With the announcement earlier today
that the initial version of House Farm Bill includes $16 billion in cuts to
SNAP/CalFresh, it’s important that we send a strong and unified message to our
California Agriculture Committee Members in opposition to those cuts. The Senate has already passed a bill that includes $4.5 billion in cuts
to SNAP.
We are working with local food banks to get local
organizations that are in the districts of California’s three Congressmen who
serve on Agriculture Committee to sign a letter (letters attached) asking the
Congressmen to oppose cuts to SNAP/CalFresh in the Farm Bill. We are also
asking statewide organizations to sign all three letters – they’re identical
except who they’re addressed to. The deadline to sign your organizations onto the
letter(s) has been extended to Monday, July 9. If you have local
partners, members or affiliates in any of the three congressional districts who
would be interested in signing the letter, I would very much appreciate you
passing this along. Below I’ve listed the three Congressmen and the
counties that make up their congressional districts. I’ve also outlined
the steps that you can take to get signatures and provided a template for an
email you can send to local partners. Thanks in advance for your help!
1.
If you’re a statewide organization, sign onto
all three letters by emailing me and letting me know you would like to
sign. Please provide me with the correct spelling of the name of your
organization.
2.
Send a request to local organizations in each of
the three congressional districts to sign the letter to their relevant
Congressman. Below is a list of the three California Congressmen who
serve on the Agriculture Committee and all the counties they represent.
There is also a template for an email you can send to local partners.
California Congressmen on Agriculture Committee and the
Counties they Represent (some partially)
Congressman Dennis Cardoza - Merced, Stanislaus, San
Joaquin, Madera
Congressman Jim Costa - Fresno, Kings, Kern
Congressman Joe Baca - San Bernardino
Template Email to Local Organizations
Sign your Organization on to a Letter to Costa/Cardoza/Baca to
Prevent SNAP/CalFresh Cuts
Sign your organization on to the attached letter to
Congressman Costa/Cardoza/Baca
asking him to oppose cuts to SNAP/CalFresh or any other nutrition
programs. The Chairman of House Committee on Agriculture has just
introduced a Farm Bill with devastating cuts to SNAP/CalFresh. The bill
includes $16 billion in cuts to SNAP over ten years. The Congressman is a
member of the Agriculture Committee and will be in a unique position to oppose
those cuts.
Please take a moment to sign your organization on as a
supporter of the attached letter. The deadline
to sign is this Monday, July 9.
To sign your organization onto the letter, just email Eric Manke at eric@cafoodbanks.org and let me know
that your organization would like to be listed as a signer of the Costa/Cardoza/Baca Farm
Bill letter. Please provide Eric with your name and the correct spelling
of the name of your organization.
Download below:
(1) Costa Letter
(2) Cardoza Letter
(3) Baca Letter
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