News from our friends at the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network California’s legislature passed a budget today, June 24 to close a $23.1 billion deficit. The final budget includes $15.5 billion in program reductions. Many of the cuts come from reductions in health and human services, including a huge hit to Healthy Families. There are no [...]
Yesterday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released two budget proposals of cuts to fill a $15 to $21 billion deficit. These are the same cuts he’s proposed before, including cuts to services for immigrants, cuts to hospitals, and cuts to IHSS, SSI/SSP, and CALWORKS. He also announced that he is requesting a federal waiver to make huge reductions to Medi-Cal that are currently not allowed by federal law. You can find a summary of the cuts at the California Budget Project.
The Governor is threatening even more cuts if Proposition 1A doesn’t pass but this is misleading!
On May 19th Californians will vote on a series of ballot propositions resulting from a budget deal negotiated between legislators and the Governor. Please vote no on Props 1A, 1D, and 1E!
Call Your Senators Now, toll-free at 1-866-544-7573! Tell them: “Please vote to support President Obama’s budget priorities, to set us on the path to create jobs, provide health care for all, and develop renewable energy. I care about taking care of families during the recession, and about reducing poverty in the long run. These investments [...]