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September 13, 2007
Tell Governor Schwarzenegger to sign Ten Important Bills!
Dear FCL Supporter,
The Legislature adjourned at 3:30 AM this morning without passing redistricting or major health care reforms. The extended budget impasse all but ensured that major proposals would not make it through both houses before adjournment, but it didn't stop legislators from trying to enact a midnight hour pay raise for prison guards that was supported by 29 of 40 Senators. Negotiations between the prison guards union and the state have broken down, and so the union sought to obtain via the legislative process what it has been unable to achieve through collective bargaining. Fortunately, the clock ran out, but it's easy to understand why several media pundits have labeled the first year of the session a "dud."
As disappointing as the first year of this legislative session was, there are some significant pieces of legislation on the governor's desk that could make a difference. FCL would like to enlist your help to lobby the governor to persuade him to make them become law.
Take Action Now!
A brief description of each bill is included below, along with a link to FCL's letter to Governor Schwarzenegger which can be used to draft your own letter or to use as talking points if you prefer to phone the governor (personal letters are preferred).
Letters should be addressed to:
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
Letters can be faxed to: (916) 445-4633
You can call the governor's office and voice your opinion on these (and other) bills: (916) 445-2841
Or, you can e-mail the governor (the least preferred method) by pointing your web browser to: http://gov.ca.gov/interact#email
On behalf of the Friends Committee on Legislation, thank you for all that you do to help bring about lawmaking that is compassionate and respectful of the inherent worth of all Californians!
Sincerely yours,
Jim Lindburg
Friends Committee on Legislation
Ten Important Bills
AB 43 (Mark Leno, D., San Francisco) provides that marriage is personal relationship arising out of a civil contract and makes conforming changes to state law. FCL SUPPORTS. Read FCL's letter to Governor Schwarzenegger.
AB 508 (Sandre Swanson, D., Oakland) ends California's lifetime disqualification from receiving food stamps for individuals convicted of drug felonies. FCL SUPPORTS. Read FCL's letter to Governor Schwarzenegger.
AB 658 (Karen Bass, D. Los Angeles) provides grants to community-based organizations to reduce homicides and violence. FCL SUPPORTS. Read FCL's letter to Governor Schwarzenegger.
AB 1300 (Curren Price, D., Inglewood) requires the Department of Juvenile Justice to adopt that promote family contact and rehabilitation for wards. FCL SUPPORTS. Read FCL's letter to Governor Schwarzenegger.
AB 1471 (Mike Feuer, D., West Hollywood) expands the definition of an unsafe handgun to include semiautomatic handguns not equipped with microstamping technology to identify shell casings. FCL SUPPORTS. Read FCL's letter to Governor Schwarzenegger.
AB 1539 (Paul Krekorian, D., Glendale) streamlines procedures to ensure the timely release of prisoners diagnosed with six months or less to live and expands these provisions to prisoners who are medically incapacitated. FCL SUPPORTS. Read FCL's letter to Governor Schwarzenegger.
SB 511 (Elaine Alquist, D., Santa Clara) requires the electronic recording of police interrogations for suspects accused of homicide or a violent felony. FCL SUPPORTS. Read FCL's letter to Governor Schwarzenegger.
SB 609 (Gloria Romero, D., Los Angeles) provides that a court may not convict a defendant, find a special circumstance, or an aggravating factor on the basis of uncorroborated testimony from an in-custody informant. FCL SUPPORTS. Read FCL's letter to Governor Schwarzenegger.
SB 756 (Mark Ridley-Thomas, D., Los Angeles) requires the Department of Justice, in consultation with local law enforcement agencies, to develop procedures to reduce the number of eyewitness misidentifications. FCL SUPPORTS. Read FCL's letter to Governor Schwarzenegger.
SB 851 (Darrell Steinberg, D., Sacramento) authorizes the creation of mental health courts and requires them to develop standards for identifying participants amenable to treatment and for the successful participation and completion of treatment. FCL SUPPORTS. Read FCL's letter to Governor Schwarzenegger.
Sincerely,
Jim Lindburg
Legislative Advocate
http://www.fclca.org
E-mail: JimL@fclca.org
Phone: (916) 443-3734
Fax: (916) 448-6109
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