Almost Half of California Seniors Struggle to Survive PDF Print E-mail

Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News
By Karen de Sá, Mercury News
February 24, 2009

Relief for seniors: Jim Beall's economic index bill...
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Budget and Budget Problems Continue PDF Print E-mail

Excerpted from the Campbell Times
By Assemblymember Jim Beall, Jr.
Special to the Times
February 9, 2009

How can we stop California's cycle of deficits and endless delays over passing a budget on time? Here's how...
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Noteworthy PDF Print E-mail

Excerpted from the San Jose State University's Washington Square Magazine
Winter 2008

From halls of the State Capitol to the chambers of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and San Jose City Hall, Jim Beall's life has been dedicated to public service and helping those who have the least. Read about his approach to politics and public life.
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Food Banks Get Disaster Program Fund Leftovers PDF Print E-mail

Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News
By Sandra Gonzales, Mercury News
July 3, 2008

Jim Beall didn't stand idly by as the souring economy and rising gas prices jacked up the cost of food for working families. He found more state money to help our food banks. The result: hundreds of thousands of pounds for food for their pantries.
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300 at San Jose Hearing Decry Proposed State Budget Cuts PDF Print E-mail

Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News
June 6, 2008

When the Governor wanted to gut the budget for our schools, our elderly, our poor, and people with disabilities, Jim Beall marshalled forces to fight back.
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Budget Cuts Hit State's Most Vulnerable PDF Print E-mail

Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News
By: Jim Beall Jr.
February 11, 2008

There's a cost-effective way to help seniors with disabilities live in their own houses and avoid nursing homes. The budget crisis now threatens this humane program. Read what Jim Beall has to say.
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Foster Care, Health Bills Wait for OK by Governor PDF Print E-mail

Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News
October 3, 2007

Why are hospital costs rising so fast? Because the insured are subsidizing the costs of the uninsured. To attack this problem, Jim Beall got the only health insurance-related bill passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor during his first year in Sacramento.
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Tax On 'Alcopops' A Worthwhile Way to Preserve Lives PDF Print E-mail

Excerpted from the San Jose Mercury News
August 16, 2007

It looks like a soda and it tries to taste like a soda . . . except it contains liquor. Big Alcohol's scheme to market "alcopops'' -- sweetened and flavored drinks with a shot of booze -- to our youth was sailing along until Jim Beall forced manufacturers to label their products with a clear warning that it contains alcohol.
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