Contact Governor Jerry Brown

Time is short to contact Governor Jerry Brown!  He has 12 days from when he receives a bill to either sign or veto it.  The majority of bills for animals has passed, thanks to the many animal advocates in our legislature.

Stay tuned for PawPAC's endorsement list—coming soon—for the November 6 election.

Mean time, please call or write to Governor Brown for as many of these bills as you can.  Please share this email/post/tweet to your friends, to double the effort.  Thank you for making time to act on these, along with everything that you are doing already for animals.

3 Bills Expiring Soon - Support All
AB 2274 (Quirk): Authorizes a judge to award custody of a pet in a divorce or separation.
AB 2362 (Rubio): Establishes standard for the safe transportation of dogs and cats.
AB 1776 (Steinorth): Emergency medical transport of police dogs: pilot project.

3 Must-Do Bills - Support All
SB 1017 (Allen): Phases out drift gillnets.
SB 1487 (Stern): Prohibits prohibit the possession of certain African species or their body parts.
SB 1249 (Galgiani): Prohibits California cosmetics and personal care manufacturers from importing or selling products or ingredients that were tested on animals.

2 Bills Already On the Governor's Desk - Support
SB 1453 (McGuire): Extends the statute of limitations for Cal Fire to cite and fine for unlawful clear cutting of forest land.  Many if not most of these operations are cannabis groves, which not only remove animal habitat, but poison hundreds of wild animals to protect the cannabis. This information is revealed in the bill analyses and live discussions.
AB 1884 (Calderon): Requires restaurants to provide plastic straws to customers only on request.

Several Bills Soon to Be Delivered to the Governor - Support All
Shown in chronological order of enrollment:
AB 2528 (Bloom): Calls upon the Natural Resources Agency to proactively plan for habitat resilience areas, including the Wildlife Action Plan.
AB 1865 (Lackey): Makes it a crime to injure or kill dogs in training as well as existing guide or signal dogs on or off duty.
SB 1263 (Portantino): Establishes a statewide microplastics strategy under the purview of the Ocean Protection Council.
AB 2421 (Mark Stone): Establishes the Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Program.
SB 834 (Jackson): Prohibits new oil drilling leases in state coastal waters.  Companion to AB 1775.
AB 1775 (Muratsuchi): Prohibits new oil drilling leases in state coastal waters.  Companion to SB 834.
AB 2474 (Quirk): "Save the Minnows" requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to use alternative test methods to the fish mortality method when possible.  Currently, minnows are placed in water samples which are contaminated with hazardous substances to die a slow death over 96 hours.
SB 1305 (Glazer): Gives immunity from civil liability to emergency responders to administer oxygen and first aid to pets and domesticated animals.
SB 1138 (Skinner): Requires health care facilities and prisons to provide plant-based meal options.
AB 1335 (Allen): Requires food service facilities operating on state lands, such as parks or beaches, to use reusable, recyclable or compostable food containers.

One Important Bill for Climate - Support
SB 100 (De León): The California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program sets a goal for California to use 100% clean energy by the year 2045.  Author speech here.

Additional Bills - Support All
AB 2774 (Limón): Specifies that an animal shelter or rescue may ask a prospective adopter whether (s)he is prohibited by law from owning an animal.
AB 1939 (Steinorth): Regarding domestic violence, includes temporary housing for a victim's pets as part of relocation expenses which are reimbursable by the California Victim Compensation Board.  Companion to SB 1005.
SB 1005 (Atkins): Expands “expenses incurred in relocating” to include the pet deposit and additional rent for which a victim may receive compensation from the California Victim Compensation Board.  Companion to AB 1939.
AB 1762 (Steinorth): Requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to maintain on its website an up-to-date list of each state park, or park areas which allow dogs.

Resolutions - Support
ACR 279 (Kalra): Encourages Californians to include more healthy plant-based foods in their diet.
SCR 139 (Monning): Proclaims the month of November as "No Straw November," recognizing the efforts of Girl Scout Shelby O’Neil, the founder of Jr Ocean Guardians, to raise awareness about the problem of ocean plastic, and to reduce pollution from plastic straws by starting the “No Straw November” initiative.

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