FCL ACTION ALERTS
July 19, 2006

Send Universal Health Care to Governor Schwarzenegger!

ATTACHMENTS:
Sample SB 840 Support Letter 37k

Dear FCL Supporter,
 
Senator Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) has informed us that she will move SB 840, the California Health Insurance Reliability Act (CHIRA), to the Assembly Floor. SB 840 creates a single-payer, universal health care system for all Californians. By shifting current health care spending from administrative costs and profits to health care services, all Californians will be afforded health care. CHIRA is friendly to businesses. Only those businesses that currently pay nothing would see their costs increase, and most will see cost reductions.
 
The prognosis for SB 840 on the Assembly floor is favorable, though there are some Assembly Democrats who have not yet committed their support.  In sum, we need a strong grass roots push in order to ensure that SB 840 passes the Assembly and goes to the governor's desk.
 
TAKE ACTION NOW!

• Please contact your Assembly Member (letters, faxes, personal visits, phone calls and e-mails) and urge your Assembly Member to vote YES on SB 840 (a sample letter is attached). If your Assembly Member already supports SB 840, thank them and ask them to contact Senator Kuehl and become a co-sponsor. To find out who your Assembly Member is, please point your web browser to http://www.assembly.ca.gov/defaulttext.asp and click the Find My District link on the left.
• Below is a list of Assembly Members who have not committed to supporting SB 840. Please contact them and urge them to support SB 840!
   
  Assembly Member Hector De La Torre
  8724 Garfield Avenue
  Suite 104
  South Gate, CA 90280
  (562) 927 - 1200
  (562) 927 - 6670 fax
  E-mail: Assemblymember.DeLaTorre@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Carol Liu
  215 N. Marengo Avenue
  Suite 115
  Pasadena, CA 91101
  (626) 577-9944
  (626) 577-2868 fax
  E-mail: Assemblymember.liu@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Ira Ruskin
  5050 El Camino Real
  Suite 117
  Los Altos, CA 94022
  (650) 691-2121
  (650) 691-2120 fax
  E-mail: Assemblymember.Ruskin@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Lori Saldana
  1557 Columbia Street
  San Diego, CA 92101
  (619) 645-3090
  (619) 645-3094 fax
  E-mail: Assemblymember.saldana@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Ted Lieu
  1700 East Walnut Avenue
  Suite 601
  El Segundo, CA 90245
  (310) 615-3515
  (310) 615-3520 fax
  E-mail: Assemblymember.Lieu@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Rebecca Cohn
  100 Paseo De San Antonio
  Suite 319
  San Jose, CA 95113
  (408) 282-8920
  (408) 282-8927 fax
  E-mail:Assemblymember.Cohn@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Gloria Negrete McLeod
  4959 Palo Verde Street
  Suite 100B
  Montclair, CA 91763
  (909) 621-2783
  (909) 621-7483 fax
  E-mail: Assemblymember.McLeod@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Joe Baca, Jr.
  201 North E Street
  Suite 205
  San Bernardino, CA 92401
  (909) 388-1413
  (909) 388-1176 fax
  E-mail: Assemblymember.Baca@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Joe Coto
  100 Paseo De San Antonio
  Suite 300
  San Jose, CA 95113
  (408) 277-1220
  (408) 277-1036 fax
  E-mail: Assemblymember.coto@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Dario Frommer
  620 N. Brand Boulevard
  Suite 403
  Glendale, CA 91203
  (818) 240-6330
  (818) 240-4632 fax
  E-mail: Assemblymember.Frommer@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Joe Canciamilla
  815 Estudillo Street
  Martinez, CA 94553
  (925) 372-7990
  (925) 372-0934 fax
  E-mail: Assemblymember.Canciamilla@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Ron Calderon
  400 N. Montebello Blvd.
  Suite 100
  Montebello, CA 90640
  (323) 838-5858
  (323) 838-0677 fax
  E-mail: Assemblymember.ron.calderon@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Barbara Matthews
  31 East Channel Street
  #306
  Stockton, CA 95202
  (209) 948-7479
  (209) 465-5058  fax
  E-mail: Assemblymember.matthews@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Juan Arambula
  Hugh Burns State Building
  2550 Mariposa Mall
  Suite 5031
  Fresno, CA 93721
  (559) 445 - 5532
  (559) 445 - 6006 fax
  E-mail: assemblymember.arambula@assembly.ca.gov
   
  Assembly Member Joe Nation
  3501 Civic Center Drive
  Room 412
  San Rafael, CA 94903
  (415) 479-4920
  (415) 479-2123 fax
   
  Assembly Member Nicole Parra
  601 24th Street
  Suite A
  Bakersfield, CA 93301
  (661) 334-3745
  (661) 334-3796 fax

Sincerely yours,

Jim Lindburg
Legislative Advocate

Friends Committee on Legislation
717 K St., Suite 500-B
Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 443-3734

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