echándole ganas | sr. policy analyst @calbudgetcenter | mppa #stingersup | tweets are my own
Sacramento, CA
Joined May 2019
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Grateful to be at the California Recuperative Care Symposium with @RamosYamamoto! Excited to learn more about the critical integration to bridge safe and continuous spaces for unhoused individuals exiting hospitals 🧠 #CRCS2024
Another Budget Center deep dive for your ballot! @RamosYamamoto and @kaylakitson breakdown #Prop35 ⚡️
📢 New @CalBudgetCenter report on #Prop35, the Managed Care Organization tax.
@kaylakitson and I explore how Prop. 35 could impact the millions of Californians who receive Medi-Cal health care services as well as implications for the state budget. calbudgetcenter.org/resource…
Monica Davalos retweeted
State legislators are holding a joint hearing today on Prop. 35, the Managed Care Organization (MCO) tax. You can tune in here: ahea.assembly.ca.gov/hearing…
🧵Why this matters for Californians — and a first look at our upcoming @CalBudgetCenter analysis on Prop. 35.
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Join us on September 4th in Sacramento for the launch of the latest iteration of the California Women's Well-Being Index!
Hear from experts on the latest data and be part of shaping a better future for women in California.
⚡ Secure your spot today!
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"Each displacement not only stripped me of my meager possessions but also my dignity. With each arrest for living outside, I lost everything I owned.."
we can't keep doing this. @Rebastevensonly ty for sharing your story tinyurl.com/yrvzaf8w
"In California, undocumented folks paid nearly $8.5 BILLION in estimated state and local tax in 2022. That includes sales taxes, property taxes paid by homeowners or passed through to renters, personal and business income taxes, and more." ⤵️
NEW: Important report from @iteptweets shows the substantial tax contributions undocumented immigrants make to support federal, state and local public services — even though they are excluded from some of those very services. 🧵
itep.org/undocumented-immigr…
"For every $1 of ULA funding directed to the affordable housing projects...the City is able to leverage $9 of local, state, federal, and private funding for a total leveraged amount of $514.8 million."
this is what equitable tax policy can do
oxy.edu/about-oxy/community-…
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California’s homeless population is aging rapidly, with adults 50+ making up nearly 40% of those needing shelter.
Without swift and intentional policy action, California faces a future with a growing number of unhoused older adults as the state’s population ages.
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❗️The Supreme Court just ruled to make it easier to jail or fine unhoused people for sleeping outside, even when adequate shelter or housing isn’t available.
This will only make homelessness worse.
Housing - not tickets, jail, or fines - ends homelessness.
As we wait to see what the final #cabudget negotiations, a reminder that only roughly 1% of all initially budgeted state spending has gone toward #housing and #homelessness since 2018. Majority of which has been one-time funding.
This is not how we ensure everyone has a home 🧵
They're relatively new, one-time state investments, which makes it very difficult for our service providers to create short & long-term plans to prevent & end homelessness. Not to mention that housing takes time to build and some of these funds haven't gone out the door.
“Are we doing this because it is the solution to homelessness, or are we doing it because our instincts are to punish people who are in poverty for their poverty?” @alexvisotzky 👏‼️
calmatters.org/housing/homel…
The #CALeg plan also proposes an additional $1B for local flexible funds to address homelessness through HHAP. An exciting and critical deviation from the gov's budget that effectively proposed no significant state funding to address #homelessness in 2024-25 or beyond. #cabudget
A statement of our values? Balancing the budget should NOT come at the expense of unhoused Californians or families on the brink of losing their homes. 📢
Cuts to #housing & #homelessness programs are❗️6 times larger❗️than cuts to state corrections. #cabudget
My newest piece further explores the rise of older adult #homelessness is live! In the face of steep cuts to homelessness & affordable housing, it's imperative to highlight that REAL PEOPLE from all walks of life will lose access to services and housing calbudgetcenter.org/resource…
Monica Davalos retweeted
In a recent press conference, @CAgovernor unveiled a new website, mentalhealth.ca.gov/, which includes an implementation timeline of Prop. 1.
