Questionnaire and answers:
California Alliance of Retired Americans

Health Care

1. Do you support the bills in the OURx Bill of Rights package which address the issues of cost, access, safety, and accountability of the pharmaceutical industry? Yes

2. Do you support SB 840/SB 1784 (Kuehl) to establish a universal single payer health care program in California? Absolutely

3. Do you support State efforts to provide safety net coverage to the dual eligibles in California who are having difficulty accessing the drugs they need and making co-payments on their prescriptions? Yes

4. Do you support efforts to ensure that the state approved nurse staffing ratios are upheld and that hospitals are held accountable to meeting these standards? Yes

5. Do you support maintaining funding levels (with cost of living indexing) for In Home Supportive Services? Yes

6. Do you support increased funding for the Health Insurance Advocacy and Counseling Programs so that they continue to educate and counsel Medicare recipients on the Part D program? Yes

Housing

7. Do you support amending and restricting the use of Ellis Act evictions (taking units off the rental market to convert to condos or tenants in common uses) at the State level? Yes

8. Do you support a permanent extension of the 60 day notice requirement for all evictions? Yes

9. Do you support the inclusion of funds for affordable housing development for low and moderate income people as part of a state bond measure? Yes

10. Do you support limiting the ability of Homeowner Associations to foreclose on someoneÕs home in order to collect late assessments Ð even if under a few hundred dollars? Yes

Other Issues

11. Do you oppose efforts to privatize public pensions and move to a defined contribution system? Yes

12. Do you support revising the funding formula to allow local jurisdictions to put a small surcharge on moving violations to increase enforcement and enhance pedestrian safety? Yes

13. Do you support efforts to increase the State minimum wage and include annual cost of living adjustments? Absolutely

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