Urgent: Action Needed Immediately to Stop California Bill

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Note from WAR:  This message was sent to WAR by an animal rights attorney from California, who asked us to forward it on to our lists. This is especially important if you reside in California.  Please don't let this notorious bill pass into law without a fight. Send faxes and e-mails to the addresses listed below.  At the tail end of this e-mail you will find a sample letter that you can tailor to suit your needs.

Take action today or we stand to lose more of our constitutional rights!

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Subject: [baarn] Please FAX/Call/E-mail your Strong Opposition to AB 2296
ASAP! (Weds latest!)
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Please send a FAX, E-Mail and/or make a call ASAP to prevent a
restrictive and unconstitutional bill from being passed which will
benefit all animal exploiters (vivisectionists, factory farmers,
breeders, rodeos, etc.).  Below the contacts is a copy of a letter I
sent to the Committee, if you would like to copy and paste it into
your own letterhead and fax it off today please do!  Your support is
necessary now to stop this from going past the Judiciary Committee.
Be polite please.

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Phone Number and E-mail Contact Info:

Dave Jones - Chair  Dem-9 (916) 319-2009
Assemblyme...@assembly.ca.gov

Van Tran - Vice Chair  Rep-68 (916) 319-2068
Assemblym...@assembly.ca.gov

Anthony Adams  Rep-59 (916) 319-2059
Assemblyme...@assembly.ca.gov

Noreen Evans  Dem-7 (916) 319-2007
Assemblyme...@assembly.ca.gov

Mike Feuer  Dem-42 (916) 319-2042
Assemblyme...@assembly.ca.gov

Rick Keene  Rep-3 (916) 319-2003
Assemblyme...@assembly.ca.gov

Paul Krekorian  Dem-43 (916) 319-2043
Assemblymemb...@assembly.ca.gov

John Laird  Dem-27 (916) 319-2027
Assemblyme...@assembly.ca.gov

Lloyd E. Levine  Dem-40 (916) 319-2040
Assemblyme...@assembly.ca.gov

Sally J. Lieber  Dem-22 (916) 319-2022
Assemblywo...@assembly.ca.gov

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FAX contact info:

Hon. Dave Jones, Chair
Fax:  (916) 319-2109

Hon. Gene Mullin (author of AB 2296)
Drew Liebert, Chief Counsel
Fax: (916) 319-2119


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VIA FACSIMILE (916) 319-2119

April 14, 2008

Assembly Judiciary Committee
Attn:  Drew Liebert, Chief Counsel
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 94249

Re:	Strong Opposition to AB 2296

Dear Chief Counsel Liebert:

I strongly oppose this new legislation and find it incredulously
controversial and offensive.  This amendment to law is a content-
based restriction on speech which is unconstitutional.  This bill
will have a negative impact preventing people from informing the
public of facts regarding animal cruelty.  I request that you do not
allow this bill to move further.

I believe that this is an attempt by the UC Regents to stifle free
speech leaving no opportunity for the UC Regents to be accountable to
the public about their ongoing animal research.  Free speech will be
handicapped beyond repair if members of the public continuously have
their Freedom of Information Act requests denied merely because the
University does not want people to know how many animals are being
killed in the name of "science."

The public has a right to know what experiments are being done and
have that information posted freely and openly for public education.
This bill would prevent facts regarding animal testing and
institutionalized animal cruelty from being allowed into the public
preventing scrutiny and debate.  There are already laws adequate to
protect vivisectors such as those in the California Penal Code
addressing stalking, trespassing and harassment.  This law only
serves an oppressive purpose to prevent the circulation of
information: what the public has the right to know about.  Thus, AB
2296 is strongly opposed.

				Best Regards,

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