Dissecting animals is costly, exposes students and educators to carcinogenic chemicals, and hurts the environment. Each year in the U.S., an estimated 10 million animals are killed for dissection.

Reminder to Sign Up to Support All of SCIL's Sponsored Legislation! Your support in the form of letters, calls, and social media engagement will be key to passing laws that save animal lives.

I am excited to announce that I am running for Laguna Beach City Council. I’ll still be here at SCIL, working day and night to build the broadest possible coalitions to pass laws that protect the planet and all the creatures we share it with.

AB 1983, Preventing Euthanasia to Save (P.E.T.S.) Act reinstates the tax check-off program to fund spaying and neutering. It was just assigned its first committee hearing for March 4th and needs your letters of support ASAP by 3PM Monday, February 26th!

by: Will Conybeare | California State Assemblymember Steve Bennett (D-38) has introduced AB 3162 – known as the California Oppose Cruelty to Octopuses (OCTO) Act – to prohibit octopus farming on land and water as well as ban the import of farmed octopus to California.

Bill will ensure that octopus farms, and the risks inherent to them, are not allowed in California.

AB 3053 INTRODUCED! New legislation will ensure uniform rules to allow families participating in junior agricultural programs to opt out of slaughter-only auctions.

Below is a letter that ran recently in local papers about a harmful “Utility Tax” that snuck through the legislature last year and that a group of lawmakers is now working to repeal. It’s something we should all care about, as climate-conscious individuals, and as utility ratepayers.

Assemblymember Ash Kalra and Social Compassion in Legislation introduce AB 2133. New legislation will help address pet overpopulation by expanding access to cat neuter services.

Hi Judie, so happy you were able to devote some time to sharing your thoughts and wisdom with our community. So, we’ve always admired how you have seemingly never let nay-sayers or haters keep you down. Can you talk to us about how to persist despite the negative energy that so often is thrown at folks trying to do something special with their lives?