On January 8, 2019, UAPBTO and Cali Style APBT Club members (Sherri Flosi, Deb Gonzales, Mike McCauley, Rosalie Ball, Kim Pearson) joined efforts with Chako Pit Bull Rescue to provide an education rally at the California State Capitol to educate our legislatures on the characteristics of the pit bull and that we will not allow BSL in our state. California’s new governor is a supporter of PETA and has tried implementation of BSL in San Francisco when he was mayor there.
It was a rainy day but we had a break in rain for the time we had our permit to demonstrate. We brought our dogs so they could meet and greet and were very well received as you can see from the pictures. There were many legislatures and/or staff that were already pit bull owners or used to have one. No negative feedback was received. As a group, we all agreed it is better to be proactive than reactive and will do this again soon.
