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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AJR 28
          Author:   Cook (R), et al.
          Amended:  7/2/12 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  72-1, 7/2/12 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    United States Postal Service

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution 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.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following 
          legislative findings:

          1. The United States Postal Service has proposed the 
             reduction of its mail delivery service from six days to 
             five days a week; and six-day mail delivery is an 
             essential service that the American people have relied 
             on since 1912, particularly those families that live in 
             rural communities and others that depend on the timely 
             delivery of essential items such as paychecks, food and 
             prescription drugs. 

          2. Reducing mail delivery service to five days a week would 
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             inevitably cause delays in delivery of mail and higher 
             postal costs due to the additional overtime that would 
             be required to handle the resulting backlog of mail. 

          3. Reducing the frequency of delivery service would 
             seriously reduce the ability of the United States Postal 
             Service to offer jobs and benefits to servicemen and 
             women when they return from their tour of duty. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  72-1, 7/2/12
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, 
            Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, 
            Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Cedillo, 
            Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, 
            Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines, Galgiani, 
            Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, 
            Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, 
            Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, 
            Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, 
            Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, 
            Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, 
            Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
          NOES:  Donnelly
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Charles Calderon, Gorell, Grove, 
            Halderman, Jones, Mansoor, Norby


          DLW:m  8/15/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

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