California law and regulation requires that regional centers display on their Web sites information about the dollar value of services they purchase for clients. These data (called "purchase of service" or "POS" data) must be reported separately by clients' ethnic/racial group, langauge and diagnosis.
Check Out the SFVBJ Article on AB 279
The challenges facing the developmental services system in the San Fernando Valley region are presented in this recent two-page article (page 1 and page 2) in the San Fernando Valley Business Journal (SFVBJ) focused on AB 279. The bill, by Assemblymember Chris Holden, would fund costs associated with local minimum wage increases. ARCA is in support of the bill.