If the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Ad-ministration of Justice made one point clear, it is that the system for dealing with juvenile offenders is neither treating effectively the patterns which bring young people into the system, nor preventing theGonion, Gordon E...
The purpose of this policy analysis is to critically review the Welfare and Institutions Code搂 369.5, which regulates the authorization of psychotropic medication to treat mental disorders among California's dependent children. While these medications have been proven effective forms of treatment, there...
but are not limited to, assessment of consumer needs; assistance in finding, modifying and maintaining a home; facilitating circles of support to encourage the development of unpaid and natural supports in the community; advocacy and self-advocacy facilitation; development of employment goals; social,...
CA Welf & Inst Code § 11158 (2017) The Legislature recognizes that certain property and rights owned by a recipient, including a recipient of aid to families with dependent children, are of negligible value in enabling the recipient to meet his or her present needs, and should not be ...
The law also adds new benefits for “providers” who provide in-home supportive services as defined under the California Welfare and Institutions Code and who provide “authorized in-home supportive services … to an eligible recipient.”
California Welfare and Institutions Code 625.6(a). Miranda, endnote 1. Welfare & Institutions Code Section 625.6. People v. Taylor (1986) 178 Cal. App. 3d 217. Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1. Same. See also Beck v. Ohio, 379 U.S. 89 (1964). People v. Smith, 40 Cal.4th 483 (...
(26) Section 15657.03 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (c) As used in the following provisions, “firearm” also includes a rocket, rocket propelled projectile launcher, or similar device containing an explosive or incendiary material, whether or not the device is designed for emergency or...
TO:California children who have been declared dependent on a juvenile court under Section 300 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code and who have received or will receive denials of their SIJ petitions on the grounds that the state...
Appellate courts in California have split over how to define “substance abuse” in the context of California Welfare and Institutions Code § 300(b)(1), with some adopting an objective, scientific standard based on either a professional diagnosis or cr...
A CARE Court proceeding is not a general conservatorship, or an LPS health conservatorship (Lanterman-Petris-Short), or a California Welfare & Institutions Code Section 5150 mental health proceeding, all of which still exist, and to which a person in need of help or assistance still can volunt...