Fix New Orleans

Let's finally fix crime, roads, and other basic local government failures plaguing our amazing city for decades. Demand better, prioritize differently. ⚜️

[Attorney General Liz Murrill @AGLizMurrill]

Act 54 closes a loophole where criminals may be prematurely released on bail before the State has exhausted its rights to appeal when a claim for post-conviction relief is granted by a district court without a stay. This change ensures that a convicted individual remains in jail until the appellate process is complete.

Thank you, Rep. @tbacala2, for carrying this important piece of legislation! #lalege
https://t.co/FzD5sBGnBI

[Fix New Orleans @FixNOLA]

“Impose its will on the city…” What’s almost always missing from this kind of analysis is just how broken New Orleans government has been. Effectively screaming for state-level involvement. Eventually people grow tired of severe dysfunction. #lalege #lagov

[Melinda Deslatte @MelindaDeslatte]

Gov. Jeff Landry has issued his first veto from the regular session, nixing a bill by Lafayette Sen. Gerald Boudreaux that would have increased the cap on compensation somone can receive from the state for being wrongfully convicted. SB125: https://t.co/X5mHnYvVxs #lalege

[Fix New Orleans @FixNOLA]

👏 "We're going to enforce it..." @KennerPolice
👏 @LAStatePolice are expected to enforce it.
⁉️@NOPDNews has not said if they will enforce it.
Let's get on board, @NOPDNews. #lalege

[Travers Mackel @TraversWDSU]

Landry is expected to sign the bill soon, makes sleeping on the streets a crime.
https://t.co/SlclmiHqxJ https://t.co/SlclmiHqxJ

[NOLA.com @NOLAnews]

New Orleans judge responds after lawmakers attempt to eliminate her post: ‘Deeply blindsided’ https://t.co/eeHCtTabw1

[Scott Oliphant @REALkwlouisiana]

@BayouMamaBears Cameron Henry is a big part of the problem with a lot of these issues. Who stacked Judiciary A with plaintiff lawyers? Cameron Henry did. He abdicated responsibility here to let cronyism happen. What should happen is Cameron Henry should lose the Senate Presidency.

[Bayou Mama Bears @BayouMamaBears]

Governor Landry hasn’t created any quagmire. A bill was passed to eliminate 3 judgeships in criminal court - legislation that the Supreme Court data supports and is long overdue.

It’s unfortunate that Senate President Cameron Henry allowed Senator Gary Carter to select which judges to eliminate, instead of using the fair method of “last in, first out”. Senator Carter chose to spare his cousin Judge Leon Roche and randomly cut Judge Rhonda Goode-Douglas.

All that means is, Judge Goode-Douglas will now run for a seat with a different letter than her original seat. She will still run as an incumbent. No one in the public knows which judge is which letter. She should run against Leon Roche, and she will likely win.

The right sizing of the court doesn’t get scrapped because Senator Carter screwed over Judge Goode-Douglas. New Orleans voters can take that up when Roche and Carter are on the ballot again.

[Fix New Orleans @FixNOLA]

@JeffLandry @AGLizMurrill Glad to see this, Governor. But we *must* make DA and judicial accountability top priority. No matter what laws are in place, some local DAs and judges are constant getaway cars. Undermining the criminal legal system.

[Fix New Orleans @FixNOLA]

In the very next story after Sen. Duplessis complained that #lalege is attacking New Orleans uncontrollably with "no rhyme or reason," we see city-managed playgrounds are *still* in awful shape, too dangerous for kids, littered with drug needles and trash. Just doesn't get it.

[Attorney General Liz Murrill @AGLizMurrill]

As I stated from the beginning, the Legislature had the constitutional authority to consolidate these offices, and Act 15 clearly transferred all duties and responsibilities to Orleans Parish Clerk of Court Chelsey Richard Napoleon. The Louisiana Supreme Court got this right. #lalege
https://t.co/eiQEEcsi8R

[NOLA.com @NOLAnews]

Louisiana Supreme Court upholds new law eliminating Calvin Duncan’s Orleans clerk seat https://t.co/6xZrWl77uL

[NOLA.com @NOLAnews]

Senate passes changes to bill cutting New Orleans judges. See who’s on the chopping block. https://t.co/BIyMxl7sou

[NOLA.com @NOLAnews]

New Orleans politician in the hot seat over cheap sale of 7th Ward community garden. Here's why. https://t.co/4rQxHki21i

[Fix New Orleans @FixNOLA]

@Smurficus_ @_MikaLyrics @crawlwithBRIAN @d_villio @CityOfNOLA New Orleans spent hundreds of millions of dollars in a recent 5 year period. And we still end up with this ⬆️. It’s not working. People are tired of it and are looking for a different path. Including additional options prior to penalties in this bill. https://t.co/znO2p0NEca

[Fix New Orleans @FixNOLA]

"We are in no way 'criminalizing homelessness.' We are saying you simply can't sleep where you want to sleep in public... If you're not going to sleep in a shelter, then you can only camp in a designated place." 👏 @d_villio. Every @CityOfNOLA leader should be for this. #lalege

[Fix New Orleans @FixNOLA]

👏 HB211 advanced out of Senate Judiciary C Committee 4-1 and heads to the Senate floor. #lalege

[Fix New Orleans @FixNOLA]

@fleshgordon2001 @crawlwithBRIAN @d_villio @CityOfNOLA That sidewalk is a public space right outside his door and the doors of other residences and businesses.

[Fix New Orleans @FixNOLA]

@fleshgordon2001 @crawlwithBRIAN @d_villio @CityOfNOLA What about people living/staying in public spaces? Like you see in the photos.

[Fix New Orleans @FixNOLA]

@_MikaLyrics @crawlwithBRIAN @d_villio @CityOfNOLA What do you want to do with people who refuse to cooperate with all other options being offered before it gets to that?

[Fix New Orleans @FixNOLA]

@fleshgordon2001 @crawlwithBRIAN @d_villio @CityOfNOLA How would you word it?

[Fix New Orleans @FixNOLA]

@homeless_law The way New Orleans leaders have been handling homeless is not working. Must also have mechanisms to quickly and reliably enforce quality-of-life standards. Which they are reluctant to do. This is in our tourist-heavy French Quarter. Totally unacceptable. https://t.co/1W7mXuDpLB

[BRIAN CAIN @crawlwithBRIAN]

@FixNOLA @d_villio @CityOfNOLA For those opposed to this, please take a look at my front door. I look forward to your response.

[AC @adobz22]

#lalege #justiceforJake Please contact your Rep. My brother would be alive today if it weren’t for an incompetent judge. 493 missed required electronic monitoring check-ins. No accountability. My family is pleading for you to put politics aside and put yourself in our shoes.