Tell State Senator Wiener - Support AB-2054, the CRISES Act to Defund the police!
Call Script
My name is _____, my zip code is ____, and I’m a member of IndivisibleSF.
I’m calling in support of AB 2054 – the CRISES Act, because it would take a much-needed step toward funding community-oriented crisis intervention services. It’s great that community organizations help vulnerable populations in emergency situations, but it’s not enough. California needs to support these organizations.
AB 2054 will help people get appropriate emergency services from trained professionals with connection to their communities. I am asking State Senator Wiener to help vulnerable Californians in crisis by supporting AB 2054.
Background
AB-2054: The CRISES Act, recently sent to the California Senate, would fund community alternatives to police crisis response. The CRISES Act directs the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to administer $16 million in grants to community organizations in at least ten counties over the next three years.
Amid the protests of killings of innocent people by police, and demands to defund the police, the CRISES act would provide urgent reform. The CRISES Act is supported by many organizations, including:
Alliance for Boys and Men of Color
ACLU of California
Anti Police-Terror Project
Berkeley Free Clinic
East Bay Community Law Center Justice Teams Network
Oakland Power Projects PolicyLink
Public Health Advocates
STOP (StopTerrorism Oppression by Police Coalition)
UDW/AFSCME Local 3930
Youth Justice Coalition