If we #FullyFundCareFirst, we fund the things that are central to making L.A. County more equitable for EVERYONE:
✅ economic opportunity
✅ education
✅ housing
✅ diversion & health
✅ reentry
@LACountyBOS we need to #ReimagineLA and prioritize a #CareFirstBudget !
The @LACountyCEO proposed giving the Sheriff & Probation department $4.5 BILLION combined for the next fiscal year 🤯
It’s time @LACountyBOS make good on their promise & adopt a #CareFirstBudget that reflects the needs & values of the community!
#FullyFundCareFirst#CloseMCJ
READ NOW! @stevscaz from @ladailynews highlights the URGENT call from community orgs for a #CareFirstBudget that shifts the $38.5 billion away from law enforcement & into alternatives to incarceration programs that prioritize #CareFIRST!
➡️ READ: https://t.co/hNCHVioc5r
We need to build a STRONG Dept of Youth Development to provide youth w/ support & healing rather than punishment & youth incarceration. #FullyFundCareFirst#YouthJusticeReimagined https://t.co/s5uzmpSBx2
L.A. County spent $800,000 to incarcerate ONE person last year. 🤯
That same money could provide a diversion path for 95 system-impacted youth or fund enrollment for 1,600 kids in youth development programs instead. 💯#FullyFundCareFirst#YouthJusticeReimagined#CareFirstBudget
Barry J Nidorf Juvenile Hall has been declared “unsuitable for confinement of minors” for inhumane conditions. We have been urging @LACountyBOS to #DefundProbation (for years) who get $1 million per incarcerated Youth & FULLY fund Youth Justice Reimagined! https://t.co/Lc7dGmvYxu
Black children are 9% of the LA County population, yet represent 40% of children in foster care. The system is clearly racist. @LACountyDCFS partners with law enforcement to take our babies. That’s why we’re demanding that they #ReimagineChildSafety and get #CopsOutofCPS#BLM