Residents Thursday protested outside the San Benito County Administration Building and argued that the 20 percent cut to the state’s in-home supportive services threatens "the well-being of thousands of elderly and disabled Californians and the livelihoods of those who care for them," according to the announcement from the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council.
In a county supervisors meeting this week, the board decided in a 3-2 vote not to support a possible ballot measure by the California State Association of Counties that would guarantee counties realignment funding through a constitutional amendment.