California Senior Advocates League
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| California Senior Advocates League | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Sacramento, Calif. |
| Year founded: | 2004 |
| Website: | Official website |
The California Senior Advocates League (CalSAL) is a nonpartisan organization that advocates policies it believes will benefit seniors in California. It has a history of engaging with various ballot measures that might affect California seniors.
Mission
According to its website, the California Senior Advocates League has the following mission:[1]
| “ | The California Senior Advocates League has three primary goals. The first is to promote and protect the well being of mature Californians, their families, and their communities. Second, to actively engage common-sense policy-makers and support legislation and ballot initiatives that will advance the economic strength of our great state. And third, engage seniors who share these perspectives.[2] | ” |
History
The California Senior Advocates League was founded in 2004. The founders of the organization worked to create an organization that could foster "collaboration between policy makers to promote policies for a sound and prosperous economy, as well as meeting the educational, housing, energy, health, and transportation needs of California’s diverse citizenry." In response to state budget deficits the league formed with the idea that "a sound and prosperous economy is essential for families, communities and the government that serves them."[1]
Work
The California Senior Advocates League is a nonpartisan organization that advocates policies it believes will benefit seniors in California. It aims to provide "a balanced perspective on the challenging issues facing older persons" and share "information about issues, initiatives, legislation and regulation that impact seniors and the overall vitality of California."[1]
Issues
The CalSAL lists financial security, health and wellness, housing, and veterans policy as its areas of focus.[3]
- Financial Security — The CalSAL supports legislation that would encourage participation in employer-sponsored retiree-benefit plans and would encourage employers to develop such plans. It also supports policies that would "bring future public pension obligations in line with future public revenues." In addition, CalSAL supports changes to the Social Security system that would maintain benefits for current and near-retirees but combine increased taxes and reduced benefits to try and make the system more sustainable.[4]
- Health and Wellness — Under the "heath and wellness" heading, the CalSAL advocates policies regarding the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), Medicare, and prescription drugs. It supports healthcare reforms that would improve health outcomes and access to quality and affordable care. [5]
- Housing — The CalSAL provides housing information on its website, such as locations of long-term care and other supportive services, and descriptions of common home modifications seniors make.[6]
CalSAL PAC
The CalSAL has a political action committee called CalSAL PAC. According to the California secretary of state website, the PAC raised $45,000 between July and December of 2015.[7]
Ballot measures
The following table details the California Senior Advocates League's ballot measure participation available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure participation for the California Senior Advocates League | |||
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| Ballot measure | Position | Result | |
| California Proposition 77, Changes to Legislative and Congressional Redistricting Initiative (2005) | Supported | 
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| California Proposition 79, Prescription Drug Discount Program Initiative (2005) | Opposed |
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| California Proposition 98, Eminent Domain and Rent Control Prohibition Amendment (June 2008) | Opposed |
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| California Proposition 7, Standards for Renewable Resource Portfolios (2008) | Opposed |
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| California Proposition 11, Creation of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission Initiative (2008) | Supported | 
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| California Proposition 1A, Tax Increase Extensions Amendment (May 2009) | Supported |
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| California Proposition 15, Biennial Lobbyist Fee and Public Campaign Funding Measure (June 2010) | Opposed |
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| California Proposition 17, Car Insurance Rates Based on Coverage History Initiative (June 2010) | Supported |
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Leadership
The following are the leaders of the California Senior Advocates League:[1]
- Malcolm Tucker, Founder
- Carol Ann Wiley, Founder
- Dave Howard, Founder
- John Kehoe, Board Member
- Fred Hildebrand, Board Member
Recent news
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See also
- California
- California state budget and finances
- Healthcare policy in California
- Political action committee
External links
- California Senior Advocates League
- California Senior Advocates League on Twitter
- California Senior Advocates League on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 California Senior Advocates League, "About CalSAL," accessed March 29, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ California Senior Advocates League, "Issues," accessed March 29, 2016
- ↑ California Senior Advocates League, "Financial Security," accessed March 29, 2016
- ↑ California Senior Advocates League, "Affordable Care Act & Health Insurance," accessed March 29, 2016
- ↑ California Senior Advocates League, "Affordable Care Act & Health Insurance," accessed March 29, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "California Senior Advocates League PAC," accessed March 29, 2016
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