Santa Cruz County Says Close Corporate Tax Loopholes to Save Health & Human Services
Over 150 people from 65 different nonprofits and advocacy organizations gathered at the Santa Cruz County Courthouse on April 13 to call on state legislators to close corporate tax loopholes to save public services. Protesters waved signs, chanted and enjoyed a bi
t of street theater.
Inside, the County Board of Supervisors was approving a first-in-the-state resolution “URGING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE THE 2010-11 BUDGET A FAMILY RECOVERY PLAN FOR CALIFORNIA,” by raising revenues to protect services for working families, children, seniors and people with disabilities.
Local leaders spoke passionately about the pain state budget cuts were already causing to seniors, people with disabilities, survivors of child sexual abuse and families struggling to survive during hard economic times.
Jorge Mendez, President of the Human Care Alliance of Santa Cruz, said, “Corporate tax breaks cost California $14 billion every year and we just can’t afford it anymore. We need to demand that state legislators invest in families–not in profits for corporations. Legislators should be cutting tax breaks that just increase shareholder dividends before they make any more cuts to the health and human services that ordinary Californians depend on.”
The rally was covered by KION-TV, Univision, Telemundo and KSCO.
