City to Assess Impact From Welfare Reform
Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan on Tuesday asked all city department heads to assess the effects that the recently signed federal welfare reform legislation will probably have on the city and its residents.
“I am concerned about the impacts of welfare reform on children in low-income families, legal immigrants, seniors and the disabled who live in our city,” Riordan said in a memo to the city’s top officials. “More importantly,” he added, “the impacts of this legislation on city departments and how they will operate must be evaluated.”
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Aug. 29, 1996 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Thursday August 29, 1996 Home Edition Metro Part B Page 4 Metro Desk 2 inches; 37 words Type of Material: Correction
Due to an editing error, an Official Business item in Wednesday’s editions of The Times incorrectly stated one of the provisions of the recently changed federal welfare laws. The reform measure restricts legal immigrants from receiving most federal benefits.
Riordan gave department heads until Sept. 20 to provide the information, including which programs are likely to experience a change in service demands, steps the city can take to mitigate any negative effects of the legislation, ways the city can “encourage welfare recipients to join the work force” and potential partnerships the city can create to assist families.
Among the changes in federal public assistance programs, enacted last week by Congress and signed by President Clinton, are provisions to bar illegal immigrants from most benefits, including food stamps, federal medical insurance and cash payments to families with young children.
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