Please join the community and Sin Barras tomorrow for a Press Conference + Rally about the Governor’s May Revise Budget to highlight the need to invest in Californians and eradicate poverty.
The governor has proposed $500 million to build bigger jails we don’t need. In the Governor’s press conference this morning, we noted that funding to begin the expansion of medical parole, to begin an elder parole program and to create a parole process for non-violent and non-sexual second strikers has been cut to half what it was in the Governor’s January budget.
There is $5 billion that is available right now to refund the decades of disinvestment in education, healthcare, youth resources, childcare, senior and disability services, nutrition, and other priorities that keep Californians strong. We need to invest in people and life-affirming programs that serve us, not debt, rainy day funds, and prisons.
Our press conference will be joined by Californians United for a Responsible Budget, California Partnership, and other anti-poverty organizations across the state. Will you join us?
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14:
San Francisco
Time: 1:30pm
Location: State Building 350 McAllister Street
Santa Cruz
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Superior Court, 701 Ocean St
Bakersfield
Time: 9:00am
Location: Liberty Bell, 1400 Truxtun
Los Angeles
Time: 12:00 Noon
Location: State Building, 300 S. Spring Street
San Bernardino
Time: 12:00 Noon
Location: Rose Parks State Building, 464 West 4th Street
