Health and Human Service Network of California
In the weeks leading up to the November 2 midterm election, corporate interest groups poured millions of dollars into a campaign to defeat Proposition 24 (which would have repealed the $1.3 billion in tax breaks to corporations secretly passed in 2008), claiming that losing these tax breaks would cost California thousands of jobs.
Last week, however, [...]
The HHS Network of California is pleased that a deal has been reached to end this record-setting impasse, while also preventing the worst of the Governor’s proposal to slash $5.4 billion from basic health care and social services for the millions of Californians who need help due to age, disability or the Great Recession. We [...]
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 [...]
Advocates and experts from the Health and Human Services Network of California issued the following statements on Tuesday in response to the California State Legislature’s first vote on a State Budget proposal before the close of the legislative session.
All advocates below are available today for comment at the phone numbers listed below.
“The fact that some [...]
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The California Partnership, Bay Area Budget Coalition and the statewide Health and Human Services Network joined 150 people on a march through downtown Oakland on April 5. Organized by the Alameda County Central Labor Council, the march and rally called for big banks to invest in our communities and create good jobs locally. The march [...]
This Thursday in Sacramento, I got some insight into the “Budget Speak” used by those who choose corporate tax cuts over family economic recovery, when I attended a workshop with Seren M. Taylor, staff director of the Senate Republican Fiscal Office, at the CA Budget Project Conference. Here are some of the [...]
HHS Advocates are working hard on two federal priorities for California families, the state budget crisis, and our economic recovery:
1. FMAP
The enhanced federal share of MediCaid, or FMAP, was passed in last year’s Recovery Act, or stimulus, and protects our state’s MediCal program in two ways: provides a greater share of federal [...]
Here’s the scoop:
We are a diverse network of old and new allies across the state. We came together this year because we all share three policy goals:
Protect and invest in the safety net;
Find alternative resources to invest in our families, economy, and State; and
Advance reforms to our broken budget process – including [...]