Liz Blum

Writer. Fact finder. Truth teller. Organizer. Fighting for a Sacramento County and California that builds care, not cages.

[Liz Blum @sacblum]

It's been a true privilege to contribute my writing about @decarceratesac's work to "The Jail is Everywhere: Fighting the New Geography of Mass Incarceration". I hope it supports organizers around the world in combatting carceral expansion.

[Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida]

US law is clear: No nation blocking US humanitarian aid can receive US weapons.

Palestinian children are forced to eat pet food and bug infested flour, but @SecBlinken says there’s no need to change our policy. The Biden administration is refusing to comply with US law.

[Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman]

NEVER FORGET AARON BUSHNELL

[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

[Mica Doctoroff @MicaDoctoroff]

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

[Liz Blum @sacblum]

@PhatShady1980 @youknowkempa @sacbee_news @KVIEPBS @Flo4Sacramento @KevinMcCartyCA She has clarified this so many times now. Empty lots that are on the city's park list, because the city hopes to one day make them parks.

[Liz Blum @sacblum]

@tclift This debate showed me that Kevin is willing to lie to win, and that's not who I want as my Mayor.

[Liz Blum @sacblum]

The Sacramento Mayoral debate tonight showed me that Kevin is willing to lie to win, and that's not who I want as my Mayor.

[SV De-Bug @svdebug]

Jose was arrested in San Mateo County, held on $50K bail & spent 8 days in jail. Lost job, housing & savings just to make bail. San Mateo judges are ignoring the Humphrey ruling, a CA Supreme Court decision that considers ability to pay + alternatives to detention pretrial. 1/2

[Liz Blum @sacblum]

everyone please watch this https://t.co/WjqP78Zu87

[Theresa Clift @tclift]

New: I fact checked this mailer line by line
https://t.co/YnfmVC0ngR

[Dr. Flo Cofer - she/her @Flo4Sacramento]

"People shouldn't have to die for us to do basic public safety... because public safety isn't just somebody showing up after you've been hit, harmed, shot at, etc. Justice, for me, is not solving my murder succinctly. It's never being murdered in the first place. And I think that's what most people in this community believe as well." - Dr Flojaune Cofer

#FloForMayor

[Critical Resistance @C_Resistance]

CW: An absolutely gut-wrenching letter by 99 American healthcare workers who were in Gaza. They describe unspeakable horrors, & expose the Israeli regime as nothing short of barbaric. Their est Gazan death toll is 118,908. This letter must be circulated.
https://t.co/d2ZIUgA1JI

[Liz Blum @sacblum]

@ZavalaA @R_JonesSawyer @NancySkinnerCA @Ash_Kalra without showing actual data that crime is down

[Liz Blum @sacblum]

The irony is that Prop 36 would directly defund programs that support crime survivors, and prevent homelessness, by millions of dollars.

[Ashley Zavala @ZavalaA]

🧵 California Democratic local leaders including Mayor of San Jose @MattMahanSJ Sacramento DA @ThienHoforsacda and Elk Grove Mayor @SinghAllen officially launch new campaign backing Prop 36, which raises penalties on theft and drug crimes.

Surrounded by victims, small biz owners.

[Liz Blum @sacblum]

@LVikkiml Yes, such a short period of time. I'm not sure if there is any option to access mail after that time. Sheriff Jim Cooper's election in 2022 has really made life inside much harder.

[Liz Blum @sacblum]

@LVikkiml This is already the case in Sacramento County, and has been terrible for folks inside. They've also implemented time restrictions on how long you can access the digital mail: I think 30 days.

[Liz Blum @sacblum]

@C_Resistance @CURBprisons @CraigOGilmore And the decades of organizing that led us to this moment in California. 🖤

[Critical Resistance @C_Resistance]

In just 2 years (2019-2021), at least 178 people who called 911 were killed by the responding cops, according to WaPo. The killing of Sonya Massey, a 36 yr old Black woman, is the latest horror demonstrating why police are the antithesis to safety. Policing must be dismantled.

[W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School @AbolitionSchool]

A cop is a cop