HomeMy WebLinkAboutCalifornia Professional Firefighters - Support Letters Needed for AB 1120 Menchaca, Clarissa
From: Bennett, Robin
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To: Menchaca, Clarissa
Cc: Hahn, Paul; McCracken, Shari
Subject: FW: AB 1120—Support Letters Needed Today!
BODS correspondence:
Please see the attached call for action from the California Professional Firefighters (C�PF),.
From: Lou Paulson [mailto:ahoward=cpf.org@mail37.suw13.rsgsv.net] On Behalf Of Lou Paulson
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 1:48 PM
To:Teeter, Doug<DTeeter@buttecounty.net>
Subject: AB 1120—Support Letters Needed Today!
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ACTION ALERT ACTION ALERT ACTION ALERT
September 25, 201117
Ask Gov. Brown: Sign AB 1120 and Protect our Communities from Deadly
Fires & Explosions Caused by Illegal Butane Honey Oil Labs
TO: Honorable Members, Boards of Supervisors in Butte, Kings, Los Angeles, Marin,
Modoc, Napa, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Tehama, Ventura and Yuba Counties
c: Matt Cate, Executive Director, California State Association of Counties
FR: Lou Paulson, President, California Professional Firefighters
RE: AB 1120 (Cooper, D-Elk Grove/Dahle, R-Redding) —Support Letters Needed
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Today!
As a supervisor in one of a handful of California counties that recognizes the importance of
regulating the use, or limiting the purchase, of butane within your jurisdiction, I write to
respectfully request your help in urging Governor Brown to sign AB 1120 into law.
AB 1120 offers, an effective investigative tool, as well as a valuable deterrent for those
seeking to engage in the dangerous, illicit practice of THC extraction using the volatile
solvent- butane,
This important public safety bill will help detect and dismantle illegal butane honey oil
(B,HO) labs in our communities, while reducing the number of deadly BHC lab fires and
explosions, It balances the need for tracking butane sales in order to protect the public's
safety with, reasonable record keeping requirements on, retailers that include appropriate
accommodations until an electronic database is available,
Supported by the public safety and local government communities, AB 1120 was approved
by the Legislature with overwhelming bi-partisan support:
• Click here for a co pv of AB 1120
• Click here to see a list of the bill's supporters
• Click here to see how the Legislature voted
The safety of your community and of our members depends upon the enactment of
AB 1120!
*** Please take a moment to send Gov. Brown a letter in support of AB 1120, urging
him to sign this critically-needed measure into law:
• To use our online, automated letter submission tool, CLICK HERE; or
• To submit a letter to the Gov. on your own letterhead, CLICK HERE for a sample
letter
IN THE NEWS
Many innocent people, including children, have been harmed or killed by BHC,
lab explosions. In April 2015, the California Alliance of Drug-Endangered Children reported
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that 41 marijuana lab deaths had occurred in California between 2011 and April
2015. Sadly, three children were among those deaths.
Since 2015, there have been countless BHO lab explosions and fires throughout
California and numerous others just since the introduction, of AB 1120 earlier this year.
Illegal BHO, labs don't care about ruffles or regulations. They are set up recklessly,
the gas leaks, fills a confined space and when it is exposed to an open flame or electrical
spark it explodes, violently:
• September 2017, illicit BHO lab in Rio Dell, CA causes explosion, killing a 21-year
old man.
• September 2017, illegal BHO lab explodes and burns down a house in Wheatland,
CA.
• Lkust 2017, illegal hash oil lab causes explosion in Santa Cruz County.
• Ag_qjIst 2017, illegal BHO lab suspected in causing San Diego-area neighborhood
fire.
• Ag_qRst 2017, illicit butane-fueled honey oil operation leads to a home explosion
that seriously injures one person in Woodland Hills, CA.
• Jul y2017„, blast from a honey oil drug lab and fire destroys one home and
damages another in Wildomar, CA and sends a person with burn injuries to the
hospital.
• January 2017, several people injured and some hospitalized in Colton, CA after
authorities determine an explosion in a residential garage was caused by a butane
Loney oil lab.
• December, 20,16, two Los Angeles-area men are critically injured after a portion of
their home suspected of being used as a honey oil lab explodes.
• May 2016, a Nevada City, CA man is thought to have caused an explosion in his
home's kitchen, which injured his baby and fianc&e. Investigators suspect that
honey oil production caused the blast.
• AgrjL22�L6, a 33-year-old Redding, CA man dies after honey oil production caused
an explosion inside a detached garage adjacent to the main residence. The man
was one of five who suffered burn injuries as a result of the explosion, which almost
completely destroyed the giarage.
And, the use and storage of mass quantities of butane in illegal honey oil labs isn't
California's, only public safety concern. Last month, the horrific terrorist incident in
Barcelona, Spain illustrated how (had a plot no,t g2pg awry) large,quantities of butane can
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be weaponized —a plot that could have instead involved any California city instead.
For the public's safety, the safety of our firefighters and law enforcement personnel,
and the safety of our communities, the Governor needs to hear from you!
Please submit a letter today urging Gov. Brown's signature on AB 1120.
Lou Paulson
President
California Professional Firefighters
(916) 921-9111
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