A new Legislative Alert has been posted on the AKC’s Web site. To view this alert, please click on the following link, or cut and paste it into your web browser http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3849. The full text of the alert is also below.
The Senate Appropriations Committee analysis on Senate Bill 250 asserts that the bill may impose significant costs on both state and local governments in the short term and therefore the bill has been placed on the Suspense File. All bills that are projected to cost more than $150,000 are sent to the Suspense File. Staff and legislators then review these bills together and determine which bills will be released to the committee and then to the floor for a vote.
If you or your club have not yet contacted your Senator to oppose SB 250, please do so as soon as possible. The Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a special hearing to review the Suspense File prior to the fiscal deadline on May 29th. No testimony will be allowed at the Suspense hearing.
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What You Can Do:
* Please contact your State Senator and ask him or her to oppose SB 250. Please personalize this sample letter. To find out who represents you in the State Senate, please click here.
* Encourage your club to send a letter opposing SB 250. Please click here for a sample letter for your club to personalize.
* Send your letters to the author and members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Senator Dean Florez (Author) State Capitol, Room 313 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone:  (916) 651-4016 Fax: (916) 327-5989 Senator Christine Kehoe (Chair) State Capitol, Room 5050 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4039 Fax: (916) 327-2188
Senator Dave Cox (Vice Chair) State Capitol, Room 2068 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4001 Fax: (916) 324-2680 Senator Ellen Corbett State Capitol, Room 5108 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone:(916) 651-4010 Fax: (916) 327-2433
Senator Jeff Denham State Capitol, Room 3076 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4012 Fax: (916) 445-0773
Senator Mark DeSaulnier State Capitol, Room 2054 Sacramento, CA  95814 Phone: (916) 651-4007 Fax:  (916) 445-2527
Senator Loni Hancock State Capitol, Room 3092 Sacramento, CA  95814 Phone: (916) 651-4009 Fax: (916) 327-1997
Senator Mark Leno State Capitol, Room 4061 Sacramento,  CA  95814 Phone:  (916) 651-4003 Fax:  (916) 445-4722
Senator Jenny Oropeza State Capitol, Room 5114 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4028 Fax: (916) 323-6056
Senator George Runner State Capitol, Room 4090 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4017 Fax: (916) 445-4662
Senator Mimi Walters State Capitol, Room 3082 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4033 Fax: (916) 445-9754 Senator Lois Wolk State Capitol, Room 4032 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4005 Fax: (916) 323-2304 Senator Mark Wyland State Capitol, Room 4048 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4038 Fax: (916) 446-7382
Senator Leland Yee State Capitol, Room 4074 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 651-4008 Fax: (916) 327-2186
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