Fault Lines extra - California voices - Health rights advocate

California is in fiscal crisis and Governor Schwarzenegger has a radical plan to balance the budget by slashing government spending.

Fault Lines speaks to Jim Mangia, director at the St John's Center.

An advocate for health and human rights in LAs poorest neighborhoods, Mangia runs a network of 12 community clinics that serve primarily uninsured and undocumented people. The clinic staff expect be overwhelmed as a result of the proposed cuts to state health insurance programs.

"Were talking about basically unraveling the safety net. So whats going to happen? Youre going to see what happened in the depression, where people were literally dying on the streets," he says.

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