News Stories about SCIL

California to allow more canine blood banks, walk-in donors

October 9, 2021

| AP News | Amy Taxin

AB 1282 - California on Saturday enacted a law aimed at phasing out one of the nation’s large canine blood banks and the practice of keeping dogs in facilities while their blood is drawn.

California governor vetoes tropical deforestation bill

October 6, 2021

| AP News | Amy Taxin

AB 416 - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have required businesses selling certain products to the state to prove they’re not contributing to tropical deforestation.

"Animal Advocate" - Laguna Beach resident Judie Mancuso has worked tirelessly to get legislation passed to protect creatures great and small

September 17, 2021

| Laguna Beach Magazine | Diane Krieger

All Bills - Laguna Beach resident Judie Mancuso has worked tirelessly to get legislation passed to protect creatures great and small.

Bill that would eliminate ‘blood slave’ donor dogs in California on way to governor’s desk

September 1, 2021

| Daily Bulletin | Teri Sforza

AB 1282 - 'This has been a three-year animal welfare policy reform effort that is now one step away from being implemented. I am elated,' said the bill's author

Opinion: Summer isn’t here yet, but it’s already too hot to leave a dog in a parked car

May 21, 2021

| L.A. Times | Yana Pasheva

With summer approaching, experts have started to remind dog owners to keep their pets safe in the heat. In Phoenix, where temperatures have already topped 100 degrees, animal welfare organizations have received around 30

Meet Judie Mancuso: Founder, CEO, & President of Social Compassion in Legislation

May 17, 2021

| Shoutout LA

All Bills - Judie Mancuso discusses conventional wisdom that needs to change and shares her journey with SCIL along with the people who helped her get to where she is today.

GOP gubernatorial candidate John Cox brings bear back to campaign trail in San Diego

May 12, 2021

| ABC10 News San Diego

SB 313 - SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Republican gubernatorial candidate and Rancho Santa Fe-based businessman John Cox revived a controversial campaign tactic Tuesday when he appeared with Tag -- a Kodiak bear the candidate...

Animal rights groups hit out at Republican campaigning with bear: ‘It’s unfortunate and shameful’

May 6, 2021

| Independent | Louise Hall

SB 313 - A businessman running a campaign for governor in California has prompted backlash from animal rights activists after he launched his campaign alongside a 1,000-lb bear.

John Cox Campaigns for California Governor Alongside a 1,000-Pound Kodiak Bear

May 5, 2021

| NBC Los Angeles

SB 313 - Animal rights group PETA and state Sen. Ben Hueso, who authored a state law banning use of most animals in circuses, condemned the candidate's use of a bear as a campaign prop.

Opinion: A bear walked into a news conference. That should not have happened

May 5, 2021

| Los Angeles Times | Carla Hall

SB 313 - So, a Kodiak bear walked into a politician’s campaign news conference in Sacramento on Tuesday, and I don’t know whom to pity more — the bear or the politician. I’ll go with the bear.

State Sen. Ben Hueso Condemns Live Bear Stunt By Gubernatorial Hopeful John Cox

May 4, 2021

| KPBS City | News Service

SB 313 - Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox — a Rancho Santa Fe-based businessman — debuted his campaign to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday in Sacramento, but his political stunt involving a live bear drew...

Animal Rights Advocates Rip CA Gubernatorial Candidate John Cox For “Horrific” Live Bear Stunt

May 4, 2021

| Deadline | Tom Tapp

SB 313 - Republican gubernatorial candidate, businessman John Cox, debuted his campaign Tuesday in Sacramento, but his live political stunt involving a bear drew heavy criticism.

Caitlyn Jenner debuts slick TV ad in campaign to unseat Gov. Newsom

May 4, 2021

| Los Angeles Daily News City News Service

SB 313 - Gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner aired her first campaign video on Tuesday, May 4, in an effort to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom, a slickly produced three-minute ad in which she termed herself a “compassiona...

Opinion: Whales off California coast are dying in crabbers’ ropes

May 4, 2021

| The Mercury News | Kristen Monsell

AB 534 - Whales off the California coast have been getting tangled up, injured and killed in commercial crab gear and other fishery traps for far too long.

Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Judie Mancuso of Social Compassion in Legislation (SCIL) Is Helping To Change Our World

April 13, 2021

| Authority Magazine | Yitzi Weiner

Aspart of my series about “individuals and organizations making an important social impact”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Judie Mancuso.

New bill moving through Legislature could free ‘blood slave’ donor dogs

March 22, 2021

| Los Angeles Daily News

We’re the only state that doesn’t allow community blood donations — it's ridiculous,' said one animal activist.

Saving Animals, One Law at a Time

March 18, 2021

| Sentient Media | Judie Mancuso

We all have that “aha” moment, a truly life-changing experience that changes the course of our lives. For me, that was Hurricane Katrina. After the hurricane, I went to New Orleans to volunteer and help with the...

Pups dying of parvo as California pet buyers turn to backyard breeders online in pandemic

March 15, 2021

| The Mercury News | Terri Sforza

AB 702 - Euthanizing a tiny, sick puppy is one of the most gut-wrenching things a veterinarian can be called on to do. Yet, within the span of 36 hours recently, emergency vet Joe Simmons euthanized — or witnessed the...

17 key environmental bills on the 2021 agenda in California's Legislature

March 4, 2021

| Desert Sun Mark Olade

California's legislative session came to a wild ending in 2020 when the clock ran out on major bills. Key pieces of environmental legislation were among those that died on the floor, and conservationists are...

Political Watch: February 18, 2021

February 17, 2021

| Santa Maria Sun

AB 534 - Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) and cosponsors Social Compassion in Legislation and the Center for Biological Diversity introduced Assembly Bill 534, the Whale Entanglement Prevention Act, on Feb. 10...