Not all minutes of our lives are created equal.
The minute (many minutes) I spent as a kid in the basement of our house watching Gilligan’s Island…hmm, not much impact there.
But some minutes can potentially have a mega impact. I call these mega-minutes. A seemingly small, even momentary act can have years of impact.
One such action is contacting your representative about legislation that is impactful such as AB 190 for funding of the Roman Reed Act. Legislators really are influenced by their constituents on these kinds of votes so make contact! I’ve done it many times and the legislative staffs and aides are extremely friendly and interested. They don’t bite!
We have already cleared one major obstacle with passing the safety committee earlier, now the action turns to appropriations. I am hopeful and optimistic that things will go well at this level, but we need to do all we can to make that a reality. Please take a minute, take a mega-minute, and contact some of the members of the appropriations committee to voice your support of AB 190. They are listed below via my friend Roman Reed. If you click on the email link it will directly set up an email for you to send. You don’t even have to cut and paste
APPROPS COMMITTEE AND AIDES IN CHARGE OF AB 190
Felipe Fuentes – Chair Dem (916) 319-2039
mailto:Assemblymember.Fuentes@assembly.ca.gov
Assemblymember.Fuentes@assembly.ca.gov –FUENTES AIDE–GEOFF LONG
Diane L. Harkey – Vice Chair Rep-73 (916) 319-2073
mailto:Assemblymember.Harkey@assembly.ca.gov
–HARKEY AIDE–SHARON GONSALZES
Bob Blumenfield Dem- (916) 319-2040 mailto:Assemblymember.Blumenfield@assembly.ca.gov
— BLUMENFIELD AIDE–SANDY MICHIOKU
Steven Bradford Dem- (916) 319-2051
mailto:Assemblymember.Bradford@assembly.ca.gov
–BRADFORD AIDE–CAMILLE WAGNER
Charles M. Calderon Dem- (916) 319-2058
mailto:Assemblymember.Calderon@assembly.ca.gov
— CALDERON AIDE– TOM WHITE
Nora Campos Dem- (916) 319-2023
mailto:Assemblymember.Campos@assembly.ca.gov
CAMPOS AIDE-DARRYL LUCIEN
Mike Davis Dem- (916) 319-2048
mailto:Assemblymember.Davis@assembly.ca.gov
DAVIS AIDE–MARK HIGGINS
Tim Donnelly Rep- (916) 319-2059
mailto:Assemblymember.Donnelly@assembly.ca.gov
–KELLY SHAW
Mike Gatto Dem- (916) 319-2043
mailto:Assemblymember.Gatto@assembly.ca.gov
GATTO AIDE–AARON MORENO
Isadore Hall III Dem- (916) 319-2052
mailto:Assemblymember.Hall@assembly.ca.gov
–HALL AIDE FELIPE LOPEZ
Jerry Hill Dem- (916) 319-2019
mailto:Assemblymember.Hill@assembly.ca.gov
Ricardo Lara Dem- (916) 319-2050
mailto:Assemblymember.Lara@assembly.ca.gov
LARA AIDE–LUIS SANCHEZ
Holly J. Mitchell Dem- (916) 319-2047
mailto:Assemblymember.Mitchell@assembly.ca.gov
Jim Nielsen Rep- (916) 319-2002
mailto:Assemblymember.Nielsen@assembly.ca.gov
NIELSEN AIDE–CHRIS NORDEN
Chris Norby Rep- (916) 319-2072
mailto:Assemblymember.Norby@assembly.ca.gov
NORBY AIDE–DANNY MARTINEZ
Jose Solorio Dem- (916) 319-2069
mailto:Assemblymember.Solorio@assembly.ca.gov
–SOLORIO AIDE–ANIA GARBIEN
Donald P. Wagner Rep- (916) 319-2070
mailto:Assemblymember.Wagner@assembly.ca.gov
WAGNER AIDE–MATT HEDGES