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Activities, 2003

ADVOCACY ALERT: Governor Davis signs AB 1095!

September 19, 2003 From Anne Bernardo, president of the Council of California County Law Librarians:

The governor signed our bill on Tuesday, and it was chaptered 394 on Wednesday.

Thank you to each and every one of you for your efforts of support for passage of AB1095. The teamwork evidenced was amazing. Extra special thanks to Annette Heath and the legislation committee for coordinating our efforts; to Michael Corbett, Dan Pone, and Rubin Lopez for their  wise counsel; to our chapters and leg. colleagues, David McFadden, Michele Finerty, and Joan Allen Hart for their unrelenting support.

This is excellent news for California's county law libraries and for those we serve. Thank you again for your support.

Anne Bernardo
CCCLL president

September 2, 2003  AB 1095 was approved by the California Assembly and sent to enrollment. 

• Letter sent by GRIC chair Michelle Finerty and NOCALL president Suzanne Dyer to Governor Davis (Word document)

• Letter sent by CCCLL chair Anne Bernardo (Word document)

AB 1095  Assembly Bill 1095 (Corbett, 2003) establishes a task force to consider and recommends possible funding mechanisms for the state's county public law libraries. NOCALL supported this measure and, in April 2003, the NOCALL Government Relations Committee fowarded a letter soliciting support from members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee.

For information on the bill, please see a letter prepared by Anne Bernardo, CCCLL chair (Word Document).

July 2003  The NOCALL Government Relations Committee sent letters to Governor Davis, Senators John Burton and James Brulte, and Assembly Members Herb Wesson and Dave Cox, letting them know that CCCLL (Council of California County Law Librarians) may seek their support for funding in the near future. As explained in the attached letter, raising the civil filing fees may cause county public law libraries to lose revenue for the reasons outlined in the letter. Law librarians understand the state's grave budget situation, but AB 1759 may have some unforeseen consequences. Click here to see the letter to Senator Burton.

Participation in the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting:  Workshops on Legislative Issues.

• "Legislative Advocacy Leadership Training," Saturday, 7/12/03, 8:30 a.m.
• "Envision Permanent Public Access to Government Information," 7/13/03, 10:00 a.m.
• "A History of Wiretapping from U.S. v. Olmstead  to the USA Patriot Act," 7/14/03, 4:15 p.m.
• "Annual Legislative & Regulatory Update," Tuesday, 7/15/03, 2:15 p.m.
• "Maximize the Message: Develop Substantive Advocacy Web Sites," Wednesday, 7/16/03, 2:30 p.m.
  • "Maximize the Message" bibliography (Word)
  • "Maximize the Message" presentation (to run the presentation, you'll need to have PowerPoint software; the script for the presentation is in the notes).

March 2003  NOCALL GRC Program, “Law Library Advocacy Map on Highway 101,” presented at the NOCALL 2003 Spring Workshop / Joint Institute.

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