Letters and Public Statements

California State Government

  • Online Voter Registration: A Reality in California! PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. – Statement applauding the new, convenient process that is available to all eligible Californians with access to the Internet and a signature on file with the DMV. (September 19, 2012)

  • AB 1436 Support Election Day Registration PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. – Letter urging the Governor to sign AB 1436 (Feuer) to allow eligible Californians to register and vote up to and on Election Day. (September 7, 2012)

  • Weighted Student Formula for Funding Schools PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. – Joint letter to legislative leaders, copying the administration, urging implementation of WSF. (August 2012)

  • Report on the Administrative Office of the Courts PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. – Letter to the Judicial Council of California, commenting on the Strategic Evaluation Committee (SEC) report on the Administrative Office of the Courts. (July 20, 2012)

  • Voter ID Laws PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. - One-page article explaining why the League of Women Voters protests against voter ID laws so vigorously. (May 2012)

  • First Steps Toward a More Realistic State Budget PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. – Statement about the Governor’s May Revise budget and the urgent need for California voters to realize that increased revenues must be part of the equation for a balanced budget. (May 2012)

  • AB 1648 Support Assembly Floor Alert for the California DISCLOSE Act PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. – Statement distributed to all Assembly members, urging them to vote for AB 1648, the California DISCLOSE Act, on the Assembly floor. (May 29, 2012)

  • Support for Volumetric Wastewater Pricing PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. – Letter to the State Water Resources Control Board supporting a statewide requirement that wastewater agencies use volumetric billing for residential customers. (May 14, 2012)

  • Metropolitan Water District (MWD) Financial Support of California Urban Water Conservation Council (CUWCC) PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. – Letter urging the MWD to sustain its previous level of financial support to ensure the continued broad involvement of southern California water agencies in the Council. (May 11, 2012)

  • HR 1837 Oppose San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to Senator Barbara Boxer urging the defeat of H.R. 1837 because it would preempt California’s ability to regulate and protect its water resources, override environmental protections, and undermine consensus efforts to find solutions to California’s water problems. (Identical letter sent to Senator Dianne Feinstein.) (March 9, 2012)

  • League Response to Criticism over Voting Rights LawsuitPDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. - Letter to North County Times in San Diego County in response to their criticism of the League's participation in a lawsuit against the Secretary of State to clarify the voting rights of those convicted of low-level felonies. (March 24, 2012)

  • SB 654 Support Protection of Existing Housing Funds of Dissolving Redevelopment AgenciesPDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to Senator Steinberg supports funding for affordable housing for all Californians. Redevelopment set-aside funds for low and moderate income housing are the largest source of funding to address affordable housing needs. (January 21, 2012)

  • Recommendations for Statutory Change to Improve the Redistricting ProcessPDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Joint letter to the Citizens Redistricting Commission suggesting improvements to the redistricting process, focusing on those which would require statutory changes. (January 17, 2012)

  • SB 810 California Universal Healthcare ActPDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to the Committee on Appropriations supporting giving every Californian access to quality care in a system that controls health care costs. (January 11, 2012)

  • AB 1148 Support Campaign DisclosurePDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to Paul Fong (Chair, Committee on Elections and Redistricting) in support of AB 1148, which would require the largest major funders of political advertisements for candidates and ballot measures in California to be clearly and unambiguously identified. It will also require campaign committees to maintain a Web site where the largest major funders are listed so voters can easily access this important information. (January 4, 2012)

  • Concerns About The Bay Delta Conservation PlanPDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to Kenneth Salazar (Secretary, Department of the Interior) and John Laird (Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency) raising concerns about the first amendment to the Memorandum of Agreement regarding collaboration on the planning, preliminary design and environmental compliance for the Delta Habitat Conservation and Conveyance Program in connection with the development of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. (November 15, 2011)

  • Oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline ProjectPDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to Senator Barbara Boxer requesting that she oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline project, as part of a nation-wide League campaign. (October 28, 2011)

  • AB 420 Support Counting Incarcerated Persons as Residing at Last ResidencePDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to Governor Brown requesting he sign this bill, requesting the Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) count an incarcerated person as residing at his or her last known place of residence, rather than at the institution of his or her incarceration, in drawing new district lines following the 2020 census. (September 13, 2011)

  • SB 397 Support Online Registration (Yee)PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to Governor Brown requesting he sign this bill, allowing eligible citizens to submit a voter registration affidavit electronically, a process dubbed online voter registration. (September 2, 2011)

  • AB 293 Support Vote-by-Mail VerificationPDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to Governor Brown requesting he sign this bill, requiring each county elections office to establish a free access system by which a vote by mail (VBM) voter can find out whether his or her ballot was counted and, if not, the reason why it was not. (September 2, 2011)

  • AB 155 Support Use Tax Collection ObligationPDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to Assembly Members Calderon and Skinner, in support of their bill that repeals and reenacts, with slight modification, budget trailer bill ABX1 28 (Blumenfield). AB 155 maintains (with an increase in the small business exemption) the definition of “retailer engaged in business in this state” that imposes a use tax collection obligation on out-of-state retailers that use in-state sister companies to help develop or sell their goods. . (August 31, 2011)

  • SB 641 Support Same Day Voter Registration (as proposed to be amended)PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to Speaker Perez urging the bill be sent from the Appropriations Committee to the Assembly floor for debate and vote. As Senator Calderon proposes to amend it, this bill would allow eligible citizens to register and vote at official locations on election day or during the 14-day period leading up to election day. (August 26, 2011)

  • AB 591 Support (Wieckowski as amended July 7)PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to Senator Kehoe, Chair of the Committee on Appropriations about a community right-to-know bill that would require operators of oil and natural gas wells to provide information on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) to the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, for publication on the division’s Web site where it is available to the public as well as to DOGGR and other agencies. (August 24, 2011)

  • SB 397 Support Online Voter Registration (Yee)PDF File. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.– Letter to Senator Yee in support of his bill to allow eligible citizens to submit a voter registration affidavit electronically, a process dubbed online voter registration. (August 1, 2011)

United States Federal Government

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