No On SB 250
PetPAC: Protecting the Rights of Pets and Owners
PetPAC is an organization formed to protect the rights of pets and owners through public awareness education, grassroots organizing, and advocacy at the local, state and national level.
PetPAC Represents
- Thousands of individual pet owners
- Hundreds of dog and cat clubs, organizations and associations
- Assistance dogs for the blind, deaf and disabled
- Law enforcement K-9, Narcotic, Bomb, and Search and Rescue dogs
- Livestock working dogs
- Breeders of purebred dogs and pedigreed cats
- Veterinarians
PetPAC Chairman
William "Bill" Hemby has served as the Legislative Advocate for the California Organization of Police and Sheriffs (COPS) for 23 years. Bill has been involved in thousands of legislative bills in Sacramento, California and Washington D.C. His legislative experience ranges from national security issues to leading efforts on the rights of pets and their owners. Since 9/11, Bill has provided homeland security and anti-terrorism training to peace officers in California and around the nation.
After serving in the military overseas, Bill served 15 years as a police officer with the San Francisco Police Department and retired as a Sergeant. Bill Hemby is the recipient of the San Francisco Police Department’s Gold Medal of Valor, the highest award an officer can receive. In 1981, then Governor Jerry Brown appointed Bill to serve as a Commissioner on the Youthful Offender Parole Board, conducting sentencing and parole hearings for young offenders.
For the past 30 years, Bill has shown dogs. Bill and his wife Cyndi have seven Borzoi dogs, two rescue Afghans, one cat and two horses. Their love of animals is a deeply held passion.
Pet PAC
P.O. Box 188559
Sacramento, CA 95818-8559
