Call to Action! Several Bills Need Your Help NOW!

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SUPPORT 3 of OUR SPONSORED BILLS and a local alert for City of Los Angeles!

PLEASE MAKE YOUR CALLS & TWEETS

MONDAY & TUESDAY!

ACTION #1 : SB 313 (Hueso) Circus Cruelty Prevention Act goes to Senate floor for a vote!

Please call your state senator and say "Yes on SB 313!"

FIND YOUR SENATOR HERE!

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ACTION #2: AB 572 (Kalra) California Deforestation-free Procurement Act needs your tweets!

Please TWEET AND post on Facebook (take the time to make sure the tags are live):

#AB572 (@Ash_Kalra) ensures California’s purchasing power supports companies that protect tropical forests, forest communities, and the millions of species that thrive in the rainforest #YesOnAB572! @LorenaSGonzalez

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ACTION #3: AB 1260 (Maienschein) Exotic Skins Ban needs your tweets!

Please TWEET AND post on Facebook (take the time to make sure the tags are live):

#YesOnAB1260 (@BMaienschein) ensures that Californians are not contributing to the suffering of several species of lizards, caiman, & hippos, all of which are used in the exotic skin trade. Join luxury brands such as @CHANEL & ban exotic skins in California! @LorenaSGonzalez

CITY OF LOS ANGELES NEEDS TO HEAR FROM YOU!

Call and email the budget committee below, especially if you live in their district, and tell them that habitat connectivity must be a priority in Los Angeles. The committee ranks the budget items on a scale of 1-5, with #1 being the most important.

We need wildlife corridors to be their priority #1! Some additional talking points you can make are:

► LA's hillsides need funding for the wildlife corridor ordinance and for a biodiversity expert.

► Leaders can't publicly stand up for the environment without protecting LA's most fragile ecosystem.

► W ildlife and their corridors are vulnerable to being permanently wiped out in LA.

► I n the wake of climate change, we are out of time to protect LA's biodiversity.

If anyone needs a reminder on why we must protect what little habitat that is left, please read all the news on the recent UN Report that details: One Million Species Face Extinction - UN Report 5/7/2019

It's because of bad votes across the planet, and kicking the can (or rather plastic bottle) down the path that has gotten us to this horrible place. Our local, state, and federal leaders must act now, because there is no later!

LA CITY COUNCIL BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE

Chairperson Paul Krekorian, CD 2

Email: karo.torossian@lacity.org

(213) 473-7002

Bob Blumenfield. CD 3

Email: john.popoch@lacity.org

(213) 473-7003

Curren D. Price, CD 9

Email: curtis.earnest@lacity.org

(213) 473-7009

Mike Bonin, CD 11

Email: david.grahamcaso@lacity.org

(213) 473-7011

(I did not include Paul Koretz, he is on the committee, but already in support)

LA Times Editorial in Support of Corridor

AFTER YEARS OF BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM PET LOVER’S LICENSE PLATE GRANT PROGRAM ON THEIR WAY TO SUPPORT SPAY AND NEUTER

Drivers give money to reduce cat and dog overpopulation - $330,000 in grants being awarded to 11 different projects

MAY 12, 2019 – SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Food and Agriculture has awarded $330,000 for 11 projects that support spay/neuter services to reduce pet overpopulation, making good on a promise that has been held in bureaucratic limbo for years. The 11 programs include both non-profit and municipal initiatives.

"After years of legislative hurdles and navigating the bureaucratic process, we are thrilled to finally see funds collected from the Pet Lover's License Plate distributed to the organizations on the ground providing spay and neuter services to underserved communities," said Judie Mancuso, President and Founder of the California Spay and Neuter License Plate Fund, Inc., the nonprofit that did the work necessary to create the plate and collect the mandatory 7,500 pre-orders required to get the plate on the road . "We must thank Pierce Brosnan for the support and donated artwork, Dr. Gary Michelson, who contributed the initial resources needed to fulfill the pre-orders, and all the board members of the California Spay and Neuter License Plate Fund, Inc. who gave their time and energy, and everyone who bought the plate! We hope the distribution of funds inspires others to buy the Pet Lover's License Plate, which will continue our mission to end the pet overpopulation problem in California."

The California Pet Lover’s License Plate was announced in 2013, and costs $50 per year for a randomized plate or $98 per year for a personalized plate. Of this, approximately $40 per plate goes to support spay and neuter programs. This announcement of $330,000 in grant funding is the first such payout from the program.

Projects funded include mobile spay/neuter services, as well as projects that target reducing the number of pit bull and pit mixes being sheltered and reducing feral cat colonies in low income communities.

Thank you for your continued support. Together we can make big changes for the welfare, protection, and rights of all animals.

Gratefully yours,

Judie Mancuso

Founder/CEO/President

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