Ha, made you look, this taken from AKC's website....there will be a rally against SB250 at the Capitol the day of this hearing PLEASE GO TO PETPAC'S WEBSITE TO GET INFO AND SIGN YOUR CLUB UP ON THE OPPOSED LIST!
CA SB 250 Moves to Assembly Appropriations Committee: Opposition Needed!!
Yesterday, CA Senate Bill 250 passed the Assembly Business and Professions Committee by a vote of 6 to 4. The bill will next be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on July 15th. The American Kennel Club did fax a letter of opposition to the Business and Professions Committee, but our name failed to appear on the analysis. The committee staff has informed the AKC Government Relations Department that they were inundated with letters and were unable to process them all. The Appropriations Committee analysis will not list support and opposition; however, we still encourage clubs and individuals to contact the committee members regarding their opposition.
Additionally, amendments that Senator Florez indicated in the Senate that he would accept have not been adopted. He indicated to the committee that he had them in mock-up form, but the committee declined to take them up. Although we anticipate that Senator Florez will present those amendments prior to the Appropriations Committee hearing, we cannot evaluate them until they are in print.
The American Kennel Club opposes Senate Bill 250 as it continues to use sterilization as a punishment for any violation of the animal control ordinance and for failure to license. Strict limit laws and unreasonably high license fees contribute significantly to people’s failure to license their animals and these issues should be examined when addressing animal control issues.
Finally, existing state law already requires that owners of intact animals pay a license fee that is at least double that to license a sterilized animal (Food and Agriculture Code Section 30804.5) and provides for enhanced and graduated fines for owners whose intact dogs are impounded (Food and Agriculture Code Section 30804.7). These statutes are sufficient to incentivize owners to sterilize their animals and to address animal control concerns with specific intact animals who are impounded repeatedly.
This legislation will not improve the lives of cats and dogs, but it will negatively impact responsible owners and breeders. Additionally, by placing additional burdens on owners of intact animals, this measure may lead to an increase of animals in shelters. Concentrating animal control efforts on dogs whose behavior demonstrates that they are a problem for the community, regardless of their reproductive status, would be a much better use of taxpayer funds.
What You Can Do:
• Attend the Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing on July 15th. Although only limited testimony is likely to be allowed, a show of opposition is still important.
Assembly Appropriations Committee Hearing
July 15th, 2009 at 9 am
California State Capitol
Room 4202
• Contact the Members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee and ask them to oppose SB 250. For a sample letter to personalize, please click here.
• Encourage your club to send a letter. For a sample letter to personalize, please click here
Mailing Address for All Assemblymembers:
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
Appropriations Committee Members
Assemblymember Kevin de Leon - Chair
Assemblymember.deLeon@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2045
Fax: (916) 319-2145
Assemblymember Jim Nielsen - Vice Chair
Assemblymember.Nielsen@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2002
Fax: (916) 319-2102
Assemblymember Tom Ammiano
Assemblymember.Ammiano@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2013
Fax: (916) 319-2113
Assemblymember Charles M. Calderon
Assemblymember.Calderon@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2058
Fax: (916) 319-2158
Assemblymember Joe Coto
Assemblymember.coto@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2023
Fax: (916) 319-2123
Assemblymember Mike Davis
Assemblymember.Davis@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2048
Fax: (916) 319-2148
Assemblymember Michael D. Duvall
Assemblymember.Duvall@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2072
Fax: (916) 319-2172
Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes
Assemblymember.fuentes@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2039
Fax: (916) 319-2139
Assemblymember Isadore Hall III
Assemblymember.Hall@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2052
Fax: (916) 319-2152
Assemblymember Diane L. Harkey
Assemblymember.Harkey@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2073
Fax: (916) 319-2173
Assemblymember Jeff Miller
Assemblymember.Miller@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2071
Fax: (916) 319-2171
Assemblymember John A. Pérez
Assemblymember.John.Perez@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2046
Fax: (916) 319-2146
Assemblymember Nancy Skinner
Assemblymember.Skinner@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2014
Fax: (916) 319-2114
Assemblymember Jose Solorio
Assemblymember.solorio@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2069
Fax: (916) 319-2169
Assemblymember Audra Strickland
Assemblymember.strickland@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2037
Fax: (916) 319-2137
Assemblymember Tom Torlakson
Assemblymember.Torlakson@assembly.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 319-2011
Fax: (916) 319-2111
For more information contact AKC’s Government Relations Department, 919-816-3720 or email doglaw@akc.org
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PLEASE CROSSPOST WIDELY
A contact on the Appropriations Committee has just told us that, until today, calls in opposition to SB250 have outnumbered the ones in support but that dramatically turned around today. Mancuso's minions are flooding the committee members with calls and faxes. We MUST do the same! Please get everyone you know to call and fax.
And, if you possibly can, come to the Capitol, Room 4202, for the hearing at 9 am Wednesday morning.
A contact on the Appropriations Committee has just told us that, until today, calls in opposition to SB250 have outnumbered the ones in support but that dramatically turned around today. Mancuso's minions are flooding the committee members with calls and faxes. We MUST do the same! Please get everyone you know to call and fax.
And, if you possibly can, come to the Capitol, Room 4202, for the hearing at 9 am Wednesday morning.
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Liz
I was asked by, The Southern California Houndsmen Association to write a letter for our Club in Opposition to this pending Bill, several of us also Called.
I will say that one of the Guys that answered one of my calls to a Committee Assemblymen told me that, the committe has already decided to not vote on SB250 this session. He told me that the cost will be to high, and right now with the economy being like it is they will not put this Bill to a Committee Vote. That said he told me that they can reinterduce this Bill at anytime in either the Senate or the Assembly next year. They are still going to hold the public hearing on this tomorrow, but again they are not going to vote on it at this time.
Below is my letter. I recommend you Guys and Gals do something similar or at least CALL in Opposition to this Bill -- SB250
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To the Honorable, California State Assembly
Appropriations Committee Members
RE: We ask you to Oppose Senate Bill 250 As Proposed to be Amended
The Southern California Houndsman Association is writing today to ask you to oppose Senate Bill 250 when it comes before your committee. Senate Bill 250 will unreasonably penalize owners of intact animals by forcing sterilization of an animal if an intact unlicensed animal is impounded (even once!).
The California Department of Finance estimates that this bill will cost the state possibly millions of dollars when we don’t even have enough money to properly fund our schools and public safety. It will further place financial burdens on Californians who are already struggling in this tough economy. It may lead to more animals being surrendered rather than encouraging pets to stay in their homes which should be the goal of any animal control legislation.
We understand that a pending amendment will require sterilization for two leash law violations, however we continue to have concerns about that as those violations may occur years apart and not be a true reflection of a habitually irresponsible owner, plus it doesnt take in to account Hunting Dogs. We as Houndsmen hunt our dogs by free casting them after the game we are after. We track our Dogs by using Radio Frequency Collars. Its not unheard of to have a good Samaritan pick up a dog without understanding how we hunt. If a dog is picked up and transferred to an out of area animal shelter if there is a state mandate, a dog might get spayed or neutered before the owner can prove he payed for the intact permit. The Southern California Houndsmen Association represents 120 dog owners in California and we believe that SB 250 will unreasonably penalize owners of intact animals.
The Southern California Houndsmen Association has been a Club dating back to the Pre-1960's Our Club and its member are Associate Club and Members to, the United Kennel Club (UKC), the Professional Kennel Club (PKC), the American Kennel Club (AKC) , and to the California Houndsmen for Conservation (CHC). Our Club supports the Heritage of Hunting in California. We are a group of Dog Owners that get together for Field Trials, and other friendly Club Competitions. We have a strong belief mentoring other Dog Owners and Hunters in the proper way or raising, training, and hunting their dogs.
We as voting Californians, and as dog owners oppose a State imposed Law for mandatory spay and neuter. By passing this into a State Law you take aways our right to Self Govern at the City and County level of Government. We feel imposing an extra fee for owning an intact dog unfairly goes after responsible Breeders, Dog Kennels, Dog Trainers, Boarding Kennels, and Private dog ownership. We feel that the economic times are tough enough in California, and to impose a state mandate to force California Citizens to pay higher fees or pay to spay and neuter their dogs will force Business's out of Business, and will force individual dog owners to have to make a choice between spaying and neutering, or just taking the dog to an Animal Shelter.
Here is a bit of information received from the American Sporting Dog Alliance.
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In Los Angeles, following the spay/neuter ordinance, this has included a 107-percent increase in animal control captures of abandoned dogs, a 163-percent increase in owner surrenders by people who cannot afford to keep their pets and comply with the law, and a 153-percent increase in abandoned dogs brought to the shelters by good Samaritans.
If California follows the path of destruction caused by the Los Angeles ordinance, passage of SB 250 will become an unfunded mandate to the counties to handle 11 times as many dogs and cats at animal shelters, and to kill 11 times more of them.
If the state mirrors the Los Angeles statistics, counties would have to pay for handling 4.4 million dogs and cats a year (up from 402,430 in 2008), and killing 1.7 million dogs (up from 153,793 in 2008).
Here is a summary of information released on July 10 2009 from the California Department of Public Health for the statewide shelter data for 2008:
* In 2008, 404,430 animals were admitted to shelters statewide, an increase of 42,422 from 2007. That is an 11.8-percent increase.
* In 2008, 96,630 animals were admitted to the Los Angeles County sheltering system, which is a 55,178 increase from 2007. This is a 133 percent increase in the year after a spay/neuter mandate was passed into law. If compared to the state, it is apparent that Los Angeles County alone
exceeded the entire statewide increase in shelter admissions, and is 11 times higher than the state average.
*Euthanasia data is equally dramatic. In 2008, the entire state saw a 16.4-percent increase in euthanasia, to 153,793 (an increase of 21,677).
*However, almost all of the entire statewide increase in shelter euthanasia came from Los Angeles County alone, in the year following a mandatory pet sterilization ordinance. The Los Angeles County shelter system euthanasia rate rose by an incredible 178-percent in the year following the ordinance. In 2007, 12,118 dogs had to be killed in the county. In 2008, this soared to 33,601 dogs.
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We feel that at a time when the State of California cant even balance their budget, it seems wrong to force Individual Citizen, City's, and County's who are also hit by the bad economy, to have to carry the extra financial burden of imposing this Mandatory spay and neuter proposal into Law.
Existing state law already requires that owners of intact animals pay a license fee that is at least double that to license a sterilized animal (Food and Agriculture Code Section 30804.5); and provides for enhanced and graduated fines for owners whose intact dogs are impounded (Food and Agriculture Code Section 30804.7). These statutes are sufficient to incentivize owners to sterilize their animals and to address animal control concerns with specific intact animals who are impounded repeatedly.
This legislation will not improve the lives of cats and dogs, it will negatively impact responsible owners and breeders. We respectfully urge you to support responsible owners and breeders by opposing Senate Bill 250.
Sincerely,
Larry Lowell 760-963-9790
Representative for, The Membership, of the Southern California Houndsmen Association
I was asked by, The Southern California Houndsmen Association to write a letter for our Club in Opposition to this pending Bill, several of us also Called.
I will say that one of the Guys that answered one of my calls to a Committee Assemblymen told me that, the committe has already decided to not vote on SB250 this session. He told me that the cost will be to high, and right now with the economy being like it is they will not put this Bill to a Committee Vote. That said he told me that they can reinterduce this Bill at anytime in either the Senate or the Assembly next year. They are still going to hold the public hearing on this tomorrow, but again they are not going to vote on it at this time.
Below is my letter. I recommend you Guys and Gals do something similar or at least CALL in Opposition to this Bill -- SB250
________________________________________
To the Honorable, California State Assembly
Appropriations Committee Members
RE: We ask you to Oppose Senate Bill 250 As Proposed to be Amended
The Southern California Houndsman Association is writing today to ask you to oppose Senate Bill 250 when it comes before your committee. Senate Bill 250 will unreasonably penalize owners of intact animals by forcing sterilization of an animal if an intact unlicensed animal is impounded (even once!).
The California Department of Finance estimates that this bill will cost the state possibly millions of dollars when we don’t even have enough money to properly fund our schools and public safety. It will further place financial burdens on Californians who are already struggling in this tough economy. It may lead to more animals being surrendered rather than encouraging pets to stay in their homes which should be the goal of any animal control legislation.
We understand that a pending amendment will require sterilization for two leash law violations, however we continue to have concerns about that as those violations may occur years apart and not be a true reflection of a habitually irresponsible owner, plus it doesnt take in to account Hunting Dogs. We as Houndsmen hunt our dogs by free casting them after the game we are after. We track our Dogs by using Radio Frequency Collars. Its not unheard of to have a good Samaritan pick up a dog without understanding how we hunt. If a dog is picked up and transferred to an out of area animal shelter if there is a state mandate, a dog might get spayed or neutered before the owner can prove he payed for the intact permit. The Southern California Houndsmen Association represents 120 dog owners in California and we believe that SB 250 will unreasonably penalize owners of intact animals.
The Southern California Houndsmen Association has been a Club dating back to the Pre-1960's Our Club and its member are Associate Club and Members to, the United Kennel Club (UKC), the Professional Kennel Club (PKC), the American Kennel Club (AKC) , and to the California Houndsmen for Conservation (CHC). Our Club supports the Heritage of Hunting in California. We are a group of Dog Owners that get together for Field Trials, and other friendly Club Competitions. We have a strong belief mentoring other Dog Owners and Hunters in the proper way or raising, training, and hunting their dogs.
We as voting Californians, and as dog owners oppose a State imposed Law for mandatory spay and neuter. By passing this into a State Law you take aways our right to Self Govern at the City and County level of Government. We feel imposing an extra fee for owning an intact dog unfairly goes after responsible Breeders, Dog Kennels, Dog Trainers, Boarding Kennels, and Private dog ownership. We feel that the economic times are tough enough in California, and to impose a state mandate to force California Citizens to pay higher fees or pay to spay and neuter their dogs will force Business's out of Business, and will force individual dog owners to have to make a choice between spaying and neutering, or just taking the dog to an Animal Shelter.
Here is a bit of information received from the American Sporting Dog Alliance.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
In Los Angeles, following the spay/neuter ordinance, this has included a 107-percent increase in animal control captures of abandoned dogs, a 163-percent increase in owner surrenders by people who cannot afford to keep their pets and comply with the law, and a 153-percent increase in abandoned dogs brought to the shelters by good Samaritans.
If California follows the path of destruction caused by the Los Angeles ordinance, passage of SB 250 will become an unfunded mandate to the counties to handle 11 times as many dogs and cats at animal shelters, and to kill 11 times more of them.
If the state mirrors the Los Angeles statistics, counties would have to pay for handling 4.4 million dogs and cats a year (up from 402,430 in 2008), and killing 1.7 million dogs (up from 153,793 in 2008).
Here is a summary of information released on July 10 2009 from the California Department of Public Health for the statewide shelter data for 2008:
* In 2008, 404,430 animals were admitted to shelters statewide, an increase of 42,422 from 2007. That is an 11.8-percent increase.
* In 2008, 96,630 animals were admitted to the Los Angeles County sheltering system, which is a 55,178 increase from 2007. This is a 133 percent increase in the year after a spay/neuter mandate was passed into law. If compared to the state, it is apparent that Los Angeles County alone
exceeded the entire statewide increase in shelter admissions, and is 11 times higher than the state average.
*Euthanasia data is equally dramatic. In 2008, the entire state saw a 16.4-percent increase in euthanasia, to 153,793 (an increase of 21,677).
*However, almost all of the entire statewide increase in shelter euthanasia came from Los Angeles County alone, in the year following a mandatory pet sterilization ordinance. The Los Angeles County shelter system euthanasia rate rose by an incredible 178-percent in the year following the ordinance. In 2007, 12,118 dogs had to be killed in the county. In 2008, this soared to 33,601 dogs.
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We feel that at a time when the State of California cant even balance their budget, it seems wrong to force Individual Citizen, City's, and County's who are also hit by the bad economy, to have to carry the extra financial burden of imposing this Mandatory spay and neuter proposal into Law.
Existing state law already requires that owners of intact animals pay a license fee that is at least double that to license a sterilized animal (Food and Agriculture Code Section 30804.5); and provides for enhanced and graduated fines for owners whose intact dogs are impounded (Food and Agriculture Code Section 30804.7). These statutes are sufficient to incentivize owners to sterilize their animals and to address animal control concerns with specific intact animals who are impounded repeatedly.
This legislation will not improve the lives of cats and dogs, it will negatively impact responsible owners and breeders. We respectfully urge you to support responsible owners and breeders by opposing Senate Bill 250.
Sincerely,
Larry Lowell 760-963-9790
Representative for, The Membership, of the Southern California Houndsmen Association
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NO...thats a lie being spread by Mancuso!!! The bill is still being heard and I still believe voted on tommorrow!!! I know there has been some confusion over it. And PetPac will still be holding a rally. Thanks for writing them, every bit helps!
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Liz do you have anything to report about the committee meeting ?
I heard that bs250 was suspended until August 28th. I heard that the Assembly is taking off from July 17th through August 17th then they'll be back in the Sac, and it will be up to the writers of this Bill to resubmit it or let it drop. Is this information I recieved true ?
I heard that bs250 was suspended until August 28th. I heard that the Assembly is taking off from July 17th through August 17th then they'll be back in the Sac, and it will be up to the writers of this Bill to resubmit it or let it drop. Is this information I recieved true ?
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Good Job Larry!!
Right up until Tuesday evening I had made plans to be in Sacramento and show Opposition support to this bill. Unfortunately I wasn't able to go this time.
Below is a letter from Bill Gaines from COHA who was there and ready to speak in opposition if the bill was indeed presented. I'll be sure to keep you abreast of any future issues concerning our dogs!
Thank you.
Irv Corbin
Secretary/CHC
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Dear John and Irv:
I am pleased to let you know that SB 250 was brought up for consideration in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on July 15th. I was at the hearing representing COHA, CHC, USSA and other interested COHA members. With a room full of organizations and individuals in opposition to the measure closely watching, the bill's author - Senator Dean Florez - chose not to present the bill or to bring forth any speakers in support of the measure. Opposition did have a limited opportunity to testify and were joined by two Assembly Members on the Committee who echoed their opposition to the bill. As expected, the Committee placed the bill on the “suspense” due to the measure's fiscal impact on the state. The bill could be pulled from suspense and heard in Committee in the near future. However, if the bill is not pulled from the suspense file, it will die a quiet death. Given the state’s fiscal situation, other higher priorities, and the outpouring of opposition to the measure, we are hopeful that the bill will stay on suspense. COHA will continue to keep a close watch on this bill.
Below is the link to the news release the USSA sent out earlier today on the bill:
http://www.ussportsmen.org/Page.aspx?pid=2050
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you for your continued support. I look forward to seeing both of you at our annual event on August 1st.
Bill Gaines, President
1600 Sacramento Inn Way, Suite 232
Sacramento, CA 95815
(916) 643-4607 office
(916) 643-4682 fax
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Right up until Tuesday evening I had made plans to be in Sacramento and show Opposition support to this bill. Unfortunately I wasn't able to go this time.
Below is a letter from Bill Gaines from COHA who was there and ready to speak in opposition if the bill was indeed presented. I'll be sure to keep you abreast of any future issues concerning our dogs!
Thank you.
Irv Corbin
Secretary/CHC
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Dear John and Irv:
I am pleased to let you know that SB 250 was brought up for consideration in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on July 15th. I was at the hearing representing COHA, CHC, USSA and other interested COHA members. With a room full of organizations and individuals in opposition to the measure closely watching, the bill's author - Senator Dean Florez - chose not to present the bill or to bring forth any speakers in support of the measure. Opposition did have a limited opportunity to testify and were joined by two Assembly Members on the Committee who echoed their opposition to the bill. As expected, the Committee placed the bill on the “suspense” due to the measure's fiscal impact on the state. The bill could be pulled from suspense and heard in Committee in the near future. However, if the bill is not pulled from the suspense file, it will die a quiet death. Given the state’s fiscal situation, other higher priorities, and the outpouring of opposition to the measure, we are hopeful that the bill will stay on suspense. COHA will continue to keep a close watch on this bill.
Below is the link to the news release the USSA sent out earlier today on the bill:
http://www.ussportsmen.org/Page.aspx?pid=2050
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you for your continued support. I look forward to seeing both of you at our annual event on August 1st.
Bill Gaines, President
1600 Sacramento Inn Way, Suite 232
Sacramento, CA 95815
(916) 643-4607 office
(916) 643-4682 fax
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It was sent into suspense...where it could be pulled out and re-heard at any moment but hopefully like the COHA statement said it will stay in there and die.