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Disabled And Low-Income Seniors Want State Supplemental Payments Restored

KVCR | By Katie Orr

Published March 12, 2015 at 10:37 AM PDT

Disabled and low-income elderly Californians say it's time for the state to reinvest in them. They rallied at the state Capitol Wednesday. Capital Public Radio's Katie Orr reports.

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