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Editing notes: This is great and was a breeze to edit! I only am having trouble confirming the numbers. I should just suck it up, but the budget formats are a headache. Halp! To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Subject: [*** INSERT UNIQUE SUBJECT LINE ***] Message: (Don't forget to replace the [x]'s with your information! Consider adding your own unique message to avoid systems filtering out your statement.) Dear Irvine City Council, My name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a resident of [YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD/DISTRICT]. I am writing to demand that the Irvine City Council adopt a city budget that prioritizes community wellbeing and redirects funding away from the police. For the FY 2020-2021 budget, Irvine has appropriated $91.4 million of the general fund to the police department. At 45% of that budget, this is larger than any other portion of the general fund. Compare this to $40.8 million (20%) spent on community services—this includes all recreation, senior, fine arts, athletics, and children and family programs. Around the country, we are witnessing shocking abuses of police power manifested as violence and murder inflicted primarily on Black, Latinx, and Indigenous people. While these high-profile cases are taking place in other cities, Irvine is not free from systemic racism within its criminal justice system. One only needs to listen to interactions Black people have had with IPD to know there is room for improvement. To truly rid ourselves of these problems, we must imagine and build new systems to keep the people who live and work in Irvine safe—systems that enable conflict de-escalation, substance abuse treatment, mental health, and housing services. I demand that the City Council begin defunding the Irvine Police Department and reallocate those funds to programs proven to more effectively promote a safe and equitable community, such as affordable housing programs, subsidized childcare and housing, community-based mental health programs, and investment in programs for the homeless. Thank you for your time. [YOUR NAME] |
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I used the adopted budget for 2020-21 from the city. The total public
safety budget is on page 219, this should get you there:
https://online.flippingbook.com/view/5515/219/ and community service is
page 183.
…On Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 7:38 PM aurendisson ***@***.***> wrote:
Editing notes: This is great and was a breeze to edit! I only am having
trouble confirming the numbers. I should just suck it up, but the budget
formats are a headache. Halp!
https://www.cityofirvine.org/government/administrative-services-department/business-planning-and-budget
To: ***@***.***, ***@***.***,
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***@***.***
Subject: [*** INSERT UNIQUE SUBJECT LINE ***]
Message: (Don't forget to replace the [x]'s with your information!
Consider adding your own unique message to avoid systems filtering out your
statement.)
Dear Irvine City Council,
My name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a resident of [YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD/DISTRICT]. I am writing to demand that the Irvine City Council
adopt a city budget that prioritizes community wellbeing and redirects
funding away from the police.
For the FY 2020-2021 budget, Irvine has appropriated $91.4 million of the
general fund to the police department. At 45% of that budget, this is
larger than any other portion of the general fund. Compare this to $40.8
million (20%) spent on community services—this includes all recreation,
senior, fine arts, athletics, and children and family programs.
Around the country, we are witnessing shocking abuses of police power
manifested as violence and murder inflicted primarily on Black, Latinx, and
Indigenous people. While these high-profile cases are taking place in other
cities, Irvine is not free from systemic racism within its criminal justice
system. One only needs to listen to interactions Black people have had with
IPD to know there is room for improvement. To truly rid ourselves of these
problems, we must imagine and build new systems to keep the people who live
and work in Irvine safe—systems that enable conflict de-escalation,
substance abuse treatment, mental health, and housing services.
I demand that the City Council begin defunding the Irvine Police
Department and reallocate those funds to programs proven to more
effectively promote a safe and equitable community, such as affordable
housing programs, subsidized childcare and housing, community-based mental
health programs, and investment in programs for the homeless.
Thank you for your time.
[YOUR NAME]
[YOUR ADDRESS]
[YOUR EMAIL]
[YOUR PHONE NUMBER]
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Editing notes: Thank you for sharing the page numbers for the budgets! I appreciate it. I've made a couple of minor tweaks to the email, below. To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Subject: [*** INSERT UNIQUE SUBJECT LINE ***] Message: (Don't forget to replace the [x]'s with your information! Consider adding your own unique message to avoid systems filtering out your statement.) Dear Irvine City Council, My name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a resident of [YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD/DISTRICT]. I am writing to demand that the Irvine City Council adopt a city budget that prioritizes community wellbeing and redirects funding away from the police. For the FY 2020-2021 budget, Irvine has appropriated $91.4 million of the general fund to the police department. At nearly 45% of that budget, this is larger than any other portion of the general fund. Compare this to $40.8 million (20%) spent on community services—this includes all recreation, senior, fine arts, athletics, and children and family programs. Around the country, we are witnessing shocking abuses of police power manifested as violence and murder inflicted primarily on Black, Latinx, and Indigenous people. While these high-profile cases are taking place in other cities, Irvine is not free from systemic racism within its criminal justice system. One only needs to listen to interactions Black people have had with IPD to know there is room for improvement. To truly rid ourselves of these problems, we must imagine and build new systems to keep the people who live and work in Irvine safe—systems that enable conflict de-escalation, substance abuse treatment, mental health, and housing services. I demand that the City Council begin defunding the Irvine Police Department and reallocate those funds to programs proven to more effectively promote a safe and equitable community, such as affordable housing programs, subsidized childcare and housing, community-based mental health programs, and investment in programs for the homeless. Thank you for your time. [YOUR NAME] |
These are the emails for Irvine City Council:
[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected]
This letter is copied from the Laguna Beach letter:
Subject: [*** INSERT UNIQUE SUBJECT LINE ***]
Message: (Don't forget to replace the [x]'s with your information!)🔗
Dear Irvine City Council,
My name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a resident of [YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD/DISTRICT]. I am writing to demand that the Irvine City Council adopt a city budget that prioritizes community wellbeing, and redirects funding away from the police.
For the FY 2020-2021 Budget, Irvine has appropriated $91.4 million of the General Fund to the police department. This is larger than any other portion of the General Fund - 45%. Compare this to $40.8 million (20%) spent on Community Services - this includes all Recreation, Senior, Fine Arts, Athletics and Children & Family programs.
Around the country, we are witnessing shocking abuses of police power, manifested as violence and murder inflicted primarily on Black, Latinx, and Indigenous people. While these high-profile cases are taking place in other cities, Irvine is not free from systemic racism within its criminal justice system. One only needs to listen to interaction Black people have had with IPD to know there is room for improvement. To truly rid ourselves of these problems we must imagine and build new systems to keep the people who live and work in Irvine safe - systems that enable conflict de-escalation, substance abuse treatment, mental health and housing services.
I demand that the City Council begin defunding the Irvine Police Department and re-allocate those funds to programs proven to more effectively promote a safe and equitable community, such as affordable housing programs, subsidized childcare and housing, community-based mental health programs, and investment in programs for the homeless.
Thank you for your time.
[YOUR NAME][YOUR ADDRESS]
[YOUR EMAIL][YOUR PHONE NUMBER]
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