Monday, March 30, 2015

CALIFORNIA - Urgent Request From Our Legislative Director 03 28 2015 ACTION NEEDED

OFF THE WIRE
I know you’ve been inundated with legislative requests recently, but please don’t delete this but rather take ACTION.  We are a motorcycle rights organization after all!  Please read the Legislative Director’s message below.  You will probably just have to leave a message, so you can just read the very short message under SAMPLE LETTER.  Simple enough.  This should take under an hour to complete … time well spent!

After calling all the representatives on the Assembly Transportation Committee (see list at bottom), it would also be good to put a call into your representative.  If you don’t know your Assembly Representatives, here’s a link that will find you the information based on where you live:  http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ .  We are fortunate that we have the Speaker of the Assembly in San Diego … Speaker Toni G. Atkins, District 78.  Would be a good idea to call her, too, if she’s not your rep.

Here’s a California State Assembly District Map http://www.sdvote.com/voters/Eng/maps/Assembly_Handout_2010.pdf.  Now you have all the information you should need to make a dozen calls and help the cause.

Thanks,
  
Urgent Request From Our Legislative Director 03 28 2015


local 23

March 28, 2015
Dear ABATE of California Members
AB 51 is coming to vote April 6 in the Assembly Transportation Committee. 
As the bill is written, there will be a 30 MPH lane sharing limit, with a 10 MPH speed differential.  Your ABATE PAC has voted to not support this bill in its current state.  There have been attempts to negotiate different speed limits.  Assembly Member Quirk has been waiting for the results of a traffic study to help determine and support modifications to the speed limits.  However, the report has been delayed.
With the above in mind, I am requesting that all members contact the assembly transportation committee and the assembly members in your district requesting that they do not support AB51. Due to the time frame available please use the phone contacts provided below. Sporty said it took 30 minutes.  Even on the weekend you can call these numbers and leave your message on their answering machines.
Below is a quick note that you can utilize.  The Assembly Transportation committee member contact information is also below.  Please do this by April 1.
I have contacted Jim Lombardo to also communicate the same position.
Thank you,
Chuck Pedersen
Legislative Director
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SAMPLE LETTER 
Dear Assemblymember,
I request that you do not support AB51, the motorcycle lane splitting bill. The bill as currently written does not fully address rider safety within the stated speed limits.  Further studies should be conducted to determine the effect lane splitting speed limits. 
Thanks you for your attention to this matter
Full Name
Address
City, state, zip

 Committee Members
District
Office & Contact Information
Dem - 11
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 3091, Sacramento, CA 94249-0011; (916) 319-2011
Rep - 35
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 4098, Sacramento, CA 94249-0035; (916) 319-2035
Rep - 16
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 4153, Sacramento, CA 94249-0016; (916) 319-2016
Dem - 50
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 2003, Sacramento, CA 94249-0050; (916) 319-2050
Dem - 27
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 4016, Sacramento, CA 94249-0027; (916) 319-2027
Dem - 25
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 5175, Sacramento, CA 94249-0025; (916) 319-2025
Dem - 69
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 3126, Sacramento, CA 94249-0069; (916) 319-2069
Dem - 04
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 2137, Sacramento, CA 94249-0004; (916) 319-2004
Dem - 56
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 4162, Sacramento, CA 94249-0056; (916) 319-2056
Dem - 51
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 2114, Sacramento, CA 94249-0051; (916) 319-2051
Rep - 65
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 4177, Sacramento, CA 94249-0065; (916) 319-2065
Rep - 60
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 2016, Sacramento, CA 94249-0060; (916) 319-2060
Dem - 61
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 5135, Sacramento, CA 94249-0061; (916) 319-2061
 Rep - 67
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 6031, Sacramento, CA 94249-0067; (916) 319-2067
Dem - 46
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 4146, Sacramento, CA 94249-0046; (916) 319-2046
Dem - 70
Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849, Room 4166, Sacramento, CA 94249-0070; (916) 319-2070
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Thank you for being an ABATE member!
Nick Benson Sr
Board Member & Secretary

ABATE of California, INC
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HESPERIA, CA  92345-2631
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