All of Us or None & Steve Collett Demand Lower Drug Penalties
Channel: Steve Collett
Date: 2012-05-22

Advocates across Southern California support Mark Leno's SB 1506, which, if enacted, would significantly reduce prison and jail spending.  The bill revises all personal-use drug possession crimes, and recategorizes them as misdemeanors.  State and local governments would be able to dedicate precious resources to probation, drug treatment and mental health services, which have proven most effective in reducing drug-related crime.

This clip includes statements in support of SB 1506 from:

~Susan Burton, All of Us or None 
~Steve Collett, Congressional Candidate, CA-33
~Michelle Alexander, author, The New Jim Crow

Why this bill is needed
• To help address the state and county budget crises;
• To help alleviate overcrowding in state prisons and county jails;
• To provide greater flexibility to county governments to invest in cost-effective
approaches to reduce recidivism, including drug treatment and mental health services;
• To free up law enforcement officials to focus on more serious offenses;
• To reduce costly burdens on the overcrowded court system;
• To prevent severe lifelong consequences of a felony conviction that hurt families and
individuals, including reduced access to jobs, student loans, housing and small
business loans
 
To express your support, please call your local Assemblyman, or visit their office & explain that you think it's time to call a ceasefire in the Drug War.  
 
Assembly Member Isadore Hall, III   Capitol Office Sacramento (916) 319-2052   District Address Rancho Dominguez  (310) 223-1201

Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani  Capitol Office Sacramento (916) 319-2055   District Office: Long Beach (562) 989-2919

Senator Roderick Wright  State Capitol  Sacramento (916) 651-4025   District Address  Inglewood  (310) 412-0393

 Assenbly Member Charles M. Calderon  Capitol Office Sacramento  (916) 319-2058   District Office City of Industry  (562) 692-5858

Senator Alan Lowenthal  Capitol Office State Capitol  (916) 651-4027  District Offices  Long Beach (562) 495-4766
Paramount  (562) 529-6659

Senator Curren D. Price, Jr. Capitol Office  Sacramento  (916) 651-4026     District Office Los Angeles (213) 745-6656