Children's Advocacy Institute

Executive Director

Robert C. Fellmeth

Council For Children

Thomas A. Papageorge

Council Chair

Martin D. Fern

Birt Harvey, M.D.

Louise Horvitz, M.S.W.,

Psy.D.

Hon. Leon S. Kaplan

Paul A. Peterson

Gary F. Redenbacher

Gary Richwald, M.D.,

M.P.H.

Blair L. Sadler

Gloria Perez Samson

Alan Shumacher, M.D.

Owen Smith

University of San Diego

School of Law

5998 Alcalá Park

San Diego, CA 92110

(619) 260-4806

(619) 260-4753 (Fax)

926 J Street

Suite 709

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 444-3875

(916) 444-6611 (Fax)

Reply to:

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www.sandiego.edu/childrensissues

FEBRUARY 17, 1998 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHILDREN'S REGULATORY LAW REPORTER FILLS INFORMATION GAP

The Information Clearinghouse on Children at the Children's Advocacy Institute, San Diego, has released a new publication, the Children's Regulatory Law Reporter (Reporter), which tracks the regulatory actions of key California agencies whose decisions have particular impact on the lives of children.

"The material in the Reporter is important information for policymakers, journalists, advocates and others interested in this part of the legal process as it affects children," said Margaret A. Dalton, Editor of the publication and Project Director of the Information Clearinghouse on Children. "We are pleased to add to the public's knowledge of the regulatory law process."

Editorial staff, which included law student clinic interns, reviewed the 1997 regulatory actions of five agencies -- the Department of Health Services, the Department of Social Services, the Department of Education, the Department of Youth Authority and the Board of Control's Victims of Crime Fund.

"This new publication focuses on an area of law which is little noticed but can have great impact on people's lives," said Robert C. Fellmeth, Director of the Children's Advocacy Institute. It will be published twice a year, in winter and summer.

The Information Clearinghouse is funded in part by The California Wellness Foundation and by The Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation, Inc. It is a project of the Children's Advocacy Institute (CAI), part of the Center for Public Interest Law at the University of San Diego School of Law.

For more information or additional copies of the Children's Regulatory Law Reporter, call 619-260-4279 or view the document at www.acusd.edu/childrensissues.