Budget Conference Committee Approves $5 Million For Public Libraries In Budget

Budget Conference Committee Approves $5 Million For Public Libraries In Budget

CLA-News From the Capitol: 6.04.2014 by Mike Dillon & Christina DiCaro

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This afternoon, on a unanimous vote of the members, the Budget Conference Committee approved $5 million in new funding for public libraries, followed by a series of positive comments about the great work and positive community benefit of public libraries.

~ this funding request was developed by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) and supported by a bi-partisan group of 13 of his legislative colleagues, to try to restore some of the major cuts that the public libraries have endured for the last few years.

~ the A Budget Subcomm on Educ-Fin had approved $10 million for public library restoration ($8 million for the California Library Services Act and $2 million for the State adult literacy program)

~ this funding would be in addition to the $1.8 baseline currently for CLSA and the $2.8 million for literacy

~ the S Budget Subcomm-Educ Fin did not approve additional money for CLSA

~ this forced the item into the Budget Conference Committee

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~ the item passed on a unanimous, bi-partisan vote

~ the issue still has a long way

~ discussions with Dept of Finance to prevent Governor from eliminating it

~ there was no discussion of the specific allocation of the $5 million in Comm

~ believe they will allocate $4 million for CLSA; $1 million for the literacy

Please Thank the legislators who assisted CLA in this effort:

Budget Conference Committee Members

Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, Chair

Assemblyman Richard Bloom

Assemblyman Jeff Gorell

Assemblywoman Shirley Weber

Senator Mark Leno, Vice Chair

Senator Loni Hancock

Senator Ricardo Lara

Senator Jim Nielsen

And Senate President pro Tempore, Darrell Steinberg

Legislators Who Signed the Budget Request Letter

Assemblyman Mike Gatto (author of the letter)

Assemblyman Luis Alejo

Assemblyman Bill Quirk

Assemblyman Frank Bigelow

Assemblyman Ken Cooley

Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla

Assemblyman Kevin Mullin

Assemblyman Brian Jones

Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian

Assemblyman Brian Maienschein

Assemblyman Chris Holden

Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan

Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva

Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen

Assemblywoman Marie Waldron

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Newport Beach Library - "Gift of Literacy" Luncheon

Seventh Annual Gift of Literacy

"Gift of Literacy" Luncheon

June 6, 2014

Featured guest speaker

Best-selling author

Lisa See

SOLD OUT!

This year, the Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy annual fundraising luncheon will feature bestselling author Lisa See. Her books, Snowflower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, Shanghai Girls and others, have captured the imagination of readers everywhere.

Lisa See will be debuting her newly released book, China Dolls, at this event. Each attendee will receive a first edition hardback copy of the book with their ticket purchase. This special gift is made possible by our sponsor Richard Hearn of the STARCARE Foundation.

The Literacy Program is very excited to have this acclaimed writer as guest speaker and hopes you will join the special event. There will be a silent auction, opportunity drawings, and Ms. See will be signing copies of her book.

For more information contact: (949) 717-3874 or literacy@newportbeachca.gov.

Lunch @ The Library - California Library Association

Lunch @ the Library: Program Information

The California Summer Meal Coalition (CSMC) and California Library Association (CLA) are working with libraries and meal providers across California to offer summer lunch programs that are designed to provide nourishment and summer enrichment for children and teens. All library meal sites provide free summer lunches and engage families with library programs and services. Some libraries are extending the impact of their lunch programs by providing arts, literacy, and STEM programming for participating children and teens.

Library summer meal sites in California

• Alameda County Library/REACH Ashland Youth Center and Hayward Unified School District
• Chula Vista Public Library and the Chula Vista Elementary School District
• Contra Costa County Library and the Pittsburg Unified School District and the West Contra Costa Unified School District
• Fresno County Public Library and the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission
• Kern County Library and the Kern County Superintendent of Schools
• Los Angeles Public Library and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
• Oakland Public Library, the City of Oakland and the Alameda County Food Bank
• Riverside Public Library and the Riverside Unified School District
• Sacramento Public Library and the Elk Grove Unified School District
• San Bruno Public Library and the YMCA of Silicon Valley
• San Diego County Library and Feeding America San Diego
• San Diego Public Library and the San Diego Unified School District
• San Francisco Public Library and the City and County of San Francisco's Department of Children, Youth and their Families
• San Luis Obispo County Library and the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County
• San Mateo County Library and the YMCA of Silicon Valley
• South San Francisco Public Library and the YMCA of Silicon Valley
• Tulare County Library and FoodLink for Tulare County, Inc

The need for free summer meals

Summer vacation presents a different reality for many impoverished children in California. In addition to limited access to summer learning and enrichment programs, many low-income children struggle to have basic needs met, with reduced access to healthy food and safe places to congregate. The intersections between summer health and summer learning and enrichment are great, suggesting that a holistic view of the summer landscape is crucial to understanding existing challenges and opportunities to creating a summer experience in which all children are healthy, active, and engaged.

A 2012 report from the National Summer Learning Association highlights the links between food insecurity, childhood obesity, and the achievement gap:⁴

•Food insecurity increases during the summer break without access to the nutrition provided by the National School Lunch Program.

•Children may gain weight two to three times faster during the summer than during the school year.

•Low-income youth may fall further behind in academic skills—particularly reading—during the summer break, experiencing greater “summer learning loss” than their higher-income peers and widening the achievement gap.

•Nutrition education interventions that exclusively target the school environment may be less impactful because weight gain happens primarily outside of school.

•Adequate nutrition promotes brain development and improves cognitive functioning, whereas inadequate nutrition is associated with physical and mental health issues, emotional and behavioral problems, learning deficiencies, lower grades, and repeating a grade.

Children who are well-nourished are likely to have cognitive advantages over children with deficits in this area, and reducing health disparities among lower and higher socioeconomic children can help close the achievement gap.⁵

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Visit the California Department of Education’s searchable online map here for more sites. Summer meal sites will offer free lunch and snacks to youth under age 18 from June 2 through August 8.

Lunch at the Library: Impact & Results - 2013

National & International Literacy & Library Events: June 2014

National & International Literacy & Library Events: June 2014

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National -

visit

the Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

National Audiobook Month

Bathroom Reading Month

Summer Library Reading Club

June 5+  Adult Education Research Conf, Penn State

June 9+ Health Literacy Leadership Inst, Tufts School of Medicine-Boston

June 10  Anytime, Anywhere Summer Learning & WEBCAST, New America Fnd DC 10a

June 15+ National History Day Contest, University of Maryland

June 16+ Volunteering & Service Conference, Atlanta GA

June 19+ Children’s Literature Assoc Conf, University of South Carolina

June 20+ NEXT LIBRARY 2014: ACCELERATE LEARNING, Chicago Public Library

June 20+ Urban Libraries Council Conf: NEXT Library 2014, Chicago PL

June 21 Autism Sensory Friendly Films: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 10a

June 22+ Correction Education Assn Conference, Arlington VA

American Library Association, Las Vegas: June 26 -29

June 27

21st Century Teens: Literacy in a Digital World 8:30a

June 28

Conversation Starter: Storytime-Not Just Reading Out Loud 8a - 8:45a

Every Child Ready to Read 2-Does it Really Work? 8:30a - 10a

Guideline Development for Financial Literacy Education in Libraries 8:30a - 10a

Apps are All Right! Exploring Role of Apps in Children's/Teen Services 8:30a - 10a

Literacy Outcomes in Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada 10:30a - 11:30a

ACRL President's Program: Financial Literacy at Your Library 10:30a - 12N

Library Power to the People: Facing Up to the Climate Crisis 10:30a – 12N

ECRR 2.0: Using Apps and eBooks in Early Literacy Programs 1p - 2:30p

Online Inside: Digital Literacy in Correctional Settings 1p - 2:30p

HackHealth: Engaging Tweens in Seeking/Utilizing Health Information 2:30p - 4p

Time to Reskill: An Action Plan for Literacy 3p - 4p

Best Websites for Teaching and Learning 4:30p - 5:30p

   Poster Sessions

Get the Facts! Nonfiction, Informational Reading, Literature for Youth 10:30a - 12N

Pick. Spin. Win: Recycling History with Archival Photographs 10:30a - 12N

Don’t Let Your Kids Slip and Slide 2:30p - 4p

June 29

Citizenship Programs and Resources at the Library 8:30a - 10a

Library Services to the Incarcerated and Detained 10:30a - 11:30a

Every Child Ready to Eat: Nutrition Education for Families Early Literacy 3p - 4p

   Poster Sessions

Funky Fundraising–a Literary Pub Crawl to Raise Money for Literacy 12:30N - 2p

How do YOU Día?: Interactive Showcase Culturally Diverse Children’s Programs 12:30p - 2p

Letters Of Support: $10 Million for California Public Libraries

BUDGET CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS APPOINTED

LETTERS NEEDED IN SUPPORT OF

$10 MILLION FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Letters Requested by June 5

CLA-News From the Capitol: 5.30.2014 by Mike Dillon & Christina DiCaro

While the Assembly provided $10 million in their version of the Budget, the Senate did not take a similar action.  Thus, this issue must go to the Budget Conference Committee to be reconciled.  The Conference Committee may choose to adopt the Assembly version at $10 million, adopt the Senate version at $0, or adopt an amount in between these two numbers.

Your Help Is Needed – Letters Requested!

Please take a minute today to write the members of the Budget Conference Committee and urge their support for:

“Adoption of the Assembly Version, Budget Item 6120-211-0001 ($8 million for the California Library Services Act) and Budget Item 6120-213-0001 ($2 million for the California Library Literacy program).”

In your letters, please indicate

~ how much your library usage is up

~ how important it is to hold together the integrity of the “systems” under CLSA to protect the collaborative coordination between libraries

~ how your library would benefit if the $8 million were put into “communications and delivery” under the CLSA (e.g. could use it to buy better circuits in preparation for the statewide broadband connectivity, establish Wifi hotspots, etc.), and please indicate

~ how robust your literacy programs are

~ the value of that service in helping people to become more self-sufficient

~ how many adult learners remain on waiting lists, etc.

Please send or fax your letters to the following Budget Conference Committee members by Thursday (June 5) of next week.

Thank you for your help!

The Honorable Nancy Skinner, Chair
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 6026
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 319-2115

The Honorable Richard Bloom, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 2179
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 319-2150

The Honorable Jeff Gorell, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 6031
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 319-2144

The Honorable Shirley Weber, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 3126
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 319-2179

The Honorable Mark Leno, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 5100
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 651-4911

The Honorable Loni Hancock, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 2082
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 651-4909

The Honorable Ricardo Lara, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 5050
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 651-4933

The Honorable Jim Nielsen, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 4062
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 651-4904

Centro Latino for Literacy :: Leamos, Tacos, y Tequila Mixer

Leamos, Tacos, y Tequila

#LiteracyMixer

June 4

Centro Latino for Literacy

Join Centro Latino for Literacy: celebrate adult literacy and recognize the Honorable Fernando M. Olguín, past Centro Latino for Literacy Board Member and now U.S. District Judge, Central District of CA.

Come and enjoy delicious tacos and tasty tequila/margaritas while learning about literacy!

Mijares Mexican Restaurant

145 Palmetto Dr - Pasadena

Please RSVP

Southern California & California Literacy & Library Events: June 2014

Southern California and California Literacy & Library Events: 
June 2014

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National –

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

National Audiobook Month

Summer Library Reading Club

June 1 Author Fair, El Segundo Library

June 6+ Sacramento Black Book Fair

June 7+ Literary Stage - San Mateo County Fair

June 12+ Book Passage Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conf, Corte Madera

June 14  Tutor Conference READ/San Diego, Joan B Kroc-USD
June 15 River of Words: Saint Mary’s College, Moraga 1p

June 21 Sensory Friendly Film - HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 10a

June 23+ Wilson Reading Tutor Training, Sherman Oaks