On August 25th, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors are voting on whether or not to spend 1 billion installment of potentially 2.5 billion of our dollars on incarceration instead of schools, housing, healthcare, and other urgent community needs. The “Jail Transformation Plan” includes building a new facility and will be operating 15 years from now. Reach out to your Board of Supervisor to say: Invest in Community, Not Jails
Here is how to get involved:
1. Email/Call your Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors! Contact information in the graphic below!
2. Join us at the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday August 25th for Item #9 Consider Recommendations Relating to the Jail Facility Transformation Process In Person at – 70 W Hedding St, San Jose, CA 95110 or Through Zoom: https://sccgov-org.zoom.us/j/89640660442
3. If you can’t make it, you can submit a letter/public comment at BoardOperations@cob.sccgov.org
Let the Board know we don’t want to spend billions on incarceration!
Thanks to Silicon Valley De-Bug for the article and graphics!