Jess Farris

Senior Policy Counsel @ACLU_SoCal. You can’t start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart. Views are my own and not my employer’s.

[Matt Hamilton @_hamilton_matt]

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robert Greene is smart, deeply knowledgeable about L.A. County, and a decent colleague. His departure is a huge loss.

[CURB @CURBprisons]

California: Say #NoOnProp36. It's a #PrisonSpendingScam. Locking people up has never been responsible or effective. #Prop36 is no 'solution.'

[Jess Farris @jessraefarris]

Please read my blog up now! Vote No on 36: Setting Critical Services Ablaze Will Not Keep Us Safe -- https://t.co/dz7ahmsH1h via @ACLU_SoCal

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

The “retail theft crisis” is a hoax spun by right wing police interests that retailers have since admitted was all a lie. Yet media keeps reporting it as fact. While lawmakers keep passing laws to line the pockets of police even more. The facts broken down

[CDU @cdrewu]

CDU will the host the 32st Annual @EmpowerCongress Summit next Sat. 1/13. This on-campus event will feature a Los Angeles County District Attorney candidate forum and a community teach-in on the criminal justice system.

Sign up: https://t.co/rMsikLNxDw

[DA Accountability Coalition @LA_DAAC]

We are proud to co-sponsor this LA District Attorney Debate with @EmpowerCongress. Join us this SATURDAY, 1/13/24 to hear where your district attorney candidates fall on the issues that matter most to you. Register here: https://t.co/G6oK2Es1kb

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

“Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong.

Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023.”

Health & safety is important to us all. Why we need to follow facts. Read: https://t.co/zMPdpabRE1

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

Governor Newsom just passed a nearly $300 million budget to combat “organized retail theft.”

Since then: Retailers are admitting they lied about the extent of retail theft. And FBI data just released tells us retail theft is down & property crime is *lowest since 1961.*

Lies.

[JusticeLA @JusticeLANow]

Almost one death every week. As this fatal year comes to a close, the LA County Board of Supervisors has still not even put this issue on their meeting agenda.

📌SAVE THE DATE: Community Protest - Tuesday, December 5th at the LA County Board of Supervisors Meeting

[Kate Cagle @KateCagle]

Shameful reporting. The crime described in this report does not fall under the $0 bail policy. In fact, first degree burglary cases now go to a magistrate to decide on release.

It quotes Sheriff Luna who had an opportunity to defend bail in court before the ruling and didn’t.

[ACLU SoCal @ACLU_SoCal]

Public defenders in L.A. County are carrying workloads nearly THREE TIMES heavier than the recent National Public Defense Workload study recommends.

[L.A. County Public Defenders Union @LApubdefunion]

Los Angeles is way behind national standards on #publicdefense. This crisis compromises our clients' constitutional right to legal representation and it undermines trust in the legal system. Media statement with @ACLUSoCal: https://t.co/K6CgGJGS1k

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

The Mayor of San Francisco is one of the best modern examples of how much harm can be done by a politician who has no principles, but who is willing to put the smiling face of identity politics on top of a far-right agenda designed to destroy marginalized people.

[Kat Abughazaleh @KatAbughazaleh]

Fox News tried to do a bunch of scary man-on-the-street interviews about crime. It didn't go well.

[Re-Imagine L.A. County @reimagine_la]

📣 TURN UP 📣
Join us at the @LACountyBOS Meeting 𝕋𝕦𝕖𝕤, 𝕊𝕖𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝟙𝟚𝕥𝕙 - 𝟡:𝟛𝟘 𝔸𝕄, 𝟻𝟶𝟶 𝚆 𝚃𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚂𝚝

If you can’t make it in person, you can submit public comment online or join via zoom!

Talking points and more info @ https://t.co/YiLJY4FcpE

[JusticeLA @JusticeLANow]

🚨 This is an emergency🚨 Join families who have lost loved ones in LASD custody.

📌September 10th, 5:30pm - Vigil with families at Men’s Central Jail

📌September 12th, 8:30am- Press Conference and Public Comment @ LA County Board of Supervisors

RSVP: https://t.co/EEL02Ljyry

[JusticeLA @JusticeLANow]

‼️ Please read this powerful OpEd by Dr. Pulane Lucas which highlights the importance of transparency surrounding in-custody deaths.

➡️Join Dr. Lucas and other families this Sunday 9/10 at Men’s Central Jail for a vigil remembering those lost in custody
https://t.co/qTV649cEmn

[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

Absolutely wrecked and sobbing at this beautiful heartbreaking essay https://t.co/6eSkcqXmmD

[JusticeLA @JusticeLANow]

Another person died inside of MCJ this week. 31 people have lost their lives this year.
We will be outside @LACountyBOS every Tuesday (9:30-12:00) until the County takes appropriate action to release people and close MCJ.

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. NO MORE DELAY- CLOSE MCJ

[#BlackLivesMatter-LA @BLMLA]

Largest LAPD budget of all time.
Highest YTD on record for police killings…14 so far this year.
THAT is the #correlation…
The more money LAPD gets, the more people they shoot and kill.
https://t.co/SBnYK8yfi7