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July 24, 2020 at 6:59 AM

Teleconference: How SB 902 Will Kill Your Open Space! AND Last Training on How To Send “Oppose” Letters to the State Portal, 10 am July 25

  Bay Area state Sen. Scott Wiener, who has called yards “immoral,” is out to kill voter-protected open space, shorelines & canyons via his noxious SB 902. Please join community leaders and city officials Sat. 10 am to discuss the land Wiener wants your cities to …

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July 10, 2020 at 2:31 PM

Teleconference Tomorrow: Get Your Letters Against 9 Bad Bills Onto the Desks of Sacramento VIPs, 10-11 am July 11

  By popular demand, on Saturday we’re repeating our Zoom Special Training Hour on how to use the “State Portal” to get letters against the 9 Bad Bills onto the desks of VIP legislators and staff. (See the 9 Bad Bills List, dominated by awful laws from Scott Wiener, a…

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July 9, 2020 at 5:13 AM

Teleconference: Get Your Letters Against 9 Bad Bills Onto the Desks of Sacramento VIPs, 10-11 am July 11

  By popular demand, on Saturday we’re repeating our Zoom Special Training Hour on how to use the “State Portal” to get letters against the 9 Bad Bills onto the desks of VIP legislators and staff. (See the 9 Bad Bills List, dominated by awful laws from Scott Wiener, a…

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July 4, 2020 at 4:45 AM

Teleconference Materials for : Get Letters Against 9 Bad Bills Onto the Desks of Sacramento VIPs, 10-11 am Tomorrow July 4

    Sending your letter via the State Portal is important for every bill you support or oppose. It’s the only way to ensure your group is named in the committee report and to have your points of concern considered by the committee analyst.   How to use the California …

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July 4, 2020 at 12:37 AM

Teleconference: Get Your Letters Against 9 Bad Bills Onto the Desks of Sacramento VIPs, 10-11 am Tomorrow July 4

    We’re celebrating the 4th by staying home! Grab  your coffee and join us for our Zoom Special Training Hour on how to use the “State Portal” to get letters against the 9 Bad Bills onto the desks of VIP legislators and staff. (See the 9 Bad Bills List at bottom.)  …

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July 2, 2020 at 3:24 AM

Get Your Letters Against the 9 Bad Bills to the Desks of Sacto VIPs: Teleconference 10-11 am July 4

    We’re celebrating the 4th by staying home! Grab  your coffee and join us for our Zoom Special Training Hour on how to use the “State Portal” to get letters against the 9 Bad Bills onto the desks of VIP legislators and staff.   In June, the Assembly approved EVERY …

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June 26, 2020 at 1:13 AM

Sacramento Fail: Legislature Pushes Dense Luxury, NOT Affordable Housing, a June 27, 10 am, Teleconference for Community Leaders and City Officials

    Please join us Sat. at 10 am with Gabrielle Layton, founder of Embarcadero Institute, the think tank that un-spins Sacramento. She'll discuss the legislature's collapse from supporting affordable housing 10 years ago, to this year openly pitting it against market-…

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June 24, 2020 at 12:30 PM

Sacramento Fail: Legislature Pushes Dense Luxury, NOT Affordable Housing, a June 27, 10 am, Teleconference for Community Leaders and City Officials

    Sacramento Fail: Legislature Pushes Dense Luxury, NOT Affordable Housing, a June 27, 10 am, Teleconference for Community Leaders and City Officials Please join us Sat. at 10 am with Gabrielle Layton, founder of Embarcadero Institute, the think tank that un-spins …

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June 21, 2020 at 3:36 PM

OPPOSE the Worst Bills of 2020 and Back 1 Good Bill! Instantly

    OPPOSE the Worst Bills of 2020 and Back 1 Good Bill! Instantly Act Below on These Bills! SB 50 is Hiding Inside 9 bad bills: Stop SB 1120, SB 902, SB 1085, SB 995 AND AB 725, AB 1279, AB 2345, AB 3040, AB 3107! “YES” to SB 1299! Sacramento is trying to revive the …

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June 11, 2020 at 2:32 PM

Teleconference June 13, 10 am: How to Fight a Legislature Keen on Density, with Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand

    Teleconference June 13, 10 am: How to Fight a Legislature Keen on Density, with Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand   Please join us Sat. June 13 at 10 AM to meet Redondo Beach Mayor Bill Brand, a top leader in the fight to stop Sacramento from strippin…

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June 4, 2020 at 1:30 PM

Teleconference Sat. June 6, 10 am, Robert Silverstein, Leading Legal Mind on Land-Use Wars, Discusses Four Housing Bills in Sacramento that Would Destroy Your Neighborhood

    Teleconference Sat. June 6, 10 am, Robert Silverstein, Leading Legal Mind on Land-Use Wars, Discusses Four Housing Bills in Sacramento that Would Destroy Your Neighborhood Join us June 6 with L.A. land-use attorney Robert Silverstein, loved by neig…

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June 3, 2020 at 6:12 AM

Teleconference Sat. June 6, 10 am, Robert Silverstein, Leading Legal Mind on Land-Use Wars, Discusses Four Housing Bills in Sacramento that Would Destroy Your Neighborhood

    Teleconference Sat. June 6, 10 am, Robert Silverstein, Leading Legal Mind on Land-Use Wars, Discusses Four Housing Bills in Sacramento that Would Destroy Your Neighborhood Join us June 6 with L.A. land-use attorney Robert Silverstein, loved by neig…

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May 30, 2020 at 2:33 AM

Tomorrow - Teleconference Sat. 10 am, Special Guest Sen. Portantino Gets Real on Sacramento! Followed by: Wiener's COVID-19 Rise! How to Stop Scott Wiener!

    Teleconference Sat. 10 am, Special Guest Sen. Portantino Gets Real on Sacramento! Followed by: Wiener's COVID-19 Rise! How to Stop Scott Wiener!   Join us May 30 with Sen. Anthony Portantino, chair of the powerful Appropriations Committee, known for his brains & resolve.…

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May 29, 2020 at 3:32 AM

Teleconference Sat. 10 am, Special Guest Sen. Portantino Gets Real on Sacramento! Followed by: Wiener's COVID-19 Rise! How to Stop Scott Wiener!

    Teleconference Sat. 10 am, Special Guest Sen. Portantino Gets Real on Sacramento! Followed by: Wiener's COVID-19 Rise! How to Stop Scott Wiener!   Join us May 30 with Sen. Anthony Portantino, chair of the powerful Appropriations Committee, known for his brains & resolve.…

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May 28, 2020 at 5:57 AM

{Corrected} Teleconference Sat. May 30 on Wiener's COVID-19 Rise: He's About to Kill Single-Family Zoning. How to Stop Wiener!

    Teleconference Sat. May 30 on Wiener's COVID-19 Rise: He's About to Kill Single-Family Zoning. How to Stop Wiener!   Saturday will be a call to action for you city officials and community leaders to email, call and zoom with your own senator AND your own assembly member to s…

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May 28, 2020 at 5:24 AM

Teleconference Sat. May 30 on Wiener's COVID-19 Rise: He's About to Kill Single-Family Zoning. How to Stop Wiener!

    Teleconference Sat. May 30 on Wiener's COVID-19 Rise: He's About to Kill Single-Family Zoning. How to Stop Wiener!   Saturday will be a call to action for you city officials and community leaders to email, call and zoom with your own senator AND your own assembly member to s…

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May 26, 2020 at 2:05 AM

Big Reveal of Secrecy-Shrouded Housing Mega-Bill: 5 Sloppy Laws Harm Communities

    Big Reveal of Secrecy-Shrouded Housing Mega-Bill: 5 Sloppy Laws Harm Communities We alerted you that the BIG ONE was coming, not a quake but a secrecy-shrouded housing mega-bill, written by Sacramento legislators who relied on guesswork and non-transparency. Last week, the b…

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May 15, 2020 at 2:11 AM

Density or Telecommuting? 10 am Sat. May 16 Teleconference with Kate Lister, West Coast guru of telecommuting

    Please join us Sat. May 16 at 10 AM to meet Kate Lister, one of the nation’s leaders in researching and applying the use of telecommuting. Kate will discuss why telecommuting is positioned to change how we work, how we use land — even how it may challenge Sacramento’s approa…

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May 13, 2020 at 2:03 PM

Secrecy-Shrouded Housing Mega-Bill Unreported by California Media Could Hurt Not Help

      Reach Livable California at: [email protected]   In a few days, the BIG ONE is coming to California, not a quake but a secrecy-shrouded housing mega-bill, unreported by the media and written in secrecy by Sacramento legislators who relied on guesswork and non-transpar…

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May 12, 2020 at 10:29 PM

Density or Telecommuting? 10 am Sat. May 16 Teleconference with Kate Lister, West Coast guru of telecommuting

    Please join us Sat. May 16 at 10 AM to meet Kate Lister, one of the nation’s leaders in researching and applying the use of telecommuting. Kate will discuss why telecommuting is positioned to change how we work, how we use land — even how it may challenge Sacramento’s approa…

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May 10, 2020 at 4:15 AM

Density or Telecommuting? 10 am Sat. May 16 Teleconference with Kate Lister, West Coast guru of telecommuting

    Please join us Sat. May 16 at 10 AM to meet Kate Lister, one of the nation’s leaders in researching and applying the use of telecommuting. Kate will discuss why telecommuting is positioned to change how we work, how we use land — even how it may challenge Sacramento’s approa…

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May 2, 2020 at 12:54 AM

Tomorrow - Density Gone Mad: Sat. May 2, 10 am Teleconference on Sacramento’s Frenzy of Ultra-Density Bills, with Demographer Wendell Cox

    Please join us Sat. May 2 at 10 am with widely published demographer Wendell Cox to discuss the rise of ultra-density housing bills at just the wrong time. The ultra-density push comes from state Sen. Scott Wiener and Assemblymembers Richard Bloom and Buffy Wicks. ALERT: We’…

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April 30, 2020 at 5:41 PM

Density Gone Mad: Sat. May 2, 10 am Teleconference on Sacramento’s Frenzy of Ultra-Density Bills, with Demographer Wendell Cox

    Please join us Sat. May 2 at 10 am with widely published demographer Wendell Cox to discuss the rise of ultra-density housing bills at just the wrong time. The ultra-density push comes from state Sen. Scott Wiener and Assemblymembers Richard Bloom and Buffy Wicks. ALERT: We’…

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April 29, 2020 at 2:29 AM

Density Gone Mad: Sat. May 2, 10 am Teleconference on Sacramento’s Frenzy of Ultra-Density Bills, with Demographer Wendell Cox

    Please join us Sat. May 2 at 10 am with widely published demographer Wendell Cox to discuss the rise of ultra-density housing bills at just the wrong time. The ultra-density push comes from state Sen. Scott Wiener and Assemblymembers Richard Bloom and Buffy Wicks. ALERT: We’…

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April 27, 2020 at 3:34 AM

Act Now on 4 Bad Bills

    State Sen. Scott Wiener's luxury housing bills have been killed by his colleagues three times since 2018. Wiener’s SB 827 and SB 50, and his SB 50 redux, would have displaced thousands of working-class households, killed single-family zoning in vast swaths of California, har…

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April 17, 2020 at 12:46 AM

Density Downside: Sat. April 18 Teleconference for Community Leaders & Officials with Uber-Geographer Joel Kotkin

    Please join us Sat. April 18 at 10 AM with author/scholar Joel Kotkin to discuss the downside of density amidst a probable recession, urban inequity and COVID-19.   Livable California spent April reaching legislators and sources to cut through the silence from Sacramento. W…

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April 16, 2020 at 4:03 AM

Density Downside: Sat. April 18 Teleconference for Community Leaders & Officials with Uber-Geographer Joel Kotkin

    Please join us Sat. April 18 at 10 AM with author/scholar Joel Kotkin to discuss the downside of density amidst a probable recession, urban inequity and COVID-19.   Livable California spent April reaching legislators and sources to cut through the silence from Sacramento. W…

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April 9, 2020 at 4:30 AM

Worst Housing Bills of 2020 from Wiener and Co.

    Hi everyone, we hope you are well and staying home.   We promised you Bullet Points for the 4 Worst Bills of 2020.  We must stop Scott Wiener and his divisive “upzoning” bill, SB 902, and three lookalike bills.   Our ASK:  Read and share our points below. We’ll ask you to A…

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April 3, 2020 at 9:46 PM

UPZONING FAIL: Tomorrow 10 am Teleconf for Community Leaders & Officials, with Planner Peter Calthorpe, on Wiener’s FAILS and Alternative Ideas

  Hi folks! Please join us tomorrow, April 4, to chat with urban planner Peter Calthorpe, a leading density advocate who stunned Silicon Valley this year by slamming SB 50’s attempted upzoning of residential areas. Amidst COVID-19 turmoil, Peter will discuss why the legislature …

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April 2, 2020 at 3:53 AM

UPZONING FAIL: Sat. April 4 Teleconference for Community Leaders and Officials, with Planning Guru Peter Calthorp, on Wiener’s FAILS and Better Ideas!

  Hi folks! Please join us Sat. April 4, to chat with Peter Calthorpe, a revered urban planner who stunned Silicon Valley power brokers by calling SB 50 a truly terrible idea. Amidst COVID-19 turmoil, Peter joins us Sat., 10 am, April 4, to explain why the legislature should hal…

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March 28, 2020 at 6:26 AM

ACT NOW to Stop Wiener and His Wrecking Bills

    Hi folks, please join us NEXT Sat. April 4, NOT tomorrow, for a teleconference: “Stop Wiener’s Wrecking Bills of 2020.” (See teleconference call-in info at the very bottom.)   Meanwhile, right NOW, we ask you to spend some of your time safe at home to ACT against Wiener and …

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March 13, 2020 at 7:11 PM

(CORRECTION) Wiener is Back! Statewide Teleconference for City Officials & Community Leaders to Kill SB 902 and AB 725. Call in Sat. at 10 am!

  (CORRECTION to previous incomplete email - applogies)   State Sen. Scott Wiener is making his fourth attempt to end single-family zoning in California. His new Senate Bill 902 is worse than his divisive SB 827 or his ugly SB 50.   Call in Saturday to discuss steps to kill SB …

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March 13, 2020 at 6:25 PM

Wiener is Back! Statewide Teleconference for City Officials & Community Leaders to Kill SB 902 and AB 725. Call in Sat. at 10 am!

To kill AB 725. CLICK HERE   We need your help: Livable California needs donations to fight bad bills and advocate for rational ways to address our crisis. We ask that you donate to us, today.   Please Zoom in, or call-in on Sat. March 14, 10 am-11:30 am. Let’s talk reality!   Join…

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March 12, 2020 at 2:00 PM

Wiener is Back! Statewide Teleconference for City Officials & Community Leaders to Kill SB 902 and AB 725. Call in Sat. at 10 am!

    State Sen. Scott Wiener is making his fourth attempt to end single-family zoning in California. His new Senate Bill 902 is worse than his divisive SB 827 or his ugly SB 50.   Call in Saturday to discuss steps to kill SB 902 (call-in details below):   Thousands of single-f…

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March 10, 2020 at 2:46 PM

Sons of SB 50: Teleconference for City Officials & Community Leaders to Kill AB 725 & SB 920. ALERT! Call in Sat. at 10 am!

    Congrats all, for killing SB 50! But now we face the Sons of SB 50 — one, an SB 50 copycat bill by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, a close ally of state Sen. Scott Wiener. And the second is SB 920, Wiener 's BRAND NEW community-killing and divisive plan to end all constraints on …

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February 29, 2020 at 4:58 AM

Tomorrow,- Upzoning: Ex-Mayor Denny Zane on Legislature’s Absurd Fixation - Teleconference for City Officials & Community Leaders

  We beat state Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 50! New rumor: the legislature is SICK of Wiener's awful experiments. We hope so, because:   Wiener's close allies are trying to piece-meal SB 50 back into existence!    - AB 725 by Wicks wipes out single-family and duplex zoning. The Assem…

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February 28, 2020 at 2:10 AM

Saturday - Upzoning: Ex-Mayor Denny Zane on Legislature’s Absurd Fixation - Teleconference for City Officials & Community Leaders

  We beat State Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 50, and now Senate leader Toni Atkins and others are vowing to pass a big housing “production” bill.   Instead we’re seeing bills by Wiener acolytes that would sneakily piecemeal SB 50 back into existence, including:  - AB 725 by Wicks mean…

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February 25, 2020 at 9:40 PM

Upzoning: Ex-Mayor Denny Zane on Legislature’s Absurd Fixation - Teleconference for City Officials & Community Leaders

  We beat State Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 50, and now Senate leader Toni Atkins and others are vowing to pass a big housing “production” bill.   Instead we’re seeing bills by Wiener acolytes that would sneakily piecemeal SB 50 back into existence, including:  - AB 725 by Skinner me…

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February 18, 2020 at 9:59 PM

Gov. Newsom Says He May Be Wrong on Housing

  Thank YOU for helping Livable California fight Scott Wiener's false narrative in his failed bill, SB 50 — the phony claim that California needs 3.5M million units of trickle-down housing and we must destroy communities to build it. Wiener’s divisive view, conjured up by the hu…

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February 15, 2020 at 4:54 AM

Upzoning Fail: Teleconference for City Officials and Community Leaders Who Stopped SB 50, Sat. Feb. 15 at 10 am

  A game-changing study by Embarcadero Institute shows that our urban areas are fast-approving TOO MUCH luxury housing under the state’s laws. The findings severely weaken state Sen. Scott Wiener’s upzoning mantra and place grave doubt on the success of state “density bonus” law…

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February 14, 2020 at 4:27 PM

UPZONING FAIL! City Officials & Community Leaders Teleconf 10 am Feb. 15 with Embarcadero Institute’s Gabrielle Layton on Waking Up Sacramento

LivableCalifornia.org      A game-changing study by Embarcadero Institute shows that our urban areas are fast-approving TOO MUCH luxury housing under rules set by the legislature. As we speak, legislators are writing MORE SB 50 lookalike bills to UPZONE and reward MORE luxury h…

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February 12, 2020 at 4:41 PM

UPZONING FAIL! City Officials & Community Leaders Teleconf 10 am Feb. 15 with Embarcadero Institute’s Gabrielle Layton on Waking Up Sacramento

LivableCalifornia.org      A game-changing study by Embarcadero Institute shows that our urban areas are fast-approving TOO MUCH luxury housing under rules set by the legislature. As we speak, legislators are writing MORE SB 50 lookalike bills to UPZONE and reward MORE luxury h…

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February 8, 2020 at 3:04 AM

STUDY: California is Jammed with Luxury Units! Stop SB 50 Lookalikes!

      THE LATEST:  A game-changing study from Embarcadero Institute shows our major cities are fast-approving TOO MUCH luxury housing, under rules set by the legislature.   Even as we speak, the legislature is producing MORE SB 50 lookalike bills that reward MORE luxu…

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February 1, 2020 at 4:34 AM

Reminder Tomorrow Sat 10AM - Teleconference for Community Leaders and City Officials - SB 50 is Dead but Son of SB 50 will Rise from it's Ashes

LivableCalifornia.org    Please Donate Now to LivableCalifornia.org and join our SB 50 Teleconference on Saturday at 10 am (details below).    Awesome, folks! Sen. Scott Wiener's disastrous experiment, SB 50, was killed in Sacramento today. (Below, we thank senators who voted ag…

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January 31, 2020 at 1:49 AM

Stop SB 50 Drama - Teleconference for Community Leaders and City Officials Saturday 10 am

LivableCalifornia.org    Please Donate Now to LivableCalifornia.org and join our SB 50 Teleconference on Saturday at 10 am (details below).    Awesome, folks! Sen. Scott Wiener's disastrous experiment, SB 50, was killed in Sacramento today. (Below, we thank senators who voted ag…

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January 30, 2020 at 5:22 AM

Nearly Dead SB 50! Make the Final Blow NOW!

LivableCalifornia.org      We are very very close to killing SB 50 and need ALL of you to do 2 things TONIGHT before bed, or early in the MORNING before your commute.   1) THANK the senators who voted NO today against SB 50, and ask them NOT to change their minds on the revote s…

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January 29, 2020 at 5:42 PM

Stop SB 50 Today! Call these Senators This Morning!

LivableCalifornia.org    Folks, state Sen. Scott Wiener is trying for passage of disastrous SB 50 today!!   Call the below senators and urge a NO vote now! Right now if you can!! Thank you!!!   Ben  Allen D 26 Los Angeles 916-651-4026 Bob Archuleta D 32 …

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January 29, 2020 at 4:15 AM

Stop SB 50 Drama - Teleconference for Community Leaders and City Officials Saturday 10 am

LivableCalifornia.org    Hi all, by Friday, we'll know if Sen. Scott Wiener's disastrous experiment, SB 50, has died in the state Senate or survived for a major war in the Assembly.   Please join us at 10 am Saturday to hear the latest from Sacramento.   If we KILL SB 50 on Frid…

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January 28, 2020 at 12:43 AM

SB 50 is on Senate Floor, Act Now!

LivableCalifornia.org    Sen. President Pro Tem Toni Atkins moved SB 50 to the floor today! No amendments were made — yet. If Sen. Wiener allows his bill to stand as-is, SB 50 can be voted on by the entire senate on Wednesday Jan. 29. Wiener still has a narrow window of time to …

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January 27, 2020 at 5:34 AM

ACTION ALERT STOP SB 50 Tonight and Monday!

LivableCalifornia.org    Tomorrow, Monday Jan. 27, we expect Sen. Scott Wiener to unveil amendments that DO NOT stop SB 50 from destroying our communities.   Here are your two ACTION items to stop SB 50:   ·            Tonight and tomorrow, call senators’ DISTRICT OFFICES state…

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