Dear RUN,

I wish it was good news, but it isn’t: Last Thursday, the California Appropriations Committee turned one of RUN’s two bills, AB 328, into a two-year bill. The bill isn’t dead, which is good, but it means we’ll have to wait until next year to push for it again. That means one more year that people leaving prison - an extremely vulnerable group of Californians when it comes to housing, and a larger group than usual right now because of COVID releases - will have to wait for housing support from the state, despite how much money California has right now.

There is good news: AB 71 passed in Appropriations! Join the coalition, Assemblymember Luz Rivas, and Assemblymember David Chiu to hear more about where to go from here at a special event this Thursday 5/27 at 3pm. (Register here.)

That means RUN’s focus will shift entirely to AB 71, and on our summer homelessness advocacy training series, which starts this coming Wednesday. There’s still time to register right here, but do it soon, because we will close registration on Tuesday.

We’ll talk about what happened with AB 328 on our next Community Care call, which is NOT happening this Wednesday because of the training but will take place on Wednesday, June 2 at 1pm. See you then!

Take good care,

Tori

Connect with RUN

• We will not have a Community Care call this week. Instead, we’re hosting the first of three RUN Summer Marathoners trainings in English at the same time, 1-2pm. Registration will close tomorrow, so sign up today!
• Do you know someone who should join us on the Spanish Summer Marathoners training, on Thursday July 1st at 10am
• Join Assemblymembers Luz Rivas and David Chiu as they discuss AB 71 and ways to get involved as we approach the Assembly floor vote, this Thursday at 3pm. Register here.
• Do you live in the Inland Empire? You’re invited to a RUN Power Hour training series, every Thursday in June from 2-3pm! Register here.

News you can use

• In Sacramento, workers must now make almost $27 an hour to be able to afford a place to live, a report from our partners at California Housing Partnership reveals. Cathy Creswell told Cap Radio, “Sacramento is suffering in an unprecedented way.”