DAC Small Victory: No Cuts to Healthcare, Defund the Sheriff

Decarcerate Alameda County (DAC) organized to win significant budget demands this week—preventing cuts to healthcare and permanently cutting 12 sheriff positions. The County also cut $11.9M to public protections departments (sheriff, district attorney, probation, fire, and public defender). The Board of Supervisors voted on November 10, 2020, to close a $72.9 million budget gap, resulting from reduced revenues from the State of California. The sheriff's department took the biggest hit in cuts and we know this would not have happened without the months of calls, mobilizations, and public engagement from coalition members of DAC. Thank you for fighting with us! Let's keep organizing to build a robust community-base mental health care system that prioritizes care over punishment.

*Updated 11/12/20

Our Political Platform

​​Decarcerate Alameda County has a vision for a just and healthy Alameda County that places at the center those communities currently targeted and fast-tracked to Santa Rita Jail. ​In recent decades policing and incarceration have been increasingly used to respond to political, economic, and social problems resulting in mass incarceration and community instability.

​Below is our three pronged platform:

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DAC's Budget & Policy Proposal:
​Transform Community Based Mental Health Care

We are excited to share our first set of priorities and recommendations to zero out the number of people with mental illnesses at Santa Rita Jail. This document was created out of  weeks & weeks of research and forum we held with impacted families.

​These recommendations to the county are a reflection of our priorities, given the data and information that has been made public thus far. Its purpose is to inform and influence the county’s budgetary and mental health care decisions.

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Honor Lives Lost:
Every Sunday 8-9:30pm PST

An online weekly candle-lighting ritual to uplift incarcerated people we have lost to COVID-19 and #DeathbyIncarceration in California. Please feel free to make additions to the online altar we've been creating together. Please join us if you want to hold space for our loved ones trapped in these cages, honor the dozens of people that have been killed by COVID-19 and #DeathByIncarceration, and demand #NoMoreDeaths.

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Decarcerate Alameda County meets twice a month. 
​Learn how to get in touch with our coalition in the Contact tab.