On April 27, the Senate Health Committee of the California State Legislature is scheduled to hear the single payer bill, SB 810. Sen. Mark Leno, SB 810’s sponsor, re-introduced the bill in February. SB 810 successfully passed both the State Senate and the Assembly during Arnold Schwarzenegger’s tenure as governor, but on the third try last year, the bill got stalled in the Assembly.
We need the fourth time to be a charm. Gov. Jerry Brown and our state representatives need to hear from all of us that every Californian deserves equal access to quality, affordable medical care. They need to know that we are sick and tired of insurance companies taking more and more of our hard-earned money just to satisfy their insatiable greed. They must know that no one should be allowed to profit from people who are sick. We must tell them that the federal health reform law is not good enough. We must flood the offices of Gov. Brown and our lawmakers with a clear message: Pass SB 810 NOW!!
Gov. Jerry Brown
Governor Jerry Brown
c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-2841
Fax: (916) 558-3160
If you don’t know who your Senator is, go to http://www.senate.ca.gov/%7Enewsen/senators/districtmaps.HTP and click on the link, “Your Senator,” on the left hand side of the page.
The state Senate has a number of new members, listed below, who need to hear from their constituents about supporting SB 810. If any of these is your Senator, please contact him or her.
Democrats
Noreen Evans (District 2 – Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, Napa, Solano)
State Capitol, Room 4034, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4002; Fax: (916) 323-6958 Email: senator.evans@senate.ca.gov 710 E Street, Suite 150, Eureka, CA 95501 Telephone: (707) 445-6508 50 D Street, Suite 150, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 Telephone: (707) 576-2771 1040 Main Street, Suite 205, Napa, CA 94559 Telephone: (707) 224-1990 444 Georgia Street, Vallejo, CA 94590 Telephone: (707) 648-5913
Kevin De Leon (District 22 – Los Angeles)
State Capitol, Room 5108, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4022;Fax (916)327-8817 Email: senator.deleón@senate.ca.gov 617 S. Olive Street, Suite 710, Los Angeles, CA 90014 Telephone: (213) 612-9566
Ed Hernandez (District 24 – Los Angeles)
State Capitol, Room 4085, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4024; Fax: (916) 445-0485 Email: senator.hernandez@senate.ca.gov 149 South Mednik Avenue, Suite 202, Los Angeles, CA 90022 Telephone: (323) 881-0100 14403 E. Pacific Avenue, #327, Baldwin Park, CA 91706 Telephone: (626) 337-2760
Ted Lieu (District 28 – Los Angeles)
State Capitol, Room 5114, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4028 2512 Artesia Blvd, Suite 200, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 Telephone: (310) 318-6994
Michael Rubio (District 16 – Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern)
State Capitol, Room 2066, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4016; Fax: (916) 327-5989 Email: senator.rubio@senate.ca.gov
2550 Mariposa Hall, Suite 2016, Fresno, CA 93721 Telephone: (559) 264-3070 1800 30th Street, Suite 350, Bakersfield, CA 93301 Telephone: (661) 395-2620
Juan Vargas (District 40 – Riverside, Imperial, San Diego)
State Capitol, Room 3092, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4040; Fax: (916) 327-3522 Email: senator.vargas@senate.ca.gov
637 3rd Avenue, Suite A-1, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Telephone: (619) 409-7690 53-990 Enterprise Way, Suite 14, Coachella, CA 92236 Telephone (760) 398-6442
1224 State Street, Suite C, El Centro, CA 92243 Telephone (760) 335-3442
Republicans
Joel Anderson (District 36 – San Diego, Riverside)
State Capitol, Room 2054, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4036 Email: senator.anderson@senate.ca.gov 27555 Ynez Road, Suite 204, Temecula, CA 92591 Telephone: (951) 676-1020 1870 Cordell Court, Suite 107, El Cajon, CA 92020 Telephone: (619) 596-3136
Tom Berryhill (District 14 – Fresno, Madera, Mariposa)
State Capitol, Room 3076, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4014
Email: senator.berryhill@senate.ca.gov 4974 E. Clinton Way, Suite 100, Fresno, CA 93727 Telephone: (559) 253-7122 1308 W. Main Street, Suite C, Ripon, CA 95366 Telephone: (209) 599-8540
Anthony Cannella (District 12 – Stanislaus, Merced)
State Capitol, Room 3048, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4012
Email: senator.canella@senate.ca.gov 1231 8th Street, Suite 175, Modesto, CA 95354 Telephone: (209) 577-6592 1640 N Street, Suite 210, Merced, CA 95340 Telephone: (209) 726-5495 369 Main Street, #208, Salinas, CA 93901 Telephone: (831) 769-8040
Jean Fuller (District 18 – Inyo, Tulare, Kern, San Bernardino)
State Capitol, Room 3063, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4018
Email: senator.fuller@senate.ca.gov 5001 California Avenue, Ste 105, Bakersfield, CA 93309 Telephone: (661) 323-0443
Doug LaMalfa (District 4 – Del Norte, Siskiyou, Trinity, Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Yuba, Sutter, Nevada, Placer)
State Capitol, Room 3070, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4004; Fax: (916) 445-7750 Email: senator.lamalfa@senate.ca.gov
200 Providence Mine Road, Suite 108, Nevada City, CA 95959 Telephone: (530) 470-1846 2967 Davison Court, Suite A-1, Colusa, CA 95932 Telephone: (530) 458-4161
411 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Chico, CA 95928 Telephone: (530) 895-6088 2400 Washington Avenue, Suite 301, Redding, CA 96001 Telephone: (530) 225-3142
Sharon Runner (District 17 – Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Ventura)
State Capitol, Room 4090, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4017; Fax: (916) 445-4662 Email: senator.runner@sen.ca.gov
848 West Lancaster Blvd, Ste 101, Lancaster, CA 93534 Telephone: (661) 729-6232 23920 Valencia Blvd, Ste 250, Santa Clarita, CA 91355 Telephone: (661) 286-1471
14343 Civic Dr, First Floor, Victorville, CA 92392 Telephone: (760) 843-8414
In addition to contacting Gov. Brown and your Senator, please contact Senate Health Committee Chair Ed Hernandez asking that the Committee support SB 810. If any of the other members of the Committee is your representative, contact him or her. Below are the members of the Senate Health Committee and their contact information:
Ed Hernandez, Chair, Democrat (District 24 – Los Angeles)
State Capitol, Room 4085, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4024; Fax: (916) 445-0485 Email: senator.hernandez@senate.ca.gov 149 South Mednik Avenue, Suite 202, Los Angeles, CA 90022 Telephone: (323) 881-0100 14403 E. Pacific Avenue, #327, Baldwin Park, CA 91706 Telephone: (626) 337-2760
Tony Strickland, Vice Chair, Republican (District 19 – Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura)
State Capitol, Room 4062, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4019; Fax: (916) 324-7544 Email: senator.strickland@sen.ca.gov
2655 First Street, Suite 130, Simi Valley, CA 93065 Telephone: (805) 306-8886 610 Anacapa, Suite B4, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Telephone: (805) 965-0862
Elaine Alquist, Democrat (District 13 – Santa Clara)
State Capitol, Room 5080, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4013; Fax (916) 324-0283 Email: senator.alquist@sen.ca.gov 7800 Arroyo Circle, Suite A, Gilroy, CA 95020 Telephone: (408) 847-6101 100 Paseo de San Antonio, Ste 209, San Jose, CA 95113 Telephone: (408) 286-8318
Joel Anderson, Republican (District 36 – San Diego, Riverside)
State Capitol, Room 2054, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4036 Email: senator.anderson@senate.ca.gov 27555 Ynez Road, Suite 204, Temecula, CA 92591 Telephone: (951) 676-1020 1870 Cordell Court, Suite 107, El Cajon, CA 92020 Telephone: (619) 596-3136
Sam Blakeslee, Republican (District 15 – Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara)
State Capitol, Room 4070, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4015; Fax: (916) 445-8081 Email: senator.Blakeslee@senate.ca.gov
1104 Palm Street, San Luis Opispo, CA 93401 Telephone: (805) 549-3784 100 Paseo de San Antonio, Suite 206, San Jose, CA 95113 Telephone: (408) 277-9461 590 Calle Principal Monterey, CA 93940 Telephone: (831) 657-6315
Kevin De Leon, Democrat (District 22 – Los Angeles)
State Capitol, Room 5108, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4022;Fax (916)327-8817 Email: senator.deleón@senate.ca.gov 617 S. Olive Street, Suite 710, Los Angeles, CA 90014 Telephone: (213) 612-9566
Mark DeSaulnier, Democrat (District 7 – Contra Costa)
State Capitol, Room 5035, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4007; Fax: (916) 445-2527 Email: senator.desaulnier@sen.ca.gov 420 West 3rd St, Antioch, CA 94509 Telephone: (925) 754-1461 420 W. 3rd Street, Antioch, CA 94509 Telephone: (925) 754-1461
Michael Rubio, Democrat (District 16 – Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern)
State Capitol, Room 2066, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4016; Fax: (916) 327-5989 Email: senator.rubio@senate.ca.gov
2550 Mariposa Hall, Suite 2016, Fresno, CA 93721 Telephone: (559) 264-3070 1800 30th Street, Suite 350, Bakersfield, CA 93301 Telephone: (661) 395-2620
Lois Wolk, Democrat (District 5 – Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo)
State Capitol, Room 5114, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-4005; Fax: (916) 323-2304 Email: senator.wolk@sen.ca.gov
1020 N St, Ste 506, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 651-1511 31 East Channel St, Room 440, Stockton, CA 95202 Telephone: (209) 948-7930 555 Mason Street, Ste 230, Vacaville, CA 95688 Telephone: (707) 454-3808
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