Monthly Archives: May 2013

SOURCE ALERT: California Calls Experts Available to Comment on State Budget, Tax Reform, Civic Engagement & Critical Social Issues

Los Angeles – California Calls, a statewide alliance of 31 organizations organized around tax and fiscal policy reform, has a number of experts available to speak to reporters regarding tax-related issues, the ongoing state budget discussions, and policies which have an impact on the alliance’s base of supporters – poor, working class families, communities of…

Innovative New Tactics and Hands-On Organizing Change the Golden State’s Political Map

A recent news story in Alternet describes how a historic coalition of progressives with deep roots in local organizing in working-class communities set out to change the political status quo beginning in 2009. Last November, this coalition, which includes California Calls, proved to be the “linchpin in a statewide vote raising $6 billion a year…