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CWOOD wrote:It LOOKS pretty good for now, but as you say, LOOKS can be deceptive.

Thats what I'm seeing...

The DA Assn. rep, at least said the official position of the Assn. was 'Neutral'. This was NOT the case for SB378, which they officially opposed.

Funny stuff going on behind closed doors...maybe...

I have a suspicion that if HB1815 passes, with the revised wording which may be suggested by the DA Assn. rep, and the various DA's across the state STILL refuse to abide by the intent, that they may incur some wrath of the Legislature.

Thats an understatement...

I'm going to try to go to a townhall meeting in Pasadena tomorrow night...I urge anyone on this forum who can attend this and any other townhall meeting to do so...Our elected officials are putting on a series of these meetings to get everyone in and brief the constituency on the issues this session...

I only know of the one in Pasadena tomorrow night, and at this point I may post a special thread on this separate with the details I know about (when and where)...

If you go I look forward to seeing y'all there...

I believe this is a great opportunity (during the session) to get to know your elected officials better, and to ask questions directly to them...

Even the ones that you may not see politically eye to eye with, most are very amiable and approachable and will listen...Heck, its their job...I always try to have a few good things to say, and keep my concerns to a minimum...Sometimes you can even get appointments (in district) to talk at length about some particular issue(s)...

This is one session and "political season" where I have noticed a more outgoing legislative body, at all levels...Nows your chance to break the ice and get involved...

It appears whether you agree with them or not, it really looks like they want to hear it all...And I think that is great!

There are a few states IIRC, that do not require notification, regardless of the persons status...CHL or no CHL...

And they seem to be doing just fine...

The debate regarding notification if you are not a CHL holder is something I commented on back when this all started a couple of years ago...I do not recall whether or not we came to any clear consensus on this issue...

I had mixed feelings about it, and thought we should defer to the 2007 session and see if they can iron it out...

But they seem to be having the same discussions that we had back then, today???

But this representative from state Association of County and District Attorneys, this guys a hoot! Officially neutral??? Pulleeze!

I'll temper my usual sarcastic response about this guy as long as I can...I don't want to want to damage what credibility I have left, and not be able to argue/debate the issue as a whole...(I know...I'm annoying)

Maybe I'm not seeing this, but I'm not sure this is going that well...It may get out of the committee favorably, but I still think the deck is stacked against this changing anything in the way these big county DA's will conduct business...I'm hoping I am wrong on this and it does...The warm and fuzzy feeling isn't quite there...

I agree the testimony was right on, and all that came forward to support the bill had compelling testimony for the committee members to contemplate...

If all goes well and we get yet another law that further clear up the ambiguities the DA's still have a problem with, then I say yippee...

But if it doesn't and these particular DA's are slow to accept this, then I just don't know anymore...

Achhh, what do I know, huh?

But my optamistic side says this should work out...And we'll be happy with the conclusion...The other side of the equation...I'm not so sure they'll accept it...