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SB250 the mandatory spay and neuter bill will be coming out of suspense and heard again in the Assembly Appropriations Committee at the Capitol this Thursday the 27th of August!

" Just talked with the Assembly Appropriations Committee; all bills currently in suspense (about 100 of 'em) will be heard next Thursday.

Here's the link to the California Department of Finance bill analysis for SB250:

http://www.dof. ca.gov/legislati ve_analyses/ LIS_PDF/09/ SB-250-200907140 21846PM-SB00250. pdf "

I thought this guy would have taken his licks and be done with it.

We'll be on it tomorrow.

Irv

It Is Now Crunch Time. SB 250 may be voted out of the Assembly Suspense File next Thursday, August 27th. If so, it goes directly to the Assembly floor and the following week may be voted on by the entire Assembly. Now is the time to send letters, faxes, emails and smoke signals to every Assembly member, including your own.



Assembly contact information:



http://tinyurl.com/26eqhr

http://www.assembly.ca.gov/clerk/MEMBER ... rdir_1.asp



It is also time to contact the Governor:



Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-445-2841
Fax: 916-558-3160





Points of Opposition:



SB 250 outlaws unaltered dogs and cats.

SB 250 outlaws all unlicensed dogs and cats.

SB 250 requires mandatory surgical sterilization of dogs and cats at six months of age. The penalty can be a criminal violation.

While the author states AB 250 is not MSN, (mandatory spay and neuter) the bottom line is your dog or cat will face sterilization if you violate this law.



SB 250 IS MANDATORY SPAY AND NEUTER. "If it looks, walks and quacks like a duck....."



THERE ARE NO EXCLUSIONS UNDER SB 250 -other than temporary sickness.



SB 250 doesn´t exclude police dogs, working dogs, cattle dogs, sheep dogs, hunting dogs, (hunting groups say amendments do not serve their purposes) service dogs, guide dogs, dogs for the hearing impaired,=2
0show dogs which must be left in their natural state, pedigree cats, exotic cats, and feral cats, which make up most of the animals in our shelters. The bill even affects owners of natural dogs brought into California on a visit or to exhibit at a dog show.



MSN DOES NOT WORK.



Studies show MSN will tragically affect the poor; the elderly; the unemployed on fixed incomes and non-English speaking citizens the most. These are people least likely to afford surgical sterilization and elevated intact license fees.

*Los Angeles Spay/Neuter Commission 2008 Report.



In every instance MSN has resulted in more owners disavowing ownership of their dogs and cats. More pets are remanded to shelters and ultimately more killing. More killing of dogs and cats. This is not conjecture, this is fact!

*The L.A. kill rate went up 24%.



In every instance MSN has resulted in reducing pet license compliance. nbsp;

*Los Angeles dog licensing is down to 5%.



MSN results in pet owners afraid to visit veterinarians out of fear of being turned in. This increases the chances of disease and rabies.

*Fort Worth TX, repealed its MSN ordnance when rabies rates went up.



SB 250 VIOLATES CITIZENS RIGHTS TO PRIVACY, RIGHTS OF FREE CHOICE



SB 250 violates privacy rights; freedom of choice and our rights to be free from government interference. These are issues protected under the Constitution of the United States. These are laws our lawmakers
have sworn to protect and defend. MSN is a subject that is best decided between the animal owner and veterinarian, not by government edict.



SB 250 IS POORLY WRITTEN



An intact dog owner can purchase an "unaltered" dog license---Only if cities and counties offer it. If it is not offered, the only option is forced sterilization. This is a Catch 22 Situation.



SB 250 sets up a number of traps that allow local cities to deny, or revoke this special=2 0license.



SB 250 sets up new fees and taxes, ON TOP OF FEES AND TAXES. Owners of natural dogs and cats;

must pay a fee and tax to apply for a special license,

pay a fee and tax if the license is denied,

pay a fee and tax if the license is revoked.

Must pay the license fee and tax itself----which the city can set as high as it wishes.



SB 250 ESTABLISHES AN ENTRAPMENT PROVISION.



SB 250 is entrapment for anyone who feeds an un-owned feral cat by calling them *"custodians"

*(1) "Custodian" means any person who undertakes the personal care and control of a cat, or any person who intentionally provides care, security, or sustenance for a cat on the person's property for any period exceeding 30 days.



Over 75% of our dogs and 90% of cats have already been spayed or neutered.



SB 250 OPPOSITION IS GROWING



Mandatory Spay and Neuter is opposed by:

California Federation of D
og Clubs

PetPAC

The California Chamber of Commerce

The California Department of Finance

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The American Veterinary Medical Association

The California Veterinary Medical Association

1,900 dog and cat clubs

23,000 individual pet owners

Note: The Humane Society of the United States, HSUS no longer supports mandatory spay and neuter.



The real tragedy of SB 250, is it will make criminals of hundreds of thousands of dog owners.

* Statewide licensing is less than 20%. If SB 250 passes licensing will drop like a rock.





SB 250 is supported by animal rights extremists, supported by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA. The PETA run animal shelter in Virginia kills over 95% of its animals.

*Virginia Dept of Public Health, Veterinary Medical Report



Last year, Assembly Members were misled in voting for AB 1634. Now they are being misled in voting for SB 250. As one member said. "This is the euthanasia bill that just doesn´t die".



Contact your assembly member and the Governor now!



***A message from the California Federation of Dog Clubs***



***PLEASE CROSSPOST***

Anyway, everyone, but especially Californians, pay attention to the
following from
the very informative Pet Defense website. (Save or bookmark this site.)

http://petdefense.wordpress.com/

After you read this, contact your state senators and assemblymen. Tell
them not to vote
for any of the bills described below. Call and/or fax them; tying up
phones at this
late date can be effective. You can find them at:

http://www.legislature.ca.gov/legislato ... s/your_leg
islator.html

Out of state people, as well as Californians, contact the members of the
Assembly Appropriations
Committee, which will be reviewing all bills in the so-called "suspense"
status this week (Thursday).
The Approp members and their contact info is given at the end of this
article.

You may, indeed should, X-post this, but remove ALL other addresses from
the X-post.

--Roberta Pliner

From Pet Defense:

Join the Crusade Against HSUS Anti-pet laws and Pass it Forward to
Everyone You know, and post this link to any sites that you can, and be sure to
realize that HSUS and friends have 6 laws pending before CA legislature, and
all of them are garbage. Garbage. All need to be trashed and kicked out.
.....................................

All Californians need to get up to speed on the 6 laws pushed by HSUS and
proponents, [AB1122, 241, 242, 243, SB250, SB318], operating under
different "shell" corporate names, where all of the laws work together to trigger
one of the other laws proposed, basically to either seize animals, have
them forfeited, or find you guilty even after you are acquitted.

AB242...will trigger 250, 243 and 318; can easily spur CPS (child protective
services) into seizing kids from homes and put into fostercare, this
happened already in San Francisco when a rescued dog went after another smaller
dog; triggers forfeiture. Your animal in altercation with another animal
will trigger this law. Don´t care how it is worded, that is the reality. You
get abuse citation.

SB250...will trigger 243, possibly 318; assumes natural state animals
(unsterilized) are unsafe, penalty for any violation is sterilization, and may
trigger forfeiture as well. Requires all animals sterilized at 6mo. [Just a
re-run of AB1634 but worse] Opposed by Dept. of Finance!

AB241...will trigger or can trigger 250, 243, 318; arbitrary number used to
indicate "abuse" without it being abuse, just for a kennel owning more
than X number of natural state animals, even pups/kittens would count, and
boarding kennels/handlers have no exceptions. That means a third party can
lose their dog because it was at a handler´s kennel, which might be over the X
limit. Automatic forfeiture of animals; has nothing to do with abuse;
would trigger 250 which would trigger forfeiture as well. Opposed by Dept. of
Finance

http://www.dof.ca.gov/legislative_analy ... 813120605P
M-AB00241.pdf

AB1122...will trigger 250, 243 and possibly 318, impossible to amend, should
be thrown out completely. Is categorized under "abuse" statute. Would
make "sales" illegal and therefore "abuse" but if a non profit or animal
rescue sells, it would be legal, with no ramifications for "abuse." Makes
legal conduct illegal, such as transferring an animal in any parking lot in
the entire state. A volunteer private person using the Lexus car dealership
(with sponsorship) to get homes for 15 cats would be illegal. Opposed by
Dept. of Finance.

AB243... can trigger forfeiture after acquittal, and applied to search
warrants if passed. So exoneration via the courts will mean nothing, if they
can confiscate and seize your animals anyway, plus you pay for it as well?
Problem nationwide is, search warrants are being used for barking
complaints. Forcible entry is used for no kennel license (for 5 dogs) and etc. An
obvious ploy to kill more animals, seize more animals, and for proponents to
sell more seized animals themselves. [See posting on forcible entry
warrant on this blog]

SB318.. would allow forfeiture proceeds to go to non govt. proponent
private corporations rather than the State, likely violates the CA constitution,
and proceeds would be given to these groups even if all they do is kill
all the animals and not save them. There is no cap on the proceeds, so it
could amount to windfall financials to proponent groups, just for killing
animals. Since HSUS makes a habit of advocating to kill all pitbull dogs (like
the Vick dogs, which were mostly saved) and has helped Louisiana pass a
law whereby "seized" alleged fighting dogs can be killed immediately
[claiming they are considered contraband]- so that a conviction of up to 10 years
of hard labor would have to be defended after all the dogs had already been
killed by the government? [See below for LA code]

Proponents such as HSUS, ASPCA, local humane societies, etc, can lobby
District Attorneys to get forfeiture for their own groups, which are private
corporations, not the State govt. This means the proponents groups are an
interested party financially, and they should have nothing to do with being
witnesses or have any bearing on the defendant. Yet surely that is what will
happen, then they will ensure defendants are convicted, so they can gain
financially from the forfeiture.

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CA Assembly Appropriations Committee Members

Ammiano, Tom
Dem
13th
(916) 319-2013
Room 2175
916-319-2113
Appropriations Committee

Calderon, Charles M.
Dem
58th
(916) 319-2058
Room 2117
916-319-2158
Appropriations Committee

Coto, Joe
Dem
23rd
(916) 319-2023
Room 2013
916-319-2123
Appropriations Committee

Davis, Mike
Dem
48th
(916) 319-2048
Room 2160
916-319-2148
Appropriations Committee

de Leon, Kevin
Dem
45th
(916) 319-2045
Room 2114
916-319-2145
Chair of Appropriations Committee

Duvall, Michael D.
Rep
72nd
(916) 319-2072
Room 4139
916-319-2072
Appropriations Committee

Fuentes, Felipe
Dem
39th
(916) 319-2039
Room 5136
916-319-2139
Appropriations Committee

Hall, Isadore III
Dem
52nd
(916) 319-2052
Room 6025
916-319-2152
Appropriations Committee

Harkey, Diane L.
Rep
73rd
916) 319-2073
Room 4177
916-319-2173
Appropriations Committee

Miller, Jeff
Rep
71st
(916) 319-2071
Room 3147
916-319-2171
Appropriations Committee

Nielsen, Jim
Rep
2nd
(916) 319-2002
Room 6031
916-319-2102
Vice Chair of Appropriations Committee

Pérez, John A.
Dem
46th
(916) 319-2046
Room 3160
916-319-2146
Appropriations Committee

Skinner, Nancy
Dem
14th
(916) 319-2014
Room 4126
916 319-2114
Appropriations Committee

Solorio, Jose
Dem
69th
(916) 319-2069
Room 2196
916 319-2169
Appropriations Committee

Strickland, Audra
Rep
37th
(916) 319-2037
Room 4208
916-319-2137
Appropriations Committee

Torlakson, Tom
Dem
11th
(916) 319-2011
Room 5160
916-319-2111
Appropriations Committee


*PLEASE CROSSPOST*