Hey Everyone!

SB 608: California's Right2Rest Act is BACK in Sacramento!

This year homelessness is going to be a key issue in California's legislature for 2016 and SB 608 is at the forefront of the discussion.

We need your organizational support letters by Wednesday 12/16.
Click here for a sample letter!

Senator Carol Liu will be championing SB 608 - The California Right2Rest Act - for the second year. The Right2Rest Act is stronger, clearer, and more powerful - we made critical amendments this year and narrowed the focus of our bill to ensure that every single Californian will have their civil rights and biological need for sleep respected and upheld by California State law. The criminalization of rest must end if we are ever to turn the tide on our homelessness crisis.

SB 608 will be heard in the Senate Transportation & Housing Committee on Tuesday January 5, 2016.

We need to show the widespread support of this critical initiative.

Follow These 2 Easy Steps to TAKE ACTION!

1) Send a letter of organizational support!

• Click here for a sample letter.
• Please send your letter by Wednesday 12/16, on organizational letterhead, to: Pboden@wraphome.org, Jbartholow@wclp.org and Chelsea.Lee@sen.ca.gov

2) Email and call the members of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee by Monday January 4th, 2016 and urge them to support the Right2Rest!

• Senator Mike McGuire - 916-651-4002
• Senator Cathleen Galgiani - 916-651-4005
• Senator Richard Roth - 916-651-4031
• Senator Benjamin Allen - 916-651-4026
• Senator Tony Mendoza - 916-651-4032

Sample Script:
“My name is ________ and I am calling to urge you to vote YES on the Right To Rest Act. You will be hearing SB 608: California Right To Rest Act on Tuesday January 5th in the Transportation and Housing Committee. This bill provides critical civil rights protections to ALL Californians to ensure that every Californian is able to meet the biological need of rest. Ensuring the Right To Rest will create the necessary conditions for real solutions to homelessness, like housing and social services, to be prioritized as real responses to the homelessness crisis. Please vote YES on SB 608: the California Right To Rest Act! We need you to take a stand for what's right and for our rights."

Stay tuned for more action steps coming soon!

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