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Consumers shouldn't pay different prices based on their perceived willingness to pay more using personal data -- aka "desperation pricing" -- @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social. CA Senate pass #AB2564 to ban this predatory practice! Thank you @asmchrisward.bsky.social & Asm Kalra for your leadership.
Join the fight for a climate-resilient CA! 🌎 🌱 The new @airresources.bsky.social #CapAndInvest rulemaking could take away BILLIONS from community programs while benefiting big polluters. Tell @governor.ca.gov & #CALeg to take action to protect CA’s climate & communities! ✊ ACT NOW: bit.ly/3THxoQD
Take action! ✊ 🎓 Send a letter to @governor.ca.gov & #CALeg urging them to fund #SLEN & protect student loan borrowers. #DFPI ✅ ACT NOW: actionnetwork.org/letters/fund...
Interested to know more about CA’s policy & legislative process? 🗣️💬 Sign up to receive NextGen’s monthly #LetsTalkBlog & get unique insights from our policy team. ➡️ Subscribe to be notified when a new Let’s Talk Blog is out: www.nextgenpolicy.org/nextgen-lets...
Catch Arturo Juarez, NextGen’s #DigitalEquity Policy Advisor, on @ilsr.bsky.social’s Unbuffered podcast discussing what responsibility telecom corporations have in providing emergency landline services & CA’s efforts to keep rural & underserved communities connected. 🛜 go.nextgenpolicy.org/GWNq
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Summer is in full swing! ☀️ While #CALeg is on Summer Recess, get caught up with NextGen. The latest #WhatsNext issue features our recent response to the #CABuget, a spotlight on our 10th anniversary, a list of your constitutional rights & more. ⭐ Read: go.nextgenpolicy.org/b3Dt
Stay up to date with NextGen Policy! 🔎 Visit our website to meet the team, read our latest #WhatsNext newsletter, learn about our policy work & top issue areas, & more news on topics that matter to you. ☑️ www.nextgenpolicy.org
A new 10th anniversary Q&A video has dropped! 📸 Meet Tiffany Germain, Policy Advisor for NextGen, and hear about her work combatting food insecurity in California. 🥕🍏 Watch the video to learn about Tiffany’s time at NextGen!
ICYMI 👀 “The NextGen team & I celebrate the inclusion of funding for programs & policies which we believe uplift & strengthen the CA communities most in need of support...," Arnie Sowell Jr., NextGen's ED on the final 2026-27 #CABudget. 🌟 Full response: go.nextgenpolicy.org/cPbs
🏛️ CA Capitol & legislative news! 📜 Bill & budget updates! 📣 Opportunities to take action! … and SO much more, all written just for you in NextGen’s #WhatsNext newsletter! ☑️ Sign up to get What’s Next delivered to your inbox: www.nextgenpolicy.org/whats-next/
NEW Statement ✍️Campaign for California Borrowers’ Rights Coalition responds to the Student Loan Empowerment Network program not receiving funding in the final 2026-27 #CABudget.⤵️ go.nextgenpolicy.org/dB43
One of the most important things you can do is to #KnowYourRights! 📣 Download the digital red card on your phone or computer & access legal toolkits to share with your community on NextGen’s website. ✊ ➡️ go.nextgenpolicy.org/inJy
Five years ago, CA was the first state in the nation to pass School Meals for All! 🍎 We are celebrating the continued success of the program & the billions of meals it has provided to students throughout the state since 🎉 #SMFA5thAnniversary go.nextgenpolicy.org/gkSD
June is wrapping up, but our work is far from finished! 📬 In the latest #WhatsNext newsletter, get a sneak peek at what NextGen is up to: our response to #CALeg’s budget proposal, a new addition to the team, & much more. ➡️ Read the full issue: go.nextgenpolicy.org/1zFJ
Give a warm welcome to NextGen’s newest Policy Intern: Ava Sullivan! 👋 A current Oregon State University student, Ava will be supporting our team's policy work this summer. 📣 We’re excited to have her onboard & look forward to working together! 🤝 Meet Ava: www.nextgenpolicy.org/our-team/
Californians can't afford to wait! 🍽️ 🥕 With rising food prices, let's keep healthy food accessible & affordable. Tell @governor.ca.gov to support funding for #CNIP & #MarketMatch in the final 2026-27 #CABudget. ✍️ Act NOW: savemarketmatch.org
Join us in honoring #Juneteenth, marking the day slavery ended in the US in 1865. 🇺🇲 It’s a celebration of freedom & a reminder that there’s still much work to be done to build a more just & equitable nation! ✊ Read a special Juneteenth message from NextGen’s Executive Dir.: go.nextgenpolicy.org/GZiM
NEW STATEMENT 🚨 The 2026-27 #CALeg #CABudget proposal just passed. Funding for #Veterans, #Immigration & #Workforce has been allocated, but NextGen continues to push for funding in areas left out like #Climate, #HigherEd & #ConsumerProtections. ⭐ Full response: go.nextgenpolicy.org/6Z2C
We’re halfway through June, which means there are a couple weeks left to celebrate #PrideMonth! 🏳️🌈 Check out & share the community resources we’ve compiled including counseling services, legal assistance, advocacy opportunities, & more to support the LGBTQ+ Community! ⤵️ go.nextgenpolicy.org/JSL3
ANNIVERSARY SPOTLIGHT 🌟 📹 To celebrate 10 years of NextGen, we’re chatting with a key member of the team: Samantha Seng, our Legislative Director & Policy Advisor! Learn about Sam’s experience at NexGen with a special Q&A.
Catch up with NextGen in a brand new issue of our What’s Next #newsletter! ✊☀️ Our work is heating up this June: get the latest bill updates, opportunities to take meaningful action in support of two #AI and #Workforce initiatives, & more! 👉 Read the newsletter: go.nextgenpolicy.org/KA9b
Are you worried about or have experienced an AI-driven layoff? What do you want the future of AI & work to look like? Now is your chance to tell CA’s government what you think about AI & what to do about it! ➡️ Launched by Gov. Newsom, give your feedback TODAY: join.engaged.ca.gov/en/projects/...
We are halfway through the 2026 #CALeg session! ⚖️ 🎉 NextGen celebrates the passage of bills we are supporting from their house of origin! 🙌 Take a look at some highlights of our recent wins as we continue through this year’s legislative process.
Budget Cmte. Chairs John Laird & Jesse Gabriel & #CALeg: With recent cuts to SNAP & rising food prices, invest in nutrition assistance benefits for hundreds of thousands of food-insecure Californians. 🥦 🍽️ Fund #CNIP in the 2026-27 #CABudget to #SaveMarketMatch! ✍️ Write TODAY: savemarketmatch.org
NextGen 10th Anniversary Win! 🎊 In 2020, with the passage of, AB 1864 & AB 107, CA Department of Financial Protection & Innovation (DFPI) was formed. DFPI helps to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices in the state. ☑️ Learn more about DFPI: dfpi.ca.gov
Urge #CALeg to fund #JailsToJobs & invest in solutions that expand opportunity & build safer communities in CA. Connecting people to proven job training programs & support, we can help break the cycle of incarceration! 🧰 ✊ Take action NOW: secure.vera.org/a/jails-to-j...
“We are disappointed with @airresources.bsky.social's decision on Friday to capitulate to the oil industry’s lobbyists & push through a suboptimal rulemaking..." Chloe Ames, NextGen's Policy Adv. on CARB's changes to the #CapAndInvest program. Tap for the full response: go.nextgenpolicy.org/26gy
TODAY IS ELECTION DAY! 🗳️ ☑️ It's your last chance to make your voice heard & vote. Need help finding voting information? Check out the resources we have gathered to find a vote center near you, ballot information & more. ➡️ go.nextgenpolicy.org/JfSn
