Health and Human Service Network of California
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 [...]
As you all know, the Governor’s proposal to include $12 billion in real, sustainable revenues is a bold first step toward balancing the budget, and one for which we have been calling for years.
However, Brown’s budget also includes unsustainable and potentially lethal cuts to critical programs that keep thousands of Californians healthy, housed, and alive, [...]
As part of his 2011-12 state budget proposal, Governor Jerry Brown has proposed to eliminate so-called “Enterprise Zones,” a move which would generate nearly $1 billion in revenues over the next two years.
For years now, experts have criticized Enterprise Zones as ineffective, costly and prone to substantial abuse. Numerous studies have also found that [...]
Statewide Call-In Week Starting Monday, February 14th
This week, the Assembly and Senate Budget Subcommittees will wrap up their hearings, after which Governor Brown’s proposed budget will move on to the full Budget Committee where a number of important decisions will be made.
At this critical juncture in the budget process, it’s absolutely necessary that we [...]
By Melissa Daar
Also featured on the California Progress Report
In the last 24 hours, we’ve received some good news in the most recent poll from the Public Policy Institute of California. It looks like more and more Californians are starting to understand that we can’t just expect to solve our problems with drastic cuts to [...]
Governor Brown is holding a press-conference today in the Capitol at 11:00 a.m. to unveil his 2011-2012 budget proposal. The press-conference will be streamed live on the California Channel website beginning at 11. Click here to watch!
Gov. Brown’s full budget will also be posted online, shortly after the press-conference, at the following website: www.ebudget.ca.gov.
Earlier this [...]
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 [...]