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5 October 2009
Cal Boating (Department of
Boating and Waterways) survived another challenge this summer from the
Governor's Office. All of our voices made a difference.
Cal Boating remains an independent department at
this time. Thank you all for your letters and support of keeping Cal
Boating independent. This is a fluid issue that may again surface. We
will continue to keep you posted and advise if the current situation
changes.
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| Updated May 30, 2009 |
Print out this PDF letter and fax it to your legislator TODAY to let them know to OPPOSE the elimination of Cal Boating | ||||||||||||||||
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| Aloha Members,
Again Cal Boating/DBW is up for
elimination. The time is now to
make another effort (may be the last effort) to save
what we know as Cal Boating. The
only day public input will be taken in
Sacramento is June 2nd. We are working on a plan for that day,
and will
make public comments on behalf of the CBSOA membership.
The
key now is to contact the listed below
Budget Conference Committee Members and make your voice heard. A letter
or faxed letter with key points below would be awesome.
We know we have been dedicating a
lot of
energy for this efforts. We need to press on as Cal Boating is
paramount to boating safety, the boating safety officer, and the
boating public in California.
We thank you all for you time and
efforts to make sure the CBSOA and your voice is heard.
Yours in Marine Safety,
Cary Smith
President CBSOA
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Yesterday,
May 15th, we sent out an email with a one day victory for DBW and the
below information... It was a
short lived Victory as the Governor announced his
new budget proposal plans yesterday after noon and DBW is near the top
of the
list again on the California Performance Review. The governor's new budget proposal has DBW Elimination 8th on his list again, released yesterday, May 14th, afternoon. Here is a link to the May
Revision to general fund proposals. Number 8 on Page 4 "Eliminate the Department of Boating
and Waterways At this
point we are waiting to see how things shake out. The
elimination of DBW is coming from the Governors office. We are working
on a new
strategy for Phase 3 of the efforts. Letters to the Governors Office and the
Big Five can not hurt. Please click on the link above "How to Help in 6
easy steps" and do everything you can to make your point of view heard. Will keep
you posted. Thanks for all of your efforts. Look forward to seeing you on the water soon. Yours in
Marine Safety, Cary |
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CBSOA members were in Sacramento May 13th to
meet with Senator Simitian and Senator Benoit. They were advised the issue of the proposed DBW elimination and merger with Parks would not be heard in Sub-Committee 2 on May 14th, as it was pulled from the agenda, and is a dead issue for now. This may all change again after the special election on May 19th. For now DBW will not be eliminated or merged
with the Department of
Parks. Thank you all for your letters and calls. All of you in Boating Safety and all of the supporters in the Boating Community made a difference. We can only hope this will be the last challenge to DBW and the last proposed elimination of DBW. We shall see... We look forward to seeing you all on the water soon. Yours in Marine Safety, Cary Smith President CBSOA |
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President Cary Smith needs your help.. State Senate Sub-Committee 2 Meets on Thursday May 14th to vote on the elimination of Department of Boating and Waterways and placing its functions under the Department of Parks. There are three voting members on the Sub-Commitee. Senator Lowenthal has said he will vote in opposition to DBW elimination. Today we need your help. We need you to call the office's of Senator Benoit and Senator Simitian and voice your opposition to the proposed elimination of DBW. It will only take a couple of minutes to make your voice Heard. We need one vote from the two Senators to save DBW again for now. Please call now: Voice your opposition to DBW Elimination Senator John Benoit at his Sacramento Office 916-651-4037 Senator Joe Simitian at his Sacramento Office 916-651-4011 Anyone who is available to be in attendance at the Sub-Committee meeting is welcome to join the effort. We will be meeting at the West Entrance to the State Capitol at 0900 on Thursday May 14th to make some noise and show support for Boating Safety and DBW at the Sub-Committee meeting. Thanks for you assistance and efforts. Time is critical and if DBW is no longer there will be major consequences to all in Boating Safety. Yours in Marine Safety, Cary Smith President
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Agenda~ Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Trans.
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Posted 2/18/09 1530 hrs Thank you for all of your efforts in writing letters, sending emails, and showing up in Sacramento to help our law makers know the importance of DBW. It seems the CBSOA's principle efforts in Sacramento had a good outcome. As of today it looks like Cal Boating will not become part of the Department of Parks and Recreation! That was our ultimate goal. We were successful in Phase 1 and DBW has not been eliminated. Now we will be gearing up for Phase 2. The next challenge will be to insure DBW monies stay with DBW. There is already rumor of a 29 million dollar loan of funds from the DBW Budget, not to be paid back until 2013. This would mean a 38% reduction of the DBW Budget. We will again ask for your help when the budget is finally pasted to make sure they know in Sacramento boating funds need to go back to boaters and the boating safety officers that protect them on the water. |
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Posted 2/11/09 1200 hrs CBSOA representatives met with legislators in Sacramento Tuesday, February 10th. The outlook is still not looking good for DBW. We believe progress was made, but we still need you to send emails and make phone calls, as the budget vote should be Thursday or Friday of this week. If you haven't yet joined our efforts, click here to quickly learn how a few minutes of your time can help. Thank you for your cooperative efforts in this attempt to save DBW. We'll keep you posted as the budget goes to vote and more details emerge. |
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| Elimination
of DBW Letter from Cary Smith, President |
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| 2009
Budget
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| Extraordinary
times call for extraordinary measures (2/6/08) |
****Final
Call before Sacramento 2/9/09!**** |
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2/9/09 Aloha Members, We are storming the Capitol in Sacramento at 1000AM on Tuesday February 10, 2009 to try to save Cal Boating/DBW from elimination. This may be the last chance. We are all meeting near the West Entrance outside of the Capitol. If it is raining we will be meeting in the Rotunda Area. Hope we will see some of you there. Thanks for your efforts! Look forward to seeing you on the water soon. Yours in Marine Safety, Cary Smith President CBSOA |
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Posted 2/6/09 1655 hrs Thank you all for you letters and phone calls to the Capitol. The battle is not over yet and we need to continue to spread the word to the boating community to call your Senator's and Assemblyman and ask them to ask the Governors Office to withdrawal the proposal to eliminate DBW. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Tuesday February 10th the CBSOA will be meeting at the Capitol with as many of you that can make the trip at 1000 hours (Location to be determined) At 1100 hours we will be fanning out across the Capitol. We are asking that you call to set up a meeting time with your representatives in the Senate and Assembly as constituents. We will have a one page list of points you can make with these representatives. If time is not available ask for the chief of staff or legal analyst. Time is not on our side and this will be the last chance we have to make a stand, educate and put face with the boating safety officer. We thank you for your time, efforts and support for California Boating Safety. If you are able to make the trip to Sacramento please send an email to president@cbsoa.org so we ave an idea of how many can help in this endeavor. We look forward to seeing you on the water soon. Yours in Marine Safety, Cary Smith President CBSOA president@cbsoa.org 831-247-7869 |
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| Posted 2/5/08 1930 hours Next steps: President Smith spent a productive day in Sacramento meeting with legislative officials and the water is coming in fast. We are asking CBSOA members to make the trip to Sacramento on Tuesday, February 10th. CBSOA and our supporters will meet at 10:AM at the capitol. (Exact location to be determined.) It is important that you call your senators and assembly members to schedule meeting for that same day after 11:00AM. They will not see you without a meeting. These face-to-face meetings are necessary for them to hear our efforts to try and stop the elimination of DBW. This is of crucial importance. We will provide a one page letter for a strategy for contacting senators and legislators with points we need to make. This will be our LAST chance for the possibility to make a difference if the budget goes to vote before that, it will be too late. Again, here is the contact link: http://www.assembly.ca.gov/ Type in "find my district" to get the phone numbers of the person in your area to speak with. |
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2/5/08 The CBSOA needs your help today please. As part of California's budget cuts, the Governor is proposing to eliminate the entire Department of Boating and Waterways THIS WEEK! Here's how you can help: (It takes like 30 seconds to do both.) 1) Go to http://www.assembly.ca.gov/ 2) Click on "find my district" 3) Put in your address 4) Two names and phone numbers will appear in a pop up window 5) Call one and say, "I do not support the elimination of the Department of Boating and Waterways" 6) Call the other and do the same. You're done. You will have made a big difference in the livelihoods of every entity on the water including Sheriff's, Police Officers, Harbormasters, Port Captains, Lifeguards and more. As well, you will help to ensure that California waters are protected by talented, trained individuals who save lives every day. We truly appreciate your help and consideration. Board of Directors CBSOA |
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| February 4,
2009 Update (previous correspondence is below) Today CBSOA President Cary Smith is in Sacramento going face to face with legislators to explain the importance of DBW. Joined by members of the Los Angeles County legislators, they will plead for DBW's survival. See below for how you can help them. Please do everything you can to participate in letting legislators hear us. Stay tuned for information regarding a possible rally in the state capitol Tuesday, February 10th. |
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to cbsoa.org 2/4/09 Save the California Department of Boating & Waterways Contact State Legislators NOW to Stop Your Boater Fees From Being Hijacked! Unless boaters act now, Cal Boating will be gone in 3 months, the boating advocacy group Recreational Boaters of California warns. Please take a moment to e-mail your California state representatives: Send them a message to show your support for Cal Boating! To locate your individual representative, please refer to this Web site: www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg. Also, due to the fact that many state legislators opt out of disclosing their email addresses, our sample letter can be downloaded here for postal mailing. http://thelog.com/news/ |
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to cbsoa.org 2/3/09 February 3, 2009 Good Day Members, Here is the information the Governor and the Legislator's are looking at for the elimination of DBW. On the surface and from the outside the proposal seems to have some good points. Yet, for the CBSOA member it is doom and gloom. Note the information from Training and Financial Aid to Law Enforcement Training is not quantified. Equipment Grants and Subvention monies are not listed. There is no face to this proposed elimination of DBW. I have been informed by a well place source DBW will be eliminated in the next 7 business days unless we can put Our faces in front of Our Legislators and the Governor. Letters will not be enough this time. We need to get to Sacramento to get the word directly to Our representatives... The CBSOA Board of Director is working on a mission to Sacramento as you read this. If you support DBW we are asking you to consider making the trip to talk to your representatives directly, FACE to FACE. The Mission will be to show how the Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) Report (See below) fails to show the REAL IMPACTS to the BOATING SAFETY OFFICER and the BOATERS Of California what the elimination of DBW means to boating and boating safety. There is no transition plan for training, there is no transition plan for equipment grants, there is no plan to provide subvention monies, there is no plan that we can find that tells the Department of Parks and Recreation how to spend DBW dollars. This is new for us and the CBSOA. We are facing a very real challenge, to eliminate a Department of Boating and Waterways that has supported boating safety for 50 years and the CBSOA and its membership since the CBSOA was formed over 36 years ago. THIS ELIMINATION PLAN IS THE PERFECT STORM... THIS IS OUR FUTURE ON THE WATER, ACT NOW AND GET TO SACRAMENTO ANYWAY YOU CAN, MAKE SURE YOUR LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES KNOW YOUR POSITION AND SEE THE SERIOUSNESS IN YOU FACE... We can not fail in this endeavor. Once a department is eliminated there is no going back. WE ARE WORKING ON A RALLY TO GET THE WORD OUT IN SACRAMENTO and a DATE TO BE IN SACRAMENTO, FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU VERY SHORTLY.. Thanks for your time and support... Yours in Marine Safety, Cary Smith President CBSOA Budget Analysis Series for Resources and Environmental Protection Report Feb. 3, 2009 by Mac Taylor, Legislative Analyst. Please participate in the initial steps of contact through the internet. They need thousands of us to participate to make a difference! Legislator Search: Find and Contact your Assembly person here On this page go to the "Find My District" link on the left side of the page. Find and Contact your Senator here On this page follow the links to "Senators" and then "Your Senator" on the left side of the page. Governor Contact Information: The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor, State of California State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 E-Mail: http://gov.ca.gov/interact# (Once you type in your information and select a general topic, it will open a window for you to put the text of your message.) Below is information you can use in your communication. Insert this information into a personalized letter or email, and send it to the Governor and your legislator IMMEDIATELY! ****WHEN CONTACTING YOUR LEGISLATOR ASK HIM/HER TO CALL THE GOVERNOR AND REQUEST THAT THE GOVERNOR WITHDRAW HIS PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE THE DEPARTMENT.**** |
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to cbsoa.org 2/3/09 DBW is critical to the future of boating in California. Some of What DBW funds do:
. DBW provides 8 different training classes a year to the boating safety officer. These classes were developed in a progression to enable the boating safety officer to perform the critical duties they are expected to perform on the water to save lives and protect the boating public. Without DBW and these classes the boating safety officer would be put at great risk. . The DBW training classes are available to the over 100 agencies in the State that have Marine Patrol Operations. The 20 classes in 2008 served over 400 boating safety officers, and many were the only opportunity these officer's had to become proficient in their job requirements on the water. . 38 of California's 58 Counties receive monies from DBW to support or supplement their Marine patrol Operations. Without this DBW funding source many Counties would be unable to provide the vital service they perform on the water for the boating public. . Without DBW and the funding for Marine Patrol Operations, not only would the boating public be at great risk, so would the security of vital infrastructure these boating safety officers protect and patrol. . Without DBW equipment grant monies many agencies would be unable to upgrade patrol boats, electronics and critical communication equipment. Equipment grants provide important components that many agencies cannot provide for out of their own reduced department budgets. . Include example of personal experience with your training or department that DBW has made possible. Additional benefits of the Department of Boating and Waterways (Use this information for your emails and letters, but we suggest you personalize it as much as possible to avoid it looking like a form letter) . DBW is completely self-funded by boater's dollars. DBW does not rely on the State General Fund for one penny to pay for the many construction projects, programs, staff or any of its operating expenses. Eliminating the Department WILL NOT help with the State's financial problems. . Boating is an economic powerhouse: Recreational boating contributes approximately $16.5 billion to the gross state product, which represents about 1.2 percent of the State's economy and generates about $1.6 billion in state and local taxes. There are more than 8,500 recreational boating-related businesses. Recreational boating also creates over 284,000 direct and indirect jobs. DBW's efforts are dedicated to promoting boating and are critical to ensuring the future economic health of California. . DBW is the primary funding source for boating infrastructure construction. Each year DBW provides millions of dollars in the form of grants and loans for private enterprises and public agencies for boating infrastructure projects. Without the availability of these grants and loans, boating infrastructure improvements and repairs will be severely hampered, along with the much-needed jobs these projects create. . DBW loans money that is paid back with interest. These loans generate approximately $20 million dollars in revenue each year for the Department through the repayment of principal and interest on these loans. DBW makes money for the State! . DBW's safety programs save lives. Boating accidents are the second-largest type of transportation accident in the nation, exceeded only by automobile accidents, and California ranks second nationally in the number of boating accidents and fatalities. DBW has an aggressive safety outreach program, including direct financial support for law enforcement in high boating counties, that is critical to saving lives on the water. In short, the Department of Boating and Waterways does an excellent job that has many direct and indirect financial and other benefits to the State, all without the help of the General Fund. To allow this Department to be eliminated will have a serious impact on the economy and the safe enjoyment of boating. REMEMBER: WE NEED YOUR LETTERS AND EMAILS TO STOP THIS PROPOSAL. UNLESS THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE HEAR FROM YOU, THEY MAY NOT THINK SAVING THIS CRITICAL STATE DEPARTMENT IS IMPORTANT. Thanks for your efforts and please don't wait to get your message out. Yours in Marine Safety, CBSOA Board of Directors |
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