Please Write Your Senator Today to SUPPORT SB1520 to Ban Force Feeding Ducks in CA

May 1, 2004

Below are Bay Area Districts and each representing Senator and postal address. Please find your district & Senator and send a note today! Help your Bay Area friends and family write their notes today too. Let our Senators know their constituents support this bill.

SB1520 will ban the force feeding of ducks and geese and the sale of force fed foie gras in California in 2012.

BACKGROUND

SB1520 passed out of the Senate Business and Professions Committee on April 26 with a 4-3 vote. There were 900 letters in opposition and 700 in favor. Soon the bill goes to the Senate Floor for debate, then the Assembly and then the Governor – We Hope!!

ACTION

It is important to write individual letters now to our Senators to thank and urge them to support SB 1520. Individuals should write to the Senator that represents them to let him/her know their constituents support the bill (since constituents are the ones responsible for electing or not electing Senators). Remind them that the force feeding of ducks and geese is just another form of animal cruelty that should be banned in California.

REMEMBER

Your letter as a constituent holds a lot of weight. Per PETA's letter-writing website: " According to former Congressperson Billy Evan (D-Ga.), " Legislators estimate that 10 letters from constituents represent the concerns of 10,000 citizens. Anybody who will take the time to write is voicing the fears and desires of thousands more. "

If you are faxing a letter, please be sure to sign it. Any letter you send must include your name and address.

Senate District 03 encompasses all of Marin County and portions of Sonoma and San Francisco Counties. Major cities include Mill Valley, San Rafael, Sausalito, and Tiburon in Marin County; Petaluma, Rohnert Park and a portion of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County; and the northern half of the city of San Francisco in San Francisco County.

John Burton – Authored the bill and is a good friend to animals. Please thank him.

President Pro Tem

D-San Francisco

State Capitol Room 205

Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: (916) 445-1412

455 Golden Gate Ave.

Suite 14800

San Francisco, CA 94102

Phone: (415) 557-1300

3501 Civic Center

Room 425

San Rafael, CA 94903

Phone: (415) 479-6612

Senate District 05 is located 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.

Michael Machado – Voted against the bill in committee and made pleas on behalf of the Foie Gras farm.

D-Linden

State Capitol, Room 3086

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 445-2407

Fax (916) 323-2304

Senator.Machado

31 E Channel St., #440

Stockton, CA 95202

(209) 948-7930

Fax (209) 948-7993

1020 N Street, Suite 502

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 323-4306

Fax (916) 323-2596

Senate District 06 is comprised of 73 percent of the population of Sacramento County. The district includes 90 percent of the City of Sacramento. Sacramento and Folsom are the two cities in the district. The other census-defined places in the district are Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Fair Oaks, Florin, Foothill Farms, North Highlands, Orangevale, Parkway-South Sacramento and Rio Linda.

Deborah Ortiz

D-Sacramento

State Capitol, Room 5114

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 445-7807

Fax (916) 323-2263

1020 N Street, #576

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 324-4937

Fax (916) 327-8754

5951 Birdcage Center Lane,

Suite 145

Citrus Heights, CA 95610

(916) 961-1482

Fax (916) 961-1148

Senate District 07 is located in Contra Costa county and includes the following cities: Antioch, Brentwood, Concord, Crockett, Dublin, Danville, Discovery Bay, Hercules, Lafayette, Livermore, Martinez, Moraga, Oakley, Orinda, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, Richmond, San Ramon, and Walnut Creek.

Tom Torlakson

D-Antioch

State Capitol, Room 5061

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 445-6083

Fax (916) 445-2527

2801 Concord Boulevard

Concord, CA 94519

(925) 602-6593

Fax (925) 602-6598

Joint Governmental Center

420 West 3rd Street

Antioch, CA 94509

(925) 754-1461

Fax (925) 778-5174

West County Satellite Office

111 Civic Drive

Hercules, CA 94547

1-800-859-9900

Senate District 08 is comprised of part of San Francisco and San Mateo County. Major cities include San Mateo, Burlingame, Foster City, Milbrae, Daly City and part of the city of San Francisco.

Jackie Speier

D-San Francisco/San Mateo

State Capitol, Room 2032

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 445-0503

Fax (916) 327-2186

senator.speier

San Mateo Office

400 South El Camino Real,

Suite 630

San Mateo, CA 94402

ph 650-340-8840

fax 650-340-1661

San Francisco Office

455 Golden Gate Avenue,

Suite 14200

San Francisco, CA 94102

ph 415-557-7857

fax 415-557-7864

Senate District 09 includes the cities of Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Piedmont within Alameda County and the cities of El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Richmond and San Pablo within Contra Costa County.

Don Perata, Majority Leader

D-East Bay

State Capitol, Room 313

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 445-6577

Fax (916) 327-1997

1515 Clay Street #2202

Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 286-1333

Fax (510) 286-3885

Senate District 10 comprises a portion of Alameda County which includes the communities of Hayward, Castro Valley, Newark, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Sunol, Union City and Fremont and part of Pleasanton. The district also includes the northernmost portion of Santa Clara County which contains all of Milpitas and small parts of both San Jose and Santa Clara.

Liz Figueroa – Voted for the bill and helped the bill pass out of committee. Please thank her.

D-Fremont

State Capitol, Room 4061

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 445-6671

Fax (916) 327-2433

43801 Mission Blvd. No.103

Fremont, CA 94539

(510) 413-5960

Fax (510) 413-5965

Senate District 11 encompasses portions of Santa Clara County including Campbell, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Palo Alto, Saratoga and a portion of the City of San Jose. It also comprises portions of San Mateo County, including the cities of Atherton, Belmont, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Carlos and Woodside.

Byron D. Sher

D-Stanford

State Capitol, Room 2082

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 445-6747

Fax (916) 323-4529

Senator.Sher

100 Paseo de San Antonio,

Ste. 206

San Jose, CA 95113

(408) 277-9460

Fax (408) 277-9464

664 Gilman St.

Palo Alto, CA 94301

(650) 688-6374

Fax (650) 688-6378

Senate District 13 is completely contained within Santa Clara County and includes portions of the cities of Los Altos, Mountain View, Rancho Rinconada, San Jose, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale.

John Vasconcellos

D-San Jose

State Capitol, Room 5108

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 445-9740

Fax (916) 324-0283

100 Paseo de San Antonio, Suite 209

San Jose, CA 95113

(408) 286-8318

Fax (408) 286-2338