Health and Human Service Network of California
May 12, 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 Thursday’s release of the legislative Republican’s 2011-12 budget proposal:
“After months of waiting, legislative Republicans have finally released their version of an alternative proposal to Governor Jerry [...]
The legislature is expected to vote on the Governor’s proposed budget as early as Thursday of this week. But some highly-partisan legislators are already attempting to hold the budget hostage by refusing to vote yes on the Governor’s modest $12 billion revenue package.
That’s why it’s absolutely critical that we let our legislators in Sacramento know [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]