The Central Oklahoma Clean Cities coalition has awarded Amy Walton of Shawnee with the 2021 Legislative Advocate of the Year award for her contribution to critical transportation legislation.
Fair Housing Legislative Advocate
The Mississippi Center for Justice seeks to contract with an experienced Legislative Advocate to work on behalf of its Housing Campaign, which aims to replace current Mississippi eviction law and enact new rent-to-own housing regulation. The Center seeks someone with an interest and experience in working with the Mississippi Legislature to draft and pass legislation. This is a part-time contractual position with an estimated time commitment of 20 to 25 hours per week through spring 2022. The position will be based in Jackson.
The Center is a nonprofit, public interest law firm committed to advancing racial and economic justice statewide. Our lawyers work with community leaders to support their social justice campaigns and to channel the energies of the legal community to combat discrimination and poverty. With offices in Jackson, Biloxi and Indianola, we seek systemic solutions that protect the rights of consumers and immigrants, secure access
California’s budget outlook for the upcoming year is uncertain, according to California Assembly Budget Committee Chair Phil Ting. During the “Reviewing the FY2022 Budget Scenario” panel at State of Reform’s Southern California Virtual Health Policy Conference, Ting said the state currently has $11 billion in surplus, but he is still unsure what the budget will look like at the end of the year.
During the conversation, Ting was joined by Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula, MD, Chair of the Assembly Budget Sub-Committee on Health and Human Services, and Jedd Hampton, Legislative Advocate for the California Association of Health Plans (CAHP).
Ting wants to provide funding to vulnerable populations and give stimulus money to people who need it most.