"Say
YES to Health Care" Rally: 6/1/05 [press
release]
Thanks
to all your hard work--writing letters and making phone calls--we have
sent a loud message to Senator to Santa Cruz Senator Joe Simitian: Santa
Cruz emphatically supports single-payer health insurance for all
Californians. How strong is the support? Recently Senator Simitian's aid
told Health Care for All that SB-840--The California Health Insurance
Reliability Act--is the number one issue that people from Santa Cruz
contact his office about.
We
just learned that Senator Simitian voted to support SB-840, which helped
the bill pass the state senate! Because of you, Senator Simitian made
the right choice. He has joined the growing number of his
colleagues, local organizations, elected officials, and constituents who
are taking a stand in support of universal health care, and fighting the
special interest pharmaceutical and insurance lobbyists who oppose
it.
This
is why Health Care for All is announcing a rally at his office this
coming Wednesday (6/1/05). You are invited to join us. We will celebrate
the bill's passing the Senate and we will thank Senator Simitian for
listening to the people and taking a stand for health care.
AGENDA
9:45AM:
Carpools leave Santa Cruz and Aptos
11:00AM:
Arrive and Assemble outside Simitian's office
11:30AM:
Speeches, Media
12:00PM:
March up and down El Camino with signs
LOGISTICAL
INFORMATION
What:
Rally outside Joe Simitian's Palo Alto office
When:
Wed. June 1 at 11AM--come early to assemble
Where:
160
Town and Country Village, at the corner of Embarcadero Rd. and El
Camino Real, Palo Alto.
Directions:
Take 101 to Embarcadero Road West (towards Stanford
University). Take the right into the Town & Country Center just
prior to the intersection of El Camino. [custom
directions]
Parking:
Large lot with free parking in the back (near his office)
What
to wear: If you have a teal HCA T-Shirt, wear it. Wear your
HCA buttons.
What
to bring: Sunscreen, hats, snacks, banners and picket signs
with large lettering saying things like: "Thanks Joe for voting yes on
SB-840," "Health Care is a Human Right," "SB 840
saves Billions," etc.
CARPOOL
There
will be carpools departing from both Aptos and Santa Cruz at 9:45am. If
you have a car with space, bring it. The carpools will each meet at the
park-and-ride lots in these towns:
Aptos
Park-and-Ride:
Resurrection Church parking lot, at the intersection of Soquel Drive and
State Park Drive, opposite the Safeway Shopping Center.
Santa
Cruz Park-and-Ride: Located Near Soquel Dr. and Highway 1
From
the south: get off at the Soquel exit, you must veer to the LEFT onto Commercial
Way. You must get in the middle lane and drive straight
across Soquel Dr. onto Paul Sweet Road (there is a big
"EMS" training building on the right side of the
intersection.) IMMEDIATELY after going through the intersection,
before Paul Sweet begins to veer to the right, you must turn LEFT
through a double-wide gate into an area surrounded by a
chain-link fence, which is the Park-and-Ride lot that's
tucked away out of sight next to the freeway off-ramp.
From
the north: you have to take the Soquel Dr. exit and circle around
to the right, back over the freeway toward Dominican Hospital, moving
to the left lane as you cross the freeway. You must turn
LEFT at the first street after the overpass onto Paul Sweet Road, and
IMMEDIATELY after making the turn, before Paul Sweet begins to
veer to the right, you must turn LEFT again through a double-wide gate
into an area surrounded by a chain-link fence, which is the Park-and-Ride lot
that's tucked away out of sight next to the freeway off-ramp.
ORGANIZER
Lynn
Huidekoper
650-322-9609