Campaign Update
Thursday, August 16, 2007

Inside This Issue:

On Thursday, August 23rd, the 100% Campaign, PICO California, and hundreds of supporters of kids' health will take to the Capitol to spread the message that providing coverage to all California's children can and must happen this year! There will be a press conference with supportive public officials.

In addition, PICO is hosting a children's health prayer vigil at 10 a.m. on the North steps of the Capitol that will emphasize the necessity and urgency of providing health coverage for all children. All are welcome to attend.

After successful passage from the policy committees of the second houses, SB 32 (Steinberg) and AB 1 (Laird/Dymally), identical children's health coverage expansion bills, are scheduled to be taken up in appropriations committees next week.

AB 1 is expected to be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday, August 20th, while SB 32 will be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, August 22nd. Successful outcomes in each committee hearing are a vital and necessary next step in ensuring that all of California's children have access to quality, affordable and comprehensive health care.

Please click here for the latest Fact Sheet on AB1 and SB 32.

MomsRising, an online advocacy group with more than 20,000 members in California, has joined the movement to cover all kids! The group is spearheading an online petition effort to demonstrate the widespread support for providing health care coverage for all children in our state. The petition can be accessed on the MomsRising website. MomsRising will be presenting the petition signatures to our state policymakers at the August 23 event.

Thank you for your continued support and efforts to ensure all California children obtain access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage! Please contact Krystal Moreno Lee at klee@childrennow.org or 916-443-1680 if you have any questions.

The 100% Campaign, a collaborative effort of The Children's Partnership, Children Now and Children's Defense Fund, was created to ensure that all of California's children obtain the health insurance they need to grow up strong and healthy.
www.100percentcampaign.org

The PICO California Project is the united effort of 20 California congregation-community organizations affiliated with the PICO National Network. Collectively, we represent 350 congregations and 400,000 families statewide and are actively organizing in over 70 cities in Northern and Southern California.
www.picocalifornia.org