End Period Poverty CA Coalition

A state-wide coalition co-sponsoring California's SB 260, the Menstrual Equity Act of 2023.

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

SB 260 just passed the #CALeg Senate Floor! Thank you to everyone who has supported our movement to end period poverty in California and to every Senator that voted in favor of #SB260. We're halfway there! @SenatorMenjivar #MenstrualEquityActof2023

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

SB 260 just passed the Senate Appropriations Committee with a 5-0 vote! Thank you @Portantino @SenatorAshby @SenBradfordCA @AishaBBWahab @Scott_Wiener for your support. We're onto the Senate Floor — let's keep this momentum up! #SB260 #MenstrualEquityActof2023 @SenatorMenjivar

[Fiona Lu she/her/她 @fionaaaluu]

Thank you for advocating for SB 260!

[End Child Poverty CA @EndChildPovCA]

We know the #CalFresh minimum needs to be raised and #SB600 is the way to do it!

#SB600 will:
⭐️Create a #CalFresh min of $50/month
⭐️Support food banks w #CalFood
⭐️Fight the $500M monthly federal #HungerCliff

@SenatorMenjivar #CalFood  #CALeg @CalBudgetCenter @nourish_CA

[CA Freethought Day @FreethoughtDay]

Congrats to everyone who attended Secular Advocacy Day 2023 today, advocating for #SB260 and #SB36.

Our thanks to Sarah Levin, of Secular Strategies, and Evan Clark, of @AtheistsLA , for facilitating.

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

@Portantino @SenBrianJones @SenatorAshby @SenBradfordCA @SenatorSeyarto @AishaBBWahab @Scott_Weiner, we urge you to move #SB260 off the suspense file to expand menstrual equity to low-income families — it’s time to end period poverty now.

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

SB 260 will be heard in the Senate Approps. Committee’s suspense hearing tomorrow morning and provides an extra $20 of monthly aid to menstruating CalWORKs recipients. Access to menstrual products is a human right. #EndPeriodPovertyCA #MenstrualEquityActof2023 @SenatorMenjivar

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

Thank you to our co-authors @Senator_Hurtado @NancySkinnerCA @AishaBBWahab @SenSusanRubio @AsmMiaBonta @AsmLisaCalderon @AsmNguyen @AsmLizOrtega @EGReyesCA @AsmLuzRivas for joining @SenatorMenjivar in support of #SB260!

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

@Portantino @SenBrianJones @SenatorAshby @SteveBradford @SenatorSeyarto @Aishabbwahab @Scott_Wiener

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

SB 260 would alleviate financial stress for families in CalWORKs so they don’t have to choose between menstrual products and other necessities through $20/month. We urge members of the Senate Approps to take SB 260 off suspense.

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

“Combating menstrual inequities means making menstrual products affordable and accessible for all menstruating folks, especially young BIPOC who already face disproportionate rates of period poverty." — Faith, @URGE__CA
Read our @CaloNewsLA feature below! https://t.co/Q6zeXEq0ZY

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

“SB 260 affirms that access to menstrual products is essential healthcare and is a human right.” —Esther, @genratifyca

Thank you @esthermlau for testifying in support of #SB260 at the Senate GO hearing on Tuesday! #EndPeriodPovertyCA #MenstrualEquityActof2023 @SenatorMenjivar

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

SB 260 passed the Senate Gov. Organization Committee! Thank you @AlvaradoGil2026 @SenBobArchuleta @AngeliqueAshby @SenBradfordCA @BillDoddCA @Steve_Glazer @SenAlexPadilla @Portantino @GeneralRoth @SenSusanRubio @ScottWilkCA for supporting menstrual equity in CA. Let’s keep going!

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

"Today’s political leaders can be young women, women of color, queer, trans women, and more. They can come from poverty or working-class families. There is still plenty of work to do, and we are eager to do it." — @fionaaaluu & @esthermlau for @CalMatters
https://t.co/wzSgFrFHnp

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

@BillDoddCA @ScottWilkCA @AlvaradoGil2026 @SenBobArchuleta @SenatorAshby @SenBradfordCA @Steve_Glazer @SenBrianJones @JanetNguyenCA @rosilicie @SenPadilla @Portantino @GeneralRoth @SenSusanRubio @SenatorSeyarto, it's your time to support menstrual equity for low-income families.

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

SB 260 is being heard in the Senate Governmental Organization committee on April 11 and will allow CalWORKs recipients to access menstrual products through an extra $20 of monthly cash assistance. It’s time to end period poverty now. #MenstrualEquityActof2023 @SenatorMenjivar

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

Thank you to co-authors @Senator_Hurtado @NancySkinnerCA @aishabbwahab @AsmMiaBonta
@AsmLisaCalderon @StephNguyenCA @AsmLizOrtega
@EGReyesCA @LuzRivas for joining Sen. Menjivar in support!

[Senator Caroline Menjivar @SenatorMenjivar]

Proud to have SB 260- The Menstrual Equity Act included in the @CaWomensCaucus 2023 Priority Bill Package!

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

"As a parent in the system, I know I speak for most, if not all, when it comes to budgeting every penny of benefits. SB 260 would bring relief to not only my home, but the homes of CalWORKs families across the state." — Giovanna, @WeAreCalWORKS on @SenatorMenjivar's #SB260.

[End Period Poverty CA Coalition @endperiodpovca]

SB 260 passed the Senate Human Services Committee with a 4-0 vote! Thank you to our witnesses, Fiona (@cahsdems) and Giovanna (@WeAreCalWORKS), for sharing their stories. #SB260 @SenatorMenjivar