CARA Alert- June 12, 2015

Call Governor Brown today and ask him to support a Senate budget that

increases benefit levels for California seniors and people with disabilities

who receive SSI/SSP. 

Our advocacy is working!  Thank you to everyone who contacted their Senators over the past few

weeks to urge them to accept a state budget that increases SSI benefits.  On Tuesday, the state

legislature's budget conference committee voted for a state budget that gives a $10 per month

benefit increase to individuals receiving SSI in January 2016 and that restores the Cost of Living

Adjustment (COLA) by the year 2020.  The budget is expected to pass easily when voted on by

the full legislature.  The Governor, however, is opposed to many of the spending increases in the

budget, including the increase for SSI/SSP benefits.

We need to urge the governor to accept the budget with these benefit increases, so

please call him today to ask him to support SSI.

Here's what to do:

Call the Governor's office at (916) 445-2841 and say: "My name is _____ and I am

calling to ask Governor Brown to support the state legislature's SSI budget language."

When you call, you'll be asked if you want to continue in English or Spanish. Then you'll be asked

whether you want some prerecorded information or would like to speak to a representative. You want

to speak to a representative. You may be put on hold before you get a chance to speak.

You can contact CARA at:

CARA, 600 Grand Ave. #410, Oakland, CA 94610

(415) 550-0828 / (510) 663-4086

510) 663-4099 (fax)

jreid@californiaalliance.org

TOLLFREE (877) 223-6107

www.californiaalliance.org