HomeMy WebLinkAbout03.09.20 Email from Nichole Nava - Request to Endorse the Keep CA Safe Act (2020)
From:Schuman, Amy
To:Alpert, Bruce;Bennett, Robin;Cook, Holly;McCracken, Shari;Ring, Brian;Sweeney, Kathleen
Cc:Snyder, Ashley
Subject:FW: Request to Endorse the Keep CA Safe Act (2020)
Date:Monday, March 9, 2020 8:38:13 AM
Good morning,
FYI – The email below was sent to the Board of Supervisors.
Amy Schuman
Associate Clerk of the Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.552.3308 | F: 530.538.7120
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From: Nichole Nava <nava125@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2020 8:25 PM
To: Assemblymember James Gallagher <Assemblymember.Gallagher@assembly.ca.gov>; Senator James
Nielsen <Senator.Nielsen@senate.ca.gov>; US Congressman Doug LaMalfa
<CA01DLOutreach@mail.house.gov>; CPD Chief Michael O’Brien <michael.obrien@chicoca.gov>; sheriff info
<infosheriff@buttecounty.net>; District Attorney <District_Attorney@buttecounty.net>;
stina.cooley@chicoca.gov; dani.rogers@chicoca.gov; debbie.presson@chicoca.gov;
Kasey.reynolds@chicoca.gov; sean.morgan@chicoca.gov; Alex.brown@chicoca.gov; karl.ory@chicoca.gov;
ann.schwab@chicoca.gov; randall.stone@chicoca.gov; Scott.huber@chicoca.gov; Clerk of the Board
<clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>; Connelly, Bill <BConnelly@buttecounty.net>; BOS District 4
<District4@buttecounty.net>; Lucero, Debra <DLucero@buttecounty.net>; Teeter, Doug
<DTeeter@buttecounty.net>; Ritter, Tami <TRitter@buttecounty.net>
Cc: Nichole Nava <nava125@yahoo.com>; Mark Orme <Mark.Orme@chicoca.gov>
Subject: Request to Endorse the Keep CA Safe Act (2020)
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DearAssemblymanGallagher,SenatorNielsen,CongressmanLaMalfa,ChiefO’Brien,SheriffHonea,
DistrictAttorneyRamsey,ButteCountyBoardofSupervisors,andChicoCityCouncil-members,
ThisisapleaforyoutopubliclyendorsetheReducingCrimeandKeepingCaliforniaSafeAct(2020).
Asyouareallaware,thepassageofPropositions47and57causedmanyproblemsforlaw
enforcement,businessownersandcommunitymembersingeneral,asthesepropositionslessenedsome
drugoffenses,createdasituationconduciveforcriminalstocommitserialtheft,andcausedsomevery
seriouscrimestobereclassifiedas’non-violent’crimes.
Backin2017and2018weworkedtoeducatethecommunityandcirculatedapetitiontogetthe
ReducingCrimeand KeepingCaliforniaSafeActof2018ontheballot. PertheKeepCaliforniaSafe
site,”ThisActfixesfourspecificflawscontainedinrecentcriminaljusticereforms–addressingviolent
crimeclassificationandserialtheft,aswellasparolereformandDNAcollection.”
Weaskedsomeofyoupreviouslytoendorsethepetitionandyoukindlydidso,becauseyouwantedthe
positivechangesitwouldbringaswell.Unfortunately,thoughwehitoursignaturenumbersinButte
Countyandturnedthemintimely,someCaliforniaCountyElectionsofficesdidnot,whichmadethe
Actineligiblefor that2018electioncycle.
My request to each of you, which is shared by many in our community, is for you to agree to
publicly endorse this Act, just as some of our representatives did the last time it came up.
ThegoalofmanyworkingtosupportthisActistostopemboldeningcriminals,toputbackprotections
forvictims,andtostartearlyineducatingCaliforniavoterstovoteYESinNovember2020onthe
‘ReducingCrimeandKeepingCaliforniaSafeAct(2020).Theearlieryoumakeyourendorsements,
thebetter,sothatyourcommunitycanseeyoustandforpublicsafetyandbackitupinwordanddeed.
HereisthelinktothetextoftheAct:
https://ballotpedia.org/California_Criminal_Sentencing,_Parole,_and_DNA_Collection_Initiative_(2020)
AndhereisthelinktosomekeybulletpointsonwhatthisActwilldotomakeusallsaferandbetter
supportvictimsofviolentcrime:
https://keepcalsafe.org/about/
PleasenotethatperBallotpediathisinitiativeisalsoknownasthe‘CaliforniaCriminalSentencing,
Parole,andDNACollectionInitiative(2020)’.
ThankyouforyourconsiderationofthisrequestforyourendorsementoftheAct.Ilookforwardto
yourresponseandhopefullyseeingthisendorsementpublishedaspartoftheCityCouncilandBoardof
Supervisorsmeetingminutesandinourlocalpressreleases.
Bestregards,
NicholeNava
ChicoResident
ButteCounty,CA
Email:Nava125@yahoo.com
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commitment offense, resulting in the release of inmates
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parolees who repeatedly violate the terms of their parole
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Key topics: AB 109 and considering prior crimes
DNA Collection
Reinstates DNA collection for certain crimes that
were reduced to misdemeanors as part of Proposition 47
Multiple studies have shown that DNA collected from
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theft and drug crimes has helped solve other violent
crimes, including robbery, rape and murder
Since passage of Prop. 47, cold case hits have
dropped over 2,000, with more than 450 of those hits
connected to violent crimes
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