For those of you who are not on the ABATE discussion list, the forwarded email below from Dave Walsh (ABATE PAC Liaison) is the latest on the bills in progress Read it first please before continuing.
So based on this information, there is still time to write letters to the Senate Trans Committee urging support of AB1047. We will do a support letter from Local 6, but individual letters should also be sent, please.
And to help you prepare a letter, here’s info that was created by the San Diego COC Defenders’ Program. No sense in reinventing the wheel. A sample letter is attached. If you can only do a couple, please concentrate the effort on DeSaulnier (Chair), plus Kehoe and Wyland (from San Diego). So now you have the info you need, you just have to take the time to write the letter(s) and mail or fax it.
Nancy
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AB 1047 - Assemblymember Jeffries bill to stop "Motorcycle Only" checkpoints.
- This bill is currently scheduled for hearing in the Senate Transportation Committee on June 12 (rescheduled). We still need to get letters, faxes and/or phone calls in support of this bill done ASAP.
- Email addresses for the individual Senate Transportation Committee members are listed below -- However the websites only work if your zip code is within their district.
- For example, since none of the committee members are in my district, I faxed a letter to Chairman Mark DeSaulnier, with a copy to my State Senator, Ron Huff. Snail mail works as well -- but it needs to get done ASAP. The following link will help you locate your State Senator and District: http://192.234.213.
69/smapsearch/framepage.asp - A sample letter is attached for your convenience - be certain to sign the letter and provide your mailing address
If you prefer to call the committee chair and your senator, please refer to the following talking points:
- You are calling to urge support of AB1047, which would prohibit the use of "motorcycle-only" checkpoints
- Motorcycle-only checkpoints amount to profiling a group of citizens operating a legal mode of transportation
- If the state of California is truly concerned with safety, all vehicles should be pulled over at these checkpoints
- With limited resources, there are better ways to spend California taxpayers' funds than on motorcycle-only checkpoints
Senate Transportation Committee Members
Senator Mark DeSaulnier (Chair) - (SD) State Capitol, Rm 5035, Sacramento, CA 95814, Ph 916.651.4007 Fax 916.445.2527
Senator Ted Gaines (Vice Chair) - (SD 1) State Capitol, Rm 3056, Sacramento, CA 95814, Ph 916.651.4001, Fax 916.324.2680
Senator Tom Harman - (SD 35) State Capitol, Rm 5094, Sacramento, CA 95814, Ph 916.651.4035, Fax 916.445.9263
Senator Christine Kehoe - (SD 39) State Capitol, Rm 5050, Sacramento, CA 95814, Ph 916.651.4039, Fax 916.327.2188
Senator Alan Lowenthal - (SD27) State Capitol, Rm 2032, Sacramento, CA 95814, Ph 916.651.4027, Fax - 916.327.9113
Senator Fran Pavley - (SD 23) State Capitol, Rm 4035, Sacramento, CA 95814, Ph 916.651.4023, Fax - 818.876.0802
Senator Michael Rubio - (SD 16) State Capitol, Rm 2066, Sacramento, CA 95814, Ph 916.651.4016, Fax 916.327.5989
Senator Joe Simitian - (SD 11) State Capitol, Rm 2080, Sacramento, CA 95814, Ph 916.651.4011, Fax 916.323.4529
Senator Mark Wyland - (SD 38) State Capitol, Rm 4048, Sacramento, CA 95814, Ph 916.651.4038, Fax 916.446.738
*SENATOR KEHOE AND SENATOR WYLAND ARE FROM SAN DIEGO.
AB 1047 (Jeffries) will not be heard tomorrow in the Senate Trans Committee. It has been put over to be heard June 12th. This is TENTATIVE at this time.
Gary Haller noted on our Facebook page that the language has been amended from banning using FEDERAL funding for Motorcycle Only checkpoints to banning the checkpoints ALTOGETHER, no matter where the funding comes from.
This gives us a little more time to get more letters sent to the Transportation Committee. Each Local should have sent a letter with their Local information at the top as a letterhead. If you have a logo, add that as well.
AB 1890 (Solorio) Transponder bill will also be heard in the Senate Trans Committee sometime in June.
AB 1535 (Halderman) , the Motorcycles Okay in HOV lanes sign bill, as noted before, is in the suspense file, and hopefully will be taken back up sometime this month.
Dave Walsh
ABATE of CA
PAC Liaison
Gary Haller noted on our Facebook page that the language has been amended from banning using FEDERAL funding for Motorcycle Only checkpoints to banning the checkpoints ALTOGETHER, no matter where the funding comes from.
This gives us a little more time to get more letters sent to the Transportation Committee. Each Local should have sent a letter with their Local information at the top as a letterhead. If you have a logo, add that as well.
AB 1890 (Solorio) Transponder bill will also be heard in the Senate Trans Committee sometime in June.
AB 1535 (Halderman) , the Motorcycles Okay in HOV lanes sign bill, as noted before, is in the suspense file, and hopefully will be taken back up sometime this month.
Dave Walsh
ABATE of CA
PAC Liaison
