Good Legislative News!

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Hi all,

 

Mary Margaret's account of her experience lobbying for the animals was so

wonderful. We really are the ones that can make a difference! I am very

appreciative that Mary Margaret shared her experience with us.

 

Here's some legislative updates about 2 legislative bills recently discussed

on this list, and which many of you probably wrote letters on:

 

1. SB 233 - from VIVA: California Senate Bill 233 that would have made

legal, the sale of kangaroo crocodile and alligator skins in the state of

California. The bill was not heard on Earth Day and has instead been

withdrawn by the author. The analysis provided by the Senate Natural

Resources Committee reported that there were no letters in support of this

bill and they had received many in opposition. Their conclusion was that

there was no reason to change the current law! They cited many of our

arguments on behalf of the kangaroos! We will find out today if the

bill is dead this session, but even if it is there is no guarantee it may

not be attempted again next session.

 

VIVA is a Davis-based organization and you can read more about them at:

http://www.vivausa.org/ They also have an email alert list.

 

2. ACR 16 - from Soy Happy: The " Healthy School Lunch " Resolution (ACR16)

passed the California State Assembly yesterday! The total vote count is 66

Ayes, 12 Nos and 2 Abstentions. Soy Happy is working with Project Happy

Beginnings on this. They have a mailing list and you can also get more

information on this at their website at:

http://www.soyhappy.org/schoolrez.htm. Updates are posted on this page

regularly.

 

FYI, ACR 16 is one of the issues that we (Bay Area Vegetarians) gathered

letters for at our letter-writing booth at VegFair. We collected a few

hundred letters and it was great to contribute to this.

 

Now to let our State Senators know how we want them to vote! We still have

the sample letters up on our website and you are welcome to use them to

write your State Senator (if you don't know who yours is, that information

is also included): http://www.generationv.org/cia.htm

 

REMEMBER:

" Legislators estimate that 10 letters from constituents represent the

concerns of 10,000 citizens. Anybody who will take the time to write is

voicing the fears and desires of thousands more. "

- former Congressperson Billy Evan (D-Ga.)

 

Cheers,

Tammy

 

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