Health and Human Service Network of California
By Melissa Daar
Also featured on the California Progress Report
In the last 24 hours, we’ve received some good news in the most recent poll from the Public Policy Institute of California. It looks like more and more Californians are starting to understand that we can’t just expect to solve our problems with drastic cuts to [...]
Today, the San Francisco Chronicle featured an interview with Gina Jackson, an unemployed, Bay Area mother of four struggling to cope with the difficulties of finding a job and caring for her family amid one of the worst economic recessions in decades. Jackson, who was recently laid off from her job as an Administrative Assistant, [...]
JANUARY 25, 2011 – TUESDAY
ASSEMBLY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1 ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
1:00 PM – State Capitol – Room To Be Announced
Budget Items To Be Heard:
Governor’s 2011–2012 Budget Year Proposals
Secretary for CA Health and Human Services (Budget Item 0530)
Office [...]
Subcommittee Hearing Topics and Times
Wednesday, January 26th (Health Hearing)
10:00 AM
Room 4203
(4 hours estimated length)
4260 Department of Health Care Services
Medi-Cal Program, including fund redirections
Other issues, as needed
4280 Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board
Healthy Families Program
Other issues, as needed
4120 Emergency Medical Services Authority
Thursday, January 27th (Human [...]
Governor Brown is holding a press-conference today in the Capitol at 11:00 a.m. to unveil his 2011-2012 budget proposal. The press-conference will be streamed live on the California Channel website beginning at 11. Click here to watch!
Gov. Brown’s full budget will also be posted online, shortly after the press-conference, at the following website: www.ebudget.ca.gov.
Earlier this [...]
For years Californians have been bombarded with claims about the so-called economic benefits of tax breaks and other subsidies for corporations. We’ve heard it all: tax breaks create jobs; tax breaks are good for small business; tax breaks keep business in California; etc.
But how TRUE are these claims? And what, if anything, are tax breaks [...]