The Initiative Petition

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          The initiative petition has been drafted and we are requesting comment. It is not yet available for signature gathering. We expect to be submitting the finalized language to the Registrar of Voters for certification in several months. We had targeted placement of the initiative petition onto the November 2002 ballot.  However, the events of September 11, 2001 and the restrictive laws enacted thereafter have caused us to step back and ponder an even broader vision of what a Public Defender must be.  
          You are invited to join us in gathering signatures for this initiative petition after it has been certified. Please contact us if you are interested in doing so.
          We invite you to see where you stand on the concepts of this initiative. Take the quiz and find out. If you have any comments on the initiative's language or concepts, we ask that you provide them to us. Your thoughts and suggestions will be appreciated. Send them to us via email at Comments@spielbauer.com. Your comments will be carefully reviewed. Our mailing address is Post Office Box 71, San Jose, CA 95103.
           This page will, after petition certification by the Registrar of Voters, be the precise location at which you can download an exact copy of the initiative petition for signature gathering.