Our input to the Commission is the following:
1.) Keep or expand marine protected areas where NO fishing, “take,” or “harvesting” is allowed.
2.) Elevate the perspective that many Californians hold, which is that we need to moving away from “taking” or “harvesting” and towards the view that killing should not be an ingredient in conserving marine life.
March 17, 2023, Sacramento, CA – Today, Assembly Bill 829, the Animal Cruelty & Violence Intervention Act, was introduced by Assemblywoman Marie Waldron (R-Valley Center). The bill, sponsored by Social Compassion in Legislation, will expand currently required counseling for violations of Penal Code 597 to additional sections pertaining to animal abuse, such as those involving malicious violence, willful poisoning, or bestiality.
Here we are again at the start of another 2-year legislative session and we need your support! This year we are sponsoring three bills and will be actively lobbying in support (or opposing, if necessary) several more.
