3 December, 2010 (16:07) | Budget News | By: HHS Network CA
News from the Capitol this week indicated that Governor-elect Jerry Brown will be hosting a special budget meeting in Sacramento on Wednesday, December 8th.
Capitol Alert: Jerry Brown to host budget forum Wednesday, first of three planned events (Dec. 2):
Gov.-elect Jerry Brown is organizing an extraordinary budget forum for Sacramento next week — the [...]
Tags: California State Budget, Jerry Brown, Sacramento
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7 October, 2010 (20:24) | Grassroots Action | By: HHS Network CA
HHS Network partners made a big splash on the (almost) final day of the budget impasse.
Yesterday the Budget Conference Committee signed off on the final budget proposal, as you probably know.
About 75 people from the HHS Network groups met in the Capitol to sing songs to Republican Big 5 Members Garrick and Hollingsworth, then swarmed [...]
Tags: Capitol Action, Dennis Hollingsworth, Martin Garrick, Sacramento
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31 August, 2010 (22:46) | Updates | By: HHS Network CA
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 [...]
Tags: Budget Vote, Capitol, HHS Advocates, Media, Sacramento, State Budget
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31 August, 2010 (18:07) | Updates | By: HHS Network CA
Watch the live webcast of the State Senate & State Assembly Floor Sessions at The California Channel:
Senate Floor Session
Assembly Floor Session
Tags: California State Budget, Capitol, Politics, Sacramento, State Assembly, State Senate
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26 August, 2010 (03:39) | Grassroots Action | By: Kim Kruckel
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 [...]
Tags: Capitol Action Days, Family Recovery Budget, Sacramento, Suffrage, Women Vote!
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14 July, 2010 (17:10) | Grassroots Action | By: Kim Kruckel
Today at the State UN-Fair at the Capitol in Sacramento, kids stole the show! Whether it was spinning the Wheel of Misfortune, tossing Beanbags at the Big 5, playing the budget walk, or Ring-toss to the Republicans, kids had a great time parading and playing games that demonstrated that no-one wins with an UN Fair [...]
Tags: California State Budget, child care, HHS Network, Parent Voices, Sacramento
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8 July, 2010 (18:39) | Grassroots Action | By: HHS Network CA
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 [...]
Tags: Capitol, child care, Children, Family Recovery Budget, HHS Network, PICO, Sacramento
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21 May, 2010 (22:14) | May Revise | By: HHS Network CA
More than 75 Californians from all across the state joined Parent Voices in the Capitol on Thursday to voice their concerns and give public testimony before the California State Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 and 2 on the devastating impacts of Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed May Revise budget.
Parents, child-care providers and others from San Francisco, Los Angeles, [...]
Tags: California, CalWORKS, child care, families, May Revise, Parent Voices, Sacramento, State Budget
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