CSPA received a call from Assemblywoman Wolk's office late this afternoon to report that AB 1806 has cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee without amendment and is headed to the senata floor for a vote sometime next week. This is the farthest a fisheries restoration bill has progressed in years. It's time for the final push.
We were told that the letters written made all the difference. The bill could have been put in the suspense file to sit, possibly forever. But the letters by the good people of this and other boards plus those we've reached through our website and e-mail made all the difference. Even in the midst of the budget fight, our supporting senators took the time to pass this bill out of committee. It wouldn't have happened if they didn't know that there were hundreds of people out there that cared enough to write.
We hope to have a full campaign outlined by noon tomorrow. You can be assured that a massive letter writing campaign, larger than anything so far, will be the key portion of that strategy. I'll have the complete list of senators including addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail and form fill response boxes as an Action Alert.
For everyone reading, I cannot emphasise the importance of this bill's passage. It will mean millions of dollars in mitigation for the damage done by the pumps and is a major step in restoring California's decimated fisheries. We will need EVERYONE's help. Please respond when asked.
In the meantime, if you were one of the people who wrote in support of this bill take the time to celebrate the bill's progress to date, it was only because of you that it's moved this far! If you haven't joined the team moving this bill forward to date, please join this last effort!
A Breaking News story is on the CSPA website. I'll follow it up with additonal information as soon I receive word.
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Jerry Neuburger
Webmaster, CSPA
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