• Critical social service funding allocations will be considered by the Board of Supervisors at its meeting in early December.
• Your input is needed to support the priorities which were presented to the Board by the Measure X Community Advisory Board. 

LWV Diablo Valley urges the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors to adopt the full set of funding recommendations from the Measure X Community Advisory Board. League positions on Meeting Basic Human Needs, Housing, Health Care, and Equity, support the funding recommendations.

• Call or email your County Supervisor now! (Contact information below)
• Ask them to follow the recommendations of the Measure X Community Advisory Board (MXCAB).
• Do not say you are calling on behalf of LWVDV, but you can mention that the LWVDV supports the MXCAB priorities and process.

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(Use one or two of the points below when you contact your Supervisor.)

Basic statement: The Measure X Community Advisory Board (MXCAB) followed a rigorous process to learn from many different members and organizations of Contra Costa County before making recommendations to the Board of Supervisors for expenditures of Measure X funds for the 2021-22 Fiscal Year. Their recommendations should be honored by the Board.

• Measure X funds are a very small part of the County Budget, and there are many unmet needs.
• Equity, justice, and inclusion are embedded in the recommendations of the MXCAB.
• Providing a strong social safety net for the County’s most vulnerable residents is important to all everyone living in the County.
• The recommendations prioritize prevention and crisis response services for mental and behavioral health of county residents.
• MXCAB based  their recommendations on what they heard from struggling residents and organizations that support those residents.
• MXCAB recommendations prioritize funding for communities that struggle with adequate housing, childcare, and nutrition.
• MXCAB recommendations prioritize urgent needs of communities most affected by the pandemic.
• MXCAB recommendations address issues of structural racism that cause inequities and poverty.
• MXCAB recommendations prioritize funding for community-based programs and services.
• MXCAB recommendations prioritize creative housing.
• MXCAB recommendations prioritize services for undocumented residents of our community, who suffered greatly during the pandemic yet received no federal assistance.

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Board of Supervisors Contact Information 

• supervisorandersen [at] bos.cccounty.us (subject: Measure%20X%20recommendations, body: I%20urge%20the%20Board%20to%20follow%20the%20recommendations%20of%20the%20Measure%20X%20Community%20Advisory%20Board.%20The%20Board%20used%20a%20thorough%20process%20and%20heard%20from%20a%20diverse%20group%20of%20community%20members%20and%20organizations.%20Please%20respect%20its%20work!)
• 925-957-8860 (Danville), 925-646-6067 (Lafayette)

If you have questions about Action Alerts, please contact the Action and Advocacy team at action-advocacy [at] lwvdv.org.