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Christian, Kevin
From:Lia Noelle Roccucci <lroccucc@calpoly.edu>
Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 1:28 PM
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Consider Your Impact
Dear City Council,
My name is Lia and I am a resident of San Luis Obispo and a student of Cal Poly.
As you know, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and so many unnamed others
have been killed because of our country's systematically racist criminal justice system.
In light of these unfortunate events, we ask that in today's review of the 2020-21 budget, you reallocate some
of the funds currently directed toward the police department to other programs and alternative forms of
policing, such as community policing, community development, or even a specific diversity, equity, and
inclusion line item.
We believe this is a small request to begin to address the massive inequities and systems of oppression that
have been perpetrated by governmental inaction. Though this will not fix the problem, it will move our city in
a positive direction and demonstrate a tangible commitment to addressing systematic racism.
Lia
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