Budget Alert - Hearing on CalWORKs cuts this Wed 2/9 at 1pm in Sacramento - Call your legislators!
Diana Spatz
This Wednesday afternoon Feb. 9th the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services is having a hearing at 1pm in Sacramento on the proposed cuts to CalWORKs and IHHS Programs.
Governor Schwarzenegger has proposed a 16% cut in CalWORKs grants that are already 50% below the poverty line. These cuts will affect more than 1.2 million poor children and their families.
CalWORKs grants are lower today than they were in 1989, when I was a single mother on welfare attending City College of San Francisco. Back then, milk only cost $1 a gallon. Today that same gallon of milk costs $4 or more. How low does Schwarzenegger expect poor families to go???
Below are the names and phone numbers of the legislators who are on the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services – if you live in one their districts, call your Assemblymember ask him/her to reject the cuts to CalWORKs and protect our state’s safety net!
If none of these legislators are your Assembly representative, call the committee chairperson, Assemblymember Jerry Hill.
1) Assemblymember Jerry Hill (D), Committee Chair (916) 319-2019
Represents the 19th Assembly district, which includes the cities of Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, Daly City, Foster City, Half Moon Bay,
Hillsborough, Millbrae, Pacifica, San Bruno, San Mateo, and South San Francisco and parts of unincorporated San Mateo County.
2) Assemblymember Jim Beall (D) (916) 319-2024
Represents the 24th Assembly District = Campbell, Saratoga, and parts of Santa Clara, San Jose, and Los Gatos
3) Assemblywoman Julia Brownley (D) (916) 319-2041
Represents the 41th Assembly district which includes Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Encino, Hidden Hills, Malibu, Oak Park, Oxnard,
Pacific Palisades, Port Hueneme, Santa Monica, Tarzana, Topanga, Westlake Village and Woodland Hills
4) Assemblymember Hector De La Torre (D) Sacramento office: (916)319-2050 / South Gate office (562) 927 - 1200
Represents the 50th Assembly District which includes the southeast Los Angeles County area cities of Bell, Bellflower, Bell Gardens,
Commerce, Cudahy, Downey, Lynwood, South Gate, and the unincorporated communities of Florence-Graham and Walnut Park.
5) Assemblymember Edward Hernandez (D) Sacramento office: (916) 319-2057 / West Covina office: (626) 960-4457
Represents the 57th Assembly District, which includes the cities of Azusa, Baldwin Park, Covina, La Puente, West Covina, Irwindale,
Industry, and other unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County including Valinda, North Whittier, Charter Oak, and Bassett.
6) Assemblymember Bill Emmerson (Rep) (916) 319-2063
Represents the 63rd Assembly District, which includes Fontana, Grand Terrace, Highland, Loma Linda, Moreno Valley,
Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino, Upland, and Yucaipa.
7) Assemblymember Brian Nestande (Rep) (916) 319-2064
Represents the 64th Assembly District, which includes Bermuda Dunes, Canyon Lake, Hemet, Idyllwild, Indian Wells, Lake Elsinore,
Menifee, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Palm Desert, Perris, Rancho Mirage, Riverside, Temecula, Wildomar, Winchester
8) Assemblymember Noreen Evans - Dem. Alternate (916) 319-2007
Represents the 7th Assembly District which includes Napa, Solano, and Sonoma counties.
9) Assemblymember Jim Nielsen - Rep. Alternate (916) 319-2002
Represents the 2nd Assembly District which includes Alturas, Anderson, Arbuckle, Biggs, Burney, Chico, Colusa, Corning, Cottonwood,
Dorris, Dunsmuir, Durham, Etna, Fall River Mills, Fort Jones, Gerber, Gridley, Live Oak, McArthur, Montague, Mount Shasta, Orland,
Red Bluff, Redding, Shasta Lake City, Tehama, Tulelake, Weed, Williams, Willows, Woodland, Yreka, Yuba City
Go LIFETIME!
Yours in Justice,
Diana Spatz
Executive Director
LIFETIME: Low-Income Families'
Empowerment Through Education
1880 Fairway Drive
San Leandro, CA 94577
Tel: 510 352 5160 x313
Fax: 510-352-5161