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California! Don't like poverty or mean people. Director of Government Relations at @SEIUCalifornia . 🤼 & ΖΨ mom. Tweets mine.
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Members of the
#CaLeg
community received this email statement yesterday.
Really appreciated all of the excitement and well wishes received throughout the day. Let’s do this!
@seiucalifornia
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If I get sick, I pick this guy to be my
#nurse
.
#COVID19
#ProtestLockdown
#CounterProtest
#NursesAreHeroes
#NursesCOVID19
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@oldenoughtosay
😲 so interesting! I used to have let downs as result of a squeaky chair at work. I’ve always wondered what, exactly, is the body responding to. What do a squeaky chair & a baby cry have in common that trigger a physical reaction? It wasn’t like conscious me thought the🪑was a👶.
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People shouldn't have the right to health care and food because they are working. They should have the right to health care and food because they are human.
#Medicaid
#MedicaidForAll
#SNAPWorks
#TalkPoverty
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Thanks for your leadership
@HouseDemocrats
@IlhanMN
to address hunger during the
#COVID19
#Pandemic
!
#MealAct
#TalkPoverty
Looking forward to the passage of
#HR6201
#FamiliesFirst
#FamiliesFirstCoronavirusResponseAct
House leadership has created the space for new members to play critical part in shaping many of the cornerstone bills in this new Congress.
Grateful, to see my Meals Act be incorporated into the
#FamiliesFirst
Act. Feeding kids is a priority for me and this Congress.
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Thrilled to join
#CALeg
@CASenateDems
@CaWomensCaucus
@CA_Dem
@NancySkinner
, representing
#EastBay
(& me). She & her A+ team lead on
#CJReform
#Environment
&
#TalkPoverty
policies! As a proud WCLP alumna, I'll be cheering them on & am confident my replacement will be formidable.
I'm extremely pleased to announce my new chief of staff,
@Jess_Bartholow
, starting 12/7. Many in the Capitol community know her from her 11 years of fierce advocacy at
@Western_Center
and before that leading CA's anti-hunger advocacy for a decade. Join me in welcoming her!
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Guess who the President got to meet this week!?
#POTUS
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
@WhiteHouse
@DNC
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You guys!
#CaLeg
#TeamSkinner
decorated my office, got me cupcakes, sang to me…2x…and made sure everyone who stopped by wished my
#HappyBirthday
! Sooo much ❤️!
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I can’t tell you how meaningful it is that
@DNC
Chair
@harrisonjaime
has lived in poverty. So appreciated his comments at the the DNC Poverty Council this morning. I share his enthusiasm for the work the
@TheDemocrats
are doing to
#EndPoverty
#EndHomelessness
&
#EndHunger
.
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@PoliPessimist
@minouette
@oldenoughtosay
I’m dying reading these responses. What if they designed a breast pump that came w/ sounds of squeaking trains & screeching planes ?!! Do we think our boobs have some form of pitch directors and that it isn’t our ears at all? Where are our
@USbreastfeeding
@BreastfeedLA
experts?
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This past week was my last with
#CaLeg
@CASenateDems
@NancySkinnerCA
. The past 3 1/2 yrs serving in the Senate as we came through the pandemic were among the most challenging & rewarding of my life. I will forever cherish being the COS of
#TeamSkinner
& the
#justice
we made. 🫶
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Earlier today,
@Western_Center
’s Mike Herald gave his last
@CASenateBudget
#CaBudget
hearing testimony. He retires this fall. Mike actively recruited me to be
#CaLeg
WCLP lobbyist in 2009. I am so glad he did. I’ll miss having him around here!
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My last hike and my last sunset of my 40s! Watch out
@AARP
, here I come, like it or not.
#50YearsOfJess
#HappyBirthdayToMe
#SiSePuede
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@RobertGarcia
@HHSGov
Wow, Mayor, this must make you want to cry and dance at the same time! Congratulations and thank you on behalf of all of us out here cheering you on. ❤️🙌
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#CALeg
passes
#RaiseTheWage
= business says, "it will kill jobs."
#CALeg
passes
#PaidFamilyLeave
#PFL
= business says, "it will kill jobs."
#CaLeg
passes
#PaidSickDays
= business says, "it will kill jobs."
California's leading the way in job growth in the country.
#AB5
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So proud to be honored by Congresswoman Barbara Lee w/ award named after her mom, the Mildred P Massey. Grateful to have the opportunity to do the work I do.
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One week until
#CaLeg
bill introduction deadline. How’s everyone doing? Meme replies only.
For people outside of Sac - to follow along with Senate Deadlines, click here:
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My only sister, 15 months older than me, dropped out of HS to help pay my family’s rent. She worked 11 yrs in
#FastFood
& the violations of her worker rights were frequent & consistent across employers. So grateful for
@Fightfor15
#CaLeg
#AB257
worker-activists. Let’s do this!
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Someone snapped this candid of me &
@HouseDemocrats
@AppropsDems
@rosadelauro
at yesterday’s
#WHConfHungerHealth
. Nice to take a time to acknowledge pinnacle of
#endhunger
movement that event &
@WhiteHouse
plan represent & to pep-talk each other for fight ahead to implement it.
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.
@WhiteHouse
releases strategy to
#endhunger
in U.S. by 2030 | Skimming, it looks like expanding school meals, SNAP & summer lunch EBT are on the list. These are solid strategies. Looking forward to diving deeper this week at
#WHConfHungerHealth
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#CaLeg
Bill signing hat tip and deep bow to team
@NancySkinnerCA
and bill sponsors and supporters (too many to tag) and our Senate Pro-Tem
@SenToniAtkins
. You are all amazing! And great appreciation to
@CAgovernor
@GavinNewsom
team for your partnership & signature on these bills.
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@erbradley
@BrandyZadrozny
I was up the hill from you, at
#LandsEnd
. You know, I was in the neighborhood so decided to go for a hike.
#CaliforniaLove
#California
girl
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Recycling his college search and recruitment papers after making a decision to attend … [drumroll]…
@WPI
where he has received a President’s Scholarship to study aerospace engineering & robotics and wrestle for
@NCAAWrestling
@WPIAthletics
@WPIWrestling
.
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Say, “austerity doesn’t work” with a chart.
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“The poor, the minorities…these people aren’t worth a $15 min wage…”
You know what? People are mad at this guy, but I rather appreciate the candor. This is how I imagine all people who don’t support
#RaiseTheWage
#FightFor15
feel, they just don’t say it.
Fox guest Art Laffer: For those people who are coming into the labor force fresh, not oldtimers -- the poor, the minorities, the disenfranchised, those with less education, young people who haven't had the job experience -- these people aren't worth $15 an hour in most cases
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Meet 1st Madame Mayor of Los Angeles
@KarenBassLA
- whose victory over a her opponent w/ a campaign war-chest of 10x more $ was not just a win for
#women
& Black women but also for
@TheDemocrats
& governance. Great piece via
@NewYorker
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Last round of college visits with this guy!
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Join me in welcoming our new Executive Director! We are thrilled!
#TalkPoverty
#EndHunger
#EndPoverty
We have exciting news!
Crystal D. Crawford will be the next Executive Director for Western Center. Crawford is currently a program director at
@calwellness
. She will be the first Black woman or woman of color to serve as our ED.
Full announcement here:
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My HS vice principal gave me
#MyShot
when she asked if I needed food instead of suspending me for poor behavior. After that, Free School Lunch helped even the playing field.
We know racism & sexism exist & keep ppl from competing on level ground.
#YESonProp16
will change that!
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Showing off my new
#birthday
#bling
! Earrings, bracelet and necklace all made by my son! My new favorites ~ people better get used to seeing them.
#HappyBirthdaytToMe
#HappyBirthday
#MomLife
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We’ve been talking about the need for this service for decades. This is great news & it is no surprise that the County of Santa Cruz was your collaborator. Their historic lead-by-doing contributions to the provision of basic needs has made so many CA lives better. Congrats!
After over a year of hard work and collaboration, today
@HUMBLPay
and
@sccounty
launch their Government Digital Wallet.
I want to extend appreciation to all the county staff that worked hard on this effort and to the Board of Supervisors, specifically Supervisor
@zachfriend55
,
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Retweeting with graphic on top.
#WageTheft
vs
#Robbery
if you’re worried about shoplifting, wait til you hear about wage theft
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Team
@NancySkinnerCA
is bursting with pride to have our very own Kapri Walker highlighted in
#CaLeg
@Capitol_Weekly
.
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Doesn’t seem like a difficult choice at all.
@JulieSuCA
should be our next
@USDOL
Secretary. cc:
@GarmentWorkerLA
@CaliforniaLabor
@LorenaSGonzalez
@unionista27
@saraflocks
#WomenInLabor
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@InsertPun_
@gifdsports
Do you see, they don't even care, they made those children & their parents walk through the broken glass w/their bare feet w/ guns pointed at them. Turns out wrong people's home. But even if it were the right home...the charge was growing weed. Really? All that for growing weed?
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of
#TitleIX
, the landmark legislation that ushered in a new era for
#women
’s and
#girl
’s sports in the US.
#TitleIXat50
. For fun, here is my HS
#volleyball
team picture, back when Title IX and I were just 15 hrs old.
#SoMuchEyeliner
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This child graduated
#highschool
today. I just can't believe how fast it happened. Love him to pieces. ❤️
@SLUSD_News
@SanLeandroHigh
@SanLeandroHigh
#classof2020
#classof2020strong
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One of those kids will grow up & become an anti-hunger leader. They will research the leaders who let them go hungry. They will dedicate themselves to undoing the legacy of those leaders. I know. I was that kid.
This year, 35 states will participate in a $2.5 billion federal nutrition program that will help low-income parents buy groceries for their kids in the summer.
But Texas, which has 3.8 million kids eligible for the program, has opted out of the effort.
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As someone who’s visited the
#CapitolBuilding
many times, I can tell you that the layers of security for someone to get this far in are significant. I was stopped once b/c an apple was in my bag. I am incensed that the
#ProudBoys
w/
#guns
just walked right in there.
#CapitalHill
That’s the confederate flag flying outside the Senate chamber
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Finally broke out my
@EndPovertyCA
hat. Hat tip to
@MichaelDTubbs
@GregKaufmann
& team for helping me keep “on brand,” as
@emv52
would say. Not only do I look super fashionable - hoping it will keep the meanies (the ones who don’t want to
#EndPoverty
) away. 🤗
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Correction: These are not “programs for the poor,” they are programs for all of us b/c (1) none of us are better off when neighbors go hungry or w/out
#healthcare
, (2) one never knows when they will need a little help, (3) our economy suffers when ppl go w/out basic needs met.
New: Trump’s OMB director, proving influential in GOP debt talks, wants to avoid Medicare/SS but is pushing to pulverize programs for the poor
His budget calls for:
- $2T cuts to Medicaid
- $600B cuts to ACA
- $400B food stamps cut
- Halve head start
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THAT WAS ME!! Wanted to make sure that low-income ppl who have limited phone and IT availability (talk to
@AsmEGarciaAD56
&
@SteveBradford
about their work to fix that!) could still testify about something that impacted them directly,
#FamiliesOverFees
#CALeg
#CABudget
#SB824
.✊
This may be a first in a
#CALeg
hearing:
A phone caller playing recordings of other people’s testimony over the phone line.
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As an expert on child
#hunger
, both b/c I experienced & b/c I worked toward ending it for the past 20+ yrs, I’m telling you
@DemGovs
@GavinNewsom
has done more to address the problem than any prior Governor, maybe even in the nation.
#FreeMealsForAll
#PandemicEBT
#NoOnRecall
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Fun Fact
#1
: Chipotle burrito costs more than PER-DAY SNAP benefit of recipients whose benefits he’s trying to cut.
Fun Fact
#2
: Making out-of-work ppl hungry, won’t help them get a job, keep a job or get more hrs at a job.
MCCARTHY, MCHENRY, GRAVES have all left the Capitol, said they are going to Chipotle to grab lunch and bring it back
“We’re working”, McCarthy said when asked about a possible deal today
H/t
@NickRojasTV
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A major
@UCMerced
study & survey of workers detail harsh conditions many of California’s
#farmworkers
experience at home & work. The issues are under a spotlight following recent mass shootings at two mushroom farms.
@UFWupdates
()
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Ran into
@JulianCastro
, former
@HUDgov
Secretary under POTUS
@BarackObama
, who now serves as Chief Exec Officer of
@LatinoCommFdn
, the nation’s largest Latino-serving foundation. Great to have him here in
#California
& to see him working w/
#CaLeg
. Tagging
@castrocountry
!
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This little person turned 17 this week. I miss him as a baby, but I'm having so much fun seeing him grow into an adult.
#momlife
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Thanks to everyone who helped me through today. 🥰😭
#ClassOf2023
#MomsOfTwitter
#MomLife
#PublicSchoolsRock
@SanLeandroHigh
@SLUSD_News
1st day of Kinder. Last day of H.S.
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You forgot the word "some".... "some lobbyists." The rest get it through good policy on meaningful issues & hard work. H/T to all the
#CaLeg
lobbyists who work for it.
"Newsom’s French Laundry dinner shows how lobbyists get access to power in Sacramento"
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Yesterday, my little
#WillaberryPie
died. 🥲💔🐾 She was a great pet and I’ll miss her very much.
#DogsOfTwitter
#RescueDogs
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18 years ago, I brought this little fella into the world. Here he was on his first day home dressed as baby
#Santa
with my mom holding him.
#ChristmasBaby
🎄
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I love working out of the
#SD09
District Office in Oakland on Friday’s. It makes it easier to check in with constituents and allies. Today, I got a chance to catch up with Elaine Brown. Elaine is best known b/c she was the only woman to chair Black Panther Party (1974 -1977).
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My colleague, one of 40
#CaLeg
@CASenateDems
COS, and my friend, Marc Hanson, passed away unexpectedly this week. He has spent his life making the world better. I am thinking of Team
@JoshNewmanCA
& his family. If you can give, please do: Memorial Fund
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When your work trip brings you to a conference center by the Ocean and you brought your walking shoes!
🫶🥰
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#CALeg
As you look into the eyes of the last week of session & you get ready to look into the eyes of your constituents back home, I invite you to read this. We are in trouble. I don't know how else to say it. In 20 yrs of antipoverty advocacy, I've never seen anything like it.
-- 29 million adults report not having enough to eat
-- 15 million renters behind on rent payments
-- Trump's $300 UI benefit will only last ~3 weeks
-- Poverty rates to rise above Great Recession levels w/o more stimulus
@hannah_denham1
@taylormtelford
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I realized something. I believe all labor has dignity, always have. But I didn’t honor my own labor equally on my resume & profiles, omitting yrs of work & experience that I’d been convinced was not “professional” enough to be included. Not anymore!
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.
@JoinTravisAllen
, I can see why you might not know about hunger if you didn't experience it yourself. It's humiliating & isolating to be hungry & so ppl don't talk about it. I invite you to learn more about hunger in CA & join the
#CAleg
#Bipartisan
campaign to eradicate it!
CA GOP Gov candidate Travis Allen said, "Food insecurity is a myth." Says "If you can go down and feed yourself" from taco bell or mcdonald's for a dollar, there isn't a food security problem. There's an obesity problem
@Jess_Bartholow
@JoinTravisAllen
@usfca
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Yohoo!
#CaLeg
#CaBudget
enthusiasts! The
@CASenateBudget
team has published its Final Action Report. You can find it here! go team!
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Working late in
#CaLeg
Senate District 09 has it’s perks.
#Oakland
#EastBay
H/T
@CASenateDems
@NancySkinnerCA
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Wealthy class NIMBYism is toxic. The lawsuit against UC & court decision punishing innocent 3rd party (students who’d earned entry to UCBerkeley) w/out any due process was unacceptable. Proud of my boss’s hrs of work & support of ProTem to identify & negotiate this path forward.
Huge kudos to my colleague and budget chair, Senator
@NancySkinnerCA
. You took bold, swift action to remedy an unacceptable situation, putting students first. 👏🏻
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Starting the countdown. Ten days until this guy attends freshman orientation at
@WPI
@WPIWrestling
@WPIAdmissions
.
#classof2027
#collegelife
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Apparently, when my computer froze on
@zoom_us
mtng today w/
@BerkeleyLawPAC
, this pic just stayed on the screen while I struggled to reboot internet. I'm gonna try to do better on tomorrow's
@CalMatters
@jackie_botts
#COVID19
webinar. Register to join us!
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Yesterday was my youngest child’s 17th birthday. As we start his last year of childhood, I thought I’d share this baby picture of him at 3 months in a sweater my sister made…because he loves when I show people his baby pictures. 😉
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New
@CaliforniaLabor
leader
@LorenaSGonzalez
addresses
@UFWupdates
marchers for
#CaLeg
#AB2183
calling for
@CAgovernor
@GavinNewsom
signature! ✍️
#SiSePuede
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O.K. I admit it. College visits are, for me, just an excuse to spend quality time w/ the child.
#momlife
#collegelife
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It might just be sour grapes, but I can't help being bitter that the Senators will get to vote remotely while applicants for disaster food stamps still have to have an in-person interview.
#COVID19
#Senate
#coronavirus
#TalkPoverty
Portman and Durbin now back on Senate floor on their remote voting resolution with 5 Senators now in self-quarantine over coronavirus exposure.
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People shouldn't have the right to food or needed health care because they are working, they should have the right to food and health care because they are people.
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My little sister started as an intern with
@SenateDems
@JECDems
today! 🥰 Go Memar! If you are on the hill, go say 👋 to her for me!
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“We are the United States of America, we can do this!”
@POTUS
@JoeBiden
at
#WHConfHungerHealth
after laying out the plan to
#endhunger
by 2030. It includes
#SchoolMealsForAll
and permanent
#ChildTaxCredit
! More here:
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What a night at Burrell Field! Those 2023 Pirate Scholars brought their joy, brilliance, and stunning smiles to the field, and we couldn’t be more proud of them all!! Congratulations on this impressive milestone, and please come back to visit soon!!
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.
@chefjoseandres
& 70 chefs write a letter to stand against the Administration's proposed
#PublicCharge
rule + stand up for kids.
#ProtectFamilies
. cc:
@nokidhungry
@NoKidHungrySF
@NoKidHungryCA
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It’s this simple: When we cut aid, ppl go hungry & retailers take hit. (). Families that use SNAP to supplement food budgets account for 24% of spending on consumer goods in U.S. Cuts to SNAP earlier this yr estimated to cause $46 B gap in spending.
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The
@CaDems
#VoteNoOnRecall
phone bank call shift starts before I have time to get home?
I’d have to call from my personal laptop from my car in a garage where It’s 98 degrees?
No problem! Count me in! I’m all in on
#VoteNoOnTheRecall
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@mayatmiller
@2MoreTrav
@propublica
@Capitol_Forum
Cigna is skirting truth in this statement. Denying coverage after a service is provided DOES result in denial of care b/c it leaves the health consumer economically vulnerable to future denials, and, therefore less likely to seek care even when they need it the next time.
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So excited to see this
#CaLeg
#CaBudget
pilot off the ground! 🙌
@CaliforniaDSS
@EndPovertyCA
@mayorsforagi
@MichaelDTubbs
@calassets
!
#GuaranteedIncome
More here:
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Congratulations to the
#FightFor15
#CaLeg
#AB257
activists here today for the 24 hour vigil!
@SEIU
@seiucalifornia
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Work requirements have never been proven to improve path out of poverty. Instead, they’ve been proven to cause increased poverty & hardship. If you want to help ppl lift themselves out of poverty, you’ll ensure they don’t suffer basic needs deprivation.
#ChildTaxCredit
does that.
NEW: Sen. Manchin has told the White House the child tax credit must include a firm work requirement and family income cap in the $60k range, Axios has learned.
These demands would dramatically weaken one of Biden's signature programs.
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My 2nd yr at
@Western_Center
,
@SenHJMitchell
@HollyJMitchell
arrived as a new
#CALeg
Asm Member. I couldn't have possibly guessed the adventures we would go on & the way she would make me grow as an advocate. I'm so glad she won, but also emotional to be at the end of this road.
Breaking: State Sen. Holly Mitchell has won a seat on the powerful Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
With Mitchell’s victory, the board will be all-female for the first time in history.
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Congratulations to
@RandhawaNavreen
on her first day as our
@NancySkinnerCA
#CaLeg
Spring Intern! (Yes, we pay our interns) Pictured here with Elmer Lizardi of
#TeamSkinner
. Photo Credit: Kapri Walker.
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@MichaelDTubbs
I am sick. This is so disgusting. I’m glad it came to light though. The ease at which these folks had this conversation suggests that their anti-black sentiments have been at play for some time in their decision making. There are some dots being connected for me right now.
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#Omnibus
has one of largest cuts in food aid I’ve seen in 20+ years of work on anti-hunger policy. This, while
#foodbanks
seeing need at same
#Pandemic
high levels. So while some are celebrating, know that there are some of us that are trying to put our heads around this fact.
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The irony of the
#JobKiller
list is that it represents a lot of bills that workers are asking for, themselves. Last year, a
#GarmentWorker
said, “Why do they call us job killers. We don’t want to kill our jobs. We love our jobs. We just want to earn minimum wage.”
#TrustWorkers
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A great day to be my first day back at the
#CaLeg
Capitol.
#SB2
(
@SteveBradford
&
@CABlackCaucus
)
#SB262
(
@SenateHertzberg
) and
#SB81
(
@NancySkinnerCA
) among today’s important first house floor victories. Also loved getting to work w/ my new team in person for the 1st time. 😍
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Hugs to everyone who everyone who is parenting teenage boys. That is all. That’s the tweet.
#momlife
#momandson
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