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Posted by Linda on June 8, 2007, 9:22 am
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Please READ Sorry to repost this but more people needed to view it! THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER: THE FIGHT AGAINST AB 1634 (THE CALIFORNIA PET EXTINCTION ACT) IS NOT OVER. This was the Assembly skirmish. The final vote tonight on the Assembly floor was 41 YES to 38 NO. Tomorrow we start campaigning in the Senate. We (there are several groups vigorously involved in this battle) will be asking you to help, so when we do, please respond. Faxes and phone calls don't have to take a lot of time - the same fax can be sent to all, and a phone call takes about 15 seconds. Numbers count. This draconian bill has awakened the "sleeping tiger" of the animal owning public to the threat that the "animal rights" movement is to their keeping of their animals, and the tiger's tail has only just begun to wag. More and more people are joining us in the fight every day - including state and national breed organizations, breed clubs, rescue groups, animal professionals, law enforcement officers, veterinarians, and many other reputable people are joining us and voicing their opposition. WHAT HAPPENED TODAY - PROCEDURALLY: Votes are traded in the legislature like baseball cards - "I'll give you one if you give me one". All of the Assembly members have bills they want passed by Friday 6/8 or those bills are dead, and they need votes from other legislators to get their own bills passed. So 38 NO votes on this bill is a very impressive turnout for our side. This bill passed the Assembly tonite with the bare minimum number of votes it needed - Levine didn't have the 41 votes he needed as of lunchtime, but he was able to get those 4 additional votes as a result of some serious party line arm twisting after the floor vote today. The 4 votes that tilted the scale for Levine were all Democrats, who had turned their phones off by dinner, even though the floor session was to go late into the night - that was a very telling sign. I am told we got the one Republican who originally voted yes to change his vote to no - and that is a great accomplishment. Thank you to everyone who called and faxed the 8 abstainers throughout the day, and a special thank you to those who called Mr. Spitzer's office this evening. WHERE WE GO FROM HERE: DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED. It's ok to be angry for about 10 minutes, scream into your pillow, then suck it up and get back to work . We lost the Assembly skirmish today, but the fight is not over. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it has to be approved by the Senate committees ( Business and Professions, then Appropriations where it gets voted on each time) and, if it passes out of the committees, then it goes to the Senate Floor. If it passes the Senate floor it goes to the Governor. So we have at least 2 more shots (at least 1 committee and the Senate Floor) to fight again. We will have more information probably tomorrow with the next steps for you to take to keep up the fight. For those of you who wrote, faxed and called when you were asked to do so - THANK YOU. For those of you who didn't, all I can say is WHY NOT? DO YOU THINK YOUR ANIMALS ARE EXEMPT? *********************************** Message from one of the list members: This is what I dug up for contact info on the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee: ---------------------------------------------------- Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas (Chair) email: Senator.Ridley-Thomas@senate.ca.gov State Capitol, Room 4061 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4026 Fax: (916) 445-8899 Los Angeles Office Administrative Offices East 700 State Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90037 Phone: (213)745-6656 Fax: (213) 745-6722 ---------------------------------------------------- Senator Samuel Aanestad (Vice Chair) email: Senator.Aanestad@senate.ca.gov State Capitol Room 2054 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 916-651-4004 Nevada City Office 200 Providence Mine, #108 Nevada City, CA 95959 Phone: 530-470-1846 Satellite offices Chico: (530) 895-6088 Colusa: (530) 458-4161 Redding: (530) 225-3142 ---------------------------------------------------- Senator Ellen Corbett email: Senator.Corbett@senate.ca.gov State Capitol, Room 3092 Sacramento, CA 95814 District Office 1057 MacArthur Blvd. Suite 206 San Leandro, CA 94577 ---------------------------------------------------- Senator Jeff Denham email: Senator.Denham@senate.ca.gov State Capitol, Room 3076 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 916-651-4012 Fax: 916-445-0773 Merced Office 1640 N Street, Ste. 210 Merced, California 95340 Phone: 209-726-5495 Fax: 209-726-5498 Modesto Office 1231 8th Street, Ste. 175 Modesto, CA 95354 Phone: 209-577-6592 Fax: 209-577-4963 Salinas Office 369 Main Street, #208 Salinas, CA 93901 Phone: 831-769-8040 Fax: 831-769-8086 ---------------------------------------------------- Senator Dean Florez email: Senator.Florez@senate.ca.gov State Capitol, Room 5061 Sacramento, CA 95814 Bakersfield Office 1800 30th Street, Suite 350 Bakersfield, CA 93301 Fresno Office 2550 Mariposa Mall, Suite 2016 Fresno, CA 93721 ---------------------------------------------------- Senator Tom Harman email: Senator.Harman@senate.ca.gov State Capitol Room 2052 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4035 Fax: (916) 445-9263 Costa Mesa 950 South Coast Dr., Ste 240 Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Phone: (714) 957-4555 Fax: (714) 957-4560 ---------------------------------------------------- Senator Joe Simitian email: Senator.Simitian@senate.ca.gov State Capitol, Room 2080 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4011 Fax: (916) 323-4529 Palo Alto District Office 160 Town & Country Village Palo Alto, CA 94301 Phone: (650) 688-6384 Fax: (650) 688-6370 Santa Cruz District Office 701 Ocean Street Room 318A Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Phone: (831) 425-0401 Fax: (831) 425-5124 ---------------------------------------------------- Senator Leland Yee email: Senator.Yee@senate.ca.gov State Capitol, Room 4048 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4008 San Francisco Office 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 14200 San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone: (415) 557-7857 San Mateo Office 400 South El Camino Real, Suite 630 San Mateo, CA 94402 Phone: (650) 340-8840 ---------------------------------------------------- Committee meets on 2nd and 4th Mondays according to their website. Sharon Pikell witchbrooke@earthlink.net Witchbrooke Irish Setters & Irish Red and White Setters Sacramento, California, USA




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