Excessive military spending and blank checks for @sacsheriff jails?
When the recession hits again as Nottoli and Serna predict, be ready for these answers:
https://t.co/Sk7gTgl2lL
The House just passed an atrocious $858 BILLION in annual defense spending.
That's $45B more than Biden even asked for.
Health care?
"We can't afford it."
Child tax credit?
"Too expensive."
Defense spending?
"Here I just found an extra $45 billion dollars laying around."
TY Khalil (@Justice2Jobs ) & @Flojaune (@WeArePHA) for talking common sense (& cents).
@PatrickDKennedy voted to expand the jails—which will hurt BIPOC communities by caging loved ones & stripping neighborhoods to pay for cages.
https://t.co/okFjXA7rMy
@sarah_mizes_tan
So what @PatrickDKennedy did with his vote today was reward the sheriff accused of awful conditions in the jail.
Make life miserable. Mistreat community. Steal resources. And we’ll reward you with more and newer buildings and more staff.
@shomelessunion +1 and it's all happening at the same time...
* $500Million new @SacCourt courthouse
* $3Billion+ new @sacsheriff jail annex downtown
* massive expansion of ineffective @SacCoProbation probation-led pretrial
https://t.co/ZurYTu4QLe
Serna comments about poor location of main jail.
Making a decision to build a jail will "cement, literally" the existence of a jail in downtown for decades.
comment: speaking to the poor location of the jail and it being an eyesore and depleting the quality of life in downtown
Serna:
This might be the biggest decision in my tenure.
Fundamental role of an elected is to merry your conscience with what your constituents are saying.
Desmond:
What has me losing sleep at night is the [jail' financial obligation...and district 3 will feel the impact even more...
I'm very afraid of receivership.
Nottoli:
"Take the money and do the ADA and HIPAA compliance, but begin to do those YESTERDAY...
let's be creative on the booking loop, which is abysmal, and have services ready at entry and exit.
Nottoli:
"I am legitimately concerned...taking on a mortgage of this size [half-billion obligation], then the staffing, I'm very, very concerned when times get tough, we will then cut parks, community prosecution, roads...we will LOSE the ability to [maintain essential services]