BILL NUMBER: AJR 28	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2012
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 2, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 2, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cook
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins,
Beall, Bill Berryhill, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Brownley,
Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Davis, Dickinson,
Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Gatto, Gordon, Hall, Harkey,
Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries,
Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen, Pan, Perea, John A.
Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, and Yamada)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2012

   Relative to the United States Postal Service.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AJR 28, Cook. United States Postal Service.
   This measure would urge the United States Postal Service to end
its plan to reduce the frequency of mail delivery from 6 days to 5
days a week, and to take all appropriate measures to ensure the
continuation of this 6-day mail delivery service.



   WHEREAS, The United States Postal Service has proposed to reduce
the frequency of its mail delivery service from six days to five days
a week; and
   WHEREAS, Reducing the frequency of delivery service would
seriously reduce the ability of the United States Postal Service,
which after the Department of Defense is the largest employer of
veterans in the nation, to offer decent jobs and benefits to our
brave servicemen and women, who are deployed overseas, when they
return home from their tour of duty; and
   WHEREAS, The United States Postal Service provides essential
service to rural communities by helping to keep them connected to the
rest of the nation; and
   WHEREAS, Six-day mail delivery to over 150 million homes and
businesses across the nation is an essential service that the
American people have relied on since 1912, particularly families that
depend on the United States Postal Service for the timely delivery
of their bills, payments, paychecks, and other correspondences; and
   WHEREAS, Social security is the primary or sole source of income
for many senior citizens, and any delay in the delivery of their
social security checks would make it difficult for them to purchase
essential items, such as food and mail-order prescription drugs; and
   WHEREAS, Many California businesses and dozens of small and large
produce suppliers rely heavily on the United States Postal Service to
provide timely delivery of their products across the nation; and
   WHEREAS, Reducing mail delivery service to five days a week would
inevitably cause delays in the delivery of mail and higher postal
costs due to the additional overtime that the United States Postal
Service would require in order to handle the resulting backlog of
mail; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature urges the United States
Postal Service to end its plan to reduce the frequency of mail
delivery from six days to five days a week, and to take all
appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of this six-day mail
delivery service; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
States, to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives, to the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United
States Senate, to each Senator and Representative from California in
the Congress of the United States, to the United States Postmaster,
and to the author for appropriate distribution.