by Moms Rising
As many of you know, MomsRising members like you have been working tirelessly to pass AB 706–a bill that would protect our families from harmful fire retardant chemicals in furniture.
Dear East Bay MomsRising Members;
As many of you know, MomsRising members like you have been working tirelessly to pass AB 706–a bill that would protect our families from harmful fire retardant chemicals in furniture.
THERE’S THE GOOD NEWS: The bill can still pass this year. AND, THERE’S THE BAD NEWS: The bill is stuck in the Appropriations Committee and needs to get out by Tuesday.
RALLY FOR OUR FAMILIES’ SAFETY: Join us and invite all of your friends to a rally outside Senate President Don Perata’s Oakland office this Monday at 12 noon. Bring your kids and bring their class, this is democracy at work! Senator Perata has the power to save this bill… but he must act before Tuesday. He needs to see that AB 706 is key for his constituents.
At the rally you will also get a chance to test your own furniture for Brominated fire retardants. So bring yourself and your furniture cushions! I can’t stress how valuable this testing is–I recently had my furniture tested and got rid of a futon and some unnecessary seat cushions when I learned what they contained.
– WHAT: RALLY TO SAVE SB 706 & FREE FURNITURE TESTING
– WHEN: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH @ 12 NOON
– WHERE: Outside Senate President Perata’s office, 1515 CLAY St., Oakland (Cross street- 15th, closest BART stop Oakland Civic Center.)
– WHO: You, MomsRising members, folks from Friends of The Earth, MOMS (MAKE OUR MILK SAFE) and others.
POLITICS, POLITICS! AB706 is currently being held in the Senate Appropriations “suspense file” and must be released to the floor for a vote before Tuesday. Senator Perata has power over the fate of this bill and we need him to exercise his power for the benefit of his constituents and the world, rather than for his political allies. (See articles below.)
The bromine industry is spending an estimated 10 million dollars to defeat A 706. Earlier we estimated that industry was spending 1.4 million, before full-color, full-page ads hit major CA papers, before robo-calls started going out, before mailers in several key senate districts were placed in voter’s mailboxes, and before TV ads were aired in major markets in the state–We cannot continue to allow corporate money to dictate what happens to our health.
We’re sorry for the late notice, but desperate times call for desperate measures!
We look forward to seeing you there! — Joan, Ashley, Mary and the MomsRising team
P.S. The LA Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Beyond Chron all printed articles about the political manuevering going on in Sacramento that is putting important environmental health legislation at risk. Please come raise your voice along with us to ask Senator Perata let this important bill on the senate floor for a vote.
– LA Times editorial, How Infighting Blocks Bills:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-bills7sep07,1,5418868.story?ctrack=3&cset=true
P.P.S. For those of you bringing cushions, please be prepared to let us know the date the furniture the cushion is from was purchase and if it was bought in CA. This data will be part of a study documenting the use of these flame retardants.
Last but not least, if you haven’t signed the petition to tell our Governor to sign AB 706, now is a great time to do so! Because we are going to get this through! http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/momsrising/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=12357
You can also read more about this issue on the Huffington Post, in the Killer Couch Chemicals blog, by clicking here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arlene-blum/killer-couch-chemicals_b_60754.html
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