SB 840 VOTE IN ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS IN AUGUST:
SB 840 will be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee where we likely have the necessary votes to pass out of committee. Then, before the end of the legislative session on August 30th, Senator Sheila Kuehl then expects to bring SB 840 up for a vote on the ASSEMBLY floor. In order for SB 840 to arrive on the Governor’s desk for his signature a total of 41 votes are needed.
The following democratic Assemblymembers have not yet indicated their support for SB 840. Please urge their support if you are a constituent. Calls from outside the represented district are not helpful. Contact the governor’s office at 916-445-2841 to urge his support as well.
1. AssemblymemberTed W. Lieu :(916) 319- 2053
El Segundo, Redondo Beach, Mar Vista, Marina Del Rey, & Torrance
2. Assemblymember Lori Saldaña : (916) 319 – 2076
San Diego, Mission Bay, Escondido, & La Jolla
3. Assemblymember Rebecca Cohn : (916) 319-2024
Has voted aye
Burbank, Saratoga, Cupertino
4. Assemblymember Joe Baca : (916) 319-2024
Told advocates he loved the bill
San Bernandino, Rialto, Fontana, Colton
5. Assemblymember Joseph Canciamilla : (916) 319-2011
Told advocates he “is inclined” to vote yes
Concord, Antioch, Pittsburg, Martinez, Baypoint, Hercules
6. Assemblymember Dario Frommer : (916) 319-2043
Glendale, Burbank, Los Feliz, Silver Lake, North Hollywood, Toluca Lake
Has abstained
7. Assemblymember Barbara Matthews : (916) 319-2017
Stockton, Merced
8. Assemblymember Ronald S. Calderon : (916) 319-2058
Montebello, Pico Rivera, Whitter, Hacienda Heights
9. Assemblymember Juan Arambula : (916) 319-2031
Caruthers, Firebaugh, Fowler, Kerman
10. Assemblymember Joe Nation: (916) 319-2006
Marin/Sonoma Counties
11. Assemblymember Nicole Parra : (916) 319-2030
Southern and Central Valley, Kings County, Coalinga, Huron and Kingsburg
OneCareNow.org CAMPAIGN FOR SB 840 KICKS-OFF IN LOS OSOS/MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA ON AUGUST 12, 2006
The OneCareNow.org will begin its 365-city campaign with an all-day beach event in Morro Bay, California on August 12. A ‘battle of the surf bands’ will be held at the event will bring out healthcare grassroots activists and the community for a day of fun and education about universal health care. The yearlong campaign will cover the state and culminate with a stop in Los Angeles on August 12, 2007. On August 19, a protest, hopefully the largest in California history will take place in Sacramento at the Capitol. Please go to www.onecarenow.org to sign the petition and learn more about the campaign for universal health care.
NEW SB 840 DOCUMENTARY AVAILABLE NOW:
A new documentary, “California Healthcare Solutions”, illustrates the healthcare crisis through the eyes of those who have been personally affected as well as the solution offered by SB 840. The film runs 22 minutes and was made by award wining documentary filmmaker and Co-Director of the San Fernando Valley Chapter of Health Care For All For more information, please contact Don Schroeder at 818.761.1470 or schr8er@pacbell.net.
THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF LABOR has joined the nearly 500 organizations supporting SB 840
On Wednesday, July 26, 2006, the California Labor Federation voted unanimously to endorse SB 840. In their endorsement, this united labor movement committed to work “fiercely” for the passage of SB 840, saying that, “All unions and our members are struggling with spiraling health care costs”.
GET INFORMED & BECOME INVOLVED
Nearly 500 organizations have already endorsed SB 840 and thousands of individuals are building grassroots community support and awareness of the bill.
Follow the links for more information.
http://www.sen.ca.gov/kuehl
http://www.heatlhcareforall.org/
http://www.onecarenow.org
http://www.pnhp.org
UPDATE FROM MICHAEL MOORE CONCERNING HIS UPCOMING MOVIE “SICKO”:
Back in February, I asked if people would send me letters describing their experiences with our health care system. I received over 19,000 of them. It was truly overwhelming as we literally took a month and read them all. To read about the misery people are put through on a daily basis by our profit-based system was both moving and revolting. That's all I will say right now.
We've spent the better part of this year shooting our next movie, "Sicko." As we've done with our other films, we don't discuss them while we are making them. If people ask, we tell them "Sicko" is "a comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on earth."
But like my other movies, what we start with (General Motors, guns, 9/11) is not always what we end with. Along the way, we discover new roads to go down, roads that often surprise us and lead us to new ideas -- and challenge us to reconsider the ones we began with. That, I can say with certainty, is happening now as we shoot "Sicko."
I don't think the country needs a movie that tells you that HMOs and the pharmaceutical companies suck. Everybody knows that. I'd like to show you some things you don't know. So stay tuned for where this movie has led me. I think you might enjoy it.
At this point, we've shot about 75% of "Sicko" and will soon begin putting it together. It will be released in theaters sometime in 2007.
Michael Moore
mmflint@aol.com
