Voice: (916) 447-6666 
LOPP/LAMN
Synod Assembly Breakfast, May 19, 2012
Gary Patton, a veteran California environmental and conservation leader, will be the speaker at the Lutheran Office of Public Policy-California / Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Nevada breakfast at 7 a.m. on Saturday, May 19, during the Synod Assembly (Assembly theme is For the Love of God – Caring for Creation).
Mr. Patton is a lecturer in environmental law at UC Santa Cruz, a former Santa Cruz County Supervisor, and served as President and General Counsel of the California Planning & Conservation League.
For reservations, please send a check for $24 per person payable to the Lutheran Office of Public Policy, 1701 L St., Sacramento, CA 95811; call 916-447-6666; fax 916-444-1205, or email director@loppca.org. Deadline is May 14; open to guests. Click here for flyer with reservation form (pdf format; requires Adobe Reader).
Primary Election, June 5, 2012
The Policy Council of Lutheran Office of Public Policy – California recommends a YES vote on Prop. 28 (term limits modification), and did not make a recommendation on Prop. 29 (Tobacco tax sponsored by public health advocacy organizations, and opposed with well-funded opposition from the tobacco industry).
Check back for more analysis, commentary, and links to campaign organizations.
See the Official Voter Information Guide and other election information on the California Secretary of State website.
Pastor Scot Sorensen of St. John’s
Lutheran Church welcomes people
to a Jan. 7, 2010 Health and Human
Services Network of California press
conference in St. John’s Hall, during
food distribution by Central
Downtown Food Basket.
Foodlink truck departs St. John’s on
day of press conference lamenting
cuts in public safety net programs.
Photos: Mark Carlson
Important State Budget Education and Advocacy Information
Remember the Poor (and children, the elderly, disabled, addicted, and others who sometimes need a public safety net to survive with a measure of dignity):
NEW Build your own budget! Policymakers are paying attention to the results! Take the Next 10 2012 Budget challenge!
Read the Sacramento Bee analysis of the 2012-13 State Budget.
$15 billion in health and human services cuts in the last 3 years! A report (June 2011), with personal stories, from the Health and Human Services Network of California.
Health and Human Services NetworkCalifornia Budget Project
Health Access
Western Center on Law and Poverty
Legislative Analyst Office
CA Dept of Finance
Help our California neighbors in need! Join Former California First Lady Maria Shriver as WE Connect to access state and federal programs and services for financial, nutrition, and employment aid, support for education, and other resources.
ELCA World Hunger
Responding to Christ's call to "Go and do likewise"
You can make a life-saving difference! Give to ELCA World Hunger.
ELCA World Hunger is a comprehensive and sustainable program that uses multiple strategies—relief and development, education, and advocacy—to address the root causes of hunger and poverty. ELCA World Hunger responds to neighbors around the corner and around the world.