EQUALITY CALIFORNIAPub 78
Pub 78
Programs
Program 1 [2020]
IN 2020, EQUALITY CALIFORNIA'S SACRAMENTO LEGISLATIVE TEAM ADVOCATED FOR A BILL PACKAGE ADAPTED TO MEET THE LEGISLATURE'S EVOLVING RESTRICTIONS REGARDING BILL NUMBERS AND SUBSTANTIVE PRIORITIES. DESPITE THESE COVID-19 PRESSURES, WE PASSED AND SECURED GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S APPROVAL OF FIVE OF OUR SPONSORED BILLS. BEYOND THAT, WE CONTINUED OUR LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY AND REFORMING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BY ADVOCATING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF BILLS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT CENTERED THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS'S PRIORITIES. THIS INCLUDED PRIORITIZING A PACKAGE OF RACIAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION IN SACRAMENTO, INCLUDING 14 BILLS AND 2 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO REPEAL PROP 209 (WHICH BANNED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION) AND TO RESTORE VOTING RIGHTS TO PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE. OUR OVERALL LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS ADVANCED THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CALIFORNIA'S LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES BY SPONSORING BILLS THAT CENTERED THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV, YOUTH SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND MORE. WE ADVOCATED FOR THE GOVERNOR, LEGISLATURE AND STATE AGENCIES TO ENSURE THAT LGBTQ+ PEOPLE ARE NOT LEFT OUT OF CALIFORNIA'S DATA-DRIVEN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES EVER AGAIN. WE ALSO ACHIEVED A LONG-OVERDUE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE THAT WILL PROTECT LGBTQ+ YOUTH FROM DISCRIMINATION UNDER CALIFORNIA'S OUTDATED SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY LAWS AND REDUCED THE HARM THAT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FACE WHILE INCARCERATED BY ENSURING THEY HAVE A SAY IN WHICH HOUSING PLACEMENT IS SAFEST FOR THEM. LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT KEY COMMUNITY PRIORITIES IN SACRAMENTO.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$290.4KProgram 2 [2020]
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA AND SILVER STATE EQUALITY'S WASHINGTON D.C. OFFICE BEGAN THE YEAR BY URGING MEMBERS OF THE U.S. SENATE TO REMOVE THEN-PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM OFFICE. WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, AND EMERGENCY MEASURES WERE TAKEN TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 WHILE OUR ECONOMY TOOK A TUMBLE, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS TO ADVANCE DESPERATELY NEEDED COVID-19 RELIEF FOR OUR VULNERABLE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY AND THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO WHICH LGBTQ+ PEOPLE BELONG. WE SUED THE TRUMP-PENCE ADMINISTRATION TO BLOCK THEIR HATEFUL ATTEMPT TO ROLL BACK HEALTHCARE NONDISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS. WE SUBMITTED AN AMICUS BRIEF OPPOSING THE TRUMP-PENCE ADMINISTRATION'S ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE THE DACA PROGRAM. WE ALSO HELPED SECURE HOUSE PASSAGE OF THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACTGeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$194.8KProgram 3 [2020]
IN 2020, EQUALITY CALIFORNIA CONTINUED ITS ROBUST ELECTORAL AND VOTER EDUCATION EFFORTS ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE U.S. DURING ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTIONS IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY, EQUALITY CALIFORNIA RAN A ROBUST EFFORT TO ENSURE THE ELECTION OF PRO-EQUALITY CHAMPIONS UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT. AFTER ENDORSING OPENLY LGBTQ+ MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG'S HISTORIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BID, EQUALITY CALIFORNIA AND SILVER STATE EQUALITY WERE THE FIRST LGBTQ+ CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS TO ENDORSE JOE BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. THE ELECTION WAS CAPPED OFF BY SEVERAL HISTORIC VICTORIES, INCLUDING THE ELECTION OF TODD GLORIA, THE FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ+ AND PERSON OF COLOR ELECTED AS MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO, SUSAN EGGMAN, THE FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ+ LATINA ELECTED TO THE CALIFORNIA SENATE, AND CHRISTY HOLSTEGE, THE FIRST OPENLY BISEXUAL MAYOR IN THE COUNTRY. EQUALITY CALIFORNIA'S VOTE4EQUALITY PROGRAM COMPLETED AN EXPANSIVE AND EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL VOTER OUTREACH CAMPAIGN, ENDORSING 44 OPENLY LGBTQ+ CANDIDATES AND CONTACTING 1,031,000 LGBTQ+ AND PRO-EQUALITY VOTERS DURING THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION. 93% OF EQUALITY CALIFORNIA MEMBERS VOTED IN THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$299.3K
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