PLEASE MAKE CERTAIN YOUR LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FROM YOU OR YOUR RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE COMMITTEE CONSULTANTS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THESE MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5:00 PM THIS MONDAY!

PLEASE PLAN ON ATTENDING THE RALLY AND THE HEARING ON THE 9TH


TO: Sacramento Council of Dog Clubs

FROM: Joan Gibson Reid
Corresponding Secretary

RE: Hearing on AB 1634 (Levine) - Monday, 9 July

Listed below are the Senators who sit on the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee (8 Democrats and 3 Republicans). These Senators will hear AB 1634 on Monday, 9 July at
1:30 PM in Room 3191. Please plan to attend.

Please also contact the members of the BP&E committee and tell them you oppose the bill. In addition, contact your own Senator and tell him/her the same. Letters from clubs should be on the club's letterhead and sent to both consultants (Bill Gage and Amber Thorne - addresses below) so your club can be listed as opposed in the bill analysis.

Any letters must be sent to the Committee for receipt by 5:00 PM Monday, 2 July, so your opposition is recorded in the analysis. (In the committee analysis, which is prepared by the committee consultant, clubs and associations which support the bill and those that oppose are listed by name; letters from individuals are counted and the total number is given in the analysis.)

If you need talking points or a sample letter for you or your club, or if you need to find the contact information for your own senator, go to the AKC's CA Spay/Neuter Action Center at http://www.akc.org/canine_legislation/CA_action_center.cfm

PETA has been circulating a support letter signed by 19 celebrities, including Pamela Anderson and William Shatner, and comedian Bill Maher recorded "an unsolicited video rant" in support of the bill ( Capitol Weekly, 14. June issue, p.A6). So let's give the Senators a break. Let them hear from some rational minds for a change. Please write, FAX, call.


Don't forget to contact your individual Senate representative and voice your opposition to AB 1634. The AKC website still has sample letters."
THESE ARE THE TWO CONSULTANTS WHO WILL PREPARE THE BILL ANALYSIS, PLEASE WRITE TO THEM IN ADDITION TO ALL THE MEMBERS F THE COMMITTEE

Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development
Attention: Bill Gage, Chief Consultant
Room 2053, State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
FAX: (916) 324-0917

Amber Thorne
Business and Professions
Senate Republican Caucus
1020 N Street, Room 234
Sacramento, CA 95814
FAX: (916) 445-3105


the members of the Committee:


Mark Ridley-Thomas – Chairman
State Capitol, Room 4061
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4026
Fax: (916) 445-8899

Sam Aanestad – Vice Chair
State Capitol, Room 2054
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-651-4004
Fax: 916-445-7750

Ellen Corbett
State Capitol, Room 2054
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4010
Fax: (916) 327-2433 fax

Jeff Denham
State Capitol, Room 3076
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-651-4012
Fax: 916-445-0773

Dean Florez
State Capitol, Room 5061
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4016
Fax: (916) 327-5989

Tom Harman
State Capitol, Room 2052
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4035
Fax: (916) 445-9263

Joe Simitian
State Capitol, Room 2052
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4035
Fax: (916) 445-9263

Leland Yee, Ph.D.
State Capitol, Room 4048
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4008
Fax: (916) 327-2186

-Ron Calderon
State Capitol, Room 5080
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4030
Fax: (916) 327-8755
District Office
400 n. Montebello Blvd., Suite 100
Montebello, CA 90640
Phone: (323) 890-2790
Fax: (323) 890-2795