Are you willing to draft some rough bullet points (that you urge people to NOT copy and paste) on SB-1047 that might help people complete this exercise faster?
This page has a number of points (it also includes a few other actions that you can take).
Also, do you have a sense for how much better a slightly longer letter (e.g. a 1 page note) is as compared to just a 1 paragraph email with something like: “As a [location] resident concerned about AI safety, I urge you to sign SB 1047 into law. AI safety is important to me because [1 sentence].”
One paragraph is definitely fine unless you have personal experience that is relevant (for example, you are an AI researcher, founder, etc.).
I also wasn’t sure how important it was to create the PDF — otherwise I would have just sent an email on my phone, which would again have been a bit faster.
Makes sense! It is important to create the PDF, just how these things are supposed to be submitted.
That website is confusing; however, the line about “email attachments” I believe is meant to refer to the website contact form. I think it is attempting to explain why there is no way to attach files in that form. I know it is not an “email” and this message confused me too, but it is in fact common practice to send emails with attachments in the format specified.