Bay Area Regional Office

Click here to read the 2019-2020 Schedule of Bay Area Regional Advisory Committee Meetings.

Upcoming Events

June 24, 2020
Community Outreach & Regional Advisory Committee Meeting – English Flyer | Spanish Flyer
Bay Area Regional Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda and Packet 
Special Education Services: How are they impacted by this outbreak? (Disability Rights California)

Community Listening Session on Racial Justice Wednesday, July 22, 2020 6:30-9:00PM- (Flyer-English) (Flyer-Spanish) (Questions Flyer-English) (Questions Flyer-Spanish) 

Past Events

April 29, 2020 Community Outreach & Regional Advisory Committee Meeting – English Flyer | Spanish Flyer
Bay Area Regional Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda – April 29, 2020 
Draft February 2020 BARO RAC Minutes 

Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Preparedness Flyer
Prepare for Public Health Emergencies
Prepárese para Emergencias de Salúd Publica 

Highlights

• Local Self-Determination Advisory Committee, serving Golden Gate Regional Center catchment area:
  http://www.ggrc.org/services/self-determination
• Local Self-Determination Advisory Committee, serving Regional Center of the East Bay catchment area:
  http://www.rceb.org/self-determination
• Alameda County Developmental Disabilities Planning and Advisory Council:
  http://www.acphd.org/ddc.aspx
• Contra Costa County Developmental Disabilities Council:
  http://cchealth.org/ddc/
• Glossary of Terms, Phrases & Acronyms Used in the California Disability Services System (PDF)

Bay Area Office Statement

Californians with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and their families, have the same rights and opportunities as other Californians.  We, the Bay Area Regional Office of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, are dedicated to influence, educate and impact the service system and greater community in California through:

• Capacity Building
• Systematic Change
• Advocacy
• Access to information, training and partnership

We strive for full equality and opportunity in all areas of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities have the right to get support, to take risks and to live their best lives.  We believe in seeing people first, disability second.  We believe in allyship.

We love what we do, and are honored to serve.

Regional Advisory Committee Members

ALAMEDA COUNTY

Francisco Garcia – Co-Chairperson

Dianne Millner

Cathereine (Kate) Rauch

Marla Silversmith

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

Pamela Perls

Kristen Anderson

Regina Woodliff

Christina Lasson

MARIN COUNTY

Janet Miller

SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY

Sascha Bittner – Chairperson

Elizabeth Grigsby

John Marble

SAN MATEO COUNTY

SCDD Representative

Francis Lau