My name is Marcia Lovelace and I am an Oakland resident writing to urge you to divest from OPD and invest in real public safety through investing in housing, job creation, education public health and recreation.
OPD takes an enormous share of the city’s general fund taking away desperately needed resources from essential city programs and services. The investment in policing has not made us safer. For black and brown citizens it's made it worse.
Therefore we demand:
1. Reduce OPD’s allocation from the General Fund by 50% (roughly $150 Million)
2. Disallow unauthorized overtime by OPD
3. Discontinue use of general fund dollars to pay for settlements due to police murder, misconduct, and negligence
4. Invest in housing, jobs, youth programs, restorative justice, and mental health workers to keep the community safe.
Oakland can not wait any longer for a budget that meets the needs of its residents. The only way to achieve this is to take immediate steps to divest in OPD.
I live in District 4 and support Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas’ submission for Homeless Prevention: Fair Chance and Re-entry Housing instead of policing the homeless.
I also call on the council to defund the OPD in the following ways:
1. Reduce OPD’s allocation from the General Fund by 50% (roughly $150 Million)
2. Disallow unauthorized overtime by OPD
3. Discontinue use of general fund dollars to pay for settlements due to police murder, misconduct, and negligence
4. Invest in housing, jobs, youth programs, restorative justice, and mental health workers to keep the community safe.
Please reduce the Oakland PD general fund budget by 50% and reallocate those funds to housing, education, healthy food, pandemic recovery, homelessness, childcare, clean air & water, drug abuse rehabilitation, or other social programs in need of funding.
My name is Marcia Lovelace and I am an Oakland resident writing to urge you to divest from OPD and invest in real public safety through investing in housing, job creation, education public health and recreation.
OPD takes an enormous share of the city’s general fund taking away desperately needed resources from essential city programs and services. The investment in policing has not made us safer. For black and brown citizens it's made it worse.
Therefore we demand:
1. Reduce OPD’s allocation from the General Fund by 50% (roughly $150 Million)
2. Disallow unauthorized overtime by OPD
3. Discontinue use of general fund dollars to pay for settlements due to police murder, misconduct, and negligence
4. Invest in housing, jobs, youth programs, restorative justice, and mental health workers to keep the community safe.
Oakland can not wait any longer for a budget that meets the needs of its residents. The only way to achieve this is to take immediate steps to divest in OPD.
I live in District 4 and support Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas’ submission for Homeless Prevention: Fair Chance and Re-entry Housing instead of policing the homeless.
I also call on the council to defund the OPD in the following ways:
1. Reduce OPD’s allocation from the General Fund by 50% (roughly $150 Million)
2. Disallow unauthorized overtime by OPD
3. Discontinue use of general fund dollars to pay for settlements due to police murder, misconduct, and negligence
4. Invest in housing, jobs, youth programs, restorative justice, and mental health workers to keep the community safe.
Please reduce the Oakland PD general fund budget by 50% and reallocate those funds to housing, education, healthy food, pandemic recovery, homelessness, childcare, clean air & water, drug abuse rehabilitation, or other social programs in need of funding.