Salvador Chavez’s sister, Juana Chavez, helps him into bed from his wheel chair for a 30-minute rest before he has dinner at their home in East Los Angeles. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Sal Chavez, makes his way through the offices where services are available for those with disabilities. The governor’s revised budget could threaten services that help people with disabilities to live independently. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Lillibeth Navarro is executive director of Communities Actively Living Independent and Free. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Lillibeth Navarro at work in her office. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)