THE CALIFORNIA BUDGET
SPEAKER: State Senator Mark DeSaulnier
Thursday, April 26 at 6:15 pm
Senator Mark DeSaulnier will speak on the California Budget 
State Senator Mark DeSaulnier
including Governor Brown’s proposed budget cuts. This discussion is very timely: the new proposed budget must be approved by the state Legislature by June 30! Mark will also give updates on other current issues such as pension reform and high speed rail. Bring your questions and concerns!
Background: Mark DeSaulnier was elected to the Senate in November 2008. In his first term, he has taken a leadership role on a variety of key issues including government reform, labor, transportation, the environment, health care, local government, and public safety. DeSaulnier brings a breadth of experience to the Legislature and public service.
In the Senate, DeSaulnier now chairs the Transportation and Housing Committee and the Subcommittee No. 3 of Budget and Fiscal Review Committee pertaining to Health and Human Service. In addition he sits on the Senate Committees on Budget & Fiscal Review, Health, Energy, Utilities & Communications, Labor & Industrial Relations, and Governance & Finance as well as the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee. He also chairs the Senate Select Committees on Excellence and Innovation in State Government; Restoring California’s Middle Class; and Small Business and the Underground Economy.
In California’s Statehouse, DeSaulnier’s top legislative priority has been working to reform state governance, including a comprehensive package of reforms sponsored by California Forward. Other priorities include: safe and efficient roads and highways, allowing companies to organize as more community-active corporate citizens, protecting public health, reducing Californians’ exposure to tobacco, protecting homeowners from foreclosure, tightening up the parole system and oversight of sex offenders, making it easier for people to donate life-saving bone marrow and organs, and fighting abuse of prescription narcotics.
LOCAL SPEAKER: Tomi Van deBrooke
Candidate for Supervisor of Contra Costa County District 2
Tomi has the diverse experience and skills needed to help Contra Costa County. 
Tomi Van DeBrooke
She worked for Fortune 500 companies, started and ran her own small business, and was the managing partner of a Walnut Creek communications firm. Tomi also worked for the California Alliance for Jobs, an organization dedicated to rebuilding California’s aging infrastructure, and most recently served as Chief of Staff for the District III County Supervisor in the San Ramon Valley.
She has dedicated much of her time to helping the community, serving on a number of non-profit boards including the Contra Costa Council, Economic Development Alliance for Business, and the Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation.
Social Get together 6:15 PM
Dinner 6:45 PM
Program 7:15 PM
Location: Crow Canyon Country Club
711 Silver Lake Drive, Danville, CA 94526
(925) 735-5700
Members & Invited Guests: $25
Non-members: $30 ($25 for dinner and $5 requested donation to help offset program costs)
Presentation only $5 (requested donation)
Please email Jim Donnelly that you are coming by Monday, April 23 (we need a ‘head count’ for the dinner). Thank you for your help.
RSVP: To make certain you have a dinner, please RSVP.
Mail checks, made out to Jim Donnelly, to 373 Century Circle, Danville, CA 94526
Or call him at (925) 570-9289
State Senator Mark DeSaulnier
LOCAL SPEAKER: Tomi Van deBrooke
Candidate for Supervisor of Contra Costa County District 2
Tomi Van DeBrooke
Dinner 6:45 PM
Program 7:15 PM
711 Silver Lake Drive, Danville, CA 94526
(925) 735-5700
Non-members: $30 ($25 for dinner and $5 requested donation to help offset program costs)
Presentation only $5 (requested donation)
Mail checks, made out to Jim Donnelly, to 373 Century Circle, Danville, CA 94526
Or call him at (925) 570-9289