This is great news. My hat if off to Jo for all her hard work and efforts to bring us to this point. If at all possible, genealogists should make a effort to attend this very important presentation. Iris Carter Jones On Wed, 02 Oct 2002 12:13:35 -0700, Jonelle Ellis Russell <[email protected]> wrote: Senator Wesley Chesbro is scheduled to present the "Family History Month Resolution" at 1:00 P.M. Saturday in the Annex of the Sonoma County Library at 3rd & E Streets in Santa Rosa. Would it be possible to have representatives from your society at this brief ceremony? Only one CSGA Board member who will be attending has indicated they will be able to attend. Jo Russell email: [email protected] phone (707) 528-1127 fax: (707) 526-6950 October is Family History Month, Celebrate the Heritage of Your Family and Community . -- Iris Carter Jones President: Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley

This is great news. My hat if off to Jo for all her hard work and efforts to bring us to this point. If at all possible, genealogists should make a effort to attend this very important presentation. Iris Carter Jones On Wed, 02 Oct 2002 12:13:35 -0700, Jonelle Ellis Russell <[email protected]> wrote: Senator Wesley Chesbro is scheduled to present the "Family History Month Resolution" at 1:00 P.M. Saturday in the Annex of the Sonoma County Library at 3rd & E Streets in Santa Rosa. Would it be possible to have representatives from your society at this brief ceremony? Only one CSGA Board member who will be attending has indicated they will be able to attend. Jo Russell email: [email protected] phone (707) 528-1127 fax: (707) 526-6950 October is Family History Month, Celebrate the Heritage of Your Family and Community . -- Iris Carter Jones President: Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley

Dear Listers: Now, I don't want to scare any one, as likely many will escape any consequences from this worm, but you need to be sure you are doing your part to keep your machine clean. We must all be diligent in this effort. If we all keep up we will do really well keeping an infection free environment. Yesterday I received tons of oddball messages. They are coming from everywhere. Most from people I have *never* heard of. I have anti-viral protection running at all times. I update daily. I run spot scans with an alternate anti-viral system. I keep my computer virus free. I was checking my computer and parts there of no less than once an hour yesterday! I have removed all my messages from my in box to alternate folders. I also manually scanned for virus components for the newest baddie on the block.... W32.bugbear Here's a snippet from http://www.antivirus.com Risk rating:Medium Virus type: Worm Destructive: No Aliases: NATOSTA.A, W32/Bugbear-A,Tanatos, W32/[email protected] Description: This worm terminates antivirus processes and propagates by sending itself via email using its own SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) engine. The email that it sends out contains no message body http://www.symantec.com posts this Security Response: [email protected] is a mass-mailing worm that is rapidly spreading to Windows users. The subject and attachment name of incoming emails are randomly chosen. The attachment will have a double extension ending in .exe, .scr, or .pif. When visiting http://www.grisoft.com/ and scrolling down to News, Virus Alerts and Press Releases, a click on more information will give the following details: I-Worm/Bugbear (alias I-Worm/Keywo) After its launching, this worm copies itself into System folder using the same filename as in the e-mail. Then it distributes itself onto different e-mail addresses that are stored in Adress book of the infected computer. Also, it tries to find a computer where whole disk full access sharing is allowed, and copies itself into Startup folder, which enables its launching. . . . and goes on with further description and removal instructions. http://www.mcaffee.com posts the following on their site: W32/[email protected] Help Center W32/[email protected] is rated as MEDIUM RISK FOR HOME AND CORPORATE USERS. This mass-mailing worm attempts to send itself to email addresses found on an infected system. . . There is more to be read about this worm and what it may do. Don't panic, read what you can do to disable it, should you feel you have be subjected to it. Make SURE that your anti-viral program is installed, up-to-date, and ACTIVATED. And... with this particular one, I would go and read the manual removal instructions to be on the safe side. The AVG site www.grisoft.com has a removal tool specific to this worm. You may want to visit their site and read more. IF you don't have anti-virus software, or have not renewed yours in a long time, you can scan your computer drives while online for free at http://www.antivirus.com AVG is also a very good resident anti-virus program. Grisoft also offers a free downloadable version. You can pay and get technical support too, if you want, but I have had good results with the free version, as have had others who recommended it to me. If you are an Internet Explorer/MS Outlook user, visit http://www.microsoft.com and download the latest versions or patches. Lastly, this is NOT intended to start a thread on the list about viruses, wierd mail, etc. Do not send replies to the list re this message, please. All correspondence re viruses should be directed to the List Admin privately. With regard to the Lists at Rootsweb and viruses, you can visit their help site to read their statement: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/announce.html#virus Another thought to consider is to stop using the fancy html code type of email and return to plain text messaging only. It may not provide the pretty colors and bells and whistles, however, it makes it darn hard for viruses to hide in a message... they cannot. Check your "help" dictionary in your email client for how to turn off the HTML encoding. I prefer all messages to come to me in plain text and that is how I compose them. I never have been caught up with the html for email craze. :) Regards, Lauren List Admin

Dear Listmembers: Bette Kot lived up to her reputation. Her lecture was very informative and enjoyable. There was a good turn out to greet her. I saw many faces that I had not seen quite a long time. Seems Bette got us to come out of the woodwork! It was announced that two items were left behind by someone at the last meeting. A grey poindexter [zip front sweatshirt] and an expensive looking pair of sunglasses. Contact Esther Kooiman for the sweatshirt and Susan Trumbull for the glasses. Their phone numbers are in the front of the Kin Tracer. Susan Trumbull announced that Zoe Zuber, who has lectured to the Society in the past is putting on a workshop. As Susan cannot post the notice herself for a while -- in computer transition!-- I offered to pass along the details. Family Story Writing Workshop To help you begin writing your family story. In this course ou will learn how to get into the heart of your story and use the same principles to write on your own. When: Saturday, September 28 OR Saturday, October 5 Time: 1-4 pm Where: Greenbrae, California Fee: [Call her at 415 461-5788 to get this-- or email me and I will tell you. We can't post fees to the list ] Register: Zoe Zuber , Post Office Box 1033, Larkspur, CA 94977 Deadline: Space is limited to 8 people. Register early to guarantee your seat. Zoe Zuber is a writer/story editor of memoirs, novels, and screenplays. She has written several family stories for clients and is the co-author of a novel about one man's journey to find love, which has been optioned for a motion picture film. Harris Kluksdahl informed of a trip to Salt Lake City in the Spring that will focus on Norwegian research. He made it sound very valuable to those with Norwegian research. Happy Trails, Lauren

Lauren is correct. It was last week's computer interest group that was canceled. Bette Kot will be speaking tonight at the meeting By all means, come & enjoy this speaker! Stephanie Acree

Dear Mary and other intersted parties: The September meeting that was cancelled was the *Computer Interest Group* meeting. Bette Kott will be giving her lecture tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 25th, 7:30pm as planned. I was present when Susan Trumbull spoke with her again today. I am sure that Susan would reply personally to this message, except for the fact that she is currently offline and doing some work on her computer. So... Come One! Come All! to the Marin County Genealogical Society General Meeting. Bette is one of the favorite speakers to lecture to the Society. You will not be dissappointed. Happy Trails, Lauren List Admin "Mary H. Cole" wrote: > > Is there a meeting tomorrow night? Was this the Sept. meeting which was > cancelled? > > ==== MarinGenSoc Mailing List ==== > > Marin County Genealogical Society Founded May 20, 1977. > Visit our web site. http://www.maringensoc.org

Is there a meeting tomorrow night? Was this the Sept. meeting which was cancelled?

Dear Listers: A message from the Genealogy-DNA list I thought you might find of value. Happy Trails, Lauren -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [DNA] Bancroft oral history library is looking for local Portugues & other genealogies Resent-Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 12:26:22 -0600 Resent-From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:26:24 -0700 From: "Annie, The WritingTeacher" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/researchprograms/roho.html I just heard a wonderful free lecture from Ms. Higbee, who's in charge of the oral history collections and genealogy of the Bancroft Library of Oral History at UC Berkeley. They are eagerly seeking oral histories and genealogies of various multi-ethnic peoples, especially Portuguese and especially of the California areas, and do include other ethnic groups. If interested, contact the Bancroft Library. They are especially interested in oral histories recorded or transcribed, including print on demand published genealogy books, tapes, oral histories written down or recorded, etc. I went to the Portuguese genealogy society (as I have four different ethnic groups in my background) and found so much research in genealogy locally here with participation by the UC Berkeley using PhD thesis on genealogy research, for example, how the dairy industry was run by the Portuguese of N. Calif before 1930, and similar thesis for other ethnic groups. So, if you're forming a genealogy group in N. Calif or DNA, they also work with Bio Technology and DNA studies. Contact Ms. Higbee who works both with biotech and genealogy at the Bancroft Library. She's working with collecting oral histories at UC Berkeley. This is one more connection to get volunteer speakers, for example to come to N. CA genealogy clubs to talk about oral histories, genealogy, and DNA. Annee

MCGS General Meeting Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 7:30 p.m. Lutheran Church, 1100 Las Gallinas, San Rafael Bette Kot, Librarian at the California Genealogical Society Library "Documentation -- Details Do Count" One of our favorite speakers, Bette Kot, will discuss the importance of keeping good records on sources, and will offer suggestions of ways to amend errors and make additions. Bette is currently librarian at California Genealogical Society in Oakland. She has a Masters in Library Information Sciences from Berkeley. She has been teaching genealogy since 1978, and has published, with others, five reference books for genealogists, mostly on such "lively topics" as cemetery location searching. Come join us for a very entertaining evening!

Dear Listmembers: For years now I have received, either in the US Mail at my place of employment, or now via email, clandestine solicitations to help some "poor victim" of African Government abuse by giving them my bank account information so they can park their millions in my account. Yah, right! The intent is to get you to give them your information so they can drain YOUR account. One of my fellow listmembers from another list contacted me a while back to see if I knew where this scam should be reported. Since that time we have exchanged copies of the messages we have received. Some are pretty funny. I have been solicited as a Church -- which y'all know I am not! The letters are addressed "Dear Sir " or "My Lordship" -- which y'all know I am not! The English is attrocious. The stories don't hold together. But unfortunately some folk are taken in by it. This week I have gotten an especially large quantity of these letters one after another. So, this morning I thought I would search the net a bit to see what was out there about them. One of the best sites I found is very current [9/16/02]and the guy who received their solicitation is corresponding with them and posting the resulting email to the Internet. It has been quite amusing to read the interchange. It also lets you be aware of what the next step is when some unsuspecting soul actually replies to the mail! [DO NOT EVER REPLY TO THESE SOLICITATIONS] I can hardly wait for the next installment! Read it for yourself at: http://www.haxial.com/fraud/mikeaba.html If you are curious which US Goverment Agency is handling the complaints about this scam, it is the Secret Service. They are working with an International Task Force. Visit the site specific to this fraud at: http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/alert419.shtml Some of the persons I have received the messages from are: - Prince Tunde Olusola Adisaraki (For the Family) - Mrs Clara Keita, former Miss Clara Edidiong, widow to Late Chief Authur Keita - Mrs Maria Laurent Kabila, the youngest wife of the slain president of the democratic republic of Congo - DR KOLA DANIEL, THE CO-ORDINATOR OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFNIGERIA CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUMCORPORATION(NNPC) - DR.MUDI A. EKWUEME Ph.D,FNSE,mni NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM COPORATION - Dr. Ahmed Tijani, a Director General in the Federal Ministry of Mines & Power (FMMP) - Dr Joe Abu, ENGR MBANEFO OGIDI, top officials from the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing,(FMWH),Federal Ministry of Finance and the Presidency, making up the Contract Review Panel (CRP) set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria to review contracts awarded by the past military administration - DR. KINGSLEY UZOR, Director General, Fed. Min. Finance. Lagos, Nigeria This morning's mail brought yet another of these messages, only this time it had an attachement called "bomb2.txt". This is a first. The attachment was a list of email addresses the message was probably sent to. I found mine on the list. I did not see any of yours listed. Awaiting haxial.com's next installment in the saga of Mike Aba -- I think I've gotten mail from him before as well! happy trails, Lauren Lauren Boyd List Admin

There will not be a meeting in September. Subject to the usual caveats, we will have a meeting in October. More details later. John --- John Deadman --- [email protected] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.

Dear Listmembers: As you are probably already aware, SB1614 was passed by both the California Senate and Assembly. It now goes to Governor Davis for signature before being enacted as law. We have 30 days from the 30th of August to change his mind and have him VETO this bill. NOW is the time to write to the Governor and tell him how you feel. Contact information as found on the Governor's site: http://www.governor.ca.gov/state/govsite/gov_homepage.jsp Governor Gray Davis State Capitol Building Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 916-445-2841 Fax: 916-445-4633 [email protected] "To help us keep track of correspondence and to ensure that we are able to respond to California residents, please be sure to include your name and address when you communicate with the Governor's Office. We do not accept e-mail attachments." As many of the email messages sent re SB1614 only refer people to the web site to read more about the bill, http://info.sen.ca.gov/ and knowing that not all of you have Internet access, I have pasted below the vote count and the bill as it was passed. You may note that indices may be uploaded on the Internet, only to passworded sites and ONLY for a FEE. And the use of the information is limited. The indices are not to be posted to a PUBLIC site. Our PUBLIC records, essentially, will be CLOSED to the PUBLIC. This bill will not truly do anything to protect the public from Identity theft. Kind Regards, Lauren ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VOTES - ROLL CALL MEASURE: SB 1614 AUTHOR: Speier TOPIC: Public records: vital statistics. DATE: 08/30/2002 LOCATION: SEN. FLOOR MOTION: Unfinished Business SB1614 Speier (AYES 21. NOES 16.) (PASS) AYES **** Alarcon Alpert Burton Chesbro Costa Escutia Figueroa Karnette Kuehl Machado Murray Ortiz Peace Perata Polanco Romero Scott Soto Speier Torlakson Vincent NOES **** Ackerman Battin Bowen Brulte Dunn Haynes Johannessen Johnson Margett McClintock McPherson Monteith Morrow Oller Poochigian Vasconcellos ABSENT, ABSTAINING, OR NOT VOTING ********************************* Knight O'Connell Sher VOTES - ROLL CALL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEASURE: SB 1614 AUTHOR: Speier TOPIC: Public records: vital statistics. DATE: 08/28/2002 LOCATION: ASM. FLOOR MOTION: SB 1614 Speier Senate Third Reading By Aroner (AYES 46. NOES 28.) (PASS) AYES **** Alquist Aroner Briggs Calderon Canciamilla Cardenas Cardoza Cedillo Chan Chavez Chu Cohn Corbett Diaz Dutra Firebaugh Frommer Goldberg Havice Hertzberg Horton Jackson Keeley Kehoe Koretz Liu Lowenthal Matthews Migden Nakano Nation Negrete McLeod Oropeza Pavley Reyes Salinas Shelley Steinberg Strom-Martin Thomson Vargas Washington Wayne Wiggins Wright Wesson NOES **** Aanestad Ashburn Bates Bogh Bill Campbell John Campbell Cogdill Cox Daucher Dickerson Florez Harman Hollingsworth Kelley La Suer Leach Leonard Leslie Maddox Maldonado Mountjoy Robert Pacheco Pescetti Richman Strickland Wyland Wyman Zettel ABSENT, ABSTAINING, OR NOT VOTING ********************************* Correa Longville Rod Pacheco Papan Runner Simitian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BILL NUMBER: SB 1614 ENROLLED BILL TEXT PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 30, 2002 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 28, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 27, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 19, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 3, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 25, 2002 AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 30, 2002 AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 15, 2002 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 24, 2002 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 15, 2002 INTRODUCED BY Senator Speier FEBRUARY 21, 2002 An act to amend Section 102230 of, and to add Sections 102231 and 102232 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to public records. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1614, Speier. Public records: vital statistics. Existing law requires the Director of Health Services, as the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, to administer the registration of births, deaths, fetal deaths, and marriages. Existing law requires the State Registrar to arrange and permanently preserve the certificates in a systematic manner and to prepare and maintain a comprehensive and continuous index of all certificates registered. Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires state and local agencies to make records that are not otherwise exempt from disclosure available to the public upon receipt of a request that reasonably describes an identifiable record, and upon payment of fees to cover costs. This bill would require the comprehensive index described above, and comprehensive birth and death record indices prepared or maintained by local registrars and county recorders, to be kept confidential, except that these indices may be disclosed to government agencies. This bill would exempt these indices from disclosure under the California Public Records Act. This bill would prohibit a government agency from selling or releasing these indices, except as specified, and from posting these indices on the Internet. This bill would require the State Registrar to prepare and maintain separate noncomprehensive indices of all California birth and death records for public release, as well as indices for purposes of law enforcement or preventing fraud. The bill would also provide for the release of certain birth and death data files, as defined, by the State Registrar, local registrars, and county recorders in accordance with specified requirements. It would require requesters of these indices and data files to provide proof of identity, complete a form containing prescribed information, and sign the form under penalty of perjury, and would prohibit these indices and data files from being used for fraudulent purposes or from being posted on the Internet unless certain requirements are met. This bill would also make it a misdemeanor for any person to violate the above provisions and would provide that any violators may be denied further access to the indices or data files maintained by the department. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, creating new crimes, and by increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed $1,000,000. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 102230 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 102230. (a) (1) The State Registrar shall arrange and permanently preserve the certificates in a systematic manner and shall prepare and maintain comprehensive and continuous indices of all certificates registered. (2) The birth and death record indices prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) and all comprehensive birth and death record indices prepared or maintained by local registrars and county recorders shall be kept confidential and shall be exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code). (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the State Registrar, at his or her discretion, may release comprehensive birth and death record indices to any government agency. Local registrars and county recorders, when requested, shall release their comprehensive birth and death record indices to the State Registrar. A government agency that obtains indices pursuant to this paragraph may not sell or release the index or any portion of its contents to any other person except as necessary for official government business and shall not post the indices or any portion thereof on the Internet. (b) (1) The State Registrar shall prepare and maintain separate noncomprehensive indices of all California birth and death records for public release. (2) For purposes of this section, noncomprehensive birth record indices for public release shall be comprised of first, middle, and last name, sex, date of birth, and place of birth. (3) For purposes of this section, noncomprehensive death record indices for public release shall be comprised of first, middle, and last name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, place of death, date of death, and father's last name. (4) Requesters of the birth or death record indices prepared pursuant to this subdivision shall provide proof of identity, complete a form, and sign the form under penalty of perjury. The form shall include all of the following: (A) The proposed use of the birth or death record indices. (B) A disclaimer crediting any analyses, interpretations, or conclusions reached regarding the birth or death record indices to the author and not to the State Department of Health Services. (C) Assurance that technical descriptions of the birth or death record indices are consistent with those provided by the State Department of Health Services. (D) Assurance that the requester shall not sell, assign, or otherwise transfer the birth or death record indices. (E) Assurance that the requester shall not use the birth or death record indices for fraudulent purposes. (5) Birth and death record indices obtained pursuant to this subdivision, and any portion thereof, shall not be used for fraudulent purposes. (c) (1) The State Registrar shall prepare and maintain separate noncomprehensive indices of all California birth and death records for purposes of law enforcement or preventing fraud. (2) For purposes of this section, noncomprehensive birth record indices for the purpose of preventing fraud shall be comprised of first, middle, and last name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, and mother's maiden name. (3) For purposes of this section, noncomprehensive death record indices for the purpose of preventing fraud shall be comprised of first, middle, and last name, place of death, mother's maiden name, sex, social security number, date of birth, place of birth, date of death, and father's last name. (4) The birth and death record indices prepared pursuant to this subdivision shall be made available to financial institutions, as defined in 15 U.S.C. Sec. 6827(4)(A) and (B), its representatives or contractors, consumer credit reporting agencies, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 1785.3 of the Civil Code, its representatives or contractors, those entities providing information services for purposes of law enforcement or preventing fraud, officers of the court for the sole purpose of verifying a death, and to persons or entities acting on behalf of law enforcement agencies or the court, or pursuant to a court order. (5) The birth and death record indices prepared pursuant to this subdivision may be released to any government agency. (6) Requesters of the birth or death record indices prepared pursuant to this subdivision shall provide proof of identity, complete a form, and sign the form under penalty of perjury. The form shall include all of the following: (A) An agreement not to release or allow public access to the birth or death record indices, and an agreement not to post the indices on the Internet, except as permitted by this subdivision. (B) The proposed use of the birth or death record indices. (C) The names of all persons within the organization, if applicable, who will have access to the birth or death record indices. (D) A disclaimer crediting any analyses, interpretations, or conclusions reached regarding the birth or death record indices to the author and not to the State Department of Health Services. (E) Assurance that technical descriptions of the birth or death record indices are consistent with those provided by the State Department of Health Services. (F) Assurance that the requester shall not sell, assign, or otherwise transfer the birth or death record indices, except as permitted by this subdivision. (G) Assurance that the requester shall not use the birth or death record indices for fraudulent purposes. (7) (A) Birth and death record indices, and any portion thereof, obtained pursuant to this section, shall not be used for fraudulent purposes and shall not be posted on the Internet. (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), individual information contained in birth and death record indices may be posted on the Internet if all of the following requirements are met: (i) The individual information is posted on a Web site that is protected by a password. (ii) The individual information is posted on a Web site that is available to subscribers only for a fee. (iii) The individual information is not posted for public display. (iv) The individual information is available to subscribers pursuant to a contractual agreement. (v) The individual information is posted for purposes of law enforcement or preventing fraud. (d) Mail-in requests from nongovernmental agencies for birth and death record indices requested pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) shall include a notarized statement attesting to the identity of the requester. (e) Noncomprehensive birth and death record indices pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) shall be updated annually. (f) All birth and death record indices provided pursuant to this section shall be made available subject to cost recovery provisions of the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code). (g) Any noncomprehensive birth and death record indices created by local registrars or county recorders shall be subject to the conditions for release required by this section. (h) A person or entity that obtains a birth or death record index, or any portion thereof, from a requester who has obtained the index in accordance with paragraph (6) of subdivision (c) may not sell, assign, or otherwise transfer that index, or any portion thereof, to any third party. (i) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) and subdivisions (b) to (h), inclusive, shall be implemented only to the extent that funds for these purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute. SEC. 2. Section 102231 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 102231. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, birth data files, birth data files for public release, death data files for public release, and death data files for purposes of law enforcement or preventing fraud prepared and maintained by the State Registrar, local registrars, and county recorders shall only be released as follows: (1) Birth data files containing personal identifiers shall be subject to the same restrictions as the confidential portion of a birth certificate and shall only be released under the terms and conditions specified in Section 102430. (2) Birth data files for public release shall not contain the mother's maiden name. (3) Death data files for public release shall not contain the mother's maiden name and social security number. (4) Death data files for purposes of law enforcement or preventing fraud shall include the mother's maiden name and social security number. Death data files prepared pursuant to this subdivision may be released to governmental agencies and to those entities described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 102230. (5) Death data files containing personal identifying information may be released to persons expressing a valid scientific interest, as determined by the appropriate committee constituted for the protection of human subjects that is approved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and has a general assurance pursuant to Part 46 (commencing with Section 46.101) of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (b) Requesters of birth and death data files pursuant to this section shall provide proof of identity, complete a form, and sign the form under penalty of perjury. The form shall include all of the following: (1) An agreement not to release the birth or death data files and not to post the files on the Internet, except as permitted by this subdivision. (2) An agreement not to provide public access to data files obtained pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (4) of subdivision (a). (3) The proposed use of the data file. (4) For data files obtained pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (4) of subdivision (a), the names of all persons within the organization, if applicable, who will have access to the data files. (5) A disclaimer that credits any analyses, interpretations, or conclusions reached regarding the birth or death data files to the author and not to the State Department of Health Services. (6) Assurance that technical descriptions of the data files are consistent with those provided by the State Department of Health Services. (7) Assurance that the requester shall not sell, assign, or otherwise transfer the data files, except as permitted by subdivision (e). (8) Assurance that the requester shall not use the data files for fraudulent purposes. (c) Mail-in requests for birth and death data files pursuant to this section shall include a notarized statement attesting to the identity of the requester. (d) Birth and death data files provided pursuant to this section shall be made available subject to cost recovery provisions of the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code). (e) (1) Birth and death data files, and any portion thereof, obtained pursuant to this section, shall not be used for fraudulent purposes and shall not be posted on the Internet. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), individual information contained in death data files obtained pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) may be posted on the Internet if all of the following requirements are met: (A) The information is posted on a Web site that is protected by a password. (B) The information is posted on a Web site that is available to subscribers only for a fee. (C) The information is not posted for public display. (D) The information is available to subscribers pursuant to a contractual agreement. (E) The information is posted for purposes of law enforcement or preventing fraud. (f) A person or entity that obtains a birth or death data file, or any portion thereof, from a requester who has obtained the data file in accordance with subdivision (b) may not sell, assign, or otherwise transfer that data file, or any portion thereof, to any third party. (g) This section shall be implemented only to the extent that funds for these purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute. SEC. 3. Section 102232 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 102232. (a) (1) Any person who violates Section 102230 or 102231 may be denied further access to the indices or data files maintained by the department. (2) Any person who violates Section 102230 or 102231 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both the imprisonment and fine, for each violation. (3) The penalties described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not be construed to limit any other remedies provided by law. (b) Notwithstanding Section 126 of the Penal Code, the crime of perjury specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 102230, paragraph (6) of subdivision (c) of Section 102230, and subdivision (b) of Section 102231, shall be punishable as a misdemeanor. (c) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be implemented only to the extent that funds for these purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute. SEC. 4. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution for certain costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district because in that regard this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution. However, notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains other costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. If the statewide cost of the claim for reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.

Hi Folks, Jack is right LET'S SEEK A VETO! Iris On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:40:30 -0700, "Jack Willoughby" <[email protected]> wrote: OF COURSE WE SHOULD SEEK A VETO. I ALREADY WROTE THE GOVERNOR AND URGED HIM TO VETO THIS BILL. IF YOU WRITE THE GOVERNOR, YOU MUST INCLUDE YOUR HOME ADDRESS TO HAVE YOUR "VOTE" COUNTED. JACK WILLOUGHBY Here is what Iris has to say about the bill. She also gives the website where you can view the entire language, etc. of the bill. It is at www.sen.ca.gov Marilyn Larson ----- Original Message ----- From: Iris Jones <[email protected]> Subject: Legislative Update - Sept 6, 2002 > LEGISLATIVE REPORT - SEPTEMBER 6, 2002 > > What can I say? It was a valiant effort? > > I told folks I would follow-up with details. That may be more than > anyone would want to know. First, I need to address several more > recent questions. > > Should we follow up now by writing the Governor asking for him to veto > SB1614? Normally, this would be the obvious next step. Considering the > Governor's stand on the bill, it might well be a futile effort. There > is the fact that the bill, as it passed, was not the bill the Governor > was looking for, so your guess is as good as mine. I have heard from > several Senators who support our opposition, and mention that we > should follow-up with messages to the Governor. HE has thirty days to > sign it. > > Second issue: I have received a great deal of mail regarding the media > interviews with Senator Speier and her statements that she was > considering taking the privacy issues public in a referendum. After > checking out what she said, I think many of you do not realize that > the Senator had five privacy issue bill in this session. The issue she > is talking about is her SB773. This bill went right down to the wire > Saturday night. It really did get hi-jacked and she was forced to move > the bill [which had little left in it that resembled her bill] to the > Inactive File, hence killing her own bill. > > In my coverage I have only reported on legislation that pertains to > our Mission Statements. As a not-for-profit organization we are > limited in what we can, as an organization, lobby for or against. Of > her five bills, only SB1614 and SB247 pertain to historical records > and the preservation of those records. > > She and others in recent years have worked to limit personal > information that can be shared or sold by companies, financial > institutions and government agencies. Most the bills required giving > the customer the 'opt-in' or 'opt-out' choice. Obviously, the cost of > allowing folks to 'opt-in' for these organizations would be > staggering, therefore, every time one comes up in legislation they > bring out the big guns. A half dozen bills have passed which cover a > single type company, such as the video stores or super market discount > cards. But, every bill proposed that has attempted to cover the > overall issue has so far failed. In fact, this is the Senator's second > try. The Governor vetoed the one she got passed through the > legislature last session. So, while this affects us as citizens, it > does not affect us as researchers. > > To the bill itself. Considering the total devastation the original > bill would have caused, we did win some stuff! That bill would have > removed all indexes from public view with the exception of viewing > them at county recorders or the State Health Dept. It would have > removed the maiden names and social security numbers. It was designed > to remove owner's rights from those who had previously > purchased the CDs. But, our efforts along with those of other > opposition groups; the problems with the budget shortfalls, and the > costs of implementing the bill killed that language. It left the > Senate with 'intent language' only. But the Senator assured Republican > Leader Senator Brulte that the bill would go through the committee > process when it came back from the Assembly. This never happened. The > new language in the bill went directly to the Floor for a vote. By the > time it left the Senate, the Senator had missed deadlines and had to > get a wavier to continue to develop that bill. > > Rather than giving you a blow by blow, these next weeks were busy, > hectic and very frustrating. My reports highlighted the activities. > The language and amended language can all be seen on the > Legislative Web site <http://www.sen.ca.gov>. It contains all the > language, votes and analyses from the Committees. There were > negotiations with the Dept of Health Services, Governor's staff and > the Senator's people. Amendments were offered, counter offered by > staff and opposition groups. It seemed never ending, a rush and wait > game. I call it frustrating chaos, pros call it business as usually. > It is disturbing to see up close and personal, how our state > government is being run. > > We need to thank the wonderful staffers, counsels and aides that work > at the Capitol. I have always found them to be friendly, helpful and > supportive. They are a wonderful group of people. We owe a > debt of gratitude the astute Assembly member Corbett, Chair of the > Judiciary Committee. When language to limit the use of information of > the previously sold CD's came up to be heard on the Floor, > the Chairwoman realized that improper procedure was followed and had > Senator Speier remove it before it went to the Floor for a vote. That > language had not been in the amendments presented to Corbett's > committee, and were placed in the bill after it went to suspense in > the Appropriation Committee. The Senator did remove the language > leaving no reference in SB1614 to the use of the previous CD > information. > > Our thanks go to Assemblymen Rod Pacheco who instigated the Republican > Caucus support for our opposition, and to Mark Redman Caucus Counsel > for his dedicated help. > > A very special thanks should go to Assemblymen Prescetti, who stood up > on the Floor of the Assembly to state our case in opposition of > SB1614. He has been a friend to the community's needs for years. He > has sponsored a bill to create the Historical Cemetery Commission to > help preserve our historical cemeteries and an Adoptee's Right to Know > bill. > > A very special thank you goes out to Senator Bowen. While we had the > support of the Republican Caucus, their numbers could not kill the > bill without some Democratic support. Senator Bowen is a > long time supporter of the rights of the genealogical community, and a > logical approach to the protection of personal information. She gets > it! She came out on the floor in opposition to the bill. She > had done her homework. She had the letters, fact sheets, lists and she > even reads her Email. She had the facts and was better prepared than > the author. She did win us some votes. Sadly, not enough of her > fellow Senators got it. It is refreshing to see someone willing to get > the facts and act on them. I could not get to first base with my own > representatives in the Senate or the Assembly. > > We also thank the wonderful folks we worked with from the other > opposition groups. This was one big job and it took a great effort on > the part of many people who worked very hard to preserve our > access to this very important information. You know who your are and > the 'genealogy community' is grateful for your help and support. > > There are certainly lessons learned. This bill will not be the end of > it. Even with its passage, the issues are open until funding can be > found to enact its mandates, if the Governor signs it. > > I will bring you more follow-up on this and information on other bills > we have been following in my next report. I also would like to thank > each of you for your support, encouragement, and help. I apologize if > you have not received a response to each of your Emails, but there has > not been enough hours in the day. I will get back to you. > > To follow State Legislation, check the State Web site at > http://www.sen.ca.gov> To be added to my Network, send your name, name > of your organization, and E-mail address, to me indicating you wish > to be added to the Legislative Network, <[email protected]>.---6 > September 2002, CSGA Legislative Network Coordinator, Iris Carter > Jones. [Permission granted to reprint Legislative reports. > Please cite your source.] > > ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

LEGISLATIVE REPORT - SEPTEMBER 6, 2002 What can I say? It was a valiant effort? I told folks I would follow-up with details. That may be more than anyone would want to know. First, I need to address several more recent questions. Should we follow up now by writing the Governor asking for him to veto SB1614? Normally, this would be the obvious next step. Considering the Governor's stand on the bill, it might well be a futile effort. There is the fact that the bill, as it passed, was not the bill the Governor was looking for, so your guess is as good as mine. I have heard from several Senators who support our opposition, and mention that we should follow-up with messages to the Governor. HE has thirty days to sign it. Second issue: I have received a great deal of mail regarding the media interviews with Senator Speier and her statements that she was considering taking the privacy issues public in a referendum. After checking out what she said, I think many of you do not realize that the Senator had five privacy issue bill in this session. The issue she is talking about is her SB773. This bill went right down to the wire Saturday night. It really did get hi-jacked and she was forced to move the bill [which had little left in it that resembled her bill] to the Inactive File, hence killing her own bill. In my coverage I have only reported on legislation that pertains to our Mission Statements. As a not-for-profit organization we are limited in what we can, as an organization, lobby for or against. Of her five bills, only SB1614 and SB247 pertain to historical records and the preservation of those records. She and others in recent years have worked to limit personal information that can be shared or sold by companies, financial institutions and government agencies. Most the bills required giving the customer the 'opt-in' or 'opt-out' choice. Obviously, the cost of allowing folks to 'opt-in' for these organizations would be staggering, therefore, every time one comes up in legislation they bring out the big guns. A half dozen bills have passed which cover a single type company, such as the video stores or super market discount cards. But, every bill proposed that has attempted to cover the overall issue has so far failed. In fact, this is the Senator's second try. The Governor vetoed the one she got passed through the legislature last session. So, while this affects us as citizens, it does not affect us as researchers. To the bill itself. Considering the total devastation the original bill would have caused, we did win some stuff! That bill would have removed all indexes from public view with the exception of viewing them at county recorders or the State Health Dept. It would have removed the maiden names and social security numbers. It was designed to remove owner's rights from those who had previously purchased the CDs. But, our efforts along with those of other opposition groups; the problems with the budget shortfalls, and the costs of implementing the bill killed that language. It left the Senate with 'intent language' only. But the Senator assured Republican Leader Senator Brulte that the bill would go through the committee process when it came back from the Assembly. This never happened. The new language in the bill went directly to the Floor for a vote. By the time it left the Senate, the Senator had missed deadlines and had to get a wavier to continue to develop that bill. Rather than giving you a blow by blow, these next weeks were busy, hectic and very frustrating. My reports highlighted the activities. The language and amended language can all be seen on the Legislative Web site <http://www.sen.ca.gov>. It contains all the language, votes and analyses from the Committees. There were negotiations with the Dept of Health Services, Governor's staff and the Senator's people. Amendments were offered, counter offered by staff and opposition groups. It seemed never ending, a rush and wait game. I call it frustrating chaos, pros call it business as usually. It is disturbing to see up close and personal, how our state government is being run. We need to thank the wonderful staffers, counsels and aides that work at the Capitol. I have always found them to be friendly, helpful and supportive. They are a wonderful group of people. We owe a debt of gratitude the astute Assembly member Corbett, Chair of the Judiciary Committee. When language to limit the use of information of the previously sold CD's came up to be heard on the Floor, the Chairwoman realized that improper procedure was followed and had Senator Speier remove it before it went to the Floor for a vote. That language had not been in the amendments presented to Corbett's committee, and were placed in the bill after it went to suspense in the Appropriation Committee. The Senator did remove the language leaving no reference in SB1614 to the use of the previous CD information. Our thanks go to Assemblymen Rod Pacheco who instigated the Republican Caucus support for our opposition, and to Mark Redman Caucus Counsel for his dedicated help. A very special thanks should go to Assemblymen Prescetti, who stood up on the Floor of the Assembly to state our case in opposition of SB1614. He has been a friend to the community's needs for years. He has sponsored a bill to create the Historical Cemetery Commission to help preserve our historical cemeteries and an Adoptee's Right to Know bill. A very special thank you goes out to Senator Bowen. While we had the support of the Republican Caucus, their numbers could not kill the bill without some Democratic support. Senator Bowen is a long time supporter of the rights of the genealogical community, and a logical approach to the protection of personal information. She gets it! She came out on the floor in opposition to the bill. She had done her homework. She had the letters, fact sheets, lists and she even reads her Email. She had the facts and was better prepared than the author. She did win us some votes. Sadly, not enough of her fellow Senators got it. It is refreshing to see someone willing to get the facts and act on them. I could not get to first base with my own representatives in the Senate or the Assembly. We also thank the wonderful folks we worked with from the other opposition groups. This was one big job and it took a great effort on the part of many people who worked very hard to preserve our access to this very important information. You know who your are and the 'genealogy community' is grateful for your help and support. There are certainly lessons learned. This bill will not be the end of it. Even with its passage, the issues are open until funding can be found to enact its mandates, if the Governor signs it. I will bring you more follow-up on this and information on other bills we have been following in my next report. I also would like to thank each of you for your support, encouragement, and help. I apologize if you have not received a response to each of your Emails, but there has not been enough hours in the day. I will get back to you. To follow State Legislation, check the State Web site at http://www.sen.ca.gov> To be added to my Network, send your name, name of your organization, and E-mail address, to me indicating you wish to be added to the Legislative Network, <[email protected]>.---6 September 2002, CSGA Legislative Network Coordinator, Iris Carter Jones. [Permission granted to reprint Legislative reports. Please cite your source.]

UP-DATE ON SB1614 - AUGUST 31, 2002 Last night just before 8 p.m. SB1614 pass on the Floor of the Senate. On Wednesday it was passed on the Assembly Floor in spite of the valiant effort on the part of Assemblyman Pescetti who supported our opposition. From there it moved back to the Senate. For the next two days, we worked to force the bill back to committee. When it left the Senate the language in the bill had been striped and it stated only intent. At that time the author assured Senator Brulte that it came back it would go to the Senate committees. By now the time is running short and old promises do not mean much, at the discretion of the chair the bill went to the Floor. This time it was Senator Bowen who eloquently plead the case for the genealogist and adoptees. She related the factual information that at neither the state or federal level had any identity thefts been linked to any indexes. She slowed them down. On the first vote the author only got 17 yes votes. But in the final minutes of the session when SB1614, the only bill heard that was place on call, received four addition yes votes. So, it passed by one vote. SB247, the 'good bill' also passed on Friday. This bill will do something to curtail identity theft, while continuing to allow researchers access to the information. I will have follow-up with more details later. Right now I need some rest. I plan to that the weekend off. It will be the first one in seven weeks. Have a good holiday. ------Iris Carter Jones, CSGA Legislative Network Coordinator, 31 August 2002.

Jana Black wrote: ><snip> > > Apparently SB1614 gets voted on tomorrow. I suggest that we, as CAGENWEB > volunteers, wait to see the outcome of the vote, then write to our RW > reps in support of reposting of this important-to-us database fully > intact!!!!!! I would suggest that those of us researching California, especially those of us still slogging through alternate records to overcome the 1906 Great Fire and Earthquake, be in contact to let them know how important the data base is to us! Let them know how many generations of your family were born here. [My grandson makes 7 generations of my family to be born in California.] I was just beginning to make some progress when they yanked it in response to Jackie Spiers' reaction to the newsarticle that told of the records being online. I still feel that if the legislature passes and is signed into law that it is as if our own elected officials have struck a match to the public records of California. It also makes me wonder if the SSDI will be cleansed of California records. They may be a Federal record, but they do contain mother's maiden names and, of course, social security numbers! Later, Lauren

I just wrote to Iris Jones for clarification regarding her last post on SB 1614 which said in part: "SB 1614 was just amended to remove the requirement put in while the bill was in appropriations that those who post previously acquired data to the internet redact the maiden name and SSN." My question was - since RW DID buy this database long ago, did the amendment mean RW *could* repost their database intact? Her answer was that it DID mean they would not be *required* to remove maiden names! Also, apparently, RW is discussing whether or not to repost the DB with or w/o maiden names! This is VERY good news meaning even if SB 1614 passes, we still *might* have access to the indices thru RW! Apparently SB1614 gets voted on tomorrow. I suggest that we, as CAGENWEB volunteers, wait to see the outcome of the vote, then write to our RW reps in support of reposting of this important-to-us database fully intact!!!!!! Jana

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:03:08 -0700, Iris Jones <[email protected]> SB 1614 was just amended to remove the requirement put in while the bill was in appropriations that those who post previously aquired data to the internet redact the maiden name and SSN. The amendments just passed also reduced the penalties for violating the law to a misdemeanor. It also allows access for medial research in some situations. The bill will now have to come back to the Assembly Floor tomorrow to be voted on. -- Iris Carter Jones CSGA Legislative Coordinator

ALERT AND UPDATE SB1614 - AUGUST 25, 2002 The amended language of the bill presented prior to the Assembly Appropriations Hearing Thursday can be found in my August 17, 2002 Report or at the legislative web site <http://www.sen.ca.gov. In spite of the number of opposition groups attending the Hearing the bill was moved to Suspense and was voted on later in the day. Still in opposition are California State Genealogical Alliance, Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley, Bastard Nations and allied Adoptees organizations, California Newspaper Publishers Association, Axiom and California Bankers Association, along with First Amendment Coalition, CALI and several law firms. In fact, for the most part the author has made little headway in eliminating any of the opposition. Yet, the bill moves on. The vote in Appropriations included Assemblymembers Steinberg, Corbett, Goldberg, Washington, Correa, Negrete, Alquist, Diaz, McLeod, Wiggins, Aroner, Firbaugh, Pavley, Wright, Cohn and Simitian -- ayes. Noes included Assemblymembers Bates, Ashburn, Robert Pacheco, Daucher, Maldonado, Runner, Papan and Zettel. Assemblymembers Papan and Zettel are the only Democrats who have support us. The billl still contains a money issue of county's cost. This remain in the bill in spite of the author's objections. She stated that those cost were over estimated by the Dept of Health Services. But the cost figures remain. The bill no long require a two-thirds vote thought only a simiple majority is need for it to pass. The bill moved to the Assembly Floor on Second Reading on Saturday, because the author presented more amendments in Appropriations Committee. The amendments have now been included in the bill which can be found on the Senate web site. It requires that if you own the previously sold indexes, you have six months to remove the mother's maiden name on birth index and mother's maiden name and social security number on the death index if the indexes are on the Internet or open to the public. You will not be allowed to share this information under penalty of law. Legal counsel insists that the language is unconstitutional. It would seem that we are back where we began. The bill is scheduled sometime today on the Floor for a vote on the Third Reading, then it will go back to the Senate. I am getting conflicting reports as to if it will return to the Senate Judiciary Committee or not. It should, but I was told because it is so late, it could go directly to the Floor for a vote. That could be as soon as Monday. Now, I am sure you are confessed and wondering what is going on, well, so am I. Nothing with this bill is what it should be. At this point, I think our continued efforts to stop the bill should focus on the entire Senate, rather than just approaching the Judiciary Committee. That Committee includes Assemblymembers, Escutia the Chair, Kuehl, O'Connell, Peace and Sher, Democrats who all voted yes on the bill last time they heard it. The two Republicans Haynes the Vice Chair and Ackerman were no votes last time. I will bring you the list of the entire Senate below. LET'S LET THEM HEAR FROM US! CALL TO ACTION: Petition to Protect the CA Birth and Death Indices. Stop CA Senate Bill 1614 which was issued earlier is still being circulated to the legislators and this week the petition information will go to newspapers along with other materials in hopes that we can get some good news releases out with our side of the issue. If you have not yet signed the petition then do so today. Add your voice to the many who oppose SB1614. Sign the petition* to the California State Legislature requesting them to STOP SB1614. http://www.PetitionOnline.com/intrepid/petition.html *Your name and personal information will NOT appear on the Internet. It will be provided directly to the petition author, Nina Anne M. Greeley, Esq, who will then submit the petition and all signatures to the California State Legislature. If you wish to follow State Legislation you may check the State Web site at <http://www.sen.ca.gov> To be added to my Network, send your name, name of your organization, and e-mail address, stating you wish to be added to the Legislative Network, to <[email protected]>. ---CSGA Legislative Network Coordinator, Iris Carter Jones, August 25, 2002. [Permission is granted to reprint Legislative reports. Please cite your source.] MEMBERS OF THE SENATE [To locate your Senator by zip code <http://www.sen.ca.gov/ftp/Sen/senplan/Zip.htp] 01-R Rico Oller (916) 445-5788/fax (916)324-2680 [email protected] 02-D Wes Chesbro (916) 445-3375/fax (916)323-6958 [email protected] 03-D John Burton (916) 445-1412/fax (916) 445-4722/No Email 04-R Maurice K. Johannessen (916) 445-3353/fax (916) 445-7750 [email protected]# 05-D Mike Machado (916) 445-2407/fax (916)323-2304 [email protected]# 06-D Deborah Ortiz (916) 445-7807/fax (916)323-2263 [email protected] 07-D Tom Torlakson (916) 445-6083/fax (916)445-2527 [email protected]# 08-D Jackie Speier (916) 445-0503/fax (916)327-2186 [email protected] 09-D Don Peratta (916) 445-6577/fax (916)327-1997 [email protected] 10-D Liz Figueroa (916) 445-6671/fax (916)327-2433 [email protected] 11-D Byron Sher (916) 445-6747/fax (916)327-4529 [email protected] 12-R Dick Monteith (916) 445-1392/fax (916)445-0773 [email protected] 13-D John Vasconcellos (916) 445-9740/fax (916)324-0283 [email protected] 14-R Chalres Poochigian (916) 445-9600/fax (916)327-3523 [email protected] 15-R Bruce McPherson (916) 445-5843/fax (916)445-8081 [email protected] 16-D Jim Costa (916) 445-4641/fax (916)327-5989 [email protected] 17-R William 'Pete' J. Knight (916) 445-6637/fax (916)445-4662 [email protected] 18-D Jack O'Connell (916) 445-5405/fax (916)322-3304 [email protected] 19-R Tom McClintock (916) 445-8873/fax (916)324-7544 [email protected] 20-D Richard Alarcon (916) 445-7928/fax (916)324-6645 [email protected] 21-D Jack Scott (916) 445-5976/fax (916)324-7543 [email protected] 22-D Richard Polanco (916) 445-3456/fax (916)445-0413 [email protected] 23-D Sheila James Kuehl (916) 445-1353/fax (916)324-4823 [email protected]# 24-D Gloria Romero (916) 445-1418/fax (916)445-0485 [email protected]# 25-D Edward Vincent (916) 445-2104/fax (916)445-3712 [email protected]# 26-D Keven Murray (916) 445-8800/fax (916)445-8899 [email protected] 27-D Betty Karnette (916) 445-6447/fax (916)327-9113 [email protected] 28-D Debra Bowen (916) 445-5953/fax (916)323-6056 [email protected] 29-R Bob Margett (916) 445-2848/fax (916)324-0922 [email protected] 30-D Martha Escutia (916) 445-3090/fax (916)327-8755 [email protected] 31-R James L. Brulte (916) 445-3688/fax (916)327-2272 [email protected] 32-D Nell Soto (916) 445-6868/fax (916)445-0128 [email protected] 33-R Dick Ackerman (916) 445-4264/fax (916)445-9754 [email protected] 34-D Joseph Dunn (916) 445-5831/fax (916)322-2323 [email protected] 35-R Ross Johnson (916) 445-4961/fax & Email none 36-R Raymond N. Haynes (916) 445-9781/fax (916)447-9008 [email protected] 37-R Jim Battin (916) 445-5581/fax (916)327-2187 [email protected] 38-R Bill Morrow (916) 445-3731/fax (916)446-7382 [email protected]# 39-D Dede Alpert (916) 445-3952/fax (916)327-2188 [email protected] 40-D Steve Peace (916) 445-6767/fax (916)327-3522 [email protected] # Indicates that the Senator does not have an Email address listed. I have used the Senate's standard Email format to enclude them in this listing.

UPDATE - SB1614 - 22 August 2002 The bill SB1614 went to Suspense File at this morning's Hearing. It has now passed and will go to the Floor of the Assembly for a vote. It is not a majority vote only. 22 August 2002 - Assembly Appropriations taking up the Senate Suspense File SB 1614 - Senator Speier - public records Measure Passes, as amended 1. add intent language 2. add that any entity that posts public birth and death indices shall in 6 months remove from view any and all mother's maiden name and SSN 3. add severability clause Also heard: SB 247 Amendments: 1. increase fee to 1.00 Add Alquist as co-author Do Pass The only action not that will stop it is if we can get enough no votes on the Floor of the Assembly. If you have any, call in your markers. Iris Carter Jones, CSGA Legislative Network -- Iris Carter Jones President: Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley