IP Moves the Mail

2010 California Activity:

Consideration of Santa Cruz Do Not Mail Resolution Postponed

The Santa Cruz County Integrated Waste Management Local Task Force was scheduled to consider a Do Not Mail resolution on April 1, 2010, based on the resolution that San Francisco adopted in 2009.  The task force covers the county of Santa Cruz and the cities of Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Capitola and Scotts Valley. The task force will likely consider this resolution at a future date.

Berkeley City Council Labor Commission Rejects Do Not Mail Resolution; Council Resolution Tabled

After much consideration by the Berkeley City Council Council and Zero  Waste and Labor Commissions, the Council has decided to place their proposed Do Not Mail resolution on hold.  The Berkeley City Council is planning an effort to educate citizens about the existing mail management tools available to them. The Mail Moves America Coalition is working with the Council on this outreach initiative.

Thank you to every member of the mailing community -- especially IP and xpedx customers-- that reached out to share the impact of such legislation on the mailing community and the jobs that we provide in the Berkeley area. 

2009 California Activity:

Oakland City Council - Consideration of Do Not Mail Resolution On Hold

On Nov. 5, 2009, the Oakland City Council was scheduled to consider a Do Not Mail resolution. The resolution was pulled from consideration the day before the hearing. Although it has been tabled, industry members living or working in the Oakland area should still communicate their opposition to the resolution to ensure it does not reemerge. 

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Passes Do Not Mail Resolution

Despite a strong opposition effort by unions and Moves America (MMA) Coalition members, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a non-binding resolution calling on Congress and the California legislature to adopt a Do Not Mail registry.  Members of MMA, of which International Paper is a founding member, worked to educate the Supervisors for months and testified at the hearing about the unintended negative consequences of a Do Not Mail registry on the paper and mailing industries.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom did not sign a Do Not Mail resolution that was forwarded to his office by the city’s Board of Supervisors. By not signing the resolution, Mayor Newsom ensured that the resolution, calling for a state or federal Do Not Mail bill, does not make the city’s list of official legislative priorities.  But while this will not be an official priority for the city, individual Supervisors will still encourage state and federal legislators to take up the issue.