Health and Human Service Network of California
There’s no denying the reality that California is in desperate need of real, sustainable revenue solutions. Without those revenues in place, California has subsequently been forced year after year to impose devastating cuts to our schools, our health care, our human services, and the very core of our public infrastructure. Over the last four fiscal [...]
Thanks to everyone who took the time to call or e-mail their Members of Congress yesterday. But we’re not out of the woods yet!
We need to keep the calls & e-mails coming to ensure that our Members of Congress understand what’s at stake. If Republicans are successful in pushing through staggering, [...]
Over the weekend, House Speaker John Boehner walked away from bipartisan negotiations with President Barack Obama in order to continue to push the GOP’s extremist goal of protecting tax loopholes for millionaires, billionaires, and big corporations.
The ongoing Federal budget negotiations are about setting priorities. Whatever happens at the Federal level will have immense consequences for [...]
Earlier this week, the California State Legislature sent AB96 to Governor Jerry Brown – a bill that would help save Adult Day Health Care services for California seniors.
If signed by the Governor, AB96 would help prevent countless seniors from being forced to forego the critical health care services they need – the loss of which [...]
Despite Republican obstructionism at every step of the way, here in California we’ve managed to pass a state budget that limits cuts to our essential health care and human services AND does NOT include a disastrous spending cap. Meanwhile, the President and members of Congress are currently working to finalize a Federal budget as we [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]