Urge your legislators to support Prop 400 on public transit and oppose SCR1015 making enacting citizens' initiatives harder

After a couple of weeks off, the Arizona Legislature will be back on Monday. The rumor is that after addressing a few bills, they may recess again until August 1st. 

It sounds like they may have an agreement on an affordable housing bill that could advance, but there's still no agreement on

Writes Laurie Roberts, "Next time you’re sitting in traffic, wondering if you’ll make it home before your loved ones forget what you look like, know that it could be worse." Legislative hard-liners who obtusely refuse to accept that a modern metropolitan transit system should support all residents, not just drivers, are rejecting compromise after compromise offered by the Governor and the Maricopa Association of Governments. 

Maricopa County is the only county in Arizona that needs legislative approval and the governor’s signature to call an election for a transportation sales tax. Unfortunately, the legislature has refused to approve a clean version of a bill and instead has been trying to limit the dollars that can go toward transit. After 500 meetings and feedback from more than 10,000 residents, Mayors and other elected leaders agreed on a plan that includes transit.  Tell state legislators: Let voters decide their transportation future.

https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0392210&id=7013q000001ojTmAAI

It's already so difficult to enact a citizens' initiative

Stop Attacks on Direct Democracy in Arizona!

It also looks like they are going to revive a referendum to require every legislative district to exceed a given percentage of signatures in order to put a citizen initiative on the ballot. That will make it a lot more difficult and more expensive and would allow one district to block an initiative. Ask your representative to vote NO on SCR1015 and to oppose efforts to make it more difficult to engage in citizen initiatives.

Use the Sierra Club’s action form.

https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Arizona?actionId=AR0392209

HELPFUL HINT: It is always better to add a personal comment so it doesn’t seem so much like a petition. You can also get the contact information on the form and contact your legislators by email or phone. Some legislators are more inclined to read personal emails than group petitions.