We are now ready to gather signatures and have built a statewide team of organizers and volunteers. We continue to build that team daily.  Our volunteers will be trained and prepared to go out and get the signatures on day one of our allotted time, which will start in December.  There will be original, printed Petitions to go to all the gatherers. Because the State of California is very demanding on the size, print type, margin widths, etc. etc., we are NOT going to use any photocopies of the petition.   The proponents of this initiative continue to seek donations from interested parties all over California to cover the expense of the printing and distribution of the petitions. There is also a need for donations of postage stamps to cover all the mailing of petitions and other correspondence.

The “Donations” link on the Home Page of this website will give information about how and where to send funds. The funds will be deposited into a Trust Account, as required by the State of California, and used for expenses of printing, legal filings, postage, Notaries, supplies, etc., in conjunction with the Initiative.  NO donations may legally be used for any purpose except the initiative effort, so you may be assured that your donation will not be misappropriated.

The team of volunteers for this initiative project are at various levels of commitment (see Become a Circulator) and will be organized and monitored through the offices of the Proponents of the Initiative, located in Diamond Bar and Alta Loma, California.

The plan involves organizing the volunteers at all levels, training them, and assisting them in many ways to achieve common goals.  There is a multi-faceted approach to collecting the signatures.  We will accomplish this by reaching out to family and friends of the incarcerated who have been denied the privilege of family visits.  We will also continue to contact inmates all around the State so they are able to spread the word amongst their peers.  Additionally, we are also reaching the general public to educate them on the value of rehabilitating prisoners.  Rehabilitation is attained through maintaining family ties, through education, and through freedom from  drug and alcohol dependence.