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Panel advances bill to remove California's 100‑hour CalWORKs disqualification rule
Summary
The committee passed AB 1755 to strike the 100‑hour per month penalty that can disqualify families from CalWORKs, sending the measure to the Assembly Appropriations Committee after testimony from legal advocates and parents who said the rule punishes work and deepens poverty.
AB 1755 would repeal the so‑called 100‑hour rule, which can disqualify a family from CalWORKs if a primary wage earner averages more than 100 hours of work in a month. The measure was presented to the committee by the bill's author, who described the rule as an outdated penalty that discourages work and exacerbates economic instability in a high‑cost state.
Rebecca Gonzales of the…
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