Grove bill would close two state-run developmental centers, transfer funds to nonprofits

Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, has introduced a bill aimed at closing two of California's three state-run residential centers for people with developmental disabilities. Assembly Bill 1405 would shut Fairview Developmental Center in Orange County and Sonoma Developmental Center in Eldridge but not Tulare County's Porterville Developmental Center, which, unlike the other two, treats people referred by the criminal justice system in addition to treating others with development