The California Outdoor Heritage Alliance (COHA), in coordination with California Waterfowl, would like to notify hunting clubs, wetland managers, farmers and other property owners who may be diverting water from rivers, streams, reservoirs, stock ponds and other surface waters or pumping groundwater from known subterranean streams that you may need to file either: 1) a Statement of Water Diversion and Use or 2) an application to appropriate water through the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB).  Please note that these stringent new reporting requirements go into effect July 1st.. 

Legislation is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Public Safety on June 29th which would expand the current handgun registration law to long guns by requiring the Attorney General to permanently maintain a registry of all firearms purchasers. Under the provisions of AB 1810 (Feuer), those who purchase or transfer a shotgun or rifle will be required to register that firearm by submitting their name, address, place of birth, phone number and occupation to the California Department of Justice. 

COHA believes that AB 1810 is an extreme invasion of personal privacy masked as an crime fighting tool. At this point, it is unclear whether or not California's existing handgun registration law is helping to fight crime in any meaningful way.  As such, COHA believes it is unwarranted to greatly expand the handgun registration law to include all firearms, particularly given that traditional sporting arms make up less than 10% of all firearms related homicides in California each year.

Your action is needed immediately to help STOP AB 1810.  Please take the time to submit a letter of opposition to your Legislator and the Senate Public Safety Committee. Click here for a sample letter and contact information.