1️⃣ ACR 86, the Pet Overpopulation Crisis Response Act, Needs Your Call No Later Than This Friday, 5PM!
2️⃣ BREAKING NEWS! Wag Hotels, a Popular Pet Boarding Chain, is Neglecting Dogs According to SFChronicle and Firsthand Account from SCIL Supporter!

A big thank you to Priscilla and her team for attending and allowing us to honor her for a lifetime of animal advocacy. Priscilla was ever so gracious with all of our guests. We are truly grateful for her support and unwavering love for animals.

If you haven’t yet purchased your ticket for this Saturday’s Animal Rights Event of the Year with Priscilla Presley, please don’t wait another day. Come spend the evening in a gorgeous setting with amazing animal lovers, delicious vegan food, and a silent auction you won’t want to miss – including a surprise item from the private collection of The King himself, personalized by Priscilla.

Want to support SCIL? Right now, the best way to support our groundbreaking work is to attend our July 15th event, and bring your animal-loving friends. Please buy your ticket today to the Animal Rights Event of the Year with Priscilla Presley!

Today, ACR 86, the Pet Crisis Response Act, authored by Assemblymember Ash Kalra and coauthored by a bipartisan group of twelve legislators, passed the Assembly Floor with a vote of 66-0. The resolution details the underlying issues that have contributed to too many dogs, cats, rabbits and other species being born in or brought into California without enough Californians willing to give them forever homes and urges action on the pet overpopulation crisis in California.

1.) ACR 86 Clears Assembly Appropriations Committee! Please Call Your Assemblymember for Floor Vote!
2.) Protect Prop 12 & other Animal Protection Laws across the country!

Yesterday, we had our hearing and the audit was approved by a vote of 11-2. We thank Assemblymember Kalra for his unwavering commitment to this issue, and to all the Committee members who voted to approve the audit.

AB 332, The Animal Shelter Data Collection Act, needs your telephone call now! Also, save the date of July 15th – it’s our Animal Rights Event of the Year!

Watch ACR 86 Successful Hearing; Don’t Forget, SCIL Event On July 15Th!

We are so excited to invite you to our first fundraiser since early 2020! We will be hosted by the ever-generous Michelson family in Brentwood, and we will be honoring the one and only Priscilla Presley for her lifetime of animal advocacy.

AB 332, The Animal Shelter Data Collection Act, Passes Senate Health Committee with a Unanimous Vote! Help us support two more bills being voted on in their respective committees this Tuesday, June 20th.

This is 100% “insider baseball”: Why did the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) stop collecting and reporting animal shelter data in 2017, and take down 21 years worth of past data?

We have hearings coming up for all of our bills. We need your support for the final push through the second house, for both AB 332 and AB 829, and our new ACR 86 will have its first hearing in the Assembly.

Assembly Bill 829, the Animal Cruelty & Violence Intervention Act, authored by Assemblywoman Marie Waldron (R-Valley Center) and sponsored by Social Compassion in Legislation, passed the full Assembly with a preliminary vote of 72-0.

Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) introduced the Keeping Pets and Families Together Act, legislation to establish a program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to encourage the microchipping of dogs and cats in the care of shelters.

Assemblymember Ash Kalra, Social Compassion in Legislation, and a large coalition including Priscilla Presley and Katherine Heigl join forces to introduce a resolution urging action on the State’s pet overpopulation crisis.

As many of you might know, I have been the Vice Chair of the Laguna Beach Environmental Sustainability Committee for the past four years. Our committee passed some policy recommendations to the Laguna Beach City Council (LBCC) this week with unanimous votes. I wanted to share our progress with you, and will ask for your support once these items come to the LBCC for a vote.

Please call Assembly Appropriations Chair Chris Holden! AB 829, the Animal Cruelty & Violence Intervention Act is now on the Assembly Appropriations Suspense file.

AB 332 Needs Your Call to Your Assemblymember! Please make a call no later than Tuesday, May 9 at 5pm and simply urge them to vote “YES” on AB 332!

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.