Re: Take Action to Stop Encampment Sweep (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Are you going to the 1pm rally?

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:58:12 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > https://where-I-livespotlight.com/where-I-live-homeless-housing-wont-be-ready-ahead-of-big-sweep/
 > 
 > On Mon, 11 Aug 2025, Noelle wrote:
 >  > I wrote a letter to Anthony and Matt etc.
 >  > From: SBPA <http://www.SouthBayPA.org/~info>
 >  > Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:04:29 +0000
 >  > 
 >  > SBPA Newsletter
 >  > View this email in your browser (
 >  > https://mailchi.mp/d0ad44a46f49/podcar-events-ceasefire-forum-and-pamela-campos-fundraiser-14527651?e=f659544665 )
 >  > https://southbaypa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13e32cef596449b648322b75b&id=b6f190f7c9&e=f659544665
 >  > 
 >  > ** Dear Noelle, We stand for economic and social justice, equality, 
 >  > democracy, and a livable planet. We bring you opportunities to support 
 >  > resistance to the corporatist billionaire agenda and a new vision for the 
 >  > future.
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > In This Newsletter
 >  > * Take Action to Stop Encampment Sweep
 >  > * Legislative Impact on County Health Care
 >  > * Become a Member & Supporter of SBPA!
 >  > 
 >  > Take Action to Stop Encampment Sweep
 >  > The City of where-I-live is set to sweep a large encampment of 300 unhoused 
 >  > people at Guadalupe Gardens on August 18, even though several temporary 
 >  > locations for them to go to are not yet ready to receive them.  This will of 
 >  > course mean that they will be forced to uproot again - many of them moved 
 >  > there after being removed from other locations, often losing posessions in 
 >  > the process. The residents group GRACE (Guadallupe Residents Advocating for 
 >  > Community Empowerment) and other Community Allies are calling for the 
 >  > following actions:
 >  > * Join a short march and rally Tuesday August 12: gather at St. James Park 
 >  > at noon and march to City Hall. Rally at City Hall at 1 PM.
 >  > * Sign this Petition to Stop the Sweep (
 >  > https://southbaypa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13e32cef596449b648322b75b&id=38b493358b&e=f659544665 )
 >  > * Get groups to join this Organizational Sign-On Letter (
 >  > https://southbaypa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13e32cef596449b648322b75b&id=8a77ca52e4&e=f659544665 )
 >  > 
 >  > For more perspectiive, read this where-I-live Spotlight article: where-I-live mayor 
 >  > and Trump aligned in homeless response (
 >  > https://southbaypa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13e32cef596449b648322b75b&id=441dc23859&e=f659544665 )
 >  > 
 >  > Legislative Impact on County Health Care
 >  > 
 >  > The following information came out in a Defend Our Care Town Hall Meeting in 
 >  > early July with County officials:
 >  > * The County receives $3.7 billion in federal funding a year, 30% of its 
 >  > budget; Medicaid (MediCal) is $1.9 billion of that.
 >  > * The main mechanism for cutting Medicaid (MediCal) will be the nationwide 
 >  > work requirement which has proved disastrous in states where enacted, by 
 >  > throwing millions of qualified off Medicaid due to extreme bureaucratic 
 >  > requirements.  (See Georgia’s Experience Here (
 >  > https://southbaypa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13e32cef596449b648322b75b&id=8b406185c9&e=f659544665
 >  > ) .) The impact of that will be postponed to 
 >  > December 2026 to save Republican congress members in 2026 November election
 >  > * State level impact is more immediate:
 >  > + Ca is freezing Medi-Cal enrollment for undocumented people in 
 >  > January of 2026; those already on the program and who can likely least 
 >  > afford it will have to pay $30 per month premium.
 >  > + A more rigorous asset test has also been reinstated in Ca for 
 >  > MediCal, which will result in more people being thrown off.
 >  > 
 >  > The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has just agreed to put a 
 >  > five-eighths cent sales tax increase on the ballot in November, to protect 
 >  > the public hospital system from a complete breakdown.  Read the Spotlight 
 >  > Article Here (
 >  > https://southbaypa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=13e32cef596449b648322b75b&id=d920514eb4&e=f659544665 )
 >  > Below - overflow crowd at Regional Medical Center gathers at Defend Our Care 
 >  > Town Hall Meeting
 >  > 
 >  > Become a Member & Supporter of SBPA!
 >  > 
 >  > The South Bay Progressive Alliance fights to elect local corporate-free 
 >  > candidates and enact progressive policies in the South Bay.  The results of 
 >  > these elections determine local housing and homelessness policy, police 
 >  > accountability, environmental issues, health care at the county and state 
 >  > levels, and much more.
 >  > 
 >  > In order to remain politically independent and keep the ability to endorse 
 >  > candidates, SBPA does not receive funds from foundations,  government 
 >  > sources, nor corporations. We depend entirely on donations from individuals 
 >  > and volunteers.  Here is a reminder of what we have done in 2024  and 2025.
 >  > 
 >  > Supported Local Corporate-Free Candidates
 >  > 
 >  > We endorsed eight local progressive corporate-free candidates (five of whom 
 >  > won), providing those with the most critical need the maximum financial 
 >  > support from our SBPA PAC and fundraisers.  Members also walked precincts 
 >  > and donated individually. Candidates included Ash Kalra, Alex Lee, Betty 
 >  > Duong, Sally Lieber, Pamela Campos, Gabby Chavez-Lopez, Derek Grasty, and 
 >  > Brenda Zendejas.
 >  > Built Unity of Action with  Community Groups
 >  > We held several in-person community panels to inform and engage on these 
 >  > issues:
 >  > * State Propositions
 >  > * Education
 >  > * Project 2025
 >  > * Communities of Resistance and Vision
 >  > * Local and State Budget Battles