Hey defund, we were glad to be in touch with you regularly in the lead up to the vote and I don’t remember making that commitment in our conversation. We were also really happy to strategize with you, we tried to get support for the various ideas, but as you know ...

...we could not get the support to win a vote. We remain committed to defunding the police. During the budget we also fought for many other critical things for people facing eviction, homeless services, children and pandemic response.

We do need to reallocate more significant money from the police department and reimagine policing and public safety in our city. We’ll continue standing with those who are loudly demanding more.