Fw: SCA5 is not truly dead yet and please support us to sign this new petition

[Amber Huaxia]

On Sunday, April 6, 2014 7:35 AM, "in...@schoolandhousing.com" <in...@schoolandhousing.com> wrote:

Dear Friends,

Thank you very much to support the Voting-NO-on-SCA5 petition. However, SCA5 is not truly dead as many of us might think so. That is why we start this new petition and hope you can support us again by signing it, which will only take you one minute to do.

https://www.change.org/petitions/state-sen-darrell-steinberg-establish-a-bipartisan-committee-to-investigate-sca-5-in-a-transparent-way

To summarize, we appreciate the effort of our legislators that resulted in a joint statement regarding SCA 5 on March 17, 2014, which temporarily put SCA 5 on hold. The joint statement aimed "to have an honest and thoughtful conversation." Yet, it also stated that "a bicameral commission" would be formed and "the charge and membership of the commission [would] be determined by the Speaker and Senate President pro tem."

With all due respect, this proposed commission will unlikely be bipartisan, given the political reality within our state legislature. In fact, Senator Bob Huff publicly commented that none of the Republican Senators had been invited to this commission, and any "meeting [would] likely be convened as a lopsided testimony in an attempt to lead the public to the conclusion that the concepts found in SCA 5 are good for California." (http://district29.cssrc.us/content/huff-weekly-capitol-comment-163).

We are deeply concerned about this dire situation. We start this new petition to urge state legislators to establish a truly bipartisan committee—rather than a "bicameral commission"—to thoroughly investigate SCA 5 in a transparent way. Please join us.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Silicon Valley Chinese Association