ALT We denounce Governor Newsom’s cruel, callous, and cowardly decision to veto this common-sense solution. When policy-making is driven by vanity and crass ambition rather than sound judgment, all Californians suffer. People across the country from all walks of life are increasingly recognizing that the “double-punishment” of immigrants who have already served their time is deeply unjust. The stories of community members who have faced this double-punishment have inspired an outpouring of public support. The Governor may claim that he supports rehabilitation and second chances. Yet he cannot praise rehabilitation in one breath, but condone the racist targeting of immigrants for detention and deportation in the next. Today’s veto can only be seen in the context of the Governor’s past harmful actions, including separating children from their families for deportation during his tenure as San Francisco Mayor. We urge the Governor to examine his own biases and prejudices...
ALT and to embrace policies that uphold our shared values of transformation and compassion. One step, which the Governor refused to take during our campaign, would be to meet with formerly incarcerated civil rights leaders who experienced the pain of double-punishment first hand. Make no mistake: our commitment to equality, justice, and common humanity is unending and unequivocal. With our communities, we will continue to advocate, organize, and escalate as long as it takes to end the disgraceful practice of double punishment. A strong consensus had emerged in favor of the HOME Act, with strong support from over 100 faith, labor, and community organizations and criminal-legal system reform advocates, famed Labor Leader Dolores Huerta and Retired Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell. Several states, including Oregon, Illinois, and Washington, DC, have already enacted much further-reaching legislation; today’s veto cements California’s retrogression on these issues.
ALT We denounce Governor Newsom’s cruel, callous, and cowardly decision to veto this common-sense solution. When policy-making is driven by vanity and crass ambition rather than sound judgment, all Californians suffer. People across the country from all walks of life are increasingly recognizing that the “double-punishment” of immigrants who have already served their time is deeply unjust. The stories of community members who have faced this double-punishment have inspired an outpouring of public support. The Governor may claim that he supports rehabilitation and second chances. Yet he cannot praise rehabilitation in one breath, but condone the racist targeting of immigrants for detention and deportation in the next. Today’s veto can only be seen in the context of the Governor’s past harmful actions, including separating children from their families for deportation during his tenure as San Francisco Mayor. We urge the Governor to examine his own biases and prejudices...
ALT and to embrace policies that uphold our shared values of transformation and compassion. One step, which the Governor refused to take during our campaign, would be to meet with formerly incarcerated civil rights leaders who experienced the pain of double-punishment first hand. Make no mistake: our commitment to equality, justice, and common humanity is unending and unequivocal. With our communities, we will continue to advocate, organize, and escalate as long as it takes to end the disgraceful practice of double punishment. A strong consensus had emerged in favor of the HOME Act, with strong support from over 100 faith, labor, and community organizations and criminal-legal system reform advocates, famed Labor Leader Dolores Huerta and Retired Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell. Several states, including Oregon, Illinois, and Washington, DC, have already enacted much further-reaching legislation; today’s veto cements California’s retrogression on these issues.
ALT We denounce Governor Newsom’s cruel, callous, and cowardly decision to veto this common-sense solution. When policy-making is driven by vanity and crass ambition rather than sound judgment, all Californians suffer. People across the country from all walks of life are increasingly recognizing that the “double-punishment” of immigrants who have already served their time is deeply unjust. The stories of community members who have faced this double-punishment have inspired an outpouring of public support. The Governor may claim that he supports rehabilitation and second chances. Yet he cannot praise rehabilitation in one breath, but condone the racist targeting of immigrants for detention and deportation in the next. Today’s veto can only be seen in the context of the Governor’s past harmful actions, including separating children from their families for deportation during his tenure as San Francisco Mayor. We urge the Governor to examine his own biases and prejudices...
ALT and to embrace policies that uphold our shared values of transformation and compassion. One step, which the Governor refused to take during our campaign, would be to meet with formerly incarcerated civil rights leaders who experienced the pain of double-punishment first hand. Make no mistake: our commitment to equality, justice, and common humanity is unending and unequivocal. With our communities, we will continue to advocate, organize, and escalate as long as it takes to end the disgraceful practice of double punishment. A strong consensus had emerged in favor of the HOME Act, with strong support from over 100 faith, labor, and community organizations and criminal-legal system reform advocates, famed Labor Leader Dolores Huerta and Retired Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell. Several states, including Oregon, Illinois, and Washington, DC, have already enacted much further-reaching legislation; today’s veto cements California’s retrogression on these issues.
ALT Text of the graphic: Impacted Community Leaders Request a Meeting with Governor Newsom on the HOME Act (AB 1306). Pictures of seven community leaders are on the graphic. The graphic includes the logo for the Harmonizing Our Measures for Equality Act (AB 1306) of two people embracing.
