Amended IN Assembly January 16, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 153Introduced by Assembly Member SantiagoJanuary 11, 2018Relative to animal shelters. pet adoptions.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 153, as amended, Santiago. No-kill animal shelters. Pet adoptions.This measure would urge communities in California to implement policies aimed at saving the lives of all healthy and adoptable cats and dogs by 2025.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, In 1998, the State of California enacted a policy that no adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home and that no treatable animal should be euthanized; andWHEREAS, The number of dogs and cats leaving California animal shelters alive has increased significantly over the past decade; andWHEREAS, Each year, an estimated two million healthy and adoptable cats and dogs nationwide do not leave animal shelters alive; andWHEREAS, The State Department of Public Health reported that, in 2015, 672,095 dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens entered California animal shelters and 409,109 left those shelters alive; andWHEREAS, Handling those dogs and cats costs California taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each year; andWHEREAS, Many of the dogs and cats that die each year in California animal shelters are healthy or treatable pets that could be placed in homes, or are animals for which shelters cannot find homes; andWHEREAS, A national survey revealed that almost 70 percent of citizens do not want unowned kittens or cats picked up and killed; andWHEREAS, California is home to innovative leaders in animal welfare, including the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program and Maddies Fund, which have invested heavily in developing cost-effective, life-saving strategies to reduce the intake of animals at shelters and to handle and place animals humanely; andWHEREAS, Many leading animal shelters have implemented new and innovative programs and policies to ensure healthy outcomes for homeless cats and dogs; andWHEREAS, Those policies and programs include volunteer foster care networks; comprehensive adoption programs; medical and behavioral programs; public education and awareness programs; trap, neuter, vaccinate, and return or release programs; animal socialization programs; and many others; andWHEREAS, The No-Kill Los Angeles initiative is a model program that has reduced deaths of dogs and cats in the City of Los Angeles by 82 percent since its launch in 2012; andWHEREAS, Best Friends Animal Society will hold its national conference in Los Angeles on July 19 through 21, 2018, in part to celebrate and replicate the collaborative efforts of the No-Kill Los Angeles initiative coalition; andWHEREAS, Best Friends Animal Society and a national no-kill steering committee have launched the Save Them All campaign to end the killing of dogs and cats in shelters in the United States by 2025; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That communities in California are urged to implement policies aimed at saving the lives of all healthy and adoptable cats and dogs by 2025; and be it furtherResolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
Amended IN Assembly January 16, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 153Introduced by Assembly Member SantiagoJanuary 11, 2018Relative to animal shelters. pet adoptions.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 153, as amended, Santiago. No-kill animal shelters. Pet adoptions.This measure would urge communities in California to implement policies aimed at saving the lives of all healthy and adoptable cats and dogs by 2025.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
Amended IN Assembly January 16, 2018
Amended IN Assembly January 16, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 153
Introduced by Assembly Member SantiagoJanuary 11, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago
January 11, 2018
Relative to animal shelters. pet adoptions.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 153, as amended, Santiago. No-kill animal shelters. Pet adoptions.
This measure would urge communities in California to implement policies aimed at saving the lives of all healthy and adoptable cats and dogs by 2025.
This measure would urge communities in California to implement policies aimed at saving the lives of all healthy and adoptable cats and dogs by 2025.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, In 1998, the State of California enacted a policy that no adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home and that no treatable animal should be euthanized; and
WHEREAS, The number of dogs and cats leaving California animal shelters alive has increased significantly over the past decade; and
WHEREAS, Each year, an estimated two million healthy and adoptable cats and dogs nationwide do not leave animal shelters alive; and
WHEREAS, The State Department of Public Health reported that, in 2015, 672,095 dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens entered California animal shelters and 409,109 left those shelters alive; and
WHEREAS, Handling those dogs and cats costs California taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each year; and
WHEREAS, Many of the dogs and cats that die each year in California animal shelters are healthy or treatable pets that could be placed in homes, or are animals for which shelters cannot find homes; and
WHEREAS, A national survey revealed that almost 70 percent of citizens do not want unowned kittens or cats picked up and killed; and
WHEREAS, California is home to innovative leaders in animal welfare, including the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program and Maddies Fund, which have invested heavily in developing cost-effective, life-saving strategies to reduce the intake of animals at shelters and to handle and place animals humanely; and
WHEREAS, Many leading animal shelters have implemented new and innovative programs and policies to ensure healthy outcomes for homeless cats and dogs; and
WHEREAS, Those policies and programs include volunteer foster care networks; comprehensive adoption programs; medical and behavioral programs; public education and awareness programs; trap, neuter, vaccinate, and return or release programs; animal socialization programs; and many others; and
WHEREAS, The No-Kill Los Angeles initiative is a model program that has reduced deaths of dogs and cats in the City of Los Angeles by 82 percent since its launch in 2012; and
WHEREAS, Best Friends Animal Society will hold its national conference in Los Angeles on July 19 through 21, 2018, in part to celebrate and replicate the collaborative efforts of the No-Kill Los Angeles initiative coalition; and
WHEREAS, Best Friends Animal Society and a national no-kill steering committee have launched the Save Them All campaign to end the killing of dogs and cats in shelters in the United States by 2025; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That communities in California are urged to implement policies aimed at saving the lives of all healthy and adoptable cats and dogs by 2025; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.