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Frank D. Lanterman (November 4, 1901 – April 29, 1981) was an American politician who served in the California State Assembly for the 48th, 47th and 42nd districts from 1951 to 1978. He authored the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act .
The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act (AB 846), also known as the Lanterman Act, is a California law that was initially proposed by Assembly member Frank D. Lanterman in 1973 and passed in 1977 and gives people with developmental disabilities the right to services and supports that enable them to live a more independent and normal life.
The bipartisan bill was co-authored by California State Assemblyman Frank D. Lanterman (R) and California State Senators Nicholas C. Petris (D) and Alan Short (D), and signed into law in 1967 by Governor Ronald Reagan. [1] The Act went into full effect on July 1, 1972. It cited seven articles of intent:
Lanterman Developmental Center, opened under the name the Pacific Colony, was a public psychiatric hospital and a facility serving the needs of people with developmental disabilities, and was located in the San Gabriel Valley in what was once Spadra (now part of Pomona), California.
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Frank D. Lanterman: January 7, 1963 - November 30, 1974 Bill Greene: Democratic: December 2, 1974 - April 7, 1975 Resigned from Office after winning a special election in the 29th State Assembly district. [4] Teresa Patterson Hughes: July 22, 1975 - November 30, 1992
An LPS conservatorship — named after Frank Lanterman, Nicholas Petris and Alan Short, the three lawmakers whose 1967 bill ended most involuntary commitment of the mentally ill — is for someone ...
Frank Leonard Eksward: Democratic: January 8, 1917 - January 3, 1927 While he was in office, he changed his party affiliation to Republican. Republican: Harry L. Parkman: January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931 Bert B. Snyder: January 5, 1931 - January 2, 1933 James S. O'Connor: Democratic: January 2, 1933 - January 7, 1935 Los Angeles: Elmer E. Lore