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Wilbanks, Megan
From:Kyle Meeder <
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Defund
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Hello,
My name is Kyle, my connection to SLO is as a student at Cal Poly, and I am speaking as a community member and on
behalf of Abolitionist Action Central Coast, and we will
continue to repeat ourselves until the people are heard. What your constituents need is no
expansions to policing, SLOPD defunded by 33%, and rent / mortgage / utility relief for all.
We need to stop
-Arresting our unhoused neighbors for things like drug offenses as a result of the
still-ongoing sweeps perpetuates and creates violence and trauma.
- Targeting, citing, fining, and arresting our unhoused neighbors for existing in public only
furthers the economic and social disparities that plague our community. Stop punishing
poor people for being poor, STOP doing these sweeps in the park. They have
jurisdiction over what to enforce! They don’t have to sweep everybody out of the park
and destroy their belongings! They CHOOSE to! Even thought it’s against CDC
guidelines! We need the city to STOP the sweeps!
I agree that funding for the police needs to be redirected to the city's DEI strategic plan for low and no income
housing. Another Police station will not solve SLOs public housing problems or any problems for that matter. it will
simply be putting a band-aid on larger issues that require addressing.
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