Help Pass SB 890!
Dear EBCLC friends,
We are writing to ask for your help with an important and time-sensitive piece of legislation in California.
Drafted by EBCLC staff and students in response to our clients’ pressing needs, SB 890 – the Fair Debt Buyers Practices Act – would go a long way toward ending predatory collection practices against consumers. Much more detail about the bill and the junk debt industry can be found here (http://stopdebtbuyerabuse.tumblr.com/), including a fact sheet from the California Attorney General, an EBCLC op-ed in yesterday’s L.A. Daily Journal (attached), and a report released in 2011 by EBCLC and Consumers Union.
We need your help getting the word out about the bill, which will be voted on in the California Senate NEXT TUESDAY.
We’ve pasted below the names of key Senators, who need to hear from their constituents right away. In addition to individual calls to Senators, institutional letters of support should be emailed as soon as possible to Senator Leno’s office (he’s carrying the bill): Barry.Steinhart@sen.ca.gov.
Finally, please forward the website link (http://stopdebtbuyerabuse.tumblr.com/) to your lists and social media contacts – this is one of the most important consumer protection bills in years, and it would make a huge difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of Californians annually subjected to unscrupulous debt buyer practices.
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
Warm regards,
Tirien and Jeff
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TOP 10 KEY SENATORS (though registering your support
with Senators not on this list would also help):
Sen. Ron S. Calderon (Montebello)
Capitol Ofc.: (916) 651-4030
District Ofc.: (323) 890-2790
Sen. Ed Hernandez (West Covina)
Capitol Ofc.: (916) 651-4024
District Ofc.: (626) 430-2499
Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod (Montclair)
Capitol Ofc.: (916) 651-4032
District Ofc.: (909) 621-2783
Sen. Lou Correa (Santa Ana)
Capitol Ofc.: (916) 651-4034
District Ofc.: (714) 558-4400
Sen. Alex Padilla (Van Nuys)
Capitol Ofc.: (916) 651-4020
District Ofc.: (818) 901-5588
Sen. Roderick D. Wright (Inglewood)
Capitol Ofc.: (916) 651-4025
District Ofc.: (310) 412-0393
Sen. Curren Price (Los Angeles)
Capitol Ofc.: (916) 651-4026
District Ofc.: (213) 745-6656
Sen. Ted Lieu (Redondo Beach)
Capitol Ofc.: (916) 651-4028
District Ofc.: (310) 318-6994
Sen. Michael J. Rubio (Fresno)
Capitol Ofc.: (916) 651-4016
District Ofc.: (559) 264-3070
Sen. Juan Vargas (El Centro)
Capitol Ofc.: (916) 651-4040
District Ofc.: (760) 335-3442
