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

Senator Abel Maldonado http://www.sen.ca.gov/maldonado   
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4082 Sacramento, CA 94248-0001
Tel: (916) 651-4015
District Office
100 Paseo de San Antonio #206
San Jose, CA 95113
Tel: (408) 277-9461

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

Assembly Member Anna Caballero http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/legmem.asp?district=28
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5119
Sacramento, CA 94249-0028
Tel: (916) 319-2028
District office
100 West Alisal Street, Suite 134
Salinas, CA 93901
Tel: 831) 759-8676

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