Because my husband's and my parental rights to our children have been taken away in an unfair trial where the civil rights of my husband and I were violated.

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The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus and the California Chapters of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence are partnering to ask Governor Brown to Sign SB 707 and stand up for safe K-12 schools and college campuses by limiting who can carry loaded, hidden guns in these places. Governor Brown has until October 11, 2015 to sign SB 707 and he needs to hear from his constituents right away. Currently, 39 states and Washington, DC prohibit people with concealed carry weapons permits (CCW) from possessing loaded, concealed handguns within K-12 school zones and 18 states (and DC) specifically prohibit concealed weapons on campus, while 24 allow colleges to determine concealed weapons' policy and 8 states allow guns on campus in some form. California is not one of these states but recently, the California legislature passed SB 707, legislation that would change current law so that CCW licensees could NOT carry loaded, hidden guns on school grounds or on a college campus. Certain exemptions to carry in school zones are made for law enforcement and military personnel. Please take a moment to sign this petition and share it. Thank you. Below is a list of organizations supporting passage of SB 707 California College and University Police Chiefs Association Association of California School Administrators Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (California Chapters) California Correctional Supervisors Organization California Narcotics Officers California Police Chiefs Association California School Boards Association California School Employees Association California State University Campaign to Keep Guns off Campus Coalition Against Gun Violence, Santa Barbara County County of Santa Barbara Courage Campaign Davis College Democrats Davis Joint Unified School District Fraternal Order of Police, California State Lodge Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence Long Beach Police Officers Association Los Angeles Police Protective League Los Angeles County Probation Officers Union Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association Los Angeles Unified School District Peace Officers Research Association Physicians for Social Responsibility Retired and Disabled Police of America Riverside Sheriffs' Association Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs' Association Santa Ana Police Officers Association University of California, Office of the President Violence Prevention Coalition Women Against Gun Violence Youth Alive!

Planned Parenthood is a necessary public health service in the United States. The organization summarizes it best: "There are over 80,000 women, men and young people in this state who depend on Planned Parenthood each year for basic, preventive health care routine examinations, cancer screenings, contraceptive services, HIV and STI testing and treatment, as well as medically-accurate health education." How can anyone argue with that? Sign this petition and stand with PP.

A parents child support should be determined on a case by case basis. The income of parents should not be considered past the point of separation of the parents. Child support is meant to maintain a standard of living not be adjusted when one parent does better for themselves after a separation unless it can be proven that the other parent significantly contributes to that bettering. This is an unjust handout that encourages a parent to not better themselves or the lives of their children and punishes a parent who is working hard to better themselves. Special consideration need to be made when a parent is already receiving government assistance for extended periods of time as then there is no reason for a parent to truly have child support as a supplement as opposed to a primary income.

Right now some of California's crops are being irrigated with toxic fracking and oil wastewater. Some of the companies using this wastewater on some of their crops include Halos Mandarins, Sunview Raisins and Grapes (some of which are certified organic) and Trinchero Family Estates, which makes Sutter Home Wines. It is inexcusable that the oil and gas industry is allowed to use American families' dinner plates as a disposal site for toxic oil field wastewater. Governor Brown must stop allowing wastewater to be dumped on our food crops in California!

My daughters have been deprived of their fathers presence and interactions within their life with him as well as his financial support. The State of Michigan gave him life for defending his own life, at his home, from a professional boxer with intentions to do him great bodily harm or death.

It’s bad enough that McDonald's refuses to pay its workers a living wage – but in Brazil, it’s even worse. McDonald's stores there were just caught with underage workers doing dangerous jobs. That's right. Children were working the fryer with scalding hot oil or working the grill, and as a result they were found with burns on their bodies. McDonald’s shows once again they don’t have any respect for their workers, and it’s time for that to end. Tell McDonald’s to end ALL inappropriate child labor at its stores around the world.

Pope Francis raised many issues and concerns in his address to Congress. But he made one specific demand: global abolition of the death penalty. The fact that the U.S. maintains the death penalty is a huge obstacle to global abolition. China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt can hide behind the U.S.: why shouldn't we have the death penalty? The U.S. has it. The fact that the federal government maintains the death penalty is a big obstacle to state abolition. Why shouldn't we have it, Texas can say. The federal government has it. Conservative columnist George Will has said it's time for the U.S. to quit the death penalty. Many Republican Members of Congress agree. Let's force the issue now, while the Pope's speech to Congress is still fresh in public memory. Urge Congress and President Obama to stand with Pope Francis to abolish the death penalty, by signing our petition.

CITY OF HOUSTON/HARRIS COUNTY REGISTERED VOTERS/RESIDENTS ONLY PLEASE: Second Ward has long been noted historically placed near Denver Harbor as one of the first Houston Chicano/Mexican American Barrios. Mexican immigrants settled here during the 1910s Mexican Revolution. The very first of these Second Ward settlements was called El Alacrán ("the scorpion") which used to be "Schrimpf's Field." A settlement house, a school, and 2 churches (Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and the Mexican Methodist Episcopal Church) were built In the 1920s. Furthermore, Second Ward needs to be given a Historic Designation and Name Signs: Historic District of Second Ward East End. This Historic Designation is long overdue.

Tim Eyman's sleazy and corrupt tactics to promote initiatives in Washington state have finally been called into question by the state's election watchdog, the Public Disclosure Commission. The PDC unanimously ruled on Thursday that Eyman has laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is an extremely serious charge that could lead to fines or criminal charges. Now, it is up to Attorney General Bob Ferguson to investigate Eyman's misuse of campaign funds and lay down a charge, if any.

I was born on Election Day and my Mother, an immigrant to the United States and naturalized citizen, insisted on going to vote before going to the hospital. I watched the two Republican debates and came away with more questions than answers. The issues facing our country are serious and our vote for the President is one of the most important responsibilities we have as citizens of this country. We, the people, deserve debates that address the issues and allow sufficient time to discuss and debate. We deserve debates where facts are presented and sound bites are discouraged. This is why I am proposing that those hosting the debates, the Chairs of the Republican and Democratic parties, and the candidates from both parties, embrace and accept my recommendation for debate rules / guideline. I hope, if you agree, you will sign the petition and ask that the above people respect the voting public by adopting these changes.