Photos (T-B, L-R): Supporting AB 376 at SF Mayoral debate (photo by Rebecca Lee), protesting at store that sells shark fin in SF Chinatown, sharking at Embarcadero Center by Bay Bridge, sharking at Portsmouth Square in SF Chinatown
How you can help to pass the California shark fin bill AB 376
1. Call your state senator in support of AB 376. To find your senator and contact info, type in your zip code on this page http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html.
2. It's a quick and easy call: "I'm ___ and I'm a member of your district and would like to urge the Senator to support AB 376, the bill to ban shark fin in California." That's it! It takes only ONE MINUTE.
3. Get your friends and family to call their state senator.
Thank you!
Update 9/1/2011: AB 376 is up for 3rd reading but not voted upon yet (it's for a reason... the author can pick a favorable time for the bill to get voted on). CA Senate will reconvene Tues at noon. Please call again Tues morning, or leave a message before that.
Update 8/29/2011: AB 376 will be voted upon this week. Please call Tues or Wed!
More updates: www.facebook.com/ChineseforAB376
08.25.11:
AB 376 passed out of the CA Senate Appropriations Committee 5-2! Ayes: Kehoe, Alquist, Pavley, Price, Steinberg. Noes: Walters, Lieu. Abstained: Emmerson, Runner. No amendments were made.
Watch videos of AB 376 hearings, both live and past, at www.calchannel.com (videos of past hearings, e.g. 8/15, are here).
Now it goes to the full Senate within the next 2 weeks. Let's not let up until the vote passes the Senate. Keep up the pressure on your senators – call your senator today: www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html
AB 376: status, legislative process of how it goes from a bill to law
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