More than 372,000 elderly and disabled people bracing for a 20 percent cut in their in-home care are hoping that a judge will block that prospect from playing out across California.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation requiring the $100 million reduction in In-Home Supportive Services beginning Jan. 1 if state revenues do not meet projections, which now appears certain. A federal judge has delayed those plans until at least Feb. 1, and advocates of the program have filed a request for an injunction that would stop the cuts indefinitely.
About 24,100 people in San Diego County rely on in-home caregivers to cook, clean, shop and complete other tasks such as providing rides to medical appointments. Recipients and their advocates maintain the cuts, on top of a reduction earlier this year, would force impossible choices such as whether to get dressed or have their colostomy bag changed.
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