Health and Human Service Network of California
As a result of Republican obstructionism and an unwillingness to seriously negotiate for revenue extensions, Governor Jerry Brown, Senate Pro Tem Darrel Steinberg, and Assembly Speaker John Perez announced yesterday that legislative Democrats and the Governor’s Office have reached a tentative deal for the 2011-12 state budget. The legislature is expected to vote on this [...]
The HHS Network has released its “Cumulative Cuts Impact Report,” which shows how extensively the state’s health and human services programs have been cut over the last three years. The report, available for download by clicking here, provides an outline of spending cuts approved by the legislature and signed by the Governor between FY2008-09 and [...]
A lot has been going on in the Capitol in recent weeks. Last week, Democrats passed an alternative budget, which was later vetoed by the Governor, who plans to continue reaching out to Republican legislators in hopes of extending existing revenue streams as part of his plans for a compromise budget.
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June 15, 2011: Mike Herald, Legislative Analyst, Western Center on Law & Poverty issued the following statement on behalf of the Health and Human Services Network of California in response to the legislature’s passing of a FY2011-12 budget deal:
“While we’re deeply disappointed that Republican obstructionism prevented the passing of the Governor’s [...]
We’re now just ONE DAY away from the Constitutional deadline for a state budget! And while we continue to keep the pressure on legislators to pass a responsible and timely budget that maintains existing revenue streams AND opposes a lethal spending cap – Republican legislators have now returned to the Governor with their tired list [...]
June 13, 2011: Nancy Berlin, executive director of California Partnership, issued the following statement on behalf of the Health and Human Services Network of California in response to the June 13 statement from Legislative Republican leaders:
“As the clock winds down on the voter-mandated deadline to reach a budget deal, the Legislative Republicans have again [...]
We’re only TWO DAYS away from the Constitutional deadline for a state budget. Both the Senate and Assembly are scheduled to meet today – which means we need to keep the pressure on for a fair and timely budget.
While there’s no doubt that we need a responsible and reasonable budget that maintains existing revenue streams [...]
It’s the final weekend before the Constitutional budget deadline of June 15th. For the last 10 days, we’ve been taking daily action together to keep the pressure on our legislators in Sacramento to maintain existing revenue streams and oppose a dreadful spending cap.
With the deadline for a budget quickly approaching – you can imagine now, [...]
As the countdown to June 15th continues, hundreds of outraged seniors, people with disabilities, low-income families and children will be demonstrating outside Chase Bank today in Sacramento to remind legislators that while Californians have suffered billions in steep cuts to health care and human services programs, wealthy corporations like Chase Bank have failed to uphold [...]
By Nikita Khetan, Health Access California
On the afternoon of Monday, June 6, a crowd gathered on the generally quiet 15th Street in Modesto, California, across from state Senator Anthony Cannella’s office. On one side of the street, close to the Senator’s office, was a small group of seven from the Tea Party and Americans for [...]