Governor Jerry Brown
c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814

Dear Governor Brown

I strongly oppose the proposed moratorium on Suction Dredging. 
This industry has already suffered a baseless 2-year moratorium. 
Your own Department of Fish and Game study again proves that 
suction dredging does not harm fish or anything else. The previous 
1994 study had the same results. 

This moratorium is nothing but pandering to the extreme 
environmentalists. The science did not go their way, so now they 
are trying to claim financial hardships when it is already known 
that more money is taken in through permit fees than is spent on 
enforcement. The current 2-year moratorium has already hurt rural 
communities where suction dredging takes place, including the 
livelihood of many that depend on it. 

California is beyond broke and has the highest unemployment in the 
nation. This moratorium is killing jobs and revenue that would 
normally come to the state from around the country. This hurts 
the rural communities the hardest.

Please do the right thing and allow Fish & Game to complete the 
ongoing Administrative process, which is nearly finished.  We have 
a whole industry, which depends upon being treated fairly by our 
government!
 
Sincerely,
 
Your Name Here
Your Town, CA