The San Diego City Council met late into the night Tuesday to discuss ongoing racial inequities in policing. Councilmembers heard from Samuel Sinyangwe, who authored a 2019 report that revealed racial disparities in stops, arrests and searches by San Diego Police Department officers. Read the full article here.
As the California Act to Save Lives heads to Governor Newsom’s desk, we’re tracking the journey of the bill that would reform the legal standard of use of deadly force by law enforcement officers in California. Why California’s Act to Save Lives matters If passed, this common sense bill would result in fewer lives lost…
The San Diego Organizing Project, a coalition of 29 local religious congregations, praised the council for its vote. “I have seen how our current system disproportionately harms our brothers and sisters of color,” said Christopher Ransom, SDOP spokesman for the City of Hope International Church. “Today’s good news on the California Act to Save Lives…
The San Diego Organizing Project, a coalition of 29 local religious congregations, praised the council for its vote. “I have seen how our current system disproportionately harms our brothers and sisters of color,” said Christopher Ransom, SDOP spokesman for the City of Hope International Church. “Today’s good news on the California Act to Save Lives…
“Today’s good news on the California Act to Save Lives means we are one step closer to a solution to protect our communities. No one should fear for their safety in the presence of law enforcement,” said Deacon Tom Cartwright, San Diego Organizing Project leader at City of Hope International Church. Read the full story…
The California Assembly Public Safety Committee decided to advance AB 392 (the California Act to Save Lives), which San Diego Assemblymember Shirley Weber drafted and introduced. The San Diego Organizing Project applauds this progress and will continue to stand by AB 392, organizing against unfair and racist systems hurting our communities. “Today’s good news on…
The Assembly Public Safety Committee Tuesday approved a bill co-authored by a San Diego lawmaker that would redefine when law enforcement officers can use deadly force. Read the full story in Times of San Diego.
A Southeast San Diego church is set to host a presentation by law enforcement on the state’s new anti-profiling law. The public information session Monday is part of a series from faith-based leaders intended to improve the relationship between cops and the communities they police. Read the full story in KPBS.
The San Diego Organizing Project supports California Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive moratorium on California’s death penalty. Newsom showed courage by choosing not what is politically expedient, but rather what advances a culture rooted in radical kinship and beloved community. “I’m extremely happy about today’s decision because the death penalty only creates more suffering,” SDOP leader…
Por su parte, agrupaciones comunitarias como San Diego Organizing Project (Proyecto de Organización de San Diego), reaccionó con beneplácito ante la decisión del ejecutivo estatal y sostuvo que “Newsom mostró coraje al elegir no lo que es políticamente conveniente, sino más bien lo que promueve una cultura arraigada en el parentesco radical y la comunidad…
