The Alliance for the CSU sent out this alert last night.
Editor's note: The legislative roster in this message is based on campus location, and should not be expected to identify which legislators represent you personally. If you're not sure of your district or legislators, you can look up your legislators based on your (residence, not mailing) ZIP code.
URGENT ACTION ALERT
STATE BUGET ACTIONIt appears that the California State Legislature may be approaching a final budget vote before the weekend. Your urgent action is needed!
As you know, our efforts persuaded the Governor to restore nearly $100 million for the CSU into the May Revise but measures are now being considered by the legislature that could have a devastating effect on future CSU budgets.
Budget Caps, Program Cuts, Borrowing and a "now you see it now you don't" tax increase/decrease:
One option being discussed is a "rainy day fund" that would, in fact, serve as a defacto budget cap limiting the legislature's authority to make decisions like restoring funds to the CSU.
The guidelines for this reserve would severely limit the prospects of restoring CSU funding even to 2002 levels leaving our campuses locked into terrible budgets for years to come. We will not be the only ones harmed – K-12, the poor and uninsured and other public social services will suffer.
In addition to a budget cap, other budget "solutions" include deep programmatic cuts that would have a devastating effect on services to children, families and seniors.
Also in the works are borrowing schemes that, in the past, have contributed to the state's current problems and a temporary sales tax increase that doesn't address the long-term needs of the state.
Please take a moment to let the legislature know that a de facto spending limit will not only do long-term harm to K-16 education and other essential public services, but will limit our ability to restore prosperity to the state; devastating cuts to children, families and seniors are unacceptable and temporary revenue increases are shortsighted.
Below is a chart containing the members of the legislature by campus…CALL THEM TODAY AND TELL THEM TO:
1. VOTE AGAINST ANY INCREASED STATE RESERVE THAT WILL FURTHER DEFUND OUR SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND CONTINUE TO INADEQUATELY FUND PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION;
2. REJECT DEEP CUTS TO PROGRAMS AFFECTING CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SENIORS; AND
3. REJECT TEMPORARY REVENUE INCREASES THAT DON'T ADDRESS THE LONG-TERM NEEDS OF CALIFORNIA.
LEGISLATIVE ROSTER Campus Assembly/Senate Name District/Party Phone BA S Florez, Dean 16 - D 916 651 4016 BA S Runner, George 17 - R 916 651 4017 BA A Fuller, Jean 32 - R 916 319 2032 CH S Aanestad, Sam 04 - R 916 651 4004 CH A Keene, Rick 03 - R 916 319 2003 CH A La Malfa, Doug 02 - R 916 319 2002 CI S Kuehl, Sheila 23 - D 916 651 4023 CI S McClintock, Tom 19 - R 916 651 4019 CI A Brownley, Julia 41 - D 916 319 2041 CI A Strickland, Audra 37 - R 916 319 2037 DH S Oropeza, Jenny 28 - D 916 651 4028 DH S Ridley-Thomas, Mark 26 - D 916 651 4026 DH S Vincent, Edward 25 - D 916 651 4025 DH A Dymally, Mervyn 52 - D 916 319 2052 DH A Furutani, Warren 55 - D 916 319 2055 DH A Lieu, Ted 53 - D 916 319 2053 DH A Price, Curren 51 - D 916 319 2051 EB S Corbett, Ellen 10 - D 916 651 4010 EB S Perata, Don 09 - D 916 651 4009 EB S Torlakson, Tom 07 - D 916 651 4007 EB A Hancock, Loni 14 - D 916 319 2014 EB A Hayashi, Mary 18 - D 916 319 2018 EB A Houston, Guy 15 - R 916 319 2015 EB A Swanson, Sandre 16 - D 916 319 2016 EB A Torrico, Alberto 20 - D 916 319 2020 FR S Cogdill, Dave 14 - R 916 651 4014 FR A Arambula, Juan 31 - D 916 319 2031 FR A Parra, Nicole 30 - D 916 319 2030 FR A Villines, Michael 29 - R 916 319 2029 FU S Ackerman, Dick 33 - R 916 651 4033 FU S Correa, Lou 34 - D 916 651 4034 FU A DeVore, Chuck 70 - R 916 319 2070 FU A Duvall, Michael 72 - R 916 319 2072 FU A Solorio, Jose 69 - D 916 319 2069 FU A Spitzer, Todd 71 - R 916 319 2071 FU A Tran, Van 68 - R 916 319 2068 HU S Wiggins, Patricia 02 - D 916 651 4002 HU A Berg, Patty 01 - D 916 319 2001 LA S Cedillo, Gilbert 22 - D 916 651 4022 LA S Romero, Gloria 24 - D 916 651 4024 LA S Scott, Jack 21 - D 916 651 4021 LA A Bass, Karen 47 - D 916 319 2047 LA A Davis, Mike 48 - D 916 319 2048 LA A De La Torre, Hector 50 - D 916 319 2050 LA A de Leon, Kevin 45 -D 916 319 2045 LA A Eng, Mike 49 - D 916 319 2049 LA A Nunez, Fabian 46 - D 916 319 2046 LA A Portantino, Anthony 44 - D 916 319 2044 LB S Calderon, Ronald 30 - D 916 651 4030 LB S Harman, Tom 35 - R 916 651 4035 LB S Lowenthal, Alan 27 - D 916 651 4027 LB A Calderon, Charles 58 - D 916 319 2058 LB A Karnette, Betty 54 - D 916 319 2054 LB A Mendoza, Tony 56 - D 916 319 2056 LB A Silva, Jim 67 - R 916 319 2067 MA A DeSaulnier, Mark 11 - D 916 319 2011 MA A Evans, Noreen 07 - D 916 319 2007 MB S Maldonado, Abel 15 - R 916 651 4015 MB A Caballero, Anna 28 - D 916 319 2028 MB A Laird, John 27 - D 916 319 2027 NO S Padilla, Alex 20 - D 916 651 4020 NO A Feuer, Mike 42 - D 916 319 2042 NO A Fuentes, Felipe 39 - D 916 319 2039 NO A Krekorian, Paul 43 - D 916 319 2043 NO A Levine, Lloyd 40 - D 916 319 2040 NO A Runner, Sharon 36 - R 916 319 2036 NO A Smyth, Cameron 38 - R 916 319 2038 PO S Margett, Bob 29 - R 916 651 4029 PO S Negrete McLeod, Gloria 32 - D 916 651 4032 PO A Adams, Anthony 59 - R 916 319 2059 PO A Hernandez, Ed 57 - D 916 319 2057 PO A Huff, Bob 60 - R 916 319 2060 PO A Soto, Nell 61 - D 916 319 2061 SA S Cox, Dave 01 - R 916 651 4001 SA S Steinberg, Darrell 06 - D 916 651 4006 SA A Gaines, Ted 04 - R 916 319 2004 SA A Jones, Dave 09 - D 916 319 2009 SA A Nakanishi, Alan 10 - R 916 319 2010 SA A Niello, Roger 05 - R 916 319 2005 SA A Wolk, Lois 08 - D 916 319 2008 SB S Dutton, Bob 31 - R 916 651 4031 SB A Benoit, John 64 - R 916 319 2064 SB A Carter, Wilmer Amina 62 - D 916 319 2062 SB A Cook, Paul 65 - R 916 319 2065 SB A Emmerson, Bill 63 - R 916 319 2063 SB A Garcia, Bonnie 80 - R 916 319 2080 SB A Maze, Bill 34 - R 916 319 2034 SD S Ducheny, Denise 40 - D 916 651 4040 SD S Kehoe, Christine 39 - D 916 651 4039 SD A Anderson, Joel 77 - R 916 319 2077 SD A Horton, Shirley 78 - R 916 319 2078 SD A Plescia, George 75 - R 916 319 2075 SD A Salas, Mary 79 - D 916 319 2079 SD A Saldana, Lori 76 - D 916 319 2076 SF S Migden, Carole 03 - D 916 651 4003 SF S Yee, Leland 08 - D 916 651 4008 SF A Leno, Mark 13 - D 916 319 2013 SF A Ma, Fiona 12 - D 916 319 2012 SF A Mullin, Gene 19 - D 916 319 2019 SJ S Alquist, Elaine 13 - D 916 651 4013 SJ S Simitian, Joe 11 - D 916 651 4011 SJ A Beall, Jim 24 - D 916 319 2024 SJ A Coto, Joe 23 - D 916 319 2023 SJ A Lieber, Sally 22 - D 916 319 2022 SJ A Ruskin, Ira 21 - D 916 319 2021 SLO S Ashburn, Roy 18 - R 916 651 4018 SLO A Blakeslee, Sam 33 - R 916 319 2033 SLO A Nava, Pedro 35 - D 916 319 2035 SM S Battin, Jim 37 - R 916 651 4037 SM S Hollingsworth, Dennis 36 - R 916 651 4036 SM S Wyland, Mark 38 - R 916 651 4038 SM A Garrick, Martin 74 - R 916 319 2074 SM A Jeffries, Kevin 66 - R 916 319 2066 SM A Walters, Mimi 73 - R 916 319 2073 SO A Huffman, Jared 06 - D 916 319 2006 ST S Denham, Jeff 12 - R 916 651 4012 ST S Machado, Mike 05 - D 916 651 4005 ST A Aghazarian, Greg 26 - R 916 319 2026 ST A Berryhill, Tom 25 - R 916 319 2025 ST A Galgiani, Cathleen 17 - D 916 319 2017 Your immediate action is needed and appreciated.
Privacy Warning About Alliance Sign-Up
Expect the personal information you provide on the Alliance cards and web form to be provided to others without your knowledge or consent. The Alliance has said that they might release people's personal information – without notice or permission – to the CSU administration, and it turns out the Alliance has released information to at least one union and one outside marketing firm. The Alliance does not allow you to opt out of having your personal information released. As of this morning, the Alliance still does not publish a privacy policy on their web site, or otherwise disclose how they will use your information or to whom they will release it.
If your chapter collects cards, or urges people to sign up on the Alliance web site, please advise people that their personal information may be released to others without notice. Employees should not provide any information they don't want given away to unknown third parties, including home or personal cell phone numbers, or personal email addresses. We suggest providing only your work contact information: campus mailing address, campus phone, and campus email address. An alternative would be for a group to select someone to act as a front-line
contact, who provides his or her personal information to the Alliance and then forwards the action emails to the rest of the group.
The (small, low-contrast) "privacy policy" link in the footer of the Alliance Action Alert email goes to the outside marketing company's privacy policy, not that of the Alliance for the CSU.
We will post Alliance email messages here as we receive them.
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