Hunger Coalition lobbies with the Hunger Advocacy Network at the State Capitol

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Hunger Coalition lobbies with the Hunger Advocacy Network at the State Capitol

The Hunger Coalition joined Hunger Advocacy Network (HAN) partners for trip to Sacramento on May 21, 2015, to lobby on important anti-hunger legislation.  In addition to the Hunger Coalition, the HAN partners on the trip included Feeding America San Diego, Heaven’s Windows, Housing on Merit, and Jacobs Cushman San Diego Food Bank.  The trip was made possible by a grant to HAN from the Leichtag Foundation. 

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Increase to Supplemental Security Income for elderly and disabled passes in the Legislature but dies in final budget negotiations with the Governor

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Increase to Supplemental Security Income for elderly and disabled passes in the Legislature but dies in final budget negotiations with the Governor

After months of advocacy by organizations around the state -- joined under the umbrella Californians for SSI (CA4SSI) -- the California Legislature passed a state budget that increased the SSI benefit level.  Unfortunately, the increases were cut from the budget in final negotiations with the Governor. 

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Governor Jerry Brown Releases ‘May Revise’ Budget with New State Earned Income Tax Credit

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Governor Jerry Brown Releases ‘May Revise’ Budget with New State Earned Income Tax Credit

While the Governor’s ‘May Revise’ budget, released last week, included the first ever Earned Income Tax Credit for California to help the state’s poorest residents, it failed to increase Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for seniors and the disabled.

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Need to Raise SSI Levels Gets Recognition from Assemblymembers Brown and Thurmond

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Need to Raise SSI Levels Gets Recognition from Assemblymembers Brown and Thurmond

Cheryl Brown (D-San Bernardino) and Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond) introduced Bill 474 to increase SSI payments for people living independently from 91% of the federal poverty level to 112%. The bill was inspired by the grassroots advocacy of the CA4SSI organizations who brought SSI recipients to share their stories of hardship during Assembly hearings on the matter.

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