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SUBJECT: Please vote NO on SB 455!

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Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez
State Capitol P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0046

Tel: (916) 319-2046

Fax: (916) 319-2146

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Dear Speaker Pérez,

I am writing to urge you to vote no on SB 455 (Pavley) because [choose any point below].

Please respond in writing to let me know how you will vote.

Sincerely,

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The bill will drain state coffers. The fees charged for the 20-year plan do not guarantee that the agency costs of reviewing, implementing, and monitoring the plan will be covered. The author chose not to amend the bill in appropriations to address this issue.
The bill leaves gaps in environmental protection. Key provisions to protect California's forests, such as minimum requirements for forest "retention," are just blank spaces in the bill. The sponsors intend to set retention requirements that allow large logging companies that depend on clearcutting to use the new watershed timber harvest planning process. That could lead to a 20-year lock-in of logging practices that destroy forest habitat, foul streams and rivers with sediment, and inhibit snowpack retention thus undermining the environmental integrity and resilience of entire watersheds.
The bill weakens existing law. The bill would require state agencies to evaluate more logging over a wider area based on even less information than is currently required for specific logging proposals.

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