Legislative Letters and Alerts

This page provides links to state legislative advocacy documents.  CMHDA's most recent legislative letters can be found under red headings. 

• CMHDA's Legislative Bill Matrix

2007-2008 Assembly Bills

AB 308 (Galgiani)

• AB 308 (Galgiani) - Support, Assembly Floor Alert (June 6, 2007) (PDF 32 KB)
• AB 308 (Galgiani) - Support, Senate Health (June 6, 2007) (PDF 32 KB)
• AB 308 (Galgiani) - Support, Assembly Appropriations (April 20, 2007) (PDF 117 KB)
• AB 308 (Galgiani) - Support, Assembly Health (March 12, 2007) (PDF 115 KB)
• AB 308 (Galgiani) - Support (March 6, 2007) (PDF 15 KB)
• AB 308 (Galgiani) - Support, Senate Health (March 6, 2007) (PDF 32 KB)

AB 423 (Beall)

• AB 423 (Beall) - Enrolled (September 12, 2007) (PDF 57 KB)
• AB 423 (Beall) - Senate Floor (September 4, 2007) (PDF 55 KB)
• AB 423 (Beall) - Senate Appropriations (July 4, 2007) (PDF 55 KB
• AB 423 (Beall) - Senate Health (June 27, 2007) (PDF 55 KB)
• AB 423 (Beall) - Assembly Floor Alert (June 4, 2007) (PDF 55 KB)
• AB 423 (Beall) - Assembly Appropriations (May 11, 2007) (PDF 55 KB)
• AB 423 (Beall) - Support (April 17, 2007) (PDF 55 KB)

AB 497 (Portantino)

• AB 497 (Portantino) - Oppose as Amended (January 7, 2008) (PDF 111 KB)
• AB 497 (Portantino) - Oppose (April 12, 2007) (PDF 137 KB)
• AB 497 (Portantino) - Oppose (April 5, 2007) (PDF 137 KB)

AB 509 (Hayashi)

• AB 509 (Hayashi) - Support, Assembly Floor (September 11, 2007) (PDF 51 KB)
• AB 509 (Hayashi) - Support, Senate Appropriations (June 29, 2007) (PDF 16 KB)

AB 851 (Brownley)

• Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee re: AB 851 (Brownley) - Support as Amended on June 4, 2008 (June 24, 2008) (PDF 134 KB)
• Letter to Senate Health Committee re: AB 851 (Brownley) - Support (May 28, 2008) (PDF 51 KB)

AB 900 (Solorio)

• AB 900 (Solorio) - CMHDA Testimony to Senate Budget Subcommittee (April 4, 2008) (PDF 130 KB)

AB 1405 (Maze)

• Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee re: AB 1405 (Maze) - "Support as amended on June 2, 2008" (June 13, 2008) (PDF 61 KB)
• Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee re: AB 1405 (Maze) - Support as Amended on April 28, 2008
  (June 10, 2008) (PDF 52 KB)

AB 1780 (Galgiani)

• Letter to Senate Health Committee re: AB 1780 - Support If Amended (June 2, 2008) (PDF 45 KB)
• Floor Alert re: AB 1780 (Galgiani) - Support if Amended (May 13, 2008) (PDF 117 KB)
• Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee re: SB 1780 (Galgiani) - Support If Amended (May 1, 2008) (PDF 117 KB)
• AB 1780 (Galgiani) - Support If Ammended (April 7, 2008) (PDF 118 KB)

AB 1823 (Beall)

• AB 1823 (Beall) - "Support as Amended on April 21, 2008" Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee
  (April 29, 2008) (PDF 51 KB)

AB 1887 (Beall)

• AB 1887 (Beall) - Support Letter to Senate Health Committee (June 13, 2008) (PDF 60 KB)
• AB 1887 (Beall) - Support Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee (April 25, 2008) (PDF 60 KB)
• AB 1887 (Beall) - Support Letter to Assembly Health Committee (April 9, 2008) (PDF 60 KB)

AB 1951 (Hayashi)

• Letter to Senate Health Committee re: AB 1951 (Hayashi) - Support as Ammended on June 19, 2008 (June 23, 2008) (PDF 108 KB)
• Assembly Floor Alert re: AB 1951 (Hayashi) - Support as Amended April 8, 2008 (April 17, 2008)
  (PDF 52 KB)
• AB 1951 (Hayashi) - Support Letter, Assembly Business and Professions Committee (March 25, 2008) (PDF 51 KB)

AB 2117 (Evans)

• Letter to Senate Human Services Committee re: AB 2117 (Evans) - Support as Proposed to Be Amended (June 2, 2008) (PDF 63 KB)
• Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee re: AB 2117 (Evans) - Support as Proposed to be Amended (May 22, 2008) (PDF 38 KB)

AB 2353 (Fuentes)

• Letter to Senate Health Committee re: AB 2352 (Fuentes) - Support (June 3, 2008) (PDF 132 KB)

AB 2541 (Bass)

• AB 2541 (Bass) - Support if Amended Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee (June 18, 2008)
  (PDF 115 KB)

AB 2667 (Hayashi)

• AB 2667 (Hayashi) - Oppose Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee (April 23, 2008)
  (PDF 34 KB)
• AB 2667 (Hayashi) - Oppose Letter, Assembly Health Committee (March 24, 2008)
  (PDF 34 KB)

AB 2717 (Lieber)

• AB 2717 (Lieber) - OPPOSE Letter to Senate Education Committee (June 16, 2008) (PDF 110 KB)

AB 2809 (Leno and Price)

• Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee re: AB 2809 (Leno and Price) - Support as Amended on May 15, 2008 (June 30, 2008) (PDF 120 KB)
• Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee re: AB 2809 (Leno and Price) - Support as Amended on May 15, 2008 (June 10, 2008) (PDF 120 KB)

AB 2828 (Salas)

• AB 2828 (Salas) - SUPPORT Letter to Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (June 18, 2008) (PDF 108 KB)
• Letter to Assembly Appropriations re: AB 2828 (Salas) - Support (May 9, 2008) (PDF 105 KB)

AB 2861 (Hayashi)

• Letter to Senate Health Committee re: AB 2861 (Hayashi) - SUPPORT as Amended on June 17, 2008 (June 18, 2008) (PDF 110 KB)
• Letter to Assembly Appropriations re: AB 2861 (Hayashi) - Support (May 9, 2008) (PDF 107 KB)

AB 3083 (Committee on Veterans Affairs)

• Letter to Senate Health Committee re: AB 3083 (Committee on Veterans Affairs) - Support as Proposed to be Amended on June 25, 2008 (June 25, 2008) (PDF 108 KB)
• AB 3083 (Committee on Veterans Affairs) - Proposed Amendments for Commmittee (June 25, 2008)
  (PDF 12 KB)
• Letter to Senate Veterans Affairs Committee re: AB 3083 (Committee on Veterans Affairs) - Support if Amended (June 18, 2008) (PDF 127 KB)
• Letter to Senate Health Committee re: AB 3083 (Committee on Veterans Affairs) - Support if Amended (June 16, 2008) (PDF 60 KB)

AJR 43 (Hayashi)

• Letter to Senate Elections and Redistricting Committee re: AJR 43 (Hayashi) - Support (June 18, 2008) (PDF 108 KB)

2007-2008 Senate Bills

SB 100 (Ducheny)

• SB 100 (Ducheny) - Enrolled (July 10, 2007) (PDF 31 KB)
• SB 100 (Ducheny) - Letter to Governor (July 10, 2007) (PDF 31 KB)
• SB 100 (Ducheny) - Senate Floor Alert (June 25, 2007) (PDF 31 KB)

SB 260 (Steinberg)

• SB 260 (Steinberg) - Support, Enrolled (September 12, 2007) (PDF 138 KB)
• SB 260 (Steinberg) - Support, Assembly Appropriations (July 11, 2007) (PDF 133 KB)
• SB 260 (Steinberg) - Support, Assembly Floor Alert (June 26, 2007) (PDF 133 KB)
• SB 260 (Steinberg) - Support, Assembly Health (June 19, 2007) (PDF 133 KB)
• SB 260 (Steinberg) - Support, Senate Floor (June 4, 2007) (PDF 133 KB)
• SB 260 (Steinberg) - Support, Senate Appropriations (April 26, 2007) (PDF 133 KB)
• SB 260, Support, Senate Health (April 2, 2007) (PDF 132 KB)
• SB 260 (Steinberg) - Support, Senate Health (March 29, 2007) (PDF 132 KB)
• SB 260 (Steinberg) - Support (March 26, 2007) (PDF 133 KB)

SB 292 (Wiggins)

• Letter to Assembly Education Committee re: SB 292 (Wiggins) - Mental Health Services to Special Education Students: Support/Sponsor (June 13, 2008) (PDF 74 KB)
• Letter to Senator Wiggins re: SB 292 - Support (May 19, 2008) (PDF 121 KB)

SB 568 (Wiggins)

• SB 568 (Wiggins) - Memo Implementation (January 7, 2008) (PDF 131 KB)
• SB 568 (Wiggins) - Enrolled (September 12, 2007) (PDF 28 KB)
• SB 568 (Wiggins) - Assembly Floor Alert (August 27, 2007) (PDF 29 KB)
• SB 568 (Wiggins) - Assembly Public Safety (June 28, 2007) (PDF 29 KB)
• SB 568 (Wiggins) - Senate Floor Alert (May 21, 2007) (PDF 38 KB)
• SB 568 (Wiggins) - Senate Appropriations (May 18, 2007) (PDF 47 KB)
• SB 568 (Wiggins) - Senate Public Safety (April 19, 2007) (PDF 31 KB)

SB 604 (Cox)

• SB 604 (Cox) - Support, Assembly Appropriations (July 18, 2007) (PDF 52 KB)

SB 785 (Steinberg)

• SB 785 (Steinberg) - Chaptered Memo to CMHDA Members (February 20, 2008) (PDF 132 KB)
• SB 785 (Steinberg) - Support Letter, Floor Alert (September 6, 2007) (PDF 138 KB)
• SB 785 (Steinberg) - Support Letter, Assembly Appropriations (August 17, 2007) (PDF 126 KB)
• SB 785 (Steinberg) - Assembly Health (June 27, 2007) (PDF 136 KB)
• SB 785 (Steinberg) - Assembly Human Services (June 18, 2007) (PDF 136 KB)
• SB 785 (Steinberg) - Support Letter, Senate Floor Alert (May 11, 2007) (PDF 136 KB)
• SB 785 (Steinberg) - Support Letter, Senate Appropriations (April 25, 2007) (PDF 136 KB)
• SB 785 (Steinberg) - Support Letter, Senate Human Services (April 3, 2007) (PDF 135 KB)
• SB 785 (Steinberg) - Support Letter, Senate Health (March 20, 2007) (PDF 135 KB)

SB 851 (Steinberg)

• SB 851 (Steinberg) - Support, Enrolled (September 12, 2007) (PDF 107 KB)
• SB 851 (Steinberg) - Support, Assembly Floor (September 4, 2007) (PDF 106 KB)
• SB 851 (Steinberg) -Support, Asssembly Appropriations (August 20, 2007) (PDF 106 KB)
• SB 851 (Steinberg) - Concerns (May 14, 2007) (PDF 115 KB)

SB 916 (Yee)

• SB 916 (Yee) - Enrolled (September 12, 2007) (PDF 30 KB)
• SB 916 (Yee) - Support, Assembly Floor (August 17, 2007) (PDF 31 KB)
• SB 916 (Yee) - Support, Assembly Judiciary (June 28, 2007) (PDF 31 KB)
• SB 916 (Yee) - Support, Assembly Health (June 22, 2007) (PDF 31 KB)
• SB 916 (Yee) - Senate Health (April 18, 2007) (PDF 33 KB)

SB 1132 (Midgen)

• Letter to Assembly Health Committee re: SB 1132 (Migden) - Support as Amended on April 9, 2008
  (June 9, 2008) (PDF 117 KB)
• SB 1132 (Midgen) - Senate Appropriations Committee Letter (April 8, 2008) (PDF 116 KB)
• SB 1132 (Midgen) - Support Letter, Senate Health Committee Letter (March 17, 2008) (PDF 119  KB)

SB 1140 (Steinberg)

• Letter to Assembly Business & Professions Committee re: SB 1140 (Steinberg) - Support as Amended June 2, 2008 (June 10, 2008) (PDF 118 KB)
• SB 1140 (Steinberg) - "Support as Amended April 1, 2008" - Senate Floor Alert (April 17, 2008)
  (PDF 117 KB)
• SB 1140 (Steinberg) - Support As Ammended, CMHDA Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
  (April 7, 2008) (PDF 117 KB)
• SB 1140 (Steinberg) - Support Letter, Senate Judiciary Committee Letter (March 17, 2008) (PDF 115 KB)

SB 1147 (Calderon and Yee)

• Letter to Assembly Health Committee re: SB 1147 (Calderon and Yee) - Support as Amended April 9, 2008 (June 9, 2008) (PDF 134 KB)
• Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee re: SB 1147 (Calderon and Yee) - Support As Amended on April 9, 2008 (May 20, 2008) (PDF 53 KB)

SB 1218 (Correa)

• Letter to Assembly Business and Professions Committee re: SB 1218 (Correa) - Support As Amended on May 23, 2008 (May 28, 2008) (PDF 105 KB)
• SB 1218 (Correa) - Support - Senate Floor Alert (April 17, 2008) (PDF 32 KB)
• SB 1218 (Correa) - Support, CMHDA Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee (April 7, 2008)
  (PDF 32 KB)

SB 1349 (Cox)

• Letter to AsLetter to Assembly Appropriations re: SB 1349 (Cox) - Support as Amended on June 16, 2008
  (June 23, 3008) (PDF 115 KB)
• Assembly Floor Alert re: SB 1349 (Cox) - Support as Amended on April 24, 2008 (June 13, 2008)
  (PDF 114 KB)
• Letter to Assembly Health Committee re: SB 1349 (Cox) - Support As Amended on April 24, 2008
  (May 28, 2008) (PDF 113 KB)
• SB 1349 (Cox) - Support - Senate Floor Alert (April 25, 2008) (PDF 62 KB)
• SB 1349 (Cox) - Support Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Letter (March 28, 2008) (PDF 112 KB)

SB 1380 (Steinberg)

• Letter to Assembly Human Services Committee re: SB 1380 (Steinberg) - Support as Amended on
  June 10, 2008 (June 13, 2008) (PDF 64 KB)

SB 1470 (Lowenthal)

• Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee re: SB 1470 (Lowenthal) - Support As Amended on April 23, 2008 (May 8, 2008) (PDF 34 KB)

SB 1553 (Lowenthal)

• Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee re: SB 1553 (Lowenthal) - Support As Amended April 23, 2008 (May 2, 2008) (PDF 138 KB)
• SB 1553 - (Lowenthal) Support, CMHDA Letter to Senate Health Committee (April 10, 2008) (PDF 138 KB)

SB 1651 (Steinberg)

• SB 1651 (Steinberg) - Support Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee (April 23, 2008)
  (PDF 106 KB)

SB 1660 (Yee)

• SB 1660 (Yee) - CMHDA Draft Summary and Recommendations (Based on February 22 Version)
  (PDF 48 KB)

SB 1738 (Steinberg)

• Letter to Assembly Health Committee re: SB 1738 (Steinberg) - Support as Amended on June 18, 2008 (June 20, 2008) (PDF 110 KB)
• Letter to Assembly Health Committee re: SB 1738 (Steinberg) - SUPPORT IN CONCEPT as amended on May 27, 2008 (June 16, 2008) (PDF 37 KB)
• SB 1738 (Steinberg) - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee (April 15, 2008) (PDF 107 KB)