B 1735 ACTION ALERT
Final action short of lawsuit necessary
to overturn AB 1735

Please, immediately contact:

California Senator Abel Maldonado
CA Secretary of Agriculture Mr. A. G. Kawamura

As a direct result of your recent actions, key assembly
representatives support overturning AB 1735.

However, California Assembly members expressed concern that we do not
have the support of California Senator Abel Maldonado who head the
agricultural committee and California Secretary of Agriculture, Mr.
A.G. Kawamura.

It is critical that we create an avalanche of political pressure by
sending them strong messages (see below). Please call and FAX Abel
Maldonado and A.G. Kawamura immediately. Faxes are more important than
calls but both work best. Thank you.
Contact the CA Senator Maldonado immediately!
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Senator Abel Maldonado (R)
California State Capitol
Room 4082
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 651-4015 or (805) 549-3784
Fax: (916) 445-8081

<> Contact the CA Secretary of Agriculture immediately!

A.G. Kawamura
Secretary of Food and Agriculture
1220 N St., Suite 400
Sacramento, Ca. 95814
Phone: (916) 654-0321 or (916) 654-0433
Fax: 916-654-0403

The messages should be strong and respectful. The following points may
seem harsh but they reflect truth (see "Background" below). The
Senator and Secretary need to know what has happened on there watch:


1.

I want and need raw milk to maintain and increase my health and
well being. It should not be so regulated that it will bankrupt
diaries and not be commercially available to me.
2.

Certain staff members within CDFA who maintain personal
prejudices against raw milk participated and conspired in an illegal,
secret and silent process to deny me access to raw milk.
3.

Demand that they use their powers to immediately suspend or
reverse AB 1735 and the "less-than-10 coliform" standard for raw milk
in California.
4.

Demand that the CDFA staff who misrepresented raw milk science
and snuck the groundless coliform standard into AB 1735 be dismissed
immediately

Background:

Certain staff members in CDFA introduced negative language into a bill
which would be applied to an industry which it regulates. That is
illegal activity which defies written administrative policy and must
not be tolerated within CDFA. The normal legal process requires CDFA
to bring any legislative language to the attention of the governor's
office prior to contacting an assembly committee. CDFA misrepresented
facts, claiming AB 1735 was so insignificant that it could be handled
"as a consent item" and did not require discussion or debate. Other
substantial and material misstatements of fact also occurred to keep
AB 1735 secret and silent.

This may be the last effort needed to overcome AB 1735. Please call
and FAX your letters today.

Organic Pastures Dairy Company has no intention of submitting to
AB1735 and vows that it will not stop producing and distributing its
dairy. However, unless we can overturn this bill, stores may be
threatened by CDFA if they carry raw dairy. Please do all that you can
to help.
Please join and donate to the lawsuit to prevent this from occurring
in the future: www.SaveRawMilk.org.
Please make a donation at:
http://www.SaveRawMilk.org/index.php?q=civicrm/contribute/transact&reset=1&id=3
THANK YOU!
KathyGibb
OKC Chapter