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    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 1673, as amended, Feuer. Retail sales: rebates.
      • Date: 5/1/2007
      • Position: Support - Client not listed in Official Analysis - took position as author presented bill.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; California Alliance for Consumer Protection (see note above); Consumer Federation of California; Consumers Union; Steve Poizner, Insurance Commissioner.
        • Association of California Grocers Association; California Motor Car Dealers Association; California Retailers Association.


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 498, as amended, Oropeza. Vehicles: total loss salvage vehicles.
      • Date: 4/24/2007
      • Position: Support - Client not listed in Official Analysis - took position as author presented bill.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: California Alliance for Consumer Protection (see note above); California Auto Dismantlers and Recyclers ; Alliance, Inc. (CADRA); Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Federation of California; Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety (CARS); Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights; State of California Auto Dismantlers Association (SCADA); Steve Poizner, Insurance Commissioner;
        • Association of California Insurance Companies; California Motor Car Dealers Association; Copart; Insurance Auto Auctions; Personal Insurance Federation of California; State Farm.


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 844, as amended, Berryhill. Recycling businesses. Junk dealers and recyclers: scrap metals and alloys.
      • Date: 4/24/2007
      • Position: Support - Client not listed in Official Analysis - took position as author presented bill.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: California Alliance for Consumer Protection (see note above); California Farm Bureau; California Rural Crime Prevention Task Force; California State Sheriffs' Association; County of Tulare, District Attorney's Office; Fresno County Farm Bureau; Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Southern California Edison.
        • Opposition: Bellflower Recycling Center, Inc.; Ben's Recycling and Scrap Metal; D & T Recycling, Inc.; Standard Insdustries; Unicorn Metals Recycling Company, Inc..


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 962, as amended, Migden. Umbilical cord blood collection biomedical resources program.
      • Date: 4/24/2007
      • Position: Support - Client not listed in Official Analysis - took position as author presented bill.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: California Alliance for Consumer Protection (see note above); Asian American Donor Program; CA Catholic Conference; Cord Blood Donor Foundation
        • Opposition: CA Medical Assoc.; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, District IX/CA


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 1100, as amended, Ruskin. Food labeling.
      • Date: 4/24/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis - it's important to educate consumers about what is being put in our food - The best consumer is an educated consumer.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: California Alliance for Consumer Protection; Natural Products Association West; Straus Family Creamery; United Natural Foods, Inc.
        • Opposition: Agriculture Council of California (prior version); Biotechnology Industry Organization (prior version); California Cattlemen Association (prior version); California Dairy Institute (prior version); California Farm Bureau Federation (prior version); California Grain and Feed Association (prior version); California Seed Association (prior version); California Women for Agriculture (prior version); Consumers Union; Western Plant Health Association (prior version).


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 45, as amended, Perata. Transportation funds for: transit system safety.
      • Date: 4/24/2007
      • Position: Support - Client not listed in Official Analysis - no one was listed in either support or opposition.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
      • Client: Moller International
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: None Listed
        • Opposition: None Listed


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 948, as amended, Harman. Common interest developments: board member education.
      • Date: 4/24/2007
      • Position: Oppose - Client listed in Official Analysis - Board members should be educated sooner than once every two years (three after proposed amendments in committee). Negotiated deal to make them 1 year or less.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: Congress of California Seniors
        • Opposition: California Alliance for Consumer Protection; California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA)


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 771, as amended, Kuehl. Stem cell research standards: licensing revenues.
      • Date: 4/24/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: California Alliance For Consumer Protection; California Nurses Association; CALPIRG; Senior Action Network.
        • Opposition: California Healthcare Institute (CHI); BIOCOM


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 1347, as amended, Caballero. Pet Store Animal Care Act.
      • Date: 4/24/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: Petco (sponsor). Pet Industry Joint Advisory Committee (sponsor). California Alliance For Consumer Protection;
        • Opposition: None on file


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 1276, as amended, Karnette. Pharmacies: prescription containers: labels.
      • Date: 4/24/2007
      • Position: Oppose - Client listed in Official Analysis - oppose because Rx Cannabis not included.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: California Senior Legislature (sponsor); California School Nurses Organization; Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
        • Opposition: California Alliance For Consumer Protection; California Chapter of the American College of Emergency ; Physicians (CAL/ACEP); California Dental Association; California Medical Association.


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 163, as amended, Mendoza. State buildings: bicycle facilities. .
      • Date: 4/24/2007
      • Position: Support - Client not listed in Official Analysis.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates
        • Opposition: None Registered


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 1077, as introduced, Lieber. State Air Resources Board: plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
      • Date: 4/23/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES AND COMMERCE
      • Client: Moller International
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: American Federation of State and County Municipal Employees; Bay Area Air Quality Management District; California Electric Transportation Coalition; California Public Utilities Commission (with amendments); Central Coast Electric Auto Association; Michele Kirsch Foundation; Moller International, Inc.; Natural Resources Defense Council; Sierra Club; Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD); Southern California Edison; Union of Concerned Scientists ;
        • Opposition: Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA)


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 746, as introduced, Krekorian. Energy: natural gas vehicles.
      • Date: 4/23/2007
      • Position: Support - Client not listed in Official Analysis.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES AND COMMERCE
      • Client: Moller International
      • Bill and Analysis Link(s): click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: Not Applicable
        • Opposition: Not Applicable


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 472, as amended, Corbett. Prescription drugs: labeling requirements and panel
      • Date: 4/23/2007
      • Position: Oppose - Client listed in Official Analysis as the only opposition. Opposition was because bill did not include Rx Cannabis. Joined by Pharmacy Association (they had other reasons to oppose).
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill and Analysis Link(s): click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (Sponsor): Gray Panthers California (Sponsor): Senior Action Network (Sponsor): AIDS Healthcare Foundation: Asian Americans for Civil Rights & Equality: California Alliance for Retired Americans: California Council of the Blind: California Public Interest Research Group: Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund:
        • Opposition: California Alliance For Consumer Protection


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 99, as amended, Feuer. Vehicular air pollution control: clean alternative fuels.
      • Date: 4/23/2007
      • Position: Support - Client not listed in Official Analysis due to lateness of changing position from oppose to support.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
      • Client: Moller International
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: Not Applicable
        • Opposition: Not Applicable


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 904, as amended, Feuer. Recycling: food containers.
      • Date: 4/23/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: Algalita Marine Research Foundation; Baykeeper; Californians Against Waste; California Alliance for Consumer Protection; California League of Conservation Voters; Cereplast; City of Santa Cruz Public Works Department; Coastkeeper Alliance; Defenders of Wildlife; EnPo Environmental Powered Recycling; Newport Beach Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation; Ocean Conservation Society; Planning and Conservation League; Santa Monica Baykeeper; Sierra Club California.
        • Opposition: American Chemistry Council; California Chamber of Commerce; California Grocers Association; California Hotel and Lodging Association; California Manufacturers and Technology Association; California Retailers Association; Chevron Phillips Chemical Company; Dart Container Corporation; Dolco Packaging; Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Products Association; Pactive; Total Petrochemical USA, Inc.; Western Fairs Association.


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 24, as amended, Torlakson. Taxes: cigarette and tobacco products. Tobacco product environmental smoke: fee.
      • Date: 4/18/2007
      • Position: Oppose - Client listed in Official Analysis, along with statement as to why they are/were opposed. .
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: Alameda County Board of Supervisors; Association of Northern California Oncologists; California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG); California School Employees Association; Coalition for Youth.
        • Opposition: Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs; California Alliance for Consumer Protection; California Chamber of Commerce; California Manufacturers and Technology Association; Neighborhood Market Association; Stop Hidden Taxes Coalition; Cal-Tax; Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 771, as introduced, Kuehl. Stem cell research standards: licensing revenues.
      • Date: 4/11/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis. Support because this protects our consumer investment in the growth of this field. the "Best consumer is an educated consumer" and labeling educates consumers.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: California Alliance for Consumer Protection; California Nurses Association; CALPIRG; Senior Action Network.
        • Opposition: BIOCOM (unless amended); California Healthcare Institute (CHI) (unless amended).


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 63, as introduced, Migden. Food labeling.
      • Date: 4/11/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis. Support because the "Best consumer is an educated consumer" and labeling educates consumers.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: California Alliance for Consumer Protection; California Certified Organic Farmers; California Public Interest Research Group; Center for Environmental Health; Center for Food & Justice; Center for Food Safety ; Community Alliance with Family Farmers; Consumer Federation of America; Consumer Federation of California; Consumers Union; Food & Water Watch; In Defense of Animals; Organic Consumers Association; Straus Family Creamery.
        • Opposition: Agricultural Council of California; Biotechnology Industry Organization; California Cattlemen's Association; California Farm Bureau Federation; California Chamber of Commerce; California Grain and Feed Association; California Grocers Association; California Retailers Association; California Seed Association; California Women for Agriculture; Dairy Institute of California; Western Plant Health Association.


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 1276, as introduced, Karnette. Pharmacies: prescription containers: labels.
      • Date: 4/10/2007
      • Position: Oppose - Client listed in Official Analysis. Opposition because new labeling requirements didn't apply to all drugs. Speech stated that RX Cannabis isn't included, yet needed to be.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: California Senior Legislature (sponsor); Protection and Advocacy, Inc..
        • Opposition: California Alliance for Consumer Protection; California Dental Association; California Medical Association.


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 93, as amended, Garcia. Food facilities : trans fats fat: study ..
      • Date: 4/10/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Bill Link: click here
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: American Academy of Pediatrics; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; California Alliance for Consumer Protection ; California Chiropractic Association (prior version); California Independent Grocers Association; California Restaurant Association; California Retailers Association; Consumer Federation of California.
        • Opposition: None on file


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 1634, as amended, Levine. California Healthy Pets Act.
      • Date: 4/10/2007
      • Position: Oppose - Client listed in Official Analysis. Long list of support and opposition - added a "Me To" to the debate.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: California Alliance For Consumer Protection; Over 75 Positions Taken
        • Opposition: Over 75 Positions Taken


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 158, as amended, Florez. Telecommunications: mobile telephony services: handsets.
      • Date: 4/10/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis.
      • Committee & Vote: SEN ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: California Alliance For Consumer Protection Consumer Action; Consumer Federation of California.
        • Opposition: AT&T; California Chamber of Commerce; CTIA-The Wireless Association; Sprint; Verizon Wireless;


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 535, as AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 26, 2007, Kuehl. Long-term health care facilities.
      • Date: 3/28/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis. Because of an unscheduled caucus, first part of hearing ended at 4 PM before this measure was heard.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (sponsor); Bet Tzedek Legal Services; California Alliance for Consumer Protection; California Alliance for Retired Americans; Consumer Attorneys of California; Corporon Law Office; Law Offices of Sandra D. Sickler; Legal Services for Prisoners With Children; Napa Long Term Care Ombudsman; Older Women's League of California; Ombudsman and HICAP Services of Northern California; Ombudsman Services of San Mateo County, Inc.; San Diego Elder Law Center; Torii and Awakuni, LLP;
        • Opposition: .


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 490, as introduced, Alquist. Pupil nutrition: trans fats.
      • Date: 3/28/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis. Bill pulled by author before hearing. Did not testify.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME); AFL-CIO; California Chapter of the American College of Cardiology; California Alliance For Consumer Protection
        • Opposition: .


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 441, as introduced, Torlakson. State property: vending machines
      • Date: 3/28/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: Analysis not online. To view a copy of the bill click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: Analysis not online.
        • Opposition: Analysis not online.


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 7, as introduced, Oropeza. Smoking in vehicles with minor passengers..
      • Date: 3/28/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support - Action on Smoking and Health American Cancer Society; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; American Heart Association; American Lung Association; California Alliance for Consumer Protection (CACP); California Black Health Network, Inc. (CBHN); California Chiropractic Association; California Dental Association (CDA); County Health Executives Association of California (CHEAC); Foundation for a Smokefree America; Glendalians Against Smokers Pollution (GASP); Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke (KISS); S.A.F.E Smokefree Air for Everyone;
        • Opposition: None on file


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 374, as introduced, Berg. California Compassionate Choices Act..
      • Date: 3/23/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis. Because of the lengthy list of support and opposition - did not testify.
      • Letter of Support - Not Listed
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support - Compassion & Choices (sponsor); AIDS Project Los Angeles; American Civil Liberties Union; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME); American Medical Students Association; American Medical Women's Association; Autonomy, Inc; California Alliance for Consumer Protection; California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG); California National Organization for Women; California Seniors Coalition; California State Treasure Bill Lockyer; Commission on Aging; Compassion & Choices; Conference of Delegates of the California Bar Association; Congress of California Seniors; Drug Policy Alliance Network; End-of-Life Choices; Equality California ; Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Duke University School of Law; Gray Panthers; Lambda Letters Project; Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF); National Association of Social Workers; National Council of Jewish Women; Older Women's League of California; Physicians for Compassionate Choices; Republicans for Compassionate Choices; U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein;
        • Opposition: ADAPT, Northern California; ADAPT, Southern California; Alliance of Catholic Health Care; American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD); American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT); Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL); Berkeley Commission on Disability; California Association for Health Services at Home; California Catholic Conference; California Chapter of TASH (CalTASH); California Disability Alliance (CDA); California Foundation for Independent Living Centers (CFILC) ; California Medical Association; California Right to Life Committee, Inc.; Californians for Disability Rights (CDR); Communities Actively Living Independent and Free (CALIF); Concerned Women for America of California (CWA); ; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) Disability Rights, Enforcement, Education Services (DREES); FREED Center for Independent Living; H. Rex Greene, M.D. ; Independent Living Center of Southern California (ILCSC); Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco (ILRCSF); Independent Living Services of Northern California (ILSNC); Justice for All (JFA); National Council on Disability (NCD); National Council on Independent Living (NCIL); National Spinal Cord Injury Association; Not Dead Yet - California chapter; Oakland Mayors Commission on Human Relations; Petition signatures from 32,931 individuals through the Scholl ; Institute of Bioethics; Placer Independent Resource Services, Inc.; Redding Christian Medical & Dental Associations; State Council on Developmental Disabilities; TASH ; The Oaks Group; Traditional Values Coalition; World Association of Persons with Disabilities (WAPD); World Institute on Disability (WID).


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 966, as introduced, Simitian. Pharmaceutical drug disposal.
      • Date: 3/26/2007
      • Position: Support - Client listed in Official Analysis - Letter sent in late. "Me Too" - no other consumer groups
      • Letter of Support - Not Listed
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - passed
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support - American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Breast Cancer Fund, Californians Against Waste, California Association of Sanitation Agencies, California Product Stewardship Council, California Veterinary Medical Association (support if amended), Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, City of Benicia, City of Palo Alto, City and County of San Francisco, Clean Water Action, EXP Pharmaceutical Services Corp., Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group, Maine Unused Drug Disposal Group, Mt. View Sanitary District, Orange County Sanitation District, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Sierra Club California.
        • Opposition: California Grocers Association, California Retailers Association, Rite Aid


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 493, as introduced, Ruskin. Motor vehicle greenhouse gas - emissions: incentive program.
      • Date: 3/26/2007
      • Position: Opposed - Client listed in Official Analysis, Testimony subject: Bill affects only new car sales and thus new engines. We say the measure should apply to all types of engines.
      • Letter of Support - Listed in Committee Analysis
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION - passed
      • Client: Moller International
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Opposition - Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers; Automobile Club of Southern California; California Motor Car Dealers Association; California State Automobile Association; Designline; Moller International Inc.
        • Support: Union of Concerned Scientists (sponsor); American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy; American Lung Association; Bay Area Air Quality Management District; Bluewater Network - A Division of Friends of the Earth; Breathe California; California Public Interest Research Group; Clean Power Campaign; Coalition for Clean Air; Consumer Action; Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety; Consumers Union; Energy Independence Now; Environment California; Environmental Defense; Environmental Defense Center; Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2); EV Rental Cars; Kirsch Foundation; Natural Resources Defense Council; Planning and Conservation League; Republicans for Environmental Protection; Sierra Club; The Interfaith Environmental Council; The Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment; Working Assets.


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 90 (Lieu and Huffman) - As Amended: March 8, 2007 - Pupil nutrition: trans fat.
      • Date: 3/14/2007
      • Position: Support - Although mentioned in the analysis, I did not testify because I was in Senate Health Committee testifying on SB 120 (see below).
      • Letter of Support - Please check committee analysis for position statement.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION - 7 - 2 - passed
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions: California Academy of Family Physicians, California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, California Chiropractic Association, California Food Policy Advocates, California Medical Association, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, Novato Healthy Food Coalition, Prevention Institute, Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments. - also supported the measure. There was no listed Opposition.


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 120, as amended, Padilla. Food facilities: nutritional.
      • Date: 3/14/2007
      • Position: Oppose - not comprehensive enough
      • Letter of Support - not available. Please check committee analysis for position statement.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH - 6 - 2 - passed
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions: The California Retailers Association, the California Restaurant Association, the California Grocers Association, and the California Independent Grocers Association - also opposed to the measure.


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 49, as amended, Migden. Local government: financial assistance: sports franchises.
      • Date: 3/7/2007
      • Position: Support
      • Letter of Support - not available. Please check committee analysis for position statement.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - Measure pulled from hearing schedule. Rescheduled for April 2007.
      • Client: Franchise of American's Needing Sports - (F.A.N.S.)
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions:
        • Support: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and Franchise of Americans Needing Sports.
        • Opposition : San Francisco 49ers; County of Santa Clara, City of Monte Sereno, City of San Jose, City of Sunnyvale, Bay Area Council, San Jose Sports Authority, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and 735 individuals.


    • Subject & Bill Number: SB 103, as amended, Cedillo. Economic development subsidies: review by local agencies.
      • Date: 3/7/2007
      • Position: Support
      • Letter of Support - not available. Please check committee analysis for position statement.
      • Committee & Vote: SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - 3 - 2 - passed
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here
      • Positions: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO; California Tax Reform Association; Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy.


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 97, as introduced, Mendoza. Food: trans fats.
      • Date: 3/1/2007
      • Position: Support
      • Letter of Support - not available. Please check committee analysis for position statement.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH - 11 - 5 - passed
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here


    • Subject & Bill Number: ACR 23 - as introduced - Arambula - Commemoration of EntrepreneurshipWeek USA.
      • Date: 3/1/2007
      • Position: Support
      • Letter of Support - not available. Please check committee analysis for position statement.
      • Committee & Vote: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY - 6 - 0 - passed
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here


    • Subject & Bill Number: AB 121, as introduced, Maze. Income and corporation taxes credits: enterprise zones: foster youth hiring preference.
      • Date: 2/27/2007
      • Position: Support
      • Letter of Support: click here
      • Committee: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY - 6 - 0 - passed
      • Client: California Alliance For Consumer Protection
      • Analysis Link: click here
 
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