Last year, California State Senator George Runner fought against a plan to provide every Californian with health coverage — legislation that threatened the profits of his wealthy allies in the insurance industry.1
Now his friends, including the California Association of Health Underwriters (CAHU), are bankrolling Runner’s push for a disastrous new ballot initiative that moves money from public schools and hospitals to build more prisons. Runner’s plan singles out poor people and people of color for increased scrutiny and punishment, while pushing the state’s already strained budget closer to bankruptcy.