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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