Our Children. Our Duty. Our Future.

A resource for legislators, advocates, and
reporters concerned about how state budget
cuts will hurt California's children
 

 

E-MAIL Your
Elected Officials Today!

It's quick and easy -- just follow these 4 steps:

1. Find out who your legislators are and the other key legislators you should contact. Click here for Governor Schwarzenegger's contact information.

2. Copy and paste the sample letter below into e-mails to those elected officials, and edit the letter as appropriate. Or write a custom letter of your own, using these helpful hints.

3. If you have a personal story, use this paragraph and modify as appropriate:

As you consider the state budget crisis, I want to let you know how this budget crisis is personally affecting my family. Without the following service(s) I ____________ [talk about how cutting these services you use for your child would hurt your family or insert a personal story on how the budget crisis / cuts impact your children or family].

4. Send the emails and cc us at eweichel@sandiego.edu

 

View Other Californians' Letters to ELECTED OFFICIALS

• Open Letter to Legislators: If You Have Children.... By John Kenney (June 28, 2008)

 

SAMPLE LETTER

OUR CHILDREN, OUR DUTY, OUR FUTURE

[Insert Date]

The Honorable Assemblymember / Senator [Insert Legislator’s First & Last Name]
California State _______ [insert Assembly or Senate]
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814

OR

The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814

Re: Support our Needy Children with Your Vote in the Budget
Our Children, Our Duty, Our Future

Dear [Assemblymember / Senator] [Insert Legislator’s Last Name Here] OR Governor Schwarzenegger:

As a California voter, I expect you to prioritize the state budget during hard times the same way you would do in your own family, and as I would do in mine: children come first. I am doing whatever I can to feed and clothe my children, even if it means I have to work two jobs. Therefore, I am respectfully asking for you to stand up for our vulnerable, abused, sick and abandoned children and families when you vote for the budget.

I want to thank you for commitment to public service. Our children did not create this budget mess, so please don’t make them suffer for it. I encourage you to work together with all of your colleagues in finding a solution that doesn’t harm children. I look forward to your reply informing me of how you will address these concerns.

Sincerely,

[Insert Your Name & Address]

 

Key ELECTED OFFICIAL Contact Information

Governor / Assembly / Senate

Governor

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-445-2841
Fax: 916-558-3160
To Send Email, use the Governor's online email form by clicking here

Assembly

Assemblywoman Karen Bass
Speaker of the Assembly
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 319
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/319-2147
Send Email

Assemblyman Bill Emmerson
Assistant Republican Leader
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 4158
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/319-2163
Send Email

Assemblyman Bob Huff
Republican Caucus Chair
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 4098
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/319-2160
Send Email

Assemblyman Rick Keene
Assistant Republican Leader
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 2158
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/319-2103
Send Email

Assemblyman John Laird
Chair, Assembly Budget Committee
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 6026
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/319-2127
Send Email

Assemblyman Mark Leno
Chair, Assembly Appropriations Committee
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 2114
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/319-2113
Send Email

Assemblyman Roger Niello
Vice-Chair, Assembly Budget Committee
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 6027
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/319-2105
Send Email

Assemblyman Alberto Torrico
Director of Majority Affairs
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 3160
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/319-2120
Send Email

Assemblyman Mike Villines
Leader, Assembly Republican Caucus
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 3104
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/319-2129
Send Email

Assemblywoman Mimi Walters
Vice-Chair, Assembly Appropriations Committee
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 6031
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/319-2173
Send Email

 

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Senate

Senate President pro Tem Don Perata
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 205
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/327-1997
Send Email

Senator Dave Cogdill
Senate Republican Leader
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 305
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/651-3523
Send Email

Senator Dave Cox
Vice-Chair, Senate Appropriations Committee
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 2068
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/324-2680
Send Email

Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny
Chair, Senate Budget Committee
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 5035
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/327-3522
Send Email

Senator Robert Dutton
Vice-Chair, Senate Budget Committee
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 5094
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/651-4031
Send Email

Senator Mike Machado
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 5066
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax 916/323-2304
Send Email

Senator George C. Runner, Jr.
Republican Caucus Chair
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 5097
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: 916/445-4662
Send Email

Senator Darrell Steinberg
Mailing Address: State Capitol Building, Room 4035
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax 916/323-2263
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