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Freedom is NORML
On Tuesday, January 12, members of the California Assembly will hold a historic vote on marijuana policy. Members of the Public Safety Committee, chaired by San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, will vote on Assembly Bill 390, the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act — the first bill ever introduced to legalize the sale and use of marijuana in California.
Tuesday’s vote will mark the first time since 1913 that California lawmakers have voted on ending criminal marijuana prohibition.
If a majority of the Public Safety Committee votes ‘yes’ on AB 390, the bill will immediately face a vote in the California State Assembly Committee on Health. That’s right. Members of both committees will likely be voting on this important measure next week. That is why we need your support in contacting the members of these committees today!
To date, over 8,000 of you have contacted your California Assemblymembers via NORML’s Capwiz service. This is a tremendous outpouring of public support, but we need to ramp up our advocacy this week.
The following Assemblymembers sit on key committees overseeing AB 390. Constituents in their districts are urged to phone or fax support for AB 390 today.
- Anthony Adams - Claremont 909-625-1038; Fax 909-625-1063
- Juan Arambula - Fresno 559-445-5532; Fax -6006
- Karen Bass - Los Angeles 323-937-4747; Fax -3466
- Marty Block - Lemon Grove/San Diego 619-462-7878; Fax -0078
- Wilmer Amina Carter - Rialto 909-820-5008; Fax -5098
- Connie Conway - Visalia 559-636-3440; Fax -4484
- Hector De La Torre - South Gate/Downey 562-927-1200; Fax -6670
- Kevin de Leon - Los Angeles 323-225-4545; Fax -4500
- Bill Emmerson - Rancho Cucamonga 909-466-9096; Fax -9892
- Nathan Fletcher - San Diego 858-689-6290; Fax -6296
- Warrren Furutani - Carson/Torrance/Long Beach 562-989-2919; Fax -5494
- Ted Gaines - Roseville 916-774-4430; Fax -4433
- David Gilmore - Hanford/Bakersfield 559-585-7170; Fax -7175
- Curt Hagman - Covina/Chino/Diamond Bar 909-627-7021; Fax -1481
- Isadore Hall III - Compton/Long Beach/LA 310-223-1201; Fax -1202
- Mary Hayashi - Hayward 510-583-8818; Fax -8800
- Edward Hernandez - W. Covina/Baldwin Park 626-960-4457; Fax -1310
- Jerry Hill - San Mateo, SF Peninsula 650-349-1900; Fax -4676
- Dave Jones - Sacramento (916) 324-4676; Fax 916-327-3338
- Bonnie Lowenthal - Long Beach 562-495-2915; Fax -2983
- Fiona Ma - San Francisco(western) 916-319-2012; Fax 916-319-2112
- Pedro Nava - Santa Barbara/Oxnard 805-564-1649; Fax -1651
- John Perez - Los Angeles 213-620-4646; Fax -6319
- V. Manuel Perez - Indio/El Centro 760-342-8047; Fax -8704
- Mary Salas - Chula Vista 619-409-7979; Fax -9270
- Nancy Skinner - Berkeley/Oakland 510-286-1400; Fax -1406
- Audra Strickland - Camarillo/Westlake Village 805-230-9167; Fax -9183
(Please note: These are members’ district office phone numbers. We are targeting these offices first. Sacramento office numbers and e-mail addresses for these members are also available here and here.)
If your member of the Assembly does not appear above, please take a moment today to call the Assembly Committees of Public Safety and Health, and voice your support for AB 390. You can find the direct line for these committees, as well as for the Chair and Vice-Chairs, here and here.
Finally, you can also send a letter of support directly to your individual member of the Assembly using NORML’s pre-written letter by clicking this link: www.capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=12758896
For more information about this measure, please visit http://www.canorml.org.
