UESF – Defend the Classroom

Write to our state legislators & Governor Schwarzenegger Ask them to fully fund education & vital public services UESF members, parents, and concerned community members are encouraged to write to our representatives in Sacramento to demand full funding for education and other vital services. Remember to personalize the letter with details about your classroom, your students, and how any further cuts will affect you. The list below includes not only our state legislators from Sacramento, but leaders of both political parties in the State Assembly and the State Senate. Step #1: Copy & paste the following into your email (Remember to send UESF a copy): assemblymember.ammiano@assembly.ca.gov, assemblymember.ma@assembly.ca.gov, senator.leno@senate.ca.gov, senator.yee@senate.ca.gov, assemblymember.garrick@assembly.ca.gov, senator.hollingsworth@sen.ca.gov, senator.steinberg@senate.ca.gov, John.Perez@assembly.ca.gov, ask-uesf@uesf.org To write directly to Governor Schwarzenegger, click here. Step #2: Copy and paste the following and then personalize: To our elected leadership in Sacramento: I am writing to ask that you do everything you can in the upcoming state budget to restore the core services that our families, businesses, and communities rely on. Two years of budget cuts have done untold damages to our schools, healthcare, and public services. Any more cuts will not only undermine our state's economic recovery, but will put a generation of students at risk. As you know, California already ranks near the bottom for spending on schools. Simply put, there is nothing more to cut that won't directly hurt our students. Restoring funding to our schools will have an immediate impact - these vital resources can go to lower class sizes, restore lost programs, rehire teachers and paraprofessionals, close the achievement gap, and maintain vital support services. You have the power to enact common sense tax and budget reforms - close corporate tax loopholes, rescind tax-cuts for corporations and the wealthy, institute an oil severance tax, and end the undemocratic rules that require 2/3 of the legislature to pass a budget and raise revenues. Our families are hurting more than ever from the recession. We ask that you take the courageous political step to protect our schools and vital services. Our children deserve it. Sincerely, Contact information for San Francisco's delegation to Sacramento: Tom Ammiano - State Assembly 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 14300 San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone (415) 557-3013 Fax (415) 557-3015 Assemblymember.ammiano@asm.ca.gov Fiona Ma - State Assembly 455 Golden Gate Ave., Suite 14600 San Francisco, CA 94102 Tel: (415) 557-2312 Fax: (415) 557-1178 assemblymember.ma@asm.ca.gov Mark Leno - State Senate 455 Golden Gate Avenue Suite 14800 San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone: (415) 557-1300 Senator.leno@sen.ca.gov Leland Yee - State Senate 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 14200 San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone: (415) 557-7857 Senator.yee@sen.ca.gov Arnold Schwarzenegger - Governor San Francisco Office 455 Golden Gate Avenue Suite 14000 San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone: 415-703-2218 Fax: 415-703-2803 http://gov.ca.gov/interact   Back to Defend the Classroom Page Return to UESF home page

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