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California nonprofit leaders warn federal cuts will force service reductions, urge state backstop
Summary
Nonprofit leaders told a joint California legislative hearing that recent federal budget changes and policy shifts threaten services across the state, and urged lawmakers to adopt contracting and funding reforms to stabilize the sector.
Leaders of California community foundations, food banks and statewide nonprofit associations told a joint California State Senate and Assembly select committee hearing that recent federal funding reductions and policy changes threaten the ability of nonprofits to deliver services across the state.
"These are not abstract. They impact real communities, real families, and real lives across all of California," Laura Seaman, CEO of the League of California Community Foundations, told the committee, describing national funding disruptions and a rapid rise in demand for services.
Seaman said California's nonprofit workforce numbers about 1,700,000 people and that public funding plays a central role in operations: "In California, just over $42,000,000,000 in government funding helps fuel the work of nonprofits in our state," she said. She framed the moment as both a crisis and an opportunity for the state to reduce administrative friction in contracting and to…
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