Health and Human Service Network of California
Governor Brown’s first budget proposal will be released by January 10, and the HHS Network is continuing the fight for a California Family Recovery Budget with a statewide day of action on MONDAY, January 10th!
We’ll be rallying outside Governor Brown’s offices all across the state to urge him to “PUT It ALL ON THE TABLE” [...]
The HHS Network of California issued the following statement on the occasion of Governor-elect Jerry Brown’s State Budget Forum in Sacramento.
December 8, 2010 – The election of Jerry Brown as Governor has opened up opportunities to resolve the state budget and put California back on the road to economic recovery. This effort on [...]
To honor 90 years of women’s right to vote, health and human services advocates returned to the Capitol Aug 25. Determined to keep up the pressure until a Family Recovery Budget is signed, the group reminded legislators that the final vote for women’s suffrage was cast by a reluctant Tennessee Republican [...]
Reposted from Health Access WebLog
From Guest Blogger Molly Mather, Health Access Summer Intern
Today a boisterous crowd gathered in front of the State Building in downtown Oakland to protest the proposed state budget cuts to health care. There was a wide array of faces, both young and old, all urging legislators to [...]
Evan LeVang, Independent Living Services of Northern California (ILSNC) reports:
I just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who showed up this morning at Dan Logue’s in Chico. Media coverage was excellent: TV channels 7 & 12/24, Chico Enterprise Record (writer and photographer) and KCHO 90.1 FM – so look for reports this evening and [...]
Sandy Hester, Volunteer with AARP in Claremont, CA reports:
Members of AARP, Planned Parenthood, California Partnership, Libreria del Pueblo, California School Employees Association and others met with Republican Assemblymember Adams of the 59th District (Hesperia, San Bernardino, parts of Los Angeles) today.
Twelve of us showed up at the office for a scheduled visit and we all [...]
More than 800 PICO youth, parents and clergy from every corner of the the state converged on the State Capitol on June 23rd to call on legislators and Governor Schwarzenegger to make children a priority in the state budget.
The Governor’s current proposed budget, consisting of millions of dollars in devastating cuts to major health [...]
Hundreds of Los Angeles community members gathered to rally and march in Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday and call for a Family Recovery Budget that considers smart revenue solutions. They met in front of the Governor’s office to show that there are serious consequences to an all cuts budget that targets working families, children, disabled [...]
Education Finance, Tuesday April 13
Parent Voices members who would be affected by cuts to child care funding made a powerful statement before the Assembly Budget Sub-Committee #2 today – in fact, they changed the whole dynamic in the room, according to one veteran observer.
Their testimony explained how child care cuts meant more than just the [...]