Pasadena, Calif. — Margarita Romo looks over a letter telling her the cash assistance programs that she and her two youngest daughters rely on will be reduced in July. Their Calworks grant will be reduced by $45 to $516 a month and their Supplemental Security Income will be reduced by $15 to $830 a month.

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Pasadena, Calif. — Marisol Salcedo, 23, says goodbye to her sister Rosa, 18, before going out to see a movie with her boyfriend. While Marisol lives away from home, Rosa lives with their other sister Anjelica and their mother, Margarita Romo. The family just found out that the two cash assistance programs that they rely on will be reduced in July.

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Riverside, Calif. — Carlos Garbutt relies on several programs to help care for his mother who has Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

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Riverside, Calif. — Nubia Garbutt drifts to sleep in her armchair at the adult day care facility that her son, Carlos, takes her to in the mornings.

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Riverside, Calif. — Carlos Garbutt wakes up at 5:30 am to get his mother bathed, dressed and fed and then drives her 20 miles to an adult day care facility.

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Riverside, Calif. — Nubia Garbutt waits for her son, Carlos, to take her to her adult day care facility for the morning. During his lunch hour, he picks her up and takes her home where an aide looks after her until he returns from work.

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Riverside, Calif. — Carlos Garbutt styles his mother's hair after feeding and bathing her. "It is my way of honoring who she was," Garbutt said.

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Riverside, Calif. — Nubia Garbutt eyes the room from her armchair at the adult day care facility that her son, Carlos, takes her to in the mornings before going to work.

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