5.27.17 Struggling Californians without safe water need your help! As the State Budget goes into Conference, the time is NOW to tell state leaders to fund a CalFresh initiative to bring relief to those living with unsafe water in the 2017-18 Budget. Budget Conference negotiations will be starting this week. Learn more about the hardship this causes residents in poverty who have lived for years without safe water. PDF
CFPA and a broad coalition of drinking water advocates have been hard at work engaging the California legislature to provide one-time funding to help secure the human right to water for all Californians, and fill gaps not currently addressed by other funding programs.
- Learn more and act to support the Drinking Water Coalition Budget Package link
CFPA is leading the initiative to provide interim, supplemental CalFresh assistance to mitigate the cost of purchasing water in disadvantaged communities served by chronically unsafe public water.
Safe drinking water is the foundation of food security, and a vital need for the health and wellbeing of families across California. Learn more about CFPA’s CalFresh Safe Water budget action link
State Budget Conferees need to hear from you THROUGHOUT THE WEEK to urge them to include the Assembly’s $5 million CalFresh Safe Water initiative in the 2017-18 state budget. Act now!
TWO WAYS TO TAKE ACTION TODAY:
- Reach out to budget leaders and let them know that you support the Assembly version of the CalFresh-Safe Water Initiative link
- Share the call to action with your network: PDF
SAMPLE CALL OR EMAIL
Assemblymember Phil Ting, Chair, Assembly Budget Committee:
(916) 319-2019| Email: Anthony.Matthews@asm.ca.gov
Senator Holly Mitchell, Chair, Senate Budget Committee:
(916) 651-4030 | Email: Luan.Huynh@sen.ca.gov
Additional 2017-18 State Budget Conferees link
I’m calling/writing to support California Food Policy Advocates’ budget request to provide temporary, supplemental CalFresh assistance to communities without safe drinking water. CalFresh would deliver time-limited nutrition benefits to alleviate the cost of purchasing water when community water systems are unsafe to drink. I support this because…
- Struggling Californians can’t afford to wait for long-term solutions.
- People shouldn’t have to choose between buying water or food with scarce grocery dollars.
- This is an effective temporary solution to provide relief when residents wait years for permanent improvements that bring safe water.
SAMPLE TWEETS and GRAPHIC
Support Asm CalFresh-#FundSafeH20 $5m Req! bit.ly/2nHcL6K @PhilTing @HollyJMitchell @CAFoodPolicy #Agua4All bit.ly/1PUW4H1
Invest in $5m Asm CalFresh-#FundSafeH20: bit.ly/2nHcL6K @CAFoodPolicy #agua4all @PhilTing @HollyJMitchell bit.ly/1PUW4H1
Dont make ppl choose btwn food & water! #FundSafeH20 thru CalFresh: http://bit.ly/2nHcL6K @PhilTing @HollyJMitchell @CAFoodPolicy
To learn more, visit CFPA’s Safe Water Through CalFresh page.
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Questions: Contact Tracey Patterson at 510.433.1122 ext 101, or tracey@cfpa.net
