The California Can't Wait Coalition has developed a two-pronged proposal that would begin to reverse the decade-long disinvestment in local public health departments. The budget proposal would dedicate $200M annually to local public health departments to begin rebuilding workforce and infrastructure before the next public health crisis and make strides towards health equity. An additional one-time investment of $3.5M would fund an assessment of the current and future needs of public health departments as proposed by AB 240 (Rodriguez).

California Can't Wait until the next public health crisis to support local public health workforce and infrastructure. Please join our coalition and sign on to the following letter by completing this google form by Friday, April 2.

Link to letter: https://cheac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CaCantWait-Sign-on-Letter.pdf