Derick GM

he,him • Old soul living this life for the first time. Policy-wonk.

[Derick GM @DerickGM]

It's time we #confrontracism and look at institutions of justice, with an eye towards healing and uplifting the dignity of our shared humanity.

Thank you to the women behind it, and @Ash_Kalra for authoring the CA Racial Justice Act #AB2542

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid https://t.co/E5siBFBdtp

[Mica Doctoroff @MicaDoctoroff]

California crime measure Prop. 36 could increase deportations https://t.co/V4xaXqxwnR via @sfexaminer

[Eric Andre @ericandre]

Vote NO on Prop 36.

It’s going to reinstitute long, mandatory prison terms for nonviolent offenses, eliminate safety, care, and prevention programs, and is funded by big box corporations like Walmart, shady dark money groups like the California Business Roundtable, private prisons, and sheriffs. It’s the largest one-time investment in CA’s prison system ever.

Spread the word.
#STOPPROP36
@millionvp

[Yurok Tribe @TheYurokTribe]

Here is a short video of one of the 1st Klamath River salmon to make it to the tributaries above the former Iron Gate Dam. The clip was recorded last Friday by Yurok Fisheries Dept Geologist Kayah Ray, who is part of a team surveying salmon in the newly undammed river reach.

[Glenn Backes @GlennBackes]

CA Prop 36 Will Likely Increase the Number of Parents Deported for Simple Drug Possession - Splitting Families and Leaving Children To Fend for Themselves #Prop36 #CABallot #Latino #AAPI https://t.co/0BuvQvyC6T

[Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey]

Police in nearly *every city* report using more overall force against Black people than white people, with DC police reporting the largest disparities among big cities. Disparities in overall police use of force are even more extreme than what has been reported in studies limited to deadly force incidents alone. https://t.co/rFEAUWft8s

[Glenn Backes @GlennBackes]

California has an astronomical incarceration rate, as does all of the prison-mad United States. No on Prop 36, which will funnel drug users and petty sellers into prisons, wasting lives and billions of dollars. #Prop36

[BrookeAnderson @movementphotog]

Thousands of people across the Bay Area took to the streets today to commemorate 1yr of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine, demanding an immediate end to the war, an end to the 17yr siege on Gaza, and that the Biden-Harris admin enact an immediate arms embargo against Israel

[Alfred Twu @alfred_twu]

Latest summary of 2024 California Housing Legislation. Governor signed 30+ bills yesterday, there are still a lot that are pending on his desk. Details in thread!
https://t.co/RPeL9tLQWn

[LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @lacontroller]

"Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget"

💰 The City of LA adopted budget for the current fiscal (FY2024-25) year has now been posted on our website: https://t.co/FhTcLUUn8v

[Glenn Backes @GlennBackes]

GOOD SHORT READ. California's Prop 36 would take money away from drug treatment and then punish people for being addicted. It will cost taxpayers billions on a cruel policy that is bound to fail all of us, particularly families of the addicted. #StopProp36

[Smart Justice California @SmartJusticeCA]

Prop. 36 will make California less safe, drive up mass incarceration, and cost taxpayers billions. It will slash funding for:

❌K‑12 education
❌Crime preventative programs
❌Victim services
❌Mental health
❌Drug treatment programs

#StopProp36

[Eytan Wallace @EytanWallace]

On this final day of the 2024 legislative session, several demonstrators at the CA Capitol are in the rotunda to demand legislators take up reparations-related bills for descendants of enslaved Black Americans.

[Building the California Dream Alliance @CADreamAlliance]

#SB94 allows people sentenced to life without parole to apply for a review based on law changes & rehabilitation. Judges can re-sentence to 25 to life, offering a chance for parole.

[SV De-Bug @svdebug]

Community represented strong today at San Mateo Board of Supervisors to say #NOonProp36!!! Supervisor Mueller actually proposed a resolution to support prop 36😡 - but Black & Brown communities decimated by the drug war weren’t going to allow us to go back!✊🏾💪🏾 @SanMateoDefense

[Glenn Backes @GlennBackes]

CA incarcerates more people per capita than authoritarian regimes worldwide. And it has one of the worst racial disparities in the United States. Worse than any "Jim Crow" slavery state of the former Confederacy. #CALeg #Prisons #Racism Close prisons, open schools! No on #Prop36

[Eunisses Hernandez @EunissesH]

We cannot criminalize people into housing that does not exist.

[Darwin BondGraham @DarwinBondGraha]

Kenzi Smith helped galvanize a conversation in Oakland around racial justice and public spaces by resisting “BBQ Becky” in 2018. His brother, rapper Mistah F.A.B., shared the news of Smith’s death.

https://t.co/6e9UgyPH1s

[SV De-Bug @svdebug]

The PSA we expect to see from the DA's office if they were truthful.

The discriminatory practices of unwarranted stops of Black & Brown men are now being challenged in court with the #RacialJusticeAct

Read about one of those challenges in SCC: https://t.co/tVkeenv7kD

#RJAwatch

[Alfred Twu @alfred_twu]

List is final: 10 California Propositions for 2024:
2🏫School bond
3🏳️‍🌈Marriage Equality
4🌎Climate bond
5🏗️Easier to pass local bonds
6⚖️Ends Slavery
32💵$18 min wage
33🏠Rent Control
34🚫Limits AHF political activities
35🏥Medi-Cal funding
36🚨Increased drug & theft penalties
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