Read the BullyBusters.org Guide to Becoming a Citizen Lobbyist.

Locate both District and Capitol office information from their websites. The Assemblymembers' websites and e-mails. Telephone the offices now; do NOT e-mail them until you've called.

Members of the either the Assembly Labor or Judiciary committees would make ideal authors of the bill. Here are their names and phone numbers at both their District and Sacramento offices. Call today and tell them you want AB 1582 resurrected in the 2006-07 session.

Assembly Labor Committee members

Member Name -- (Party, District #), District office city, office phone

Paul Koretz (D-42), Chair, West Hollywood, 310-652-4242 / (916) 319-2042
[Koretz was author of original bill in 2003 and who dropped the bill in 2004 without a hearing]
Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-61) Montclair, 909-621-7483 / (916) 319-2061
[She was co-author of original bill in 2003.]
Gene Mullin (D-19), Vice-chair -- 650-341-4319 / (916) 319-2019
John Laird (D-27) Santa Cruz (831-425-1503) Seaside (831-384-1980)/ (916) 319-2027
Loni Hancock (D-14) Berkeley, 510-540-3660 / (916) 319-2014
Judy Chu (D-49) Monterey Park (323-981-3426) El Monte (626-450-6116) / (916) 319-2049
Shirley Horton (R-78) San Diego, 619-234-7878 / (916) 319-2078
Guy Houston (R- 15) Brentwood (925-513-8558) Livermore (925-606-4990) / (916) 319-2015

Assembly Committee on the Judiciary

Ellen Corbett, Chair (D-18) San Leandro, 510-6140181 / (916) 319-2018
Tom Harman, Vice Chair (R-67) Huntington Beach, 714-843-4966 / (916) 319-2067
Patricia Bates (R-73) Oceanside (760-757-8084) Laguna Niguel (949-495-0730) / (916) 319-2073
John Dutra (D-20) Fremont, 510-440-9030 / (916) 319-2020
Loni Hancock (D-14) Berkeley, 510-540-3660 / (916) 319-2014
Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-35) Santa Barbara (805-654-1649) Ventura (805-648-9943) / (916) 319-2035
John Laird (D-27) Santa Cruz (831-425-1503) Seaside (831-384-1980)/ (916) 319-2027
John Longville (D-62) San Bernardino, 909-388-1413 / (916) 319-2062
Cindy Montanez (D-39) Mission Hills, 818-838-3939 / (916) 319-2039
Robert Pacheco (R-60) City of Industry, 626-839-2000 / (916) 319-2060
Todd Spitzer (R-71) Orange, 714-998-0980 / (916) 319-2071
Darrell Steinberg (D-9) Sacramento, 916-324-4676 / (916) 319-2009
Juan Vargas (D-79) Chula Vista, 619-409-7979 / (916) 319-2079

If you have a meeting with an Assemblymember or staff person, please complete this form to record the event.

WBTI has prepared a Grassroots Advocacy Kit You should read the documents there, too, to be prepared for questions after you tell your story in during your personal lobbying contact. Refer interested authors to us at The Workplace Bullying & Trauma Institute, the bill's sponsor.

Hope springs eternal and we remain positive. Here is encouragement from some of your colleagues.

"I would think conservatives would jump at an opportunity to pass non-protected class workplace harassment legislation. For them, this could be the beginning of diminishing the "special interest" approach to workplace protections and the civil rights of employees."

From another: "Maybe Arnold will have to prove that he is no longer a bully and harasser by supporting this bill! It's time for him to make an amends. He has apologized if he has offended anyone. Let's see if he will sign the healthy workplace bill."

" ... bullies destroy all things that make for a productive work environment: they break the morale of good workers, they create distrust, they breed cynicism, they keep people from concentrating on work. Bullies promote incompetent workers who are lackeys and keep down the best workers. I am a professor at a public university in Southern California. I am being paid ... to teach and do research. Until about two years ago I was by far the most productive professor in my department -- the best teacher and the best researcher. Now, all that I do is write e-mails to defend myself. This is a terrible waste of government resources."