Budget Advocacy

With state budget cuts looming and the community college population swelling, we must do everything possible to keep the doors of community colleges open via advocacy on the state level.
This page will post periodic updates with specific budget items to contact your legislators about. In the meantime, feel free to contact your legislators to advocate for funding (or minimal cuts to funding) of community colleges.
CCFT helps coordinate meetings with legislators, if you would like to join our action team, please send us an email.
We also encourage faculty members to join our Committee on Political Education.

Use the contact info below if you live in the Santa Cruz/ Watsonville area or find your legislator at http://www.legislature.ca.gov/legislators_and_districts/legislators/your_legislator.html

View a list of facts about community colleges.

Legislative Contact Info

15th Senate District
Senator Sam Blakeslee Senator.Blakeslee@senate.ca.gov
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4070 Sacramento, CA 94248-0001
Phone: 916-651-4015
Local Office
590 Calle Principal
Monterey, CA 93940
Tel: 831-657-6315

11th Senate District
Senator S. Joseph Simitian http://www.senate.ca.gov/Simitian
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 2080
Sacramento, CA 94248-0001
Phone: 916-651-4011
District Office
160 Town & Country Village
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Tel: 650-688-6384

28th Assembly District
Assembly Member Luis Alejo http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/makebio.asp?district=28
Capitol Office
PO Box 942849
State Capitol, Room 2137
Sacramento, CA 94249-0028
Tel: (916) 319-2028
Local Office
100 West Alisal Street
Suite 134
Salinas, CA 93901
Tel: (831) 759-8676

27th Assembly District
Assembly Member Bill Monning  http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a27/News_Room/default.aspx
Capitol Office
State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0027
Tel: (916) 319-2027 Fax: (916) 319-2127
District Office
701 Ocean Street, 318-B
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Tel: (831) 425-1503Fax: (831) 425-2570