Would sending an email have been better? I’d be interested to know why if so. I was confused by the conflicting “you should attach it as a pdf” / “we can’t receive email attachments” messages. (I sent it before this comment.) And creating a pdf would have been annoying. (I don’t think I have a low friction way to work with .docx—a link to a google doc that people can copy, edit, and convert to pdf, might be helpful, if a pdf attachment really is better.)
After filling it out I got
Thank you for the message—your feedback and ideas are a priority to me and my administration. Californians like you are helping us build an even stronger Golden State, and I thank you.
I am not Californian or even American, but I never said I was and they never asked or said “only Californians should fill this out” so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That said, I was hesitant to do this previously because this seems like the kind of thing that maybe only Californians should be doing, or they’ll ask where you live and ignore everyone who doesn’t say California or something? So, in case there are other people like me, it might be worth a paragraph on the subject of non-Californians writing in. (Not just “non Californians can do it too”, but answering “is it considered prosocial? / is this burning some commons of mutual self-restraint?” and “should you say you’re not Californian?” and “will it have as much effect as a Californian?”.)
I filled out the form at https://www.gov.ca.gov/contact/.
Would sending an email have been better? I’d be interested to know why if so. I was confused by the conflicting “you should attach it as a pdf” / “we can’t receive email attachments” messages. (I sent it before this comment.) And creating a pdf would have been annoying. (I don’t think I have a low friction way to work with .docx—a link to a google doc that people can copy, edit, and convert to pdf, might be helpful, if a pdf attachment really is better.)
After filling it out I got
I am not Californian or even American, but I never said I was and they never asked or said “only Californians should fill this out” so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That said, I was hesitant to do this previously because this seems like the kind of thing that maybe only Californians should be doing, or they’ll ask where you live and ignore everyone who doesn’t say California or something? So, in case there are other people like me, it might be worth a paragraph on the subject of non-Californians writing in. (Not just “non Californians can do it too”, but answering “is it considered prosocial? / is this burning some commons of mutual self-restraint?” and “should you say you’re not Californian?” and “will it have as much effect as a Californian?”.)