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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please note the corrected emails for the Appropriations Committee group email – <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>highlighted in yellow</span> below. <br><br></span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Your help is needed again to defeat <span style='color:#0033CC'><a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844"><span style='color:#0033CC'>AB 2844</span></a>,</span> a bill that <span style='color:black'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The CA<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://sapro.senate.ca.gov/"><span style='color:#0033CC'>Senate Appropriations Committee</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#00AADC'> </span></span></a><span style='color:black'>will hear the bill on Monday, August 1, 2016, 10am in Room 4203. Please contact</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#3D596D'> </span></span><span style='color:#0033CC'><a href="mailto:SabeelSacramento@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0033CC'>SabeelSacramento@gmail.com</span></a></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#3D596D'> </span></span><span style='color:black'>if you can attend the hearing and/or help with lobbying. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><a href="https://sac4palestine.org/stop-ab-2844/">TAKE ACTION NOW</a></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1)</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <b>Call or email your CA state Senator and </b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>members of the Senate Appropriations Committee – </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>see<br> contact info below. You can simply state your opposition to<b> </b>AB 2844 or use the talking points below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:0in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:0in'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2)</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b></span><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Call the Appropriations Committee office: 916-651-4101 </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>and tell them you oppose AB 2844.</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:0in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:0in'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3) Ask AB 2844's author Assemblymember Richard Bloom to withdraw the bill: </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong></span></b><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'> Email: <a href="mailto:Assemblymember.Bloom@assembly.ca.gov">Assemblymember.Bloom@assembly.ca.gov</a>. Tel: (916) 319-2050. Fax: (916) 319-2150.</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'> Twitter:</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3D596D;font-weight:normal'> </span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D'><a href="https://twitter.com/AsmRichardBloom" title="@AsmRichardBloom on Twitter"><span style='color:#17365D'>@AsmRichardBloom</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:0in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>4)</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Write your local paper's editorial board</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(or send a letter to the editor) and ask them to cover AB 2844.<br> Note the high level of opposition, including the </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://ccrjustice.org/ccr-national-lawyers-guild-and-palestine-legal-urge-california-legislators-oppose-anti-boycott-bills">Center for Constitutional Rights</a><span style='color:black'> and </span><a href="https://sac4palestine.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/aclu-letter-june-27-2016.pdf">the ACLU</a><span style='color:black'>. <br> <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorial-board/">Click for Sacramento Bee editorial board</a>. </span><span style='color:#3D596D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;text-indent:.5in'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Contact <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>information for CA State Senators:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>■ You can find your State Senator member here:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov">http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>■ Sacramento:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> For those who live in the Sacramento Area, our State Senator is Richard Pan. Email him at <a href="mailto:senator.Pan@senate.ca.gov">senator.Pan@senate.ca.gov</a> or <a href="http://sd06.senate.ca.gov/contact/email">click here</a> to email him through his website. You can also call him at <span style='color:#333333;background:white'>(916) 262-2904 or send a fax (916) 914-2179. Tweet:</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/DrPanMD">@DrPanMD</a> (See below for Davis and Folsom)<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'> Folsom:</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#3D596D;background:white'> </span></span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/SD01"><span style='background:white'>Senator Ted Gaines</span></a><span style='color:blue;background:white'>;</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#3D596D;background:white'> </span></span><a href="mailto:Senator.Gaines@Senate.ca.gov"><span style='background:white'>Senator.Gaines@Senate.ca.gov</span></a>.<span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:blue;background:white'> </span></span><span style='color:black;background:white'>Tel: 916-651-4001; Fax: 916-651-4901<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Davis</span></strong></span><span style='color:#3D596D;background:white'>:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/SD03"><span style='background:white'>Senator Lois Wolk</span></a><span style='color:blue;background:white'>:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:Senator.Wolk@Senate.ca.gov">Senator.Wolk@Senate.ca.gov</a></span><span style='color:black;background:white'>. Tel: 916-651-4003; Fax: 916-651-4903<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>■ Members of Senate Appropriations Committee </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(<a href="http://sapro.senate.ca.gov">http://sapro.senate.ca.gov</a>)<b>:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> ● <span style='color:red'>Send one message to the Appropriations Committee</span> by cutting and pasting their emails</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator.Lara</a><span style='color:blue'>@</span><a href="http://sen.ca.gov/">senate.ca.gov</a><span style='color:blue'>; </span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator</a><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd36">.Bates</a><span style='color:blue'>@</span><a href="http://sen.ca.gov/">senate.ca.gov</a><span style='color:blue'>; </span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator</a><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd15">.Beall</a><span style='color:blue'>@</span><a href="http://sen.ca.gov/">senate.ca.gov</a><span style='color:blue'>;</span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator</a><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd13">.Hill</a><span style='color:blue'>@</span><a href="http://sen.ca.gov/">senate.ca.gov</a><span style='color:blue'>; </span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator</a><a href="http://sd02.senate.ca.gov/">.McGuire</a><span style='color:blue'>@</span><a href="http://sen.ca.gov/">senate.ca.gov</a><span style='color:blue'>; </span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator</a><a href="mailto:.Mendoza@senate.ca.gov">.Mendoza@senate.ca.gov</a><span style='color:blue'>; </span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator</a><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd04">.Nielsen</a><span style='color:blue'>@</span><a href="http://sen.ca.gov/">senate.ca.gov</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br><span style='color:#333333'>And cc their staffs: </span><a href="mailto:erika.contreras@sen.ca.gov" target="_blank">erika.contreras@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#333333'>;</span> <a href="mailto:jennifer.douglas@sen.ca.gov">jennifer.douglas@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#333333'>; </span><a href="mailto:kevin.bassett@sen.ca.gov" target="_blank">kevin.bassett@sen.ca.gov</a>; <a href="mailto:Alexander.Khan@sen.ca.gov" target="_blank">Alexander.Khan@sen.ca.gov</a>; <a href="mailto:lynne.andres@sen.ca.gov" target="_blank">lynne.andres@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#333333'>; </span><span style='color:#222222'> </span><a href="mailto:patrick.welch@sen.ca.gov" target="_blank">patrick.welch@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#333333'>; </span><a href="mailto:jason.liles@sen.ca.gov" target="_blank">jason.liles@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#333333'>; </span><a href="mailto:Brittany.Petitt@sen.ca.gov" target="_blank">Brittany.Petitt@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#333333'>;</span><span style='color:#222222'> </span> <a href="mailto:jennifer.teasdale@sen.ca.gov" target="_blank">jennifer.teasdale@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:0in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> ● <span style='color:red'>If you can, please contact the CA Senate Appropriations Committee members individually</span>:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:Senator%20Ricardo%20Lara%20(Chair)"><b><span style='color:purple'>Senator Ricardo Lara (Chair)</span></b></a><span style='color:purple'> <br></span><span style='color:black'>Email:</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#3D596D'> </span></span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator.Lara</a><span style='color:blue'>@</span><a href="http://sen.ca.gov/">senate.ca.gov</a><span style='color:blue'> </span><span style='color:#3D596D'>cc staffers:</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:blue'> </span></span><a href="mailto:erika.contreras@sen.ca.gov">erika.contreras@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:blue'>;<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="mailto:jennifer.douglas@sen.ca.gov">jennifer.douglas@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:blue'> </span><span style='color:#3D596D'><br>State Capitol Room 5050, Sacramento, CA 95814<br>phone: (916) 651-4033, Fax<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(916) 651-4933; Twitter @SenRicardoLara <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#3D596D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd36"><b><span style='color:purple'>Senator Patricia Bates (Vice Chair)</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><b><span style='color:purple;text-decoration:none'> </span></b></span><span style='color:purple'><br></span></a><span style='color:black'>Email</span><span style='color:purple'>:</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33"><span style='color:#0033CC'>Senator</span></a><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd36"><span style='color:#0033CC'>.Bates</span></a><span style='color:#0033CC'>@</span><a href="http://sen.ca.gov/"><span style='color:#0033CC'>senate.ca.gov</span></a><span style='color:#3D596D'> cc staffers: </span><a href="mailto:kevin.bassett@sen.ca.gov">kevin.bassett@sen.ca.gov</a><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:blue'> </span></span><span style='color:blue'>and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="mailto:Alexander.Khan@sen.ca.gov">Alexander.Khan@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#3D596D'><br>State Capitol, Room 4048, Sacramento, CA 95814<br>Phone: 916.651.4036 - Fax: 916.651.4936; Twitter: @SenatorPatBates</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd15"><b><span style='color:purple'>Senator Jim Beall</span></b></a><span style='color:#3D596D'> <br>Email:</span><span style='color:blue'> </span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator</a><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd15">.Beall</a><span style='color:blue'>@</span><a href="http://sen.ca.gov/">senate.ca.gov</a><span style='color:blue'> </span><span style='color:#3D596D'> cc staffer:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='color:blue'> </span><a href="mailto:lynne.andres@sen.ca.gov">lynne.andres@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#3D596D'><br>State Capitol, Room 5066, Sacramento, CA 95814<br>Phone: (916) 651-4015 - Fax:<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong>(916) 651-4915; Twitter: @Jimbealljr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd13"><b><span style='color:purple'>Senator Jerry Hill</span></b></a><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#3D596D'> </span></span><span style='color:#3D596D'><br>Email:</span><span style='color:blue'> </span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator</a><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd13">.Hill</a><span style='color:blue'>@</span><a href="http://sen.ca.gov/">senate.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#3D596D'>; cc staffer: </span><a href="mailto:patrick.welch@sen.ca.gov">patrick.welch@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#3D596D'><br>State Capitol, Room 5035, Sacramento, CA 95814<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone:</span></strong> (916) 651-4013 -<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax:</span></strong> (916) 651-4913; Twitter: None listed<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://sd02.senate.ca.gov/"><b><span style='color:purple'>Senator Mike McGuire</span></b></a><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#3D596D'> </span></span><span style='color:#3D596D'><br>Email: </span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator</a><a href="http://sd02.senate.ca.gov/">.McGuire</a><span style='color:blue'>@</span><a href="http://sen.ca.gov/">senate.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#3D596D'>; cc staffer: </span><a href="mailto:jason.liles@sen.ca.gov">jason.liles@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#3D596D'><br>State Capitol, Room 5064 , Sacramento, CA 95814<br>Phone: 916-651-4002 - Fax: 916-651-4902; Twitter: @ilike_mike<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd32"><b><span style='color:#993366'>Senator Tony Mendoza</span></b></a><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#993366'> </span></span><span style='color:#3D596D'><br>Email: </span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator</a><a href="mailto:.Mendoza@senate.ca.gov">.Mendoza@senate.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#3D596D'>; cc staffer:</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:blue'> </span></span><a href="mailto:Brittany.Petitt@sen.ca.gov">Brittany.Petitt@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#3D596D'><br>State Capitol, Room 5061, Sacramento, CA 95814<br>Phone: (916) 651-4032 - Fax: (916) 651-4932; Twitter: @MrTonyMendoza<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd04"><b><span style='color:#993366'>Senator Jim Nielsen</span></b></a><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#993366'> </span></span><span style='color:#3D596D'><br>Email: </span><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd33">Senator</a><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd04">.Nielsen</a><span style='color:blue'>@</span><a href="http://sen.ca.gov/">senate.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#3D596D'>; cc staffer:</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:blue'> </span></span><a href="mailto:jennifer.teasdale@sen.ca.gov">jennifer.teasdale@sen.ca.gov</a><span style='color:#3D596D'><br>State Capitol, Room 2068, Sacramento, CA 95814<br>Phone: 916.651.4004 - Fax: 916.651.4904; Twitter: @CASenatorJim<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Sample talking points:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>● AB 2844 violates the First Amendment of the Constitution.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'>Even as amended, </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://sac4palestine.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/ab-2844-still-about-speech-not-discrimination.pdf">AB 2844 is still an attack on free speech.</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>●<span style='color:black'> AB 2844 </span>seeks to penalize and punish <span style='color:black'>those who choose not to do business with Israel as a means of </span>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.<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>● 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.<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>● 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>● 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.<span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>● 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>● Contrary to the claims of AB 2844’s author, Assemblymember Richard Bloom, the tactics of BDS are NOT being used to attack Jews<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>or destroy the state of Israel<span style='color:#1F497D'>. </span><span style='color:black'>BDS is being utilized</span> <span style='color:black'>to put</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'>pressure on Israel to end its</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>abuses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.8pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>● 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.<br><b><span style='color:black;background:white'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Resources</span></strong></span><span style='color:#3D596D;background:white'><br></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'> </span></strong></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black;background:white'> </span></span><a href="https://sac4palestine.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/aclu-letter-june-27-2016.pdf" title="ACLU letter June 27 2016"><span style='background:white'>American Civil Liberties Union letter</span></a><span style='color:#3D596D;background:white'><br></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'> </span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black;background:white'> </span></span><a href="http://ccrjustice.org/ccr-national-lawyers-guild-and-palestine-legal-urge-california-legislators-oppose-anti-boycott-bills"><span style='background:white'>Center for Constitutional Rights Statement</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-bds-bill-20160630-snap-story.html">Boycotts of Israel are a protected form of free speech</a> – LA Times editorial 7-5-16<br> <a href="http://senate.ca.gov/media-archive">CA Senate Judiciary Hearing June 28, 2016</a><br> <span style='color:#333333'><a href="http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20160707/state-shouldnt-stifle-debate-about-israel-palestinians-guest-commentary">State shouldn’t stifle debate about Israel, Palestinians: Guest commentary</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br> </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;background:white'><a href="https://sac4palestine.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/ab-2844-still-about-speech-not-discrimination.pdf" title="AB 2844 still about speech not discrimination"><span style='font-weight:normal'>AB 2844 still about speech not discrimination</span></a></span></strong><span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Support Palestinian rights: Sign petitions & take actions <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/petitions">www.sacbds.org/petitions</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.2in;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>