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Stockton residents urge council to fully fund violence‑prevention programs after birthday‑party shooting
Summary
Following a mass shooting that killed four children at a Lucille Avenue birthday party, dozens of residents urged Stockton City Council to restore and fully staff evidence‑based programs — including Operation Ceasefire and the Office of Violence Prevention — and to pursue state and federal grants.
Dozens of people who addressed the Stockton City Council on Dec. 9 urged immediate, sustained investment in violence‑prevention programs after a Nov. mass shooting on Lucille Avenue that killed four children and wounded others.
Nikki Smith, president of Cleveland School Remembers, told the council that “death by gun violence is the number one killer of children in our country,” and urged officials to “support any policy, any law or any violence intervention program that this body can bring forward,” including full funding for the city’s Office of Violence Prevention and programs such as Advanced Peace.
Deborah Ellison, a representative of Moms Demand Action…
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