[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” parallax=”content-moving” css=”.vc_custom_1593616164076{padding-top: 150px !important;padding-bottom: 150px !important;background-color: #212173 !important;background-position: center;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Special Session Now” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:60|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1595949828280{padding-left: 80px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1595949814761{padding-left: 80px !important;}”]Over 70 Maryland organizations including non-profits, unions, religious organizations, municipalities and others call on Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, Senate President Bill Ferguson and members of the Maryland General Assembly to reconvene for a special session. Advocates who are concerned with Governor Larry Hogan’s lack of action on a variety of different pressing issues facing vulnerable Marylanders urge this reconvening as soon as possible.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1588294537810{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 90px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 90px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”With rising unemployment and exclusion from government relief, tenants are already being threatened with eviction and late payments when they are unable to pay monthly rent.” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Evictions have begun. Over 330,000+ Maryland families are at risk of eviction before the end of the year if the Maryland legislature does not take action. With rising unemployment and exclusion from government relief, tenants are already being threatened with eviction and late payments when they are unable to pay monthly rent.

Advocates and Maryland families are concerned with Governor Larry Hogan’s lack of action on a variety of different pressing issues facing vulnerable Marylanders. We are asking that the General Assembly reconvene as soon as possible to address the following legislation:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1588288459673{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-shield-alt” color=”custom” background_style=”rounded” background_color=”custom” align=”center” custom_color=”#ffffff” custom_background_color=”#212173″][vc_custom_heading text=”Pass emergency protections for workers, renters and homeowners” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-exclamation-triangle” color=”custom” background_style=”rounded” background_color=”custom” align=”center” custom_color=”#ffffff” custom_background_color=”#212173″][vc_custom_heading text=”Address the Governor’s vetoes including a critical HBCU settlement” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-hand-holding-usd” color=”custom” background_style=”rounded” background_color=”custom” align=”center” custom_color=”#ffffff” custom_background_color=”#212173″][vc_custom_heading text=”Addressing immediate state revenue loss due to recent federal tax policy changes” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1588294581293{border-right-width: 90px !important;border-left-width: 90px !important;background-color: #595959 !important;border-left-color: #595959 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #595959 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1588294367171{background-color: #595959 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1595950641210{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;border-left-color: #adadad !important;border-right-color: #adadad !important;border-top-color: #adadad !important;border-bottom-color: #adadad !important;}”]

CASA in the Washington Post: “Maryland legislators must reconvene now. Our lives depend on it.”

A special session would be a chance not only to pass emergency legislation that can’t wait another day, such as for housing relief and police reform, but also to override the governor’s vetoes of bills such as the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, which would reform and fund our public schools, along with a bill that would fund historically black colleges and universities.

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  • Concerned for the most vulnerable, especially under the failed leadership of @GovLarryHogan, @CASAforall and 80+ advocacy organizations urgently call for Maryland General Assembly special session #MDSpecialSession wearecasa.org/MDspecialsession
  • .@GovLarryHogan failed the people. Now, Maryland turns to you, @SpeakerAJones & @SenBillFerg. To protect Marylanders from #coronavirus, @CASAforall & 80+ orgs demand #MDspecialsession. wearecasa.org/MDspecialsession

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