SB 1056 goes to CA senate Calif may be next to allow GE foods and stop local communities from outlawing GE Foods.

Date:   9/3/2006 11:25:01 PM ( 18 y ago)

GMO Bill SB1056 Alert!
Posted by: "Helene" hdthoreau62@hotmail.com h_idels
Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:09 am (PST)
List Members - See info below............

----- Original Message -----
From: "jm" >
To: >
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:30 PM
Subject: GMO bill SB1056 ALERT

Hi Helene,

I don't recall if information about this bill was sent out on SD Living
Foods yet. What they're trying to do looks pretty scary, and I imagine most
subscribers to SD Living Foods would not want this bill passed. Perhaps you
could send it out on the list ASAP (they will vote on the bill any day now
from Aug. 29th-Aug. 30th).

Thanks.


>Subject: SB1056 UPDATE and ALERT
>
>
>
>Dear friends,
>
>SB1056 passed the Assembly floor yesterday and is now moving to the Senate,
>where it must be voted on by next Thursday. Time is short, and we have
>every hope that we can win this in the Senate ï¿∏ please take some time to
>help!
>
>For those of you who are new to the list, SB1056 is a preemption bill that,
>if passed, would prohibit counties and cities from passing any laws
>pertaining to seeds and nursery stock, including genetically engineered
>seeds. The state government currently has no regulations for genetic
>engineering in agriculture so this bill preempts to nothing. Denying local
>governments the right to pass laws, especially when there are no state
>regulations, is unconstitutional and undemocratic.
>
>Even though we lost in the final count (51 yes, 24 no), we were happily
>surprised by the support we received in the Assembly. Members who voted
>with us were: Karen Bass, Patty Berg, Wilma Chan, Judy Chu, Joe Coto,
>Hector De la Torre, Noreen Evans, Jackie Goldberg, Loni Hancock, Dave
>Jones, Johan Klehs, Paul Koretz, John Laird, Mark Leno, Lloyd Levine, Sally
>Lieber, Ted Lieu, Cindy Montanez, Joe Nation, Pedro Nava, Fran Pavley, Ira
>Ruskin, Lori Saldana and Lois Wolk.
>
>This is certainly thanks to all the constituent pressure that you have
>brought to bear in the past months as well the hard work of the coalition
>and our allies who have spent many days in the capitol informing
>legislators about this bill and drumming up opposition. If your
>Assemblymember voted ï¿∏noï¿∏ on SB1056, please call or write and thank
>them for their support on this very important issue!
>
>Take Action! Join us in stopping this bill once and for all in the Senate -
>call your Senator and urge their NO vote on SB1056 (sample phone rap
>below). To find out your Senator's contact information go to:
>http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html.
>
>Thank you for your continued support!
>
>The Cal GE-Free Team
>
>
>Sample phone rap for Senators:
>Hi, my name is ___________, and I am a constituent. I live in __________. I
>am very concerned with SB 1056, introduced by Senator Florez. This bill
>would take away the rights of local governments to pass policies regulating
>seeds, including restrictions on genetically engineered seeds. California
>has no laws pertaining to genetically engineered seeds. In the absence of
>state regulations, citizens and local governments must retain the right to
>work together to pass local policies. Therefore I am strongly opposed to
>this bill. Thank you.
>
>
>
>--
>
>
>Our address:
>15290 Coleman Valley Road | Occidental, California 95465
>Californians for GE-Free Agriculture
>www.calgefree.org
>p. (510) 816-0631


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