Advocacy & Legislation
The California Library Association is a leading advocate on all statewide library issues. Annually, our Association develops a Legislative Agenda, monitors legislation, takes positions on issues and keep members informed on the status of bills of interest and concern to the Association and its members.
Legislative Alerts are distributed on the CLA listserv (CALIX), Facebook, and Twitter as well as being posted to this website via Capwiz and the CLA Blog. CLA's lobbyists prepare a report on the Status of Current Legislation periodically throughout the session. If you have library legislative questions, you may reach CLA's lobbyists, Christina DiCaro and Michael Dillon, at 916-448-2196.
Annually, CLA sponsors two events for members,
Day in the District and
Library Legislative Day, to meet with legislators and staff on library issues.
2009 Day in the District
meetings were held on January 30th and February 6th, while Legislative Day
occurred on April 15th in Sacramento.
Currently, dates have not been set for 2010's Legislative Events.
Materials
- Talking Points (41k)
- Tips for Lobbying Your Legislator (37k)
- Funds by Assembly District (152k)
- Funds by Senate District (141k)
