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Supporters now include The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, FasterCures, Melanoma Research Alliance, Lupus LA, and other leading patient advocacy organizations
SACRAMENTO, CA — Support for YES on Proposition 38 continues to grow as more than 50 organizations representing patient advocates, doctors, researchers, scientists, nurses, and social justice advocates have come together in support for the Immunology Medical Research & Cures Initiative this November.
Groups like The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Alzheimer’s Association, American Nurses Association\California, ALS Association, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and Prostate Cancer Foundation have recently joined a rapidly growing coalition in support of Prop 38 – a ballot measure that will provide vitally needed funding to advance life-saving research to prevent and cure diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s and heart disease, which impact nearly every California family.
“Hope is powered by science, and the scientific opportunities in front of us have never been greater,” said Dan Feehan, Chief Policy and Government Affairs Officer at The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. “Prop 38 will help accelerate research that turns discoveries into breakthroughs for people living with Parkinson’s and many other diseases. The Michael J. Fox Foundation is proud to support Prop 38 and encourages Californians to vote yes in November.”
Prop 38 will provide $8.4 billion in vitally needed funding for California-based public universities and nonprofit medical research institutions to conduct groundbreaking research to find treatments and cures for debilitating diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, neurodegenerative and autoimmune disorders, and other serious illnesses affecting millions of families.
“One in nine people over 65 are living with Alzheimer’s, but there are currently no effective cures,” said Susan Disney Lord, Board Chair of Alzheimer’s Los Angeles. “YES on Prop 38 provides real promise to find treatments and cures for the millions of patients and their families living with Alzheimer’s and dementia.”
Immunotherapies are a form of medical treatments that harness the body’s own immune system to recognize and stop diseases. In recent years, breakthrough immunotherapies have been developed that prevent and fight cancers like melanoma, lung cancer, certain leukemias and lymphomas, and more.
“Immunotherapy is transforming the future of cancer care,” said Gina Carithers, President and CEO, Prostate Cancer Foundation. “Prop 38 will help accelerate life-saving cures while strengthening California’s role as a global leader in medical innovation.”
The measure comes at a critical moment as uncertainty in federal research funding threatens scientific progress, delays clinical trials, and puts future medical breakthroughs at risk.
“As a mother navigating my son’s journey through leukemia treatment and now a complex, unexplained immune condition, I’ve seen both the promise and the gaps in immunology,” said Bhavika Taunk, Mother & Advocate for Childhood Cancer Survivors. “Families like ours need more treatments, more breakthroughs, and more hope. Prop 38 gives families like ours a fighting chance, not just against cancer, but against everything that comes after.”
YES on Prop 38 is backed by a broad and diverse coalition that includes:
ALS Association
ALS Network
Alzheimer’s Association/AIM
Alzheimer’s Los Angeles
Alzheimer’s Orange County
Alzheimer’s San Diego
American Association of Immunologists
American Nurses Association\California
Asian Pacific Islander Forward Movement
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
Blood Cancer United
Brain Technology and Innovation Park
California Black Health Network
California Colorectal Cancer Coalition
California Human Development
Center for Employment and Training
Central Valley Opportunity Center
City of Hope
Comité de Acción del Valle
FasterCures of the Milken Institute
FirstDay Foundation
Focused Ultrasound Foundation
FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered
GO2 for Lung Cancer
Head and Neck Cancer Alliance
International Myeloma Foundation
Kidney Cancer Association
La Cooperativa Campesina de California
Latino Diabetes Association
Liver Coalition
Lupus LA
Melanoma Research Alliance
National Center for Nano-Bio-Electronics
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Parent Engagement Academy
Parkinson Association of Northern California
Parkinson’s Foundation
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Prostate Cancer Foundation
Research!America
Social Equity LA
Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
The Source LGBT+ Center
The Wall Las Memorias
Via Care Community Health Center
Wonder Wood Ranch
World Brain Mapping Foundation
*Partial list
Learn more at YESon38.com, including a full coalition list and what supporters are saying.