HHS Network CA Blog

As you all know, the Governor’s proposal to include $12 billion in real, sustainable revenues is a bold first step toward balancing the budget, and one for which we have been calling for years.
However, Brown’s budget also includes unsustainable and potentially lethal cuts to critical programs that keep thousands of Californians healthy, housed, and alive, [...]

As part of his 2011-12 state budget proposal, Governor Jerry Brown has proposed to eliminate so-called “Enterprise Zones,” a move which would generate nearly $1 billion in revenues over the next two years.
For years now, experts have criticized Enterprise Zones as ineffective, costly and prone to substantial abuse. Numerous studies have also found that [...]

Statewide Call-In Week Starting Monday, February 14th
This week, the Assembly and Senate Budget Subcommittees will wrap up their hearings, after which Governor Brown’s proposed budget will move on to the full Budget Committee where a number of important decisions will be made.
At this critical juncture in the budget process, it’s absolutely necessary that we [...]

by Linda Leu on Wednesday, February 2, 2011
In today’s 4th of 7 hearings on the Health and Human Services Budget, the Assembly Subcommittee heard specifics of proposals to make reductions in Healthy Families, Medi-Cal, and Adult Day Health Care, among other things. A packed hearing room shared compelling personal stories about how these programs sustain life, [...]

On Tuesday (Feb. 1st), the HHS Network of California issued the following response to Governor Brown’s “State of the State” address, urging support for the Governor’s modest revenue package and cautioning against specific threats that would cost jobs & threaten lives.
Sacramento, CA – On Monday, Governor Jerry Brown issued his “State of the State” address [...]