Criminal Justice Reform

 

As a nation, we have been on a long, destructive journey focused around a failed war on drugs that increasingly criminalized our population, particularly people of color. This system needs to be dismantled if we are to move to a truly just and equitable community. We need to increase our efforts to divert people who don’t belong in the criminal justice system, intensify re-entry efforts, particularly on the jobs front, and keep law enforcement off the backs of immigrants.  And no one should be in the County jail simply because they are poor.

 

• Diverting those who are prostituted, youth, or adults with chemical dependency or mental health issues out away from jail

• Ending the cycle of victimization, with decriminalizing in-school mistakes and treatment 

• Decriminalizing Marijuana

• Providing opportunity through Community Productive Day, construction and building operations jobs on County projects, youth employment hubs      

• Making court supervision productive, using purchasing power to open job opportunities, and getting at-risk students on career pathways           

• Expanding and standardizing support services

• Ending any County partnership with ICE

• Investing in the Immigrant Legal Defense Fund