Your Weekly Dose of Sanity-Saving Good News! – “We are braver than we thought we were” Edition

“This is a massive awakening. We’ve already seen an awakening taking place in the last few years. It will intensify. We’ve seen marvelous demonstrations in a variety of different cities… I think that we have to have a real sense of commitment to being a hope in such a bleak moment. And we can turn things around.” (Dr. Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, Harvard University)

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Good News in Civil Rights – Updates on Charlottesville and more.

If you missed our last “Weekly Dose of Sanity-Saving Good News – “Look for the Helpers” Edition on Charlottesville, click here. It includes maps of where the vigils for Solidarity-with-Charlottesville took place, as well as some local pics of our own event. There were nearly 700 events across this country. Amazing!

The best of America is still alive and kicking. Continue reading “Your Weekly Dose of Sanity-Saving Good News! – “We are braver than we thought we were” Edition” →

Keep up the pressure to save our beautiful Channel Islands!

COMMENT PERIOD TO SAVE CHANNEL ISLANDS EXTENDED TO AUG. 15

Script Idea (tweak this to make it your own words!): The Channel Islands are a valuable public resource and must be protected from exploitation for private profit. I strongly oppose any rollback of environmental protections for our Marine Sanctuaries. Any change in their size, designation or loss of environmental safeguards must be rejected.

Comment page: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=NOAA-NOS-2017-0066-0001
or https://www.tinyurl.com/save-marine-sanctuaries

Get the truth out of Exxon! Have they been misleading us?

Script: I am urging CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra (800-952-5225) to join the attorneys general of Massachusetts and New York in their investigation into Exxon efforts to mislead the public about the effects of fossil fuels on our climate. Exxon may still be perpetrating this fraudulent scheme on investors and the public. If so, they must be stopped and prosecuted.

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Updates from Jim Hines, Sierra Club. (National Monuments and Wolves!)

Secrecy is their friend, not ours. Share this! Flood them with tweets and calls!

Letter #1 – They are selling off our national heritage for spare parts!

Greetings Public Lands Activists:

Here is the most recent update we have received regarding the Trump Administration proposal to reduce in size or completely eliminate a number of national monuments in the west.

The following 5 national monuments have officially been declared safe from any reduction or elimination by the Secretary of the Interior:

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Yes on AB 249. NO to dark money!

More than $1 billion was spent on California campaigns in the last two elections, much of it hiding behind misleading names. It’s corrupting our democracy. AB 249, the California DISCLOSE Act, forces ballot measure ads and SuperPAC attack ads to show their true funders. Right now it has stalled in the Senate. Call to get it moving.

Script: I’m calling to tell Senator Jackson to vote “YES” on AB 249. We voters need fair and accurate information about the sponsors of the barrage of political advertising we face.

Call Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson: SAC (916) 651-4019, SB (805) 965-0862, OX (805)988-1940

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Protect our Marine Sanctuaries – We don’t want our precious islands ruined!

Please take a moment to add some comments on why protecting our marine sanctuaries, such as our own Channel Islands, is important to you. Deadline has been extended to Aug. 15th.

The National Monument review continues with the Santa Barbara Channel Islands and three other unique marine sanctuaries and monuments. So far only ±74,000 people have commented.

If you haven’t, please follow this link and click “comment now” https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAA-NOS-2017-0066

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On Aug. 24th, Trump will be eliminating various national monuments across the western US. – Contact/tweet Zinke directly! – SHARE!

Greetings Activists:

There is a growing movement across the west (including Alaska) of anti federal lands militant groups (AKA the anti federal land militia movement) emboldened by the current political climate in Washington DC.

These armed militants who have harassed federal land managers, regularly vandalize federal property, took part in a armed take over of a national wildlife refuge in Washington state (which cost the American taxpayer 3 million dollars in damage) and sent armed sharpshooters to confront Bureau of Land Management rangers over public lands protection in a well publicized armed standoff in southern Nevada will stop at nothing in their armed struggle against the U.S. Government over YOUR national public lands.

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Sorry, Mr. Trump. California’s taking back our internet.

California Broadband Internet Privacy Act (AB 375) would prohibit an Internet service provider from using, disclosing, selling, or permitting access to customer personal information without prior consent. This bill restores privacy protections for California residents stripped away by Trump and the GOP earlier this year with the passage of S.J.Res. 34. Continue reading “Sorry, Mr. Trump. California’s taking back our internet.” →

Yes on SB 149. No Tax Returns? No space on the California ballot. SAD!

Legislation to require presidential candidates to disclose their last 5 years of tax returns in order to gain a spot on California’s presidential primary ballot passed the CA Senate. Now we need to get the Assembly to pass it too. Where we go, others will follow. This is one way to make sure we know who our candidates for President are working for.

Script: I’m calling to tell Assemblyperson [____] to him/her to vote YES on SB 149. Candidates must show their tax returns – we have a right to know who our candidates for president are working for!

Call Monique Limón: (CA-37): SAC (916) 319-2037, SB (805) 564-1649, VTA (805) 641-3700

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