Karen Reside Long Beach Gray Panthers Divest from Police and Invest in Communities #SoyDelPuebloTV
Channel: Soy Del Pueblo TV
Date: 15/08/2020

Karen Reside of the Long Beach Gray Panthers notes, “Our community needs to come together so that we get the resources we need to have a healthy life.” Long Beach, CA City Council proposed 2020 Budget allocated 48% to the Police while the Health Department received less than 1%. It is time to divest from the LB Police to invest in communities with programs like Oregon’s Cahoots program that funds crisis assistance vans that help the homeless and mentally ill on the streets rather than putting them in overcrowded jails with nonprofessional mental health personnel.