The Solvang Farmers' Market attracts locals as well as tourists, many of whom stopped at the OneCareNow booth to sign petitions, tell their health care story, and fill out cards to be sent to the Governor urging him to sign SB 840.

Fiddle Bird, an HCA member who lives in the neighboring town of Buellton, went from vendor to vendor, explaining SB 840, getting petition signatures and distributing fliers. Conversations and stories only confirmed the growing need and support for a single payer health insurance system. . . . A gentleman who grew up in Austria said he could not understand how the Governor could think that the Austrian universal health system was bad. . . . A woman told us her grown kids could not afford insurance or get jobs which offered insurance. . . . A Republican from Lompoc went on at length about why we need to enact SB 840. . . . And a man who used to own a home and his own business said he lost it all after undergoing needed surgery.

The Farmers' Market was a perfect venue to reach a broad audience with information about SB 840 and to hear from others about their health insurance needs and interest in doing something to change the current system.