Dear California NVIC Advocacy Team Members,

There are 3 important items that we wanted to bring to your attention in California:

1)    We only have a few more days left (last day is October 9^th) to get Governor Brown to Veto AB499 (vaccination of minors for STD’s without parental knowledge or consent) and we need everyone to continue to call and write asking Governor Brown for the veto of AB499. California taxpayers are going to be stuck paying for this removal of parental rights!  
     Call: (916) 445-2841
     Fax: (916) 558-3160
     Email Web Form: http://govnews.ca.gov/gov39mail/mail.php 
     More info: http://nvicadvocacy.org/members/Resources/VetoAB499.aspx  

2)    California families not wanting to give their 7^th -12^th grade children the Tdap vaccine under the new mandate can use the same medical or philosophical exemption available to students for all vaccine mandates.  Many parents are not being told about their rights!  Help spread the word.
     CA vaccine exemption information:  
     http://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/state-vaccine-requirements/california.aspx and
     http://www.shotsforschool.org/parents_faq.html#exemptions-and-special-cases-1
     CA Vaccine Exemption Forms can be obtained from your school.   

3)    The Greater Good Movie has several upcoming screenings in California in West Hollywood October 14 – 20, 2011 and in Carmel on October 14th.  You won’t want to miss this movie documenting the lives of families affected by vaccine reactions and looking at the policies that contributed to these reactions.

THE GREATER GOOD will be shown during a 7 day run at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theater in West Hollywood, California, October 14th-20th, 2011. Screening times daily at 2:00pm and 4:30pm.  Visit the theater site Laemmle Sunset 5 Theater for directions and to purchase tickets - http://www.laemmle.com/viewtheatre.php?thid=2. 

THE GREATER GOOD is an official selection at the Carmel Art & Film Festival held in Carmel, California, October 12th-16th, 2011. Screening on Friday, October 14th at 12pm. Visit the festival site Carmel Art & Film Festival http://carmelartandfilm.com/index.html. 

For more information, http://www.greatergoodmovie.org/

If you have any questins or need assistance with any of these items, your California NVIC State Directors are Dawn Winkler and Michelle Gutierrez.  They can be reached at CADirector@NVICAdvocacy.org.

Sincerely,

Dawn Richardson, Director of Advocacy
National Vaccine Information Center
http://NVIC.org and http://NVICAdvocacy.org
Dawn@NVICAdvocacy.org