Current Issue: Helping Military Families Get Their Children BACK into California Preschools
Who is Supporting Assembly Bill AB 170
Lori Saldaña
Assembly memberLori Saldaña is now serving her first term in the California Legislature, representing the state's 76th Assembly District. Her district consists of the central and northern portion of San Diego, including the communities of Clairemont, Bay Park, Pacific Beach, Ocean Beach, Point Loma, Tierra Santa, Serra Mesa, Hillcrest, University Heights, North Park, South Park, Linda Vista, Mission Valley, City Heights, Old Town, Normal Heights, Mission Hills and Downtown San Diego.
Since elected to the California State Legislature in November of 2004, Assembly member Saldaña was appointed to Leadership as the Assistant Majority Whip and has been assigned to the Appropriations, Natural Resources, Veteran's Affairs and Water, Parks and Wildlife Committees. These committee assignments reflect her life long passions for protecting the environment and improving water quality in California.
Contact Information for AB 170
- Spokesperson
- Chairman San Diego Armed Services YMCA: Sam Merrick (858) 874-8100
Broken Down by DOD Privatization Projects for California
- Camp Pendleton
- School Liaison: Sam Pelham (760) 725-6513
- Oceanside School District (760) 757-2560 ext.4449
- Fallbrook School District (760) 723-7018 (not sure whether they have a state preschool program) LM
- Fort Irwin (50+ Families Do Not Qualify)
- School Liaison: Kate Nelson wk (760) 380-6880; cell (312) 925-8673
- Silver Gate School District Superintendent Marc Jackson (760) 254-2916
- Presidio of Monterey (Families have been turned away)
- Capistrano Unified School District (10 families turned away last year, four this year)
- Lupe Martinez, Early Childhood Programs Director (949) 234-5341
- Pacific Grove Unified School District (Turned away one family this year)
- Diane Baron, Director of Child Development Programs (831) 646-6547
- Monterey Unified School District (Turned away one family this year)
- Director of Child Development for Monterey USD: Judy O’Mara (831) 899-4879
- San Diego (At Least 100 families do not Qualify or Will Lose Service)
- School Liaison: Annanias Rose (619) 556-7412
- Fleet and Family Services Program Manager: Dr. Mary Rotterman (619) 556-7186
- Government Relations: Randal Friedman (619) 572-5037
- San Diego Unified School District (Sponsor) 619-725-7085 or 7088 Arun Ramanathan, Amy Savacool and Chelsea Kelley
- Coronado Unified School District (At risk of closing two preschools)
- Joyce Montgomery, Principal of Silver Strand Elementary School (619) 522-8934
- Beale Air Force Base (In Progress)
- School Liaison: Maj. Charles Arnold, 9th Mission Support Squadron, (530) 634-3401
- Wheatland Elementary School District (not currently counting BAH): State Preschool Director: Tami Upton (530) 633-3257; Email: tupton@wheatland.k12.ca.us
- Supt.: Debra Pearson Phone: (530) 633-3104 Fax: (530) 633-4807; Email: dpearson@wheatland.k12.ca.us
- Twentynine Palms (In Progress)
- Morongo Unified School District
- 5715 Utah Trail / PO Box 1209
- Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
- Phone.:(760) 367-9191 FAX...:(760) 367-7189
- County Oversees the State Preschool Program for Twentynine Palms
- Becky Thams (909) 433-4618 LM
- Vandenberg Air Force Base
- Lompoc Unified School District LM
OTHER GROUPS
- San Diego Armed Services YMCA
- (858) 751-5755
- Military Child Education Coalition
- (254) 953-1923
- National Military Family Association
- Director of Government Relations, Joyce Raezer 1-800-260-0218
- Operation Homefront
- Teri Patterson VP of Public Relations 866-424-5210
- Navy/Marine Corps Quality of Life Program Liaison
- Laurie Crehan w (858) 274-3314; cell (858) 361-1731
- First 5 Commission San Diego, Executive Director
- Laura Spiegel (619) 230-6471
- 9th District PTA President
- Brain Bonner Pres.d9pta@cox.net
