Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Times, Oakland Tribune, and elsewhere:

A federal judge on Monday halted a California budget plan to cut or reduce caregiver services for 130,000 seniors and people with disabilities.

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken sided with plaintiffs in a class action suit who had argued that the state had not developed a fair method for determining whose services were to be cut.  She issued a temporary injunction against the plan, which was intended to cut $82.1 million from in-home support services, and ordered the state to send out notices reassuring people that their services will not be cut on Nov. 1.

Under the judge’s order, the cuts are halted pending future hearings on the lawsuit filed by groups representing senior citizens, people with disabilities, and members of caregivers’ union. The decision is seen as a victory for disability advocates and unions that represent in-home workers.

Earlier posts here.

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