CONTACT THE WHITE HOUSE
Begin at the top! Contact President Bill Clinton at The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC 20500.  (202) 456-1111.  Complete the web feedback form at www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Mail/html/Mail_President.html or send email directly to president@whitehouse.gov 
 
Or approach the real powerbroker, Hillary Rodham Clinton, via her web site which has a feedback  form:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/First_Lady/html/HILLARY_Home.html  Email her directly at:  first.lady@whitehouse.gov 
 
Give feedback to Vice President Al Gore at vice.president@whitehouse.gov or Mrs. Tipper Gore at mrs.gore@whitehouse.gov 
CONTACT FEDERAL SENATORS & CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
The main web site for the United States Senate is www.senate.gov 

California Senator Barbara Boxer can be reached via her web site www.senate.gov/~boxer  or by email at Senator@Boxer.senate.gov 
 
California Senator Dianne Feinstein can be reached via her web site  www.senate.gov/~feinstein  or by email at senator@feinstein.senate.gov 



 The main web site for the U.S. House of Representatives is  www.house.gov  and the member search interface is at  www.house.gov/writerep 

The honorable Lois Capps represents California's 22nd district.  Her web site is at www.house.gov/capps/  and her email address is  lois.capps@mail.house.gov 
 
In order to make federal legislative information freely available to the Internet public, a Library of Congress sponsors the invaluable THOMAS database for tracking legislation. 

CONTACT STATE REPRESENTATIVES
In San Luis Obispo, our state representatives are Assemblymen Tom Bordonaro and State Senator Jack O'Connell.  Students from out-of-the-area might contact the legislators serving their hometown. Easy to enter your zip code into a search directory at  www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html  to find contact information for appropriate representatives. 
 
State Senator Jack O'Connell 
E-mail:  Senator.OConnell@sen.ca.gov
Local:  1260 Chorro Street, Suite A 
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 
(805) 547-1800
Official: State Capitol Room 5035 
Sacramento, CA 95814 
(916) 445-5405
 
Assemblymen Abel Maldonado 
http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/members/33/
Official: State Capitol Room 2176 
Sacramento, CA 95814 
(916) 319-2033 
 
COUNTY & CITY CONTACTS FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO
The official listing of contacts for the City of San Luis Obispo can be found at: 
http://205.162.240.216/government.asp 
 
Mayor Allen Settle can be emailed at  asettle@ci.san-luis-obispo.ca.us 
 
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors maintains a web site at http://www.slonet.org/vv/ipslocao/    Email to this address will reach the supervisors:  tseeger@co.slo.ca.us 
SAMPLE EMAIL FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
Dear _____________ : Please support Senate Bill 1896 regarding student fees in public postsecondary education. This bill would reduce the education and registration fees charged to resident graduate students in the California State University system.  Fees for the 1999-2000 fiscal year would be reduced by five percent below the level charged during the 1997-98 fiscal year. Undergraduate students have already benefited from a similar rollback in 1998 fees. 

As a graduate student at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, I have been delighted by the high quality of the education provided by the CSU system. Although tuition costs are reasonable, particularly in comparison to private institutions, I struggle each quarter to cover the expenses of my education. I urge you to vote "yes" on SB-1896 so that higher education will remain feasible, accessible, and affordable for self-supporting students on moderate budgets.  Sincerely . . . 
 

RESOURCES FOR STUDENT ACTIVISTS
Descriptions of pending legislation and daily status updates can be obtained from the following web site: 
     http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html 

The main California Assembly web page is: 
     www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/defaulttext.asp 

The California State Student Association monitors legislation related to education: 
       http://www.thecssa.org/ 

 
 
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prepared by Sherri Andersen & Elizabeth Brunner, 1999