MAKE ONE PHONE CALL TODAY TO SAVE SIERRA NEVADA FORESTS
AND GIANT SEQUOIA NATIONAL MONUMENT!
Please call and ask your California Assemblymember to vote "Yes" both on Assembly Joint Resolution 11 (AJR 11) to Save the Sierra Framework, and on Senate Joint Resolution 5 (SJR 5) to Save the Giant Sequoia National Monument!
As you know, the Bush Administration is doing everything it possibly can to turn back the gains of the Clinton administration and return our national forests to the timber industry. In the Sierra Nevada national forests, they have decided to overturn the Sierra Nevada Framework plan that protected ancient forests, and plan to TRIPLE LOGGING IN THE SIERRA'S NATIONAL FORESTS!
And, in Giant Sequoia National Monument, they are planning to allow logging of 30-inch diameter trees anywhere-EVEN IN GIANT SEQUOIA GROVES-with the pretense of "saving the forest from fire danger."
Science shows that logging large trees will do nothing to reduce fire risk-it may even increase fire danger. That's why Assemblymember Hannah-Beth Jackson has introduced a resolution (AJR 11) supporting the Sierra Nevada Framework, and that's why Sen. Byron Sher has introduced a resolution (SJR 5) calling for cautious management of the Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Many important California leaders have weighed in supporting the Framework and the Giant Sequoia Monument, including Attorney General Bill Lockyer and others. It's important that the state Legislature pass these resolutions showing the broad statewide rejection of the Bush administration's plans for harming our public lands.
If your Assemblymember is listed below, PLEASE CALL HIM OR HER TODAY and ask him/her to support both AJR 11, supporting the Sierra Framework, and SJR 5, supporting protection of the Giant Sequoia National Monument. JUST ONE PHONE CALL to the local office can make a big difference... but if you have friends and neighbors in the district, ask them to call too! Please note, the cities included in each district are listed next to the name of the Assemblymember.
District No. Name/Local phone
Cities in district (district location)
11 Joe Canciamilla (925) 372-7990
Pittsburg, Antioch, Concord, Martinez, San Pablo
17 Barbara Matthews (209) 948-7479
Tracy, Atwater, Latrhop, Newman, Stockton
19 Gene Mullin (650) 341-4319
So. San Francisco, Burlingame, Daly City, Pacifica, San Bruno, San Mateo
20 John Dutra (510) 440-9030
Milpitas, Fremont, Newark, San Jose
24 Rebecca Cohn (408) 369-8170
Saratoga, Campbell, San Jose, Santa Clara
28 Simon Salinas (831) 759-8676
Salinas, Greenfield, Hollister, Gilroy, San Jose, Watsonville
31 Sarah Reyes (559) 445-5532
Fresno, Sanger
46 Fabian Nunes (213) 620-4646
Los Angeles, Huntington Park
47 Herb Wesson (323) 290-5105
Culver City, Los Angeles
48 Mark Ridley-Thomas (213) 745-6656
Los Angeles
50 Marco Firebaugh (562) 927-1200
East LA, Bell, Bellflower, Downey, Huntington Park, Southgate
56 Rudy Bermudez (562) 866-3391
Buena Park, Cerritos, Whittier, Norwalk, Lakewood
57 Ed Chavez (626) 961-8492
La Puente, Azusa, W. Covina, Baldwin Park
61 Gloria Negrete-McLeod (909) 621-2783
Chino, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona
69 Lou Correa (714) 285-0355
Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove
79 Juan Vargas (619) 409-7979
Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, National City, San Diego
Thank you for your support of California's national forests!
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