Comments on: 2008 California Animal Legislation — What’s up in Sacramento

By: Russell

Russell — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:06:51 +0000

i always enjoy coming back and reading the articles and coments i found them interesting and informative

By: Troy McBride

Troy McBride — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:26:15 +0000

I live in the City of Palmdale CA, and the Planning Commission voted 5-0 against changing a local ordinance that affectively banns chickens on a 6000sq ft R-1 Zoned property. Note that our Founding Fathers were subjected to simular agricultural tyranny! My issue is that I feel that “Banning” them on my property while there are other Cities in California that do allow them on a simular situated property R-1 zone is a violation of the Equal protection of the law by the State Constitution and the bundle of rights. If some cities allow this then all citys being equal in law must allow the free American to have them. Otherwise we have tyrants and in this case Agricultural Tyranny! All of our founding fathers and fact every signer of the Declaration of Independance was invovled in the husbandry of chicken farming, and Thomas Jefferson educated his children and grandchildren in the natural science with chickens, while also giving them to his friends. Also, Benjamin Franklin advocated the Turkey as the national bird! Our nation was founded for the very purpose to protect our property rights! and I think Thomas Jefferson would turn over in his grave if he heard that a common American could not have a few chikens qty of(6)on his property. The animal is not a visous animal it is quiter than my dog and provides fress eggs and education to my children of where thier food comes from (not the supermarket!) Also I think by banning them on my property the Zoning commission is making unfair competition using zoning codes. Eg. If I could have my own chickens maybe the store would lower their prices verses raising them. So gentlemen, can I have some food fowl (for eggs) personal use or will you affirmatively vote against our children, their education, property rights, and the very ideas, and ideals that founded this very nation? I want the State Legeslature to pass a law that specifically tells the Local ordinance makers/municipalities that they can not pass any law or ordanience that banns chickens in thier cities as chickens belong to every free person in this great state of California. (Note that cities can limit the quantity (regulate) to a minimum of (6) chickens on an R-1 property.

By: Alfred Troy McBride

Alfred Troy McBride — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:18:50 +0000

I want to see legislation that prohibits cities from making an ordinance that prevents people from having chickens or turkeys in an R-1 Zone. Chickens are smaller then dogs! Every founding father of our country was invovled with the husbandry of chickens and Ben Franklin wanted the turkey as the national bird! It is un-American to only allow the Rich with 20,000 sq feet to have chickens and turkeys! That is not what America is about! Presidents have retired and became chicken farmers! Presidents have promised every American a chicken dinner in every pot! Yet small minded city counsels think they have the right to take your property rights away because you are not rich or educated. My child can have a chicken! Just like the Rich kid down the block! This is the land of the FREE but you wouldn’t know it because city counsels run cities like they are giant prisons to be controlled!
We are a free people that are allowed to have guns why not chickens! When you ask for one they tell you all about the healh concerns but if you have a 20000 sq ft property those concerns are not even raised! Chickens are raised better at home, and having just 6 chickens to have eggs for personal use (not roosters) is every Americans Right! But again City Counsels abuse of American rights is allowed by the State legislature unless they make a law that prohibits the cities in California from making an ordinance that prohibits chickens of more then (6) chickens or turkeys or a mix of both then we will all live in Agricultual tyranny!

By: Teri Shore

Teri Shore — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:50:19 +0000

Thanks for your support of AJR 62 West Coast Sea Turtle Protetion. It sailed out of the Assembly and will go before Senate Natural Resources on June 24. It’s not too late to send support letters to Chairman Darrell Steinberg, fax 916-323-2232.