Written By: Diane Amble
                   CAVA – California Animal Voters Alliance

California Highway Patrol
Capitol Protection Section
1801 9th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811

Attn: Keith Troy

Dear Sir:

Thank you for your gracious handling of the situation on February 8th whereby your officers removed me and my film crew from the Animal Protection Caucus meeting. There are many details I would like to discuss with you if you are so inclined after reading the law on open meetings pertinent to legislation AT ALL LEVELS within our State. I have also attached the original invite (see PDF attached) sent to all legislative offices according to my information.

The Animal Protection Caucus is a bi-partisan caucus so is NOT exempt under Grunsky-Burton Act.
The Brown Act (local level), Bagley-Keane Act (state agency level) and Grunsky-Burton (State legislative level) Act (http://sunshinerevi ew.org/index. php/California_ Open_Meeting_ Act )were ALL put into place to follow up on loopholes of the original Brown Act addressing abuses by elected officials in regards to transparency in government (open meetings). Therefore, all legal interpretations* such as this one regarding the definition of “meetings” below apply to all three. Keep this in mind while reading the law.

Ask yourself why would this Caucus event evoke exclusion of the press and public? Is your Department aware that the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security named the Humane Society of the United States as well as its subsidiary affiliate organization Fund for Animals as domestic terrorist support groups? Does it seem correct to allow them to have private meetings with legislators/ bi-partisan caucus WITHIN the Capitol? Approved by your Dept.? For reference to this document visit: http://www.floridaanimallaws.org/dhs_ecoterrorism.htm ( http://www.scribd.com/doc/12251436/DHS-Eco-Terrorism-in-US-2008 See pages 9, 10).This is a Presidential Directive Executive Summary Order and cannot be rescinded by any individual in an agency. Email to follow on authority of Executive Directive.

This is a security issue, as well as a violation of Public Access laws and 1st Amendment violation (Freedom of the Press) is it not? As stated, this is a misdemeanor. These actions also violate the State of California Constitutional Amendment known as the Sunshine Amendment**. I respectfully ask for a formal investigation by your department of all the above mentioned violations and I hereby request under the rules of FOIA access to all documents, communications, including but not limited to emails, regarding the Legislative sponsorship, permits (if any) issued for the above event as well as details leading to the removal of members of the press seeking to cover the event.

Thank you very much for your continued cooperation.

Respectfully,

Diane Amble
160 10th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(650) 296-2169

Written By: Diane Amble
                   CAVA – California Animal Voters Alliance

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