End Period Poverty CA Coalition

SB 260 just passed the #CALeg Senate Floor! Thank you to everyone who has supported our movement to end period poverty in California and to every Senator that voted in favor of #SB260. We're halfway there! @SenatorMenjivar #MenstrualEquityActof2023

SB 260 just passed the Senate Appropriations Committee with a 5-0 vote! Thank you @Portantino @SenatorAshby @SenBradfordCA @AishaBBWahab @Scott_Wiener for your support. We're onto the Senate Floor — let's keep this momentum up! #SB260 #MenstrualEquityActof2023 @SenatorMenjivar

Thank you for advocating for SB 260!

We know the #CalFresh minimum needs to be raised and #SB600 is the way to do it! #SB600 will: ⭐️Create a #CalFresh min of $50/month ⭐️Support food banks w #CalFood ⭐️Fight the $500M monthly federal #HungerCliff @SenatorMenjivar #CalFood  #CALeg @CalBudgetCenter @nourish_CA

Congrats to everyone who attended Secular Advocacy Day 2023 today, advocating for #SB260 and #SB36. Our thanks to Sarah Levin, of Secular Strategies, and Evan Clark, of @AtheistsLA , for facilitating.

@Portantino @SenBrianJones @SenatorAshby @SenBradfordCA @SenatorSeyarto @AishaBBWahab @Scott_Weiner, we urge you to move #SB260 off the suspense file to expand menstrual equity to low-income families — it’s time to end period poverty now.

Thank you to our co-authors @Senator_Hurtado @NancySkinnerCA @AishaBBWahab @SenSusanRubio @AsmMiaBonta @AsmLisaCalderon @AsmNguyen @AsmLizOrtega @EGReyesCA @AsmLuzRivas for joining @SenatorMenjivar in support of #SB260!

SB 260 will be heard in the Senate Approps. Committee’s suspense hearing tomorrow morning and provides an extra $20 of monthly aid to menstruating CalWORKs recipients. Access to menstrual products is a human right. #EndPeriodPovertyCA #MenstrualEquityActof2023 @SenatorMenjivar

@Portantino @SenBrianJones @SenatorAshby @SteveBradford @SenatorSeyarto @Aishabbwahab @Scott_Wiener

SB 260 would alleviate financial stress for families in CalWORKs so they don’t have to choose between menstrual products and other necessities through $20/month. We urge members of the Senate Approps to take SB 260 off suspense.

“Combating menstrual inequities means making menstrual products affordable and accessible for all menstruating folks, especially young BIPOC who already face disproportionate rates of period poverty." — Faith, @URGE__CA Read our @CaloNewsLA feature below! calo.org/2023/04/18/cal…

“SB 260 affirms that access to menstrual products is essential healthcare and is a human right.” —Esther, @genratifyca Thank you @esthermlau for testifying in support of #SB260 at the Senate GO hearing on Tuesday! #EndPeriodPovertyCA #MenstrualEquityActof2023 @SenatorMenjivar

SB 260 passed the Senate Gov. Organization Committee! Thank you @AlvaradoGil2026 @SenBobArchuleta @AngeliqueAshby @SenBradfordCA @BillDoddCA @Steve_Glazer @SenAlexPadilla @Portantino @GeneralRoth @SenSusanRubio @ScottWilkCA for supporting menstrual equity in CA. Let’s keep going!

"Today’s political leaders can be young women, women of color, queer, trans women, and more. They can come from poverty or working-class families. There is still plenty of work to do, and we are eager to do it." — @fionaaaluu & @esthermlau for @CalMatters calmatters.org/commentary/202…

@BillDoddCA @ScottWilkCA @AlvaradoGil2026 @SenBobArchuleta @SenatorAshby @SenBradfordCA @Steve_Glazer @SenBrianJones @JanetNguyenCA @rosilicie @SenPadilla @Portantino @GeneralRoth @SenSusanRubio @SenatorSeyarto, it's your time to support menstrual equity for low-income families.

Thank you to co-authors @Senator_Hurtado @NancySkinnerCA @aishabbwahab @AsmMiaBonta @AsmLisaCalderon @StephNguyenCA @AsmLizOrtega @EGReyesCA @LuzRivas for joining Sen. Menjivar in support!

SB 260 is being heard in the Senate Governmental Organization committee on April 11 and will allow CalWORKs recipients to access menstrual products through an extra $20 of monthly cash assistance. It’s time to end period poverty now. #MenstrualEquityActof2023 @SenatorMenjivar

Proud to have SB 260- The Menstrual Equity Act included in the @CaWomensCaucus 2023 Priority Bill Package!

"As a parent in the system, I know I speak for most, if not all, when it comes to budgeting every penny of benefits. SB 260 would bring relief to not only my home, but the homes of CalWORKs families across the state." — Giovanna, @WeAreCalWORKS on @SenatorMenjivar's #SB260.

SB 260 passed the Senate Human Services Committee with a 4-0 vote! Thank you to our witnesses, Fiona (@cahsdems) and Giovanna (@WeAreCalWORKS), for sharing their stories. #SB260 @SenatorMenjivar