Urge Gov. Davis to Fund Asthma Program

July 17, 2000       Action Alert # 3-2000

In signing the state's budget, Governor Davis deleted the $9 million asthma funding that the American Lung Association helped obtain during the legislative budget process. This funding would have established a statewide asthma program and targeted public health activities in communities most heavily impacted by asthma. In his veto message, Governor Davis said that Proposition 10 and the Master Tobacco Settlement funds should provide the resources necessary to fund asthma prevention at the local level. What he failed to say is that Prop. 10 asthma funding can only be spent for children 0 to five years old, and that the tobacco settlement funds have all been allocated this year!

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