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“Imagine restorative justice programs that get to the root of the problem and harm that was done and focus on healing and centering humanity, instead of investing the bulk of our tax dollars in systems like policing and prisons.” — @kendrick38 https://laist.com/news/politics/peoples-budget-activist-coalition-tells-la-city-council-defund-the-police-spend-more-on-housing-health-and-schools
If you missed @BLMLA's presentation of this year's #PeoplesBudgetLA you can watch the entire video here, including questions and comments from LA city councilmembers. “We still have not heard any response from Mayor Garcetti," said @DocMellyMel https://www.facebook.com/blmla/videos/1760869010761945/
Thanks to #PeoplesBudgetLA, LA is developing an unarmed crisis response team. There are very successful programs like this in other cities: https://www.curbed.com/2021/03/denver-social-workers-instead-of-police.html
Use this form to tell the city that LA's program must be run completely separate from LAPD: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSev-Ic5prXR8wr8eZef-d0JZGJb_1pa_ZhW9zoveSRGZ-u7HQ/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1xGMnyOdPg1MD9saqm6Mx44PcpT4hp2D5i8XlRvziMrXoqPLf9KgDPI30
Use this form to tell the city that LA's program must be run completely separate from LAPD: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSev-Ic5prXR8wr8eZef-d0JZGJb_1pa_ZhW9zoveSRGZ-u7HQ/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1xGMnyOdPg1MD9saqm6Mx44PcpT4hp2D5i8XlRvziMrXoqPLf9KgDPI30
If you're interested in learning more about the participatory budgeting process, @reimagine_la is holding a community call with @BLMLA and #PeoplesBudgetLA leaders *this morning* at 10am. Register here: http://reimagine.la/zoom https://twitter.com/reimagine_la/status/1390824664948121600
