CALIFORNIA’S NEW SELF-DETERMINATION PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Taking Control of Your Future by Directing Your Regional Center Service Dollars (revised March 2016) FACTS FOR CONSUMERS AND THEIR FAMILIES In October 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB (Senate Bill) 468, creating a statewide Self-Determination Program that offers a voluntary alternative to the traditional way of providing regional center services. The bill was authored by Senators Emmerson and Beall and Assemblymembers Blumenfield, Mitchell, and Chesbro, and was sponsored by the Autism Society of Los Angeles and Disability Rights California. It was supported almost every major disability…