Health and Human Service Network of California
By Nancy Berlin, Executive Director, California Partnership
Originally Posted on California Progress Report
Last week, I joined over 500 Californians from all over the state to rally at the Capitol and meet with the 42 legislators who had voted no on the latest budget proposal. This proposal included revenue solutions as a way to [...]
The HHS Network of California mobilized 500 people to the state Capitol today to protest Republican’s not voting for a fair budget. A wide range of groups participated including child care, disability community, seniors, IHSS, health care and immigrant groups.
The group gathered in the Capitol Rotunda and sang songs urging a fair and swift [...]
From California Progress Report
By Willie Pelote
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
A recent article entitled “Eliminating Tax Breaks Could Cut Deficit” puts the lie to the claim that public pensions are the source of the state’s budget woes.
According to the article, Sacramento could produce a budget surplus simply by closing [...]
After three hours of floor debate, the Senate and Assembly took up two versions of the budget: One consisting of the Republicans’ plan (essentially the Governor’s plan with a few small tweaks), and the Budget Committee plan (the Democratic leadership plan, but without the revenue increases as were originally presented). Ultimately, the Democratic plan was [...]