I am starting this petition to give awareness about the flaws within our justice system. There are a lot of women using our legal system to gain child support for personal reasons, like revenge against the fathers. Proof should have to be provided to the courts proving that the father does support the child financially. Instead what is happening is the courts are ordering the fathers to pay child support of 17% of their earnings with little to no facts supporting the mothers claim. I also believe that depending on the school the child attends, child care should be included within the support cost and not additionally. I also think the standard 17% needs to be adjusted per individual. The 17% hinders the middle class working fathers not allowing them to bond and connect with their child due to excessive working to compensate for the support being rendered to the mother. This is only further effecting the child. I just would like to restate my position with this petition which is not to disagree with financial support needing to be provided for children, but to provide awareness about the injustice in our family court justice system and a move for change within it.

I am starting this petition because we need justice. Lamethia Mccollum wss my sister and when she was murdered it was 2 days before her Scheduled C section the baby was full term and died as a direct result of the gunshot wounds in the head of the woman that wad carrying her we buried the baby in her arms. The murderer should pay for what he did mia was full term and we need justice for vicky and mia my beautiful nieces

California voters can make a major statement to the nation that Congress needs to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizen United and make a simple declaration: Corporations aren't People and Money isn't Speech. The Overturn Citizens United Act (Senate Bill 1272) will put a proposition on this November's ballot so voters can make that statement. The Senate has acted – now it's the Assembly's turn. Sign our petition to the Assembly to pass it today.

On May 19, the Walt Disney Magnet Local School Council voted to move our school day start time to 7:30 am, with only one dissenting vote. The LSC made this decision with little advance notice and without conducting a survey of parents, and despite the overwhelming opposition of parents in attendance at the meeting. The reason given for this decision was that substantial savings of more than $200,000 would be made available to Disney. While this is a significant amount, the savings are outweighed by the higher costs that the earlier start time will impose on our children and our families: a) Tardiness will increase dramatically. On many days, even in good weather, some 50-100 students are waiting in line to enter the building at 8:10 am. In winter the numbers are often far higher. With only 15 minutes between the earliest drop-off and the opening of doors to students, traffic jams are unavoidable. Because Disney students come from across the city, an earlier start time will only aggravate these problems. b) Student safety will be at risk. From mid-December through early February, dawn will come less than half an hour before the school doors open. This will be hazardous for those who walk to school and those walking from the parking lots. Those who take the bus will be waiting in the cold and near total darkness, putting their safety at risk as well. c) The day will be too long for young children. For children in after-school programs at Disney, the Park District and elsewhere, the day will be significantly longer, as working parents will still be unable to pick up their children until 5:30 or 6:00 pm. Given the earlier start time, students will be out of their homes as much as 12 or more hours per day. This will cause increase stress and fatigue for children and limit family time, as bedtimes will have to be earlier as well.

Colleen Simon had her dream job, working at her church to feed hungry families. It was a job, she says, "I was called to by God." And then last week, she was fired because she is married to another woman. Colleen has devoted her life to helping the hungry. She's in a loving, committed relationship. Even now, she bears no ill will toward her church, instead praying for "the day when we are all loved and embraced by our churches." If Colleen Simon is not fit to serve the poor at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Kansas City, no one is. One of Pope Francis's top bishops in Italy recently called for including gay Christians in church life, less than a year after Francis himself called for a new tone. But the local bishop, Robert Finn, seems not to have gotten the message.

Honolulu has already banned foam containers with chlorofluorocarbons, due to health concerns. It’s time to go one step further in protecting our land. Polystyrene foam containers are still made with the carcinogen styrene and do not break down safely, leaving our beaches and land scattered with toxic foam bits and endangering species that try to consume the foam. On May 28, 2014, I introduced Bill 40 in the City Council. This bill would ban food vendors from the use of any polystyrene foam containers. The Bill requires that all disposable food service containers must be made of compostable material that will break down into usable compost in a safe and timely manner without leaving any toxic residue. This new regulation will apply to all disposable food service containers from a restaurant or takeout food operation as packaging to serve or transport food. This will include plates, cups, bowls, trays, and hinged or lidded containers. I’m asking my colleagues on the City Council to pass this bill without delay!

The Senate Standing Committee on Governmental Organization is holding a committee hearing on AB 2174 on June 10, 2014. The staff employed at 745 Franklin Street in San Francisco were not given advance notification of the State's intent to sell our parking lots and have not been offered any cost of living increase or alternate parking arrangements. If our parking lots are sold, employee parking expenses will increase by $3,000 - $6,000 per year. We in the Employment Development Department feel very strongly that these parking lots are needed as they are an essential part of allowing state employees to continue being able to work in San Francisco and provide vital services to the people of San Francisco and the State of California.

Ban wolf hunting. Yes, I love wolves; I'm a big animal lover. Save the wolves

My petition is about the abuse and mistreatment of pa inmates by prison official and correctional officers , unexplained beatings and premature deaths.

Fracking (hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas) is bad for Massachusetts in at least these ways: - It uses a complex mix of chemicals that can get into the water table and escape into the environment - chemicals that fracking companies want to keep as trade secrets so we don't even know how dangerous they might be. - It disturbs the surface at the point of extraction. - The process may encourage earthquakes and other instability. You may not think of Massachusetts as a high earthquake zone, but in fact there was a large earthquake in colonial times that did a lot of damage (see http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/massachusetts/history.php), and the activity of fault systems under Massachusetts is not well understood. - The fuel extracted will be burned, contributing to global warming. This is a time when we should be switching to renewable energy sources, not maximizing extraction of fossil fuels. - The fuel must be transported, most likely by pipelines, which are themselves destructive of the environment. They also risk leaks and thus contamination from unintentional release into the environment. Massachusetts aims to be a leader in solar and other renewable and clean energy sources. Fracking is not consistent with that aim. We should ban fracking now.

31,000 people die every year due to gun violence, 71,000 are injured and every 3 hours and 15 minutes a child is killed or injured by a gun. The gun lobby wants to ban all research by the CDC on the effects of gun violence in our country. Don't let them do it.

I have been affected by motorcycles, mopeds and cyclist splitting lanes dangerously close to vehicles for many years. Riders weave in and out of traffic driving at high speeds making it unsafe for vehicles. Cyclist do the same while running red lights. Lane splitters are also at risk passing parked vehicles and vehicles in the left lane at the same time. Lane splitting is illegal everywhere except California. It doesn't mean cyclist are being safe. Motorists including, motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles should adhere to ALL motorist laws.