Help Stop the Ban of Foil Balloons in California
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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.
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!
Talking Points
- 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
Tom Lackey
Assembly District 36
District Zip Code: 93551
Patty López
Assembly District 39
District Zip Code: 91340
Evan Low
Assembly District 28
District Zip Code: 95014
Bill Quirk
Assembly District 20
Zip Code: 94541
Miguel Santiago
Assembly District 53
District Zip Code: 90013
Zip Codes for Assembly Public Safety Committee
Reginald B. Jones-Sawyer, Sr. (Chair)
Assembly District 59
District Zip Code:
90001
90002
90003
90007
90011
90015
90018
90021
90037
90043
90044
90047
90052
90058
90062
90074
90082
90084
90088
90089
90096
90099
90189
90255
90280
90305
90311
Melissa A. Melendez (Vice Chair)
Assembly District 67
District Zip Code:
92028
92503
92504
92506
92508
92530
92531
92532
92543
92544
92545
92548
92562
92563
92564
92567
92570
92571
92582
92584
92585
92586
92587
92590
92591
92592
92595
92596
92675
92676
92679
92879
92881
92883
Tom Lackey
Assembly District 36
District Zip Code:
91042
91342
91350
91351
91354
91384
91387
91390
92301
92311
92329
92358
92371
92372
92397
93015
93203
93225
93243
93501
93502
93504
93505
93510
93516
93523
93524
93532
93534
93535
93536
93539
93543
93544
93550
93551
93552
93553
93560
93561
93563
93584
93586
93590
93591
93596
93599
Patty López
Assembly District 39
District Zip Code:
91040
91041
91042
91043
91208
91214
91321
91331
91333
91334
91340
91341
91342
91343
91344
91345
91346
91352
91353
91387
91390
91392
91395
91402
91405
91501
91504
91505
91601
91602
91605
91606
91607
91609
91611
91612
91615
91616
93510
Evan Low
Assembly District 28
District Zip Code:
94024
94087
95006
95008
95009
95011
95014
95015
95030
95031
95032
95033
95050
95051
95070
95071
95110
95117
95118
95120
95123
95124
95125
95126
95128
95129
95130
95136
95154
95155
95157
95158
95159
95160
95170
95191
Bill Quirk
Assembly District 20
Zip Code:
94507
94536
94537
94538
94539
94540
94541
94542
94543
94544
94545
94546
94550
94552
94555
94557
94560
94566
94568
94577
94578
94579
94580
94583
94586
94587
94588
95035
95140
Miguel Santiago
Assembly District 53
District Zip Code:
90004
90005
90006
90007
90010
90012
90013
90014
90015
90017
90018
90019
90020
90021
90023
90026
90029
90033
90038
90040
90053
90055
90057
90058
90063
90070
90071
90075
90076
90081
90101
90201
90255
90270 |