Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:40:20 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 9/28/99 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. CA: Keep up pressure on governor to sign AB 537 ============================================================ Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 13:19:09 -0700 From: "Eric Astacaan" To: Eric Astacaan Mailing-List: list lesbigayCApolitics@onelist.com; contact lesbigayCApolitics-owner@onelist.com Delivered-To: mailing list lesbigayCApolitics@onelist.com List-Unsubscribe: Reply-to: lesbigayCApolitics-owner@onelist.com Subject: [lesbigayCApolitics] CALIFORNIA ALERT: TIME IS RUNNING OUT! ********************************************************* CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR PRIDE AND EQUALITY (CAPE) Contact: Eric Astacaan, 916-455-1049 or 916-492-6160 E-Mail: Email@calcape.org or laxnsmfca@tomatoweb.com ********************************************************* URGENT ACTION ALERT (9/28/99)! PLEASE FAX OR CALL GOVERNOR DAVIS IMMEDIATELY AND URGE HIM TO SIGN AB 26, AB 537 AND AB 1001! Governor Davis has 12 days left to sign or veto bills pending at his desk. Please make another round of faxes and calls and urge him to SIGN AB 26, AB 537 and AB 1001! If you have not called or faxed letters of support, PLEASE DO IT NOW! Ten times as many anti-gay calls are pouring into the Governor's office. 1) Please contact the Governor in Sacramento: Phone: 916-445-2841 or 445-0131, Fax: 916-445-4633. If you're having problems getting through the Sacramento office, please call any of the following local field offices: San Francisco: Phone: 415-703-2218, Fax: 415-703-2803 Fresno: Phone: 559-445-5295, Fax: 559-445-5328 Los Angeles: Phone: 213-897-0322, Fax: 213-897-0319 Irvine: Phone: 949-553-3566, Fax: 949-553-3571 Riverside: Phone: 909-680-6860, Fax: 909-680-6863 San Diego: Phone: 619-525-4641, Fax: 619-525-4640 Washington, DC: Phone: 202-624-5270, Fax: 202-624-5280 * Urge Gov. Davis to recognize and respect committed lesbian and gay relationships, by signing AB 26. * Urge Gov. Davis to protect LGBT school children, from the physical and mental abuse so prevalent that gay teens have the highest suicide rate of any group, by signing AB 537. * Urge Gov. Davis to protect hardworking lesbian, gay and bisexual Californians from losing their jobs or homes because of anti-gay discrimination, by signing AB 1001. 2) CHAIN ALERT! - PLEASE FORWARD THIS ALERT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW! Urge all of your family, friends and colleagues, gay or gay-supportive, to call the Governor immediately. Gay rights opponents are staging thousands of calls to the Governor's office. WE CAN NOT AND MUST NOT BE SILENT! ### The California Alliance for Pride and Equality is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots-based, statewide advocacy organization representing the interests of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. Its mission is to ensure the dignity, safety, equality and civil rights of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer Californians by: directly lobbying the state government for appropriate legislation and public policies; educating the public about the communities' issues and concerns; and, working with other communities to promote equality and understanding. -- ************************************************* Eric J.C. Astacaan Legislative Advocate/Public Policy Consultant P.O. Box 2464, Sacramento, CA 95812-2464 Phone: 916-455-1049; Fax: 916-454-5662; E-Mail: PLEASE SUPPORT CAPE by becoming a member. Contact: CA Alliance for Pride & Equality (CAPE) P.O. Box 1172, Sacramento, CA 95812-1172 Phone: 916-492-6160; Fax: 916-564-2717; E-Mail: ************************************************ From: webmaster@pfaw.org Subject: ALERT: Gov. Davis Should Sign Gay Rights Bills Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 17:05:46 -0400 (EDT) ====================================================================== ACTIVIST NETWORK -- People For the American Way Alert Date: September 28, 1999 -- Circulate Until: October 10, 1999 Support Gay Rights Bills in California ______________________________________________________________________ In this Alert (1) Update on AB 26, AB 537, and AB 1001 (2) Background Information on AB 26, AB 537, and AB 1001 (3) What You Can Do (4) About Us / Subscription Information (5) Please Support Our Efforts ______________________________________________________________________ (1) UPDATE ON AB 26, AB 537 AND AB 1001 Governor Davis's administration announced last week that the Governor will sign AB 26! However, more calls to Gov. Davis's office are urgently needed! The Governor has not yet decided whether he will sign AB 537 and AB 1001. Meanwhile, Religious Right groups are organizing grass-roots opposition, including rallies and mass phone calls to the Governor's office, to urge him to veto these bills. Our opposition is turning up the heat, and we must respond! Help us ensure that all Californians receive fair and equal treatment under the law. Please read the summary of each bill and then contact Gov. Davis and encourage him to sign these important bills. ______________________________________________________________________ (2) BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON AB 26, AB 537, AND AB 1001 Assembly Bill 26: would provide a statewide registry for same-sex couples and allow state and local government employers to provide health insurance to the same-sex partners of public employees, just as coverage is now provided for employees' spouses. Assembly Bill 537: would add "sexual orientation" to the already existing anti-discrimination provisions of the CA Education Code. Those provisions currently ban discrimination against students and teachers on the basis of a host of factors including race, sex, and ethnicity. Assembly Bill 1001: would move the state's existing prohibitions against sexual orientation discrimination in employment and housing to the state's main civil rights law, thereby helping to ensure more consistent applications of the law. ______________________________________________________________________ (3) WHAT YOU CAN DO Call or fax Gov. Davis today! Urge him to sign AB 26, AB 537, and AB 1001! 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