Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer's, story on August 8th gave a broad overview of the damage done to state-funded Child-care agencies, and what staff and administrators at CCCC are well aware of, that if state monies are not released soon we may have to close down operations. (See full text of her article at : http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-childcare8aug08,1,4042651.story )

For that reason CCCC Executive Director Susan McGuire called a press conference recently to explain that CCCC has not been paid for any of the services we have provided since July 1, 2007. "Up until now we were able to use our lines of credit and a loan from the bank to stay open but there is not much money left." she wrote in a letter distributed to staff and families. Fees for these loans, increasing with every payroll, will of course be taken from our years already very tight budget.

"We will do everything possible to stay open." she went on. "I urge you to call your legislators and tell them to approve a budget and also tell them how you would be affected if the center has to close for awhile."

Local legislator - Sam Aanestad - (one of the 14 Republican legislators holding up the budget process) can be reached by phoning (530)470-1846.

His mailing address is

200 Providence Mine Rod.
Suite 108, Nevada City, CA 95959

You can also send him comments on his website at http://republican.sen.ca.gov/web/4/. Go to "feedback" and tell him how you would be affected.

Interested people can also send comments to the governor at http://gov.ca.gov and selecting "interact".

Please urge for an executive order ensuring that those Californians who depend on vital state services are not harmed because the legislature is not able to pass a budget.

Video interviews with Susan and other staff appeared several times over two days on local TV channels 12 and 24.

We will post some of those interviews on our web site when they become available.