Dear Cemetery Friends,
Good News! Assemblymember Bill Maze (34th Assembly District, serving Visalia, Tulare, Porterville, Barstow, Lindsay, Exeter, Farmersville, California City, Independence, Lone Pine) has introduced AB 207 to amend Penal Code Section 594.35 to include additional protection and punishment for vandalism of military veteran's grave markers and monuments. His idea for this legislation seems to have come about after heavy vandalism occurred at the Exeter Cemetery in his district.
We comme
Hello all,
Several people have asked me to send them suggested text for their messages to Assemblymember Maze. The following is what I have drafted. If you have had an experience with cemetery vandalism, it would be nice to say something about that also.
Thank you!
Sue Silver, State Coordinator
California Saving Graves
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Subject: AB 207 - SUPPORT
The Honorable Bill Maze
California State Assembly
State Capit
Try this email address: Assemblymember.maze@assembly.ca.gov. I may
inadvertently changed the capital "A" to a lower case "a" in my first
transmittal.
Sorry,
Sue
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Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: SUPPORT CA Legislation - AB 207 related to cemetery vandalism
> The message to the Assemblyman about AB 207 came back as ont being in the
> directory. Any update? Betty
>
Hi David,
It looks like a better coverage area than the "free" web site I found.
Look at this site.
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/
Thanks,
Charlotte Allman
Hello everyone,
I just received a list of people and organizations who have so far written in support or opposition to SB 341 which I sent out to you last week. THANK YOU to all who responded in opposing Sec. 9055 of the Bill that would allow a public cemetery district to sell it's public cemetery to a private cemetery authority.
I also checked the old Legislative Record on when the original section was written in 1961. Usually a law is written to meet a specific need. In this case I expected to find t
http://www.earthviewer.com/
not meant to politicize at all but this resource has been used
in Iraq war
BUT! quite useful for locating cemeteries and whatnots.
There's high traffic now.
David Samuelsen
Greetings:
The California Senate Local Government Committee has introduced Senate Bill 341 (SB 341) to update and reform Public Cemetery District law (currently Health and Safety Code beginning at section 8890).
Last Fall I served as an advisor to the Working Group which reviewed the present code and made it's recommendations for changes. At that time I asked the group to consider repealing the present section which allows the districts to sell their public cemeteries to private cemetery authorities. So
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
SB 341 is moving toward a hearing on April 2nd before the bill's author, the Senate Committee on Local Government. We need you to support our request that the Committee delete the proposed Section 9055 from this bill to prevent the sale or conveyance of our historic public cemeteries to private cemetery authorities.
I have placed a message on the El Dorado County Saving Graves website regarding this issue. Please see this message at: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/county/eldorado/Sec
Hello all,
I want to thank everyone who has responded to my prior requests to send messages opposing SB 341 because of the effect of Section 9055. The response has been terrific!
I was contacted again today by the Committee's consultant, Peter Detwiler. Mr. Detwiler and I discussed this matter a little more, and it became apparent to me that he felt the committee would vote to approve SB 341 as written. He pointed out that the proposed language is superior in placing requirements on the public cemetery
Hello again:
I am resending this with the following message:
Apparently they only record people who SUPPORT or OPPOSE a bill. Therefore, if you have sent an email under SUBJECT: SB 341 - QUALIFIED Support, you will need to re-send it under OPPOSE, with the explanation that you would support the bill if the public cemetery districts were not allowed to sell their cemeteries when they become full.
This is a learning process to me. Thank you for your patience. And THANKS to everyone who has already sent