Thursday, August 5, 2010

Take Action! Support AB1998 and ban plastic bags in CA!



We are very close to having a bag ban passed in California. This would be HUGE for CA and the USA.
Please help by:
1. Contact your CA senator. Click on this link: http://shar.es/mjKBi to email them.
2. The most effective way to register your support is by calling your State Senator's local office to simply say "My name is _____ and I live in _____ . Please ask Seantor _____ to support AB 1998 to ban most plastic bags in California."

The call only takes 15-20 seconds but is very effective. Here is a list of local State Senators and their office phone numbers to call:

District 38: Mark Wyland (760) 931-2455. North San Diego County - stretches along Interstate 5 from the horse track of Del Mar to the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton. Additional San Diego County cities include Carlsbad, Encinitas, Escondido, Oceanside, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Fairbanks Ranch, Rancho Santa Fe, Hidden Meadows, Bonsall and Vista.

District 39: Christine Kehoe (619) 645-3133. Senate District 39 stretches east-west from Spring Valley to the Pacific Ocean, and north-south from Del Mar to Downtown San Diego. It encompasses 847,000 residents from Del Mar and Lemon Grove, and parts of San Diego, Casa de Oro-Mo, La Mesa, and Spring Valley.

District 40: Denise Moreno Ducheny. (619) 409-7690. Southern SD County from Imperial Beach east towards Chula Vista. Extreme Southern/ Southeast part of SD County and all of Imperial County.

District 36: Dennis Hollingsworth. (619) 596-3136. Most of East County. (District 37 is in Riverside County).

Click Here for a map if you are not sure.
3. Request letters from local businesses, clubs, or local electeds to their CA senators to support AB1998.
4. Forward this email to your friends, clubs, businesses, or local electeds—we need support on this.
The governor is ready to sign—let’s put pressure on the senate to pass this bill! If AB1998 passes, many marine mammals will be saved…not to mention money for cleaning litter and saving petroleum. The drama of cities wanting to pass bag ordinances, but fearing being sued will be over!
For more info on AB1998, click here.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Videos of RAP Guest Speakers!

AB1998 still needs your support. Please email, call, and write your CA senator!

Arwen and Jeremy from Gamut Productions created some great video clips of the speakers from the RAP sponsored May Chapter Meeting.

Check 'em out!

Part 1 of 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz3oOUir0AM
Part 2 of 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKkRyz-tcUw
Part 3 of 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufxb76cTOS8
Part 4 of 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PO078YHMew