California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN)

06/15/2026

CPEHN appreciates the work put in by leaders in crafting a FY 2026-27 budget that forestalls the worst impacts of Governor Newsom's proposed cuts to immigrant care, but the fight is not over.

While this budget delays the worst cuts, immigrants will still be forced to fight for their lives next year. We will fight alongside them as we hold state leaders accountable for generating the revenues necessary to protect care for all Californians.

Read our full statement:

“The Legislature’s budget forestalls the worst, immediate impacts of Governor Newsom’s proposed cuts to health care for immigrant communities. CPEHN deeply appreciates that Senate leaders early and forcefully rejected these devastating cuts; by standing strongly by California’s values, they ...

06/10/2026

One of many cruel cuts in Governor Newsom's May Revise is a proposal to eliminate the Commission on Behavioral Health’s Community Advocacy Program (CAP). At our statewide and bus tour last week, we had the opportunity to speak with two behavioral health leaders in Oakland and Sacramento about the impact the removal of CAP would have on the communities they serve.

Anupama Chapagain (Community Resource Specialist at the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants - CERI) and Hamidullah Hamidy (Program Manager at the Refugee Enrichment and Development Association) both weigh in on how important CAP is in helping them meet the mental/behavioral health needs of their local immigrant communities - and what would be at stake for these communities if funding for the program were to be cut.

Thank you to Anupama and Hamidullah for raising your voices + spreading awareness about the importance of this program. Say it with us - No Cuts to Care! 📣

06/09/2026

✅ San Diego
✅ Los Angeles
✅ Oxnard
✅ Sacramento
✅ Salinas

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Thursday for our statewide “No Cuts to Care” bus tour to protect and as we draw closer to the deadline for the to be finalized.

Across five different stops, allies, advocates, and community members showed up to help us send a message to leaders Asm. Weber-Pierson, Speaker Rivas, Sen. Pro Tem Limón, and Asm. Gabriel: The final budget MUST prioritize California’s immigrants, older adults, and people with disabilities.

Big round of applause to our statewide and local partners for working with us to make this day of action a reality.

We have just a few days left until the Legislature must pass a budget bill for Governor Newsom’s signature. Stay tuned as we keep up the pressure on our state leaders to create a budget that does not balance the books at the expense of California’s most vulnerable communities.

06/03/2026

Speaker Robert Rivas, immigrant communities in Salinas and across CA believe in you because of our shared background. There’s still time to Stop the Cuts to our Health Care!

06/02/2026

Imperial Valley is the site where the battle for our state's future will be won or lost. As Californians cast their ballots this Primary Day, our partners at Imperial Valley Equity and Justice are in the San Diego Union Tribune calling for the next to make Imperial Valley a priority.

Imperial Valley will be shaped by lithium and water policies.

06/01/2026

The California Assembly Democrats' budget maintains Governor Newsom's harmful proposals:

➡️ Strip Medi-Cal from asylees, refugees, domestic violence/trafficking survivors, and more
➡️ Raise premiums on adults with UIS
➡️ Reinstate the Medi-Cal Asset Test

Despite having every chance to mirror the values-driven plan California Senate Democrats outlined, Assembly leadership chose to create a plan that co-signs these cruel cuts to immigrant health care.

Read our full statement:

“The hypocrisy of the Assembly’s budget plan is outmatched only by its cruelty to the most vulnerable immigrant communities and families in our state. While Assembly leaders claim to value the contributions of immigrant workers...

05/29/2026

📢 We're taking the fight for and to the road!

Next Thursday, June 4th, we'll be holding a statewide bus tour urging to reject Governor Newsom's cruel cuts to immigrant health care in the .

Want to join us? Register at bit.ly/OHOFTour.

05/24/2026

Earlier this week, CPEHN and our Coalition partners brought together advocates and community leaders from across the state for Advocacy Day 2026, a day of action to defend immigrant health care from the cuts proposed in Governor Newsom's May Revise.

From a morning press conference and march to the Swing Space to an afternoon filled with visits to offices urging leaders to take action to reject the proposal, this was a day full of shared committment to fighting against ANY cuts to care for our most vulnerable communities and fighting for a budget that fully reflects our state’s values.

Our bottom line is simple: Continuing to advance these brutal cuts while the state anticipates higher than average revenues shows that this is not a matter of math but a matter of values. Thank you to everyone who joined us on Tuesday to deliver this message loud and clear.

05/16/2026

Governor Newsom says his May Revise proposal to target immigrant care while corporations get billions in tax breaks is just math. We know it’s about values.

Our Executive Director tells CalMatters.org that it’s time for to stand with immigrants “frankly, in a way the governor has not.”

Despite $16.5 billion more in revenue than expected, Newsom proposes cuts to prepare for an AI bubble burst. 'We need to tighten our belt,' he says.

05/14/2026

Governor Newson's proposed May Revision continues to advance devastatingly cruel cuts to health care for our state's most vulnerable immigrant communities.

In light of California’s revenue surge, this decision is not a matter of math but a matter of values. Read our full statement:

“The Governor’s budget continues devastatingly cruel cuts to health care for the most vulnerable immigrant communities that were proposed in January - and have already been firmly rejected by the State Senate. In light of the state’s surge of revenues, continuing to advance these brutal cuts, ...