Coalition Applauds Outcome of AB 1250
De Facto Ban on Contracting Held in Senate Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 16, 2017
Contact: Shelly Sullivan, No on AB 1250 Coalition (916)
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Gregg Fishman, CSAC, (916) 342-9508
Sacramento, CA – AB 1250 (Jones-Sawyer) the de facto ban on California’s counties’ abilities to contract with nonprofits, community based organizations, local businesses and economic development organizations was held in the Senate Rules Committee with no further action taken by the Senate.
Matt Cate, Executive Director of the California State Association of Counties issued the following statement:
“We appreciate the Legislature’s thoughtful and deliberative review of AB 1250, which would have had significant negative impacts on the vital services provided by counties to all Californians, and particularly the most vulnerable among us.
“A broad coalition of more than 500 organizations, representing advocates for health care, mental health, public safety, children, seniors, the disabled, and those facing poverty all strongly opposed this bill because it was bad policy, bad politics, and would have been bad for California.
“Should this proposal come before state law makers again our coalition will be prepared to defend services for the vulnerable and ask members to reject this bad idea.”
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