*********************************************************************** Californians for Healthy Kids ACTION ALERT! - June 22, 2006 *********************************************************************** http://www.caforhealthykids.org Thank you all for your hard work supporting our mutual goal of securing health care coverage for all children and urging support for the $23 million in the state budget to assist local Children's Health Initiatives. It is essential that we continue to encourage policymakers to support this one-time $23 million investment to provide health insurance to children who are currently on waiting lists for these programs until a permanent statewide solution for providing children's health coverage is in place. The Legislature is expected to vote on the state budget early next week, and the $23 million item is at risk! Your calls are making a difference! Please continue the final push until the budget comes to a vote. Contact your legislators today, including targeted Republican members (listed below) and urge them to keep the $23 million in the budget to support local Children's Health Initiatives. In addition, it is important to send the message to the Governor and Democratic leadership (President Pro Tem Perata and Speaker Nez) that we stand with them and to keep fighting to keep this important funding for children's health in the budget. Contact the Governor and your legislators at: www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html . Please contact these legislators urging their support: Senators Ackerman, Ashburn, Denham, Maldonado, & Margett. Assemblymembers Aghazarian, Blakeslee, Bogh, Daucher, Emmerson, Garcia, Harman, Shirley Horton, Huff, Maze, Nakanishi, Plescia, & Sharon Runner. Please read this opinon-editoral in today's Capitol Weekly: "Ted Lempert and Jim Keddy: Legislature must fund children's health care". ________________________________ You are subscribed to this list as rpineda@childrennow.org. Click here to unsubscribe, or send email to unsubscribe.99134.83503085.7682170858472170583- rpineda_childrennow.org@en.groundspring.org. Our postal address is 1212 Broadway, 5th Floor Oakland, California 94612 United States