
Sadly, I will be in a different state (business travel again, sigh) at
the time.
-Pam
From: media-advisors-bounces@mickaboo.org
[mailto:media-advisors-bounces@mickaboo.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth
Young
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 11:52 AM
To: Mickaboo media advisor team
Subject: Re: [Media-advisors] FW: URGENT: please speak out for SF
animals at 11/16 Animal Welfare Commission meeting
yes! Public opinion from all is welcome and many come from outside the
county in support or opposition.
I won't be able to attend this meeting but would encourage folks to go
and to express their feelings at the mic when it is open for public
comment.
Both SFACC and SF SPCA are opposing the no-kill recommendation. Here's
a note I got from an SFACC volunteer (and MickaCoo supporter) on the
topic-
Thanks for passing this along. It's my group, www.FixSanFrancisco.org
that brought the issue of no kill legislation to the AWC in 2008. Just
so you know, the two largest shelters have fought us and have been as
obstructive as possible. Rebecca Katz has been one of our fiercest
opponents, at least in terms of no kill legislation.
I hope your email can get a lot of people to the meeting. I hope some
of them are not from acc or spca management, as they will support
dropping the whole issue.
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Francie Waller <
francie.waller@gmail.com> wrote:
Can Ido this if not in that county?
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Karen Watkins <
karen.watkins@gmail.com> wrote:
I didn't even know this was an issue. Will Mickaboo support mandating
no-kill shelters in San Francisco? I will.
Karen
From: Gail Pope [mailto:Gail@brighthaven.org]
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 10:51 AM
To: A.J. De Bartolomeo; Ashley Marcus; Bonita Berger; Catherine Cardozo;
Jessica Anderson; Karen Watkins; Kathi Coffey; Kirstie Moore; Lauren
Urbais; Samantha Elboim; Sumalston@comcast.net; Susan Bell; Susan
Hoffman; Tamara Rieser
Subject: BH: URGENT: please speak out for SF animals at 11/16 Animal
Welfare Commission meeting
From: May, Nadine [mailto:nmay@cbmlaw.com]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 6:18 PM
To: nmaysf@gmail.com
Subject: URGENT: please speak out for SF animals at 11/16 Animal Welfare
Commission meeting
Dear fellow animal lovers,
If you care about the fact that adoptable animals are being killed in
San Francisco shelters, and if you'd like to express your opinion about
having San Francisco become a no-kill city (no, sadly, San Francisco is
NOT a no-kill community), please, please come to the meeting of the
Animal Welfare Commission next TUESDAY, November 16, starting at 5:30 pm
in Room 408.
Please attend, and please spread the word -- forward this email as
widely as possible.
The animals of San Francisco thank you.
(The meeting is being held on a Tuesday this month because of Veterans
Day.)
Nadine May
I just wanted to clarify that the meeting is on TUESDAY November 16th
(not Thursday as it is stated in the agenda).
Thank you.
Please note:
5. Unfinished Business
A) The Commission will discuss and take possible action to table
indefinitely the issue of whether or not San Francisco should mandate
that all city shelters not euthanize any adoptable animal or any animal
that would be adoptable after behavioral or medical intervention. The
Commission has discussed various aspects of this issue over the course
of the past two years. In May 2010, the Commission said it would revisit
the issue in three months, and this agenda item fulfills that
commitment. [Discussion/Action Item] [Commissioner Brooks]
Please come (and bring as many people as you'd like), speak out
and support No Kill in San Francisco. This may be the last opportunity
to tell the commission that we STILL need legislation in San Francisco
if we want to ensure that truly adoptable animals are not killed.
San Francisco Commission of
Animal Control & Welfare
MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, November 16, 2010
5:30 PM
Room 408
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
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Susanna Russo, Geneva Page, Jack Aldridge, DVM, Andrea Brooks,
Sally Stephens
Philip Gerrie, Pam Hemphill, Vicky Guldbech, Sherry Hicks
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Mailing Address: City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B.
Goodlett Place,
Room 362
San Francisco, CA 94102
Commission Voicemail: (415) 554-6074
Website: www.sfgov.org/awcc
Commission Chairperson: Sally Stephens
(Note: Public comment will be taken on each item. Items are
first introduced to the Commission, and then there is public comment.
After public comment, the Commission may further discuss the item and
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1. Call to Order and Roll Call
2. General Public Comment
Members of the public may address the Commission with comments
or recommendations on items within the Commission's jurisdiction other
than the items on the agenda at the beginning or end of the meeting, but
not both.
3. Approval of Draft Minutes from the October 14, 2010
Meeting
[Discussion/Action Item]
4. Chairperson's report and opening remarks
[Discussion Item]
5. Unfinished Business
A) The Commission will discuss and take possible action to table
indefinitely the issue of whether or not San Francisco should mandate
that all city shelters not euthanize any adoptable animal or any animal
that would be adoptable after behavioral or medical intervention. The
Commission has discussed various aspects of this issue over the course
of the past two years. In May 2010, the Commission said it would revisit
the issue in three months, and this agenda item fulfills that
commitment. [Discussion/Action Item] [Commissioner Brooks]
6. New Business
A) Discussion and possible action to send a letter to the
Recreation and Park Department regarding what can be done to improve
communication with the Department about vegetation removal in Golden
Gate Park (and other city parks) and its impact on wildlife and feral
cats. Recent construction at the Sharon Art Studio bulldozed, with
little warning, a clump of thick habitat used by wildlife and feral
cats. The cats had lived there for thirteen years and have not been seen
since the bulldozing. However, vegetation (habitat) removal in the parks
has been and is an ongoing problem. [Discussion/Action Item]
[Commissioner Hemphill]
7. General Public Comment
Members of the public may address the Commission with comments
or recommendations on items within the Commission's jurisdiction other
than the items on the agenda at the beginning or end of the meeting, but
not both.
8. Items to be put on the Calendar for Future Commission
Meetings
[Discussion Item]
9. Closing Review of Task Allotments and Next Steps
[Discussion Item]
10. Adjournment
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