time when the institution is struggling to reinvent itself in … Continue reading
State Threatens to Shut Down Disability Center Amid Patient Abuse
by Ryan Gabrielson, California Watch The state's largest board-and-care center for the severely disabled lost its primary license to operate today, after repeatedly exposing patients to abuse and shoddy medical care. State regulators cited the Sonoma Developmental Center, which houses … Continue reading
Release of Uncensored Developmental Center Citations Ordered
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by Ryan Gabrielson, California Watch A state court today ordered the California Department of Public Health to disclose uncensored copies of dozens of patient abuse cases at institutions for the developmentally disabled. The ruling camein a lawsuit filed by the … Continue reading
Airline Bars California Boy With Down Syndrome From Flight
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A California family that was not allowed to board a cross-country flight says they believe they were discriminated against because their son has Down syndrome. Robert Vanderhorst, his wife Joan and 16-year-old son Bede, who is … Continue reading
Veterans Lament Slow Service at Oakland VA
Randy’s mother died while waiting for benefits. Adam asked in vain two years ago for help with his brain injury. Bringing up the question of claims at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Oakland office, and you invite a seemingly … Continue reading
Beyond the Bubble: Suit Claiming That Closure of Pot Dispensaries Violates Disabilities Act is Dismissed
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with an AM post from somewhere else in California. We're in this Golden State together. Right? A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's … Continue reading
Breakfast Blend: Campaigns to Legalize Pot with Calif Ballot Measure Appear Set to Flame Out
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. L.A. museum prepares to display space shuttle Endeavour (Los Angeles Times) Effort to … Continue reading
Police Force’s Sloppy Investigations Leave Abuse of Disabled Unsolved
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From California Watch California has assembled a unique police force to protect about 1,800 of its most vulnerable patients – men and women with cerebral palsy, severe autism and other mental disabilities who live in state institutions and require round-the-clock … Continue reading
Breakfast Blend: Menlo Park Fund Manager Charged with Insider Trading on Google
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Hedge-Fund Manager Charged Insider-Trading Probe (Wall Street Journal) Testing pot in a legal … Continue reading
