Feb. 16th Statewide Call-In Day!
This week, the Governor’s proposed budget heads to the Budget Conference Committee where key decisions on the budget could be made. That’s why the HHS Network is organizing a statewide call-in day WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16th!
We need to call key legislators and the Governor and urge them to BE OUR CHAMPIONS and help find alternative revenue solutions to mitigate the worst of Governor Brown’s proposed $12.5 billion in state spending cuts.
We need to tell legislators and key budget decision makers that we’re counting on them to find alternative solutions that would allow us to avoid life-threatening cuts, including:
- Medi-Cal - Restrict the number of doctor visits, drugs & wheelchairs
- CalWorks – Eliminate aid to more than 230,000 low-income children
- SSI – Reducing individual grants by $15 on top of cuts in previous years
- IHSS – Imposing another 8% cut in hours on top of last year’s 3% cut
- Eliminate Adult Day Health Care
See below for a list of targeted legislators and talking points and help make your voice heard by calling TODAY!
Statewide Targets:
Governor Jerry Brown
Phone: (916) 445-2841
Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg
Phone: (916) 651-1529
Assembly Speaker John Perez
Phone: (213) 620-4646
Northern California Legislators:
State Senator Mark Leno
Phone: (415) 557-1300
Southern California Legislators:
State Senator Ed Hernandez
Phone: (626) 430-2499
State Senator Juan Vargas
Phone: (619) 409-7690
And to help you get the conversation started, here are a few suggested messages:
- These Cuts Are Lethal. Share with your legislators how these cuts will threaten you or the people you care about with homelessness, isolation or death. Be specific: how much money do you have each month, and what will these cuts do to your ability to go to work, pay rent, buy food and get healthcare?
- Alternatives are Possible. In the face of such dangerous and potentially lethal impacts on California’s people, we are calling on legislators to look at less dangerous alternatives. For example, the legislature could save hundreds of millions of dollars by cutting California’s prison budget, which the Governor’s proposal leaves untouched!
- “Be Our Champions.” We need urge legislators and key budget decision makers to be “our champions” and find alternative solutions to mitigate these life-threatening cuts! More than anything, we need to let them know what kind of California WE ALL want to live in – one that values and understands the contributions that strong health and human services have for all Californians!
