Possible Cuts For the Lanterman Act; Values-Based Policing; The 100th Anniversary of the First Flight
Possible Cuts For the Lanterman Act
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget proposals for California include massive cuts for services to the developmentally disabled. These services are offered through a law enacted in 1969 called the Lanterman Development Disabilities Services Act. It guarantees that the state provides treatment and rehabilitation services to the disabled at no cost to the recipient. But the program is among the fastest-growing in the state as costs for services and caseloads have soared. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is talking about saving money by repealing the Lanterman Act. Diane Onand, Executive Director of the Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center, in the Mid-Wilshire District, joins Host Larry Mantle.
Values-Based Policing
Pasadena Police Department's five-year strategic plan includes "values based policing." "Values based policing," according to Chief Bernard Melekian, is a philosophical shift whereby police are evaluated according to the principles of excellence, innovation and integrity, instead of by a policy manual. How will this be instituted? What might be the obstacles? Larry Mantle talks with Pasadena Police Chief Bernard Melekian about "values based policing."
The 100th Anniversary of the First Flight
December 17th is the hundred-year anniversary of the Wright Brothers' successful launch of the first mechanically powered airplane. Joining Larry Mantle from Kittyhawk, to talk about the history of flight and the Wright Brothers' accomplishments, are Fred Kulick and James Tobin. James Tobin's book is called To Conquer the Air (The Free Press). Fred Kulick, professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering at Caltech, is the author of On Great White Wings: The Wright Brother and the Race for Flight (Hyperion).