Health and Human Service Network of California
Advocates of the safety-net gathered on the steps of the State Capitol on Tuesday to remind the Governor and members of the Legislature of their obligation to come to a quick and fair resolution of this budget impasse, and pass a budget that doesn’t rely on damaging cuts. This message must be heard [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Two dozen seniors from the California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA), California’s largest grassroots senior advocacy organization representing over 850,000 seniors and their families, delivered over 500 handwritten letters to State Assemblymembers and Senators today, as part of the “10,000 by May 10 & Beyond” campaign, organized by the Health and Human [...]
On Tuesday (May, dozens of Californians from the Bay Area, Vacaville, Lincoln, Loomis and the Capitol joined together in the Capitol to express their serious concerns over the Governor’s May Revise budget, which includes devastating cuts to California’s vital health and human services safety net – including proposals for the wholesale elimination of CalWORKS.
Participants met [...]
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 [...]