My name is Christine Chavez. I wish to represent the people of the 45th California Assembly district in Sacramento.
Fifty years ago my grandfather, Cesar Chavez, began a struggle to achieve social justice for our nation’s farm workers. His struggle remains a passion of the Chavez family to this day.
My grandfather taught me the importance in a democracy of representation for those unable to represent themselves. That naturally drives me to want to represent the needs of the poor, the homeless, and yes even the non-human animals with which we share the land and the waters of this great state.
The people of the 45th District want a representative that has studied the issues and has new and creative solutions to old problems that are weighing down the quality of state government. To demonstrate my ability to fulfill this wish, I have created a series of platforms that will reduce current impediments to progress.
For my other ideas on improving your representation and state government,please visit my website, http://www.actionimpact.org/.
1. Reduce pet
abandonment and its consequential costs by requiring all
dogs, cats and pet rabbits sold in California be micro-chipped.
2. Protect the health of family pets by requiring breeders of pets sold
in California to register as businesses with the California Board of
Quality Assurance.
3. Require the state veterinarian to study the parameters of a healthy
and humane environment for elephants, make recommendations and then
create statutes to require that traveling circuses, zoos and wild
animal facilities follow the recommendations.
The way we treat animals is an indication of how we treat one
another. Learning how to care for the needs of a pet is excellent
training for teaching children how to raise healthy happy families.
1. I would support legislation that would make pet care a part of our
educational institutions standard curriculum.
2. Private-public partnerships to make low cost spaying and neutering
economically available to all Californians.
3. Support programs where food banks, welfare agencies, youth
authorities and indigent health care clinics become sources of
information about the virtues of plant based diets, fresh and organic
produce.