Kevan Insko, FCLCA

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[Kevan Insko, FCLCA @FCLCA_]

Yay!

[Work & Family CA @WorkFamilyCA]

We’re so excited to share that SB 1149 (@SenMariaEDurazo) Bereavement Leave for Chosen or Extended Family has passed the Senate Floor 39-0.

Let’s ensure workers can use bereavement leave and are not forced to choose between mourning a loved one and keeping their job!

[Kevan Insko, FCLCA @FCLCA_]

More than 1 in 6 CA kids has an undocumented parent. #Health4All uplifts CA’s diverse families, including those with mixed statuses. When we keep parents and caregivers healthy, we strengthen and support entire families and communities. We need Medi-Cal for ALL Californians.

[End Child Poverty CA powered by GRACE @EndChildPovCA]

Sign on for a fair state budget that protects children, families, and the nearly 3 million Californians at risk of losing food and health care: https://t.co/KjMk3plIjm.
#CABudget #California #ActNow #EndChildPoverty #FundOurFutureNow

[California Pan-Ethnic Health Network @CPEHN]

Survivors, health care providers, and advocates all joined us to share their stories of how communities would be harmed by this cruel #CABudget proposal and echo the demand for lawmakers to reject @CAGovernor's plan.

More in the @sacbee_news: https://t.co/UgPE5HWHzX

[Eric Lee @EricLeeAtty]

Very, very sad to report that Hayam El Gamal, mother of 5 kids detained at Dilley for 10+ months, has suffered a serious medical emergency due to systematic denial of medical attention by ICE.

We can now share the following:

For many weeks Ms. El Gamal has been concerned about a growth on her chest that has caused pain for many weeks. She has made complaints to Dilley staff and ICE repeatedly but has been denied a visit to an outside doctor. She had specifically made requests for a CT scan to identify the lump and the source of her pain.

On Thursday April 8, a doctor at Dilley told her that he had put in a request for a CT scan but "higher ups" in either ICE or CoreCivic overrode his request, and so no scan was conducted. Medical records show she had been demanding help since February, at which time she said her pain had been already worsening for 8 weeks. A doctor at Dilley said the lump in her chest was merely a bone.

Mid-morning on Friday April 9, Ms. El Gamal began experiencing excruciating pain which she rated an 11 out of 10. She described the pain as being stabbed through the back to the stomach. At about 11 AM central time she began pleading with officials for painkillers and medical attention. After two hours of asking for help (at around 1 PM central time) she was taken to an off-site emergency room. While there she received lab work and, finally, a CT scan. The CT scan confirmed that the lump was not a bone, but it did not reveal what the lump was.

The scan also showed she has "fluid around the heart." The ER doctor recommended an ultrasound to determine what was causing the pain, but this was denied. Ms. El Gamal was told she had to go back to Dilley and was not given the ultrasound. We do not know if the lump is cancerous, all we know is that the pain is increasing, the incidents are becoming worse and worse, and she is not receiving proper diagnosis that could lead to proper treatment.

After 10 months in detention, Ms. El Gamal remains in pain. We are concerned that the systematic denial of medical attention may result in her death. Her children are extremely worried about their mother, who is now their only guardian. Her five year old child has been denied the right to go to a dentist for 13 cavities. Her 16 year old son was told to take tylenol when he suffered from acute appendicitis. All of the children are suffering from depression.

Please join us in demanding the El Gamal's immediate release so that she can acquire the urgent medical attention she desperately needs. This family has suffered enough.

[Kevan Insko, FCLCA @FCLCA_]

FCLCA supports #AB2299!

[End Child Poverty CA powered by GRACE @EndChildPovCA]

The CA Antihunger Response & Employment Training Act #AB2299 (@AsmLisaCalderon) is in committee 4/14. It connects families to food & job training.
🍊@alex_lee @asmcastillo @asmsadeelhawary @asmcoreyjackson @asmcelesterodriguez @asmtangipa help us move #AB2299 forward. #CALeg

[Kevan Insko, FCLCA @FCLCA_]

California can’t afford cuts to affordable housing and homelessness programs.
Take action by April 13—tell Assembly Budget Sub-5 members to prioritize housing: https://t.co/eJslLhOiZS
#HousingForAll #CABudget #CAleg

[Health Access CA @healthaccess]

This year, the #Health4All Coalition is fighting to:
✔️ Reverse harmful cuts made last year
✔️ Stop new, proposed attacks on Medi-Cal for immigrants
✔️ Protect care for everyone, regardless of immigration status
Swipe to see what’s at stake.
Let's show up and protect each other.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

People with DACA came here as children. Every one of them has been here for a minimum 19 years. They grew up here. They went to school here. Many speak English with no accent. They are working legally, paying taxes, doing everything right.

And Trump's ICE is still jailing them.

[Senator Alex Padilla @SenAlexPadilla]

Closing U.S. Forest Service research stations in California right now isn't just reckless — it's dangerous. With historically low snowpack and peak fire season arriving early, we need MORE federal resources, not less. I will fight to keep these stations open and kill this plan!

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

This week I visited the Dilley Detention Center. It’s a jail in the desert used to imprison children.

I saw with my own eyes how Trump and ICE lie, and lie, and lie.

[Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @RepYassAnsari]

What I witnessed at the Mesa Gateway ICE holding facility was unacceptable.

Detainees crammed into cells that were overcrowded at double the capacity. Sick people denied medical care. Women begging for sanitary napkins.

The inhumanity is beyond the pale. Abolish ICE.

[Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @RepYassAnsari]

I just conducted an unprompted, late night oversight visit at an ICE holding facility at the Mesa Gateway Airport with @RepGregStanton and @Rep_Grijalva. What we saw was shocking and sick.

Well over 240 detainees stacked like sardines in cells. People were sick and ICE was refusing medical care.

Here’s what happened.

[Kevan Insko, FCLCA @FCLCA_]

Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service: https://t.co/lGDl6NWBW7 via @hatchflymag

[Kevan Insko, FCLCA @FCLCA_]

A preventable crisis is unfolding in #California. Up to 1M could lose CalFresh & 2M Medi-Cal.

@EndChildPovCA Coalition is urging #CABudget leaders to act. @CarolineMenjiv3 @ShannonGroveCA please help protect families now. Everyone has a right to food & care. #CABudget

[Kevan Insko, FCLCA @FCLCA_]

Please sign the petition asking Gov. Newsom to commute all Death Row sentences -
https://t.co/kdYM6HkNCk

[Kevan Insko, FCLCA @FCLCA_]

FCLCA supports SB 1149!

[Work & Family CA @WorkFamilyCA]

California caregiving laws recognize chosen and extended family relationships. It’s time for bereavement leave to do the same. SB 1149, introduced today by @SenMariaEDurazo would allow workers to take bereavement leave to grieve for a chosen or extended family member.

[Kevan Insko, FCLCA @FCLCA_]

We’re in Sacramento with the #ProsperCA Coalition & CA legislators calling on leaders to expand the #YoungChildTaxCredit & protect free tax prep services.

We’ve got to help working families & small biz with rising costs amid federal cuts to food, childcare, & healthcare.

[Kevan Insko, FCLCA @FCLCA_]

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[Kevan Insko, FCLCA @FCLCA_]

California’s housing crisis demands real, ongoing investment—not just one-time funding. #AB1165 @AsmMikeGipson requires CA to assess how much investment is needed & where to target it. Support the #HousingJusticeAct - Email your assemblymember: https://t.co/hjX4nxYRaF