Section 50551.5 - Income Necessary to Achieve Self-Support(a) Nonexempt earned or unearned income of a blind or disabled person shall be deducted, if such income is needed to implement a plan of self-support which meets all of the following criteria: (2) Was initiated and approved while the person was receiving SSI/SSP.(3) Has not been subsequently abandoned.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 50551.5