Campaign For SB 562

The Healthy California Act

Wed, Feb 7 in Sacramento

I hope you can attend the Feb 7 hearing on Single Payer healthcare.

The Select Committee on Universal Healthcare will finally discuss SB 562 and have a resentation by Michael Lighty, California Nurses Policy Director, and Dr. Robert Pollin of UMass Amherst who helped author the SB 562.  It is important that we have a large turnout at this hearing and make our voices heard.  There will be public comment at the end of the hearing.

Please let us know if you can attend.

Pasted below is the agenda and bus schedules.

You must reserve a spot on the bus by clicking on link.

Thank you.

Don Bechler

Chair – Single Payer Now

415-695-7891

Informational Hearing

Options for Universal Coverage

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, 10:00 a.m.

Room 4202, State Capitol

I.        Opening Remarks

II.     Options for Universal Coverage

Panel I:

®  California Nurses Association

s   Michael Lighty, Director of Public Policy, California Nurses Association

s   Robert Pollin, PhD, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

®  Enact Universal Healthcare for California

s   Dale Fountain, Chairperson/CEO, Enact Universal Healthcare for CA, Inc.

®  California Physicians Alliance

s   Stephen Tarzynski MD, MPH, FAAP, Vice President, California Physicians Alliance

Panel I: Questions and Answers

Lunch Break 12:30 – 1:30

Panel II:

®  Health Access California & California Immigrant Policy Center

s   Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Health Access California

s   Betsy Estudillo, Senior Policy Manager, Health & Public Benefits, California Immigrant Policy Center

®  California Labor Federation

s   Peter Finn, Secretary-Treasurer/Principal Officer of Teamsters Local 856

s   Sara Flocks, Policy Coordinator, California Labor Federation

®  California Business Roundtable

s   Rob Lapsley, President, California Business Roundtable

®  Small Business Majority

s   John Arensmeyer, Founder and CEO, Small Business Majority

Panel II: Questions and Answers

III.   Public Comment

Bus Routes

NOTE: Some buses are already half full or more, please RSVP asap to confirm a seat: 

GRASS VALLEY/AUBURN BUS ROUTE

STOP 1: Departs @ 7:05 am Kmart – 111 W McKnight Way, Grass Valley CA

STOP 2: Departs @ 7:40 am Burger & Cream – 403 Grass Valley HWY, Auburn CA

STOP 3: Departs @ 8:10 am United Domestic Workers – 4220 Rocklin Rd, Rocklin CA

OAKLAND/BERKELEY BUS ROUTE

STOP 1: Departs @ 6:50 am from CNA Headquarters, 250 22nd Street, Oakland CA

STOP 2: Departs @ 7:20 am from Ed Roberts Campus across from Ashby Bart, 3075 Adeline St, Berkeley CA

SAN JOSE/WALNUT CREEK BUS ROUTE

STOP 1: Departs @ 6:15 am from South Bay Labor Council, 2102 Almaden Rd, San Jose, CA

STOP 2: Departs @ 7:30 am from Walnut Creek Bart: 200 Ygnacio Valley Rd, Walnut Creek, CA

SAN FRANCISCO/RICHMOND BUS ROUTE

STOP 1: Departs @ 6:50 am from San Francisco Public Library,150 Fulton Street, SF CA

STOP 2: Departs @ 7:30 am from Target, 4500 MacDonald Ave, Richmond CA

FRESNO/MODESTO/STOCKTON BUS ROUTE

STOP 1: Departs @ 5:10 am from Old Mervyn’s, 4150 N Blackstone Ave, Fresno CA

STOP 2: Departs @ 7:00 am from CVS, 2020 W Briggsmore Ave, Modesto, CA

STOP 3: Departs @ 7:40 am from Clarion Hotel, 4219 East Waterloo Rd, Stockton, CA

SAN LUIS OBISPO BUS ROUTE

STOP 1: Departs @ 5:00 am from Home Depot Parking Lot: 1551 Froom Ranch Way, San Luis Obispo, CA

Carolyn Bowden

California Nurses Association

cbowden@calnurses.org

510-433-2758

510-316-8482

www.NursesHealAmerica.org

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