AR-News: (US-CA) Help Needed to Ban Force Feeding of Ducks

[Pam at AVAR]

**Please spread the word**
Help Ban Force Feeding of Ducks in California

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

Details on what you can do now:

The hearing on SB1520 (the California bill to ban the production of foie 
gras) is set for Monday, April 26, before the Senate Business and 
Professions Committee in Sacramento, California. The hearing begins at 1:30 
pm in Room 112 at the State Capitol. The vote on this bill is likely to be 
close, so your support can make a huge difference.

If at all possible, please plan on attending the hearing.

If you are unable to attend the hearing, please call the members of the 
Senate Business and Professions Committee by Friday, April 23, to express 
your support for the bill. (see details below).

If you are a constituent of any of these Senators, please call their 
district office. If you are not, please just call their Sacramento offices.

Senator Liz Figueroa (Chair) (916) 445-6671.

Senate District 10 is located in Alameda and Santa Clara counties and 
includes the cities of Fremont, Hayward, Milpitas, Newark, Pleasanton, San 
Jose, San Leandro, Union City and the unincorporated areas of Ashland, 
Castro Valley, Cherryland, Fairview, San Lorenzo, and Sunol.
District office: Fremont 510/413-5960

Senator Sam Aanestad 916/445-3353

Fourth Senate District is Butte , Colusa , Del Norte, Glenn , Nevada , 
Placer, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity and Yuba counties.
District offices:
Chico 530/895-6088
Colusa 530/458-4161
Nevada City 530/470-1846
Redding 530/225-3142

Senator James Brulte 916/445-3688

San Bernardino County the 31st Senate District includes all of Alta Loma, 
Redlands, the San Bernardino County mountain communities, the Twentynine 
Palms area, Upland, Yucaipa, and portions of Fontana, Highland, Rancho 
Cucamonga, Rialto, and San Bernardino. In Riverside County the 31st Senate 
District includes all of Banning, Beaumont , Calimesa, Moreno Valley , and 
portions of the Hemet/San Jacinto area, and Riverside.

District office: Rancho Cucamonga 909/466-9096

Senator Gilbert Cedillo (916) 445-3456

Senate District 22 I located in Los Angeles county and includes the cities 
of Alhambra, East Los Angeles, Florence-Graham, Los Angles, Maywood, San 
Marino, South Pasadena, Vernon and Walnut Park.
District office: Los Angeles 213/612-9566

Senator Michael Machado (916) 445-2407

Senate District 05 is located w-within Sacramento , San Joaquin , Solano, 
and Yolo county. Cities in the district include Davis , Dixon , Fairfield , 
Isleton, Manteca , Stockton , Tracy , Vacaville , West Sacramento , Winters 
and Woodland.

District office: Stockton 209/948-7930

Senator Kevin Murray (916) 445-8800

Senate District 26 is located in Los Angeles county and includes the cities 
of Culver City and Los Angeles, and the communities of Hollywood, Hancock 
Park, Ladera Heights, Los Feliz, View Park-Windsor Hills, and Westmont.

District office: Culver City 310/641-4391

Senator Edward Vincent (916) 445-2104

Senate District 25 is located in Los Angeles County and includes the cities 
of Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lynwood and Paramount. The 
district also includes a portion of the cities of Compton , Long Beach and 
Los Angeles .

District office: Inglewood 310/412-0393

To sign up for regular updates on this bill, please send an email to 
fgbill at vivausa.org.

For more information and possible points to include go to:
www.avar.org
www.nofoiegras.org
http://www.vivausa.org/urgentactions/sb1520.html

Thank you for supporting the ducks.

Viva!USA
www.vivausa.org
PO Box 4398
Davis, CA 95617
530/759-8482
530/759-8487 fax


Pam Runquist
Director of Companion Animal Issues
Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights
PO Box 208
Davis, CA 95617-0208
Tel: (530) 759-8106
pam at avar.org

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