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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Support for crisis to care agenda and alternative-to-incarceration programs
4:51:30
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Gonzalez expresses strong support for the crisis to care agenda championed by the council's progressive caucus and emphasizes the importance of alternative-to-incarceration (ATI) programs. He argues that these initiatives are crucial for lasting public safety and fairness in the justice system.
- Supports investments in mental health care, harm reduction, and services for vulnerable populations
- Emphasizes the importance of ATI programs in ensuring fairness and second chances
- Argues that these programs prevent crimes of desperation and improve community safety
Eric Gonzalez
4:51:30
Supporting the vulnerable is vital to lasting public safety, and that's why I also want to express my support for the crisis to care agenda championed by the council's progressive caucus, which would provide vitally needed support to those who need it most.
4:51:48
Investments in mental health care, harm reduction, services for survivors of gender based violence, and support of people experiencing homelessness will prevent crimes of desperation, improve transit safety, and make our communities stronger.
4:52:05
I'd also say that we must also make sure that the council continues to fund ATI programs that, provide an important way of making sure that our justice system continues, to pay attention to fundamental fairness and give people, who deserve it second chances.