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July 30, 2026
Email these two state senators today, urging them to vote YES on AB 1382, new special guest announcement for the upcoming Justice for Animals event, and plant-based milk is back in school!
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July 23, 2026
Special event coming up, Judie stands up for endangered species on the news, and call to action needed to STOP GMO animals!
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July 17, 2026
We have been working diligently with rescue group, the Funky Chicken Rescue, and advocates/whistleblowers, "The Duck Sanctuary Exposed," as well as law enforcement, including both San Diego and Riverside County's animal care and control departments, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, and the U.S. DOJ, to seek justice for the surviving 800 animals...
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July 2, 2026
AB 1722 is laying a path for ranchers and poachers to claim self-defense and thus be a "get out of jail free card," AB 1382, the Ethics Over Aesthetics Act, was sent to the "suspense" file in the Senate Appropriations Committee, plus Laguna Beach is hiring a new animal shelter manager!
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June 24, 2026
SCIL co-sponsored AB 2344 PASSES SENATE Public Safety Committee, SCIL opposed AB 1722 passes Senate Natural Resources Committee & attend premiere of "WE ARE ANIMALS" IN BEVERLY HILLS!
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June 18, 2026
Congressman Lieu's "The Keeping Pets and Families Together Act" and after Jameson: Why California Must Finally Pass Police-Dog Encounter Training ...
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June 16, 2026
SCIL Sponsored bill: AB 1382 (Castillo), the Ethics Over Aestetics Act, passes Senate Judiciary Committee,SB 1021 (Choi), a bill we are opposing which will encourage terminally ill children to kill animals, passes out of Assembly Water Parks & Wildlife Committee, Press Conference and more ...
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June 15, 2026
AB 2344 Los Angeles Press Conference, AB 1999 Passes Senate & Professions Committee, AB 1673 AMENDED to allow TEAR GASSING OF WOLVES!
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June 11, 2026
Contact your U.S. Senators IMMEDIATELY and tell them to OPPOSE the Save Our Bacon Act & please help cows from suffering abuse in Ceres, California at Agresti Calf Ranch!
<a href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Press-Advisory-for-Monday--Need-You-for-Farmed-Animals-Federally-and-Statewide---Much-Watch--Must-Read--.html?soid=1101925750350&aid=UFKo3YwUqSo">Press Advisory for Monday! Need You for Farmed Animals Federally and Statewide – Much Watch, Must Read!</A>
June 3, 2026
The Sacramento Bee recently published an article about fabricated hysteria regarding the "imminent dangers" posed by mountain lions, help advance our three sponsored bills and defeat two harmful bills we are actively opposing, please submit your support and opposition letters today, plus landlords are no longer legally required to accommodate untrained emotional support animals!
<a href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Mountain-Lion-LTE-Published--AB-1382-Video--and-Emotional-Support-Dogs-Lose-Protection--.html?soid=1101925750350&aid=-IZ5Pmlts4E">Mountain Lion LTE Published, AB 1382 Video, and Emotional Support Dogs Lose Protection!</A>