From: "Margie" <margecam@pacbell.net> To: "Phil Van Camp" <pvc@vancamp.org> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 9:59 AM Subject: State Hospital Records.. write to Machado > Hi Phil &Listmembers: > I would love to see this bill ammended (California Welfare & Institutions > Code section 5328 .. a copy of is located at: > http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html > > If anyone on these CALIF lists has any government contacts other than Mike > Machado (cemetery is in his district), or can help getting an amendment to > the above bill submitted, please let us know. Also email Mike Machado & let > him know. Maybe by letting our own local government know we want the bill > ammended, we can spark some interest. > I have included links to both a bill authored by Peschetti, which has a link > to write him, and a link to Mike Machado's webpage, where you can send him > some feedback. > Both are excellent at responding. Barbara Matthews is another contact.. > but she does not have an email address. > When on Mike Machado's site.. go to the government page (home page) and you > will find her address. Write to her. She also has been nice enough to work > on the old cemetery problem. > > /////// > > Senator Peshetti has an interest in the subject of historical cemeteries & > has written a bill on the subject. He pulled the bill to rewrite it, so > it's never come up. The URL to see this bill to form a Historical Cemetery > Committee is: > > AB 1368 > http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_1368&sess=CUR&hou > se=B&search_type=email > ab 1368 > > I recieved some emails yesterday saying this bill had been revised. Don't > see where it's been resubmitted, but hoping it will. > > Also Mike Machado's office (Patty is my contact there) is trying to figure > out what they can do to help with the State Hospital Mess. > http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/senator/machado/ > Mike Machado's feedback form. > > I am not sure if he would be willing to help pen amendments to the codes or > not. Seems one needs to be written though. > > I am just a bit upset that the government didn't follow through in the first > place, and make sure the cemetery zoning was reinstated, and that these > records weren't made public to begin with.. I guess the State Hospital > didn't think it was a public institution & that over 4,000 burials didn't > constitute (3,500+ remain) a public cemetery. > > Thanks, and yes I would be willing to help with such an amendment bill. > > Marge > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Van Camp" <pvc@vancamp.org> > To: "Margie" <margecam@pacbell.net>; <CASOLANO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 7:48 AM > Subject: RE: State Hospital Patient records > > > > Margie et. al. ... > > I've just read the section, skipping thru some of the exceptions for law > > enforcement. > > It seems to me (a cop, not a lawyer) that there are some substantive > points > > we could work with to create an exception for family history research. > > I think we could come up with a reasonable exception that could be > > legislated. > > Do you or any other listers have connections with a legislator who would > be > > sympathetic to introducing a bill ? > > Would any others be willing to cultivate such a connection ? > > If there is sufficient interest in such an effort, could we form an ad hoc > > committee to work on it. > > Possibly using a rootsweb list to co-ordinate the effort ? > > > > Phil pvc@vancamp.org > > . > > > >