🧵 1. It’s hard to stay connected to the bigger picture amid media coverage hiding the genocide beneath domestic controversies and politicians’ talking points.

And the state is working on both sides of the “aisle” to further criminalize and endanger people they deem mentally ill, and to make it worse they claim it is “care”. Nearly A Third Of LAPD Shootings Since 2017 Involved A Person In A Mental Health Crisis laist.com/news/criminal-…

NOlympics LA , look at “city leaders 🤢”sell out their own communities. I wonder how much promised money and power it took for them to forget about the people that they will be displacing once gentrification hits this area.

Released today: Human Rights Watch report on criminalization of unhoused people in Los Angeles. A massive study on LA’s cruel, ineffective treatment of people living on the streets hrw.org/report/2024/08…

Not surprisingly @LATimes lets cops and corporate interests dictate the narrative on Prop 36. Their debunked claims ignore diverse opposition as cops' budgets and corporate subsidies flourish. Focusing on poverty and homelessness as drivers of crime only fuels carceral expansion.

ICYMI: Disability Rights California and Civil Rights Corps Stand United Against Proposition 36 and Any Legislation that Harms California’s Most Vulnerable Communities. Read our full statement and learn more about why we oppose Proposition 36: ow.ly/p7LJ50T1xtw

DRC & Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance Urge San Diego Board of Supervisors to Oppose Prop 36 & Protect San Diegans Join us for a Press Conference: August 27, 8:30 AM. Outside San Diego County Administration Center (outside) Location: 1600 Pacific Hwy, San Diego, CA ow.ly/A5Op50T6W5Q

DRC Stands United Against Proposition 36 & Any Legislation that Harms California’s Most Vulnerable Communities. Press Conference today at 8:30 AM. We’ll gather outside the San Diego County Administration Center 📍Location: 1600 Pacific Hwy, San Diego, CA 92101 (outdoors)

The pro prop 36 camp has suddenly changed their message and are claiming their mass incarceration prop is about “treatment”. It would literally defund treatment. These mendacious goofies are understanding what we already know. Voters don’t want more state violence.

Prop 36 is a step backward for California. This measure targets our most vulnerable communities, especially those with disabilities, by increasing incarceration & reducing funding for crucial services. Learn more: disabilityrightsca.org/latest-news/di… #NoOnProp36 #DisabilityRights

In a recent opinion piece, DRC’s Associate Executive Director of External Affairs Eric Harris E. Harris🏁 outlines why Californians must reject Proposition 36 this November. Instead of Prop 36, we need policies that invest in community-driven solutions for healthier communities and

"Just Vote NO! on Prop 36" Check out this thread about the 5 Myths being pushed by Walmart, other large corporations, and rich, conservative donors 🧵

Prop 36 will have devastating consequences to disabled communities. Prop 36’s return to a reliance on the criminal legal system will lead to greater incarceration, forced drug treatment, & will reduce funding for community-based programs. Learn more: ow.ly/uQHy50Tb3VF

Proponents of prop 36 deceptively call their program a "treatment mandated felony" but it does nothing to fund, lengthen, or improve drug treatment as necessary. The truth is, under prop 36, our loved ones will die from withdrawals while serving their felony sentence.

It’s disheartening to see Black orgs co-signing Prop 36, which will undo Prop 47, without doing their own research. Orgs eager to align with politicians don’t understand or don’t care about the harm they are doing to our communities by spreading the misinformation. Do better.

1/ Prop 36: A Misleading Bipartisan Push with No Real Public Safety Benefit A joint statement from seven leading human and civil rights organizations.

Sweeps of unhoused encampments are harmful and bad policy. Gavin Newsom should know better. End criminalization; support a right to housing. Human Rights Watch, LA CAN, WRAP Destroying Encampments Isn’t a Solution to Houselessness - Progressive.org

Home Depot overcharging customers, and spending profits funding #Prop36 and #CopCity x.com/lacanetwork/st…

An op-ed in the Sacramento Observer by Eric Harris of DRC highlights the failings of Prop 36. This measure, called the "Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act," increases punishments for unhoused individuals without funding for treatment or housing.

We must heed DRC's insights and oppose policies like Prop 36 that prioritize punishment over community support. Our focus should be on uplifting vulnerable populations and investing in solutions that promote healing and justice. Full article here: sacobserver.com/2024/09/opinio…