At a dinner hosted by Rev. Sylvia Vasquez, on June 7, 2011 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Walnut Creek, Bishop Marc Andrus, Episcopal Bishop of California, expressed appreciation for the work of California People of Faith to abolish the death penalty. He noted that in the past he had supported abolition of the death penalty for juveniles in Alabama. He went on to wish California People of Faith success in our efforts to abolish the death penalty.