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Advocacy and Informational Resources

California (Click on the categories below for a list of resources in that area.)

• Child Care
• Child Care Advocacy
• Child Care Commissions
• Elections
• Government
• Legislative 

Regulatory (Updated 3/25/ 2024)

• CalHR
• Chapter 25 - BUILDING A BETTER EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION SYSTEM
• Child Care Providers United-CA (CCPU) is in effect from September 13, 2023 to July 1, 2025.​
• Legislative Summary of Agreement with CCPU, effective September 13, 2023 through July 1, 2025
• Costing Summary of Agreement with CCPU , effective September 13, 2023 through July 1, 2025​ ​​
• Emails
• Candace M. W. Hyatt, Division Chief
• Local Representatives
• Local 99: [email protected]
• Melissa Noriego - Counties: San Bernardino, Los Angeles
• Local 521: [email protected]
• Magaly Vega (209)629-1200 - Counties:  Fresno, Tulare, Kings, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Alameda, San Joaquin, Calaveras, Amador, Sierra, Alpine, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera, Kern, Santa Cruz
• Local 3930: [email protected]
• Ignacio Cardenas (916)462-7742 - Counties: Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Ventura, Yolo, Yuba

Federal

• Child Care
• Child Advocacy 

Legislative Resources:

• Roster of California Legislators from the CA Chamber-Click Here to Download
• To search for a specific piece of legislation click here.
• Visual of How a Bill Becomes a Law.  Click here
• To search California Codes.  Click here.
• Find your State Senate and Assembly representative: http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ 

State Budget Hearings

Click here to see the most up to date schedule of hearings for the Assembly.
Click here to see the most up to date schedule of hearings for the Senate.

California Legislative Links

• Assembly -www.assembly.ca.gov
• Find your Assembly Member - http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
• Senate - www.sen.ca.gov
• Find your Senator - http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
• California Codes - https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes.xhtml
• Education Code 8200 Et. Seq - Child Care & Development Services Act
• Education Code 8299 Et. Seq - Local Planning Councils
• Legislative Bill Hearings and Floor Status- www.legislature.ca.gov
• Glossary of Legislative Terms - http://www.legislature.ca.gov/quicklinks/glossary.html
• Search for Bills-http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/
• California State - www.ca.gov
• Governor - www.gov.ca.gov  
• Legislative Analyst's Office - www.lao.ca.gov
• Official California Legislative Information - http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/
• Rough and Tumble: A daily snapshot of California public policy and politics - http://www.rtumble.com
• State Constitution - California CONS

To watch California Senate and Assembly Committee Hearings go to Cal Channel and choose the hearing you wish to see.

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