Assemblymember Bloom and Senator Wilk Team Up to Introduce Bill that will Phase Out Closed-Colonies for California’s Commercial Animal Blood Industry
AB 1282 to bring compassion, transparency and oversight to California’s animal blood banks.
Assemblymember Kalra Introduces Bill to Help Smaller Farms Transition to Sustainable, Plant-Based Agriculture
AB 1289 will help increase agricultural revenue and make California a leader in supplying and processing plant-based foods
Assemblymember Santiago Introduces Bill to Protect Californians and Dogs and Cats from Unscrupulous Pet Breeders
Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles), along with bill sponsor, Social Compassion in Legislation, introduced AB 702, The Pet Breeder Humane Care Act. Historically, consumers have purchased pets, which led to a pet explosion in America. That explosion led to pet overpopulation and the mass euthanizing of millions of pets in shelters across the country, including hundreds of thousands of animals in California every year.
Assemblywoman Gonzalez Introduces AB 564 to Secure Protection for California’s Biodiversity
Sacramento CA, February 11, 2021, The world is in the midst of an extinction crisis, which is why today, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) and joint author Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose), along with cosponsors Social Compassion in Legislation and the Center for Biological Diversity, introduced AB 564 – The Biodiversity Protection and Restoration Act of 2021. This bill seeks to ensure all state agencies, consistent with Executive Orders from Governor Brown, B-54-18 and from Governor Newsom, N-82-20, consider and prioritize the protection of biodiversity in executing their statutory directives.
Assemblymember Kalra Introduces Bill to Make California a Leader in Ending Deforestation Through Sustainable Government Purchasing
If passed, California would be poised to become the first in the nation to require state procurement contracts to certify that operations and supply chains are not contributing to tropical or boreal deforestation
