UPDATED: Stop attack on Palestinian rights activism - corrected emails

Wed Jul 13 21:44:45 PDT 2016

It should be Assemblymember.Bloom at assembly.ca.gov. Thanks for calling this
to our attention!

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 10:49 AM, <palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com
> wrote:

>
>
> *Please note the corrected emails for the Appropriations Committee group
> email – highlighted in yellow below. *
>
> Your help is needed again to defeat AB 2844
> <https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844>
> , a bill that attacks non-violent efforts to end Israel’s violations of
> international law and human rights including its occupation, illegal
> settlements, home demolitions, apartheid laws, and extrajudicial killings.
> AB 2844 also attacks our constitutional right to boycott and wastes our
> taxes.
>
> The CA Senate Appropriations Committee  <http://sapro.senate.ca.gov/>will
> hear the bill on Monday, August 1, 2016, 10am in Room 4203. Please contact
>  SabeelSacramento at gmail.com if you can attend the hearing and/or help
> with lobbying.
>
> *TAKE ACTION NOW <https://sac4palestine.org/stop-ab-2844/>**: *
>
> *1)* *Call or email your CA state Senator and **members of the Senate
> Appropriations Committee – *see
>     contact info below.  You can simply state your opposition to AB 2844
> or use the talking points below.
>
> *2)* *Call the Appropriations Committee office: 916-651-4101
> <916-651-4101> **and tell them you oppose AB 2844.*
>
> *3) Ask AB 2844's author Assemblymember Richard Bloom to withdraw the
> bill: *
>  *   Email: Assemblymember.Bloom at assembly.ca.gov
> <Assemblymember.Bloom at assembly.ca.gov>. Tel: (916) 319-2050
> <%28916%29%20319-2050>. Fax: (916) 319-2150 <%28916%29%20319-2150>.*
> *    Twitter:* @AsmRichardBloom <https://twitter.com/AsmRichardBloom>
>
> *4)* *Write your local paper's editorial board* (or send a letter to the
> editor) and ask them to cover AB 2844.
>     Note the high level of opposition, including the Center for
> Constitutional Rights
> <http://ccrjustice.org/ccr-national-lawyers-guild-and-palestine-legal-urge-california-legislators-oppose-anti-boycott-bills>
> and the ACLU
> <https://sac4palestine.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/aclu-letter-june-27-2016.pdf>.
>
>     Click for Sacramento Bee editorial board
> <http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorial-board/>.
>
> *Contact information for CA State Senators:*
>
> *■ You can find your State Senator member here:*
> http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
>
> *■ Sacramento:*  For those who live in the Sacramento Area, our State
> Senator is Richard Pan. Email him at senator.Pan at senate.ca.gov or click
> here <http://sd06.senate.ca.gov/contact/email> to email him through his
> website. You can also call him at (916) 262-2904  or send a fax (916)
> 914-2179. Tweet: @DrPanMD <https://twitter.com/DrPanMD> (See below for
> Davis and Folsom)
> *   Folsom:* Senator Ted Gaines <http://senate.ca.gov/SD01>;
> Senator.Gaines at Senate.ca.gov. Tel: 916-651-4001; Fax: 916-651-4901
> *   Davis*: Senator Lois Wolk <http://senate.ca.gov/SD03>:
> Senator.Wolk at Senate.ca.gov. Tel:  916-651-4003; Fax:  916-651-4903
>
> *■ Members of Senate Appropriations Committee *(http://sapro.senate.ca.gov
> )*:*
>
> *   ● Send one message to the Appropriations Committee by cutting and
> pasting their emails*:
>
> Senator.Lara <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>@senate.ca.gov
> <http://sen.ca.gov/>; Senator <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>.Bates
> <http://senate.ca.gov/sd36>@senate.ca.gov <http://sen.ca.gov/>; Senator
> <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>.Beall <http://senate.ca.gov/sd15>@
> senate.ca.gov <http://sen.ca.gov/>;Senator <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>
> .Hill <http://senate.ca.gov/sd13>@senate.ca.gov <http://sen.ca.gov/>;
> Senator <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>.McGuire <http://sd02.senate.ca.gov/>@
> senate.ca.gov <http://sen.ca.gov/>; Senator <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>
> .Mendoza at senate.ca.gov;  Senator <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>.Nielsen
> <http://senate.ca.gov/sd04>@senate.ca.gov <http://sen.ca.gov/>
>
> And cc their staffs:  erika.contreras at sen.ca.gov;
> jennifer.douglas at sen.ca.gov; kevin.bassett at sen.ca.gov;
> Alexander.Khan at sen.ca.gov; lynne.andres at sen.ca.gov;
> patrick.welch at sen.ca.gov; jason.liles at sen.ca.gov;
> Brittany.Petitt at sen.ca.gov;   jennifer.teasdale at sen.ca.gov
>
> *   ● If you can, please contact the CA Senate Appropriations Committee
> members individually:*
>
> *Senator Ricardo Lara (Chair)* <Senator%20Ricardo%20Lara%20(Chair)>
> Email: Senator.Lara <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>@senate.ca.gov
> <http://sen.ca.gov/> cc staffers:  erika.contreras at sen.ca.gov;
> jennifer.douglas at sen.ca.gov
> State Capitol Room 5050, Sacramento, CA 95814
> phone: (916) 651-4033, Fax (916) 651-4933; Twitter @SenRicardoLara
>
> *Senator Patricia Bates (Vice Chair)*
> <http://senate.ca.gov/sd36>Email: Senator <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>
> .Bates <http://senate.ca.gov/sd36>@senate.ca.gov <http://sen.ca.gov/> cc
> staffers:  kevin.bassett at sen.ca.gov and Alexander.Khan at sen.ca.gov
> State Capitol, Room 4048, Sacramento, CA 95814
> Phone: 916.651.4036 - Fax: 916.651.4936; Twitter: @SenatorPatBates
>
> *Senator Jim Beall* <http://senate.ca.gov/sd15>
> Email: Senator <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>.Beall
> <http://senate.ca.gov/sd15>@senate.ca.gov <http://sen.ca.gov/>  cc
> staffer:  lynne.andres at sen.ca.gov
> State Capitol, Room 5066, Sacramento, CA 95814
> Phone: (916) 651-4015 - Fax: (916) 651-4915; Twitter: @Jimbealljr
>
> *Senator Jerry Hill* <http://senate.ca.gov/sd13>
> Email: Senator <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>.Hill
> <http://senate.ca.gov/sd13>@senate.ca.gov <http://sen.ca.gov/>; cc
> staffer: patrick.welch at sen.ca.gov
> State Capitol, Room 5035, Sacramento, CA 95814
> *Phone:* (916) 651-4013 - *Fax:* (916) 651-4913; Twitter: None listed
>
> *Senator Mike McGuire* <http://sd02.senate.ca.gov/>
> Email: Senator <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>.McGuire
> <http://sd02.senate.ca.gov/>@senate.ca.gov <http://sen.ca.gov/>; cc
> staffer: jason.liles at sen.ca.gov
> State Capitol, Room 5064 , Sacramento, CA 95814
> Phone: 916-651-4002 - Fax: 916-651-4902; Twitter: @ilike_mike
>
> *Senator Tony Mendoza* <http://senate.ca.gov/sd32>
> Email: Senator <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>.Mendoza at senate.ca.gov; cc
> staffer: Brittany.Petitt at sen.ca.gov
> State Capitol, Room 5061, Sacramento, CA 95814
> Phone:  (916) 651-4032 - Fax:  (916) 651-4932; Twitter: @MrTonyMendoza
>
> *Senator Jim Nielsen* <http://senate.ca.gov/sd04>
> Email: Senator <http://senate.ca.gov/sd33>.Nielsen
> <http://senate.ca.gov/sd04>@senate.ca.gov <http://sen.ca.gov/>; cc
> staffer: jennifer.teasdale at sen.ca.gov
> State Capitol, Room 2068, Sacramento, CA 95814
> Phone: 916.651.4004 - Fax: 916.651.4904; Twitter: @CASenatorJim
>
> *Sample talking points:*
>
> ● AB 2844 violates the First Amendment of the Constitution. Even as
> amended, AB 2844 is still an attack on free speech.
> <https://sac4palestine.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/ab-2844-still-about-speech-not-discrimination.pdf>
>
> ● AB 2844 seeks to penalize and punish those who choose not to do
> business with Israel as a means of opposing the Israeli government’s
> well-documented abuses. Complaints could even be lodged against companies
> making economic decisions not to do business with Israel. Such companies
> could face loss of business or costly legal fees to defend themselves.
>
> ● AB 2844 will waste our state tax dollars to have the California Attorney
> General participate in a witch hunt that could result in costly lawsuits.
>
> ● Your state tax dollars should not be squandered to promote and protect
> the Israeli government while it is engaged in well-documented egregious
> violations of human rights and international law. California legislators
> need to be on the right side of history and not be bullied by the Israel
> lobby to defend Israel’s abuses.
>
> ● Boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) are time-honored non-violent
> tactics that have been used by human rights advocates around the world to
> help bring about justice, including ending apartheid in South Africa,
> supporting the civil rights movement in this country, improving working
> conditions for farm workers and opposing discrimination against the LGBT
> community.
>
> ● AB 2844 seeks to single out Israel as an exception and to equate boycott
> and divestment of Israel with anti-Jewish discrimination. Taking action to
> oppose human rights violations of governments, for example Mexico, China,
> the U.S. does not make one anti-Mexican, anti-Chinese or anti-American.
>
> ● Contrary to the claims of AB 2844’s author, Assemblymember Richard
> Bloom, the tactics of BDS are NOT being used to attack Jews or destroy
> the state of Israel. BDS  is being utilized to put pressure on Israel to
> end its abuses.
>
> ● AB 2844 is an attempt to silence those many Jews, including Jewish Voice
> for Peace, and many others, who support using BDS as a tool to end Israel’s
> occupation and other violations of Palestinian rights.
>
>
> *Resources   * American Civil Liberties Union letter
> <https://sac4palestine.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/aclu-letter-june-27-2016.pdf>
>     Center for Constitutional Rights Statement
> <http://ccrjustice.org/ccr-national-lawyers-guild-and-palestine-legal-urge-california-legislators-oppose-anti-boycott-bills>
>     Boycotts of Israel are a protected form of free speech
> <http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-bds-bill-20160630-snap-story.html>
> – LA Times editorial 7-5-16
>     CA Senate Judiciary Hearing June 28, 2016
> <http://senate.ca.gov/media-archive>
>     State shouldn’t stifle debate about Israel, Palestinians: Guest
> commentary
> <http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20160707/state-shouldnt-stifle-debate-about-israel-palestinians-guest-commentary>
>     *AB 2844 still about speech not discrimination
> <https://sac4palestine.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/ab-2844-still-about-speech-not-discrimination.pdf>*
>
> Support Palestinian rights: Sign petitions & take actions
> www.sacbds.org/petitions
>
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