Help Stop the Ban of Foil Balloons in California

On Friday, February 19th, AB 2709 was introduced in California to ban the sale of foil balloons. To defeat this bill we need your help. Please go visit your state representative now! If you can’t make an appointment, please call them to express your opposition to this bill.

You can read the bill here.

Please be sure you have loaded the retailer Smart Balloon Practices page to your website with an icon link on your home page. Show you are working hard to be sure your customers know how to responsibly care for balloons. You can find the web page download, marketing materials, and icons here: http://balloonhq.com/SmartBalloonSite/ and you can download the web page here http://balloonhq.com/SmartBalloonSite/RetailerWebPage.zip

The Balloon Council is working hard behind the scenes on several fronts to fight this bill. We really need you to do your part and let your legislators know this will impact you! Thanks for your help!

- I am a resident and business owner in District ___

- I want to urge you to oppose AB2709

- I own/work for a company called _____

- We have been in business since _____

- We employ nearly ____ full-time employees

- We sell to hundreds/thousands customers/retailers in California

- Balloons are our business

- AB2709 could put us out of business and would result in employees losing jobs

- 55-60 million foil balloons are sold in California each year

- The amount of power outage incidents attributed to balloon is minuscule compared to the number of balloons sold

- I believe banning balloons is unnecessary

- I am very interested to understand your position on this bill

Assembly Public Safety Committee (see below for zip codes in each district)

Reginald B. Jones-Sawyer, Sr. (Chair)

Assembly District 59

District Zip Code: 90037

Melissa A. Melendez (Vice Chair)

Assembly District 67

District Zip Code: 92562

Assembly District 36

District Zip Code: 93551

Assembly District 39

District Zip Code: 91340

Assembly District 28

District Zip Code: 95014

Assembly District 20

Assembly District 53

District Zip Code: 90013

Zip Codes for Assembly Public Safety Committee