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California Courts of Appeal

Sep. 9, 2009

Employable Individuals Can Get Less Time on Welfare

A divided state appellate panel has upheld an Alameda County ordinance cutting the length of time employable individuals can collect welfare checks.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A divided state appellate panel has upheld an Alameda County ordinance cutting the length of time employable individuals can collect welfare checks.

The panel ruled 2-1 Thursday to uphold the ordinance, which restricts the time that employable people can collect general assistance checks to six months out of any 12-month period. It defines an "employable" person as anyone under age 64 with no physical, men...

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