Date:         Mon, 5 Sep 1994 13:58:25 -0400

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AB 2810 has made it Governor Pete Wislon's desk.
Letters are needed to be sent to him encouraging him to sign it into law.
Governor Wilson fax number is (916)445-4633.

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                                                    September 3,1994
Governor Pete Wilson
The California State Legislature
Sacramento, CA 95814


Governor Wilson:

I am writing to urge you to sign AB 2810, introduced by Assembly Member
Katz, which would define and establish procedures for registration and
termination of domestic partnerships.

The nuclear family is a configuration which only includes approximately half
of American families.  According to the Demographics Research Unit, of the
California Department of Finance, well over a million California children
live in single parent or blended families, in which caretakers, who may or
may not be married, share a home and are jointly responsible for child care.

Domestic partnership should be an available option for families.  Regulation
of registration and termination of partnerships and families by the state,
would reinforce and cement responsible behavior between declared partners,
and towards their children, and would allow them the basic rights of patient
visitation in health care facilities and rights of conservatorship now
allowed to spouses.

I think government representatives should be responsive to the changing needs
of every kind of family among their constituents.  As society changes, we must
look toward the future and build for stability today.  Family structures need
to be flexible to encourage joint responsibility, and offer basic protection
for declared partners.

In all fairness to the changing definition of family in America, I ask you to
sign the Domestic Partner Registration Bill, AB 2810 into law.

Sincerely,